The Shen family is not a top family in Jiangdu. Before Shen Yizhong became a Jinshi, even uncle Shen Hui's lineage was at best a lower-middle-class family, while Shen Zhang's lineage could only be said to be a noble family.
After all, Shen Zhang himself is no longer a scholar.
But now, the Shen family mansion is very lively.
Because the Shen family gave birth to Shen Yi, this was the first Hanlin scholar of the Shen family in Jiangdu for more than 100 years, and he was also the first second-class Jinshi.
Counting forward in the Shen family, Shen Yi's great-grandfather was the highest-ranking official, becoming a member of the Sixth Division. Even Shen Yi's great-grandfather was only a third-class scholar, and barely reached the second-class, let alone the second-class scholar. Entered the Hanlin Academy.
And now, Shen Yi not only won the Jinshi, but also entered the Hanlin Academy.
This is naturally a supreme honor for the Shen family.
And it's not just glory.
As a member of the Imperial Academy, as long as Shen Yi does not commit suicide, his achievements in the future will definitely exceed that of his great-grandfather. As long as he rises step by step, even if he cannot become prime minister, it should not be difficult to become a minister or a third-rank official.
After all, Shen Yi is still very young.
In other words, the Shen family will definitely become a family of officials in the future. Even if most people cannot directly benefit from Shen Yi, at least if there is a member of the family who is a high official, they will not have to fear being bullied by officials in Jiangdu.
So this time Shen Yi got married, there was a lot of noise.
Almost all the members of the Shen family in Jiangdu Mansion came and gathered at the Shen family mansion to help arrange the wedding.
As the groom's official, Shen Yi had his hair combed by several maids early in the morning and put on a bright red wedding dress.
This is the advantage of having more people. Shen Yi, the groom, doesn't have to worry about himself at all. He is just like a puppet, just at the mercy of others.
After struggling for about an hour, Shen Yi changed his clothes, then mounted his horse and set off to pick up the bride.
In the procession to receive the bride, the third brother Shen Ling and the younger brother Shen Heng accompanied them. Shen Yi was riding on the horse, looking at the vast procession of receiving the bride thoughtfully.
After a while, Shen Yi looked at Shen Ling who was following him and asked, "Third brother, how many people from our Shen family came today."
Shen Ling was smiling all over his face at the moment. He was stunned when he heard this. Then he thought about it and said, "Today is a happy day for our Shen family. Everyone who can come is here. Our family has settled in Jiangdu since the time of Liezu. When my great-grandfather became prosperous, there were only two to three hundred people in Jiangdu. Today, I estimate that there are only two hundred people here to help."
Having said this, he smiled and asked, "Why did Ziheng suddenly ask this?"
Shen Yi, who was riding a tall horse, smiled and said nothing more, just responded.
"Nothing, just asking casually."
Shen Yi didn't think the Shen family was very big at first. In his opinion, even including a few uncles' family members and the Shen family's wives, there were no more than twenty people in total.
But now... after he, Shen, suddenly rose to prominence, he discovered that the Shen family was actually very big, with many people.
The appearance of him, the Hanlin Duke, caused the Shen family to seem to have transformed from a scattered family into a big family.
There are advantages and disadvantages to such a large family.
For example, if Shen Yi wants to support someone to do something, most people from the Shen family will try their best to help him, but at the same time, when he enjoys his rights, he will inevitably have to bear corresponding responsibilities.
It's okay for him to be a small official now. If he becomes a big official in the future, people in his family will inevitably pick on him, just like the Fan family.
Shen Yi was distracted for a while, then came back to his senses, looked at Shen Ling aside, and suddenly smiled: "Third brother, are you still going to Jiankang with me after the Chinese New Year?"?
Shen Ling stretched out his hand and scratched his head: "Qi Lang, if you want to go for my brother, I will go with you for my brother's sake."
"Um."
Shen Yi looked forward and said with a smile: "The third brother will probably stay with me in Jiankang for a few years. When the uncle gets older in the future, I will come back..."
To avoid this kind of thing happening, the family needs a head of the family who is of the same mind as Shen Yi, so that the Shen family will not do evil in Jiangdu, will not go around the countryside behind Shen Yi's back, and will not drag Shen Yi down before Shen Yi has fully grown up. Into the abyss.
Ganquan Academy is not very far from Jiangdu, so when the two brothers were talking, Ganquan Academy was already in front of them.
Originally, Master Lu's daughter should not marry from Ganquan Academy when she gets married, but Master Lu did not own any real estate in Jiangdu, and he was extremely prestigious in the academy. All the teachers and students in the academy agreed that he would marry his daughter from the academy, so Junior Sister Lu I left the academy today.
