The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit same-sex marriage, although there was no explicit provision on what the same sex could marry. In some special places, usually relatively backward places, there are not a lot of men who marry each other and live with each other. Relatively speaking, marrying a wife always requires a large amount of expenses, while two men are not so particular, just live together, and have more labor.

However, Da Zhou does not advocate this kind of behavior. After all, for the magistrates in these years, during their tenure, the changes in the local population are directly linked to their political performance, and once they reach the age and have not talked about their relatives, even widows and widowers who are still fertile, the government will not let go of one, and will send official media to the door.

Now, due to the rapid development of the postal system, the marriage of Chu Hao and Ruan Bai has spread all over the Great Zhou.

The identities and status of the two people obviously won't go straight to the kennel and live behind closed doors. There must be all kinds of exquisiteness, and they are more particular than the ordinary marriage of relatives and daughters.

Pomp and circumstance are sometimes an attitude.

For example, the amount of dowry given by the man directly shows that the man attaches great importance to the woman. On the other hand, the amount of dowry given by the woman is also the same as the importance of the man. Of course, this will include all kinds of flaunting wealth complexes.

Unlike Chu Hao's dowry/dowry, which Princess Pingxi has prepared since she was a child, Ruan Bai's belongings are all earned by herself in a short period of time. In those years, there was a shortage of materials, and many things could not be bought immediately if there was money. He simply left that part aside and focused on other items to show off his wealth.

When it comes to low-key luxury, Ruan Bai thinks he still has some ideas...... It's just that they were all shot by the emperor's little old man.

"Why doesn't this work, that doesn't work!" Seeing that the wedding was imminent, he hadn't even done the most basic things, and suddenly some dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, and even his respect for the emperor was temporarily put aside.

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "These dowries you chose...... Ahem, the dowry, it's useless. ”

"Why?!" Give him a reason!

was questioned like this, and the emperor was not angry, but patiently laid out the facts and reasoned: "No matter what, you have to live in the Pingxi palace after you get married, right?" ”

"Hmm." The structure of the palace is actually similar to that of the palace, with the front shop and the back house...... The former office is back to home. Of course, the composition is a little more complicated, and there are more things to deal with. Even if his house is very close to the palace, after all, it is not convenient to live directly in the palace.

What's more, if they move out, there will be only two people left in the palace, the princess and the prince, and it will be even more empty. If there is an emergency, they are not there, and it is not easy to deal with it.

The emperor's words interrupted Ruan Bai's thoughts as he ran away, and the little old man's increasingly ruddy and healthy fingers poked on the gift list: "These things, the palace has them, even if you are ready, do you still exchange the things on both sides?" Sent over just to change the room? "And obviously the things of the Chu family will be better.

Ruan Bai pouted: "Okay." The coal boss made a painful decision, "It's a big deal to move ten carloads of gold over when the time comes...... "Sure enough, low-key luxury is not something that ordinary people can play, he still wants to be a simple and happy local tyrant~

Ten carts of gold...... The emperor opened his mouth, why can a little Yicheng be so rich?

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the day soon came to the day of marriage.

The weather is no longer cold, and the city is full of spring flowers and green trees.

On this day, the people of the entire Xijing City got up early, put on their most beautiful clothes, and some carried baskets in their hands, which were filled with all kinds of flowers and fruits.

With the wedding date approaching, I don't know where to start, Xijing City fell into an inexplicable holiday atmosphere, as if the Spring Festival has not yet ended, and the joy on people's faces can be seen even by the blind.

There is no restriction on identity, in addition to being a nominal matchmaker these days, the emperor takes Tian Kaifu and Fang Maomao to the street for a walk as long as he is free. Originally, it was Zuo Yuanliang who was supposed to accompany him, but the emperor disliked that Zuo Yuanliang's face was too recognizable in Xijing, so he directly ordered him to cooperate in organizing the wedding.

Until the first day, the emperor still couldn't figure it out, and asked the general who finally joined him: "Lao Zuo, you said that Chu Hao and Ruan Bai, two young talents, got married like this, shouldn't the women in Xijing City cry?" How can one race be happy? "I couldn't be happier than I can't be happier!

Zuo Yuanliang didn't understand it at first, but he had been following his father-in-law for the past few days, and he had already heard the answer: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything." In the eyes of the women in Xijing, Chu Shizi is unattainable, and Ruan Lang is not from Xijing in the first place. Whether the two of them get married or not has nothing to do with the local girls. However, in the past year, Xijing has developed a lot, and the lives of the common people have been much better, and I heard that Chu Shizi and Ruan Lang are also preparing to set up a public school in Xijing, free of tuition, for children to go to school. The common people all admit it, where is there any displeasure! ”

"Public school?" The emperor became interested, "Tell me to hear it?" ”

"The details of the situation, Wei Chen is not clear, but roughly, I know a little bit about it." In front of the emperor, Zuo Yuanliang didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and said directly, "Ruan Lang's initial plan is to set up four schools in Xijing to accept children under the age of ten to attend school. Tuition fees are waived, and children who go to school only need to buy their own books, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and other miscellaneous items. ”

After a little thought, the emperor understood the purpose of this establishment.

