A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 197 Fan Xianji With Her Elbow Turned Out
Huaiyuan Square.

In Yingguo Mansion, Fan Xing's concubines put on makeup for Fan Xuanfu.

Fan Xing sat on the side watching, but couldn't help the tears in his eyes, "Ah Lang is reluctant?" A woman asked with a smile when she saw this.

"Yes." Fan Xing was very honest.

In the past, he had always hoped that his daughter would get married soon. After the death of his three fiancées, he even thought that as long as someone wanted to marry, he would marry, regardless of the other party's family background. I can't bear this woman.

"Aye, how much dowry will you prepare for me?" Fan Xuanfu was extremely happy today, and there was no trace of sadness. The decals on the mirror would be yellow, but he still had time to ask his father for a dowry.

Fan Xing bought a large amount of dowry for his daughter early on, including not only carved dowry and wooden furniture, but also embroidered silk and silk clothes and bedding, as well as various gold, silver, pearls, jade and gemstone jewelry, and even farms, money and silk, cattle, horses, and slaves.

Auntie Fan made an engagement once, and Fan Xinglong made another one. After the death of a fiancé, the next engagement would have to add a dowry. After three times, the dowry is now extremely rich.

"Hahaha, it depends on how many gifts the Wu family gives."

"Yeah, you know that the Wu family is no match for our family." Fan Xuanfu turned his arms out, and before he got married, he began to think about his husband's family.

The Fan family is not only the founding father of this dynasty, but also his family has been strong and powerful in Wuling for generations. Even if he ransacked his family for a crime and did not become a slave, he turned around from Long Yongli with the right person, and his family fortune was bigger than before. This is not three generations. Ke Jia, a samurai who has never been an official, can compare.

"Aye, didn't the imperial court issue a Taoist edict before, saying that from now on, all married women in the world will receive wealth. Houses with a third rank or above shall not have more than [-] bolts of silk; No more than [-] horses for the highest grade, no more than [-] horses for the eighth grade and below, all of them will be used as dowry and other things for the married woman, and they will not be accepted as the property of the family."

Fan Xing chuckled, "Do you mean that our family's dowry gift is only three hundred pieces of silk?"

"Three hundred horses are not a lot."

Fan Xing was helpless, "Daughter, three hundred pieces of silk, even if the price of silk is high now, it can't be exchanged for a hundred thousand dollars, just a hundred thousand dollars, marry me the jewel in my palm?"

"Then how much more does Ayeyou want? Could it be that he still wants to be with the family?"

Since the Northern Dynasties, it has been a custom for two families to marry, and if the family status is quite different, the lower party should pay compensation to the higher party.

This is not only the case for marrying a wife, but also for marrying a daughter. Whoever is inferior will pay the money.

Of course, this also specifically refers to those top aristocrats, ordinary people who are poor or rich are not enough.

The folk custom of accompanying family wealth, as well as the custom of heavy betrothal gifts and heavy dowries is very strong, resulting in some sons of poor families who cannot afford high betrothal gifts and cannot marry a daughter-in-law. Can't get married.

Fan's family is the Duke's mansion, and they have been granted meritorious service, so their status is naturally higher than that of Wu Huaiyu, who was just granted Sanhou. According to folk customs, the Wu family has been promoted, and they can get the family wealth.

As for the daughter who married the Duke's mansion, who was still the eldest daughter, the bride price would cost several million.

"The custom is like this, so we can't avoid it. Don't worry, no matter how many gifts the Wu family gives, I will add them to your dowry in the end, and I will never leave a penny."

The dowry of women in the Tang Dynasty was personal property outside of marriage. Even if the marriage divorced in the future, this property could be taken away. Even the dowry farm, money and silk, etc. were paid for interest, all of which were personal and did not belong to the family. public accounts.

Fan Xing is not short of money,
He just hoped to give his daughter a little more face.

