As we entered September, the good news continued one after another.

First of all, the die-casting of silver coins was officially launched. The internal supervision warehouses first transported all the silver from all over the country to the capital, and all the silver was die-minted into silver coins in Jiajiang.

Since September, Zhu Di has officially issued an edict that in the future, the imperial court will trade silver coins in the inner treasury.

Merchants can transport the silver in stock to the yamen in various parts of the inner treasury and exchange them for silver coins free of charge. Taxes in silver coins will no longer be levied on fire consumption from now on.

It is still the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Juzheng has not yet implemented a whip law, so fire consumption has not yet become the main means for officials to accumulate wealth.

Today's fire consumption is mainly aimed at merchants, not farmers, because farmers basically pay taxes in kind.

Therefore, in response to this edict, the merchants were particularly supportive.

The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was determined by Zhu Yuanzhang to be thirty and one, which can be described as very low. The tax collectors added to the merchants, but they accounted for more than half of the taxes.

Therefore, this edict was most supported by the merchants.

In just a few days, the one million silver coins forged by the Silver Bureau were exchanged for nothing.

At this time, the merchants found it inconvenient.

Because the original official silver was one ingot at a time, merchants could cut it with a large pair of scissors at will and pay it in zero. But now that Zhu Di's avatar is on it, who dares to cut it and try it!

In order to facilitate circulation, the Ministry of Industry and the Silver Bureau are discussing the die-casting of a silver coin and a half taels, and then the production of a large copper coin that can be used as ten cents.

What made Zhu Zhanji even happier was that after Ma Zhicai's research, he made a sand stick that could be polished, and then made the corresponding fixture.

This time, the creation of a seamless barrel can be carried out on a large scale.

Zhu Di couldn't put it down when he saw the polished barrel. Without the danger of exploding, the musket's power can be increased by one level.

For this reason, Zhu Di sent people to hurry up and recall Liu Sheng, who is now stationed in Beiping, and wanted to start a large-scale redress of the Shenji Battalion.

Zhu Zhanji applied to Zhu Di to change all his guards Yulin Wei, and after thinking about it, Zhu Di agreed to change Yulin Zuowei first.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhu Zhanji, but as an emperor, he must consider the balance of power in Jingshi.

However, he also promised that when Zhu Zhanji went to sea, he would try to change all the right guards.

In the past, the most difficult part of making a musket was the creation of a barrel, and even a skilled hand would take at least three days to create a barrel.

Today's arquebuses are a steel pipe fixed to a wooden bracket and then ignited. It can be described as extremely simple, as long as you have a barrel, you can reload the entire army in large quantities.

For this reason, Zhu Di once again rewarded Ma Zhicai and named him the Viscount of Wuzhong.

From a craftsman to a nobleman with a lifelong title, Ma Zhicai's deeds have also inspired the invention enthusiasm of countless craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry.

Nowadays, all departments of the research institute in Xiamaqiao are working hard to make new breakthroughs in their own research and development projects.

However, during this period of time, Zhu Zhanji was rarely able to leave the palace, because he had to prepare for his wedding.

The Xingqing Palace where he lives now was originally the largest building area in the palace, and it was not built for a long time, so there was no need to renovate it.

But in order to welcome his wedding, the Ministry of Rites, the internal supervisors, and the concubines of the harem are all enthusiastic and want to contribute to this matter.

Even several concubines of Zhu Yuanzhang who hid in the West Palace and did not leave the gate on weekdays also walked out of the palace gate at this time to give ideas for Zhu Zhanji's wedding.

On 16 September, Zhu Zhanji's wedding clothes had already been made, and it took a whole day just to try on all kinds of clothes.

He thought about the trouble of marriage in ancient times, but he didn't expect such trouble. And at this time, everything has to follow the rules, and no one listens to his grandson's words at all.

September 20 is the day of acceptance, which is the etiquette of giving the bride price.

Zhu Zhanji wants to marry a concubine and two Liangdi at the same time, so there are three people each of the main marriage envoy and the deputy marriage envoy.

The main wedding envoy who went to Sun Xian's house to give the dowry gift was Zhu Zhanji's uncle Zhang Chang, and the deputy wedding envoy was Lu Zhen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

The main wedding envoy who went to Lan Yan's house to give a dowry gift was the second uncle Zhang Sheng, and the one who went to Hu Shanxiang's house to give a dowry was Xu Jingchang, the duke of Dingguo, and the two deputy envoys were the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Rites.

Although it was only a ceremony, it was held with great pomp.

The grandson concubine Sun's father Sun Zhong was named Huichangbo, awarded the governor of the Chinese army, and rewarded eighty tilts of land.

Liangdi Hu's father, Hu Rongguan, Guangluqing, hussar general, the governor of the Chinese army, rewarded fifty tilts of land.

Because of the death of both parents, Liangdi Lan's grace was given to his two younger brothers. The eldest brother Lan Ju was awarded the title of Lieutenant of the Auxiliary Kingdom, and the second brother Lan Shuo was awarded the title of Lieutenant of the Fengguo. Although it is only the lowest level of knighthood, it has finally broken away from the identity of the people.

And because their family has no support, they are in Lishui, not far from the capital, and they appreciate a hundred tilts of land.

After the recruitment, Zhu Zhanji's wedding became more and more intense. According to the usual practice, Zhu Zhanji also spent his own money and invited dozens of opera troupes in the capital to sing big operas for a month on the public stages in various neighborhoods.

This is also another version of having fun with the people, anyway, it is to let everyone know that the grandson is going to get married.

In the open space between the three major halls of the palace and the Xingqing Palace, a large ceremonial platform was also built to facilitate the clan, nobles, and ministers to watch the ceremony.

