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A year and a half later, on the first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, Wuyang City was lit up, and the mansion left by Zhizhou was simply rested and used as the palace of His Majesty the Emperor. There is also a woman here, that is, Yang Shufei, the mother of the original Emperor of the late Song Dynasty. Coupled with dozens of palace maids and eunuchs brought in a hurry, they together constitute this small palace.

Today is the day of great joy for the Zhao and Song royal families, and today, His Majesty the Emperor, who has just turned eleven years old, will marry Guo Xiang, the daughter of the late Xiangyang King Guo Jing, as the empress.

In the mansion of Prime Minister Lu Xiufu, Guo Xiang sat in a delicate small pavilion, wearing a red phoenix robe, wearing a phoenix crown and a silk veil, and his face was covered by a fine red silk cover, and sat there quietly. Next to her was her sister Guo Fu, who was sitting next to her at the moment, fiddling with all kinds of small things she needed to check and talking about various precautions for a woman's marriage. It's just that most of these matters are the etiquette of the people of the rivers and lakes or the family of poetry and books, and they are not used at the royal wedding.

In addition, their maternal grandfather Huang Laoxie is a strange person who regards feudal etiquette as dross, and under such a family education, he does not pay attention to all kinds of etiquette. The Song court was scattered everywhere, and there were many personnel losses, so many of the officials who were in charge of etiquette were also scattered. In the past two and a half years, Chen Xiang has been advocating a simple and effective social style, so although this wedding should be held very grandly to invigorate the hearts of the people, it is not allowed to be cumbersome, not extravagant and wasteful, and the princes and generals must be happy with the people, regardless of each other.

Such a request made it difficult for Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang, but fortunately, although Lu Xiufu was not good at change, he was very good at practice, and soon according to the emperor's instructions, it took three months to finally prepare for this wedding.

Among the man's guests, of course, are members of the royal family and ministers of the imperial court, and among the woman's guests, there are high-rollers from all over the world.

The members of the royal family and the ministers of the court naturally know the rules and etiquette very well, and the high-rollers in the rivers and lakes are not so well-behaved, but it is these high-rollers who also know how to converge that make the entire Wuyang City more lively.

Before the Song Dynasty, the Lingnan area was also inaccessible and was a land that had not been developed on a large scale. Only these five sheep cities are slightly popular, and most of the other areas are the land where the Li and Miao people survived in the era. Later, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed under the iron hooves of the Jin Dynasty, and a large number of Han people continued to cross the Yangtze River and migrated south to avoid wars. Later, the Mongols invaded again, and once again pushed the Han people southward like a shovel, which made this area of Lingnan begin to gain popularity.

In the past year, the Song court has fought a turnaround battle, and a strange war has begun with the Mongols. On the frontal battlefield, the two sides did not fight a decent war, but outside the battlefield, the two sides fought fiercely. In order to eradicate the mass base of the Han people, the Mongols did not hesitate to adopt the three-light policy, and even forced a large number of Han people to flee, which began to remember the good of the incompetent Song Dynasty and began to flee to the Lingnan region controlled by the Song Dynasty.

The Mongols also tried to sneak in with the refugees on several occasions to secretly take the checkpoint, but under the infiltration of a large number of Han knights, they were assassinated one after another before they could get close to the pass.

In the past year and a half, the population of the Han people in Lingnan has surged from less than one million to two million, and Chen Xiang has bulldozed a large number of Li Miao cottages and forcibly requisitioned them as civil husbands, so that the population actually controlled by the Song court has reached more than 3 million, and the city of Wuyangcheng alone has concentrated about 200,000 of them.

Therefore, although this Wuyang City does not look as rich and prosperous as Lin'an, Kaifeng and other big cities, it is already a very prosperous metropolis for the people of Lingnan, who have not seen the prosperous era for a long time.

In the square outside, every quarter of an hour, more than a dozen large fireworks are set off, reflecting the sky like a galaxy falling down, which is extremely beautiful.

Since Chen Xiang came to power, he has always attached great importance to engineering and business, and in engineering, he has paid special attention to gunpowder and watermills and windmills. In particular, after Chen Xiang realized the importance of Mingjiao and decided to revive Mingjiao and firmly grasp it in his own hands, he paid special attention to the research and development of gunpowder. In particular, many alchemy Taoist priests were recruited to turn into light messengers, so that they were not afraid of gunpowder explosions, and thus began the research and development of gunpowder weapons very efficiently.

