Shuhan

Chapter 333 The prince’s wedding, what is it like to marry four wives at once?
On October 25, the [-]th year of Jian'an, Han Dynasty built an altar south of Wudan Mountain in Chengdu, and Liu Chan worshiped heaven on his father's behalf.

This 25-year Jian'an period did not exist in the original history.

After all, in another time and space, Cao Pi had already usurped the Han Dynasty.

To the south of Wudan Mountain, in the circular hills, the whistling wind keeps blowing. In October, the snow falls, and the goose-feather heavy snow seems to become more rampant.

Setting up altars to offer sacrifices to heaven originated from the ancient Five Emperors era, with the intention of praying for a good harvest and peace in the world.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the main ceremony for worshiping heaven was usually held on the southern outskirts of the capital on the day of the winter solstice every year.

"Ruanqiu Sacrifice to Heaven" and "Fangqiu Sacrifice to Earth" are both in the suburbs, so they are also called "Suburban Sacrifice".

The circle mound is a circular altar. The ancients believed that the sky is round and the earth is round. The circle is the image of the sky, and the circle is the same as the circle.

The Temple of Heaven in Beijing that still exists today was set up by the rulers to worship heaven.

In ancient times, the emperor normally worshiped the sky twice a year. The first time was Mengchun praying for grain. On the first day of the first lunar month in Mengchun, he held a ceremony of praying for grain, praying for rain for all grains, praying for good weather and a good harvest.

The second winter solstice sacrifice to heaven, the winter solstice is the day of worship to heaven, the emperor led his ministers to worship the sky on the winter solstice day, thanked the emperor God, and prayed for the vision of national revival and good weather.

Of course, for major national events such as the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the canonization of queens and princes, or major national events such as natural disasters, foreign invasions, and rebellion by criminals, the emperor either went to the Temple of Heaven in person, or sent his prince to the Temple of Heaven to hold a sacrificial ceremony.

Nowadays, although Han China is a country, the etiquette pattern is no different from that of an emperor.

This Liu Xuande's heart can be said to be known to everyone on the road.

Before the sacrifice, Liu Chan and all the officials must fast and look carefully at the sacrifices and sacrificial vessels offered to the gods.

At this moment, it was almost dawn, and Liu Chan was on the altar.

Liu Chan is wearing a nine-chapter crown dress below the mountain, with nine chapters of mountain, dragon, Hua Chong, Zong Yi (yí), algae, fire, powder rice, 黼 (fǔ) and 黻 (fú) drawn on it.

If Liu Chan becomes the emperor, he can add the sun, moon, and stars to form a twelve-chapter crown uniform.

The ceremony had already begun when Liu Chan was under the altar.

Shangshu ordered Fa Zheng to hold the memorial in his hand and read the memorial text aloud: "On November 25, the [-]th year of Jian'an, Prince Chan dared to declare to the emperor and empress that the Han Dynasty had the world, and the history was endless, and the Chinese civilization was civilized for thousands of years. ;The vast China has fertile fields for thousands of miles; the people are hard-working and the folk customs are simple..."

While Fa Zheng was offering sacrifices, Liu Chan also walked up the steps slowly.

First, go to the top floor, worship the Emperor of Heaven, burn incense, and kneel down.

The Fa Zheng memorial inscription is read again:

"I would like to invite the Heavenly Palace, the Southern Suzaku, the Star God, the Northern Xuanwu Star God, the Eastern Qinglong Star God, and the Western White Tiger Star God. I would like to invite you, the Jiugong Star God."

"A round of drinking and respecting Mr. Xing, please."

"Second round of drinking and respecting Mr. Xing, please."

"Three rounds of drinking and respecting Mr. Xing, please."

During the ceremony, Liu Chan returned to the middle floor and knelt three times and kowtowed nine times. Then he went up to kneel down to offer jade and silk. He went up three times to offer three glasses of wine, each time kneeling down three times and kowtowing three times.

After that, Fazheng's voice suddenly became passionate.

"Receive Ji, receive Zhou, receive gold and silver, yellow rice and rice, drink wine from Kuan Kuan, receive wine and food from Kuan Kuan, and then come to the third round of drinking, add Zhou to the title, open the pot and drink happily, bless me, a great man, and prosper Wealthy and strong, please bless our common people in China to enjoy peace!"

