Zhang Rong clearly misunderstood what 'snatching a son-in-law after the announcement of the list' meant.

This kind of 'snatching a son-in-law after the announcement of the list' actually falls into two categories.

One of them is the origin of the saying itself, where servants from wealthy families in the capital would wait in front of the East and West Hua Gates. Once the list was posted and they saw a newly successful Jinshi appear, they would swarm him. As long as the person was unmarried, they would directly offer a large sum of money and dowry. Many Jinshi, originally from humble backgrounds, would be caught off guard and, half willingly, would be 'snatched' away to get married.

Because this process was generally quite intense, and the actions were usually hurried and hasty, it was definitely correct to use the word 'snatch'.

Moreover, this situation, where money and beauties were delivered to one's door as soon as one passed the exam, was extremely dramatic, truly verifying the saying that 'books hold houses of gold, books hold faces of jade,' and therefore spread widely.

However, it must be emphasized that this situation generally occurred between wealthy merchant families in the capital without political standing and Jinshi who ranked in the middle to lower tiers and came from humble backgrounds. There was a fundamental need for mutual complement between the two sides.

Otherwise, this kind of thing would not have continued year after year.

As for those who truly reached the level of Jinshi, especially those handsome figures who seemed to have great political futures, the so-called snatching of son-in-laws became the privilege of the chief ministers and truly prestigious families. Moreover, at this level, those Jinshi who truly had great futures, abilities, and determination were often opinionated. They would often politely refuse, or even seriously reject, due to the other party's political stance or personal morality.

Due to the traditions and rules of the officialdom, the chief ministers were actually at a disadvantage at this time, at least on the surface... The drama of a newly successful Jinshi婉拒(wan ju - politely refusing) the chief minister's father-in-law was not uncommon.

Both were snatching son-in-laws, but the lower level was a real snatch, and the upper level was a fake snatch.

Therefore, when the matter moved to Zhang Rong's side, it was clearly a joke. Coming from a fishing family in Liangshan, he only knew that he could snatch a Jinshi son-in-law, but he did not know that this was an internal game between high-ranking civil officials and prospective high-ranking civil officials.

The only thing was that a joke was a joke, but if this matter was not handled properly, it would create a very bad influence... Regardless of whether Zhang Rong forcibly tied up the youngest and most promising Jinshi and forced him to marry, or a newly successful Jinshi openly expressed his contempt for a military commissioner in resistance, neither was acceptable... The former might cause the civil officials to feel sympathy for each other, triggering an instinctive reaction like the reappearance of the apocalyptic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The latter might cause the most sensitive military commissioner at the moment to feel frustrated and alienated.

And either possibility could potentially worsen further, eventually leading to the great enemy at hand, the resurgence of civil-military strife, and pointlessly undermining the overall situation of resisting the Jin.

Therefore, Yang Yizhong specifically reported this matter seriously, and Zhao Jiu almost desperately went to the Daxiangguo Temple with a lantern.

However, when the anxious Zhao Guan Jia arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple and went straight into the courtyard where Zhang Rong lived, he was stunned to find that there was no most handsome third-place Jinshi of this year, but only the newly successful Jinshi Yue Fei, who came out to greet him with Zhang Rong.

Moreover, both of them had a somewhat embarrassed expression when they saw the Emperor himself arriving at this time.

Zhao Jiu sighed secretly in his heart.

How could he not know that Yue Pengju must have heard the news, and because he had several years of friendship with Zhang Rong and several experiences of fighting side by side, he specifically came to remind him, regardless of suspicion, but he did not expect that just as he had dealt with this matter, the Emperor had caught them in the act... Civil-military division was a major taboo, but was there no saying for the close relationship between military commissioners in adjacent defense zones?

Of course, there was no saying!

Returning to the present, Zhao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, entered the courtyard, sat down casually, and got straight to the point: "When I summoned Grand Commandant Zhang to the capital this time, my original intention was to let Grand Commandant see the sights, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen..."