These particularly splendid and high-flying fireworks are the by-products of gunpowder weapons research in the past two years.

Correspondingly, there is a little emperor to convene the world's Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Mingjiao monks and great virtues to gather together, in the emperor and super master dual identity of the hard promotion, began to completely reorganize and establish the teachings of Mingjiao, a perfect fusion of the three religions of the new Mingjiao is emerging, Guo Xiang believes that as long as the little emperor is given time, a prosperous country integrating politics and religion will soon be formed.

Guo Xiang, who was in a state of thought, was quickly pulled by Guo Fu, and said with some disgust: "Xiang'er, what do you want?" Today is a good day for you, and you are not an ordinary person who is married, you must be careful! Guo Fu's face already has some wrinkles, no matter what, she is already a woman in her forties, since marrying Yeluqi, she has also given birth to three boys and two girls, even if the martial arts cultivation is extremely profound, it can't stop the urging of the years, and she has already shown some old looks, and today she is also wearing brand new satin clothes, and she also shows some waist, but it also looks charming, and has a unique flavor.

"Sister, I'm thinking, if my father and mother knew that I would eventually marry the little emperor of the Song Dynasty, I don't know what they ......would think," Guo Xiang said quietly.

In fact, Guo Fu, who was more nervous than Guo Xiang, was also stunned for a moment, stopped the work he was doing to find something for himself, turned his head, looked at Guo Xiang seriously, looked at the sky outside the window, sighed faintly, and said, "I think, they must be very happy...... You know, you are the youngest daughter of your father and mother, and your grandfather's most beloved little grandson, this little emperor doesn't look like a sick man, but also like a sensible and good emperor who can revitalize the government, although he still has the identity of Mingjiao, but he is just the head of a big gang, and his father and mother should not have any opinions......"

Hearing Guo Fu say this, Guo Xiang didn't feel much less worried at all, and felt even more melancholy, for his eldest sister, who was used to her temper and rectum, Guo Xiang knew that she couldn't talk in circles like this, so she thought about it and said, "But...... Dad had agreed with his sworn brother Uncle Yang that if the next generation had a man and a girl, they would inevitably marry their children...... Now that the eldest sister has married Brother Yelu, and Brother Yang Guo has a dragon woman again, I am going to marry someone else again...... You say the Father's Spirit in Heaven...... Will...... Will there be a little regret and unwillingness? ”

Guo Fu then understood what her sister was talking about, and couldn't help but feel nervous, sitting next to Guo Xiang, holding the red handkerchief made of fine silk satin in both hands, looking into the distance with empty eyes, as if she also remembered some past events between herself and the cunning and handsome man. Neither of the two sisters spoke, but sat there quietly, as if the next topic was not appropriate to bring up no matter how it was raised.

Guo Fu thought for a long time, and finally laughed, and said: "Sister, I was almost deceived by you, if you really have him in your heart, you won't agree to it when the little emperor directly proposes to you!" I don't know how to be ashamed to do anything for him to be a personal confidential secretary, and he has already lived in the palace, I said you, you are too young, your brain is too smart, and you think too much. Don't say anything else, although Yang Guo's kid is handsome and has strong martial arts, he is a prodigal son with a weak heart, if it weren't for the twists and turns between him and the dragon girl, the relationship between the two not only has love, the righteousness of sharing hardships, the kindness between master and apprentice, and decades of hard torture, Yang Guo would have dumped her like Gongsun Lucao, Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang. And although he is witty and intelligent, he has no responsibility at all, let alone a sense of responsibility, no matter what happens, he pats his ass and leaves, and he is not even ashamed, but proud. If I were to say, there is nothing good about such a man. Otherwise, I wouldn't have resisted my father's pressure, begged my mother to call the shots, and married your eldest brother Yelu. ”

Guo Xiang had never heard his relatives, who were more like elders than sisters, talking about himself like this, so he couldn't help but be interested in chatting, and asked, "Then why did you choose Brother Yelu?" ”

Speaking of this, Guo Fu, who was already a mother of several children, also blushed, and said leisurely: "Your eldest brother Yelu is not only handsome, but also smart, and strong in martial arts, of course, these three things are not as good as Yang Guo's prodigal, but he has the advantage that Yang Guo does not have, that is, a sense of responsibility and a broad mind that a man must have." Compared with Yang Guo, Yeluqi is more like a man like a father, and he is really a hero! You see that after the destruction of Xiangyang City, it is the crisis of the family and the country, and when we need the children of the rivers and lakes to throw their heads and spill their blood the most, have you ever seen Yang Guo's treacherous villain again? I guess Yang Guo's bleak ** palm, most of it is his own self-pity! Have pity on himself! ”

