Chapter 34: One transaction, two benefits
Even though Huang Sima has been living in the officialdom for a long time, his face has been trained, and he is still very embarrassed when talking about his son Tang Jilai stealing poetry.
The decision to talk about this matter with Tang Song in person was the result of Huang Sima's repeated thinking. He originally planned to hide it because he decided that Tang Song could not go to the subsequent Hanjiang Meeting. Now that he has the appreciation of him, he can no longer hide it.
Tang Song's performance in the court today also made Huang Sima feel a little afraid. This man was deeply thoughtful and cruel, far from being able to match his son. If he didn't clean up the matter in advance, when the two of them suddenly exposed the matter, his son Huang Jilai would be eaten raw by Tang Song! The ending of Li Mao's disgrace in the court today is really understandable.
In a prosperous era of poetry, using other people's poems was not new in the Tang Dynasty, and there were even first-class literati who made a living by selling poetry. Many times, many literary clubs may have someone wearing a storefront with the purchased poems, and the scholars are not unfamiliar with this. However, there is a big taboo in this practice, whether it is buying or stealing, it must not be exposed.
It's like a scholar who doesn't care about the thief and prostitute in his stomach, he attaches great importance to the face exposed.
Once Huang Jilai's stealing of poetry is revealed, it is certain that he is notorious in the Shilin. What's more serious is that if it is too preached, he will never have the chance to pass the imperial examination. When the imperial examination was revised in the Tang Dynasty, he did not have a name for himself. No examiner would win such a person. Otherwise, the examiner himself would not be able to explain to the Shilin.
Huang Jilai has done the work, which is an irreversible fact. Now all Huang Sima can do is to keep it a secret and never let it be revealed. This is a major event related to his son's life's future and he cannot tolerate any carelessness or roughness.
The courtesy that Tang Song received today came from this.
Finally, he explained the whole story clearly, and Huang Sima Xu breathed a long breath and felt much more relaxed. Then he stared at Tang Song with a bright look. What happened is the moment.
No matter how he thought that such a thing would happen, it was quite difficult to think about how to deal with this matter.
Tang Song pondered. The longer he pondered, the more anxious Huang Sima felt.
As he pondered, he suddenly thought of that matter. Tang Song, who was calculating in his heart, smiled, "It's a coincidence that I originally had something I wanted to ask the adults to fulfill, but it was really hard to express it."
When Huang Sima heard this, he felt very calm. As long as he was willing to talk, everything would be easy to say. But after he was settled, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. Judging from the "Heli" incident just now, Tang Song is not a good person to be spared.
After Tang Song finished talking about all the requests, Huang Sima finally felt relieved and looked at the boy in front of him with a little kindness.
What Tang Song asked for was not too difficult for Huang Sima. He would not hurt his face or his money. Huang Sima was really satisfied with this.
Tang Song was also very satisfied. If there was no such opportunity given by God at this moment, it would be impossible to do it by his own ability.
The guests and hosts were having fun, and Huang Sima even took the initiative to invite Tang Song to stay and drink a few drinks. Tang Song naturally declined.
When she saw Tang Song out in person, Huang Sima seemed to have inadvertently said: "I have figured out what you said just now. Li Mao's evil deeds and Sister Ling can't survive this. Since the couple is already in harmony, let's divorce."
"Thank you, Lord Sima, for your understanding." Tang Song reciprocates, "Since that's the case, then Li Mao's decision will be decided by the Lord."
"Okay, okay", in just a few words, half of the wealth of the Li Mao family entered Tang Yuan's name. Li Mao's family now dare not disobey Huang Sima no matter what.
He was sent to the gate of the second courtyard, but Huang Sima did not give it to him again due to Huang Song's refusal.
Paying attention to Tang Song's back as he left, Huang Sima somehow thought of his only son Huang Jilai, and his originally good mood became a little desolate.
The name of the call was to ask Tang Song to tell what Li Mao decided, but from the beginning to the end, Huang Sima did not let his aunt's cousin, who was anxious in the center of the other courtyard, show even a small face.
