Chapter 131: Three Books and Six Rites
Liu Daoyuan himself does not have any connections in the court, and now he does not know his life and death, his wife and daughter have no place to live, and he escaped from the gate completely by relying on Yang He's protection, and finding such a family can be said to be of no help to Yang He.
In fact, Zhang Fengwu also has a candidate in his hand, and this person is the daughter of the Tian family of Datong Mansion.
The Tian family of Datong Mansion is a scholarly family, and it belongs to a famous family in Datong, and the ancestor is said to have been a high-ranking official.
The Tian family has two sons and four daughters, the first two sons and two daughters have already married, the in-laws are all official eunuchs with status, the third daughter has just passed the age of Xuan, and no one has yet been allowed, and the four daughters are still young.
It is said that the third daughter of the Tian family gave birth to a flower and a moon, and she is knowledgeable.
Zhang Fengwu took a fancy to the third daughter of the Tian family.
If Yang He was still a martial artist like before, Zhang Fengwu would not even think about it at all. However, Yang He is now the head of the staff of the sixth grade of the imperial court, and with this identity, Zhang Fengwu started the idea of the Tian family.
If Yang He can marry the Tian family, even if he can't get help in the officialdom, it will be very beneficial to his identity and reputation.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fengwu had not proposed to Yang He, but Zhang Mingxian was ready to propose to the Liu family.
In fact, Zhang Fengwu also has a candidate in his hand, and this person is the daughter of the Tian family of Datong Mansion.
The Tian family of Datong Mansion is a scholarly family, and it belongs to a famous family in Datong, and the ancestor is said to have been a high-ranking official.
The Tian family has two sons and four daughters, the first two sons and two daughters have already married, the in-laws are all official eunuchs with status, the third daughter has just passed the age of Xuan, and no one has yet been allowed, and the four daughters are still young.
It is said that the third daughter of the Tian family gave birth to a flower and a moon, and she is knowledgeable.
Zhang Fengwu took a fancy to the third daughter of the Tian family.
If Yang He is still the same martial artist as before. Zhang Fengwu, a family like the Tian family, wouldn't even think about it. However, Yang He is now the head of the staff of the sixth grade of the imperial court, and with this identity, Zhang Fengwu started the idea of the Tian family.
If Yang He can marry the Tian family, even if he can't get help in the officialdom, it will be very beneficial to his identity and reputation.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fengwu had not proposed to Yang He yet. Zhang Mingxian was about to propose to the Liu family.
Zhang Fengwu knew that Yang He and Zhang Mingxian were brothers, Yang He was the youngest, and he had no parents and brothers, nor any relatives and elders, so it was natural for Yang He's family affairs to be decided by Zhang Mingxian's sworn brothers.
Now that Zhang Ming has chosen the young lady of the Liu family first, Zhang Fengwu just feels that it is inappropriate and cannot be obstructed.
Unless Yang He's teacher Xu Guangqi comes forward, he can overpower Zhang Mingxian and others with his identity as a teacher.
However, Xu Guangqi is now in Tongzhou, and it takes at least four or five days to go back and forth from Funing County to Tongzhou. With Zhang Mingxian's quick temper, I'm afraid that when I go back, I will propose marriage to the Liu family, which means that Xu Guangqi will not have time to stop it anyway.
The key is that judging from what happened to the Liu family just now, the Liu family completely relied on Yang He's protection to avoid the scourge of war.
If Yang He himself wants to marry Miss Liu, even if Xu Guangqi comes, he can't stop it.
I pondered for a moment. Zhang Fengwu shook his head lightly, pressing down on the idea of obstructing this family business.
Although Yang He is very important to him. But in terms of relationship, no matter what, he can't compare to Zhang Mingxian's brothers, if he offends Zhang Mingxian and others, I'm afraid his life will not be easy in the future.
Thinking of this section, Zhang Fengwu did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Since this is the case. The student immediately arranged for someone to clean up the house. ”
After speaking, Chong Yang He and Zhang Ming arched their hands first, got up and said goodbye.
When Zhang Fengwu went out, Zhang Mingxian smiled and said: "This Mr. Zhang does things simply, and he doesn't have the pedantic atmosphere of those literati at all. ”
Yang He said with a smile: "Qizhi is really clean and thoughtful. Thanks to his help, I don't have to worry about trivial matters at all. ”
Zhang Mingxian smiled and nodded.
Taking a sip of tea, Zhang Mingxian smiled and said: "Fourth, although the Liu family is in trouble, our brothers can't be vague, and the etiquette that should be there is no lack of them." ”
Yang He smiled when he heard this: "I know, third brother, you can arrange it, what do you need me to do?" ”
"You don't need to do anything, you just don't have to worry about trouble." Zhang Mingxian said with a smile.
Yang He smiled: "Third brother, I don't need to do anything, I'm afraid of any trouble." ”
Zhang Mingxian laughed: "Hahaha, I mean you don't worry." ”
Yang He shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "What am I anxious about, in my opinion, it is a few of you who are in a hurry, for fear that I will not marry Miss Liu." ”
Zhang Mingxian sighed and said: "Fourth, in fact, with your current status, it is said that you should find someone with a good family background, the Liu family's family background is no longer worthy of you, but this Miss Liu is definitely a good match for you, and the third brother's eyes will never look at the wrong person, so I want you to marry Miss Liu." ”
Yang He smiled: "Third brother, who am I?" I'm a poor soldier. Could it be that just because you spent money to buy an official body, you dare to pretend like a dog? The Liu family is a serious scholarly family, and if I can marry Miss Liu like me, it is a high incense burned in my previous life."
