Wentang

Chapter 602 The Dowry
When Yue Shan got up the next morning, he took a bath with warm and cold water, on the one hand to clean up the overflowing things from last night, and on the other hand to reduce the fire.

This pillar has not disappeared for half an hour, and he has to feel that it is good to be young and have scientific living habits.

In his previous life, he had a rich night life and didn't take care of his body. He didn't sleep, eat on time and didn't exercise much in the middle of the night every day... As a result, he was a little powerless in his 30s.

In this life, he goes to bed early and gets up early, exercises for half an hour every day, eats regularly...he is in good health, and he thinks his nightlife will be more quality.

Lightly gather, slowly twist, wipe and pick again, since then the king will not go to court early.

There are people who are good at ventriloquism in Beijing, and since then the king will not go to court early...

After eating in the morning, Yue Shan hummed the little tunes he learned online in his previous life, took the papers approved by Li Shimin and went to the three provinces to ask the ministers to sign and seal, and then went to the Ministry of Households to find the new minister Qi Beiwen to ask for money.

With the approval of the emperor and Zaifu, Qi Shangshu didn't say much, and handed over the money and food in full.

Dai Zhou, the former minister of household affairs, died of illness two months ago, and the new minister, Qi Bei, is relatively unfamiliar with Wen Yueshan.I don't know if there was such a person in the original history, anyway, this name has never appeared in my memory.

But what is certain is that he is also one of the beneficiaries of Yueshan's crossing, because he certainly never climbed to such a high position as Liubu Shangshu in the history of his previous life.

Thinking to the extreme point, in the original history, he may not have lived to Li Shimin's enthronement before he died, and he may have died during the Eastern Turkic invasion...

Anyway, there are many possibilities.

In this life, his life was more exciting, and he climbed all the way to the high position of the six ministers.He is still a big housekeeper of the court like Hubu Shangshu, which is equivalent to a half-prime minister.

Obviously Qi Beiwen didn't know this, he had no personal relationship with Yue Shan, and although he didn't want to offend, he wouldn't flatter him either.

In a word, small things are easy to talk about, and big things follow the rules.

After taking the money back, the six doors started a new round of major construction.The construction of prison cells, the construction of training venues, the renovation of office space, etc.

The progress of the Ministry of Industry where the money is in place is also very fast, and the uniforms and standard weapons were delivered in only one week.

Each of the [-] people whose identities have been identified has been assigned brand new uniforms, eight sets per person: two sets of winter clothes, two sets of spring and autumn clothes, two sets of summer clothes, and two sets of training uniforms.

The style is the same whether it is an ordinary catcher or a general catcher, the difference lies in the fabric.The cloth below the general banner officer is mostly cotton and linen, and the cloth above the general banner official is silk.

The rank is also reflected in the clothing. Ordinary policemen have nothing on their left sleeves, but small flag officers have a blue ring stripe on their left sleeves, two for a hundred households, three for a thousand households, and four for general flag officers.

As for the uniform of the commander-in-chief, the difference is reflected in the color.The commander-in-chief is a senior official of the fourth rank, and can wear a red robe, and Yue Shan's uniform is a red Yazi suit.

After putting on the unified uniform, the spirit of the whole department has become different, and the sense of belonging and honor has also been significantly improved.

In particular, the style of Yazi clothing designed by Yue Shan was beyond the times, and people from other departments looked at them enviously.

The sense of belonging has improved and the work efficiency has also been greatly improved. Finally, the preparatory work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was completed before the construction of the official operation.

Yue Shan immediately gave them the first task, setting up a set of selection criteria, screening out the bad people around the capital before the year, those who passed were included in the six gates, and those who were not qualified were also given a path for them.

The new year is coming soon, and these people around the capital must be settled well to prevent them from making troubles that will affect the emperor's new year.As for the screening of bad people in other places, we can only wait until the next year.

