That's right, if you marry a princess in the Tang Dynasty, you have to pay for your own mansion. At most, the royal family gives you a piece of land, and how you want to build it is your own business.

The reason why the horse and the princess live alone outside is also to take care of the inconvenience of etiquette. You must know that the princess has a noble status, even if she is an in-law, she is also a courtier in name, not to mention the rest of her husband's family.

Although Wang Jue has tried his best, starting from Princess Nanping, all princesses in the future will marry, as long as their in-laws are still alive, they must kneel and bow like the people.

But this is also when you are newly married, and it is inevitable that there will be etiquette conflicts when you get along with each other. Therefore, out of sight and out of mind, going out to live alone also reduces this kind of pointless argument.

Because of this, in the Tang Dynasty, those who could marry princesses were all nobles and wealthy families, and it was impossible for them to have poor horses.

This situation did not change until the Song Dynasty, at least you don't have to pay for the house yourself. It has become the norm for the royal family to marry a cold girl, and the princess to descend into the cold.

Just like Chen Shimei, who won the champion is also a poor scholar, if it was in the Tang Dynasty, the house could not be built, which princess would he marry?

Cheng Chubi led the way in front, as if he had arrived at his own house, and those guards and subordinates also knew him, bowed down and saluted, and did not hinder him.

Xu Qilin and Yu Chihuan followed behind, both with the idea of fast in and out, and they didn't want to delay here.

When he arrived outside the hall, Cheng Chuliang had already been informed by someone and got up to greet him.

"Second brother." Cheng Chubi arched his hand with a big grin, and introduced: "This is a good brother of so-and-so, Xu Qilin." Yu Chihuan, the second brother knows each other. ”

Xu Qilin bowed his hand and said: "I wish the Captain of the Horse a new day and a boundless birthday." ”

Yu Chihuan also gave a salute and said auspicious words for the New Year.

Cheng Chuliang also looked like a bold man, laughed and returned the salute, and stretched out his hand to invite them into the hall.

Walking into the hall and sitting down to talk, although Cheng Chuliang and Xu Qilin had never met, they were very close, and they knew some things about Xu Qilin very well, and praised them from time to time.

Xu Qilin smiled humbly, took the time to glance at Cheng Chubi, and urged him to hurry.

Cheng Chubi nodded, got up and walked to the side, and greeted the second brother. The two brothers whispered, and saw Cheng Chubi take out the mirror from his arms and hand it to Cheng Chuliang.

Cheng Chuliang was happy, but turned around and entered the side hall. This is a very common design, the main hall and the side hall are connected. If it is a family with average conditions, there is a screen in the main hall to separate it.

This design is mainly for the convenience of female dependents. For example, Cheng Chuliang was sitting in the hall with the princess, and suddenly a guest came, and the princess was inconvenient to see each other, so she went to the side hall to avoid.

Obviously, Cheng Chubi broke in all the way, and the princess had to go to the side hall, and it was too late to go elsewhere.

After a while, Cheng Chuliang walked out of the side hall with a smile on his face. came to Xu Qilin, arched his hand, and said, "Thank you Qi Lin for making it complete." In the future, the price will be set, and a certain will be delivered. ”

Xu Qilin hurriedly got up and returned the salute and said, "The concubine is polite." If it weren't for the constraints of the big surplus treasury, the mirror would not be a gesture for a certain person? ”

Cheng Chuliang nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to hand over something, and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess knows that Qi Lin has a little sister, although she has never met, she has heard of her intelligence. Today is the first day, a small gift is given to thank you for the righteousness of the mirror. ”

Xu Qilin saw that it was a bracelet, which was probably taken down by Princess Qinghe casually to show her gratitude. Princess, naturally she can't give him anything, so as not to negotiate things, and she can only give it to her little sister in the name of giving it to her little sister.

After a little push, Xu Qilin took it and thanked Her Royal Highness the princess for the reward.

Think about Princess Qinghe, who got married at the age of ten, and is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, and may not have graduated from junior high school! Look at this matter, but it is also thoughtful.

After the matter was done, Cheng Chubi got up to leave, Cheng Chuliang held back a little, and then sent the three out of the hall and waved goodbye.

Seeing the three of them walking away, Cheng Chuliang turned his head back to the house, and saw that Princess Qinghe had already sat down in the hall, looking at the small mirror beautifully, admiring the clear reflection inside.