Afterwards, Liu Chan led everyone to kowtow three times and bow nine times.

After the ceremony was completed, Fazheng took out the reward list again and said loudly: "Liu Chan, the crown prince of Hanzhong, has repeatedly made military exploits. He first defeated Nanzhong, then captured Jingzhou, and then went to Runan. He defeated the thieves who rebelled against Cao Cao and conquered Jiangdong." I am not a minister, I have killed tens of thousands of enemies, gained thousands of miles of territory, given titles to the Duke of Chu, and rewarded me with gold, silver, silk and satin, I am here to tell God, I appreciate this!"

Liu Chan stepped forward to take the reward form and kowtowed again.

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

"My husband, the prince Zuo Wei, led Zhang Bao and made many military exploits."

The rewards continued, and Liu Chan was finally able to stand for a while.

Yes, stand for a while.

The skin of Liu Chan's knees was almost scratched by three poles of sunshine since morning.

After standing there for a while, Fa Zheng took another inscription in his hand after conferring the reward.

"Your Highness, please offer sacrifices to the Divine Ancestor!"

He bowed obediently to the statue of Liu Bang again and again, and led his ministers to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times.

This heaven-sacrifice ceremony is finally over.

Liu Chan silently counted the number of times he had knelt down and worshiped, probably seventy or eighty times.

No wonder later emperors had to recuperate for a period of time when they offered sacrifices to heaven. Old emperors would ask their princes or princes to offer sacrifices to heaven on their behalf. If they didn’t rest and recuperate, they would kneel down and worship so many times. The elderly and those in poor health would probably suffer. Don't you faint?

It's not worth it if you risk your life just by offering sacrifices to heaven.

The tributes were thrown into the furnace and burned to show that the gods would take them back to heaven for enjoyment.

The ritual of worshiping the heaven is actually very complicated. Liu Chan can complete it in half a day, which has made it simple.

After all, the current Han Dynasty cannot support too formal and complicated heaven-sacrifice rituals.

The more formal it becomes, the more complicated it becomes, and the more money it costs.

Now that Han China is prospering with all kinds of waste, this money must be spent wisely.

This sacrifice to heaven is also Liu Chan's declaration of legal principles.

It will be clear who will lead Han China in the future.

All ministers of Hanzhong should keep their eyes open, not have other ideas, and follow the crown prince of Hanzhong, now the Duke of Chu.

Second, the issue of rewards has finally been resolved.

Liu Chan was granted the title of Duke of Chu.

The land of Chu is in Jingxiang, which was called Jingchu in ancient times.

This must also have political significance, because going forward, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang was a Chu person.

After all, although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die.

Liu Chan, the Duke of Chu, naturally also declared his legitimacy.

"Your Highness has worked hard."

As Fazheng, who presided over the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, he was very tired at the moment. When talking to Liu Chan, his voice was a little hoarse.

Of course, when it comes to tiredness and talking, it is better to go and worship.

"Shang Shuling has also worked hard."

"Your Highness, please!"

Fazheng supported Liu Chan and drove towards the carriage of the Crown Prince of Hanzhong.

That's right, after wearing dozens of kilograms of clothes and a crown weighing nearly ten kilograms on his head, and after kneeling and worshiping seventy or eighty times, Liu Chan's body was made of iron, and his head was now a little confused.

He is really tired.

Not even the Imperial Princess has ever been so tired.

The two of them got on the carriage together. Fazheng stopped pretending and said straight to the point: "Your Highness, I wonder if the candidate for Jinglue Nanzhong has been decided?"

Hearing Fazheng's question, Liu Chan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "There are already some candidates."

"I don't know who you are?"

Liu Chan laughed and said: "This matter has not been finalized yet, so it is not appropriate to announce the results first."

Fazheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Perhaps your Majesty can recommend some talents for His Highness. With their abilities, there will be no problem in running the strategy of Nanzhong."

Recommend talents?

Doesn't this mean that we will cram some people into the southern and central areas?
Liu Chan remained silent.

He also knew a thing or two about Fa Zheng's thoughts.

I want to find a good job for the people below.

After all, Han China is now unable to fight a war, and the place where it is easiest to get credit now is Nanzhong.

In addition, Liu Chan uses land to reward meritorious ministers, and the shortage of slaves will be huge.

