"The autumn wind holds hands, making each other smile. Bo sings and dances in season, and Yan is happy with joy." [Yi Lin·Fou's Damage]
When the emperor came to the Chengming Hall, Zhao Wen, Cao Cao and other ministers were waiting for him. The main discussion today was the marriage issue: "According to your Majesty's decree, I have planned to designate Princess Dongxiang of Zhao State as Princess Xiangguo.
The uniforms and etiquette are all the same as those of an imperial daughter. On auspicious days, Bu Dugen will send congratulatory envoys..."
"Xiangguo is a county of Zhaoguo? This is a good title." The emperor interrupted, he rolled up his sleeves and sat down. Cao Cao secretly noticed that the emperor seemed to be missing a piece of jade he often played with recently, and quickly looked away, quietly
Listen: "Mi Fang's state minister also did a good job. King Zhao has only been on the throne for a few years. He was trembling when he first presented the congratulations. Now he is even more aware of current affairs."
"Your Majesty has harmonized the clan. The kings have received great favor from the country, so they naturally repay the favor wholeheartedly." Cao Cao lowered his head and continued what he just said: "Bu Dugen has sent an envoy with thousands of good horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and numerous carts of treasures.
Jin Shang, the prefect of Yanmen, has temporarily accepted the appointment and is waiting for the imperial edict."
"Where is King Zhao? He won't be stingy when marrying his daughter, right?" The emperor thought thoughtfully.
Cao Cao immediately said: "The King of Zhao is willing to provide brocade, treasures, slaves, etc. as a dowry, and Shangshu is willing to bear all the expenses for this matter."
"How much money can the Kingdom of Zhao have?" The emperor chuckled. King Zhao was either stingy and hoarding wealth, or he was really impoverished. It would be unreasonable to give out such a small thing now: "Let King Zhao produce more brocades, silk threads, and rare curios."
The rest of the carriage, clothing, etc. will be raised by the young master, so there is no need for servants to accompany them. The young master and the embroiderer can choose a group of smart waiters to follow them."
Zhao Wen reacted: "What does your Majesty mean?"
"Since she is a princess, she should have the princess's household orders, servants, chiefs of private affairs, and officials." Cao Cao immediately said, and took the initiative to cater to the emperor's wishes: "If it is inconvenient for the princess to be given food, she should let her husband's family allocate another one."
As long as they eat the town to support her, her subordinate officials should also follow the princess, assist in managing her husband's family, serve the princess, and obey the orders of the court."
Zhao Wen said "Ah" and woke up. Yang Biao frowned, seeming to be thinking about the feasibility of this strategy, while Xun Yu didn't say a word, as if he had expected it.
The emperor nodded. He had this idea. In the past, not only did the marriage give away a princess for free, but sometimes a large number of craftsmen were also married off, spreading the advanced technology of the Han people, strengthening the enemy, and doing nothing to himself in addition to a false reputation.
what is the benefit?
Nowadays, the tradition of marriage remains unchanged, and the emperor does not intend to imitate the Ming Dynasty's paranoia of "not marrying". He wants to completely utilitarianize and politicize this policy. Through marriage, he will place spies around the princess to monitor every move of the enemy country, and through
The princess' family order and other subordinate officials parachuted a group of bureaucrats to intervene in internal affairs. If there was any resistance from the other party, it would give the court a reason to intervene forcefully.
This time agreeing to Bu Dugen's marriage is the first step of experiment. In the future, the emperor will also implement the new marriage policy to the larger surrounding vassal states, and gradually penetrate it in this relatively mild way. The emperor's own daughter is still young.
, but since the kings surnamed Liu are willing to contribute, and the emperor retains their titles, they should have the consciousness to repay the favor, not to mention, this is also a trade that is not a loss.
After explaining the emperor's idea to the ministers, everyone was impressed. Although it was a bit domineering, it was very consistent with Cao Cao's character. He immediately agreed: "Your Majesty Ruijian, since they want to seek peace and marriage in order to rely on the power of the imperial court,
It is reasonable to hire enough people to welcome him at the moment, whether it is a city or a place, or cattle and horses, etc., so that the messenger will not come with empty words and leave with a full load. The policy of peace and marriage has been decided now, and will be implemented by all parties and countries in the future.
All of them can submit themselves without fighting and become the concubines of Han officials."
"It is up to Xun Ling to appoint anyone to serve as the household minister of Princess Xiangguo. In addition, Princess Xiangguo must first go to Chang'an to learn etiquette and live with the eldest princess. After the marriage, she will be both a Han Dynasty princess and a wife of another country. She should be
Understand what you should do." After the emperor arranged everything, he also wanted to set an example for King Zhao: "King Zhao took care of the country's worries and was willing to offer the princess for marriage. He gave the palace servants a hundred slaves and 100,000 pieces of cloth, and sent envoys to various vassal states to announce
To achieve his purpose.”
King Zhao made a good start. Princes from Donghai, Xiapi and other places went to Shu one after another to ask the emperor to choose a marriage partner for them. However, as the envoys from Wusun and other countries had not yet arrived, the court could not be too eager for the time being, so they all temporarily refused.