"Dexian, I'm relieved now." Cheng Chuliang leaned over and said with a smile: "This Xu Qilin is not bad, he actually gave up the mirror of the little sister." ”

Princess Qinghe's name is respectful, the word is virtuous, and when she heard her husband say this, she nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't expect it to be so smooth. It seems that Chu Bi still has a good relationship with him. ”

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "When the price of the mirror is confirmed, you will go and send the money and settle the money." The big mirror must be very expensive, and I don't buy it. But the Xu family's fragrance and concubines also like it very much. ”

Cheng nodded and agreed, and said: "It's the big mirror, and our family may not be able to afford it, and look at the price geometry, and then make a calculation." ”

For the sake of the princess's wife, Cheng Chuliang is also generous. But that being said, he doesn't have a lot of bottom in his heart.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the princess has Tang Muyi, that is, she is paid according to the population of the fief. For example, Princess Qinghe, 10,000 households were sealed falsely, and 800 households were sealed.

At that time, the annual tax burden of a household was divided into five categories: upper, upper, middle, lower, and lower, and the average was about 1,000 households. In other words, the money that Princess Qinghe can get every year is only about eight or nine hundred.

If one tael of silver is always calculated, one tael of silver is equivalent to two thousand yuan in later generations, Princess Qinghe's salary is one hundred and fifty or six hundred thousand.

This salary is not high, barely commensurate with the princess's genuine product. But the money is not spent by the princess alone, there are also officials in the princess's mansion, and the servants and maids who are waiting for the princess. Divide it, divide it, in fact, there is not much left.

Moreover, a princess like Li Jing, Tang Muyi can only get it after getting married. However, Jinyang and Xincheng were sealed early, which shows that the grace is different, and the treatment is also very different.

Princess Qinghe glanced at her husband gratefully, but she smiled bitterly, knowing that if the big mirror was ten thousand, the Horse Mansion really couldn't afford it.

If you really want to buy it, it's not that you can't help it, so you can borrow money from your father-in-law! But it's really hard to speak.

is also a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the gap is still quite large. The name and identity of the eldest grandson and queen are not found in the history books; The daughter of Gaozu Li Yuan and His Majesty Li Er's daughter are not the same.

Not only the income of the fiefdom, but also the conditions for choosing a husband for the princess are very different.

The more extreme ones are Princess Yiyang and Xuancheng, born to Concubine Xiao Shu, who grew up in the Cold Palace, and was casually assigned to the low-level guards in the palace by Wu Zetian in his twenties.

Xu Qilin actually saw that Princess Qinghe was not favored, and the object of the mirror he sent was not his own opinion, it was for His Majesty Li Er. His Majesty Li Er only glanced at it, and did not make any additions or subtractions.

It can be seen that except for the sons and daughters-in-law, His Majesty Li Er does not pamper those concubines very much. Of course, it may also be that there are too many children to take care of.

"Brother Cheng, is your family doing business?" Xu Qilin suddenly thought of a question on the road, so he asked, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to know." ”

He turned his head to look at Yu Chihuan again, and said with a smile: "What about your family, I guess you won't do it, right?" ”

Yu Chihuan smiled and said, "My father is closed to the guests, where can he get involved in businessmen?" ”

Xu Qilin nodded, Wei Chigong has the most fiefdoms, plus money, materials, job fields, servants, etc., there is definitely no shortage of money.

Cheng Chubi scratched his head and thought about it, and said, "If you do business directly, that's not true." Maybe there are similar clansmen who are doing business, and if they lack funds, the Cheng family will lend some money. ”

Xu Qilin nodded, if senior officials want to say that they want to do business, they will definitely not dare to get involved too deeply, or they will be covered with white gloves, or they will lend money for profit.

Lending is probably the most common, and it is also the most stable with no political risks. It is estimated that nine out of ten did this, who let there be no banks and money banks at that time!

Of course, Xu Qilin didn't ask casually. He has long had the idea of raising funds to set up a bank, even if it is a relatively low name, called Qianzhuang.

You know, the good thing of saving money for interest like the later generations certainly did not exist in ancient times. Not only no, but if you deposit the money, you will be charged a storage fee!

Don't be surprised, for quite a long time, the silver trumpet and the money bank have been operated like this. What a high-interest deposit, there is none.

In this case, banks are sure to make money, but they just make more and earn less. But the business of banks also varies greatly depending on the times.

Tracing back to the source, the emergence of banks is due to the prosperity of commerce, due to the risk and inconvenience of merchants carrying a large amount of money to trade in different places, so they have developed step by step from the counter, ticket number, silver number, and money bank.

Therefore, first of all, the need for ex-situ exchange, and then the collection of deposits, whether this process can be reversed, or whether it does not affect each other, Xu Qilin has not thought about it, and is even more uncertain.

But he knew that if it was official, that is, with a royal endorsement, it would definitely be more popular than bureaucratic capital.

The key is to standardize and have credit. If the emperor runs out of money, the bank is going to fail, and the country is almost dead, the most important thing is to save his life, and what money do you need!

