On February 25, 1937, the Lantern Festival, Princess Liaoyang of the Ming Dynasty and Earl Jiang Xinzhou were officially engaged to Xiaoqiang.

The two began a legendary encounter at the end of 1935, from enemies to friends, and from friends to lovers. After more than a year of love marathon (fair to say that a year is not a long one, but it is already a marathon for Xiang Xiaoqiang), now the two are finally engaged. In the next step, as long as the Northern Qing Dynasty is defeated and China is unified, the two can officially enter the marriage hall. And that's just a snap of a finger.

At the same time that Xiang Xiaoqiang officially wears the title of "concubine", there will be another title - Marquis.

This is also a tradition in China for many years. It's just that in today's Ming Dynasty, especially after the Constitutional Restoration, various titles have become roughly two. One is real and the other is nominal. "Genuine", just like the king of Yanping: financial allocation, rich annuity, and hereditary replacement. That is, each generation of kings can appoint a son, and then pass the throne to him, and this title will be passed down from generation to generation as it is. However, after the constitution was established, even the emperor's own expenses had to rely on financial allocations, and the words "the Son of Heaven was rich all over the world" were only nominal, and it was clear which properties belonged to the royal family, which properties belonged to the government, and which properties belonged to the people. The royal family's financial resources are limited, so this kind of "hereditary" title is also very rare, and it is constantly easy to grant. There are also rich annuities, but they are not "hereditary", they can only be "descended", and each generation is lower than the next, and after a few generations, they are still commoners. This kind of is Xiang Xiaoqiang, as well as the Northern Expedition for meritorious heroes and important generals.

Another kind of title is based on the name. It is that there is only a small symbolic annuity, or no annuity at all, only a knighthood and a noble status. This kind of nobility is the most, mainly lower-class titles such as viscounts and barons. The role is also a status symbol. For example, when attending high-class occasions, you can enjoy certain courtesies; For example, when a man marries a woman, he shows his noble background and good family background to the other party; And it can also be printed on business cards, which can be used in social occasions to make people look high.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's current earl title basically belongs to the "real character". Although it can only be "descended", after all, there is a huge annuity of 5o million Ming Yang every year. Now the marquis title he is about to get can only be nominal. Zhu Yourong has clearly told him that the annuity will no longer rise. And Xiang Xiaoqiang is also very "knowledgeable", and he didn't make trouble, so he nodded and agreed. Now these "little couples" are very open-minded, anyway, it will be their turn soon. When the time comes, marry the empress home, and there will be no annuity or annuity. Xiang Xiaoqiang's earl annuity was already too high, and now if the tide rises again, many people will be dissatisfied. At that point, there may be a lot of resistance. And Xiang Xiaoqiang doesn't pay much attention to money now. It's only five years in this plane, and it's useless to ask for that much money. In the first year of his arrival, the money poured by the "prophetic prophets" and the "mineral map" was already more than ten times higher than the annuity.

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The engagement ceremony is in a traditional style. Although the preparation was hasty, because it was held in the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, it still showed its royal style. From Empress Zhu Yourong and Yanping King Zheng Gongyin downwards, almost all the imperial relatives, relatives, nobles, ministers who have no important affairs, and qualified celebrities in Nanjing City came. Even Shen Rongxuan, who has a lot of opportunities, also came to show his face and put a congratulatory message.

Surrounded by bronze cranes, sundials, and ancient trees, on the high white marble guardrails and stone steps of the Fengtian Temple, on both sides are reporters carrying cameras and cameras, and the celebrant at the highest point in the middle sings loudly the steps, directing the elders and families of both sides to proceed step by step in accordance with the royal etiquette.

Coincidentally, both men and women have no elders in Daming, nor do they have any direct relatives. Fourteen Gege's family members were all killed in the Northern Qing Dynasty, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was even more not. The external narrative is: both parents are in the UK, but they both passed away a few years ago.

That's why it's hard to do. It's just that this is not a marriage, or an engagement, and the "role" of the families of both parties is very big. So, on the side of the Fourteen Gege, he invited the Beiqing tank expert who swam from the Yangtze River last year - Dr. Aixin Jueluo-Pu Heng, this "Pu" character is the person of the fourteenth Gege uncle, and served as the elder of the Fourteen Gege family. Regardless of whether the eight poles can be beaten or not, at least it is a clan, and the generation is here.