Now if you go to Nanzhong, you can not only make meritorious deeds, but also make a profit, and this profit is definitely not small, but a big profit!
Such a huge benefit means that even the current Fa Zheng would pay special attention to Liu Chan.

After a long silence, Liu Chan said, "I wonder who the minister wants to recommend?"

"I believe that in order to manage Nanzhong, the first thing is to have experience and understand the land of Nanzhong. Deng Fang, the governor of Nanzhong, has guarded Nanzhong for several years. In terms of understanding of Nanzhong, no one can surpass him. This time we will make a briefing on Nanzhong, and then we can ask the governor of Gaojiang to do it."

Deng Fang, the commander-in-chief of the surrender, was indeed capable of taking on this important task. In fact, Liu Chan really planned to appoint Deng Fang. This Fa Zheng could actually figure out his thoughts.

"Li Hui has also been to Nanzhong. He understands the affairs of Nanzhong very well. With his ability, there is absolutely no problem in going to Nanzhong to manage Nanzhong." Deng Fang was from Jingzhou, and Li Hui was from Yi. State native.

Liu Chan didn't speak. He looked at Fazheng and waved his hand, indicating for him to continue speaking.

"Wu Ban is a brave and chivalrous person with extraordinary martial arts skills. He can be used as a sharp knife to cut off those who are disobedient and disobedient in Nanzhong for His Highness."

Wu Ban, this belongs to Dongzhou Shi.

"Zhang Bao, the son of the right general, is very brave and has also stayed in Nanzhong. He can also go."

I have to say that Fa Zheng is really good at making peace with others.

Various factions have considered the recommended people.

but.
This is definitely not Liu Chan's final list.

Therefore, Liu Chan smiled and said: "Shang Shuling's suggestion is very valuable, and Chan will consider it carefully."

Usually when someone says this to you, they politely refuse.

Fazheng's eyes dimmed, and he could only raise his hands to Liu Chan and said, "Your Highness, just think about it all."

"But Wu Ban can take on important responsibilities, and he can do it this time when he goes to Nanzhong."

Fazheng shamelessly came to ask for a job, but Liu Chan couldn't really deny him face.

Doesn’t it just need to be gold plated?

Just give you a spot.

Moreover, the people recommended by Fa Zheng are not incompetent. For example, this Wu class, Liu Chan has heard of his reputation before. Liu Chan doesn't know if he will succeed in Nanzhong, but he will definitely not do bad things. Will do.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Hearing this, Fazheng quickly bowed to Liu Chan.

This time he came here because he was entrusted by others. He had no choice but to repay the kindness he received from others.

When this person is in the world, sometimes he just has to do things that you don't even want to do.

When the carriage and horses arrived outside the Prince's Mansion, Liu Chan got off the carriage and asked the driver to take Fa Zheng to the Chancellor's Desk.

Liu Chan still respected Fa Zheng very much.

On the one hand, it is because of his ability, on the other hand, it is Liu Bei's trust in him.

After entering the Prince's Mansion, Liu Chan knew that in the past few days when he went to Wudan Mountain to prepare for the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Princess Zhu Rong, Zhen Mi, Sun Luyu and others had finally arrived.

But before Liu Chan could be gentle for a moment, news came from the palace.

The wedding day has been set.

Five days later, it will be a good and auspicious day.

And Liu Bei also fulfilled Liu Chan's previous request, didn't he want to marry more wives?
it is good!
Is it enough to marry four at once?

When Liu Chan heard the news, his face was surprised and happy, but after the surprise was over, he was a little scared.

Today's sacrifice to heaven was a lot of trouble for him. The process of the Eastern Han Dynasty wedding was also very complicated. He was marrying four people in a row. After all the etiquette, he was probably going to be a dead fish at night.

is the reason
Liu Chan looked at the palace official who came to deliver the order and asked, "Father, did you really say that you want to marry four?"

The palace official nodded heavily and said: "Your Highness, there are indeed four of them, the Guan family's wife, the Zhang family's wife, Nanzhong Zhurong's lord, and the Sun family's wife."

These four do have some status.

Originally, Princess Zhu Rong was a barbarian woman, so she was not qualified to get the position of wife.

But now Nanzhong is going to be developed greatly, and her status as a princess of the Nanzhong royal family adds a lot to it.

