Tibet

Chapter 430 Dowry Distress
Two days later, Li Ye set off. He only brought a hundred bodyguards, each of whom took three horses, changed horses all the way, and rushed to Chang'an day and night.

Then, under the leadership of Yu Chiguang, a thousand cavalry guarded 300 camels, loaded with various goods, and marched to Chang'an mightily, among which were [-] million gold coins.

They are not old, weak, sick or disabled, and they are also traveling day and night, trying to reach Chang'an before the end of July.

After the beginning of summer, Pei Sanniang stretched her neck and waited for news from her son. The son originally said that spring would come back, but later it was changed to summer, and then there was no news.

Looking forward to news if there is no news, and fearing that the son will not come back when there is news, so worrying about gains and losses, pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

A few days ago, the Dugu family came to ask about Li Ye's situation. It seemed that they were concerned about their future son-in-law. In fact, Pei Sanniang understood what the other party meant, and the Dugu family was urging the marriage.

Pei Sanniang was also unambiguous, and prepared the dowry the next day, and sent her husband Li Dai to Dugu Mansion.

This is the part of accepting and recruiting. The man needs to give a dowry gift, which is much more grand than the previous dowry gift. The previous dowry gift was wild geese and a few horses of silk. It was a symbolic dowry gift, but when it comes to the dowry gift, the real chapter will be revealed. .

The dowry corresponds to the dowry, and here we can see the importance of being well-matched. If the man can afford the dowry, but the woman cannot accompany the dowry, hidden dangers will be left.

Generally speaking, when a small family gets married, they must first sit down and discuss how much dowry the man will give and how much dowry the woman will get. The two parties must reach a balance.

It is actually the same today, and this is human nature.

But for wealthy families, it's a bit different. For example, the Dugu family's choice of son-in-law is not just based on money, but more on the son-in-law's family background, future and talents.

Of course, financial resources also depend on it. For example, if a poor scholar with three huts wants to marry the daughter of Dugu's family, that is unrealistic, unless it is a special case.

The nobles of the Tang and Song Dynasties attached great importance to the Jinshi of Xinke. First of all, scarcity is very precious. Even if the other party’s family is poor, it doesn’t matter. They are willing to pay for the other party to become rich quickly.

This is also the reason why Dugulie chose Wei Qingxuan in the first place. If An Qingxu hadn't slashed Wei Qingxuan's face, the Dugu family's dispute over choosing a son-in-law would never have ended so quickly.

Pei Sanniang prepared [-] coins and ten precious gems as gifts, but don't underestimate these ten precious gems, these are not ordinary gems sold in jewelry stores, each one is the top gemstone in the world, each one is unique Eligible to present to the imperial concubine, each one can become the treasure of the jewelry shop.

Pei Sanniang specially took one to Baoji Jewelry Store for valuation. Baoji Jewelry Store was willing to pay [-] yuan to buy this gemstone, but if Pei Sanniang took out ten gemstones of the same quality at once, it would not mean that one plus one equals two. It's that simple, far more than fifty thousand coins can buy it.

In the back hall, Dugu Lie was discussing the dowry with several brothers.

Among the five Dugu brothers, the eldest, Dugulie, served as Minister of the Ministry of War, General Qianniuwei, and was named Duke Yu.

The second son, Dugu Ming, is the royal son-in-law, doctor Jin Ziguanglu, and the county magistrate of Wuyang. Now he has no real job and is recuperating at home. He has received the title of Prince and Shaobao.

The third son, Dugu Jun, is currently the Chief History of the Jiedu Mansion in Beiting.

The fourth son, Dugujue, served as the governor of Tongzhou and was ennobled as Marquis of Xinping County. He happened to be working in Chang'an.

The old fifth, Duguping, is currently the young supervisor of the Military Weapons Supervisor, and is named the Viscount of Huayin County.

Except for the youngest Dugu Jun who was not in Chang'an, the other three were invited by the elder brother Dugulie to discuss together in the back hall.

The reason why Dugu Lie asked his brothers to discuss together is that he wanted to take a treasure from the Qianying Pavilion of the Dugu family as a dowry for his daughter. It is a family rule to fetch things from the pavilion.

Duguming is a son-in-law who married Princess Xincheng. Ever since his eldest daughter Dugujing was conferred the title of Princess Jingle and sent to the Khitan for marriage, Tianbao was killed by the Khitan in four years. Duguming suffered a serious illness. He resigned and stayed in the mansion all day to recuperate.

