Spring and Autumn I Am King

ps: recommend this same type of "Warring States Heroes", and then the second chapter is in the evening

"As early as the beginning of January this year, after Le Bo's three-year mourning was over, my father asked the Emperor Song Guo's family to be a matchmaker to go to Le's family and ask for Lingzi's boudoir name and birth date to report back. 『≤ , x. My father again inquired about the good and bad luck of the marriage at the ancestral temple in Wenxian County, and when he received a good omen, he sent messengers to announce the good news to the Le family..."

While talking, Zhao Wuxi remembered the lengthy pre-marriage procedures, and couldn't help but feel incomparably big. He hadn't been married in his previous life, but he knew it wasn't easy. After returning to the Spring and Autumn Period, he was even more stunned by the cumbersome etiquette and customs of this era.

Marriage events, parents' orders, matchmakers' words. People in the pre-Qin period took marriage seriously because they attached great importance to marriage. Therefore, a set of marriage rituals with fixed rituals and solemn forms gradually formed, which is called "Shihunli".

There is a saying in the "Wind of the Guardians": "The bandits are in the period of my guilt, and my son has no good matchmaker." The general has no anger, and the autumn period is... Erbu Erxiao, there is no guilt in the body. El car came, and I was bribed.

This poem is about a series of wedding procedures from finding a matchmaker, to Najib, inviting an appointment, and welcoming in person. This is only for the commoners, and the nobles are more complicated.

Zhao Wuxi couldn't make decisions on these matters, he had to listen to his father Zhao Yang. So the matchmaker and the messenger ran back and forth between Shangqiu-Qufu-Wenxian-Jinyang, and half a year passed by accident, and finally finished the first three things.

After that, you have to complete the two items of "acceptance" and "application period".

Nazheng, that is, the male family sends a betrothal gift to the female family, which is equivalent to the engagement ceremony of later generations. You don't need to spend too much thought on the dowry, you only need to prepare formalized currency and silk. Usually five pieces of black or light crimson silk and two pieces of deerskin.

And please. Then the man's family sends messengers to inform the woman's family of the chosen date of marriage, and the wedding date can be set after the woman's parents accept the dowry. The woman is officially to be married in the boudoir, waiting for the groom to greet her.

At this point, the preparations for marriage have come to an end.

"I don't know when the general will set the wedding date?" Chen Dingguo, a retainer sent by the Le family, asked eagerly.

Chen Dingguo watched the rise of Zhao Wuxi in the East with his own eyes, and he knew very well whose support the Sicheng Le Company was able to achieve today. His elder brother Chen Yin had explained to him many times that the relationship between the two families must be maintained, and the means of relying on it was naturally marriage. Recently, there have been rumors that the general's concubine is pregnant, and he will soon have an heir. Although a man or a woman can only be determined after birth, it is also a threat to the status of a king and a daughter.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi and Jun's daughter get married as soon as possible, so they can feel at ease earlier.

Wu Xie pondered and then said: "The wedding date is set for next year, and the spring will last..."

"It's going to be next spring!?" Chen Dingguo couldn't accept it for a while, doesn't this mean that it will take another seven or eight months? What is Zhao shi thinking? Isn't this kind of thing the sooner the better?

Wu Xie explained: "That's right. After my father asked two learned gentlemen, Shi Mo and Shi Zhao, to calculate the good and bad luck, he thought that the tenth day of the third month was a good day. So it was decided... and the place of marriage would not be chosen in In the state of Lu, my father intends to let me return to Jin and get married in front of the ancestors at the Zhao family's ancestral temple in Wenxian County."

He said sincerely: "It is my blessing to be able to marry a spiritual son. It must be treated with the most solemn etiquette, as long as Ziming can understand it, and the spiritual son can understand."

Chen Dingguo thought about it and it made sense. Before his departure, his elder brother Chen Yin had instructed him that everything was arranged by the Zhao family. The Le Clan needs the Zhao Clan. It is not only an honor to have such in-laws to support you. And it can also ensure that the position of Zhengqing will be permanent.

So he said: "The wedding date is naturally determined by the man. The general can send an envoy to inform the family owner after the betrothal gift is delivered. The woman will not betray. But besides that, there is one more thing..."

He pondered slightly and then said, "The owner asked me to ask whether the dowry should be chosen by the general or by the Le family?"

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"Does it have to be a wife?" Zhao Wuxi asked after being silent for a while.

"Must have." Chen Dingguo was very serious, and it has been a rule for thousands of years that there must be concubines when married.

The so-called concubine is a marriage system in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, that is, when the bride gets married, she must also marry a woman with the same surname as her. In this way, the former is the wife, and the latter is the concubine. The status of concubines is much higher than that of concubines. They have formal status and can attend formal banquets and so on.

"Let me think about it." Zhao Wuxi had a headache, getting married in this era is really troublesome. He asked Chen Dingguo to go down first. Anyway, the messenger who was going to send the dowry gift to Song State was Zigong. He should have been listening in the side room.

When Chen Dingguo left, Zigong just came in from the side, and the two greeted each other. Chen Dingguo didn't dare to neglect, since he could listen in the side room, Zigong's position among Zhao's retainers was self-evident. Bottom of the ear?

After Zigong entered the hall, he walked to the Zhao Wuxie's case a few ten paces away, greeted him with a salute, then continued to sit on the seat within three paces, and bowed to the end: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Wuxi smiled: "Zigong has worked hard, I don't know what to congratulate?"

Zigong said: "Not only has the wedding date with the Lady of the Le family been set, but also the affairs of the state of Ju have achieved great success without any effort. This can be said to be a double happiness!"

