I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 249 Grand and Simple

The bustle at the wedding seemed to have nothing to do with Zhiyao, he was exhausted simply because he had to deal with a whole set of etiquette, and he was manipulated through the process like a puppet throughout the whole process.

It's the same in any era. There are too many etiquettes in weddings, and some customs and habits will be added due to different regions.

The Jin people's wedding is actually simple enough, and it also has a strong custom of rigidity.

For example, although Zhiyao was not wearing armor when she got married, she could not untie the sword at her waist.In this respect it is different from other countries.

For another example, many countries do not have the link of the groom handing a dagger to the bride, but Jin has it.

What is that dagger for?In fact, it means a kind of "slaughter". The husband hands over the management of the inner house to his wife. The dagger is a tool for cutting flesh, and it can also be used to kill enemies or commit suicide when necessary.

There are only a few countries with similar customs, most of which border on Di, Rong, and Yi. They used to be in a weak position, and even the nobles were always in danger of foreigners entering their homes. Children will not fall into the hands of aliens and suffer humiliation.

This kind of custom has been passed down, but I don't know what dynasty fault.

Zhiyao was actually okay at the beginning, but she was completely numb later on, and the first half of the wedding process had already been completed in a trance.

During the introduction of the newcomers, only Fen Ying, his wife, appeared without covering his head.The rest of the wives, no matter which family they were daughters of, would not even have a chance to leave a shadow at the wedding anyway.

Naturally, there is a process of eating, drinking and drinking in a wedding, but it is not the kind of several people sitting at a table and strictly following the meal sharing... that is, one person has a table, and they are paired with attendants who are responsible for cooking wine, cooking meat, cutting meat, cleaning tableware, etc.

Zhuxia was still implementing the meal sharing system until the Song Dynasty, so there is nothing strange about it.

So, there was such an era when public knowledge was rampant, and when it came to the meal sharing system, all kinds of white skins were blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The "Zhi" land is the ancestral land of the Zhi family. Even if Zhishen and Zhiyao don't live in the ancestral house, someone will clean it every day and maintain it every other time.

However, there is no custom of visiting the hall at present, and the bride is sent directly to the back house after entering the house.

Zhiyao, who stayed in the lobby after socializing, returned to the back house in a trance.

Fenying, Bi, Wei, Ming, Hao, and Wu, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately went up to greet them, and divided their labor reasonably to help Zhiyao remove several layers of clothes.

What are they doing?Actually don't do it!

Then, they helped Zhiyao put on new styles of clothes layer by layer.

That is to say, what clothes to wear in which process, and the clothes that need to be worn in the next process after the process is over. Zhu Xia's etiquette covers this part.

After a while, Zhiyao glanced at the room, but she definitely couldn't see the bright red all over the room, some were also a kind of crimson, and then most of them were black.

Now Zou Yan's grandfather has not been born yet, so naturally there is no Zou Yan who created "Five Virtues: The End and Beginning".There is no such thing as which "virtue" represents what, and which color matches which "virtue".

However, black and red have always been a noble color in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The crown clothes of the emperor and the princes are based on the combination of these two colors. The two colors are actually the same from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, those who entered the Central Plains Not so with Yuan and Qing.

Only Wu and Zhiyao met for the first time.A woman named Wu?The present age is nothing out of the ordinary.

It must be said that after they became concubines, they no longer had their first names followed by their surnames.Even if a child is born in the future, the child will still use Fen Ying as the mother, which means that in all respects, the structure of an aristocratic family has only one mistress.

Marry a wife with five wives?Maybe it's a beautiful thing when I'm young, but when I'm at an age where I can't do what I want...

Of course Zhiyao will communicate with them, but she will go out again soon.

There were so many people who came to the wedding this time, it was impossible to entertain them without enough rigid conditions.

Like the venue!
After all, the one who is very particular about his status is a person who enters the house, and there is no reason to set the eating and drinking venue outside the house.

Especially since everyone is particular about people, the seats must not be too crowded, and there needs to be a dedicated attendant beside them.

When Zhiyao reappeared, the musicians paused for a while, and then played again after a while.

Music, or multiple instruments in unison?
Logically speaking, unless the Emperor Zhou rewarded the orchestra, or the aristocrats who owned the orchestra split it up as a gift, even a family of the size of the Zhi family would still not be eligible to own the orchestra.

A long time ago, the orchestra belonged only to Zhou Tianzi. Later, the state of Lu got the permission to form an orchestra, and then several princes successively obtained the qualifications.

Minister of the princes?For example, the noble family of Jin State?

Don't look at the powerful families of the state of Jin. They may raise a few musicians, but they are still not qualified to produce an orchestra on formal occasions.The reason is that there is no "certification" process, and it is a violation of the system to take it out.

