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The customary cost of the wedding of the emperor (prince) of the Ming Dynasty was three to four hundred thousand taels of silver.

For example, when Zhu Houzhao got married, the budget given by the Ministry of Household Affairs was 30 taels.As a result, during the actual operation, the budget was steadily increasing, and more than 50 taels of silver were needed, plus more than 8000 taels of gold.This must have been cheated by the eunuch, who took the opportunity to fill his own pocket, but the Ministry of Household Affairs resolutely refused to give the money, so the supervisor of ceremonies and the cabinet went back and forth.

In the end, the two parties compromised, and the wedding was settled with 40 taels of silver. Who would make Zhu Houzhao a father who can spend money.

For the royal wedding in the new dynasty of Datong, the royal finances were withdrawn directly from the bank, and there was no need to discuss with the court how to use the money.So the civil servants didn't care anymore, they wished that the wedding would be grander, so as to show the majesty and bearing of the imperial court even more.

Zhao Han's big wedding budget was only 15 taels of silver.

Giving gifts to the natal families of the four crowned concubines cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is rather shabby and stingy.

Like the big wedding of the emperor in the Qing Dynasty, that is really a big deal.Not counting the betrothal gift, the gift to the queen’s (prince’s) natal family included 300 taels of gold, 5000 taels of silver, numerous gold and silver artifacts, silk and satin, and dozens of horses with supporting saddles and other items. , as well as court clothes, mink fur, pearls and so on.There is also a banquet at the natal family, the unit is "hundred tables", and the unit of sheep and wine is also "hundred".

Zhao Han was very unbalanced. When he married Fei Rulan, he didn't give a tael of silver; when he married Pan Qimei, he only gave him food, firewood, livestock and other ordinary things.Now that my son is getting married, he has to spend so much gift money.

After two or three months of preparations, the wedding finally took place.

The whole city is decorated with lanterns and festoons, some of which are paid by the royal family. Lanterns and silks are hung at the door of the people's homes, and they will be given to the corresponding people afterwards.Some shops are arranged spontaneously, making it more festive, and doing business while the prince is getting married.

The three side concubines can only enter through the side door.

Sitting on a phoenix chariot, the concubine went straight to Chengtian Gate and Yingmin Gate, where all civil and military officials greeted her.

After the welcoming team left, all the officials also dispersed. They had a day off and all had dinner, and the crown prince treated them to guests.

Prince Zhao Kuanghuan stood on the east steps of the East Palace, his face was not very happy, and he was still getting into trouble because of the concubine's affairs.

Walking to the west steps of the East Palace, the princess got off the phoenix chariot.

Although Zhao Kuanghuan was upset, he still had to do what he had to do. He bowed to the princess and welcomed her into his East Palace.

As for the three side concubines, they were all carried to the side courtyard, and they will definitely not see the prince today.

The bridal chamber is full of festivities, and the couple sits stiffly.

Jiang Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, feeling more and more anxious.She could feel that the prince was very indifferent to her, which was like pouring cold water on her.

"It's getting late, let's rest." The prince actually fell asleep without taking off his coat.

Jiang Yuan had no choice but to remove Feng Guanxia by himself, and curled up beside the prince.Just as she was about to see the prince's face clearly, the prince had turned over and turned his back to her.

Jiang Yuan had nothing to say: "What does the prince like?"

Zhao Kuanghuan didn't speak.

Jiang Yuan said again: "I can also compose poetry."

Zhao Kuanghuan was silent.

Jiang Yuan continued: "I have also read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", but I haven't finished it."

Zhao Kuanghuan was silent.

"I..." Jiang Yuan thought carefully, hoping to find out the prince's interest.

Zhao Kuanghuan seemed a little impatient, and said: "You can also pigtail, I have heard."

Jiang Yuan was quite aggrieved: "If the crown prince doesn't like it, I won't piggyback from now on. What's more, there are no piglets to piggyback in the Forbidden City."

