Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 394 Wedding ([-])

The sudden disappearance of Tian Tonghe caused quite a commotion in the trading city. In order to appease the emotions of the various firms, Wu Yi and Dai Peng called together the shopkeepers of the various firms the next day to explain what had happened. Take advantage.The meaning inside and outside the words is nothing more than that Tian Tonghe colluded with Luo Sha, offended Bei Haijun, and committed suicide. Everyone can't learn from him.

After hearing this, all the businessmen made a promise, saying that they would follow Master Wu's footsteps closely, and let us chase the dog without chasing the chicken.In addition, for the future of the trading city, everyone promises that they will never report to Cullen, and everything will be based on Mr. Wu's explanation as the standard answer.

Although he agreed on the surface, Tian Tongzhou, the shopkeeper of "Mei Gong Yu Ji", was extremely tormented in his heart.Tian Tonghe is his own younger brother!If he was killed by the other side, Tian Tongzhou would not know how to explain to his family.

No way!You must find a way to get in touch with the other party, even if you pay a lot of money to ransom people, you will recognize it.However, as the shopkeeper, it is a big taboo to transfer the money in the cabinet for personal affairs, so Tian Tongzhou could only send his assistants to Zhangjiakou to report to the main cabinet, and at the same time he had the idea of ​​the blocked secret passage.

Not to mention how Tian Tongzhou works here, ten days later, Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan's wedding will arrive.

December 1788, 12, which is the 2st of the twelfth lunar month in the 53rd year of Qianlong, was a rare auspicious day according to the almanac.

For today's wedding, people from all walks of life in Beihai Town were dispatched together. Except for the power plant, steel plant, and coke plant that could not cease fire, all other workshops were closed for the day.

In order to understand the problem of etiquette, in addition to inviting Wang Zhong as a wedding consultant, he also specially recruited a few old eunuchs who committed crimes from the exiles in Ninggu Pagoda to help.

It is said that among the eunuchs exiled in Ninggu Pagoda, except for a few involved in the secret affairs of the palace, most of the others were exiled because they violated the "Regulations on Punishment of Palace Supervisors" by the Qing court.Some were beaten, scolded and abused, and could not stand the suffering of cattle and horses, so they escaped and were caught many times;

According to inquiries, there are currently 127 eunuch institutions in the Forbidden City, and the total number of eunuchs is less than [-], which is far from the huge scale of tens of thousands in the previous Ming Dynasty.

Unlike many great eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who could control the king at the top and oppress and kill ministers at will, most eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were veritable slaves.The emperor's strict management of the eunuchs cut off their channels of political communication, so that they could not use their hands and feet to play political tricks.

Since the Beihai Navy took down Ninggu Tower, these people saw that both the clerks of the civil affairs and the high officials of the Beihai Navy treated them equally, without any contempt.If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't survive at the beginning, who would want to do this job.

The upper management of Beihai Town treats these people equally, and arranges for them some things within their ability; such as going to Beihai Trading Company as a buddy, or going to the factory to watch the gate.But because of their physical disabilities, these people have extremely low self-esteem, and those who can enter the civil affairs system and become clerks like Chunlai are almost rare.

Because of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, when the civil affairs officials found some old eunuchs, asked them about the details of the palace wedding and asked them for help, the old eunuchs cheered up and came to help happily.

From their point of view, they have no hope of returning home and can only become lonely ghosts outside the Great Wall. Only by following Beihai Town back to the customs can they get back the "treasure" they left with the knife maker in the capital. Burial, reincarnated to be a man again.

In the early morning of that day, Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan were going to perform the precepts of offering sacrifices respectively.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Xin was woken up by Ah Si's son Gui Sheng.Because of the ritual precepts, you can't eat breakfast.After washing up, Chunlai, who was called to help, began to help Zhao Xin put on the leather uniform.There are certain rules on how to wear this thing, and without Chunlai's help, Zhao Xin, who has never rehearsed beforehand, would be ashamed.

The first is to wear the middle single made of plain yarn. Its shape is cross collar and large sleeves, which are divided into upper and lower parts. The waist below is made of 12 yuan yarn. There are eleven fu patterns ("Ya" pattern, thirteen embroidered by emperors and eleven by princes).

After wearing the mid laner, you can't move around, and you have to ask someone to help you put on the leather suit outside.This dress is actually a continuation of the Tang Dynasty system. The top is made of a deep red cross-neck right lapel sleeve, and the neckline, cuffs and hem are all dark red edges; "Big skirt" style.There are several pleats (vertical folds on the clothes) from top to bottom on the front and back body, and the front and back parts are connected together by a red narrow waist; there are silk belts on the upper ends of both sides for wearing.

After wearing it, a leather belt is tied around the waist, and then a large belt is covered outside.The large belt is red and white, and is divided into two parts: the waist and the hanging belt. The waist is tied with buttons and decorated with false knots and false ears.The waist, knot and ears are edged with red, and the hanging belt is edged with green.Plain ribbon tied at the large band knot.

