575, the toad wants to eat swan meat
On the second day, Jingwen immediately organized people and prepared to go to Qinghe Cui's family in Chang'an to propose marriage, which could be regarded as marrying their eldest granddaughter. And the scale of this proposal is also very large, more than a dozen carriages were temporarily organized, and there were many gifts, anyway, how to make a sensation. Moreover, the various etiquette teams are no less than when they married Cheng Lin. If according to her identity, Cui Ying's identity is much higher than Cheng Lin's, and the etiquette team should be more than Cheng Lin's. But after all, Cheng Lin is already the wife that Jing Wenming is marrying, so Jing Wen is not good at surpassing her.
"Ding Dong Long Dong ......" There was a sound of gongs and drums, and a loud sound of gongs and drums sounded on the street again.
And many people have come to see it, as if they feel very strange, what does this team do?
"Zhongshu Province is a regular servant of Jingwen, and he is specially preparing to propose marriage to the Cui family of Qinghe, who has five surnames in the seven sects, hoping to marry Miss Cui Ying, the eldest granddaughter of the Cui family." Immediately someone shouted.
As a result, this one caught everyone's attention. And the reason why Jingwen is like this is because according to Li Shimin's idea, he must propose marriage generously, beat gongs and drums, and then play the role of slapping the face of Lu Jian, the head of the Lu family. If you sneak around and get under the table, you can't slap your face either. Li Shimin's meaning is obvious, that is, to slap Lu Jian's face fiercely in front of the people of the world, so as to make Li Shimin angry. And Jingwen is the person Li Shimin pushed to the front of the stage, anyway, he used it to slap his face.
And in the Cui family's annex, an elder of the Cui family was also surprised by this matter. He is the brother of the current head of the Cui family, and he is also an old man about fifty years old. Of course, he also knew that the eldest granddaughter of his family was going to marry Lu Jian, the head of the Lu family, and this would allow the Cui family and the Lu family to marry. Mutual networks can be strengthened. This situation is also tacitly acquiesced in the family, although there is no public support. But no one openly objected. So, let's go with the flow. But now someone actually came to propose. This is obviously very evil.
"Who's going to propose?" Cui Fu, the elder of the Cui family, asked.
"It's Jingwen, a regular servant of the Zhongshu Province!" Someone answered.
"Is that the cook? He actually wants to marry the eldest granddaughter of our Cui family? Ridiculous, ridiculous! Cui Fu was surprised.
Of course Cui Fu has heard of Jingwen, Jingwen has been a popular fried chicken in Chang'an in recent years, and many people have heard that from a chef, he has become a third-grade official in the imperial court in just five years. It's not the kind that has real power, but it's also very remarkable. It is the courtier next to Emperor Li Shimin, and everyone knows that he can't be offended lightly. However, this is just for ordinary people, and for those who are really wealthy, they still don't look down on people like Jingwen. The seven sects and five surnames even looked down on the emperor Li family. disdains to marry the Li family, so naturally they don't look down on this kind of person who is attached to the Li family.
And this kind of wealthy family pays the most attention to the right person and background. This kind of origin inexplicably determines a person's identity, which is the case in this Tang Dynasty. Although Jingwen is now a giant in the military, he will always be a chef for the Cui family, even if he is an imperial chef. For the so-called wealthy families in this period, birth determines a qiē, and family bloodline inheritance determines your identity. This kind of family is the most self-righteous and thinks that its blood is noble. And those with low blood. Even if the achievement is above oneself for a while, it cannot be compared with oneself. They won't look at what you have accomplished, they will only look at who you were at the beginning, and they will use who you were at the beginning as your origin. Bad background. No matter how high your achievements are, you will not be able to marry their female relatives. This kind of person is, in the words of later generations, noble and cold, and if he does not experience a huge blow to reality, he will not wake up at all.
For the Cui family. Jingwen is a "nouveau riche", it is not bad to be able to marry one of their concubines. If Cui Tan didn't want Jingwen to cooperate at that time. I'm afraid I won't even give him a concubine. In this kind of wealthy family, the difference between a concubine and a concubine is very huge. From antiquity to the pre-Qin period. The status of the eldest son has been determined. And this also infinitely elevates the status of the son-in-law, unless all the sons and grandsons are dead, otherwise the son-in-law will not be able to inherit the family business at all. And the status of the concubine is also rising, and the identity is different from that of other daughters. And a big family like the Cui family, there are even many times when they marry a concubine, and even take out some of her concubines to marry together, this is the status of the Cui family's concubine, and sometimes it is just as a concubine's maid.
Now Jingwen actually came to propose, and the object of the proposal was Cui Ying, the eldest granddaughter of the Cui family, which was completely different. If it is a concubine, this Cui Fu can consider it and agree. But the concubine is absolutely not, the concubine is absolutely not able to marry a chef like Jingwen, otherwise the Cui family feels that they have suffered a lot, and even the blood is not clean. What's more, Jingwen still has a wife, and just one day after marrying his wife home, he actually came to propose marriage, which is really shameless.
"Elder of the Cui family, I'm here to propose, you quickly accept the dowry and agree!" Jingwen shouted.
Cui Fu immediately said angrily: "This guy wants to eat swan meat, where is the eldest granddaughter of our Cui family who can be proposed?" Let him me off! ”
Cui Fu was very angry, Jingwen actually wanted to marry the eldest granddaughter of the Cui family if he wanted to eat swan meat, this is simply unworthy! What is the identity of the Cui family, a wealthy family of dozens of generations, where can a chef be worthy of it casually? And with the Cui family's status in the scholar clan, if it is true that the eldest granddaughter marries a chef who is not educated and has always been looked down upon by literati, then the status of the Cui family will be hit! Therefore, this kind of thing can never be promised. What's more, Cui Ying has long been preparing to marry Lu Jian, if she makes this kind of thing at this time, isn't it a slap in the face?
"Elder Cui, I have put down the dowry, if you want to accept it, you should accept it quickly!" Jingwen shouted.
After Jingwen shouted, he immediately turned around and left, as if he didn't pay attention to the people of the Cui family. Anyway, Jingwen's movements will come out, and it is up to the Cui family to solve it. If they dare to take the dowry in, it means that they agree. However, Jingwen thinks that it would be good if they didn't take it and throw it away. However, Jingwen is mainly to create movement, and then he will slap the Cui family and the Lu family in the face. (To be continued......)