The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty and the officials of the Si Tianjian and the Zongren Mansion and other relevant officials drew up the auspicious day of the zodiac according to the scriptures, which was noon on the second day of the fifth month of the first year of Chenghua.

It is said that at this time, the Nacai ceremony is the most auspicious, so on this day, Jinghai County Wang Dingyi, the second marriage overture without shame and noise finally opened, and the entire Beijing division was in a commotion.

First of all, Liu Ji and Li Dongyang represented Ding Yi, before noon, respectfully came to the front of the main hall, and listened to Yao Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, announce that he would receive the ceremony, and Liu Ji and Li Dongyang bowed to express their acceptance, and received the golden knife given by Chen Sandai - the golden knife given to Ding Yi by Yingzong, and then led the honor guard and the gift of Nacai out of the goldfish alley and went to Donghua Gate.

Because Sofia is the princess of Daqin, Zhu Jianshen cleaned up the Nangong and provided her with residence.

"What a hassle!" Ding Yi sat in the middle of the house, only to feel a headache.

This is a program negotiated by the Ministry of Rites, saying that it is a thousand-year-old inheritance, how can it be child's play? There must be a ceremony, there must be a celebration!

Liu Yiyi leaned beside Ding Yi and said in a low voice: "Yi is a noble birth, even if the country is gone, but it can still bring the inheritance of the ancient country to the husband, it is naturally necessary to pay attention to it." What is like a concubine? The daughter of a businessman's family is always not on the stage, and she was born ugly, and she dared to be a godhusband and became a laughing stock in his mouth. ”

Ding Yi stroked her hair and said with a smile: "Jealous? It's still too late. ”

"What's in time?" Liu Yiyi asked puzzledly, she is not like Zhang Yu after all, she can have a heart and soul with Ding.

"If you are jealous. Now I have put an end to the marriage. ”

Liu Yiyi listened and said with a sad smile: "Although the husband is coaxing the concubine to be happy. But it also teaches people to rejoice. ”

"I'm not trying to make you laugh, it's just a crown. I'm most sorry for you, and if you speak, I'll nod my head. ”

Listening to his decisive words, Liu Yiyi's tears fell, but she shook her head with a smile in her tears and said: "If the husband has this heart, the concubine will be content." How dare you be jealous? ”

Ding hugged her lightly, and had to sigh at the women of this era. Really easy to get along with and very tolerant. He didn't believe it at all, Liu Yiyi wouldn't eat any vinegar at all, it was just the education she received since she was a child that made her maintain a kind of restraint.

At this time, Liu Ji and Li Dongyang had already entered the South Palace. Sofia's servants who had followed him from Constantine knelt down to receive Liu and Li, who were Ding's envoys. Then it is to accept all kinds of gifts, in addition to a pair of geese to show the wife and husband, in addition to the yin and yang rituals, there are 100 satin, 200 cotton cloth and gold and silver tea tubes, etc., and other gold, silver and jewelry, etc., are prepared together according to etiquette.

This matter was handled by Liu Yiyi's assigned personnel, and Liu Yiyi, who is in charge of a huge business network, is naturally insignificant.

Sofia's servants were also told a long time ago. These gifts will later be Sofia's own private property.

But they didn't expect it to be so rich, and one of the servants on the spot fainted. Because it's beyond their imagination. In this era, it is better than being rich, but I am afraid that Queen Daming is not as good as Liu Yiyi; And more than the money you can use? That can only be compared to the treasury.

Such a gift is really nothing for Liu Yiyi.

That night, it was in the South Palace. A grand banquet was held, and the people who came were mainly Empress Dowager Qian and her wife. Because Sofia has no relatives and friends in China, and it is not convenient for men to enter the palace, according to the regulations set by the Ministry of Rites, Empress Dowager Qian will take her wife to fill the celebration of her mother's family.

And Ding Junyue, as Ding Yi's representative, presided over this banquet, because Liu Ji and Li Dongyang entered the night, unless they were willing to go to the palace, or it was always inconvenient to spend time in the palace, so Ding Junyue could only do it.

"Father, I am fortunate not to be dishonored." Ding Junyue sat down from the hanging basket on the palace wall with a smell of wine, returned to the palace of Jinghai County, and returned to Ding Yi.

Ding Yi smiled and said, "Let's rest here tonight, go back to your yard, someone has been pacing there all night." ”

But it was Ding Junyue's husband, who was called over by Ding Yi, and waited for his wife to come back for a long time, and was quite anxious.

She watched Ding Yi grow up, but she didn't twist, and said with a smile: "That kid went down first." ”

Li Dongyang watched Ding Junyue go down, and said to Ding Yi with a smile: "Father, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Rites, the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day for the levy ceremony, and it is still set at noon. However, on the side of the Ministry of Rites, it is said that it is necessary to change the envoy, and it cannot still be made by the child and the senior brother of Youzhi, so as to show that I am under the city gate, and the roots are deep and thick! I don't know who does my father belong to? ”

"You are self-determined, except for your third senior brother, senior brother Youzhi and Lao Cao, you are the one who you propose." Ding Yi obviously didn't have the heart to dwell on this, and he was a little annoyed.

This matter was made into a big drama by the Ministry of Rites, Si Tianjian, and Zongren Mansion together.

