Straight man of steel

Chapter 453 Wedding
Seven days passed in a flash.

Zhang Yuan finally ushered in his first marriage in Dahan.

The subject was only a 16-year-old girl.

The wedding banquet was nothing but a carnival for a group of people, Zhang Yuan was alone in his loneliness.

Gift givers crowded the roads of Beique Jiadi District.

The gift list is filled with a four-inch thick book.

Because there were too many presents, in order not to affect the guests attending the banquet, all of them were brought to the nearby Pingyang Hou Mansion.

Those who are not Marquis of Guannei and whose rank is less than two thousand stones are not eligible to enter the banquet.

The queen mother's gift was also delivered, even though Zhang Yuan only saw the queen mother once, there was still a layer of veil.

Liu Che sent Da Zong to replace the royal family, and the prime minister, Yu Shi, rushed over early in the morning.

Therefore, the country was closed for a day.

Wei Qing, who lives far away in Yuyang County, sent someone to deliver a letter. He will win enough military exploits for Zhang Yuan's son to be named Liehou.

Such a great honor fell on Zhang Yuan.

He wanted to cry, but found that the tears couldn't fall.

I can only wear a mask, watch the guests coming and going, and deal with them with a smiling face.

Zhang Yuan has no relatives, which means he has no elders. Zhuo Wangsun may be sprayed to death if he appears in such a scene.

In the end, Liu Che had no choice but to send an elder with a higher seniority in the clan to act as Zhang Yuan's elder.

This has absolutely never happened in Dahan's decades of history.

If Zhang Yuan's surname was not Zhang, but Liu, it would have been included in the genealogy, and he would be given a jade certificate representing the identity of the royal family.

"His Royal Highness is here."

Everyone is waiting for the big man's eldest princess, Her Royal Highness.

Although Da Zongzheng represented Liu Che, in fact the person with the highest status was Princess Pingyang.

From morning till now, Xiao Qing couldn't close his smiling mouth.

Zhang Yuan's smile is fake, but he is genuine.

The grander the scene, the more power their Xiao family can borrow.

"The auspicious time has come, the wedding banquet begins!"

The ceremony official who presided over the wedding banquet yelled, and there were pleasant voices all around.

Musical instruments are ritual objects. Generally, at this time, everyone will not chat wantonly.

The biggest face Liu Che gave Zhang Yuan was to let him use the full version of the chime.

At this time, the bride also appeared, wearing a red robe and a red veil, and walked to Zhang Yuan's side accompanied by her mother.

Then, after a series of complicated processes, from morning to noon, all the procedures were completed.

When the bride entered the wedding room, Zhang Yuan also followed in. After drinking a glass of wine, Zhang Yuan broke the silence.

"I'll go out to receive the guests first."

"Go, Lord Marquis, I'll be right here waiting for you to come back."

According to the rules, the bride has to wait here until Zhang Yuan finishes greeting the guests.

It will take a long time, probably until midnight, but there is wine and food in the wedding room, so she won't be hungry.

When Zhang Yuan went out, his two students and Li Jian were already helping him greet guests.

But the platoon was not big enough, everyone came for Zhang Yuan, not his students and friends.

Li Jian is expected to be a marquis, but the other two are not qualified.

Zhang Yuan held the wine and stood in the center of the hall.

"Everyone came to the Marquis of Xin'an's mansion today to attend my important event for Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan is here to drink this cup to the brim, thank you all."

After drinking all the wine in the wine bottle in one gulp, the rest of the people also stood up and toasted Zhang Yuan.

There are not many people here today who are better than Zhang Yuan, and those few people, Xue Ze and Zhang Ou, will not offend Zhang Yuan.
The banquet lasted until dark, and continued for a while. After Princess Pingyang left with Cao Xiang, the crowd slowly dispersed.

Zhuo Wenjun was in the inner courtyard all day today, and he didn't take a step out of the room.

Zhang Yuan knew about this, but he could only sigh in his heart.

In the end, he chose to go back to the wedding room.

Everything is for two words, decent.

"Master Hou, you are back."

Hearing Zhang Yuan open the door, Xiao Ruo hurried back to the bed and sat down.

"Why haven't you taken off the veil yet?"

"Mother said that Lord Hou must take it down."

Seeing that the food and wine on the table were almost gone, Zhang Yuan felt a little funny.

This is coming back after marrying a little piggy.

Zhang Yuan didn't think too much, picked up the small bamboo stick beside the bed, and directly picked off Xiao Ruo's veil.

Zhang Yuan had never even seen a portrait before, because Zhang Yuan really couldn't understand the portrait at this time, which meant that Princess Pingyang and the others could tell the beauty and ugliness of a person just by looking at the portrait.

"Master Hou."

Xiao Ruo's face turned red with a smile, and she didn't know whether it was because of drinking or shyness.