Now is the life and death moment when Li Mao, the three generations of the Li family, is at stake. It is more important to save lives than anything else. Maybe because he is afraid that the Tang family will regret it again, Li Mao’s father’s speed of acting is extremely clean and neat. Tang Song had just returned to the city and had not finished a cup of tea, but the servants of the Li family sent a ticket of 1,000 yuan.
The Li family is not as good as Tang Daxin, a famous cloth merchant in Xiangzhou. I am afraid that this thousand steadily has collected all the house and is ready to bring it to his son for his care. As for other fields, it is far from being able to get rid of them in one or two days.
After all, Li Mao's father was embarrassed to come to the door in person. Tang Song tapped the scattered tickets for a while, "Liu Mei, go and invite Sister Yuan over."
Tang Yuan had just woken up shortly after she looked a little depressed. After sitting down, she looked puzzled at the stack of flying tickets that Tang Song pushed over.
"I made the decision to make an appointment with the Li family for you. The Li family's property is half of yours. They just sent it, so you can just treat it as a deposit. Come and collect it."
Just now, when Tang Song came back, Liu Mei kept asking what the Huang Sima family asked him to do. Tang Song was too lazy to say something twice but didn't tell her. At this moment, he finally knew the whole story. Liu Mei looked at the flying ticket and then looked at Tang Song. After two or three times, his almond eyes became wider and wider.
Sister Yuan, the abandoned woman, not only cleansed up the grievances, but also could actually share half of the Li family's property? How could this be possible? No one believed it, and the entire Xiangzhou City had to be blown up!
The law has the clause "harmony" that is true, and those who are detached can get half of their wealth, but the provision written on paper and reality are two different things after all, and they are all different things.
This is just like the later constitution that everyone is equal, but in fact it cannot be equal. In an era like the Tang Dynasty, the breakdown of the relationship between husband and wife and equal divorce was also a dream like "everyone is equal". Good is good, but unless the power of the woman family is stable and the husband's family is stable, there is no possibility of realization at all.
Before this, there were also precedents of couples and separations in Xiangzhou City, but these couples were just fig leaf to cover the face of the abandoned woman who was divorced. It made the abandoned woman look better and easier when she remarried. But if anyone really wanted to share the property of her husband's family, it would be impossible to believe it.
Since men can have three wives and four concubines, and since divorce is not so difficult and cannot be completed, I will still pay half of my property to be with you. Dream about you! Over time, what is going on with you is already a joke that the people in the public know.
This is the same as the "everyone is equal" in the later constitutions. It is OK to say that anyone who truly believes is a fool.
It is precisely with such a background that Liu Mei was so surprised at this moment. She had seen how miserable Tang Yuan was when she was just retired, and there was no official in her family who could hold on to anyone. An abandoned woman from such a family could reach this point now, which is no different from listening to myths!
Tang Yuan thought of what Liu Mei naturally wanted. Looking back at the time when she was retired to this moment, Tang Yuan was like a dream. She was a weak person. When she was driven back to her parents' home by Li Mao, her biggest expectation was her family, especially her brothers, not to dislike her, otherwise she would be dead.
The result was that the brothers of her family did not dislike her, but also were Wen Yan and gentle, spending a lot of money just to make her happy. Tang Yuan was already surprised to do this, but this was not the end. The surprises followed one after another, until the stack of flying tickets in front of him.
The abandoned wife became a "husband and wife are in harmony" and was reconciled. Her grievances were raised and her reputation was also in public. The majestic court was saved. In front of her, she even had her husband's property...
All of this was originally something that Tang Yuan dared not even dream of, but all this was just because she had a good brother.
Before he knew it, Tang Yuan's eyes became wet again! After looking at the stack of flying tickets, he reached out and pushed Tang Song back.
Tang Song couldn't stand the woman's tears, but Tang Yuan cried too much during this period. He didn't push the ticket anymore, but just stood up from the seat, "You have suffered four years as a cow and a horse in the Li family, which is what you deserve. Money is the courage of a human being. With these, no matter what you plan to make arrangements in the future, you will be more courageous."
After saying that, Tang Song waved to Liu Mei and left the main hall. He did not give Tang Yuan any chance to refuse.
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