The British Crown Prince has a noble status, so he only needs to appear once to represent him. The rest of the six rituals will be performed by the Crown Prince's wife's housekeeper.
The time Zhang Zhiji went there was the first of the six rites to accept the lottery.
Nacai is the first step in the six rites, which means that the man invites a matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage.
You should bring a gift from the man. If the woman accepts the gift, it means that she agrees.
At this time, the matchmaker will tell the woman Yang Fan's name, ancestral home, family situation and birth date.
The day before Zhang Zhiji went to accept the lottery, Yang Fan took the gift of the lottery and a visit to the British Duke's mansion to visit the British Duke Zhang Weixian and the British Prince Zhang Zhiji.
Zhang Shize greeted them at the gate. He led Yang Fan, Yang Fan's entourage and regiment soldiers carrying gifts into the front yard. Then Yang Fan and Zhang Shize went to the main hall of the palace to meet Zhang Zhiji and his wife.
Zhang Zhiji is in his forties, slightly chubby, and looks like a member of a wealthy family. He is very easy-going. Last time, he went to Yangliuqing as a member of the imperial mission to investigate a counter-case on behalf of the nobles. He is also very familiar with Yang Fan.
During that time, he had many contacts with Yang Fan, and Zhang Zhiji was still very close and polite to Yang Fan. Yang Fan knew that Zhang Zhiji intended to win over him, which also represented the attitude of the nobles. After all, many forces would appreciate a useful soldier.
Interested.
Yang Fan first bowed to see Zhang Zhiji after he was demoted. Although Zhang Zhiji had not yet ascended to the rank of nobility, he held many official positions, and any one of them would be much higher than Yang Fan's.
Yang Fan then presented a gift list for visiting the British government.
Mrs. Zhang took one look at the gift list and said it was too polite.
The great food country has ten war horses.
One hundred catties of steel ingots, one hundred ingots.
One thousand dan of white rice.
The British prince is a military minister, and as long as he is a military minister, there is no one who does not like good horses.
Yang Fan's war horses were very good. Zhang Shize wanted them if he liked them, and asked Yang Fan for them several times. The situation was tense at that time, and the number of horses he brought was small, so Yang Fan never gave them to him.
The war horses given to the British government this time were better Arabian horses than the Liaodong horses he brought with him for the 400 cavalry, which was considered as fulfilling the boy's wish.
Zhang Shize was scratching his head and ears with joy, and was glared at by Mrs. Zhang several times.
When the war horses were brought in, he saw them all. They were all tall and majestic, with a shoulder height one foot higher than the Liaodong war horses captured by Yang Fan to build slaves. They were all maroon, with not a single hair, only a white stripe from the nose to the forehead.
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She has slender limbs, noble temperament, and is very beautiful.
In this era, fine steel is a good thing that can only be found but cannot be obtained. What Yang Fan sent was a steel ingot made from a newly manufactured open-hearth furnace. It can be said to be the best steel in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the world.
In the Ming Dynasty, a pound weighed 600 grams. A steel ingot weighing a hundred pounds weighed 60 kilograms. A hundred pieces weighed six tons of fine steel. This is not an ordinary gift, it is a real gift.
Such good steel is extremely expensive and there is no place to buy it.
As for the thousand tons of white rice, it is nothing, but now there is a shortage of food, and the British government has a large population. It takes a lot of chewing grain for a person to feed horses in a day. The more grain, the better, and everyone likes to harvest it.
This thing is very practical and very affordable.
Zhang Zhiji and his wife were very happy.
This heavy gift showed Yang Fan's sincerity in getting closer to the British government. They were willing to act as matchmakers because they wanted to make friends with Yang Fan, and Yang Fan's heavy gift also expressed his recognition of the British government's friendship.
After chatting with the two big matchmakers for a while, Yang Fan handed Zhang Zhiji and his wife Nacai's gifts and gift list, as well as a written explanation of his situation.
They will take Yang Fan's gifts to receive the lottery tomorrow.
The first gift for receiving the lottery was a pair of wild geese, placed in a cage. The ones Yang Fan sent were alive. Of course, there were no live ones, and the dead ones shot down by bows and arrows could also be used.
Goose is an animal that only seeks one companion in its life, which symbolizes loyalty. In the process of migration of wild geese, the strong ones lead first, and the old and the weak follow behind. Among them, the respect between elder and younger is the Confucian etiquette that everyone most believes in. Because
The meaning of wild geese is very good, so everyone will choose to use wild geese as gifts.
In addition to a pair of wild geese, Yang Fan also prepared ten sheep, a pair of deer, a pair of mandarin ducks, ten carps with golden scales, hundreds of jars of lotus white wine and Shaoxing rice wine, a thousand tons of rice, etc.
Looking at this generous betrothal gift, Zhang Zhiji and his wife nodded repeatedly. Only matchmakers with big gifts have face, and Yang Fan did very well in all aspects. The couple went to Tushan's house to propose marriage with full confidence.
After talking about the business, Zhang Zhiji took Yang Fan to the West Garden Yangxing Zhai to meet the British Duke Zhang Weixian. This was the first time that Yang Fan met the first person in the Ming Dynasty's military.
The old man was short, very thin, and looked to be in poor health. The room was very hot, using the recently produced iron stove and briquettes from Yang Fan.
