The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1006

After Li Ke received the marriage letter, Xuan Shijing took a thick booklet from Qin Bingyue beside him, and handed it to the official of the Ministry of Rites next to Li Ke.

"This is the list of bride price."

On the skin of the booklet, the word dowry was impressively written.

For this official of the Ministry of Rituals, such a thick list of dowry gifts is a hard job. The envoy brings the marriage letter and dowry gifts to Chang'an City and enters the princess mansion. He will sing the ceremony directly in the hall. It's been a while.

The marriage certificates of the Tang Dynasty are also particular, such as Xuan Shijing's marriage certificates.

Xuanzi, the first male, has been established in 20 and has no married woman.Chengxian No.[-] female, Lingshu is famous, has both four virtues, and is willing to confer high honors.I would like to cooperate with the matchmaker Luo Shizheng, and dare to invite you with courtesy.Listen to Jiaming.Shi Jingbai.

Jin Yang is the No. 20 daughter of His Majesty Li Er, and Li Ke is only acting as a messenger. Luo Zheng, an official from the Ministry of Rites, is the official matchmaker, so it will naturally appear in the marriage letter. Li Ke brought Xuan Shijing To propose marriage on behalf of Xuan Shijing, representing the Xuan family.

After Li Ke checked the marriage certificate, he took Mu Han from the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The marriage letter must be written on fine paper and in regular script. After inspection, it is placed in a wooden culvert wrapped with colored threads, and the official title and name of the recipient and to the culvert are written on it.

This cover is written on Wu Wangke, the governor of Anzhou.

Both the marriage letter and the dowry were checked correctly, and when it was time to set off, Li Ke and Luo Zheng, an official from the Ministry of Rites, rode on tall horses with red silk, and led the team slowly towards Chang'an City.

The line was very long, Li Ke led the way and walked two miles ahead, and the tail of the line from Dongshan County had just passed the gate of the house.

Xuan Shijing, who was standing at the door, watched the dowry delivery team leave, and stood beside Qin Bingyue, Chang Le, and Gao Jun.

"These betrothal gifts from Master Hou, when they arrive in Chang'an City, I'm afraid they will also cause a sensation in Chang'an." Gao Jun looked at the stretching team and said with emotion.

"After this day passes, our Lord Hou will probably become the beloved in the eyes of the eldest daughter and daughter-in-law of Chang'an City." Chang Le joked.

"The Tang Dynasty only inherited the tradition of discussing wealth in the marriages of the Wei, Jin, Sui and Sui dynasties. It was a marriage for wealth. Although my son and I were married by His Majesty and we are in love with each other, I will definitely not wrong my son in terms of such customs. Although the number is astonishing, it is also within common sense. In the early years of Zhenguan, Chaoyi thought that the people from Shandong were very boastful. "Xuan Shijing said: "Shandong gentry's virtue is nothing more than that, and gradually this trend has spread to Guanlong."

"Your Majesty is right. I have heard it in the Yanlai Tower before. The Lu clan of the Jia family in Guannei married a daughter to someone else. The engagement must be in the millions. If you are not satisfied with this amount, you must not be good at it." Qin Bingyue said: "It's not just the Lu family. There are many families in Guanzhong. Marrying a daughter is equivalent to selling a daughter. Some people who want to cling to the nobles of the family would rather get a loan of millions of dollars and marry the daughter of the family."

In the Tang Dynasty, Qiwang girls without a surname were the most sought-after. Obviously, the Li family belonged to one of the five surnames and Qiwang, while the Xuan family was nothing but the title of Marquis of Dongshan.

This kind of extravagant style that thrives on marriages for the purpose of clinging to aristocratic families has been explicitly abolished by the court many times. As early as the 16th year of Zhenguan, His Majesty Li Er issued an edict specifically prohibiting this kind of situation.

The edict said: From now on, the Ming family will announce the order of marriage and marriage, and all ceremonies will be held. From June onwards, marriage sales are prohibited.

But the imperial edict belongs to the imperial edict, but among the aristocratic families, the style of wealth marriage is still popular.

From Zhuangzishang in Dongshan County to the princess mansion in Daozhengfang in Chang'an City, the team walked for two hours, and Li Ke, who led the way, entered Daozhengfang.

Because the dowry team was too large, they entered Chang'an City from Mingde Gate, walked along Zhuque Street, and then went east, passing Guozijian and Dongshi. Except for the dowry team, the rest of the Mingde Gate It can only accommodate a few people to enter the city sporadically. People who want to enter the city after seeing this posture, do not go through the Mingde Gate by mistake, and enter through the Anhuamen and Qixia Gates on the left and right sides of the Mingde Gate.

"Whose family's betrothal team is this today? Watching the excitement, I want to see how long it takes for the betrothal gift team to enter the city gate.

"You don't know yet? During the Mid-Autumn Festival last month, His Majesty decreed to marry his beloved Princess Jinyang to Dongshan Hou Xuan Shijing at the imperial banquet in the palace last month." Another commoner Said: "This Marquis of Dongshan is famous for his wealth and wealth in the whole capital. Today, I can see it with my own eyes. Take a look at the betrothal team."

"So, the Marquis of Dongshan is not too old. How can he get so much money at such a young age?" Another person asked.

"It looks like you are from another place. You just arrived in Chang'an today?"

"how do you know?"

"Let's not talk about Chang'an now, even the entire Gyeonggi knows that there is a chamber of commerce under the name of Marquis Dongshan, and the president of the chamber of commerce is called Qiandui, who is well-known as the Living God of Wealth. Do you think the Hou's mansion has no money?"

Not only the people waiting to enter the city gathered at the gate of the city to watch the excitement, but also the passers-by on Zhuque Street stopped to watch this spectacular bride-giving procession that they had never seen before. They waited for a quarter of an hour, but did not see The tail of the team entered Chang'an from Mingde Gate continuously, as if they couldn't finish.

There are loads carried by shoulders and hands, loads carried by two people, and those carried by ox carts and horse-drawn carts.

Just those that are exposed outside are enough to make people envious, not to mention those that are invisible in the box are even more daydream.

Because of the grand incident between Xuan Shijing and Princess Jinyang, the iron fence of the entire gate of Daozhengfang was pushed aside, and the gates were opened wide to welcome the bride-giving team.

In the lead, Li Ke and officials from the Ministry of Rites rode horses to the gate of the Princess Mansion.

At this time, the door of the Princess Mansion was also open. Li Ke got off his horse at the door and walked straight into the courtyard. Luo Zheng followed behind Li Ke.

Walking a distance in front of the main house, Luo Zheng took out the list of betrothal gifts and began to sing the ceremony.

Li Ke and Li Chengqian exchanged marriage certificates at the gate of the main house.

On the fourth floor of the house, Jin Yang was in the bedroom, standing in front of the window, secretly watching the grand occasion below.

When the ritual officials sing the rituals, the first one is the six rituals. This is a custom and has nothing to do with value.

"Two wild geese, one hundred fat sheep, eight hundred altars of old wine, one hundred yellow rice and one thousand stones, one thousand horses of black bamboo, and one thousand horses of silk."

Apart from the six ceremonies, it was the real betrothal gift from the Hou Mansion.

"Millions of copper coins~"

"Five thousand pieces of silk~"

"Jewelry Box~"

"Five hundred sets of gold and silver jewelry~"

(End of this chapter)