Today is Nacai, and the day after tomorrow is Nazheng. This is a pre-nuptial ceremony, and the levy indicates that the marriage between the man and the woman has been completed, and the man needs to give the woman's family a large amount of property as financial compensation.

Then there will be a marriage ceremony, which is divided into ascending, canonization, union, and sacrifice to the gods.

Dengji, because the marriage has been completed, Ding Yi inherited the inheritance of the Roman Empire, and he is going to be called the emperor, so he is called the emperor, I'm sorry, nine out of ten of the people in the Ministry of Rites are chauvinists of the big countries, and they will not refer to the customs of the Roman Empire.

Ding Yi objected to this, but the Ministry of Rites insisted on doing so, and Yao even said: "There is an emperor and no queen, there is a king and no minister, isn't it a monkey and a crown?" ”

So Ding Yi had no choice but to obey.

After this series of rituals is completed, Ding Fang can close the cave and even go to worship the gods on the second day.

There is even a wedding ceremony, a large set of extremely cumbersome, Ding Yi really feels terrible when he looks at it, so he directly threw it to Li Dongyang to take care of.

"Youzhi, how is the railway over there in Tianjin? If it doesn't work, you will directly bring the guards tomorrow and go to Tianjin to supervise, what kind of wedding is this, it is an insignificant matter, just let Dongyang toss. Ding Yi didn't hide it at all, and pointed out the problem very directly, "If there is any problem with this wedding, the people in the Ministry of Rites can always go around; If something goes wrong with the railway, it's a big problem! ”

Liu Ji took over the railway for more than ten days, but he cherished this opportunity very much, and he personally rode a horse to inspect Tianjin alone. When Ding Yi mentioned railway affairs, Liu Ji was obviously confident: "Mr. Hui's words, Tianjin side, three reports a day, there are no accidents for the time being, and the progress of the project is smooth; According to the progress of the project at the end of the Beijing Division, it seems that the construction requirements for this layer of the foundation are quite strict, so there should be no big problem with the progress in the future. ”

Ding Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "San'er, how is the progress of the infantry and artillery coordination?" ”

"Not good." Chen San is not as good as Liu Ji, he reports good news but not bad news, as soon as he opens his mouth, it is the problem and difficulty, "The joint training on the side of Dafang Mountain, the disciple personally went to see it today, the coordinated tactics of the squad and platoon are executed very well, the grenadiers, machine guns, grenades and rifle groups are assaulted, and the embedding is very good; But at the company and battalion level, when you join the mortar group, it is very problematic, and it is basically impossible for the soldiers to advance under the coordination of artillery fire; The three experimental barreled guns were more powerful and more capable than mortars, but again, it was still difficult for the infantry to synchronize with the artillery fire; At the regimental level, it was a complete mess, and in today's exercise, if it were not for the coordinated artillery fire, it was an empty cartridge, and it was conservatively estimated that at least an entire company of personnel would have been completely wiped out because of friendly artillery fire. ”

Ding Yi nodded when he heard this, not surprised by this.

Infantry and artillery coordination is not a simple matter, originally in history, in the Republic of China period, many troops could not complete coordinated operations well. And the problem that Chen San said is also very to the point, that is, the coordination of squad and platoon tactics is basically no problem; When we arrived at the company camp, confusion began; At the regimental level, it's a complete mess.

Why?

Because Ding himself is from a soldier king, not a professional infantry officer! 、

In terms of squad and platoon tactics, he is of course very superb as the king of soldiers, so no matter what detail, as long as there is a problem, how to train, how to correct, he comes casually, and there is no problem at all.

But at the level of the company battalion, he had never worked in the position of the commander of the unit in his previous life, and with his own understanding and insight, he could infer and estimate it, which was naturally inaccurate, and there were problems in the command system, and he could not solve some of them, so he could only explore. There are two problems in this, one is that it is impossible for Ding Yi to personally lead a battalion or a company of people to fight on the battlefield, so it is difficult to understand and feel the crux of the problem in actual combat; First, the Ming New Army, especially the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions and Marine Brigades, had reached a blind level of worship for him, so there were some Ding Yi who thought wrongly, and few people below dared to take the initiative to propose and correct them.

"Don't worry about the regiment-level synthesis first, and do a good job of coordination at the battalion and company levels."

"Don't stick to the tactics I proposed, I have been away from the grassroots units for a long time, and you and the staff officers must dare to try and work out tactics that are suitable for the current firepower."

Chen San breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Mr., the disciple has this plan, but he just wants to drum it up, and then ask Mr. to correct it." ”

"Very good!" Ding Yi was very happy to hear this, and motioned to Chen Sanzi to go and take care of his own affairs, "You don't have to make rules here, you also have a bunch of things, hurry up and do what you need to do!" ”

After everyone retreated, Ding Yi's face became gloomy, and he said to Cao Jixiang: "How is it going?" ”

Cao Jixiang is now old, listening to Ding Yi's question, he took out a small notebook, which was full of all kinds of marks that only he could understand, and said while reading: "According to the old slave's investigation so far, this matter does not involve the British public, at most, the British public is not clear about the investigation, and the royal majesty is not strict." ”

"The movements in the palace have not stopped, the old slave has received the tip of the Heaven and Earth Society, it seems that the emperor is preparing to get the West Detective Factory!"

"The official of the Admiral Xichang is a teenage young eunuch!" (To be continued) R580