The day of Zhong Jinwei's wedding finally arrived. Two families on the same street were decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and they were full of joy.
Neither of the two families is aristocratic, and the Yan family is only a small one. They just moved to the capital from Tongzhou. Not only do they not have any relatives, they don't even know who their neighbors are.
As for Zhong Jinwei, it was even more thorough. Zhong Jinwei was alone and came from overseas. In terms of relatives and family, they were not even as good as the Yan family. His only four nephews still did it.
Therefore, according to Zhong Jinwei and the Yan family, this wedding does not need to be so grand, which is a waste of money. And if it is really grand, there will not be so much money.
The Yan family was from an ordinary family and had no savings. The money for the dowry was sent by Zhong Jinwei.
As for Zhong Jinwei, he was focused on state affairs and did not think about making money for himself. Therefore, apart from his salary, the only source of money was the shop given by Emperor Chongzhen. But because the shop had not been open for long, it did not
Not a lot of income.
Moreover, Zhong Jinwei plans to invest in the ordinary bank that will be established after splitting off the ordinary financial business of Daming Royal Bank. The more shares, the better, and the profit will be guaranteed, which will be a blessing to future generations.
He also secretly told the Yan family about this, and both families were trying to save money.
The most critical reason actually has something to do with Zhong Jinwei's low-key character, otherwise there would be many incompetent people doing it to make him look fat.
I remember when Zhong Jinwei first came to the Ming Dynasty, he still thought that he could just give advice to Emperor Chongzhen behind the scenes. But now he finally came to the front desk, and even did many things shirtless in person.
It can be seen that things will not always go as expected, so what about Zhong Jinwei's marriage?
In the afternoon of this day, the wedding team was not big. They were all made up of family members from the Marquis Mansion who performed their own duties. It was like a devil entering a village without making any noise and only wanted the flower girls to work.
Even so, both families are very happy, and sincerely wish Zhong Jinwei and Yan Yingfang a happy marriage. If there were many relatives in the two families, there might be people who would complain about this inappropriate wedding.
But what Zhong Jinwei didn't expect was that as soon as he welcomed Archie in, before the auspicious time came to pay him a visit, someone came to congratulate him.
Zhong Jinwei had no choice but to wear a bright red groom's suit and go to the house to greet him. Today is a happy day. Regardless of status, all guests will be welcomed in person.
"My subordinates congratulate the Marquis on his wedding. I came to express my happiness even though I didn't get an invitation. I hope the Marquis won't be offended." Yu Haijing, a member of the Jinyiwei family, congratulated Zhong Jinwei with a beaming face.
He has been staying in the capital since he escorted eight major Shanxi merchants to the capital. What he is today is all thanks to Zhong Jinwei. Therefore, he has been thinking about the marriage of Marquis Zhongxing. Although he did not get an invitation, he still came to congratulate him.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Yu Haijing who had changed his ways with a smile on his face and said: "Where, where, I didn't send a single invitation. It doesn't mean that I forgot about my brother. Come, come, come, please come in."
"Master Marquis, this is your fault. How can you not send out an invitation for a major event in your life! A small gift is not respectful." Yu Haijing said with a smile and gave the gift list to Lao Peng, the concierge next to Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei smiled after hearing this. Fortunately, he had prepared a few more banquet tables. He was not afraid of a few more unexpected guests.
He was just about to welcome Yu Haijing into the house when a loud female voice came from outside the door: "Marquis Zhongxing, why didn't you notify us of the wedding? Are you looking down on our background as chieftains?"
Zhong Jinwei looked back and saw that it was Qin Liangyu and her son and daughter-in-law, riding in.
He ordered the four nephews who were following him, and asked one of them to welcome Yu Haijing in first. He then welcomed Yu Haijing back to the door of the house, smiled and looked at the people who got off their horses and said: "Haha, Chief Qin is just kidding.
, Ruizheng and I are more like brothers than brothers, so how could we look down on him! It’s just that I’m low-key by nature, so I didn’t send an invitation.”