Guo Xiang lowered his head a little gloomily, shook his head gently, and shook his head full of gold ornaments, which frightened Guo Fu to complain again, and sorted it out for Guo Xiang, and then began to continue to belittle Yang Guo and praise his husband: "Unlike Brother Yelu, he is not even Han himself, and his martial arts are not the first in the world, but he inherited his father's will, knowing that he was invincible, he still had to bring people to garrison Xiangyang City, and his legs were gone...... When His Majesty went to the rescue, he showed a manly temperament, and he would not bend his knees to worship the emperor in order to make up for a pair of broken legs, do you think that kid Yang Guo can do this? ”

Guo Xiang thought for a while, shook his head gently, and said, "If it were Brother Yang, he would definitely use his cleverness to deceive the body of the Light Messenger from the little emperor into his hands, instead of waiting for the little emperor to give it to him." ”

Guo Fu said angrily: "You have been with others for two years, and you are still called the little emperor, this is not right!" Men, but they all care about this very much, and they will be called Your Majesty in the future! ”

Guo Xiang's face turned red and said, "Sister! You care more than anyone else! Guo Fu laughed with her again and said, "Okay, I know you are an assertive, since you are already sitting here obediently and dressed up so beautifully, then you must have made up your mind." I see that although Your Majesty marries you with the intention of stabilizing the heart of the righteous man in the rivers and lakes, he also really likes you, you see that the eyes of him looking at you are different, where are the eyes of a ten-year-old child, you say that he is forty years old, I believe it! I'm afraid that my long-experienced brother Yelu may not be more mature in my heart than this majesty! And His Majesty is only eleven years old, he turned the tide, and made many legendary deeds, he can really be regarded as a big hero, a big hero, even if his father and mother are there, he has to give a thumbs up and praise it! is even more handsome, compared to Yang Guo's handsomeness of the small family, it is not at the same level at all, and there is an inextricable charm, which makes people feel like it when they see it, it is really a royal noble, but it is different! Besides, in the future, the future of this Emperor and Song Dynasty, as well as the glory of our Guo family, will fall on you! You have to hurry up, give birth to a few more big fat boys, and you will be the emperor in the future! ”

Guo Xiang's face turned even redder, and he said, "Sister!! What nonsense are you talking about!! He's just a kid! ”

Guo Fu smiled and said, "What about children? Have you already checked his body? As he spoke, the two laughed again, although it was not very solemn, but it also successfully swept away the barriers and tense atmosphere in their hearts.

At the end, Guo Fu calmed down again, stared at Guo Xiang's beautiful eyes that could speak, and said: "Besides, Your Majesty personally presided over the ceremony and posthumously crowned the king of Xiangyang, and the lady of the mother's first order, presumably under the Jiuquan, my father and mother will also feel very pleased...... At this point, Your Majesty and Yang Guo are not on the same level, not to mention that you are now going to be the most noble woman queen in the world, where is it better to marry Yang Guo's stinky boy and be small? I think you understand the trade-off better than I do. ”

Speaking of his sister's self-confession, where does Guo Xiang still not understand his innermost thoughts? Although this Chen Xiang is young, he is really a big hero, and he is also a man with great responsibilities, every time he saves the Han people and the Song court from danger, he has already unknowingly become Guo Xiang's spiritual sustenance. Since becoming the confidential secretary of the little emperor, only Guo Xiang knows that this little emperor has to work more than eighteen hours a day, and often sometimes sleeps less than two hours. He's been playing his tricks for a long time, and he doesn't know where he's gone.

Guo Xiang is no longer an innocent girl in the flower season, she is also twenty-three years old this year, and she is already a woman who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, how can she not know what she really wants in her heart? At that moment, he really made up his mind to be Chen Xiang's wife, and from then on, he completely kicked that man out of his heart.

In another hall, Chen Xiang was talking with his titular mother, Yang Shufei, and the people sitting around him were the people who fled to the Zhao and Song royal families, and the total was only more than 30 people.

At this moment, Chen Xiang is also wearing a red wedding dress, he has been successful in practicing kung fu in the past two years, and his body is very tall and beautiful, and he looks even more heroic and full of compelling charm. Next to him, there were three clerks who were sweating profusely, writing hard, clearly recording every word he said, and issuing it as a national law, which is the source of the so-called gentleman's mouth with Tianxian.