Zhang Rong became more and more embarrassed, and without even sitting down, he stood there awkwardly and said: "I am also an ignorant countryman, who doesn't know that those who snatch son-in-laws are all civil officials, and pointlessly caused this kind of thing, making the Emperor and Grand Commandant Yue embarrassed."

Listening to his words, he certainly understood what was going on, and listened to the persuasion, and was a little apologetic, but also clearly a little depressed... This was only natural.

Zhao Jiu was helpless when he saw this, so he continued to ask: "Did Yu Yunwen have any impolite behavior?"

Zhang Rong slightly composed himself: "The young Jinshi was honest and said that his parents were in Sichuan, so it was not good to get married without permission. There were no other words. Grand Commandant Yue came in and told me to let him go, and he didn't forget to salute seriously... Compared to that, I was the one who was impolite."

Zhao Jiu slowly nodded. It was good that no trouble had occurred.

However, even so, Zhao Guan Jia was still a little helpless, but suddenly chuckled: "Perhaps this matter is still my fault. Maybe that Yu Yunwen saw that Zhang Grand Commandant didn't even have a house in Tokyo and was still living in the Daxiangguo Temple, so he wasn't willing..."

Although his mind had been hot these past few days, the bucket of cold water that had been poured on him tonight had restored Zhang Rong, who had been a big boss for many years, to his senses, and could even be called clear-headed. Naturally, he knew that the Emperor was joking, so he tried his best to laugh, but he couldn't laugh.

"Listen to me." Zhao Jiu waved his hand and sighed when he saw this, but rarely showed a trace of fatigue. "In fact, with the care that I have for all of you military commissioners, how could I forget to bestow a mansion? Especially since Tokyo is still relatively empty now, and the other military commissioners all have custom-made residences in Tokyo... To be honest with Grand Commandant Zhang, I originally had some intentions for you, because I heard that you admire wearing flowers, and then that day I heard you say here that getting a Jinshi is a good man, so I intended to greatly commend you after the Qionglin Banquet tomorrow... At that time, not only will I bestow a residence, but I also plan to have the newly successful Jinshi ride horses and wear flowers to parade through Donghua Gate... You, Grand Commandant Zhang, and Grand Commandant Yue, as well as Yang Yizhong, who has contributed to Dongping this time, will ride horses and wear flowers to parade through Xihua Gate... Perhaps it can become a beautiful story."

Yue Fei and Zhang Rong were almost stunned at the same time, and Yang Yizhong, who had come with them, was also stunned for a moment.

After a moment, Zhang Rong became more and more ashamed: "The Emperor is so kind and righteous, and I really didn't expect that a momentary foolishness would not only backfire but also ruin the Emperor's arrangements... I should have known, how can a fisherman and a bandit marry such a handsome figure?"

Zhao Jiu shook his head repeatedly and continued: "Today's matter is not because you, Zhang Grand Commandant, came from a fishing family. Even if this dynasty is laughable, it has lost the few surnames of the Tang Dynasty. The hundred surnames are lined up in order, and although there is a priority, they are still considered words on a piece of paper. Therefore, since you have become a military commissioner and a regional grand commandant, then family status is really not a problem... The key today lies in the division between civil and military."

In the Song Dynasty, civil officials were valued and military officials were despised. Not to mention that Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong had been mixing in the army for a long time and knew it clearly, but even Zhang Rong roughly woke up when he heard this.

"Civil and military are separated." Zhao Jiu deliberately avoided the words 'noble' and 'despicable', but everyone knew.

"Civil and military are separated." Zhao Jiu intentionally avoided the words 'noble' and 'despicable', but everyone understood. "This is a tradition that was created after the military leaders of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms recklessly killed and abused people. This dynasty deliberately suppressed it and overcorrected for hundreds of years. Although it is a time of war now, and although military generals are becoming more and more important and unstoppable, it is still difficult to change the hearts of people for hundreds of years... Tomorrow's matter, if you feel embarrassed, then it won't happen. Anyway, we will have plenty of opportunities in the future. Only today, since I came to see Grand Commandant Zhang, I always have to talk about my original intention, so that Grand Commandant Zhang doesn't misunderstand... The tradition of hundreds of years is really difficult to change, but in my heart, there is no such thing as noble or despicable!"

