Zhao Yu got the money, but he didn't make any promises to Zheng Huchen, nor did he say anything praise, let alone reward. And Zheng Huchen didn't say a word, he sent the money to the place he designated, and the monarch and the minister seemed to take it for granted. But according to Wang De's report who went to contact, he seemed to be relieved, not only did he not give up, but he was a little happy.

Because the money came too abruptly, Zhao Yu did not send the money directly to the inner treasury, but asked Wang De to arrange for someone to take some of the spices and treasures accumulated in the treasury to the palace to sell first. This practice was not uncommon in the past dynasties, and in the past, the palace would receive tributes from all over the world every year, including a large number of incense, silk and silk, as well as various utensils made by the palace supervisors. Whenever the treasury in the palace was too much, or the emperor was short of money, he would take it out and sell it.

Of course, there is no shortage of buyers for the things sold in the palace, and people will compete to buy them, and it is a kind of honor to have a royal thing in the house. And the things in the palace are all contributions from all over the world, and they are also made by craftsmen in the palace, and the quality is absolutely good, after all, no matter how bold you are, you don't dare to fool the emperor, so these things are not only bought quickly, but also the price is definitely expensive.

As soon as the grocery store in the palace opened, it immediately attracted buyers from all walks of life. But some courtiers frowned when they saw it, they all knew that the little emperor had made some money over the years, but it often came and got it quickly, either for state affairs, or for military expenses. And look at the things on sale, there are actually some things copied from the Pu Mansion back then, and those incense medicines have been stored for ten years, if you don't consider the quality problem, you can also know how simple the little emperor's life is, otherwise these things can still be put now.

Seeing this situation, everyone understands that the little emperor is raising funds for the upcoming big wedding, and they also know that there is a vacuum in his pocket this time, otherwise he will not take out all his family resources and sell them. But they can only sigh, they all know that the little emperor has set a limit for each place in order to save the people from the suffering, and the standard is very low, which is more like a meaning. The so-called filial piety of officials has never been accepted, and if they are sent, they will be scolded, and even let the Yushitai find out the origin of the money.

Seeing that the emperor had to sell his property to raise money for marrying his wife, the ministers were really helpless and sympathetic. Although Zhao Hao seems to have lost face, he laundered the funds of the bureau through this means, and won himself prestige, and he only made money inside and out. And sent a signal to the outside that Lao Tzu is not greedy as an emperor, if anyone dares to go against the sky, then think about the end......

By the end of September, the Empress Dowager's transcendent ritual was finally over, and Zhao Yu was able to return to the palace. However, at this time, the autumn period had ended, and there was no progress in the peace talks, and the two sides talked about stopping and stopping, which was tepid, and it took more than a month. Recently, Boyan also returned to the capital to discuss the matter, leaving only Liu Mengyan to continue the peace talks in Yangzhou, which basically came to a standstill.

Everything was done, so the emperor's marriage became the main task of the court at this stage. And the reason why I say this is because the emperor is not always able to catch up with this kind of decent thing. They are often married before they succeed to the throne, and they only need to fulfill the ceremony of canonizing the queen, not to have another wedding. Not to mention that just because the emperor can be the groom every day, he has to do marriage every day, according to the etiquette system, the emperor's wife is only one person, and other concubines cannot enjoy this treatment.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the emperor to have another wedding, unless the queen is dead or deposed. And the emperor's wedding is very expensive, it is not something that can be done if you want to, you have to touch a few dollars in your pocket in advance, whether you are allowed to toss again. And this is also the reason why the emperor's wedding is rare, so that the etiquette of the wedding, members of the royal family and court officials are also rare to see, maybe they encounter such a once in a lifetime.

At present, the Great Song Dynasty at least since Ningzong, Lizong, and Duzong, if you count Emperor Jingyan, who died of illness when he was a minor, either because he had married an adult before he ascended the throne, or because he died before he was a minor, so far there have been four emperors who have not held a big wedding. Now the courtiers have put on such a once-in-a-century event, and they can't help but be cautious, so they not only set up a preparatory team headed by the left and right ministers, with the Ministry of Rites as the standing secretary, and the ministers as members, but also combined some famous Confucians and wise men to participate in it.

Zhao Yu also participated in two preparatory meetings as a party, and then he never went again, he found that it was not only himself who did not understand, but these people did not understand one by one, in fact, they also did not understand. They also 'crossed the river by feeling the stones' according to the provisions of the classics and the etiquette used in the precedents, but the Great Song Dynasty court experienced two catastrophes, and the royal archives and related classics have been lost, which is simply out of order, and can only collect relevant classics while sorting out and arguing in order to be as proper.

