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

The 'Six Rites' have several names for crepe: Nacai, Asking for Names, Accepting Words, Accepting Signs, Inviting Periods, and Welcoming in Person.

In fact, in modern times, the people call these steps: proposing, closing the eight characters, sticking too big, giving a dowry, counting the days, and picking up the daughter-in-law.

Xu Yang is now almost annoyed to death by these false etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Dongliang is still afraid of Xu Forget, so he specially hired two etiquette officers to teach Xu Yang the etiquette at the wedding.

Especially Xu Yang is no longer a cloth cloth now, as a marquis, he still has Li Erjia's 'three products under the same Zhongshu Sect' to enter the political hall to eat, not to mention that the Liu family is also a big family, and the civil officials and scholars of the fourth grade are not cold.

Liu Dongliang and Mrs. Liu sat in formal clothes on the hall that had just been built in Xujiazhuang, Liu Qi was wearing a formal dress with a big red robe on a blue background today, and knocked on the door outside the hall with seriousness.

shouted at the top of his voice, "Duke Liu has favor, give his wife Xu." Xu had the gift of his ancestors, so that Liu Qi invited him to take it. When Liu Dongliang heard this, he ordered someone to open the door and said: "The son of a certain is stupid and can't teach, Xu Lang is destined to do so, and a certain dare not resign." ”

welcomed Liu Qi into the room, the guest of honor saluted each other, and Liu Qi said: "Please accept it." Then he sent the wild goose to Liu Dongliang's hands. That's a complete gift.

Then came the 'asking for a name' ceremony, Liu Qi said: "Liu Qi has been ordered, and he will add divination, who does he dare to ask for a woman?" ”

Liu Dongliang answered: "Liu Lang has a life, and he chooses by courtesy, so he doesn't dare to resign, and he says it." "This is Liu Mengli's nickname.

Then it is divination, the link of the eight characters of the birthday is indispensable, Yuan Tiangang has nothing to do today, he came to calculate the eight characters in person, rubbed six or seven catties of good Huangshan Maofeng tea, and said: "Lang is talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven." ”

Because Xu Yang has no relatives, he can only let Yu Chi Baolin and Cheng Chumo come to be the 'letter envoy' and 'deputy letter envoy', the two of them carry a Nanmu box with a length of one foot and two inches, a width of one inch and two minutes, and a wooden board thickness of two minutes.

Walking in the front are two horses with a letter press, without a saddle, a green silk halter, and then a manpower sedan chair carrying the Lihan of Yangmu Nanmu, there are three beautiful maidservants guarding the letter next to the letter, and then carrying the five-colored satin, a large bundle of brocade cotton, pairs of copper coins, pigs, sheep and livestock, rice, flour, grain and oil, game, prey, snacks and fruits, cheese, oil and salt

After the two envoys arrived, Liu Dongliang took the letter again, and after opening it, there was a beautiful piece of paper inside, and when it was opened, it was the "intermarriage book", which was written "Xu Yang, a faction of the descendants of Guigu, the twenty-seventh generation of disciples, who had never been married, and Chengxian had a daughter under his knees, and he had both virtues and high support." Jin because of the matchmaker Liu Qi, dare to invite with courtesy. If you don't send it, you will listen to your life. Xu Yang offered. ”

Liu Dongliang put down the letter and took out a letter, which was the written "Marriage Answer Book", and the content on it was also a rare word for the couple.

This letter should be put into a gift letter of the same scale, sent to Wei Chi and Chu Mo, bothered them to bring it to Xu Yang again, and then received the bride price from the bride price team, and everyone distributed some money, and the gift of "accepting the levy" was also completed, and from then on, Liu Mengli would be regarded as the Xu family, and even if Liu Dongliang conspired against the family in the future, it would have nothing to do with her according to the law.

At this time, Xu Yang was busy and anxious, standing under the archway in front of Zhongnan Mountain Zhuangzi, and greeted the guests all the time, "This is the fourth grade of the court's right doctor" "This is from the fourth grade: Taizhong doctor." "There are a lot of guests, all of whom are celebrating for the sake of Mrs. Liu's face.

The carriage has been parked outside the archway, and the eldest grandson Wuji sent the eldest grandson Chong and the eldest grandson Yang to send a generous gift, and the bride price of the whole two carriages is not a rich gift.

In addition to the eldest grandson Wuji whom Xu Yang knows, there are also the Fang family, the Erli family, the Wei Chi family, the Niu family, and the Cheng family all sent new bride gifts, because they sent two boxes last time, so this time the bride price is mostly household items.

Most of the people sent the children of the family to congratulate, except for Niu Jinda, none of the old people came in person, Li Er's edict also came down, giving Liu Mengli the official position of the fifth grade, and the identity of a talented person.

When Liu Dongliang heard the holy decree, he kowtowed and bowed, and thanked him.

At this time, Xu Yang, who was receiving guests under the archway at the entrance of the fiefdom, asked Zhang Erxian to receive many guests instead of himself, and he called Lao Niu aside and said: "Uncle Niu, the drawings of the sea ship I sent can be used, there is nothing I don't understand, right?" ”

Lao Niu rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since the arrival of those craftsmen who specialize in machinery you sent, the progress of the entire project has been accelerated, and now all the parts are processed with that 'scale' to ensure that they are exactly the same parts, and the assembly line project you said is also a strange way to speed up shipbuilding." ”

Xu Yang was relieved when he heard this, what he was most looking forward to now was the construction of the sea boat, even more than his wedding to the Tang people 1,300 years ago, for no other reason, it was all because the marriage was too troublesome.

In the future, when they got married, the two went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a certificate, and then feasted relatives and friends for a meal, and the wedding was considered to be completed, at most, it was just some witness ceremonies in the church.

And the marriage in the Tang Dynasty was more terrifying, with six rites of 'acceptance, asking for names, accepting words, accepting signs, inviting dates, and welcoming in person. None of them can be missed, there are many rules for every step, Xu Yang has two etiquette officials, and he talked about the wedding for three whole hours, and Xu Yang was dizzy when he listened.

In fact, the Tang people did this in order to improve the solemnity of the wedding and improve the legitimacy of the wedding, why Nacai wanted to send the wild goose, the reason is that the wild goose insisted on monogamy for life, although the Tang people did not have monogamy, but the status of the wife was definitely to be put in the first place, so there were so many rules and requirements.

Xu Yang is chatting with Niu Jinda, the old cow told Xu Yang, Taicang Wharf is now in full swing, many blast furnaces have been built, the model of the artillery that Xu Yang said has also been made, and there are more than 3,000 craftsmen working on the wharf every day.

But the reality is always difficult to achieve, Liu Qi rode a bicycle and saw Xu Yang from afar, and shouted: "Hou Ye, the time to welcome relatives is coming, please Hou Ye hurry up and prepare!" ”