The day before the wedding, Zhu Zhanji had to bathe and cleanse himself as usual and worship the Taimiao Temple and the Temple of Heaven and Earth.

On the tenth day of the tenth month of October, before dawn, the eunuchs in the palace began to be busy. They are ready to set up thrones, make cases, festival cases, halogens, color and so on at the place where the wedding will be held.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites are also responsible for placing gifts from local officials and envoys of various countries on the steps of the main hall where the wedding ceremony is held, so that everyone can see it.

At dawn, Zhu Di put on a crown dress and took a seat in the Fengtian Palace, and civil and military officials needed to wear court clothes to salute.

Zhu Zhanji also wore the crown dress of the imperial grandson, bowed to Zhu Di three times and bowed nine times, and then bowed three times to Zhu Gaochi and bowed nine times. Today, not only Zhu Zhanji can enter the Fengtian Palace, but even the Zhaoyi Guifei and the crown princess Zhang have also been given seats to accept Zhu Zhanji's kneeling.

The work of marrying is carried out by the chief and deputy envoys at the time of recruitment, and the chief and deputy envoys need to bow to the emperor four times, the crown prince three times, and Zhu Zhanji once. I don't know what the allusion is to such a delicacy.

Then they took the case, the festival, and went out through the middle door of the main hall, followed by the bride price.

At this time, the official needs to tell the chief and deputy envoys to welcome the work, "I hereby select a certain official and a certain woman as the princess, and order the secretary to hold the festival and ask for the name ceremony", and the chief and deputy envoys need to set off from Fengtianmen with the case and the festival.

When it comes to Fengtianmen, it is also necessary to put the case and the festival case into the lottery to marry the princess. Then he took off his court clothes, rode on horseback, and set off from Daming Gate with the drum troops, and went all the way to the house of the marrying official.

Before noon, the family envoy first brought back the princess Sun Xian, and Zhu Zhanji greeted him at the Fengtian Gate between the noon gate and the Fengtian Temple.

Then, the other two Liangdi arrived, and the two of them, regardless of size, entered the palace at the same time, and then arranged behind Sun Xian.

At the wedding scene in front of the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di was high and accepted Zhu Zhanji's kneeling with his three daughters. Then Lu Zhen, the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Ceremonies, read out the wedding speech.

What "I inherit the order of the heavens, Qin Shao Hongtu." The way of the country, the right family-oriented. The Ethics of Husband and Wife, the Righteousness of the Universe ......" read a large article. After the reading is completed, it is necessary to read the congratulatory form of the three women's family again, and then send it to the celebrant to return to his life.

Now it's just a matter of going through the ceremony at the national level, the marriage of the grandson is a state affair and a family affair, and after the ceremony is held in the Fengtian Temple, it is the real wedding.

After the work of the chief and deputy envoys of the wedding is completed in this step, the next work is handed over to the internal officials. The "princess" who first arrived at the palace had to go to Fengtianmen to read the edict, and then perform a grand ceremony.

The sealing ceremony needs to be worn by the female official to wear the six dragons and two phoenix crowns on the princess, and then the internal officials need to set up an honor guard in the middle hall of Kunning Palace, and a female music and drummer should be set up under the middle hall.

After the concubine finished dressing, together with Zhu Zhanji, she first bowed four times in front of the incense case, and then the edict was read out by the announcer.

The next work is that Zhu Zhanji led the three daughters to bow to Zhu Di and Zhaoyi Guifei, Zhu Gaochi and the crown princess in turn, under the guidance of the registrar.

Concubine Zhaoyi and the crown princess will give gifts to the three daughters, and then the Sun family will be the main one, and some of the female officials and ministers of the wedding will be rewarded one by one.

This is not the end, after the canonization ceremony is over, Zhu Zhanji changes out of auspicious clothes, and has to put on a new crown, and the Sun family also has to change into ceremonial clothes, and then go to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the emperor's family temple, and after the worship is completed, they can return to the palace.

After returning to the palace, I have to merge with each other, and the process is also cumbersome, which makes people lose their temper.

Change clothes again, and then Zhu Zhanji and Sun sat down, and the deacon had to raise a table to make offerings, so that the female official would use four golden jue to drink wine for them, and they had to drink it all.

After drinking, then eat the dishes on the table, and then drink the golden jue wine again, and then serve the main dish. Wait until the staple food is eaten, and then the female official will fill the two golden jue, and several people will drink together, and after drinking, eat a few more bites of the dishes on the table, and the etiquette will end.

After the private etiquette, Zhu Zhanji and the three daughters of the Sun family had to change their clothes once and go out to meet with the civil and military officials.

The three daughters returned to Xingqing Palace after the ceremony, while Zhu Zhanji stayed to celebrate with the ministers.

A wedding is from morning to night, Zhu Zhanji simply has no free time, even if he is strong, he has no energy at this time.

Although it was a wedding, he didn't dare to persuade him to drink, only Zhu Zhanji toasted. A feast is over, and when Zhu Zhanji returns to the palace, it is already the middle of the moon.

Not only is Zhu Zhanji tired, Li Liang has not rested well for a few days, and his legs are fluttering at this time.

Zhu Zhanji entered Xingqing Palace, and the female officials of the Sun family were already waiting at the gate of the courtyard. "Does Your Highness bathe first, or go back to the palace directly?"

I definitely want to accompany Sun Xian today, even if I am extremely tired, but thinking of a big beauty waiting for me to pick up, Zhu Zhanji is also a little excited. "Go back to the palace."

(Speed up a little and get ready to enter the Dongying plot right away.) ）