In the end, he still used the words 'noble' and 'despicable', because that was the problem.

Hearing these words, Yue Fei took the lead and cupped his hands together with Zhang Rong, while Yang Yizhong was slightly stunned at the door but suddenly went out.

Of course, things had come to this point, and there seemed to be nothing more to say, and there was a silence in the courtyard... Because in the end, it was still that sentence, endure for the sake of the country.

But enduring again and again was always very suffocating.

Especially this matter, in fact, no one did anything wrong, it was just a misunderstanding, but because it involved the civil-military system, it instead made some people feel wronged for no reason.

So, in order to avoid these useful people from harboring resentment, Zhao Guan Jia had to compete with everyone to be the one who suffered this grievance.

However, just as the courtyard was silent, Yang Yizhong hurriedly returned, but reported in court - that the newly successful Jinshi Yu Yunwen had actually returned.

"Summon him in."

Zhao Jiu was full of helplessness and suffocation, but he couldn't vent it on Zhang Rong. Hearing that another party involved had returned, he was instead angry... According to what he thought, if this person agreed, wouldn't it be a win-win situation?

He didn't know why this person had to be the son-in-law for no reason.

The descendant of a famous family, a Jinshi at the age of twenty, was confusedly tied over by someone sent by a military commissioner who came from a water bandit, and you want him to marry his daughter... He didn't know if she was black or white, pretty or ugly... Anyone with a little self-esteem would refuse.

But who told him that Yu Yunwen was just an empty-headed scholar at the age of twenty?

How could he be compared with Zhang Da Touling, who had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and guarded one side for the country?

Reason was reason, but now was the time to talk about usefulness, usefulness to the country, not usefulness to Guan Jia personally! Since you are useless, you should naturally suffer.

"Why did the newly successful Jinshi return?" Facing the tall young Jinshi, Zhao Guan Jia, who was sitting upright and blowing the wind in the courtyard, smiled and said. "It's just a misunderstanding. Grand Commandant Yue was here earlier, and I came after him, and both of us personally told Grand Commandant Zhang... Why not go back to the Imperial Academy to rest earlier? After the Qionglin Banquet tomorrow, I'm afraid you'll have to wear flowers and parade through the streets!"

Yu Yunwen bowed his head blankly, his heart already in chaos.

Speaking of which, he had just been rescued by Yue Fei and only cared about escaping in embarrassment. Halfway through, he felt that he had overreacted and made Grand Commandant Zhang look bad... After all, the other party was Guan Jia's beloved general, and he was a newly successful Jinshi. If he returned in such embarrassment, and the matter spread, he was afraid that there would be rumors, either saying that he was a pedantic scholar who looked down on the military commissioner of the dynasty, or saying that these military men didn't take the pillars of the court seriously.

Unexpectedly, Guan Jia was actually here, and this also verified his idea just now.

This matter was not that simple.

"This subject... this subject is afraid that there will be rumors if I go back at this time." Yu Yunwen, who was meeting the Emperor for the second time, but actually for the first time, thought for a long time, but spoke the truth in his heart. "So I came back, to save Grand Commandant Zhang from embarrassment."

"It won't come to that." Zhao Jiu spoke kindly. "This matter is just a misunderstanding, even if there is something inappropriate, how can it be blamed on you?"

Zhang Rong also quickly spoke to persuade him.

Yu Yunwen almost burst into tears when he heard this, and only felt that this Guan Jia was also a good Guan Jia, and the Grand Commandant was also a good Grand Commandant, each of them knowledgeable, reasonable, and amiable. How could they be as inappropriate as Brother Hu Quan said?

If it was inappropriate, then it would be inappropriate to rank that kind of article fifth.

At this thought, this newly successful Jinshi repeatedly bowed and saluted non-stop.

ps: Finished chasing... I guarantee I won't make mistakes... Thank you for your tolerance...