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"As expected, the lord, Ju Jun was overjoyed when he saw the head of his Shu Gengyu, believed our sincerity, and was willing to sign a secret contract with Lu."

Wu Xie asked, "How much is Ju Guo willing to pay?"

Zigong smiled, "A lot."

He presented the silk book in his hand to Zhao Wuxi's case and unfolded it, pointing to the terms above and saying, "First of all, the State of Lu and the State of Ju have made a secret contract. If the State of Wu invades Ju, the State of Lu will provide support. When the state of Qi starts a war, Juhui pretends to help Qi, but in fact the two do not help each other..."

Wu Xie nodded and said, "It's good for the country of Ju, and they will naturally agree."

Zigong hesitated for a while and said, "It would have been a good thing for Qi to lose Ju, but if Wu attacked Ju, would Lu really be an enemy of Wu? I'm afraid it might not be enough."

Zhao Wuxi was not worried at all, he said: "The state of Wu is just a tiger shadow that I use to scare Juzi. Although the people of Wu seem to be scary, their national strength is limited. In the west, the state of Chu competes with the state of Chen and Cai, and in the south there is the state of Yue. After the attack, it was impossible to go north. The last Song Rebellion, Fu Chai brought only one division to come is a clear proof. The current strategic direction of Wu State is to destroy the Yue, but the Yue people are brave, if not what I expected, at least In six or seven years, Wu Guo's energy will be concentrated on Yue Guo, which is nothing to worry about."

Zigong thought for a while and nodded, "That's true..."

Wu Xie is so sure that there is a basis for it. If I remember correctly, the old Wu Wang Helu will soon die in the battle of Vietnam. After that, the husband came to the throne. In order to avenge his father, he and Goujian started a love affair with a couple of CPs. kill. Although his little butterfly from later generations changed the history of Jin, Lu and Song beyond recognition, it did not affect the dispute between Wu and Yue. He only hoped that King Goujian of Yue could exert his historical tenacity and grind the people of Wu country well.

Speaking of Yue Kingdom, Zhao Wuxi thought of three people again, that is, the three heroes of Xingyue: Ji Ran, Fan Li and Wen Zhong!

Last year in Song State, I met a fisherman who was suspected to be Ji Ran. After the beginning of the spring, Wu Xie sent people to look for him many times, but there was always no trace of him. It was rumored that he had gone to Chu State for a tour. As for Fan Li and Wen Zhong, these two people are unlucky Chu people, and they don't know if they are going to join the Yue Kingdom?

Zhao Wuxi blinked, and decided to send a few Tian Taoist Wu Zhu in a few days to go to Chu State to fool those devout believers of ghosts and gods in the name of traveling, and look for these talents by the way.

He continued to ask, "Has Zigong earned my most desired estuary for me?"

Zigong pointed to the map attached to the secret agreement: "Of course, the land of fish and salt thirty miles south of Jizhang City will be the lord's Tang Muyi from now on!"

"What is the price? What does Ju Guo want?"

Zigong said: "Junior Ju wanted to exchange this place for the place south of Muling Pass, but the minister refused."

Wu Xie said: "It's good to refuse! That is a dangerous place where Lu State cuts off the land transportation of Qi and Ju. I even specially asked the doctors from the East there to move out and put them under the guard of the shogunate officials. How can I give it what I want? "

"So Lord Ju retreated and asked for the next best thing, and asked the state of Lu to exchange Ju's father's city."

Zhao Wuxi glanced at the map: "Ju's father city was brought here by the doctor of Juguo more than 20 years ago. It is very close to Judu, only separated by a mountain range, not to mention the tomb of the Duke of Juguo. If I can exchange this town, Ju Zi can feel a lot more at ease. I will not seek Ju in the short term, I will get what they need from each other, this is a fair deal, just give it to them!"

He asked the key point again with interest: "What is the terrain of the fish salt field, and how is the traffic?"

"This place is located to the south of Jijiancheng and north of the border of Juwu and Wu. The terrain is flat, facing the East China Sea, 30 miles wide and 10 miles wide. The two countries are sparsely populated in that area, there are no cities and capitals, but there is a road directly to the east of Lu. The fish salt produced can enter Lu in one day!"

Zhao Wuxi was very satisfied with this. Of course he knew Juzi's idea, which was to let the State of Lu set up a stronghold there and stand between them and the State of Wu~www.wuxiaspot.com~ However, Zhao Wuxi was not worried about the State of Wu. The Wu people's rule in Huaibei and Zhongwu was very weak, and even many peasants from the east of the state of Lu crossed the border and went there to open up wasteland and plant rice, but the lords of the Wu people knew nothing about it.

It is the people of Qi who need to worry about it, but it is said that the Marquis of Qi is sick recently, and the ministers of Qi are all focused on protecting Yiyi and Wei, and they are not interested in the drastic changes in Song and Lu, not to mention the state of Ju. Little things in the corner.

Zigong looked forward to the future happily: "Although Juguo will relocate the people in that area, but Lu has people, it only takes a year and a half to encircle the thirty-mile sea of ​​fish and salt into one place. With fences and sentries on the outside, and a small town in Linhai with a salt-boiled workshop inside, the state of Lu will no longer be in danger of lack of salt!"

Zhao Wuxi shook his head and pointed out Zigong's mistake: "Boiled salt? No, the cost of cooking salt is too high to be worth it."

Zigong asked suspiciously, "The sea salt in the states of Qi and Wu is also boiled. Besides this method, how can we get salt?"

Zhao Wuxi smiled: "Of course it's drying salt!"

(To be continued.)

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