Besides, even if they want to treat the whole country equally, it is unrealistic, because there are not so many people.

First select people around the capital for training, and next year these people will be responsible for selecting people from other places...

Come in batches, and strive to complete the allocation of teams at all levels in the first half of next year.

Don't feel slow. In ancient times, a brand-new administrative team was still a violent institution. It is unrealistic to fully realize its functions within a few years.

The half a year that Yue Shan mentioned was only to ensure the establishment of simple institutions in the states of the Central Plains, as for the remote areas, it would take later to take care of them.

In the following time, Yue Shan spent less and less time in the six gates, and more and more of the general and specific tasks were handed over to the ministers and chief arresters.

It's not that he wants to be the hands-off shopkeeper, but that he's busy.

The Chinese New Year is less than half a month away, and all the big officials in the frontier have returned to Beijing to report on their duties.It’s hard to come to Beijing once a year, so besides official business, you have to do some private things, such as visiting the homes of other dignitaries to make friends.

There are also some middle and low-level officials who are looking for a way out, and they will also send their family members around the capital to try their luck at this time.

Yue Shan, a legendary figure in the Tang Dynasty, was naturally the object of many people's curry favor. This year, the number of people visiting his home was more than ten times that of previous years.

In previous years, he could use various excuses to shirk his disappearance, and others would not be angry.After all, as a god stick, people came to visit out of courtesy, and few of them really wanted to follow his path to get promoted and make a fortune.

This year is different, he who has lost his status as a magic stick must learn to deal with Guang Tongchen and to deal with other people.As long as his status is sufficient, he basically has to personally receive them.

Otherwise, people will think you are unreasonable, ignorant of good and evil...

So this year he is much busier than in previous years, every day is dealing with people, how can he have time to manage the affairs of the six doors.

Fortunately, he resolutely doesn't drink alcohol - this is also a habit he has developed since time travel, not drinking at all, and other people know his habit, no one forces him to drink.

Everyone in the society understands that not drinking can really save a lot of things, especially when socializing.But the premise is that your status is high enough, or your ability is outstanding enough, otherwise the road of not drinking will be much harder.

Yue Shan's status is naturally high enough, no one dares to force him not to drink.

In addition to the New Year's entertainment, there are a few other things he has to worry about.

One is the selection of concubines by the crown prince. This matter cannot be hidden from others and there is no need to hide it from others. There are too many people who want to 'respect women'.

As Yue Shan is the queen's adopted brother, his words can still affect the result to a certain extent.Those officials' families with daughters of the right age naturally tried their best to please Yue Shan, hoping that he could help with a few words of kindness.

Although he rejected all of them and firmly stated that he would not interfere in this matter, he still couldn't stop these people's actions.

Another thing is that Li Tai and Yue Shui'er's marriage will also be held next year, but they will be in April.As the mother's family, the Yue family should prepare for dowry.

Fortunately, the Yueshan family lacked everything except money. The dividends from Huangshang Bank and Dizhou have basically not been spent in recent years.

But money is the most insignificant thing to rich and powerful people of their level. You can't dowry dozens of carts of gold and silver, right?Most still have to be replaced with something else.

Fortunately, Dizhou has a huge influence in business, and most businessmen come to curry favor with him, so he can easily obtain the most scarce resources on the market.

"One thousand and one hundred pieces of the best Shu brocade, ten thousand pieces of high-quality cotton cloth, one hundred sets of Yue Kiln and Xing Kiln porcelain each, fifty sets of high-quality red sandalwood furniture, thirty pieces of ivory and rhino horn utensils each, and two three-foot red coral trees. ..." Accompanied by Pei Shuying, Yue Shanniang took the ledger to check her daughter's pretense one by one.

Every time she confirmed something, her heart trembled. She was no longer the peasant woman who knew nothing back then, and she knew the value of these things very well.

Most of the things in it, before the development of Yueshan, one piece would be enough for their family to eat for a lifetime.

