Seeing Lu Chen's rather helpless expression, Kong Yingda stroked his beard and laughed again, and nodded at the same time, "The heart is high but not arrogant, not bad!" Not bad! ”

"Thank you for your praise!" Lu Chen directly bowed his hand to Kong Yingda and said.

"Your colt personally performed the gift of Nacai for himself, although it was approved by His Majesty's decree, but it can be regarded as the first in the past!" Kong Yingda teased Lu Chen with a smile, and when Kong Yingda teased him like this, Lu Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly again.

"The old man has already heard about the whole story of your matter, so the old man will tell you about the matter with Nacai!" Seeing Lu Chen smile bitterly again, Kong Yingda did not continue to tease Lu Chen, and directly told Lu Chen what was important about this gift.

Seeing Lu Chen's deaf look, Kong Yingda continued: "This Nacai ceremony is from "Etiquette and Ceremony", and this "Etiquette" is from Zhou Li..."

Kong Yingda began to explain the origin of the "six rites" to Lu Chen as if he was in class, it turned out that these six rites originated from the Zhou rites at the earliest, and the emphasis was on Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, invitation, and personal welcome.

As for this Nacai is the first step of the Six Rites, according to the record in the "Etiquette and Ritual of the Scholars", the description of Nacai is only a few words, that is, "Faint ceremony, go down to Nacai." With geese. ”

That is to say, this Nacai is actually the groom's parents and matchmaker come to the door and send a wild goose, of course, this is recorded in the Zhou ceremony, and the form is also very simple, that is, "the hand holds the memorial, and the cub does not have to die".

This is very simple, that is, if you send a goose, the male and female are not important, the important thing is the necessary live goose, of course, this goose is not what the future generations understand, but Shu Yan can, what is the so-called Shu goose, that is, the big white goose raised at home.

However, this is only a record of the Zhou ceremony, but with the development of the times, to the Han Dynasty, this atmosphere has changed, due to the gradual rise of luxury, the gift of Nacai is no longer limited to the goose, although the "goose" is still the most important gift of Nacai, but according to the identity of the gift of Nacai, in the Han Dynasty, the gift of Nacai has even increased to more than 30 kinds among the hundred officials.

Although these things have added a lot of good meanings to them, they also make some officials complain, such as sheep, herbs, and deer, taking them auspicious as a meaning of blessing; The glue, lacquer, acacia bell, mandarin duck, phoenix, etc. are used to symbolize the meaning of good marriage between husband and wife; Or take the merits and virtues of each object to motivate and exhort the couple, such as the pampas reed, the cypress, the relics beast, the blessed beast, the fish, the goose, the nine children's wife, etc.

These things, there are gold and jade things, and there are also rare things in the mountains, in short, this gift alone made many people prohibitive in the Han Dynasty.

"Huh?!" Hearing Kong Yingda talk about so many things, Lu Chen's expression was shocked, not that Lu Chen can't come out of these things now, but he was surprised by this kind of variety of things, no wonder the future generations will take what Western-style weddings, and they have been making trouble for a long time, it's not that they don't want to go Chinese-style, but the cost is really a bit high!

This is only the first of the six rites, and there are five rites in the back, who really wants to play a full set in the future, this just getting married can hollow out the bottom of the family.

"Lu Xiangong, don't be so surprised! The old man is talking about the Han system! Our Datang is not so complicated! Seeing Lu Chen's surprised expression, Kong Yingda said with a smile directly, he didn't know that Lu Chen was thinking of the wedding of the next generation, but thought that Lu Chen was surprised by the type of gifts to be prepared for this gift.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty has issued a rule, 'From the prince to the king, as for the nine products, the standard is: one goose. One lamb, one for wine, one for millet and one for rice.'" Kong Yingda smiled and said to Lu Chen, "The old man is just telling you the origin of this gift!" ”

"I see!" Hearing Kong Yingda's explanation, Lu Chen nodded, but he also had some slander in his heart Kong Yingda, this old man probably likes to teach people very much, and he just came to ask Nacai what he needs to prepare, and this old man actually started a history lesson for himself!

However, Lu Chen thought about it, it was quite interesting to listen to this aspect of things.

"Of course, this is what His Majesty stipulates that is necessary for the gift of Nacai, that is to say, the gift of Nacai must have these things, as for whether to increase the quantity, it will naturally vary from person to person!" Kong Yingda said and gave Lu Chen a "you know" look.

As for Kong Yingda's eyes, Lu Chen can naturally understand it, the meaning is obvious, you Lu Xiangong can also take these things, but you are the future master of the horse, if you prepare this thing like everyone else, isn't it a little inappropriate?

"Teachable! Thank you for your mention! Lu Chen got up and saluted Kong Yingda and said, Lu Chen is not pretentious, Lu Chen admires Kong Yingda, a great Confucian, from the bottom of his heart, after all, this is really a real teacher.