Come down.
It was June 25, the fourteenth year of Jian'an.
On the day of the Great Summer, as promised, the emperor took the Queen Fushou, the noble Zhen Mi and other concubines, as well as the prince and other princes and princesses on a trip to Linyuan. They fished by the Kunming Pool, rode the wind, tasted wine and fruits, and watched the sergeants rowing speedboats on the pool.
They lined up in military formation and listened to the singers and musicians singing in the wind on the pleasure boat. The music was swaying, and everyone was having fun and having fun, sweeping away the summer heat and feeling very happy.
The princess of Xiangguo who was about to get married was also among them. In order to give the princess who was about to marry far away enough respect and to dispel her low mood, the emperor gave her many special treatments. Such gatherings of the royal family's direct relatives, Yanyou, Xiang
The princess not only participated, but intentionally or unintentionally became the focus of everyone's attention, so as not to be left out in the cold.
The emperor met the princess of Xiangguo, who was of average talent and appearance, and expressed some kind words of condolences, and then left a message: "Don't be restrained, let's go and enjoy the cool air." Then he took the queen and other concubines to the pavilion next to her.
The princesses watched with relish the palace people pretending to be common people, throwing nets in the pool and picking lotus flowers. From time to time, people were asked to pick lotus leaves and lotus flowers. The song "Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River" was flying in the wind. The princes
Then they gathered around the prince and watched the sergeants racing on the other side.
Shanglinyuan ordered melons from Fuli Palace to be prepared early. This is a melon seed called "Qionglong" presented by Dunhuang County many years ago. It has a thin skin and sweet taste, and is very popular among the princes and princesses.
Prince Liu? first tasted a piece of melon, nodded in praise, and said to his brother, King Chen Liu Xi, "Brother, this melon is delicious." Then he called to the other brothers: "You all have a try too."
The youngest among the princes who came this time, Liu Chang, the seventh son of the beautiful Du Luofu, was only five years old, and the eldest, Prince Chen Liu Xi, was only nine years old. They were both innocent children. Although Liu Xi knew his own destiny at this time,
His status is unique among brothers, but he has not yet developed the majesty of a prince. He enjoys himself with his brothers, talking and laughing, eating melons and watching water plays.
Halfway through the meal, Liu Sheng, the third son of the emperor, suddenly thought of his masters: "I don't know how many melons there are left. I can give them to Song Gong and Yi Gong to eat."
After hearing this, Liu Jing, the fourth son of the noble Wu Ran, and Liu Yun, the fifth prince of the Meiren Qiao family, all agreed. Dr. Song Zhong, Yi Ji is the common master of the princes: "This is exactly the reason."
Liu Xi also put down his fork for eating melon, and said belatedly: "Mr. Cheng and Yan Zhishu also deserve it. Why don't we ask our father for instructions?"
Liu Xin, the sixth son of the noble Zou family, has a lively temperament. Relying on his good relationship with the prince, he actually made a joke about Liu Xi: "I heard that Yan Zhishu, the emperor's brother, originally grew melons at Zuo Fengyi.
"Sure, there must be no shortage of melons, right? Perhaps the emperor has already eaten a lot of them."
After Liu Xi heard this, he immediately laughed, and others began to make fun of his eldest brother who was not good at words. Liu Xi was silent. He wanted to say that Yan Qian was a gentle and polite sage, but he didn't know how to relate him to the matter of growing melons. Get rid of bad relationships.
"What's wrong with growing melons? The wise man Shaoping grew melons to support himself, and no one looked down on him." Liu Sheng came to the rescue. He was young, but he spoke loudly.
Liu Yun, Liu Chang and others did not dare to laugh anymore, but Liu Xin curled her lips at the emperor's brother Liu Sheng nonchalantly.
"The third brother is right. You really shouldn't make fun of this matter." Liu Xiu also remembered that he wanted Brother Dunyou, so he changed his words a few times, which finally stopped the joke. He waved his hand and ordered someone to call Shanglinyuan. Sun Hui ordered Sun Hui to do the next best thing since the emperor was waiting for him, and called Yuan Cheng Geng Ji: "This melon is very sweet. If there is any left, you might as well give it to me and give it to Duke Xun and Duke Jia when you get back."
Liu? At this time, he also thought of the master who took care of him. He said thoughtfully: "If you have any questions, I can ask my father for help first."
Liu Xin on the side interjected: "Send me a few melons, don't you need to ask for orders?" He thought that the prince could handle this small matter alone, and there was no need to trouble the emperor.
But this matter should be made known to the emperor, but in a different way, Geng Ji thought in his heart, and bowed his head in response: "The prince is kind and virtuous, and the ministers are considerate, the people of the world will be happy." He hinted: "Your Majesty. If you know it, you will also be happy."
"You're right." Liu Congshanruliu said, stroking his hands, "I'll just do what you said. What's your last name?"
Geng Ji felt awe-inspiring and bowed down: "My surname is Geng, and I am from Fufeng."
"Ah, it turns out it's the Geng family of Fufeng." Liu? has recently started reading history. At this time, he looked at the handsome Geng Ji, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.