Chapter 122: The Big Wedding
The arranger, the tailor boss, the jewelry proprietress and the sedan chair man went to Chen Yuan's house one after another until Chen Yuan's wedding preparations were completed.
They are automated door-to-door sales of products, one bite at a time to ensure that they do the best, do business, and are the most well-informed.
He was not a nobleman, he was not a scholar, but his status was very special. Hard-working stammering.
The formation was big, attracting many citizens of Nanjing to watch the excitement, and some wondered who this groom official was, whether he was three heads and six arms.
In the nineteenth year of Yongle, on the day of the wedding, Chen Yuan rode a high-headed horse, blowing his hands and blowing blows, and went to Jiangning to welcome his relatives.
The bride cried darkly, and when the auspicious time came, she took the bride home.
When he arrived at home, Chen Yuan was like a puppet and let others lead him, worship God, salute, serve tea, and thank relatives and friends.
After worshipping heaven and earth, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and only now did he feel a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he never thought back to the original world. The past is gone, realize the past without admonition, and feel that the present is and yesterday is not.
Chen Yuan's heart was unprecedentedly clear, he was more like a calm bystander, watching the process of this Dao, and there were many familiar, known, familiar, and unknown people appearing and disappearing in front of his eyes.
Jian Yi did not break his promise, he came to preside over the wedding in person, the university scholar and the first-class member presided over the wedding, and King Zhao personally came to congratulate him.
It wasn't until late at night, when the hustle and bustle was gone, and the guests were still unsatisfied, sitting under the dragon and phoenix candles in the cave room, that Chen Yuan suddenly determined that this was his wedding. The woman sitting on the new bed over there with red and new makeup is the wife of this life.
The man should get married, the woman should get married, and only at this moment did he understand that he had a little more concern. The red hijab was placed over the phoenix crown, covering the bride's face.
There is no need to deliberate, Chen Yuan also knows that it is Dong Mingyan's shy appearance. She didn't move, only breathing slightly short, and her hand rested quietly on her lap, revealing a little bit of raw white lotus.
In these years, most of them are blind marriages and dumb marriages at the behest of their parents. They are also matchmakers, but they also know the roots, and they can be regarded as happy with each other.
Chen Yuan walked to the bed and picked up the hijab. Although the bride hung her head very low, Chen Yuan could also see her face clearly.
The girl's shyness is red to the back of her neck.
"Xianggong," the girl said softly, lowering her head again.
If you want to say when a woman is the most beautiful, it is naturally when she is a bride, hibiscus is not as good as beauty makeup, and the water temple wind comes to pearl and green fragrance. Pretty like the peach of three springs, pure like the chrysanthemum of nine autumns.
One of the four joys of life, the night of candles in the cave room.
Gently falling down the hibiscus tent, Miss Dong closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and her whole body trembled slightly!
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The light rain is new, and a thunderstorm begins. The Tian family has a few days of leisure, and farming has started from here.
After Qingming, the cuckoo bird called, the spring rain continued, and the river began to rise. Poets are full of poetry, chanting poems, scholars and nobles, riding horses and stepping on spring. Only the hardshiping people, not sheltering from the rain, began to go in and out of the fields one after another, ploughing, raking the soil, and sweating. Diligence is accompanied by spring, the plan of the year lies in spring, and the life of the peasant family must make a good start.
Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. Facing the loess with his back to the sky, he has been circling in one acre and three points of land all his life, just begging for survival, praying for a good harvest, not encountering droughts, floods, locust plagues, and not encountering uncontrolled taxation by the government.
"Why don't you eat minced meat from time to time" is a joke that Emperor Hui of Jin has passed down stupidly for thousands of years, and the people have nothing to eat, why don't they eat meat porridge? In fact, he is not stupid, but he has been deep in the palace since he was a child, and he doesn't know that the world is difficult, and he doesn't know the warmth and coldness of the people.
Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty was actually a very accomplished emperor, but unfortunately the court was corrupt and he couldn't do anything, which was praised by the people. He especially advocated frugality, set an example, wore old clothes, and did not dare to throw a feast indiscriminately. I didn't even dare to eat more eggs. Why? Because the price quoted to him by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was thirty taels of silver for an egg. He once heard that a minister ate four eggs in the morning and almost scared him out of a heart attack, and only later did he know about being deceived, but what was the use of punishing a few people.
In short, the Ming Dynasty, which was technologically backward, was far from being as beautiful as others imagined. Chen Yuan cultivated in the soil and personally went into battle until all the potato seedlings were transplanted, half a month before and after. Fortunately, there is Fan Zhong, a strong man, he doesn't need to do much physical work, just simply insert potato seedlings.
At home, Dong Mingyan has already put on a bridal outfit.
The little daughter-in-law is still a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, I was no stranger to the Chen family before, and the family didn't need to talk about any rules, and it was very harmonious.
Chen Yuan has officially been upgraded to "master", the Dong family is the daughter of a businessman, and her previous maid was invited to help, so she didn't have to marry. Chen Yuan's house was not big and he couldn't live in it, so he didn't follow.
When she arrived at Chen's house, Chen Yuan, the head of the family, went to work in the fields. She was not idle, she learned to cook some simple meals, needlework was done in her mother's house, and her skills were good, and there was no shelf, Chunhua and Fan Zhong quickly agreed with this "lady".
