There are many famous families in Hangzhou, such as the Ni family in Qiantang, a family of three scholars, and two scholars of father and son.

Ni Qian, orthodox four years of flowers, official to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, chasing the prince Shaobao, Zhen Wenxi.

Ni Yue, the eighth year of Tianshun Jinshi, the official to the Ministry of Rites.

Ni Fu, a scholar in Chenghua for ten years, an official to the right political envoy of Sichuan, died of illness nine years ago.

The Ni family married today, and the bride is from the Yu family, and the Yu family also belongs to the Hangzhou family.

It was not that he was forced to marry by the governor, but that he had already seen the auspicious day of the zodiac. When the groom was fifteen years old, he had already been selected as a student, and after two years, he would probably be able to pass the examination, maybe the Ni family would have another Jinshi!

When the Ni family was hired, it caused a sensation in the city, and the dowry gifts were carried to the Yu family one by one.

Today's wedding has also attracted wide attention, and the welcoming procession has directly become more than twice as long as it has returned from Yu's house. Among them, there were hundreds of people, who specially carried the dowry for the bride. This is just a dowry on the surface, a land deed, a house deed or something, which is not conspicuous in the box.

Knock and knock, so lively, the people of Hangzhou watched along the street.

Just when the bride was about to visit the church, two uninvited guests suddenly came to the Ni family.

The person in charge of welcoming the guests was Ni Chong, the second son of the Ni family, who saw Wang Yuan and Yuan Da coming, and immediately nodded and stepped forward to greet him: "I dared to send an invitation, but I didn't expect President Wang to really come." Come in, come in! ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Yuan Er, give a gift!" ”

Ni Chong hurriedly smiled and said: "Mr. Wang is polite, you can come to save face, and it is really embarrassing for the Ni family to give gifts." ”

Wang Yuan still kept smiling: "It's just a small courtesy, not a respect." ”

Yuan Da had two knives on his body, one knife hanging from his waist, and a wild knife in his arms.

The blade of the Notai knife is one meter four or five long, plus the handle, the length is more than one meter eight, and it is very eye-catching to hold in your arms!

As soon as Wang Yuan's words fell, Yuan Da sent the gift over, which was a very fine piece of paper.

Si Li thought that this was a gift list, and while opening the paper, he shouted loudly: "The right attendant of the military department, the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Gongyuan, give a gift...... Gifting ......"

Ni Chong was very unhappy and scolded: "What do you do, you can't read a gift list!" ”

Si Li came over and whispered, "Second master, Governor Wang has given you a gift...... A government notice. ”

Ni Chong's face changed drastically, and he begged for mercy: "Mr. Wang, the Ni family is marrying today, what is the misunderstanding, can you talk about it another day?" ”

"Misunderstanding?"

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You think, what is the first article of the notice?" ”

Ni Chong's mouth was dry: "Weddings and funerals must not be violated." ”

The smile on Wang Yuan's face suddenly disappeared: "In the notice, I advocate simplicity and encourage frugality. Your Ni and Yu families are married, and the dowry pickers are almost a mile away, are you specifically singing against Bentuk? Of course, this is just an advocacy, not a mandatory order. If you really want to do a big job, the Governor really can't control it. However, I can always manage the violation of marriage, right? ”

On a cold day, Ni Chong sweated on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "There is no violation, there is no violation." ”

"Whether there is a violation or not, you know it in your own hearts," Wang Yuan said with a straight face, "Give the Ni family one last chance, if there is any violation, immediately correct all of it for me!" ”

"There's really no violation." Ni Chong cried with a sad face.

The bride is about to visit the church, should she send her back to her parents' house to change her clothes? Unlucky!

Wang Yuan sneered: "That's to be shameless, Yuan Er, follow me to the wedding hall to have a look." ”

The governor acted, and the Ni family did not dare to stop it at all.

This matter quickly spread inside and outside the Ni Mansion, and the common people gathered at the door to watch the excitement, and the guests at the banquet also heard the news and came to see what was going on.

Jin Xianmin, the commander of Hangzhou City, was also one of the guests at the wedding banquet, and quickly ran to stop him: "General Wang, give the old man a face, don't make trouble today." ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Admiral Jin, since you took office, you have always cooperated with the affairs of opening the sea, and you are very grateful. But you'd better leave it alone! ”

Jin Xianmin actually pleaded: "General Wang, Qingxi Gong (Ni Yue) has the grace to carry me." He is an old man who is upright and incorruptible, and his children and grandchildren should not be in this catastrophe. ”

"I have also heard of the name of the Duke of Qingxi," Wang Yuan said, "I came here today to clean up the descendants of the Duke of Qingxi, so that he would not be able to look at the old man under the spring." ”

"This ......" Jin Xianmin wanted to say and stopped.

The left and right political envoys did not come today, but the left and right political envoys and the prefect of Hangzhou came. At this moment, they are standing far away, and they don't dare to come over and talk more, for fear that they will be fishy.

Wang Yuan took Yuan Da and went straight to the wedding hall.