Zhang Mingxian smiled: "I admire you for this, no matter when, never forget your roots." ”
Yang He waved his hand and said: "Third brother, in fact, our brothers know in their hearts, I am not worthy of Miss Liu, and I didn't dare to climb high, so you have repeatedly persuaded me to propose to the Liu family, but I don't say no."
The reason why I agreed this time is what you just said, the Liu family has lived in our military camp for so long, if I don't marry Miss Liu, I'm afraid this family won't be able to be a person in the future. ”
Looking at Zhang Mingxian, Yang He smiled and said: "Actually, I already knew that all this was deliberately arranged by you, and you deliberately arranged for the Liu family to live in the barracks, just to make the Liu family have no other thoughts." Otherwise, so many of my people have been resettled, is there still a Liu family? ”
"Hehe, I know that this little trick must not be hidden from my brother, brother, you won't blame my brother, right?" Zhang Mingxian said with a smile.
Yang He shook his head and smiled: "Third brother, you and I are brothers, everything you do is for my good, how can I blame you?" Don't you know how to be a brother? ”
Gently patting Zhang Mingxian's hand, Yang He sighed: "Third brother, brother, I don't have any relatives, if you want to say that you have relatives, it's you brothers, you have always treated me as a brother, and my brother knows it." ”
"Good brother." Zhang Ming first shook Yang He's hand vigorously.
Yang He smiled: "Third brother, you are in charge of your brother's family affairs." ”
"Okay, you give me the birth date. You don't have to worry about the rest. Zhang Mingxian smiled.
"Birthday?" Yang He scratched his head: "I really don't know this." ”
Zhang Mingxian smiled: "You always know the time of your birthday, right?" Tell me the time of your birthday, and I'll find a gentleman (fortune teller) to calculate it for you. ”
"I know that." Yang He smiled: "Remember, I was born on May 15. ”
Zhang Mingxian nodded: "You are twenty-five years old this year, and you were ...... twenty-five years ago."
Zhang Ming pinched his fingers and calculated for a while and said: "Twenty-five years ago, it should have been the year of Wuxu, okay, I know, I'll go find a gentleman, you just wait for the good news." ”
With that, he got up and left.
Yang He shook his head and smiled bitterly.
The birthday time he said is indeed correct, but he is a person of later generations, and he took the birthday hour of later generations to the Ming Dynasty to use, what is the use of such eight characters?
(Note: In later generations, the official identity registration is the birthday of the Gregorian calendar, but many people still like to celebrate the lunar (lunar calendar) birthday, especially when fortune telling, it is inevitable to use the lunar birthday.)
Although fortune-telling is a superstitious behavior, there are few fortune-tellers in China, especially when parents name their children, many of them have to criticize the eight characters and push the five elements. The ancestor of this dynasty, the word Runzhi, is the fortune teller who thinks that he hits the five elements and lacks water, so he uses the word to replenish water.
Yang He had a birthday when he was a child, and his parents gave him a lunar birthday, and Yang He's parents also told Yang He when he was born, so Yang He knew the time of his birthday. )
In addition, just now when Zhang Mingxian calculated the cadres of his birth year according to his age, Yang He suddenly found a problem, that is, his zodiac has changed, he was originally a rat, but just now Zhang Mingxian calculated that it was the year of Wuxu, the dog and the pig, that is, he will have to change to a dog in the future.
(Note: For later generations, they may not care about their zodiac, but the ancients were very concerned about the zodiac, and many times they did not ask how old people were, but what they belonged to.) If Yang He even got his zodiac sign wrong, it would be a joke. )
Although Yang He handed over his family affairs to Zhang Mingxian to handle, he didn't care about anything on his behalf.
The ancients were very troublesome to marry, and there were six steps from marriage to marriage, also known as three books and six ceremonies.
The three books refer to:
Letter of Appointment: A document of engagement. In Najib (a marriage contract between a man and a woman), the man gives the woman a letter of letters.
Book of Rites: That is, the documents used in the celebration of large gifts, listing the items and quantities of excessive gifts.
Wedding book: that is, the document of marrying the bride. It is a document given by the man to the woman when the bride passes through the door.
The six rites refer to: Nacai, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, Invitation, and Welcome.
Nacai: If the man wants to marry the woman, he asks the matchmaker to propose to the woman, and after getting the consent, he asks the matchmaker to officially accept the "gift of choice" to the woman's family.
Asking for a name: That is, the man sends a matchmaker to the woman's house to ask for the woman's name and birthday. After retrieving the Geng sticker, Bu Ji is eight characters.
Najib: Also known as Wending, it is the etiquette for the man to inform the woman of the auspicious omen of the marriage after asking the name and combining the eight characters, and to give a gift to express the engagement.
Nazheng: also known as a big gift, that is, the man's family will invite two or four female relatives (who must be the blessed person) to make an appointment with the matchmaker, bring the bride money and dowry to the woman's home, and the woman's family needs to return the gift.
Invitation period: It is the time when the man's family sends someone to the woman's house to inform the date of marriage and ask for the consent of the woman's family.
Greeting: Also called greeting, that is, the groom and the matchmaker, relatives and friends go to the woman's house to marry the bride. Before the groom arrives at the woman's house, he needs to pay homage to the ancestral temple of the woman's family, and then take the bride to the man's house in a sedan chair. After completing the ritual of worshipping the heavens, the earth, and the ancestors in the man's house, he is sent to the cave house.
In this process, except for the groom, the groom needs to come forward, and the rest are handled by elders and matchmakers.
But there are some things that Zhang Mingxian can't handle, and Yang He must come forward. (To be continued.) )