Chapter 222: Li Mengjiang is engaged
(I found a new feature, it turns out that the post can be timed, and when you see it in the future, I may be sleeping, haha)
There are six ceremonies for marriage in the Tang Dynasty, because it is Li Shimin's marriage, many processes are relatively fast, six ceremonies, asking for names, Najib, Najib, asking for the period, welcoming the first three Nacai, asking for names, and Najib royal have already done it.
Now it's time to pay for the levy and the invitation period, the levy is to give the dowry, and the invitation period is to set the date.
Because it is a marriage, the previous link has been completed, so I simply put the levy and the invitation period together, and the invitation period is to eat the family banquet.
According to the rules, it should be the man's family for a banquet, the parents of both sides meet, the man informs the day of the calculation, asks the woman if she agrees, and does not agree to continue the calculation.
But first, Li Mengjiang is a royal family, and the banquet can be worthy of the royal status, and second, Zhou Daowu's father died early and only has one mother.
So Li Shimin let Wei Guifei handle it single-handedly, after all, after Zhou Daowu was a hero, he was still in the palace for so many years.
Originally, according to the rules, the man was looking for someone to count the days, but this is the emperor's daughter, and Li Shimin directly took out the magic weapon Li Chunfeng, a doctor of the Taishi Bureau, to count the days for Li Mengjiang.
According to the convention, it is generally next year, and Li Chunfeng also set for Li Mengjiang to be the beginning of spring next year, when the spring flowers are blooming.
In July of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the day of Li Mengjiang's marriage, today the heaven and earth are not open, and the wine club is a place for the banquet, and the others are for the entertainment of the guests.
When Wei Guifei told Li Shen that she was going to organize the wedding banquet, Li Shen waved his hand, and Li Gongzi paid for all the consumption in heaven and earth.
Li Shimin will also be present as a father to attend, if it is an ordinary princess Li Shimin, it is impossible to attend, but Li Mengjiang is different,
Now that Wei Guifei's status is stable, Li Shen is wealthy, Li Shimin has often seen Li Mengjiang over the years, and he still has some feelings.
When Li Shimin arrived, the officials of Chang'an who were above the fifth grade would come, and those below the fifth grade were not qualified to come. There are also Li Shen's fox friends and dogs, as well as some relatives of the Zhou family.
In this formation, Changle may not be able to compare.
From ancient times to the present, the mother's family is rich and powerful, and she is not bullied in her mother-in-law's family. Today, many relatives and friends of the Zhou family also came, all saying that Zhou Daowu was blessed, saying that Li Mengjiang knew books and was gifted, and the ancestral tomb of the old Zhou family was smoking.
Li Shen is busy as a member of his mother's family, Li Shen has not been so busy in the past few years, personally arranging seats, arranging dishes, and receiving guests.
According to the usual practice, Li Shimin was the last to arrive, and there were also Empress Changsun and Wei Guifei, and the rest were the princes and princesses who had not left the cabinet, the four concubines and concubines.
Li Shen had already prepared a seat for the ladies in the tea house and asked Wu Meiniang to entertain her, while Li Shimin followed Li Shen to the table.
After the banquet began, Li Shimin stood up with a wine glass. Provoked everyone to stand up. Only Li Shimin said:
"Today is the day of the little girl's invitation, I am very happy that the princes can come to participate in me, although I am the emperor, but I am also a father, I can watch my children grow up and become their own children, I am very relieved.
Meng Jiang has been smart since he was a child, and he likes literature, and I said to Zhao Guogong that I hope Meng Jiang can emulate Wang Xizhi's attainments in calligraphy, so I take the word Meng Jiang and Wang Xizhi's daughter are the same.
Unexpectedly, Meng Jiang was about to get married in a blink of an eye. Speaking of this, Li Shimin was somewhat emotional, Li Shimin felt that he was old. After sighing, Li Shimin continued
"Of course, as a father, I can't be stingy, Wang De passed on the decree."
Wang De stepped forward and took out the holy decree and read: "Under the door: Meng Jiang, the twelfth daughter of me, has been smart since childhood, has a clear talent, is a gentle and gentle, has a good manner, adds two hundred real food yi, gives a Furong Garden courtyard, and Princess Xu's mansion inspects the school gate as one person." ”
There is nothing left, and the dowry will not be written on the holy decree, but the inspection of the school gate is already an exception.
According to the system, the princesses have their own divisions, and the highest prefect "order" is from the seven grades, which shows that this five-grade inspection school gate is a special addition to the princess of Linchuan given by Tang Taizong.
Princess Linchuan didn't dare to say that she opened the mansion, but it could be said that she had her own office. This is the only one of Zhenguan. It can be seen that Li Shimin really cares for Li Mengjiang this time.
The ministers and the relatives of the Zhou family were all surprised, and it seemed that this Linchuan princess would also be regarded as entering Li Shimin's eyes in the future.
Especially the relatives of the Zhou family are even more happy, which means that the future of Zhou Daowu is bright.
"As for the princess's mansion, I won't reward it, I think King Ji should be ready before Meng Jiang's wedding, right?" Li Shimin asked Li Shen with a smile.
"Yes, Aye, construction has started now, and it should be built before my sister's wedding next year." Li Shen agreed, but Li Shen blackmailed thirty acres of land from the Wei family, which was next to his palace.
Zhou Daowu is Princess Shang, Li Mengjiang lives in the princess's mansion, if you are in a good mood, you will go back to live for two days, and if you are in a bad mood, you can not go for the rest of your life, there is such an example in the history of Zhenguan. Unlike the eldest grandson Chong, who is married, Princess Changle has to live in the Zhao State Mansion.
Li Shen's words made the second generation of many officials present envious, since the founding of the country, no princess's mansion is as big as thirty acres. Li Shen is really willing to spend money on his sister.
With such a brother-in-law, what is there to worry about in life after that. Li Shen casually leaked out some soup and gave them a lifetime to eat.
After Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Shen, as the host of this time, also stood up and said to Zhou Daowu:
"Daowu, after you and my sister get married, we are a family, this king has only one request for you, you can't let my sister suffer a little grievance,
My sister has been knowledgeable since she was a child, learning female virtues, and her temperament is relatively weak, so she knows how to teach her husband and children, and she will not be rude and willful."
Li Shen didn't want to say something at this time, otherwise it would make people feel very rude, after all, he hadn't married yet.
After that, everyone sat down and sat down, today Li Shenke really made a lot of money, and he used the chef of the flavor hall.
All of them are delicacies from the mountains and seas, with a total of 18 dishes, 12 side dishes, and 8-year-old tribute wine.
Even Li Shimin, who is now rich enough to rival the country, feels extravagant, and today's cost is at least 200,000 yuan.
And Li Chengqian, who was sitting next to him, was even more secretly speechless, secretly saying that this younger brother is really willing to spend money.
Everyone was very satisfied with this meal, and all the entertainment activities today were also paid for by Li Shen, so after eating, Li Shimin stayed for a while and returned to the palace with Li Chengqian, and many of the rest stayed to play until evening.
Li Mengjiang's marriage and the extravagance of the marriage banquet have been talked about in Chang'an City for several days.
And Li Shen has not been idle these days, and followed Wang Xuance in the study to start planning the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, Li Shen, who has experience in later generations, knows that if the Chamber of Commerce is so obscure, it will not take long to disappear, so he thinks that it will be hyped.