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"Oh? I said it wrong? Then, what did you say I said it wrong?"

Seeing Li Yan encouraged him, Wang Lun bowed and said, "If my brother doesn't take this Miss Liu as his wife and concubine, then my brother will be unrighteous, unfilial, and ignore the overall situation!"

"Well……"

Li Yan said in surprise: "Why am I unfair, unfilial, and disregard the overall situation?"

Wang Lun said: "First talk about the injustice. This Miss Liu was given to his brother Du Qian, Deng Fei, Zhu Fu, and Yang Lin. Among them, Yang Lin gave Miss Liu as a gift to his brother. If the brother does not accept it, wouldn't it be a disappointment to Du Qian, Deng Fei and Zhu Fu's kindness to the brother Du Qian, Deng Fei and Zhu Fu's brothers are heartbroken? Do you want to chase Yang Lin down the mountain?"

"this……"

If you think about it carefully, it is really what Wang Lun said. Compared to not accepting Liu Huiniang, Du Qian, Deng Fei, Zhu Fu, and Yang Lin naturally hope that Li Yan would accept Liu Huiniang, especially Yang Lin who had just gone up the mountain. If Li Yan accepted Liu Huiniang, they would definitely be closer to Li Yan. After all, in that case, the two sides would have the link of Liu Huiniang.

Of course, it would not be said to chase Yang Lin down the mountain, but it would be true that it would prevent Yang Lin from integrating into Liangshan.

Wang Lun said again: "Besides talking about unfiliality, may I ask my brother Gui Geng this year?"

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and then answered truthfully: "It's about to be twenty-five."

It is no longer necessary to hide your age, because Li Yan's status as the Lord of Liangshan will no longer be shaken by his young age. On the contrary, this also shows that Li Yan is strong and has strong capital.

After hearing Li Yan's real age, all the heroes were shocked!

Although the heroes had long known that Li Yan would not be too old, they inferred from Li Yan's behavior and behavior that Li Yan had to be thirty or twenty-eight, and at least he had to be 27 or eight, but he was just a little tender.

How could I imagine that Li Yan is not yet twenty-five years old!

Even Liu Huiniang was extremely surprised!

Liu Huiniang said intimately: "I didn't expect this person to be twenty-five years old!"

Wang Lun calmed down and said, "Twenty-five is not young anymore. As the saying goes, there are three unfilial things, and the eldest is without a queen. My brother is already twenty-five this year. Isn't he unfilial yet if he doesn't marry and have children?"

This one is actually a bit far-fetched.

Rich families don’t have to sell good land, there are thousands of bells of millet in the book;

There is no need to build sorghum in the house, and there is a golden house in the book;

Don’t hate the lack of a good matchmaker when marrying a wife, and there is a beauty in the book;

Don’t regret not following others when you go out, there are so many cars and horses in the books;

A man wants to fulfill his life's ambition, so he reads the six classics to the window frequently.

This poem by Emperor Zhenzong of Song is clearly written, and the most promising person in the Song Dynasty was scholars.

In order to recruit talents, the Song Dynasty had three people take on a position. Of course, each person was assigned a lighter task and had a comfortable life. In addition, they had high salaries, but did not have a severe supervision and punishment system. In fact, the national policy of the Song Dynasty was also indulging in the corruption of officials, which is the so-called "no punishment for the doctor", which means that officials will not be punished too severely if they violate the law, so the title of the gold list has become the goal of many people throughout their lives.

In order to concentrate on getting a good exam, men put their marriage aside first, because as long as they pass the exam, they will have everything.

The imperial examination is always extremely intense. After all, only a small number of people can pass the exam, and it is difficult for most people to pass the exam in their thirties and forties.

Because men are busy with exams, they become the leftover men mentioned in later generations. By the time they got married, some people had white hair. Therefore, many husbands in the Song Dynasty were 10 or 20 years older than their wives.

According to Chen Shidao's "Poetry Talk on the Back Mountain", there was a Hangzhou student who was over 70 years old when he was in the imperial examination. His friend congratulated him humorously:

It should be that it is a poor man sometimes, and life is rare in seventy years.

Now I realize that Confucianism is noble, and I will slander it without wearing lotus clothes.