Dugu Ming looked carefully at the gemstones in the box, nodded and said: "This should be the gemstone Li Ye obtained from the Western Regions. I heard from the princess that he gave a gemstone to the imperial concubine empress. , I love it so much, even Mrs. Guo is very envious, Li Ye should have some peerless treasures in his hands, these ten gems are quite good, they can be called treasures, the princess also has such a gem, worth [-] guan, elder brother keep it, In the future, when the daughters of the Dugu family get married, each of them will give one as a dowry."

Dugu Lie nodded his head, and said with a wry smile: "Li Dai said that these gems can't be sold, and there will be other expensive gifts on the wedding day, so I don't know how to give the dowry."

"What is a precious gift?" Dugu Ming asked.

Dugulie shook his head, "I also asked Li Dai, and he said he didn't know, it was what Li Ye said in the letter, and it must be more precious than these ten gems."

Dugujue smiled slightly and said, "Then follow the Dugu family's practice! Give the dowry according to the highest rank, and match it with a treasure. We can't let the other party underestimate our Dugu family."

The custom of the Dugu family is that daughters are divided into three classes when they get married. Concubine daughters are given [-] yuan and [-] acres of land when they are married. Wanguan money, give [-] mu of land.

"So I invite everyone to come and discuss. I want to take a treasure from Qianying Pavilion as Xinyue's dowry, and then put the precious gift from the Li family into Qianying Pavilion. Let's see if everyone agrees?"

The three of them agreed unanimously, and Dugu Lie said happily: "Then I will take one of the three white jade screens and give it to Xinyue, with a golden silk red sandalwood base. No matter what the gift of the Li family is, I will take the most precious thing." Put it in Qianying Pavilion."

At this time, the old fifth Dugu Ping asked: "Is the date set for the welcome?"

"Not yet, Li Ye will come back in summer, I think it will be in summer."

Dugu Jue and Dugu Ping left, and the second brother Dugu Ming stayed behind. He lowered his voice and said, "There is news in the palace that the Holy Majesty is going to choose the daughter of a foreign relative to pretend to be a princess to marry Khitan. There are not many suitable candidates, and Xinyue is also on the list. Therefore, my brother hastened to arrange for Xinyue to get married, so as not to be selected."

Dugulie was taken aback, "Your Majesty won't choose the daughter of our Dugu family again!"

"Do you think it was the election of the Holy One? It was decided by Mrs. Guo Guo and Mrs. Han, and they didn't care about the rules. Besides, Xin Yue had offended Mrs. Guo Guo in the palace before, and there was also the matter of An Qingxu, so I was very worried."

Dugulie nodded, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Mrs. Guo and Mrs. Han are both the emperor's concubine, is it true?"

Dugu Ming sneered, "Mrs. Korea is unlikely. She is Cui Xun's wife. The Boling Cui family can't afford to lose face. The emperor will still have concerns, but Mrs. Guo is different. She is a widow with a dissolute nature. Who knows what happened between her and Hu Seng Shi Jingzhong? So the rumors will never be groundless, and now the emperor obeys everything that woman says, and the whole Tang Dynasty is in the hands of a woman."

"It is rumored that An Lushan also hooked up with her?

Dugu Ming shook his head, "It's not like hooking up, Mrs. Guo Guo likes tall and handsome young men, and she doesn't like An Lushan, who is as fat as a pig. The reason for this rumor is that An Lushan went to Mrs. Guo Guo's house Twice, he sent [-] coins, he wanted to ease the relationship between the Yang family, especially to please Madam Guo Guo, not long ago, he sent someone to send a batch of treasures to Madam Guo Guo."

Although Dugu Ming recuperates at home every day, he is extremely well informed.

Dugulie sighed: "The signs of An Lushan's rebellion are becoming more and more obvious. He desperately gave Mrs. Guoguo money. He probably wanted to use Mrs. Guoguo to deceive the public. The Tang Dynasty is in danger!"

Dugu Ming was silent for a moment and said: "Now that the Yang family is in power, the emperor is addicted to wine and sex, and does not care about government affairs. He has become a puppet of the Yang family. I think An Lushan will rebel. Brother, our Dugu family should also arrange a way out."

(End of this chapter)