"Where! It's just that the old man is old and knows a little more than the grandfather! Nothing! Kong Yingda waved his hand very politely and said with a smile.

"Then I'll take my leave!" Lu Chen, who already understood how he should prepare, directly said goodbye to Kong Yingda.

"Grandpa, wait!" Who knows, Lu Chen was just about to say goodbye and leave, but was stopped by Kong Yingda.

"Could it be that there is anything else going on with the Holy Marquis?" Being stopped by Kong Yingda like this, Lu Chen was slightly stunned, looked at Kong Yingda and asked curiously.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that recently someone has been suing the grandfather here with the old man, saying that the grandfather does not respect the sages and deviates from the scriptures, and I hope the old man will come forward to talk to the grandfather!" Kong Yingda looked at Lu Chen with a smile on his face, "It is said that it is better to meet by chance, today the grandfather came to the old man's mansion, and the old man just took this opportunity to talk to the grandfather about this matter!" ”

Kong Yingda still had a kind smile on his face, and his words were not sharp, Lu Chen directly sat back in the chair and looked at Kong Yingda, "I don't know who ran to the front of the Shenghou and chewed the root of his tongue, saying that my father disrespected the sages?" Lu Chen said with an unhappy face.

"It doesn't matter who said it, what the main grandfather did, in the old man's opinion, although it can't be said to be a complete deviance, but this jumping out of the word is inevitable!" Kong Yingda is still smiling.

"If Xu Shenghou said that he was doing things a little more off, it would be understandable, but he was chewed on the root of his tongue behind his back, in the end, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart!" Lu Chen still said with an unhappy face.

"The old man is not a person who listens to one side of the story, as for the grandfather to do things without it, it is not a big deal, but the old man has always been unable to figure out something, so he kept the grandfather and asked!" Kong Yingda picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then looked at Lu Chen and said.

"If the Holy Marquis of Xu has something to ask, if this father can answer, he must know everything!" Lu Chen looked at Kong Yingda and said.

"Okay!" Kong Yingda nodded, and after putting down the teacup, he directly put away his smile, looked at Lu Chen, and asked very seriously, "I heard that my grandfather admires businessmen very much, but I don't know if this matter is serious?" ”

"It's true!" Lu Chen nodded unequivocally.

"The sages once said that a merchant is a man of skill! What does Grandpa think about this? Kong Yingda looked at Lu Chen and asked.

"Clever man, this evaluation is biased!" Lu Chen shook his head directly and said, "There are a hundred kinds of people, they can't be unified, there are good and bad officials, and there are good and evil businessmen. Lu Chen looked at Kong Yingda and asked rhetorically.

"What Lu Xiangong said is not unreasonable, but businessmen are not engaged in production, they are just opportunistic, if everyone is like this, it will definitely be unfavorable to the country!" Kong Yingda looked at Lu Chen and continued.

"Merchants can collude with things and go south to north, just like this Chang'an City, if there are no these traders and pawns, how can there be the prosperity it is today?" Lu Chen continued to smile and asked, "What's more, there are merchants among the disciples of the sages!" ”

Of course, Lu Chen is talking about Zigong, the representative of Confucian merchants, the eighth disciple of Confucius, isn't this person enough to represent merchants? What's more, you are the thirty-second generation descendant of Confucius, don't you even recognize the disciples of your ancestors?

If you really don't recognize your own ancestor, the eighth-ranked disciple, you see if your ancestor will beat you up at night.

After Lu Chen said this, he looked at Kong Yingda with a smile, waiting for Kong Yingda's answer.

"This..."When Lu Chen said this, Kong Yingda was really a little choked by Lu Chen's question for a while, after all, he was a disciple of his ancestor, and his ancestors all had disciples who were engaged in business, and his descendant really didn't know what to say for a while.

"If they all go to business, what will happen to this country?" Kong Yingda thought for a moment, then looked at Lu Chen and asked again.

"How is that possible!" Hearing Kong Yingda's question, Lu Chen laughed directly again, "Business also requires talent, not just a person can do business, for example, if Xu Shenghou is in business, what will happen to himself?" ”

"The old man is not good at business!" Kong Yingda thought for a moment and replied in the affirmative.

"That's it!" Lu Chen directly spread his hands and said, "The Holy Marquis knows that he is not good at the way of management, but what about the others?" Don't think that only we know these things, those people sometimes see more clearly than we do! ”

"It's understandable that Grandpa said so!" Kong Yingda nodded, "But those businessmen are making huge fortunes, and they are still useless to the country!" Kong Yingda thought about it for a long time, but turned the topic back to the wealth owned by those merchants.

"But are the businessmen who are really hoarding the wealth?" Lu Chen looked at Kong Yingda and asked rhetorically.