"In this way, I also know that the Wu family is no better than ours after all, so I will accept a thousand guan for the dowry, and another [-] guan for the companion's wealth. In addition, there are eight pairs of horses, mules, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, and geese. Eight slave rooms, eighty pieces of silk and satin each, no less than one hundred acres of farms, at least two..."

"Stop, stop!" Fan Xuanfu hurriedly called his father to stop, "Aye, why don't you just ask for [-] guan, Erlang has been an official for less than half a year, can you get it out, you are not embarrassing the Wu family, ah Yeah, did you deliberately not want your daughter to marry off?

Well, my daughter is not married anymore,"

As Fan Xuanfu said, he was about to tear off the jewelry on his head, and Fan Xing, who was in a hurry, stopped him directly. He lowered his head and smiled to accompany him, "Father shouldn't want so much, then daughter, you can have as much as you want!"

"Two pairs of cattle, sheep, horses, mules, chickens, ducks, geese, two pairs of geese, two slaves, [-] pieces of silk and satin each, and three hundred pieces of silk as a bride price. The family money is not needed. The imperial court has long banned the collection of family money, and we can't violate it." According to the court's law, our family has a lot of fields, so we don't need any more..."

Fan Xing frowned, "It's a little less, it doesn't look good."

"What's so ugly, we are marrying our daughters, not selling them. Besides, Aye is short of money, land or slaves?"

Fan Xing sighed.

"The Wu family is so poor? How about I quietly give Erlang the money and silk slave farm first, and he will use it as a bride price, and then you can bring it over, and I will add more dowry."

"Yeah, how can you do things like this? Aren't you sincerely embarrassing Erlang? If people know about it, what should they say about him?"

Fan Xing's concubines, concubines, and maidservants saw that the father and daughter were arguing again, but they were very sensible and didn't interrupt. Anyway, the quarrel is quarreling. The father and the father have a good relationship. If they intervene, it is just asking for it. no fun.

"You can do whatever you say, hey."

"What else are you upset about? What's wrong with Wu Erlang, he has already become a Marquis by his own ability at a young age."

Fan Xing was not convinced, "Your Marquis is still in vain, what's so good about it?"

"Aye, in the first year of Wude, you were already 20 years old when your Majesty broke Xue Ju's meritorious service and made Xihua County Duke."

"Isn't the 20-year-old county magistrate young?" Fan Xing asked.

"Erlang will be made a county marquis."

"The County Marquis University or the County Public University?"

My father and I were anxiously pale.

"Ah Lang, someone from the Wu family is here."

Upon hearing this, the two of you stopped arguing and went to greet her together, Fan Xing stopped her, "You should stay in the backyard quietly and honestly today, and it's not just Wu Erlang who came, but also the big matchmaker waiting for outsiders."

"Then Aye, don't talk nonsense for a while, just ask for a bride price as I said just now, and you are not allowed to pay for the family fortune. Our family was born in Wuling, and the Wu family in Taiyuan was a marquis in the Han Dynasty. We have to give it to our family."

Fan Xing shook his head and went out, he couldn't help sighing, this daughter turned her arms outward as soon as she grew up, she was not considerate at all.

The front hall of Fan Mansion.

Wu Huaiyu brought a lot of relatives and friends today.

The mediators were Qiong Gong Qin Qiong and Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin, two solidly appointed heroes and generals. In addition, the patriarch of the old Wu family, Xuancheng County Gong Wushi Leng also came to join him today.

Then the brother-in-law Ma Zhou, male from Gaotang County, and censor Shi also came,
Niu Jianwu from Weicheng County, Cheng Chumo from Dong'e County, Yuanshou from Bo'an Weiwu, Lu Huairang from Woye County, and Wang Da from Wuyuan County also came.

There are also father Wu Shike, brother Wu Huaiyi from Daling County, cousin Wu Fatzi, third brother Huailiang, cousin Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Yuanqing, and cousin Wu Xixuan all came to watch the excitement.

Among the group of people, most of them are nobles.

Fan Xing came out with a big laugh and crossed his hands in salute to everyone.