Then hang ribbons on the back and left and right sides of the skirt.The ribbons of the Ming Dynasty were made in the Song Dynasty, and the emperor used six-color silk ribbons to weave, and the rest used four-color silk ribbons.The way to wear it is to hang a large ribbon on the back of the waist, and hang three small ribbons on the left and right sides.

The big ribbon should be braided in three groups and hung with three jade rings with dragon patterns.The small ribbon is to hang jade pendants on the outside of the ribbon.This jade pendant is not as simple as one or two pieces of white jade, but a large string of jinglings, each with its own name, such as Jingou, 瑀, Heng, Ju, Yuhua, Yudi, Huang, Chongya, and Yuzhu, etc. .

Finally, a red knee cover is hung on the waist, which is used to cover the position from the thigh to the knee, and is flush with the hem of the jacket.In order to ensure that the knees are covered vertically and do not run around, a pair of kodama hooks have to be attached to the top.

After finally getting dressed, I looked at my watch and it was already past 7 o'clock in the morning.Okay!More than an hour has passed.

Zhao Xin's back was sore from standing for so long. He just wanted to sit on a chair for a rest, when Li Ji and Zhi Nai, who were in charge of receiving guests today, came to report that Wang Zhong had come.

"Please come in, Mr. Wang."

As soon as Wang Zhong enters the room, good guy!This man was actually wearing a full set of Ming Dynasty civil servants' fur uniforms and a crimson official robe, and walked in with square steps, just like an actor performing on stage, leaving Zhao Xin dumbfounded.

"Mr. Wang, where did you get this body? Why didn't I hear you say it before?"

Wang Zhong, who had grown his hair for more than half a year and had a bun on the top of his head, saw Zhao Xin's attire, and his nose felt sour, and a line of hot tears had already shed on his chest.

After 150 years, the clothes of the motherland will finally be seen!
He lifted his robe, knelt down towards Zhao Xin, leaned over and said, "My subject, Wang Rongfu, sees King Zhao."

Zhao Xin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this guy is really playing it.After going through such a time, Zhao Xin has made up his mind that in the future, unless there are festivals and celebrations, he will not wear this outfit even if he is killed, it's so tiring!
He leaned over to help Wang Zhong up, and said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, what are you doing? I'm getting married today, and we don't have an emperor in Beihai Town."

Wang Zhong took the towel from Guisheng and wiped away his tears, and explained: "I understand. But the etiquette cannot be discarded. How can I wear full clothes when I accept the ritual ceremony today? This official uniform is a poor family Jing helped to sew it."

In fact, Wang Zhong's wife alone couldn't do it alone. Without the help of a group of women who are good at embroidery and sewing, such as Tang Xiao and Er Tang, Wang Zhong's praise today would definitely not be possible.

Zhao Xin looked at the style of the patch on Wang Zhong's chest, and asked, "What kind of patch is this?"

"From the fourth grade Yunyan to make up for the son." Wang Zhong felt that as the vice principal of the Beihai Town Primary School, he could be as good as the deputy priest of the Imperial College.

"Tsk tsk." Zhao Xinxin said that today is a day of great joy for me, you can come here however you like, even if you get a first-grade crane patch, there is no problem.

The two were about to talk again, when Li Ji rushed to report again. Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli, Wang Yuanfang, Deng Fei, Zhao Liang, Ding Guofeng, Hong Tao, Zhang Bo, Cao Peng, Wu Ping'an and a large group of people all arrived.

When a group of people cheered into the main room in the backyard, everyone saw Zhao Xin's attire, and immediately started talking about it.

"I'll go, it's all made of yarn. I said Mr. Zhao, are you cold in this weather?"

"Stand up, let me see, good guy, how many pieces of jade have you hung here? Is it Hetian jade?"

"Everyone has it! Greet Mr. Zhao~~" Under the instigation of Ding Guofeng, a group of guys in suits and leather shoes began to pretend to roll up their sleeves twice, imitating Qing court opera and hitting a thousand times, as if they were about to kneel .

Zhao Xin looked at the virtues of the guys in front of him, and said with a smile: "Kneel, if you dare to kneel, I dare to say that everyone is flat! Drag them out and serve them with fifty boards each! Hahahaha~~"

"Bah!" The time-travelers present laughed and spat in unison.

A group of old men made a fuss and tossed about for a while, and the jade pendants hanging on Zhao Xin's body were twisted together, and Chunlai who was on the side hurriedly came over to help them fix them one by one, sweating profusely.

Chen Qingsong and Yu Deli praised Zhao Xin's clothes and said, "This is a serious Hanfu. What kind of long robes and jackets are ugly!"

Zhao Xindao: "Just to wear this suit, I started to wear it at 6 o'clock and walked around for more than an hour. The thought of having to wear this suit until night makes my head grow big! Just this one time!"

Deng Fei next to him laughed and said, "Once? Who went out with that Miss Wang to the beach for a date? I heard that they were frozen into two popsicles in the end."

Ding Guofeng followed suit: "That's right! Besides, there's a little A Miao waiting behind."