The crown prince sometimes behaves very calmly, but he is still a young man after all, and his mind is currently extremely immature.

Zhao Kuanghuan didn't speak again.

Jiang Yuan tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and felt a little hungry, so he simply got up to eat.

In the past, there were female officials who presided over the bridal chamber ceremony, tied hair, drank wine and so on.

The wine was still there, and the food was not taken away, it was specially for the newcomers to fill their stomachs.

Jiang Yuan held back his stomach and ate the mutton and drank the wine.He also deliberately made noises, one is to vent his anger, and the other is to attract the prince's attention.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuanghuan could no longer remain silent, because he was too hungry.

Jiang Yuan almost drank the wine in the gourd, his face was flushed, and Xia Fei's cheeks became more and more beautiful under the reflection of the candles.

Zhao Kuanghuan got up abruptly, sat opposite Jiang Yuan, picked up chopsticks and ate meat.

"Husband, please drink." Jiang Yuan picked up the jug and filled a glass of warm wine with a smile.

Zhao Kuanghuan gulped it down in a fit of anger, and continued to bury his head in eating meat, without looking at the princess.

Jiang Yuan said: "Husband has a sweetheart, right? She graduated from college, and I graduated from middle school. It is reasonable that Husband looks down on me."

Zhao Kuanghuan couldn't help retorting: "It's not about academic qualifications."

"I know, childhood sweetheart." Jiang Yuan said.

"It's good that you know." Zhao Kuanghuan was finally induced to speak.

Jiang Yuan continued: "I never thought about being a concubine, it's all arranged by His Majesty. Whichever husband you like, you can go to her room tomorrow. You and I have already tied hair just now, this can't be changed, why bother to play anymore Childish? As a king in the future, there will be more things that don’t go your way, so why are you still sulking with ministers?”

Zhao Kuanghuan finally raised his head and looked at his concubine: "You are a peasant girl, how do you know this?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said: "My husband, have you forgotten that I also graduated from middle school, and I have also read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". I have also read "Da Tong Ji" by heart. I am a farmer. As a peasant girl, I am not lowly, please don’t look down upon me, my husband.”

These words changed Zhao Kuanghuan's impression of her a lot, and he actually asked about people's livelihood: "How are the peasants living in the countryside in Shandong?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, the peasants live very well. Every household has property, and there are even barren fields that no one has reclaimed. As long as you work hard, you can not only fill your stomach, but also save surplus grain every year. Farmers in the countryside, except Those big families who moved from the south, which one doesn't want to benefit from His Majesty?"

Zhao Kuanghuan immediately heard the question: "Do the big families who moved from the south hate the court?"

Jiang Yuan said: "They were given away their land in the south, and their families were forcibly split up by the court, and they migrated all the way to Shandong. How could they have no resentment?"

"A generation without kings and fathers!" Zhao Kuanghuan had already counted them.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said: "Last year when the government arrested people, our county arrested three of them for writing articles criticizing Tian Zheng."

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "Nanjing has arrested thousands of them."

"In my opinion, it's really well caught," Jiang Yuan said, "If your Majesty hadn't raised his troops, the world would have been plagued by thieves or Tartars. There are tens of thousands of mu of fertile land in a famous family, and how many can do it?" Can we keep it? Those big families in Shandong were severely harmed by Zuo Liangyu and the Tartars. Many big families fled south with their families, and many of them died of the plague. Zuo Liangyu was entrenched in Shandong, and the plague was getting worse The more it spread, the Datong Army recovered Shandong, and the plague was brought under control within a year or two."

Zhao Kuanghuan likes to hear these words: "Father is an immortal king, so even if there are thousands of disasters, he can also solve them easily."

Jiang Yuan raised his glass and said, "My husband will definitely be a wise king in the future."

Zhao Kuanghuan actually clinked glasses with the Crown Princess, and after drinking, he said: "My qualifications are limited, and I am definitely not as good as my father, but I must be tens of thousands of times better than Chongzhen."