But whether His Majesty Li Er will agree, Xu Qilin is still a little uncertain. Moreover, he didn't think about the various regulations, and it will take a while.

As they spoke, the three of them and the accompanying subordinates came to Cheng's Mansion first. At this time, Cheng Yanjin has returned, and there will be a royal banquet set by the emperor tomorrow.

Cheng Yanjin's popularity is obviously the greatest. What a demon king of the mixed world, what three axes set Gangshan, thinking of his name, you can know his deeds, although it is made up by commenting on the story.

It was the first time Xu Qilin had seen Cheng Yanjin, but it completely subverted the impression he had imagined. Where is Cheng Biting Jin is a hillbilly old man, with decent speech, kind attitude, and a very kind image of an old man.

Moreover, Cheng Yanjin was not born at the grassroots, but he was a genuine child of a family, and he married the daughter of the Cui family, so he should belong to the Shandong family.

Of course, it is okay to regard Cheng Yanjin as a newly emerging noble. After all, he also relied on military merits to rise to the rank of national prince step by step.

"In your generation, Qi Lin is the most prominent, not like these unsuccessful bastards of a certain family." Cheng Biting Jin's big eyes glared, and Cheng Chubi was grinning.

"The prince of the country praises falsely, and the lower officials dare not be ashamed." Xu Qilin hurriedly said: "Others don't know much about it, Brother Chu Bi is skilled in arching and horses, far better than the lower officials." A manly man, who immediately takes fame, is like Brother Bi. ”

Cheng Yanjin stroked his beard and glanced at his son again, and said, "Take fame immediately, he wants to, but it is not that material." ”

The older generation was conquered from the sea of corpses and blood, and naturally they didn't want future generations to do that fateful thing again. Cheng bit Jin Mingli to belittle Cheng Chubi, but in fact, he didn't want him to join the army.

Ignoring Cheng Chubi's expression of wanting to argue, Cheng Yanjin turned to Yu Chihuan and said, "Let you go out and take a look often, it's been so long, why can't you let it go?" What kind of music is done to clean up business, what buildings and pavilions are repaired, is it idle? ”

Wei Chihuan only promised on his lips, but he didn't know what to think in his heart.

In Xu Qilin's opinion, the god of Wei Chimen was scared after being admonished by His Majesty Li Er, but he didn't know how to say that he had changed.

And whether it's abnormal, at home, or everything is normal and not taken seriously, as long as His Majesty Li Er doesn't doubt it, then everything will be fine.

Otherwise, what you do is wrong, and it will be useless.

With two skins in the mouth, it's not easy to fabricate charges? Why are you abnormal, are you resentful? What are you afraid of?

Therefore, Cheng Biting Jin said that it was not easy to do this, and Xu Qilin didn't want to take care of it, and he couldn't manage it.

In his opinion, the god of Yuchi Gate is not reused at most. is so old, it's time to stop fighting for half a lifetime and enjoy the blessings. Besides, the treatment is so generous, there is nothing missing, what else to struggle?

At this time, another guest came to pay New Year's greetings. Xu Qilin and the others hurriedly retired, led by Cheng Chubi, and went to another room to drink and entertain.

The Cheng family has a large population, and the son-in-law has a virgin, a bright, and a bi, and a concubine has a place, a place, an inch, and Cheng Jun, and Xu Qilin has seen two more.

After just sitting for a while, Yu Chihuan proposed to go to his house for a walk. Xu Qilin didn't want to stay longer, Cheng Chubi couldn't keep it, so he had to follow the two out of the house.

"Thanks to Brother Lin's persuasion, my father stopped refining pills." Wei Chihuan was very grateful to Xu Qilin and said: "As for what to build a building and a pavilion, what is the music of Qing Shang, it is a trivial matter. ”

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Has Guogong ever been to a theater of a certain family?" ”

Yu Chihuan laughed and said, "I've been there." Or a certain begging Xiao Zhao sister, to arrange the second floor box. You weren't in Beijing at the time, but I don't know how sensational it was, it's hard to get a ticket! ”

Xu Qilin glanced at Yu Chihuan with a smile, but he knew that the little sister would definitely not help in vain, and Yu Chihuan would not ask for it with empty teeth, it would definitely be beneficial.

Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes and said: "You are cunning, you know that Qi Lin is not there, so you have to send someone to line up to buy tickets, but the box has not been fixed, and the father who provoked him scolded a certain pass." ”

Xu Qilin smiled and said: "At that time, the building had been built, and I don't know when I want to make it bigger." Well, the Royal Theatre is very big, and the decoration is better than one of the others. ”

"But it's in the city, and it's still not very convenient." Yu Chihuan raised his hand as he spoke, "It's here, let's go in and talk." ”

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