The servant had already rushed over to report the news, and crawled into the wedding hall: "Master, master, it's not good!" ”

Ni Chuan, the patriarch of the Ni clan, is an old man of sixty or seventy years old, and he is also the grandfather of today's groom. He held his cane and scolded: "Today's great joy, don't say taboo words!" ”

The servant handed over the notice: "Governor Wang is here, and this is a gift from him." ”

Ni Chuan's face changed greatly when he saw the notice, and he hurriedly asked, "Where are the others?" ”

"It's almost here!" The servant said.

Ni Chuan immediately walked towards the door quickly with a cane, and the others followed, leaving only a couple of newcomers standing there stupidly.

Not long after, Wang Yuan brought Yuan Da over.

When Ni Chuan saw the two knives on Yuan Da's body, his face suddenly became even more ugly, and he stepped forward to salute and said: "The general system of the king is here, the old man has lost his welcome, please atone for his sins!" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You don't need to ask me to atone for your sins, you should ask the deceased elder of the Ni family to atone for your sins." ”

Ni Chuan said: "I am old and faint, and I also ask President Wang to speak clearly." ”

Wang Yuan had already made sufficient preparations, and immediately said: "Qingxi Gong is a generation of famous ministers, who is open to speech, lenient servitude, prudent punishment, dethroned and greedy, loyal and upright, eliminated redundant personnel, fasted and Jiao, built in the province, stopped indiscriminate rewards, meritorious service to the country, and benefited the people, I deeply admire." ”

Ni Chuan squeezed out a smile: "My ancestor has made outstanding achievements, and I can't wait for my descendants to be ashamed, and there is no Jinshi to inherit his legacy." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I heard that the regret that the Duke of Qingxi left to the Duke of Donggang is that 'the family must remember the king's life, and only keep the Qing loyal to one official'." ”

Ni Chuan smiled and said: "This is also Ni's family motto. ”

Wang Yuan also said: "I also admire Donggang Gong, he died of illness on the way to his post nine years ago. I heard that when the local officials collected the funeral for him, he had no long things, and he was so honest that he was so honest, which is respectable and lamentable! ”

Ni Chuan hurriedly said: "Uncle has been an official all his life, and his descendants should obey him." ”

"Boom!"

Wang Yuan suddenly turned around, pulled out the Ye Tai knife from Yuan Da's arms, and shouted: "Your uncle has only been dead for nine years, and the Ni family is already so 'incorruptible'?" A wedding caused a sensation in the city, and the wedding party lined up for half of Hangzhou. Get out of the way! ”

The light of the knife flickered, and Ni Chuan was so frightened that he retreated again and again.

Wang Yuan forced everyone away with a knife, walked straight into the wedding hall, and picked up the bride's hijab with the spine of the knife, which frightened the bride into panic and screamed.

Wang Yuan stared at the bride and said, "The Ni family's house is violated, so I won't talk about it today." In the notice, I advised the officials and people of Zhejiang to be thrifty, and I can't stop your family from marrying relatives. I also said in the notice that weddings and funerals must not be violated, this should always be obedient, right? Hmph, phoenix crown. Is the Yu family marrying the imperial concubine, or is there an emperor in the Ni family? ”

This was said very seriously, and he almost directly pointed out that the Ni clan had rebelled.

Ni Chuan knelt on the ground and explained: "President Wang, that's a finch crown, not a phoenix crown. ”

Wang Yuan was furious: "I can't tell whether it's a phoenix or a finch, are you blind when you are the governor?" ”

The bride of the Ming Dynasty can be called "phoenix crown xiaxia", but that is just Tujili's statement, the real phoenix crown xiahui can only be worn by the queen and the imperial concubine.

But in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, many gentry and wealthy families used real phoenix crowns for marriage.

Wang Yuan said again: "I will be a finch crown according to your words, but Xia Wei will never admit his mistake again, right?" Does this bride have a fate? If there is no command, who will give her the courage to dare to wear a chapel in a xiaxia veil! If she wants to be the imperial concubine, the governor will send her to the capital immediately! ”

The bride fainted instantly, and the others were in a mess.

Ni Chuan hated Wang Yuan to death, but he could only beg for mercy: "Please ask President Wang to give him a way to live." ”

"The way to live has already been given to you, go and see the notice yourself," Wang Yuan inserted the Ye Tai knife back into the sheath, "Either the house will be raided, or the Yu family's dowry will be returned to ninety percent, and then let the bride change her clothes and visit the church again!" Zhejiang's extravagant style of marriage was brought up by you and other gentry and wealthy businessmen, and I don't know how many civilian families are difficult to marry their own daughters. This trend should be killed! ”

Ni Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, the whole person collapsed on the ground, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you President Wang for your kindness." ”

Wang Yuan knew that this would not stop the trend of extravagance, and he would be able to manage it in Hangzhou City at most, but he would not be able to control it when he left Hangzhou City.

But this is just the beginning, the next thing to do is to change the concept and break those feudal superstitions.