Chapter 533: The Big Wedding (II)
Li Xingzhi and Leyden have also seen others marry, but those are all civilian or ordinary military officers marry.
This time, he married the lord of Fuwang with the respect of the prime minister, and the process of civil marriage naturally has no meaning.
According to his original intention, it was to be simple, but after listening to the set of procedures of the first assistant Liu Lishun and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he suddenly felt that his brain hurt badly, but these were not pompous things, but things that should be done by etiquette, and Li Xingzhi was not unable to object, so he simply acted according to the rules.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, since the lord of Fuwang returned from Beijing, there has been an endless stream of officials of all sizes who have come to give gifts, that is, Fan Fucui, the former head of the cabinet, and Fan Jingwen and Li Banghua, who have always been at odds with Li Xingzhi, have sent congratulatory gifts.
People have eyes, and now Li Xingzhi has the sole power, if he is disgusted in this mere etiquette, wouldn't he be asking for hardship, and Li Xingzhi will not refuse the congratulatory gift, and only order Liu Ru, the secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, to accept them all.
After the officials of the Ministry of Rites drew up the etiquette of the Nacai name greeting, they set up the ceremony venue. According to the system, the honor guard is set up outside the prime minister's house.
Set up two tables, spread an apricot yellow satin tablecloth, put "knots" on one table, put "name" books on the other table, and those bride price items to be sent to the palace are also readily placed on them.
Since the Hongwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has never married a princess or a county lord, so this time the marriage of the Fuwang county lord is good for the Zhu Ming clan and the court officials, which is really the first time in the world.
Like a marionette, he was fiddled with by the subordinates for two hours from the third watch, and after completing the name ceremony, Li Xingzhi went straight to the Forbidden City with a red suit, with various colored salutes and a team to welcome relatives.
In the palace, after the lord of Fuwang was familiar with the lessons of human ethics, he performed Naji and Nazheng rites.
Najib is to count eight characters, that is, to divinate the good fortune and evil for marriage; If it is an "auspicious omen" and the birthday is appropriate, ask the matchmaker to bring gifts to the engagement. Levy is to order all kinds of wedding gifts.
The ancients said: "Men and women have no matchmaker, no exchange, no currency." In order to marry Li Xingzhi, Zhang Yan still marries according to the princess etiquette, although Li Xingyi strongly asks for simplicity, but still the Forbidden City is magnificent, which can be described as ten miles of red makeup.
Before dawn, the lord of Fuwang was awakened by the palace people, but she was allowed to bathe, and when bathing, she repeatedly used skin care products made of mung bean powder as the main raw material, and used various precious spices to knead her face and wipe her body.
After bathing, the palace people poured incense powder on the face of the county lord of Fuwang, painted eyeliner, applied eye shadow, painted green eyebrows, wiped red lips, and then drummed out two pieces of blush on the two faces of the county lord, which was the inherent dress of women in the Ming Dynasty when they got married.
Don't look at Li Xingzhi's killing and arbitrariness, covering the sky in the court with one hand, but at this wedding, they have to be at the mercy of Liu Lishun, but Li Bangjie and Ma Sande are in command of the iron soldiers and Jinyi guards throughout the martial law, for fear that on this happy day, something will happen and disturb the good things of the lord and the lord's mother.
Accompanying Li Xingzhi into the palace was his cheap brother-in-law Zhu Yousong, that is, the Hongguangdi of the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, a little fat man of nearly two hundred catties.
"Li Xingzhi, you married our sister-in-law, then we are also a family, can you see if we can serve in your army? We don't have high requirements, I heard that you plan to build a few cavalry towns, how about I bring the cavalry of a town? Next time we crusade against Jiannu, we'll give you the lead. ”
Zhu Yousong entered Beijing with his wife Zhang and Zhu Shuni, originally from a sister-in-law to marry, he must have a lot of things to do as a brother, but after this guy entered Beijing, he didn't know how to hook up with Li Bangjie, after hearing that Li Bangjie was in Shenyang City, and slept with several women in Huangtaiji in a row, he had some thoughts about the Manchurian women in Liaoyang City.
"Uh...... You...... Uncle, aren't you talking about playing, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and fighting is not a joke, and besides, with your body, where can I find a horse that can move you? If you really want to be in the army, let's lose weight first. ”
Li Xingzhi was also speechless, but if Zhu Yousong wanted to join the army to fight Dongyu, Li Xingzhi was still willing to take him there, Zhu Yousong was also a pathetic person in history, because he was not the emperor of the Donglin Party, so after he ascended the throne, he was smeared countless times, and finally died and the country was destroyed, although Zhu Yousong was not a political talent, but he did not fall in front of Dolgon and went to death without falling into the dignity and integrity that my Chinese emperor should have, so Li Xingzhi did not want to discourage the enthusiasm of his cheap brother-in-law, besides, If in front of Dolgon, let Zhu Yousong pamper his woman, it seems to be quite cool.
Between the two talking, the car to welcome the relatives entered the palace through the Daming Gate, and after the due etiquette, Li Xingzhi was accompanied by Zhu Yousong, and met his father-in-law, Zhu Changxun, the princess Zhang, and the queen mother Zhang Yan.
After saluting, King Fu clapped his hands and beckoned the people of the palace to present a richly decorated sword.
"The sword is given to the hero, the sword is given by the emperor of the year, Xingzhi you are the minister of the imperial court, the governor of internal and external military affairs, and the prince of the country who is resting with the country.
Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is not a fool, after entering Beijing, he has found that the Ming Dynasty is completely in the hands of Li Xingzhi, for which he is also worried, but he has nothing to do with Li Xingzhi, who has a heavy army, and now can only count on Li Xingzhi through marriage.
In addition to King Fu, Princess Fu Zhang and Empress Dowager Zhang Yan also prepared gifts, a jade Ruyi made of Hetian jade and a wooden palace of rosewood, there is a small fountain in front of the palace, these two gifts are given by the Wanli Emperor himself, and the other is built by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which is really beautiful.
After paying homage to King Fu Zhu Changxun and others, Li Xingzhi picked up the lord of King Fu on the chariot, and then said goodbye to King Fu and others, of course, the palace also sent King Zhu Youshu and Prince Zhu Yihai as envoys to be responsible for sending relatives.
Needless to say, King De was coerced into Beijing by Li Xingzhi, and Zhu Yihai was ordered by King Lu to enter Beijing to congratulate the Yongli Emperor on his accession to the throne.
Because the section of the canal from Beijing to Jinan has long been controlled by the Jingbei Army, after Li Xingzhi entered Beijing, he deliberately blocked the news, Zhu Yihai has always thought that Chongzhen's death was because of his unbearable illness, coupled with the difficulty of King De's army, he chose to commit suicide in despair, who knew that after entering Beijing, he learned that it was the former Leyden General Army and King De who forced Emperor Daxing to death together, and the government was completely controlled by the newly appointed Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province.
Zhu Yihai is the age of blood and strength, after hearing Li Xingzhi so arrogant, he wanted to return to Yanzhou, persuade his Lao Tzu to flee to the south of the Yangtze River, and fight hard for the Zhu family, who knew that he was detained in Beijing by Jinyiwei, and Li Xingzhi, who was familiar with the trend of history, naturally would not let go of this Lu Jianguo who insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty until he died of illness.
After Li Xingzhi's kissing team arrived, they followed the kissing team out of the palace according to etiquette, went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then completed their "kissing" mission according to the arrangement of the ceremonial official.