In fact, how to hold a wedding, whether it is the emperor or the common people, they generally have to abide by the "six rites" agreed in the "Book of Rites", that is, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, announcing the date, and welcoming in person. The difference is that the royal wedding ceremony is more solemn and elaborate, but there are increases and decreases in the past dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong, who was known for his absurdity and extravagance, paid special attention to the etiquette and personally presided over the revision, simplifying and refining the wedding procedures. After Sima Guang was dismissed, he also studied the etiquette law, and also compiled a book, stipulating the etiquette used by different groups of people.

However, when there are more people, there are different ideas, and these scholars are all erudite talents, and they all have different opinions on etiquette, and at this time, everyone wants to be dominated by their own opinions, and in the end, it is difficult to form a unity. Even whether to use the band accompaniment has become a long-debated problem, some people say that the wedding contained in the ancient rites does not need music, while some people say that Emperor Huizong wanted to use music. Zhao Yu couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, the wedding was originally a happy event, and it was lively when it was blown, if he quietly entered the cave room, what is the difference between it and a mouse marrying?

But Zhao Yu still has self-knowledge, the little ink in his stomach is not enough to take out and be embarrassed, so he still hides farther away, lest they splash his own ink when they fight, or do something he can do. Of course, first of all, it is necessary to determine the candidate for the concubine, and according to the regulations, on the day of the wedding, the 'concubines' will enter the palace on the same day, and he must first determine the list, send them home to be married, and at the same time enshrine their parents and reward the mansion in Beijing, these things cannot be delayed.

Zhao Yu didn't have the time to investigate the candidates in many ways at this time, so he set up Wu Xi as the queen according to the intention of the queen mother and the ministers, and he originally wanted to make Li Sanniang the concubine, but they thought that although they had a marriage contract with him, the concubine was second only to the queen, which was too high for a slang person. In fact, he knew that the ministers were worried that they would be unhappy one day and abolish the queen, so wouldn't it be bad for a slang girl to succeed him.

So Zhao Yu thought about it again and again and named Chen Shuyi as the imperial concubine and Li Sanniang as the concubine, and everyone felt that he had compromised and made a step, so they didn't say anything more, even if it was decided. Below is Concubine De Zhangping and Concubine Lei Yan, for the sake of long legs, Wang Yu is named Concubine Chen. And Cheng Su was defeated, so he could only stay in the palace as an ordinary palace person, for fear that he would cry and faint in the toilet after hearing about it, but he didn't have a chance.

According to Zhao Yu's knowledge, the names of the concubines in the Song Dynasty are actually not possible, but they are quite chaotic. Roughly speaking, when she first entered the palace, the name of the woman was only: Shiyu, Hongxia Veil. Further, Feng Jun, Feng Lady, and Jun and Mrs. are not certain in terms of number and county name. After the lady, then enter the talent, beauty, Jieyu, and then enter Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Xiuyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyi, Xiuyi, Chongyuan, Wanrong, Wanyi, Shunrong, Guiyi, etc. If you enter again, you will be a concubine: a noble concubine, a virtuous concubine, a virtuous concubine, a concubine, a lady, and a concubine.

Therefore, the most significant feature of the Great Song Dynasty harem is that there is no positioning, starting from the beginning, growing with pets, and constantly promoting, just like playing games to fight monsters and upgrade. And Zhao Hao's selection of concubines this time is also a special case, they only fought a few little monsters, and then opened a step to clear the customs. But what they should be most grateful for is the big boss of the Queen Mother, who released the water all the way in order to hold her grandson as soon as possible, if Zhao Yu guards the pass, even if it is not as good as Tang Seng to learn from the scriptures, they must let them learn from Guan Yu to pass five levels and kill six generals.

The wedding team was busy for a while, and finally got the outline out and submitted it to Zhao Yu for review. He only took a cursory look and found a major omission, and wrote four words with his pen - it was not in line with the etiquette, so he returned the song as it was. A group of people were immediately stunned, but they spent countless efforts and didn't know how many classics they had to come up with, and the emperor was sent away.

But the emperor's imperial approval could not be ignored, Xu Zongren summoned everyone to study it word by word, and did not find anything 'indecent', but it was rejected after it was sent. Again and again, two can not be repeated, everyone still did not find any mistakes after the retrial, you can only submit it and ask Your Majesty to make it clear, this time Zhao Yu added a word at the end - crown.