Because it is a polite place like the academy, and Shen Yi Hanlin's identity is placed here, no one dares to embarrass him. Shen Yishun entered the academy smoothly, followed the steps required by the officiant, and kowtowed to Mrs. Lu who looked complicated. He bowed his head and called himself father-in-law.
Master Lu stretched out his hand to help Shen Yi up and said a few words.
Then he let out a long sigh: "Qingque is in the embroidery building. Just welcome her down."
Shen Yi kowtowed once more, then went up to the embroidery building smoothly and knocked on the door of the embroidery building.
"Junior sister, I'm here to take you home."
Shen Yi's tone was gentle.
The door of the embroidered building slowly opened, and Lian'er, who was also wearing new clothes, walked out with a smile and extended her hand to Shen Yi to please the money.
"Uncle, I won't let you pick up the lady without wedding money!"
She was already very familiar with Shen Yi and knew Shen Yi's temper, so she dared to joke with Shen Yi.
Shen Yi took out four or five red envelopes from his arms and handed them to Lian'er's hand. Inside were some scattered pieces of silver pressed into cakes.
"I prepared a lot early in the morning, but no one stopped me when I arrived at the academy. I'll give it all to you, give it all to you."
After taking the wedding money, Lian'er opened the door with a smile on her face. After all, she was getting married in a gentle family, so she couldn't make too much noise.
After Shen Yi entered, he extended his hand to Junior Sister Lu and said with a smile: "Junior Sister, my father-in-law is still waiting for you below to salute."
"Um…"
Junior Sister Lu, who was covered with a hijab, had a blushing face. She followed Shen Yi downstairs, walked up to Mr. Lu, and bowed down.
Lu Anshi gave four sentences of admonishment. After each sentence, Miss Lu bowed down and kowtowed once. After finishing the four sentences, both father and daughter were already in tears.
Finally, under the auspices of the officiant, all the etiquette was completed, and Miss Lu got into the eight-carriage sedan with the help of the maid.
After getting on the sedan chair, Shen Yi turned around and kowtowed to Master Lu, then turned around and mounted his horse.
According to the rules, he should go home first before the bride, and then greet the bride at home.
The speed of riding a horse must be faster than that of a sedan chair. It didn't take long for Shen Yi to return to the Shen family mansion. Then he waited at the door for the sedan chair to get off, and then stepped forward to carry the bride into the new house.
After entering the new house, Shen Yi will go out to greet guests.
As for the wedding, that is in the evening...
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On this day, there was an endless stream of guests from the Shen family.
Regardless of whether they were related or not, everyone came to the Shen family mansion to congratulate him, including Shen Yi's classmates in the academy, Chen Changming, a newly promoted scholar, and Sun Li, a Jinshi scholar from Jiangdu whom he met in Jiankang.
However, another Jinshi from the same hometown did not come because he was still in Jiankang and never came back. He only sent a letter and congratulated him from afar.
In addition to these friends of Shen Yi, almost all the squires from Jiangdu also gathered at Shen's house to congratulate Shen Yi.
The more important ones are Zhang Jian, the magistrate of Jiangdu, and Zheng Yuan, the newly appointed magistrate of Jiangdu.
These two people are serious officials of Jiangdu and the unequivocal masters of Jiangdu’s territory.
Among them, Zhang Jian's status may be higher than that of Zheng Yuan. Firstly, it is because Zhang County Zun's wisdom from the blue sky has spread throughout Jiankang these days. Secondly, he is the direct grandson of the former prime minister, so his status is naturally the same as that of ordinary county magistrates. Not quite the same.
The bosses of the two levels of the county government came, and many officials from the government offices also came. Shen Yi greeted the guests at the door and thanked these officials one by one.
Finally, we met Zhang Jian.
This once dashing and elegant county magistrate now looked tired and even had a look on his face. It was obvious that he had been really tired from the past few days.
Shen Yi saluted Zhang Jian and said, "Senior brother, thank you for your hard work."
Zhang Jian waved his hand and said with a helpless smile: "It's not hard, it's not hard. After this period, it will be fine."
He patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and said helplessly: "I can't stay long. I probably have to leave after a meal. There are too many things in the yamen. If I am not present, the people below will not dare to do it, and they may do it randomly. ."
After all, the matter involves the Fan family, so it is normal for many people in the county government to be afraid to do things.
Shen Yi nodded silently and sighed: "It's hard for senior brother. When senior brother returns to Jiankang next year, I will treat him to ten drinks!"
"Haha... I will remember your words, brother!"
Zhang Jian grinned, then moved closer to Shen Yi, and whispered in a tired tone: "About the Fan family's memorial, the county government and the county government have reported it to the court..."
The process and etiquette of a wedding are so complicated that I looked it up for a long time. If I were to write it down step by step, it would probably take several chapters, so I tried to simplify it as much as possible!