"Look up and show me."

Zhang Yuan also drank too much, so he said this out of the blue.

Xiao Ruo looks like the type of good girl at first glance, she will do whatever Zhang Yuan says.

The bright smile like a spring flower immediately moved Zhang Yuan.

Accustomed to blood, accustomed to intrigue, accustomed to intrigue, suddenly a piece of pure white jade was placed beside Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan was afraid that his blood-stained hands would stain this piece of jade.

"Did your family force you to marry me?"

Zhang Yuan asked.

There were things he hadn't had the chance to ask before.

But now whether it is or not, Xiao Ruo is his wife, so it's better to ask clearly, so that the little girl won't hold grudges all the time.

"My mother said that my father would choose a husband and son-in-law for me, so I agreed.

Half a month ago, I only found out that it was you, Lord Hou. At that time, I felt very satisfied. "

"Why are you satisfied that you have never met me?"

"When I was young, I heard Hou Ye's poems, and I thought in my heart that Hou Ye must be a great writer full of knowledge.

Then my father often talked about Master Hou at home, saying that he had no roots in the big man, and the only person who was promoted so fast was Master Hou.

Every time Hou Ye came back from the frontier wars, my brother was always very excited. He said that he would also be like Hou Ye, and rely on his military exploits to become a marquis and pay homage to him.

When Grandpa was still alive, he said that you, Lord Hou, are very similar to your ancestors, and no one in the world can do the same.

I have admired you since I was a child, Lord Hou, you may not know that all the girls in An Huaichun want to marry you, Lord Hou. "

For the first time, Zhang Yuan learned of his influence from other people.

It seems that since he entered the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, he has already entered the public's sight.

Others think that he is capable of writing and martial arts, and he is omnipotent in governing the country, defending the country, conquering wars and crusades.

"People outside think highly of me, Zhang Yuan, and I'm just an ordinary person, thanks to His Majesty's trust."

"It's amazing to be able to gain the emperor's trust. My father said that there are five people whom the emperor trusts. Tingwei Zhang Tang, Marquis Zhang Tang, Grand Sima Wei Qing, Doctor Han Yan, and Lang Zhongling Shi Jian."

People outside should know that Liu Che gave Zhang Yuan the Seal of the Grand Tutor to test him out, so no matter what, they wouldn't feel that Liu Che trusted him.

This is really the biggest joke BC, Liu Che trusts Zhang Yuan?
Zhang Yuan can only say that Xiao Qing is too knowledgeable, but Xiao Qing did not include the master father, Xue Ze, Zhang Ou, and the others in this list, so he still has some knowledge.

Zhang Yuan felt that there were four people Liu Che trusted, and it was enough to remove Zhang Yuan from the above five.

"Speak less of these things in the future, you can be more casual in the Xin'anhou Mansion, and you must be cautious in your words and deeds when you go out.

Tomorrow, when you go to visit the Queen Mother in the palace, remember to be more respectful. "

"I see. It's getting late for Master Hou, so let's go to bed first."

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Ruo just lay on the bed without doing anything, and slept peacefully all night.

Zhang Yuan has always been guilty of Zhuo Wenjun in his heart, and he can't even give her a title.

Early the next morning.

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Ruo changed their wedding clothes before leaving the wedding room.

The clutter outside has been cleaned up by the people below, Xiao Ruo wants to wash and dress up earlier and then enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

Princess Pingyang will accompany her, and Zhang Yuan does not need to worry about such matters.

Zhang Yuan didn't need to go to court, nor did he need to thank Liu Che.

Being idle and bored, he began to order Lao Zhao to go to Pingyang Hou's Mansion to bring boxes of gifts back to the mansion at the foot of Lantian Mountain.

Then he asked someone to deliver some food and drinks to Chu Da's family, so that they could enjoy themselves for two days.

Whoever gets stuck on a mountain for years and can't get down is going to be driven insane.

Fortunately, this is ancient times, and Liu Che did not treat the Chu family badly.

The usual food and drink are better than their previous ones.

Dozens of horse-drawn carriages left Chang'an city again.

After finishing all these tasks, Xiao Ruo also came back from the palace.

"Master Hou, I'm back."

"Can the queen mother explain anything?"

"Just let me stay at home, abide by women's morals, give birth to a son for Lord Hou as soon as possible, and continue the incense for the lineage of Marquis Xin'an."

"Forehead"

The old lady is nosy too.

"Go and see Zhuo Wenjun, remember that although you are the main wife in this house, she is the person in charge."

Xiao Ruo had heard about Zhuo Wenjun for a long time.

She had read Zhang Yuan's poems since she was a child, so how could she not know about Sima Xiangru, Zhuo Wenjun and Zhang Yuan's nonsense.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will definitely respect my sister."

"then you go."