After reading the imperial approval, everyone immediately smiled bitterly, if this matter was spread, it would be a big shame, how dare they call it a Confucian sage again. Originally, according to the "Book of Rites: The Royal System", "crown, marriage, funeral, sacrifice, township, and meeting" were the "six rites". Among them, the "crown" is a coming-of-age ceremony, and getting married before reaching adulthood, or without holding a coming-of-age ceremony, is "indecent manner".

There was such a big omission, and everyone was naturally annoyed that they had ignored such a big thing. But on second thought, we can't be blamed for this! Thinking that the little emperor opened the palace at the age of five to preside over the military administration of Qiongzhou, and at the age of eight said that I was appointed to supervise the country, at the beginning I felt that he was still young, but his handling of military and political affairs was never ambiguous, and he led the dynasty through the most difficult period. Where is what a child should be, he gradually got used to it, and he didn't dare to underestimate it anymore, and regarded him as an adult in his heart, but he ignored His Majesty's age, and forgot that he hadn't done the crown salute yet.

In addition, although the Song Dynasty continued to repair the crown ceremony in the book of rites, except for Zhenzong, Huizong and Lizong for the crown ceremony, in reality the crown ceremony was still not valued, and the crown ceremony of the prince was not customized. As a result, Cai Xiang of Yingzong said: The crown is faint and funeral, and the ceremony is great, and the crown ceremony will not be reconsidered today. Zeng Gong also pointed out: The ancients re-crowned, and the words were re-written in the crown, and the words could not be ignored. Today's crown ceremony is abolished, and the word is not the time, and the ancient rites are not very good. Su Zhe said: Today's husband is crowned, so the beginning of raising people, and the return is right, and now they are all abolished and not standing.

The crown ceremony in the royal family of the Song Dynasty has been neglected to this point, and the abolition of the folk crown ceremony can be imagined. But this is an important link that cannot be bypassed, and the crown ceremony means that the young man has reached a certain age, has reached sexual maturity, can marry, and from then on participate in various activities as an adult of the clan. To put it simply, the purpose of performing the crown ceremony is to remind the person who performs the crown prayer:

From then on, the "children who have no responsibility in the family" will be transformed into adults who have officially stepped into the society, and only those who can practice the virtues of filial piety, loyalty, and obedience can become qualified sons, qualified younger brothers, qualified subordinates, and qualified juniors, and become various qualified social roles. Only in this way can we be called human beings, and only then can we be qualified to govern others, and can we inherit and carry forward the Chinese etiquette and civilization. In other words, the crown ceremony is the foundation project and foundation project of Chinese etiquette in the hearts of Chinese members, and Confucianism also positions the crown ceremony at the beginning of etiquette.

The prince is also only qualified to be a foreigner, open a government and sit in office, and listen to politics only after receiving the crown ceremony, of course, the form is greater than the reality. Going out of the first place is a kind of restrictive management of the prince; However, although the opening of the government and the placement of officials in the outer court are the embodiment of the prince's right to participate in politics and discussion, although the opening of the government and the placement of subordinates to the prince are assigned to the prince, the educational and disciplinary function of the officials is greater than the political auxiliary function, and the foreign court of the class focuses on the invitation of the court, rather than participating in politics and discussion in the real sense.

But at the moment, there was such a freak as Zhao Yu, who opened a government at the age of five and went out to become a vassal; succeeded to the throne at the age of eight; Now, in order to wear a crown, he led the army to recover half of the south of the Yangtze River, so the royal system and the old precedent cannot be applied. In addition, there is the issue of the age of wearing the crown, which again disagrees:

Some courtiers quoted Cheng Yi's argument, saying that he had distinguished: "The crown is responsible for adults, and twelve years is not the time to blame." He also believed that since he was crowned, he had to be responsible for adult affairs, otherwise it would be a false courtesy. If he cannot be held accountable for adult matters after the crown ceremony, he cannot be expected to become an adult for the rest of his life, so "even if the princes of the Son of Heaven are crowned, they will also be crowned by twenty." "Such a little emperor can't do a crown salute.

However, some people cite Sima Guang's argument and formulate the ceremony of the crown ceremony in his "Book of Rituals": a man between the ages of 12 and 20 can perform the crown ceremony as long as his parents do not have more than one period of mourning. Another Confucian put forward the record of Lu Xianggong's twelve crowns in the "Zuo Chuan", advocating that the age of the crown ceremony should be twelve years old. And from this point of view, Zhao Hao's crown salute at this time is in line with the etiquette......