Let me ask you, what is the best way to get the benefits of the four counties of Nanzhong and make the barbarians in the four counties of Nanzhong obediently bleed?
That is of course storytelling.

You see, your princesses have all married the crown prince of Hanzhong. The barbarians of Nanzhong and the people of Yizhou are all the people of the future king of Hanzhong. We are all one, so don’t worry about it.

This knife stabs your artery, it's nothing.

"It's just that if you marry four of them at once, will it cause criticism from others?"

Liu Chan frowned slightly.

After all, marriage during the Han Dynasty was institutionally stipulated as monogamous.

The palace official smiled softly and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Now that I am a big man, not to mention a high-ranking official, I am a businessman with a low status. I have several children, and I have three wives and four concubines. Who is your Highness? I will be a businessman in the future." There are three thousand beauties, how can four be too many?"

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, monogamy was only an institutional recommendation.

In reality, however, polygamy is widespread.

In addition to the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards, nobles, bureaucrats, landlords, businessmen, etc. also had groups of concubines.

Families with modest financial means may also have mistresses, mistresses, young wives, side wives, etc.

In addition, there were “concubines”, “servants” and other female slaves with even lower status.

In the Han Dynasty, "foreign women" were also popular, which was equivalent to "mistresses".

Of course, polygamy is mainly found in wealthy families, and ordinary civilian families are basically monogamous.

However, in backward areas, there will be some primitive marriage situations, such as polyandry.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "Between Yan and Zhao, there were three men who married one wife."

To put it bluntly, no matter what era you are in, if you have money, you are an uncle. However, in the feudal period, having money was not enough, you also had to have power. Unlike later generations, people who have money basically have power and a certain social status.

"I mean, can you come one by one?"

Three of them come at the same time. His small body can't handle it!

The palace official covered his mouth and smiled and said: "Your Highness is enjoying the blessings of all the people. How can you still worry? Which man in the world is not overjoyed when he knows that he will marry four wives at the same time? After hearing this news, their You won’t even frown, Your Highness is so blessed that you don’t know how blessed you are!”

Are you doubting me?

Liu Chan frowned slightly.

But the palace official's words did not stop.

"Besides, it's not easy to choose a good and auspicious day. The day after five days will be the most auspicious day of the year. The next suitable day for wedding will be next year."

Feudal superstition is harmful!
The auspicious day of the zodiac, the auspicious day of the zodiac.

In Liu Chan's opinion, as long as there are no bad things, every day is a lucky day.

But people in this era value these things.

Hearing this, Liu Chan could only nod.

"Well, if that's the case, let's just arrange it like this."

In these five days, it is estimated that Liu Chan will not be able to rest for a few days.

The marriage procedures in the Han Dynasty generally followed the "six etiquette" of the Zhou Dynasty, which were nacai, asking for names, naji, nazheng, asking for a date, and personally welcoming.

Nacai invites a matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage. After the woman's family agrees, the man's family prepares a gift to propose marriage; name asking means the man's family invites a matchmaker to ask the woman's name and birth date; Naji, the man's family, performs divination in the ancestral temple to identify good and bad luck. ; Nazheng means that the man’s family gives a betrothal gift to the woman’s family.

The date of invitation is to choose the wedding date; the wedding is to go to the bride's house to get married before the wedding.

Among them, Nacai, Asking for Name, Naji, Nazheng and Asking for Date are pre-wedding rites.

The formal wedding includes welcoming the bride and groom in person, marrying the bride and groom in the same prison, and untying the hair.

After the pre-wedding ceremony and the main wedding ceremony, there is also the post-wedding ceremony.

Although Liu Chan is not the main person in pre-wedding and post-wedding rites, the thought of marrying four people at the same time and having to do this process four times at the same time still makes people dizzy.

"Father really wants to have a grandson."

Perhaps Liu Bei felt that he was not going to die soon.

I want to see Liu Chan's bloodline continue.

I want to see that someone can continue to inherit the legacy he has laid after Liu Chan.

In Liu Bei's ancestral temple, someone will worship him a hundred years later.

Even if you are underground, you can still enjoy a good life.

But Liu Bei's thoughts hurt Liu Chan.

If someone asked him what it was like to have four wives at once.

Liu Chan could only tell him meaningfully:
It sounds great, but it's not fun to do.

(End of this chapter)