Anyway, Zhang Yuan didn't dare to take Xiao Ruo to see Zhuo Wenjun, he couldn't bear the atmosphere of the Shura field.

Zhang Yuan immediately went out to Du County.

The situation of Taixue still needs to be checked.

The official position of Taixueling is still hanging on his head, and Kong Anguo still has no way to be promoted from Taixuecheng for the time being.

And there are a few years to slowly boil.

Moreover, when the war ended, Zhang Yuan's position as General Wei was taken away, so he still had to stay in Taixue.

The big man now has no room for Zhang Yuan to be promoted.

If you really want to be a prime minister, you probably have to wait at least ten years before you have that chance.

In less than an hour, Zhang Yuan arrived in Du County.

Du County hasn't changed at all in the past so long, but business activities have increased a lot.

Because of the popularity of the five-baht coin and the low interest rates offered by Zhang Yuankai's Ziqianzhuangzi, the whole area around Chang'an is different from before.

The commercial atmosphere is strong, ordinary people dare to trade their own things, and the business exchanges between merchants are more convenient.

Zhang Yuan is still there for Taixue's spring enrollment.

It's only autumn now, and the students are still the same students as before.

When Zhang Yuan entered Taixue, many people greeted him respectfully.

"Where is Kong Anguo, the prime minister of Taixue?"

Seeing an official, Zhang Yuan immediately asked.

"General Wei, Taixuecheng should be working in your mansion."

Sima Qian had gone out to tour the mountains, rivers and great rivers a long time ago, and Luo Xiahong didn't like to see Zhang Yuan very much, so Zhang Yuan could only go to Kong Anguo to ask about the recent situation of Taixue.

After hurriedly going to Taixueling's residence, Zhang Yuan finally met Kong Anguo.

Kong Anguo actually went to Xin'anhou Mansion yesterday to congratulate Zhang Yuan, but his seat was almost at the gate, and Zhang Yuan had been dealing with those powerful people in the hall.

"Xin'an Hou came to Taixue on the first day of his wedding, he is really a role model for my generation."

"Don't talk about me, tell me how Taixue is doing these days?"

When Kong Anguo heard Zhang Yuan mentioning the matter, he immediately said seriously.

"Taixue has been developing steadily in the past two months, but there have been some problems when communicating with officials from various places."

"what is the problem?"

"Sun Hong, the internal historian of the left, does not allow the students of Taixue to enter the place under his jurisdiction."

Gongsun Hongzhen's mother is a trouble.

He got a high position by borrowing from Taixue, and now Zhang Yuan is given the pick.

Zhang Yuan knew what this old guy was thinking, and he probably wondered whether Xue Ze and Zhang Ou had a long relationship. He wanted to stabilize the boundary of internal history and didn't want to make other moths.

That's how it came out.

In Dahan, stability is political achievement. As long as after the autumn harvest, he, Gongsun Hong, handed in a full-score answer sheet, and there was a vacancy on it. In order to show his support for Confucianism, Liu Che would definitely let this old guy take the position.

Dong Zhongshu studied Confucianism and had no intention of becoming an official at all. Now the only representative of Confucianism is Gong Sunhong who is expected to become prime minister.

"Go and tell Gong Sunhong to go in person.

If he follows what he did before, I will not obstruct him if he wants to go further.

If he wanted to suffocate the students of Taixue to death, then he probably wouldn't even be able to sit securely in Zuo Neishi's position. "

Just like the master father Yan has already made many enemies, Gongsun Hong also has many enemies.

The biggest one is Dong Zhongshu. In addition, the master father Yan and Gongsun Hong also have many festivals.

After the master father Yan's accident, Gong Sunhong directly punished him to death.

"Threat him?"

"Yes, outright threats.

I recommended him to go out from Taixue back then, but now this old guy can turn his face and deny anyone? "

Kong Anguo didn't like seeing Gongsun Hong very much either. These orthodox Confucian scholars hated Gongsun Hong and Zhu Fuyan who became monks halfway through.

"Well, I'll go see Gongsun Hong tomorrow."

"Is there anything else in Taixue other than this matter?"

"Yes, but it's about you."

"what's up?"

"This time you went to war and won a big victory, those students in the Taixue have petitioned to go with you.

Some people have dropped out of school to join the army, you say this is not a joke. "

"It's a good thing for the students to have the ambition to serve the country. They just need to give more guidance in the future. They just saw that I have been victorious, but they can't see the pain of the big man and many other generals who have no hope of being a marquis for a lifetime."

Obtaining military exploits is indeed the fastest and most effective way to advance. Zhang Yuan can't say that these students are wrong. If he is wrong, the war is too smooth, so that these students did not see the heavy casualties.

"The lower officials will guide those students."

"Since there is nothing else, I'll go first."

"Congratulations to General Wei."

(End of this chapter)