At this time, Huaiyu and his younger brother Huailiang came forward with a wild goose in their hands.

In the lobby, the atmosphere is very warm.

Because the two young people have long been in love with each other, this marriage is now a matter of etiquette.

Propose marriage to Na Cai, ask about Naji's name, sign up for Ping Na, and send Ping books.

Everyone is eager to finish it in one go, and it is best to send it to the bridal chamber today.

Huaiyu and the others came today, of course they didn't just bring two wild geese, besides two live geese, they also brought eight boxes of silk, eight boxes of gold, silver, pearls and jade jewellery, all kinds of geese. A total of 36 kinds of food, preserved fruit, etc., two picks for each,
There are also gold collars, silver ingots, copper coins, etc., which are also the number of eight.

These are not formal salutes.

"About Pingli, I don't know what requirements the Yingguo Mansion has. Please tell me directly, and also make the request for the family's wealth." Qin Qiong, as a big matchmaker, got to the point after the politeness.

"Duke Qin is being polite, just call me Lao Fan, the dowry, let's follow the edict issued by the imperial court earlier, just three hundred pieces of silk, it can't be exceeded, right?

As for the family wealth, my Fan Xing family is Wuling Man, and my father and son broke up the family as slaves, so it is really not worth showing off. The Wu family is a famous and powerful family since the Han Dynasty. If you want to give the family wealth, I should give it to you. "

As soon as these words came out, Qin Qiong didn't know how to answer them.

In fact, asking for a betrothal gift and paying for family wealth are all procedures. In fact, Huaiyu had told Qin Qiong before that no matter how much the Fan family wanted, they would answer directly.If it wasn't enough, he borrowed it from Samurai Lun Samurai Yi. These two had already told their brothers that if they didn't have enough money when they got married, just ask them to get it.

Especially the samurai Xun, who is not short of money at all.

But Qin Qiong said that he just made up for it, after all, the foster father can't be in vain.

But no one expected that Fan Manzi only wanted three hundred bolts of silk as a dowry gift, not even a family fortune.

"What's the matter?" Qin Qiong and Wu Shike almost said in unison.

"That's one hundred bolts of silk." Fan Xing thought it was too much for them.

"No, it's too few. The eldest daughter of Yingguo's mansion is married to the newly-appointed Marquis of Shouyang County. How can she be worse than a small family? If it is spread, it will make people laugh. Although Huaiyu is young , but Ying Guogong doesn't have to worry about the bride price and accompanying wealth,
I, Qin Qiong, is Erlang's adoptive father, Zhou Guogong is Erlang's uncle, Xuancheng county magistrate is his uncle, Gaotang county man is his brother-in-law..."

This made Fan Xing a bit in a dilemma, he refused to ask for more daughters.

"How about six hundred pieces of silk as a betrothal gift and three hundred pieces of accompanying money?"

At this time Huaiyu spoke, "Ying Guogong, foster father, Wei Zheng, the Shangshu Zuocheng next door to me, was recently discussing marriage with Wang Shishi of the Wang family in Qixian County, Taiyuan. , I think it’s better to add another 100 million yuan each, and then add some other fields, cattle, horses, silk cloth and grain, how about it?”

"It's too much, far beyond the court's will. Just [-] bolts of silk dowry, plus [-] bolts of silk to accompany money," Fan Xing bargained.

Ever since, in the hall of the front yard of Duke Yingguo's mansion, two families who were going to get married, a group of princes were fighting over the dowry money, and no one would give in.

It's just that the man's family is vying to add to the dowry and accompanying money, while the woman's family is desperately trying to subtract, and neither side will give in.

The servants and maidservants of the Fan family stood there arrogantly and did not dare to speak out, they were also eye-opening to this scene.

Huaiyu wanted to give [-] pieces of money, Fan Xing said that at most he would accept [-] bolts of silk, the difference between the amount proposed by the two parties was five times.

(End of this chapter)