There are elders on Xiang Xiaoqiang's side, but one is a father-in-law and the other is a mother-in-law, both of whom are the parents of other wives. It seems too inappropriate to be an elder here. So he also took power and invited Zhang Zhaoxian, chief of the general staff of the General Headquarters, to serve as Xiang Xiaoqiang's elder. Since Xiang Xiaoqiang shouts "students and students" all day long, he naturally has the "name of teachers and students". And there is a way to be a teacher for one day and a father for life, so it is still said that it is in the past to be an elder now.

The bigger impact isn't that.

What made all the imperial relatives, ministers, celebrities, and reporters feel the huge impact was the clothes worn by Princess Liaoyang at the engagement ceremony.

Since the ceremony is Chinese, all are dressed in traditional attire. The engaged man and woman also wore a full set of dresses.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is naturally dressed in Ming-style Hanfu, with wide robes and large sleeves, as well as long holidays and tiaras, showing the majesty of the Han crown.

And the fourteen Gege is actually wearing the palace cheongsam of a Manchu princess!

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In 300 years, this is the first time that cheongsam has appeared publicly south of the Yangtze River.

From the appearance of the fourteen grids to the end of the ceremony, she was the focus of the audience. Countless eyes and flashes of light were only focused on the fourteen grids in the cheongsam. Hundreds of nobles and ministers on both sides were not mentally prepared at all. Everyone was talking, and there was always a "buzzing" sound in the audience.

Princess Liaoyang is so eye-catching that Xiang Xiaoqiang next to her, as well as the empress, auxiliary ministers, and even the engagement itself, have become supporting roles.

There are several respected elders who have heart problems. After taking the medicine to relieve his strength, he didn't give anyone face, and just walked out of the arena with his sleeves brushed up. There were also a number of mid- and high-ranking officers who participated. Many of them also had indignant faces. But they are soldiers, they have strong discipline, they can't be as chic as Wenchen, and they can show their character and integrity at any time. Moreover, the other protagonist is Xiang Xiaoqiang, and the "elder" is still Zhang Zhaoxian. Their face must be respected. So the unhappy officers still maintained restraint.

However, the people who come to the engagement ceremony are not ordinary people. While a few people withdrew angrily, many more immediately captured the political meaning of this cheongsam. East Asia University 6 is now in this background, this marriage, the identity of both men and women, and a set of Hanfu and a set of cheongsam, the meaning is clear. It's not just a cheongsam.

Especially those reporters, except for a few who are still filming, are all buried there with their heads buried and writing "swish" in their notebooks. Those famous reporters are always the first to finish writing, and then tear them off and hand them over to their followers. The attendants grabbed the manuscript and rushed out and sent it back to the hall to grab the number one outside. Those who are not reporters, have no followers, and can only run out to deliver the manuscript by themselves after writing it down. However, they are all scrambling to be the first.

More than two hours later, the engagement ceremony was not over, but some reactions were reflected on the blackboard of the Shanghai International Stock Exchange.

First of all, the stocks of several domestic military enterprises in Daming began to rise slowly. Two of the companies that mainly produce ammunition, as well as the Blade, even saw a slight decline in their shares. Because in addition to the production of light weapons, another major business of the Lianfeng is bullets. The consumption of shells and bullets is the most sensitive to changes in the tide of battle.

Secondly, the auto industry stocks with Yuhua Cong as the leader also turned up and fell.

Half an hour later, the "Voice of China" radio station was the first to broadcast:

“…… We saw that at the engagement ceremony, Her Royal Highness Princess Liaoyang was wearing a cheongsam, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was wearing Hanfu, and the two stood together and accepted the blessings of Her Majesty the Empress...... Mr. XX, what do you think about Princess Liaoyang's dress? ”

"Well, I think this fully demonstrates the reconciliation of the Ming government's ethnic policy...... It is clear that in the last few days, there will be a wave of surrenders of the Qing army, which is still struggling to fight, and it may be quite large......"

Less than ten minutes later, "The Voice of Jinling" also broadcast its own report.

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Not only direct military enterprises, but also other such as mining, steelmaking, aviation, petrochemical, textile, ...... A series of industrial stocks with war money have fallen to varying degrees. Some of them fell quite hard.

On the contrary, stocks in various consumer industries such as light industry, commerce, culture, film, and service industries, which have been sluggish for more than a year, quickly got rid of the decline and rose sharply.

The war bonds that went out before were originally rising with the successive victories of the Ming Dynasty. Now, it's almost at its peak. The people who had lined up to buy war bonds were now happy.

All of this reflects a common expectation: the end of the war will be sooner than expected.

As soon as Xiang Xiaoqiang and Shishige got engaged here in Hanfu and cheongsam, a more optimistic mood immediately swept the entire exchange. All came to one conclusion: the war was coming to an end.

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