For example, Shu brocade is traded in silver of equal weight, and it is said that it is traded in gold of equal weight when transported to the Far West.But now the dowry of my own daughter is calculated in units of thousands of horses.

Even though I love my daughter very much, I love money even more.

After being distressed for a long time, she couldn't bear it anymore and complained in a low voice: "This is too much, can it be used by just the two of them. I don't know what Da Lang thinks."

Pei Shuying smiled and said: "Mr. County, you can't think that way. Dalang is a magistrate or the empress' brother-in-law with a noble status. Miss Shui'er is married to a prince. If the dowry is small, she will be laughed at by other dignitaries."

"Besides, there are hundreds of people in the Prince's Mansion. Food and clothing are not a small matter. If you ask me, these things won't last for a few years."

"That's the reason, but I'm poor and I'm used to being distressed. It's weird when you say it, I can't bear to let my daughter get married, and I can't wait to give her everything. But when she gets married, I can't bear the money anymore." Talking Yue Shanniang burst into tears:

"I only have one son and one daughter in my life. The son is a heartless one who doesn't know how to give it to his mother. I just point to my daughter and think about family happiness. She will get married in a blink of an eye. Why do you think my life is like this? Bitter."

Pei Shuying also felt the same, and she shed tears with her: "Who said it wasn't, Dalang was sent to border customs not long after I got married, and we didn't even have a child at that time... I just feel sorry for my mother who has been worried that I will be lonely for the rest of my life." Yi, she didn't wait for the happy life she wanted to see until she died."

This time Yue Shanniang couldn't cry anymore, and instead comforted Pei Shuying, she said, "Girl, don't be sad, isn't Dewu coming back? You have two children, and it's a long journey. Will be happy."

Pei Shuying wiped her tears and said with a smile: "I would also like to thank Yuehou Chengquan for allowing our husband and wife to be reunited. Don't be sad, County Lord. Although Sister Shui'er is married, it is very convenient for Wei Wangfu to visit relatives in the city."

"Besides, King Wei is also a teacher at Weishui Academy, and he lives in Befu next to the Academy for more than half a year. It's only two steps away."

"Whenever you want to see her, you can go there at any time. It's no different from not being married. On the contrary, there are more people in the family who are filial. This is a good thing that no one can envy."

Yue Shanniang sighed and said, "That's what I said, but after all, it's different after marrying into someone else's family."

Pei Shuying smiled and said: "Then you shouldn't be sad, don't forget that Marquis Yue is going to win the princess in February, isn't this time and again making up for it?"

"When the princess gives birth to your big fat grandson next year, are you still afraid that you won't have the joy of a family relationship?"

Yue Shanniang burst into laughter at this big cake, and said again and again: "You are still a girl, you can talk, and if I can really hold a grandson next year, I must thank you very much."

Pei Shuying said: "Then let's just say that, if you forget me by then, I won't be happy."

"Haha, then you will block the door of my house." Yue Shanniang laughed loudly.

Then the two continued to count the dowry... Although the royal family does not lack anything, the dowry depends on the originality of the natal family, and it cannot be ignored just because the man's family has it.

Moreover, these things belong to the woman's assets. To put it bluntly, the woman will take everything away when the two get divorced.

A woman who has money in her hands can talk in the man's house, and she has the confidence to resist when she is bullied.

In addition to gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, various furniture and utensils, there are also industries.Yue Shan, a member of the Royal Commercial Bank, didn't give it to anyone else because it involved too much.

But the members of Dizhou Mall gave some, and they can get ten thousand yuan in cash every year.

There is also a tea garden, two manors and several shops. Anyway, Yue Shan is not stingy at all with his only sister.

What is relatively lacking are servants. Except for Bao Dalin and his son, who are slave servants, the rest of the Yueshan family are contract servants.