"Why keep a low profile on this big day? First, congratulations to Mr. Hou on your wedding." Qin Liangyu, his son and daughter-in-law, cupped their fists and congratulated.
"Please, please, please." Zhong Jinwei welcomed Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi into the door with a smile on his face.
But before he could arrange a seat, he announced that there were guests at the door. He had to apologize to Qin Liangyu and others, and then he came out again.
Zhong Jinwei was not very familiar with the visitor. Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, came to congratulate him in person. He greeted Zhong Jinwei with a smile on his face, as if they were very close. Zhong Jinwei was pleased with his politeness and greeted him again.
Got in.
To be honest, these guests just came uninvited to congratulate him on his wedding. Although Zhong Jinwei has a relatively low-key temperament, he also felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.
But soon, his sense of pride and satisfaction was not a trace, but full.
Zhong Jinwei was welcomed out of the house again, and was complained by a large group of people. He didn't even get an invitation, and instead let a large group of old men shamelessly come over to eat.
Zhong Jinwei was dissatisfied without any complaints, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to invite the elders of the pavilions, so I don't dare to say anything. Come on, come on. All the pavilion elders, please sit inside."
All the ministers of the Ming Dynasty cabinet in Beijing came together to congratulate him. This was really unusual and should be considered a big compliment to Zhong Jinwei.
When Zhong Jinwei accompanied the cabinet ministers into the palace, he secretly asked Wen Tiren: "You all came so early, what should the emperor do?"
When Wen Tiren heard this, he looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "It's the emperor who specifically allowed us to leave office early and come to congratulate Marquis Zhongxing, and..."
When he said this, he pretended to draw a long note mysteriously, and then said with a smile: "And the emperor also made it clear that you can't eat and drink for free. I used all my family's savings as gifts, and I must do it this time."
Let's eat some money and go back."
Zhong Jinwei laughed loudly when he heard this. Wen Tiren could only eat for a few bucks. At the same time, he was secretly grateful to Emperor Chongzhen. He had been seeing no movement from him, and he felt a little disappointed. He didn't expect Emperor Chongzhen to ask the ministers to give him food.
Give gifts yourself.
Not long after, many guests came one after another. Except for Xu Guangqi, Bi Ziyan and others, he was not familiar with or even knew the other six ministers, officials at all levels, and even the royal family and nobles.
The house couldn't accommodate any more guests, so those with lower rankings consciously gave gifts and left, while many people who got the news late were still coming to give gifts.
These people are, firstly, because Zhong Jinwei is currently the most popular person in front of the emperor, and secondly, Emperor Chongzhen has intentionally or unintentionally revealed his intention to ask all ministers to congratulate Zhong Jinwei, including the fact that he asked all the ministers in the cabinet to congratulate him, which is also a big fanfare.
, so the news spreads quickly.
Just when the auspicious time was approaching and the worship ceremony was about to be performed, the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen arrived.
This let the officials present know that the emperor originally wanted to come in person, but because the queen was pregnant and had difficulty moving, he stopped coming. He gave a lot of congratulatory gifts, including two prosperous shops, to support the Marquis of Zhongxing.
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After reading out the imperial edict, Wang Cheng'en, the admiral of Dongchang, also gave his share of the congratulatory gifts, then confessed his crime and returned to the palace to resume his duties.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard Wang Chengen's reply, he smiled and said: "Master Zhong has always been worried about state affairs and has collected so much silver for the national treasury, but he has no money to arrange a wedding. This can be considered as a way for him to no longer be embarrassed about money.
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Zhong Jinwei's wedding did not remain low-key in the end. Instead, it became a major topic among the people in the capital, almost diluting the pre-arranged ticket numbers. This was something that the initiator, Emperor Chongzhen, did not expect.
You can imagine how excited the older young people were during the wedding night. The commotion continued until almost dawn, when Zhong Jinwei hugged Archie and fell asleep.
As a newlywed, no one should be so ignorant as to disturb her. This was Zhong Jinwei's thought before he fell asleep.
But he thought wrong. Not long after dawn, Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned him to the palace to see him.