The "six rites" of marriage since the Han Dynasty were also observed in the Tang Dynasty.

The "Six Rites" have several literary crepe names: Nacai, Ask Name, Naji, Nazheng, Invitation, and Welcome. In fact, in modern times, the folk generally call these steps: proposing, closing the eight characters, passing the big post, giving the bride price, counting the days, and picking up the daughter-in-law.

Li Zhi sent the ceremonial officer to the Zuojin Wuwei general Pei Ju Taoist house to collect the ceremony, and the ceremonial official said that the white goose was needed to hold the wedding in order to show the royal family's attention to the prince's wedding.

It happened that the soldiers of the Jin Wuwei captured the white geese in the back garden of the palace, Li Zhi was very happy, not only rewarded the soldiers who captured the white geese, but also said to the courtiers: "In the Han Dynasty, the capture of Zhu Yan and the prosperity of etiquette and music, and now the capture of the white goose is to improve the human ethics." The things of the past were celebrated, and so should be today, and I am not ashamed of virtue. ”

The ceremonial officer took the white goose to Pei Judao's house, and Pei Judao accepted the white goose without any objection, and then asked for the name, Najib, Nazheng, and the invitation date in turn, and determined the auspicious day of the zodiac to be welcomed.

For three days, the preparations for the prince's marriage were completed, and it was finally held in the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace on the night of February 15.

Because in the Tang Dynasty, going to the woman's mother's house to welcome the marriage was held after nightfall, which was a custom handed down from ancient times.

Therefore, tonight not only the lights of Daming Palace are as bright as day, but the streets of the whole Chang'an City are easy to be hung with lanterns that scatter light, and Chang'an City is like a city that never sleeps at this moment. Looking down at the earth from space and entering the center point of the East Asian continent in the dark night hemisphere, there is a white point of light that flashes brightly, which looks quite abrupt on the pitch-black continent.

The crown prince Li Hong was dressed in a purple robe with a red face, holding a phoenix crown and a shy face full of happiness Pei Min'er slowly walked into the Hanyuan Hall under the attention of the envoys of the Manchu Dynasty and the envoys of the Manchu Dynasty, and bowed to his parents when he got married to the two holy lines who sat on the top......

Li Yu witnessed this ancient Chinese wedding with ancient customs throughout the whole process, solemn and luxurious, and looked forward to when his father and queen mother would choose a good match for him to marry?

Tonight's wedding of the prince is very luxurious, as the wedding ceremony is located in the Hanyuan Hall is therefore decorated, and the prince's bedroom in the East Palace has also been renovated.

Although Li Hong has a lot of disagreement with this, after all, Guanzhong has been affected by the disaster for two years, and many poor people have been displaced, so he really shouldn't be extravagant and wasteful at his wedding.

Li Zhi and Empress Wu have always loved Li Hong, because Yang Huanniang, who was looking for his relatives before, was tarnished by Helan Minzhi, which caused his beloved son's marriage to be delayed again and again, and he felt that he owed him, so he wanted to make up for it when his beloved son got married. Therefore, the two repeatedly praised Li Hong's natural frugal virtues, which is the blessing of the people of the world, and the luxurious wedding was not held thriftily.

Li Yu contributed 39 high-grade Dongzhu to his eldest brother's wedding, 100 blankets, capes and coats made of tiger skin mink, 39 wild ginseng plants that are more than 100 years old in Liaodong, one red, yellow, one blue, one green and one white diamond, and one South China Sea pearl.

The weight of the gifts made the listeners staggered, and they were amazed at the wealth of King Yan.

Li Hong was even more startled by his fourth brother's generosity when he saw Li Yu's list of gifts, and hurriedly rang Li Yu, saying that he would return most of the gifts.

Li Yu immediately stopped doing it, and snorted: "How can there be any reason to take back the gift that was given, not to mention that the marriage of the eldest brother is a major event related to a lifetime." Could it be that the eldest brother looks down on the fourth brother, and is as light as those sour people and rotten Confucians in the court, like a businessman in the market who values profit over righteousness, and is unwilling to accept it? ”

Li Hongshang honored his parents, rescued his two half-sisters, took care of his younger siblings, and valued the feelings between siblings. Hearing the words of the fourth brother, he had to reluctantly accept it, so as not to hurt the heart of the fourth brother, and left a sentence: "The fourth brother usually reads more about the study of the sage, and focuses less on the benefits of wealth and silk......"

Seeing that the eldest brother accepted the congratulatory gift but said the great truth that taught him, although Li Yu wanted to refute it in his heart, but seeing this situation, Li Yu didn't want to ruin the joy of the eldest brother's marriage.

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The prince's wedding was tossed until the second half of the night, and a pair of beauties entered the palace with a smile under the frolicking blessings of Li Yu and other brothers, preparing for the Spring Festival.

The three brothers Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Yu, who wanted to listen to the corner of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, were finally persuaded by the female official of the East Palace to leave the East Palace, and left the Daming Palace to return home after saying goodbye to their father and mother with a depressed face.

The prince's marriage is over, and a newlywed couple is tired in the East Palace. Pei Min'er, who became the crown princess, was very virtuous, and managed the inner house of the East Palace in an orderly manner, which did not bring the slightest unquiet to Li Hong, who was the prince of a country who usually supervised the affairs of the country.

When Li Hong was ill, Pei Min'er personally served the decoction and took care of daily life. It has the praise of both the government and the opposition.

For this reason, Li Zhi often said to his courtiers: "I don't need to worry about the internal affairs of the East Palace. ”

After the prince's wedding, the feudal officials, clan vassal kings and envoys of various vassal countries who came to congratulate the gift left Beijing one after another, although Chang'an was prosperous and rich, they could not stay here for a long time after all.

Many domestic and foreign envoys entered Beijing and left Beijing in just one and a half months, bringing Chang'an's prosperous commercial and trade economy to a new level. With their departure, Chang'an's economic development gradually returned to its usual normal level.

At this moment, the merchants of Chang'an all thought in their hearts that it would be good if the imperial court could hold a major event such as the prince's wedding every year, which required the gathering of officials from all over the country and envoys of the subordinate to Beijing to congratulate the emperor.

At this moment, Li Yu is taking Xin'er, Mei'er and other maids of the secretariat to have a meeting with the shopkeepers of a group of commercial banks in Chang'an in the luxurious private room on the fourth floor of Xiaoyaozi, and by the way, to settle the specific net profits of each commercial bank in the business opportunities brought to Chang'an by the prince's wedding.

The shopkeepers handed over their accounts to the secretariat, and Xin'er and the others were responsible for summarizing the profits of each business bank during this period and checking whether there were any rats who had falsified accounts and embezzled Li Yu's property.

Li Yu had also studied accounting in his previous life and obtained an accounting certificate, and he was a clear man in the double-entry bookkeeping method that has been the culmination of thousands of years of human business and trade bookkeeping.

Li Yu's subordinates, whether it is the Yanwang Mansion and its subordinate commercial houses or the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate under the command of Li Yu, all adopt the double-entry accounting method. The income and expenditure records of a commercial bank within a certain period of time, using the double-entry accounting method, it is clear at a glance, once the account is not reconciled, it means that there is a problem, and there is a problem.

Then the gang of rats who were not right-minded and wanted to embezzle Li Yu's property were quickly found out by the supervisors in every big inventory of various commercial banks. Then what greeted the rats was to send them overseas to open up a new living space for the people of China.

Even if you can avoid the inventory of the inspectors, you can't avoid the investigation of the secretariat in the Yanwang Mansion. Inspectors can buy and co-opt, how can they buy and co-opt the maids of the secretariat? I don't usually see it.