However, there is no way for a contract slave to be a dowry, and Master Bao Dalin, as the housekeeper of Yueshan, naturally cannot be a dowry either.So Li Lizhi had a lot of money as a dowry, but no servants.

Yes, not even a personal maid.

But fortunately, there is only Yue Shui'er in Li Tai's harem, so there is no need to be afraid of being bullied.As for whether he will accept concubines or the like in the future, that is a matter for the future.

Besides, with her elder brother Yue Shan by her side, no one dared to bully her.

At present, only a small part of it is in the warehouse, and more things are still being purchased.The two won't get married until April, so they have plenty of time to prepare.

The one who was in a hurry was Yue Shan and Li Lizhi's wedding, which was only two months away.

Two months of preparation time is enough for ordinary people, but not enough for Li Lizhi.

There is no way that her status is too special. She is the most special among the princesses. Li Shimin started preparing her dowry three to five years in advance.But this is not enough, Li Shimin is still preparing.

All kinds of rare treasures are free of money, and it is said that they are filled with several warehouses.

Then a well-known stalk in history happened again, because Li Shimin prepared too much dowry for Li Lizhi, several times more than his own sister's dowry, which naturally caused controversy.

The group of ministers was divided into two groups, one group was headed by Fang Xuanling, who believed that Li Lizhi was a noble princess, and a more dowry should be given.

Moreover, many of Yueshan's outstanding achievements were not rewarded because of his age, so it might as well be converted into the princess's dowry this time.

A group of opposition groups headed by Wei Zheng believe that etiquette is etiquette and cannot be abolished.The emperor's younger sister is Li Lizhi's aunt, and it is not polite for a niece to have a dowry that exceeds that of an aunt.

And what would the Supreme Emperor think?
As for Yue Shan's reward... the emperor, you can reward the princess for any reason at another time, we all pretend we didn't see it.

Isn't that what they did before?

We have no objection to being named the eldest princess, Shishiyi has more than [-] households, more than all the princes, and the princess is the only one in the Tang Dynasty.

Why don't we object to so many super-standard rewards?Because it conforms to the etiquette, because everyone knows that this is the distribution of Yueshan's reward to the princess.

But now the dowry is different, there are rules of etiquette.

Emperor, if you really want to love Princess Changle, you must consider her, and don't let her bear the notoriety of violating etiquette.

At first Li Shimin was naturally very angry, but after the persuasion of Changsun Wugou, Li Lizhi, Yue Shan and others, he finally calmed down, and finally sent part of the dowry to the princess mansion in advance.

The dowry that was actually written on the gift list was the same as that of his younger sister, which was regarded as maintaining the law of etiquette.

Not only the royal family is preparing, but the Yueshan family also needs to prepare.

According to the etiquette, the princess's wedding should be completed in the Princess Mansion, but Li Lizhi is so smart, she directly said that she would get married in the Yue Mansion according to the folk rules.In the future, I will also live in Yuefu when I have nothing to do, so that I can greet my mother-in-law sooner or later.

After this move was reported, everyone in the world praised it, and Yue Shan was naturally very moved.

As a result, the Yue family also had to renovate, especially the courtyard where Yue Shan lived was the most important thing, and it was expanded a lot.

In fact, Yue Shan doesn't need to worry about these things, the people from Taichang Temple will take care of them, but there are some things that he really can't avoid.

Learn etiquette.

People with a little bit of family background pay attention to three media, six certificates, three kneeling and nine prostrations. The etiquette of powerful families is even more complicated, and it can be called the most complicated in the world if it is replaced by the royal family.

It took Yue Shan several days just to learn these etiquettes, and until the day before the wedding, someone checked the homework on time every day...

So during this period of time, all the public and private affairs added up, making Yue Shan busy.

But fortunately, the busiest days were the few days before and after the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, all the officials of the frontiers left Beijing one after another, and he finally had some free time.

At this time, Six Doors finally started the intensive training of the first batch of police officers.

(End of this chapter)