This 70-year-old student was not the only one. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, there was a man named Chen Xiu who passed the imperial examination at the age of 73 and was also "not married yet". Although he had already passed the imperial examination, at the age of 73, he would not have the intention to get married. Looking at his white beard and sighed.

However, this person has been taking the exam for a lifetime, and his articles are well written. Emperor Gaozong of Song was very acknowledged by his articles. After learning that he was so poor, Emperor Gaozong of Song "was ordered his inner man Shi to marry him. At the age of thirty, he had a lot of money." It was once rumored to be a "good story", and some people who are flirting joked: If a newcomer asks what time the Lang is in? Answer: Fifty years ago, twenty-three.

When Sima Guang talked about his marriage age, he once said: "Men is only thirty and women are only 20. If this is beyond, it will be a loss of time."

If we look at Sima Guang's man who was not married at thirty or a woman who was not married at thirty or twenty, she was "leftover" in the Song Dynasty, two out of the ten men were "leftover men".

Therefore, it is normal for Li Yan, who is less than 25 years old, to marry him in this era.

Wang Lun didn't know that Li Yan was so young, so he added this one.

Now that the arrow is drawn, there is no turning back. Wang Lun can only grit his teeth and continue: "The brother has no brothers, his sons and nephews, and his father dies early. The whole family relies on his brother to inherit the incense. When getting married and having children early to continue the Li family Xiangjiang, this is great filial piety!"

It would be a barely enough to say this. Anyway, Li Yan only wants an excuse and a step, not a debate against Wang Lun, so naturally he cannot argue with Wang Lun.

Li Yan took the initiative: "Then why should I ignore the overall situation?"

Wang Lun bowed to the ground and said, "I beg my brother to forgive me!"

Li Yan said: "I will not blame you."

Wang Lun said: "Now there are three or four thousand people in Liangshanpo, with 19 leaders. They occupy these 800 miles of water, second only to Wang Qing in Huaixi, Tianhu in Hebei, and Fangla in Jiangnan. They are also considered a force. Brother, but in an accident, our Liangshanpo is the headless snake. If we have no young master to support, it will collapse in an instant. Will the brother not marrying a wife and having children ignore the overall situation?"

This is a bit unlucky, but it is indeed a problem, and a big problem - in the ancient imperial society, there was no offspring, which was a very, very serious matter, so serious that it would even affect the stability of a regime!

There are so many such examples in history!

Give a very famous example:

When Emperor Wu of Han was the crown prince for nine years and the emperor for two years, he had no children, so the rumors that Emperor Wu of Han could not have children gradually spread.

This is a major issue that hurts the foundation of the country and the problem is serious.

Many people started to make bad ideas, and King Liu An of Huainan was one of them.

Liu An was the grandson of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and was one generation older than Emperor Wu of Han. Liu An thought to himself: "Since Emperor Wu of Han would not be born, the competition for the throne after he was alive will definitely be fierce." Liu An was a great scholar and thinker at that time. He had a high social status and a good reputation, so he thought that he was the most suitable to be an emperor. So he made an advance arrangement, recruited soldiers and horses, and waited for the day when Emperor Wu of Han passed away.

Once, Liu An went to the capital to make a pilgrimage from Huainan Kingdom and met Emperor Wu of Han's uncle Tian Fen. Tian Fen also said: "If the emperor dies one day, the king will be the one who ascends the throne." Liu An was very happy after hearing this and rewarded Tian Fen with a large sum of money.

In fact, Emperor Wu of Han was under eighteen years old at that time, and these people were really worried too much. It only means that they had the will to rebel, but it also shows how terrible it was for the emperor to have no fertility, which could be a reason for others to rebel.

yes!

Li Yan is only twenty-four years old this year and is still extremely young, but how could he be younger than Emperor Wu of Han who was less than 18 years old at that time?

Moreover, who can guarantee that Li Yan will not be surprised?

Furthermore, heirs must be cultivated slowly, not to succeed to the throne after birth.

Therefore, Li Yan couldn't even argue this one even if he wanted to argue.

After a moment of silence, Li Yan looked at Wang Lun and asked the most critical question: "Then do I need the discipline of Liangshanbo?"
Chapter completed!