"Zunhua Guard Commander Yang Fan pays homage to the British Duke." Yang Fan saluted respectfully.
"There is no need to be too polite. I know you are friends with Shi Ze, so you can treat me as a son and a nephew. There is no need to be restrained." Zhang Weixian said warmly.
The level difference between Yang Fan and Zhang Weixian is too far. Meeting Zhang Weixian today is part of the British government's attitude towards making good friends with Yang Fan. In fact, there is not much to talk about. The status of the two parties is not equal at all. Even if there is cooperation, the most cooperation is between Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Zhiji.
If Yang Fan talks about it, it has to be a big deal, and Zhang Shize can handle the ordinary little things.
It was mainly because the British public encouraged those who were behind to make progress and said some superficial words.
After Zhang Zhiji and his wife visited Tu Shan's home, Tu Shanyong and his wife were very happy.
Yang Fan invited the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and this great matchmaker gave the Tushan family a lot of face. Especially Mrs. Tushan, this would be one of her bragging rights in the circle of ladies in the future.
When we marry a girl in our house, the big matchmaker is the son of a British prince who comes to our house to accept the offer.
She was even more happy to receive the gift from Yang Fan. Previously she wanted to talk to her grandfather and ask Yang Fan to sell her father and brother 10,000 dan of white rice, but he was scolded by the grandpa. This time, Yang Fan directly gave 1,000 dan of white rice to his family.
She was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear all day long.
After Xiao Niangpi heard about the contents of the gift list, she felt happy and distressed at the same time. She was happy that Yang Fan handled the matter in a grand manner and she had face, but she was distressed because it would be her own money from now on and she was unwilling to give it to her parents' family.
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Since the Chinese New Year has passed and the Spring Festival is just five days away, I have to rush through the second ceremony and ask my name before the festival.
The man once again entrusted a matchmaker to go to the woman's home to ask for her surname and date of birth. During this process, only the woman was asked, not the man, because the man's situation had already been reflected once when he was accepted.
There are two first names in the question, one is the name of the married woman, and the other is the surname of her parents.
By asking the woman's name and the horoscope, the man can predict the bad luck and decide whether to get married.
By asking the parents' surnames, the man can determine the woman's legitimate concubine, thus avoiding incest marriage.
The surnames Yang and Tushan are incompatible with each other, and it does not involve the issue of not marrying if they have the same surname. This step is just a formality.
After returning from the name inquiry, the third gift is Najib. This does not require the participation of the woman, Yang Fan can handle it by himself.
After the man gets the woman's name and birth date, he goes to the ancestral temple for divination. After the divination, he finds bad luck, and then informs the woman of the news.
If there is no conflict between the birth dates of both parties, the marriage is basically settled.
Yang Fan was alone and had no ancestral temple, so he had to invite Mr. Wu from Yangliuqing Town to do a divination, and the divination gave a very auspicious result.
Yang Fan sent someone to deliver the results to Tushan Mansion on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. At this time, it was time to write the first letter of engagement among the three books. The letter of engagement was the letter of engagement. The letter of engagement represented that both men and women had formally entered into a marriage contract.
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At this point, the marriage between Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi has been confirmed. The two are already a couple in name.
After the Tushan family received the letter of appointment, Xiao Niangpi ran to her father and spoiled her several times. Finally, she got the letter of appointment and looked at it happily all morning.
After the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the month, the big matchmaker will go to Tu Shan’s house twice.
The big media went for the third time to go through the fourth step of collecting the tax.
Nazheng is also called a big gift, but it is actually what everyone calls a betrothal gift now.
After reaching the fourth step of the Six Rites, it is already very formal.
At this time, the man will bring the betrothal gift and send it to the woman's home together with the matchmaker. In other words, the one thousand taels of gold promised by Yang Fan will be delivered to Tushan's house in person at this time.
At this time, Yang Fan wants to download the second book of the three books, the gift book. The gift book is a list of items in the betrothal gift. The name and quantity of the items in the betrothal gift are stated in the gift book. You can write as much as you want without being vague.
Yang Fan's gift letter must state one thousand taels of gold.
The Tushan family accepted the gift of one thousand taels of gold and could not regret it. From this moment on, the little girl was completely Yang Fan's. She lived in her parents' house and was just waiting for Yang Fan to pick her up.
The fourth time the matchmaker goes to Tushan's house is to ask for the date. This is the fifth of the six rites. The matchmaker takes a written note of the date and sends it to Tushan's house to discuss the date of the wedding with Tu Shanyong.
The date and various matters will be clearly written in the letter. For example, after the Tushan family agrees, Yang Fan will send candles, firecrackers and other items.
At this time, the Tushan family will inform their relatives and friends of Tu Shanyue's marriage through wedding invitations. The invitations will inform them of the wedding date. They will also send gift cakes to relatives and friends along with the invitations.
The invitations and gift cakes have been prepared in advance, and they are just waiting to be written on with the date before sending them out.
When the date comes, it’s the last of the six rites to welcome the bride.
Yang Fan personally led the team to pick up the bride from Tushan's house that day.
Usually two days before the wedding, the Tushan family will send Xiao Niangpi's dowry to the groom's home, which also includes Xiao Niangpi's dowry maid, personal maid Mei Xiang, and possibly other dowries to serve Tu Shan in the future.
Yue's other maids, when they arrive, are responsible for warming the bed first and making the new bed at the same time.