Today's occasion is also the best time for Chen Xiang to decide to face up to the special group of the royal family and take advantage of the weakness of the foundation to carry out drastic reforms.

In the hall, Chen Xiang's voice echoed loudly, clear and clear, penetrating into everyone's ears. Again, it was said word by word, which facilitated the honest record of the secretary, and showed the importance and decisiveness of this sentence.

"In the future, the children of the royal family, over 16 years old and under 60 years old, will no longer provide monthly salaries, and they need to find jobs to support themselves, and there must be no mistake! The royal family and the government are not allowed to give any preferential treatment that is different from ordinary people! Violators will be punished for bribery! Strictly pursue legal responsibility! Only widows and lonely royalty are obliged to raise them on their behalf!

In addition, the crown prince is no longer established in the royal family in the past dynasties, and at the beginning of each emperor's reign, the royal family, ministers above the fifth grade, and representatives of the township elders are recommended from the royal family to serve as the crown prince, and the recommended disciples must have more than three years of military experience and more than three years of local governance experience, and the crown prince will be re-elected once every five years, until the previous emperor dies and the new crown prince succeeds to the throne, and the next crown prince will continue to be elected! to prevent the community from falling into the hands of those who don't deserve it! ”

After hearing this, everyone was taken aback, and they were shocked and didn't know what to say, and they suddenly fell into chaos!

Concubine Yang Shu said even more worriedly: "Your Majesty, is this a little too presumptuous...... Chen Xiang politely saluted the mother and said: "Queen Mother, I have already planned this matter, so I don't need to persuade it anymore." ”

Concubine Yang Shufei was used to her son's very assertive things after drowning once, and when she saw that the little emperor had thought clearly, she didn't persuade her, and let the three clerks carefully record every word the emperor said.

After making general arrangements for the affairs of the royal family, it happened that Lu Xiufu also came in, saying that the auspicious time was coming soon, and asked the Queen Mother and His Majesty to get ready.

Chen Xiang and Yang Shufei walked to another hall together, and under the guidance of the attendant, they walked to the main seat in the hall.

The hall was filled with very important guests.

Standing on one side are all civil and military officials in the imperial court, and they can't stand here unless they are above the fifth grade. On the other side, there is a particularly prestigious group of people on the rivers and lakes, among which there are two old men who are particularly eye-catching.

One of them has all white hair, and he is playing like a child, and many people around him call him an old naughty boy, so this person is the old naughty boy Zhou Botong.

The other old man was an old monk, his face wrinkled like a zigzag page, and one couldn't help but wonder if he was over a hundred years old. The knights around this person are very respectful to him, and obviously his status is also extraordinary, it should be the Southern Emperor Duan Wangye, that is, the Southern Monk Yideng Mage.

Huang Laoxie had already passed away from a sad immortal not long after the destruction of Xiangyang City, so he could not come to attend the wedding of his most beloved little granddaughter. Peach Blossom Island sent someone else, but it was Cheng Ying, the owner of contemporary Peach Blossom Island. Yeluqi of the beggar gang was also present, and he still did not choose to change his faith and become a messenger of light in order to complete his body, but Chen Xiang found a skilled craftsman, and made two fine iron prostheses for him according to the bladed legs of the disabled speed runners in later generations.

In addition, there are Yang Zizi and other Ming Sect disciples, listening to Yang Zizi said, his newborn youngest son Yang Dingtian has been brought, Chen Xiang still felt very familiar when he heard the name Yang Dingtian, and after remembering who it was, he didn't say anything. Thinking that after his arrival, the future history will change greatly, so he reminded him that it was already a superfluous matter, and he simply looked at this talented child, and especially allowed Yang Zizi to teach all his martial arts to this future Mingjiao leader who was still a baby.

Today's two major factions, Shaolin and Quanzhen Sect also sent envoys, Shaolin's envoys are colorless Zen masters who have listened to the Jiuyang Sutra with Guo Xiang and Zhang Junbao. The envoy of the Quanzhen Sect is the same generation and brother of the head of the Quanzhen Sect, and it can be regarded as a thorough etiquette.

In others, in addition, it is the head of the sect that Chen Xiang has never even heard of, but under the wanton strangulation of the Mongols, it is not easy for there are so many people left in the rivers and lakes, so Chen Xiang no longer pays special attention to these people, but gives gifts to those little-known small sects, the compilation of the Shenzhao Sutra and the Blood Knife Sutra. rs