Jiang Yuan said: "I believe my husband can do it."

Zhao Kuanghuan suddenly realized that he was tricked by the princess.He planned to show his face all night, so he chatted with the princess in a daze, and even clinked glasses for a drink just now.

Thinking about this, Zhao Kuanghuan was angry and funny, and at the same time secretly alerted himself that he should not be easily led by the nose in the future.

Because of this, Zhao Kuanghuan looked squarely at the princess and finally observed her appearance seriously.Just talking about looks, he doesn't lose to his sweetheart, and he doesn't have the petty air of a farmer, but more like a lady from a big family.

Well, more free and easy than everyone's ladies, after all, they dare to copy knives and pigs.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuanghuan subconsciously clamped his legs.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kuanghuan said: "My mother likes poetry, and often weaves by hand."

Jiang Yuan understood, and said happily, "I will learn how to spin and weave."

Zhao Kuanghuan asked again: "Why are you piggy?"

Jiang Yuan picked up the chopsticks and gestured: "Press there, the piggy's balls will bulge into a bag, look at it with a small knife, and then squeeze it a little bit, the piggy's balls will come out, and then swing the knife to squeeze the balls." cut off!"

"Hahahaha!"

Zhao Kuanghuan thought of the scene of the beautiful girl piggy, and was finally amused to laugh out loud.

Zhao Kuanghuan asked again: "Do you still know how to raise pigs?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Pigs are very smart, not as stupid as everyone says. My pigs often eat distiller's grains, get drunk just like humans, and even blush when drunk. Black pigs can't tell when they blush, but flowery pigs can. Come out."

Zhao Kuanghuan continued: "I heard that cotton is grown in many places in Shandong."

Jiang Yuan said: "There are relatively few cotton growers over there, but there are also..."

A new couple chatted while eating, and rolled onto the bed while chatting.

Chapter 860 [Narai King Restoration]

The bridal chamber stopped the red candle last night, and waited until the dawn of the hall to worship uncle and aunt.Put on makeup and asked her husband in a low voice.

On the morning of the second day of the wedding, the groom takes the bride to visit his parents as a ritual.

The royal family is no exception.

Zhao Han specially stayed at the empress's dorm room, waiting for the prince and princess to come to say hello.

The four of them had breakfast together, and after a casual conversation, Zhao Han got up to deal with government affairs, leaving Fei Rulan to continue chatting with his son and daughter-in-law.

As soon as he sat down, Zhao Han ordered: "Call Na Lai."

The Prince Narai of Siam took a two-year crash course at the Nanjing Military Academy, and now serves as a guard of the imperial city.

Nalai received the order and rushed to see him.

Zhao Han asked the female officer to hand over a letter of credence: "Your father is seriously ill and is under house arrest by your brother. Your uncle sent troops to rescue him and killed your brother. Your father also died in the rebellion. Now, your uncle is regent in Siam, Ask me to canonize him as King of Siam."

Prince Nalai didn't even read the letter of credence, so he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Rong Bing, your elder brother is weak, and it is absolutely impossible to imprison his father and usurp the throne. Please borrow five hundred soldiers from your majesty, and Rong Chen will return to the country to punish the real regicide." people!"

"Okay, I will canonize you as the King of Siam, and you can go to Guangnan Province to borrow troops with the documents." Zhao Han actually agreed without hesitation.

Is it because Prince Narai has always been loyal?

There is this reason.

But more importantly, Zhao Han could tell that this guy named Na Lai had hidden ambition in his eyes.At the same time, he is extremely rational and able to see the general trend clearly.

After Prince Nalai left the palace, he couldn't hold back his joy at last, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

As a prince, he came to Nanjing as a bodyguard. Isn't this the day he's been waiting for?