Chen Yuan has a protégé relationship with Jian Yi, he is still a person next to King Zhao, and he is deeply appreciated by Zhu Di. At his wedding, the people who used the gifts lined up in two long lines, making them look like second-class officials.
Later, many officials and scholars came to visit him. Chen Yuan instructed the family not to accept gifts, write down the feelings, and as for what to say, call haha.
The rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor are unheard of in the downtown area. Chen Yuan, still the same Chen Yuan, is at home, and someone visits him at two ends in three days. Dong Mingyan was very difficult, and Fan Niangzi was also annoyed. Sometimes, the door is simply locked to indicate that you are not at home.
These are the trivialities of the Chen family. As for the DPRK and China, the ministers are active. Guozijian has a lot of new faces, and his style is showy.
In the Taiji Palace, Zhu Di is listening to politics in the court.
As a rule, diplomatic matters and the invitations and resignations of officials who have gone to and from Beijing are to be dealt with first, and then government affairs are handled. When he was tired, Zheng He came to his side and gently pinched his arm, and after a while, Zhu Di continued to deal with things.
Zhu Di is a very diligent emperor, even if he is not in good health, he does not easily go to court. The household department is always the most involved, and there are always all kinds of new changes every day in every move in all parts of the world. Recently, the new science and technology scholars are very concerned.
Zhu Di listened to Yang Shiqi's report from the household department, and said at the excerpt: "Because there are many wars in the north and northwest, the nearby prefectures and counties will give more relief and distribute seeds to the people, so that the people must not miss the time." Shizhou heard that there were still many refugees, and allocated 200,000 yuan of food from the household department to allocate Shizhou, so that not a single citizen could starve to death, so that the people could settle down. ”
Yang Shiqi complimented: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”
In addition, the Ministry of Households, in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry, should inspect water conservancy facilities in various localities, and if they need to be repaired and rebuilt, they should be reported as soon as possible. In particular, the Yellow River is about to enter the flood season and cannot flood the farmland. ”
"Now in the spring, it is suitable for construction, after which the rain will start to be abundant, and we must be ahead of the curve and do these things well. However, the most urgent thing at the moment is the war in Annam, and the military department has a way to deal with it? ”
The northern and central parts of Vietnam, Annam during the Ming Dynasty, have long been part of the Central Plains Dynasty, and have been incorporated into the territory since Qin Shi Huang established Xiang County in northern Vietnam.
In the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Central Plains fell into chaos and had no time to take care of the remote southwestern border, so Annam took the opportunity to break away from the Central Plains and become independent.
By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty had been given an opportunity to reintegrate Annam into its territory. At the same time that Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingjing, Li Jiyak, a relative of the Chen Dynasty in Annam, also staged a coup d'état, killed the king Chen Rikun, and seized power. Li Jiyak almost exterminated the descendants of the Chen family, and then falsely claimed that his surname was Hu, and that he was the nephew of the king of the Chen Dynasty. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he immediately sent ministers to Nanjing to congratulate him, and claimed that the Chen family had become extinct and asked to inherit the throne. Because Li Jiyak's pseudo surname was Hu, the dynasty he established was called the Hu Dynasty.
The sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, and Zhu Di finally got the truth about Li Jiyak. In the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent an envoy to escort the descendants of the Chen Dynasty back to Annan, who knew that Li Ji Yak killed the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di was furious, and he told his ministers: "I am the lord of all countries." Foolish barbarians dare to do unjust, in order to kill their lord and take their country. If I don't just sin it, what is the way of heaven? "Sent Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping, and Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, to raise troops to attack Vietnam and wipe it out in one fell swoop.
From then on, Annan was once again included in the territory, and the political envoy department of Jiao Lucheng was set up.
However, after Zhang Fu returned to the dynasty, due to the exploitation of Ming officials, the former Chen Dynasty official Jian Ding claimed to be the second son of Chen Yizong, the ninth king of the Chen Dynasty. He raised the flag against the Ming, and the whole country responded to Annan, and Jianding called himself the king of the south, the founding name of Dayue, and the era of Xingqing.
Zhu Di had to send Zhang Fu, who was already a British duke, to fight again to pacify Annan again. In February of the eighth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu returned to the court. But not long after he left, Jian Ding's nephew Chen Jikuo rebelled again and set up the Chongguang Year name.
Zhang Fu went out again, this time it was very unsmooth, and the fight was very fierce, and he fought for three years before ending the war. However, Zhang Fucai returned to the dynasty, and in the sixteenth year of Yongle, that is, last year, Li Li, a wealthy clan in Annam, rebelled again, claiming the title of King Pingding.
Zhu Di was naturally angry and ordered the officers and troops to attack, but the division was unfavorable, and Feng Gui, who participated in politics on the left, and Hou Bao who participated in politics on the right, died in battle, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar.
Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, the Annan Li thief fought with my Ming official army, and suddenly there was a victory or defeat. ”
When Zhu Di heard this, he was extremely displeased.
"Shiqi, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, you can talk about it."
Yang Shiqi played: "Your Majesty, the war is not only fought by manpower, money and food, over the years, our expenditure in Annan has almost accounted for three layers of the national treasury, not my race, its heart will be different, Annan is not educated, after all, it is just a small moss, if this goes on for a long time, it will affect my Ming foundation, please think twice!" ”
"Bastard!" Zhu Di smashed the fold on Yang Shiqi's face.