"You bad guys, you spread rumors on big days, am I the kind of casual person?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhao is not a casual person, he is not a person if he is casual~~"

Wang Zhong, who was sitting by the side smiling, saw that what he said was getting more and more outrageous, he quickly got up and tried to dissuade him: "Everyone, it's almost time, I should go to the Ming Hall to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices."

Everyone looked at their watches again, and they all agreed again and again, saying that it was getting late, and they had to go to the big cafeteria for a drink after they finished their work.

Waiting for Chunlai to help Zhao Xin put on the Tongtian crown, fasten the belt, and take the jade bag containing the jade, Zhao Xin walked out of the house slowly under Wang Zhong's reminder, walked through the front yard to the gate forward.However, when the gate of the courtyard was opened by two guards in military uniforms, Zhao Xin and others were shocked by the scene in front of them.

According to the previously formulated measures, from the outside of Zhao Xin's new house all the way to both sides of the road in Beihai Town Mingtang, there was a Beihai soldier wearing a military uniform and a ribbon standing every one meter.

When Wang Yuanfang and the others came just now, there were only guards of honor outside. Who would have thought that after more than half an hour, both sides of the road were already full of men and women, old and young.Among these people are not only the local residents of Beihai Town, but also many people who came back from Fuldan City and Khabarovsk to celebrate Hexi.

Thanks to Beihai Town's unremitting grassroots education for many years, when these people saw Zhao Xin coming out, they all just bowed deeply.Only a few newcomers this year knelt down and kowtowed in panic when they saw the well-dressed Zhao Wangdian, but they were quickly lifted up by the people around them.

The distance from Zhao Xin's new house to Mingtang is not far, but in order to keep his clothes neat, the civil affairs side arranged carriages, that is, the few black-haired cars with painted appearance that were built before for the reception of the concierge. A bright four-wheeled carriage with the Northern Navy emblem on the door.

Ten minutes later, when the carriage pulled by four tall horses came slowly to the gate outside the Ming Hall, a crowd of guests were already waiting at the gate.

It is said that Zhao Wangdian is married, if you don't come to curry favor at this time, when will you curry favor?

So the island country, the Mutsu Alliance headed by the Sendai Fan, the Changzhou Fan, and even the shogunate sent congratulatory envoys.The people from the island countries present were all wearing formal dresses and boat-shaped black hats.On the civil side, the two major shareholders of Beikai Trading Company, Katsuyama Denzo and Murata Jiroemon, also came with a few subordinates and a lot of congratulatory gifts.

In addition, the mission that Li Chao came to last time never left.That Cai Jigong transformed into a congratulatory envoy to celebrate Zhao Wangdian's wedding.

The Ainu from Ezo also came.They arrived with the ship of the Beihai Trading Company. When Zhao Xin got off the carriage, he saw the fat and outrageous Ainu king Tuka and his general sea dog at a glance.

In addition, the leaders of the frontier people from all over the Northeast - mainly from Heilongjiang and the middle and lower reaches of the Ussuri River - also came. There was a large group of people standing there, among which the people with the surname of Sa in Balk village were the most conspicuous; the men were all wearing full uniforms of the Northern Navy without military rank, and the women were wearing gorgeous fish skin clothes inside and animal skin clothes outside.

As for the leader of the Feiyaka people who came from Bitter Leaf Island, Meierguana, he came earlier. This leader not only came by himself, but also brought his wife, child and two subordinates, including Sambakur.They came with Zhang Bo in late September, and they will stay in Beihai Town until the spring of next year.

In addition, the French expedition team led by Count La Perouse also came from Whale Town. Both the count and the lower-level sailors were dressed in new clothes at the moment, and they couldn't help admiring Zhao Xin's carriage.

When Zhao Xin got off the carriage, the members of Li Chao's mission saw his leather uniform at a glance.When they found that Zhao Xinyi's clothes were completely in line with the prince's etiquette in the "Daming Huidian", Cai Jigong, the leader of the Southern People's Party, was so excited that his eyes filled with tears. , Cai Jigong, the envoy of North Korea, welcome King Zhao of Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as this remark comes out, it's over!Hundreds of people present immediately knelt down, bowed and prostrated themselves on the ground and said, "We~~ welcome King Zhao of Ming Dynasty!"

When Zhao Xin saw it, he called MMP in his heart!This guy from Li Chao really knows how to flatter.He secretly sighed, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, please stand up! Today I will welcome the bride, and I invite you to salute outside the Ming Hall."

"Thank you, King Zhao!" Since there was no prior organization, everyone present responded in a mess, with all kinds of languages.

At this point, Zhao Xin didn't want to entangle with these people anymore, so he motioned to Wang Zhong, and then walked slowly towards Mingtang.

Just as he walked through the gate of the Mingtang compound, Lao You, who had been waiting in the courtyard, quickly raised his hand to signal, and the time traveler who was in charge of playing the gala music also pressed the play button.

A deep drum sounded from the four large speakers on both sides of the Ming Hall, followed by five tones and eight tones. .
(End of this chapter)