There is no doubt that literacy is useful. But the cost of studying is not small for ordinary people. Ruan Bai can lightly say that if he takes ten carts of gold, even if he waives the miscellaneous expenses, he can do it. But the reason why he didn't do that is probably the same as the current ...... Well, the level of social productivity is related.

The real poor people, not to mention ten-year-old children, even three- and four-year-old children may have to take them with them and do a little work. Ten-year-olds can already be half of the labor force, how can they be allowed to read and write?

To put it bluntly, reading is still a treatment that only a few people can enjoy. Now that there is a public school, the threshold for reading has been lowered, so that some children who can't afford to hire a husband can also read and write, which has to be said to be a great benefit to Da Zhou. If it weren't for the current gap in the Great Zhou treasury, the emperor would also want to implement it in the capital.

The yamen spent a considerable amount of money every year to maintain some vacant houses. And according to the concept of this public school, it should only be used for children's enlightenment, not to teach children to do learning. Do anything else, for those high-ranking scholars, maybe they will say two insulting words or something; But to be a gentleman to the children, he is sure that it will definitely not touch the sensitive nerves of those scholars.

Well, if you add the marketing methods mentioned by Ruan Bai on both hands, for example, to make the social influence of the enlightenment of children higher, I am afraid that many people will cry and shout to be Mr.

It's a pity, there is no money!

The emperor was not curious about Ruan Bai doing anything strange, he was curious: "When did this kid get so many things?" These days, seeing that he is busy, he has not stopped. ”

Referring to this, Zuo Yuanliang also pinched his teeth: "It's been a long time." The stinky boy did it in conjunction with the princess, and even the prince knew that it didn't take long. In fact, his fairy lady also got involved, and she was more solid than his mother-in-law. According to his wife......

"The husband is busy with official business, just take care of this kind of trivial matter, and you don't have to worry about the husband." It means that suing sù has a hairy use!

If it weren't for the implementation in the name of the government, I'm afraid King Pingxi would probably have to wait until the completion of the school to know about it.

"Then Chu Hao doesn't know?"

"Chu Hao knows, the house in the study school is still what he is looking for."

Xijing, like the capital, has a lot of public rental housing for officials, and the location is good and the price is moderate. In addition to the houses built with public funds, there are also houses that have been confiscated from the private sector for various reasons.

This part of the house can be used to reward prominent officials, and can be used as public facilities such as charity halls, post offices, and property management offices; It can also be used for renting and buying.

Of course, housing prices in Xijing are high, and some relatively large houses are rarely interested even if they are rented. It just so happened that the scale of the school building that Ruan Bai needed was more demanding, so he selected some houses that had fallen into disrepair and bulldozed and rebuilt, and the other was simply a vacant land.

In order to celebrate the marriage of the two people, all the initial construction of the school and the equipment such as teaching aids were sponsored by the coal boss Ruan Bai and the prince Chu Hao.

Not to mention how much manpower and material resources are needed to build such a school, after the completion of the school, the school will recruit various administrative and logistics personnel. Isn't this a job opportunity for nearby residents?

In the eyes of most ordinary people in Xijing, their children do not need to be restrained by their husbands when they go to school in the future, and other miscellaneous expenses are originally paid by themselves. It's not good for the government to let people go to school?

And this kind of thing that has nothing to do with most of the upper class, they can also find a way to mix. How much do the officials and dignitaries care about their reputation! They give a lot of money every year, just to make a good name. Now buy some pen, ink, paper and inkstone for the school, for children's enlightenment, as long as the most ordinary is good, how much money can it be spent? As soon as the news spread, many people inquired.

The shrewd emperor's mind turned a corner, and he had a plan for the white wolf with empty gloves. Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time, he directly wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to the capital: "Let the prince invite the ministers to discuss." ”

The crown prince has been in prison for a few days, and he has already practiced dead fish eyes/expressionlessness, and when he received his father's faceless letter, he read it quietly, and recruited all the important ministers to the imperial study to work together.

The important ministers are worthy of being a top insidious, especially the bearded Li of the household department: "Such a good policy should be vigorously implemented." "What the household department needs to give out is just a few houses.

There were a few people who were slow to respond, and they were still thinking about how to spend money, and Li was the first to agree, and when the discussion continued, they found out......

"Sir's question, let the country eunuch come. Professors don't have to go, students can occasionally go to give a lecture. ”

"Go and check a few temples in the capital to see who gives more money for incense. Don't you like to do good deeds? Isn't it more useful to let children read and write than to burn a few sticks of incense and light a few oil lamps? ”

Discussion comes and goes, and in the final analysis, it boils down to one sentence: "The household department does not need to give money." Li Shangshu touched the baby's beard with relief, and His Majesty went to Xijing, which was an enlightenment. Will he be able to see the day when the treasury will be re-filled before he leaves office?