Why did Zhiyao take out the orchestra and use it in her wedding?That was when Weiguo split up his orchestra and gave it to the Zhi family as a congratulatory gift. From then on, the Zhi family is also a family that can play in the orchestra on any occasion.

In this point alone, the Zhi family surpassed all the ministers!
Wei Junzhe helped Nanzi carry the blame, of course he would be looked down upon and even scolded, but to a certain extent, this act was a great help to Wei Jun's heirs, and one day the descendants lost their country, at least they can continue to live with glory and wealth life.

However, what Weiguo did doesn't seem to have the dignity of a prince. It happened that when the eldest son of the Zhi family held a big wedding, whoever had any opinions, would have an emotional intelligence attack after the event, or persuade the Zhi family to return the orchestra to Weiguo, etc., maybe It is to scold from behind, and you will not lose your temper right away.

The world is so realistic, they get mad for a while, and if they anger the Zhi family, the family and the country will be happy together, and the whole family will be buried together.

In an era when the family is far more important than the individual, no matter how hot the temper is, the bottom line is not to implicate the family, and you can only wrong yourself.

Zhiyao saw that there were a few people on the scene with extremely bad expressions, and they were basically elderly people.

That is natural.

It has only been in the past 30 or [-] years that the rites have collapsed and the music has deteriorated. Older people who grew up in the years of respecting etiquette will definitely look down on some things.

It is precisely the older people who are the most unsightly. They are far more tolerant than the young, and they have too many scruples. It is difficult to have the urge to vent regardless.

Zhiyao came to the scene.

Zhi Xuwu stood up from his seat, held a wine torch and gave a congratulatory speech.

During that time, Zhiyao was observing the seating arrangements.

Basically, the nobles of the state of Jin are on the left, and the "Qing" who is present in person is close to the seat. The ruler of Qi State is in the first row on the left, close to the main seat, and besides the rulers of other countries, the ministers who come to represent the monarch, and the second row are some titled officials.

Many titled doctors are themselves famous sages.This is not surprising. If you want to achieve something in this era, first of all, you must be an aristocrat who is not restricted by the rules, has a family support behind you, and wants to do something to have that resource.

On this occasion, only a few retainers of the Zhi family were present, and they were not in the state of eating and drinking, but just standing on one side.

Don't think it's an insult, it's actually a great courtesy.

To put it simply, the dignitaries of several countries are eating and drinking. If they are not waiters, is anyone qualified to stand by and watch?
Zhiyao is a rule breaker, he meant to arrange seats for the retainers, but the retainers themselves refused.

There is only one reason for the retainers: etiquette cannot be broken!

Expo Road must be one of the retainers present.

Zaiyu, Ran You, Ziyou, Min Ziqian and some disciples stood.

Zilu has a seat.

It's not that Zhiyao made any distinctions, it's all because Zilu is also a titled doctor and has his own fiefdom.

If Zigong was there, there would actually be a seat, for the same reason as Zilu.

The reason why Zilu and Zigong became the doctors of Jin is nothing more than military achievements.

Now Jin is not the only country, anyone who wants to have his own fiefdom and military achievements is a stepping stone.This is also a clear sign that the world of more intense competition is about to start.

Lao Tzu, who is not an aristocrat of the Jin Kingdom and has long since lost his fiefdom, got a seat because of his age.

Lao Tzu is not on the left, he is in an area with some nobles from the Zhou royal family, and he seems to have a pleasant chat with a man named Yin Xi?
Zhiyao, who was really exhausted enough, had something to do of her own, so she took Zhixuwu to the seat where she needed to entertain, and thanked guests one after another for coming to her wedding.

This process will add the bride later, that is, toast table after table, to thank the visitors, and also to let the relatives of the husband's family and the same village recognize the bride, so that they don't know who they are when they meet on the road .

Walking around in a circle, Zhiyao's stomach was swollen after drinking, and she became a little drunk.

After being able to sit in her own seat, Zhiyao glanced at the guests again.

It may be because of the drunk relationship that Zhiyao couldn't help thinking: "If we do it now, not only will we be able to slaughter the other high-ranking families, but at least four princes will lose their ruling power, and most of the princes' elites will be wiped out at once. ..."

Of course, Zhiyao only thought about it when she was drunk, and she wouldn't do that kind of thing today anyway.

There was a man named Zhao Wuxie, who glanced at the guests and was thinking about something.

"My family is desperately in need of blood recovery! Dai Jun will soon bring a group of ministers to 'Jinyang' to discuss marriage. Do you want to prepare the army of Dai Guo in advance, and then kill all Dai Guojun and ministers, and wipe out Dai Guo in one fell swoop? Woolen cloth?"

(End of this chapter)