The old king of Siam, don't look like a wimp, he was a powerful minister usurping the throne when he was young.The entire process of usurping the throne can be regarded as a classic case of a minister taking the position——

First unite the forces of all parties to prevent the vice king of Siam from succeeding to the throne, support the young prince to ascend the throne, and take the opportunity to become the regent himself.

The deputy king was so frightened that he became a monk at home, and this guy lured Yamada Nagamasa (a Japanese general) and sent Yamada Nagamasa to encourage the deputy king to seize the throne.Deputy Wang Huanhuan happily returned to Beijing and was immediately arrested.He was arrested and not killed, but deliberately exiled, so that the deputy king would flee and raise troops to separate the regime.

At this time, send Yamada Nagamasa to counter the rebellion.

When Yamada Nagamasa, who had a large army in hand, left, he took the opportunity to control the court and the capital's army, and even seduced the young king to indulge in his lust.

After suppressing the rebellion, Yamada Nagamasa tried to return to Beijing, but was sent to Japan as an envoy on his way halfway.

This guy took the opportunity to murder the king, intending to usurp the throne and stand on his own.

When Yamada Nagamasa got the news, he brought his troops back quickly, scaring him so much that he changed the prince to be the king.He also provoked a local rebellion and ordered Yamada Nagamasa to quell the rebellion in the name of the king.

Yamada Nagamasa had no choice but to lead his troops to leave. This guy finally succeeded in usurping the throne, that is, Prince Narai's father, King Passetton.

Yamada Nagamasa was so powerful that he actually put down Liukun's rebellion.

King Basaitong decided to appease him, and conferred the title of Yamada Nagamasa as the prefect of Liukun, which is actually similar to the Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty.He also secretly contacted the younger brother of the former Liukun prefect, who avenged his brother and poisoned Yamada Nagamasa to death.

As soon as Yamada Nagamasa died, King Passaiton immediately expelled the Japanese and took full control of the power of Siam.

With such an old man, is Prince Lai really a good person?

Even his elder brother is not a good person.On the surface, he is weak and weak, but secretly makes friends with powerful people, and has been suppressing his younger brother Na Lai.

The relationship between Na Lai and his elder brother is similar to Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.

And the father of the two, for various reasons, sometimes reuses Na Lai, and sometimes suppresses Na Lai.

Historically, when King Bassetoon died of illness, his eldest son succeeded him automatically.Prince Nalai instigated his uncle to rebel and killed his brother to usurp the throne.In the name of avenging his brother, he killed his uncle and became king himself.

Moreover, Prince Narai came to power and colluded with the Dutch.When he becomes king, he immediately turns against the Dutch.First, it united with the British to fight against the Netherlands, and then joined the French to fight against the British, and then used the Chinese forces to suppress the French forces.Uncle, Dutch, British, French, Chinese...all are his tools.During this period, he was defeated steadily by the Netherlands, and was forced to sign an unequal treaty, handing over the interests of Chinese businessmen to the Netherlands.But when the Netherlands withdraws its troops, it refuses to fulfill the treaty and supports Chinese businessmen to frantically crowd out the Netherlands.

In this time and space, Prince Narai took the initiative to leave Siam for two purposes.

One is to make friends with China and lick the Chinese emperor.

The second is that after he went abroad, the power struggle in Siam changed from a fight between him and his brother to a fight between his brother and his uncle.

"I'm going back to Siam, sir, it's a great plan!" Prince Narai said to the two advisers.

Yang Dongkui hung a long sword at his waist, waving a folding fan and said with a smile: "It's not my plan, it's just to imitate the old wisdom of the ancients. Chong'er went into exile, traveled around the world, and eventually became the hegemony!"

The Greek Constance Valkang said: "Yang, you are too modest, and this is your credit."

The three traveled all the way to Quang Nam Province on a naval ship, and borrowed 500 Datong troops to go to Nonthaburi City.

Regardless of whether it is a naval warship or the [-] Datong Army, all military expenses are paid by Siam, and Prince Narai will give the money after he succeeds to the throne.