Chapter 1309 Is it time for the next generation to get married? (5,000-word chapter)
"Brother Huang asked Zhenren Zhang to take a look at his body? Why? Brother Huang, is he feeling unwell?" Yunlan questioned this.
"It was about the witchcraft a few years ago." Yunxi said: "My brother was bewitched by witchcraft in Guangzhou at that time. Although it was solved by Zhenren Zhang, although Zhenren Zhang had seen the witchcraft from Nanyang, he didn't understand it.
The witchcraft may not be thorough, and the wizard who cast the spell may not have told all the truth before being executed, and may not have fully solved the witchcraft, leaving future troubles. Therefore, after Zhang Zhenren finished treating his brother and left Guangzhou, he told the truth for four or five years.
I’ll come back and check with my brother later.”
"When you perform witchcraft on the imperial brother, you really should have cut the wizard into pieces with a thousand knives!" Yunlan said this first, and then asked: "Since there may be future troubles, why don't you come to the capital in a few months to do it?"
Brother Emperor, review?"
"Zhenzhen Zhang said that the consequences of witchcraft will not be revealed within four years. It will only be revealed after four years. It is useless to review it in advance. Therefore, it was originally agreed to be four or five years later. I came to the capital yesterday and gave it to me today.
For a re-examination, Master Zhang said it was too early and he would have to stay in the capital for a few months and then re-examine his brother in a few months." After hearing Yunlan's words, Yunxi also thought of the man from Majapahit who had put the curse on him.
The wizard felt fierce in his heart before he said.
"It would be better to let Master Zhang stay in the capital for a longer time!" Yunzhi said: "Brother Huang is so great that he must not make any mistakes."
"Since Zhenren Zhang is a real person who has attained the Tao, then the emperor brother should also respect him more and place Zhenren Zhang as a righteous person." Yun Yun also said.
"Brother Emperor, remember." Yunxi said with a smile.
Yunlan was about to say something else, but suddenly a thought popped into her mind: 'Is the emperor's promise to his fourth sister to marry Zhang Wuji related to Zhang Sanfeng? After all, Zhang Wuji is a lay disciple of the Wudang sect, and his parents are also in the Wudang sect. Is it okay to marry Zhang Wuji?
It is just a matter of the Zhang family, but also related to the Wudang Sect; when a Wudang disciple becomes a prince-in-law, in the eyes of many people, it is the emperor's brother who is promoting Wudang."
When this year came to mind, Yunlan immediately wanted to ask Yunxi, but she didn't dare to ask, so she could only hold it in her heart.
Yunlan's thinking was not wrong. Yunxi did have the intention to promote Wudang, and this was also related to the form of the Ming Dynasty's religious circles at this time.
Since the "miraculous" performance of Master Fang Sheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, spread to the Central Plains during the Battle of Yiwu two years ago, the popularity of Buddhism has doubled, and countless people have become believers, especially in Henan, where the Shaolin Temple is located. If Fang Sheng and other eminent monks were not afraid
The imperial court was too taboo to accept it, and in an instant he became the largest landowner in Henan, surpassing the Prince of Zhou.
Even so, the Shaolin Temple also accepted donations from countless believers. The wealth of the temple suddenly increased several times, and the number of nominal disciples increased even more. Many people who wanted to become nominal disciples were not able to qualify and waved their treasures.
You have to change with those who have already been ranked; monks who come here to become monks and monks can also crowd Songshan. If there were still people who doubted that Shaolin Temple was the largest religious force in the Ming Dynasty, then no one will from now on.
You can question it.
Yunxi did not want to see this situation. He was not worried that everyone in the country would become believers. It would not even matter if everyone in the country believed in the same religion, but one sect must not be dominant; but at this time, there was a dominant family in Shaolin Temple.
The huge momentum, nationwide, no sect can resist it, even the long-established Longhu Mountain Tianshi Dao, Taishan Sect, Wutai Mountain Manjushri Dojo, Emei Mountain Samantabhadra Dojo, Jiuhua Mountain Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dojo
, and the Wudang Clan chaired by Zhang Sanfeng could only barely support it.
Yunxi absolutely cannot let this momentum continue, but he cannot expose the so-called miracles of Shaolin Temple. It is even worse to use the power of the court to attack, so he can only increase the influence of a certain sect. And these few still have some
Among the sects he influenced, Zhang Sanfeng saved his life, and Zhang Wuji happened to be from Wudang, so the Wudang sect naturally became the first choice.
So he sent people with great fanfare to welcome the Wudang sect led by Zhang Sanfeng personally to the capital, awakening people's memory that Zhang Sanfeng saved the emperor's life by using "Tao method", and at this time, he gave Zhang Wuji a marriage to show his favor to the Wudang sect.
Thereby increasing the influence of the Wudang Sect so that it can compete with the Shaolin Temple. If it were not for this intention, Yunxi would definitely have Zhang Wuji's parents break away from the Wudang Sect before the formal marriage, and at the same time try to downplay the traces of the Wudang Sect on him.
And will not do so.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Yun Zhi's promise to marry Zhang Wuji. He really wants his sisters to be happy and agrees to allow them to marry the person he likes.
The brothers and sisters talked for a while, and Yunxi saw that it was already noon. He was about to send someone to the imperial kitchen to prepare lunch and invite them to have a meal in Kunning Palace. Suddenly, a somewhat panicked voice came from outside: "Slave, see you."
I've passed by Her Royal Highness Princess Baoqing, I've met Her Royal Highness the Princess, I've seen..." And before he finished speaking, two girls opened the curtain and barged in.
The two girls were both wearing palace clothes, but one was wearing a pink palace dress and the other was wearing a light green palace dress. They were about eleven or twelve years old. Probably because they had run all the way, their collars and foreheads were covered with sweat. The two of them were panting.
He stood at the door and panted a few times, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, then raised his head and said to Yunzhi: "Fourth niece, why didn't you tell your aunt about the marriage? Fourth aunt, why did you suddenly get the marriage?
"
"Aunt Baoqing, Min'er, what are you doing?" Before Yunzhi could speak, Yunxi asked first.
These two girls were Princess Baoqing, the youngest daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Min'er, Yunxi's eldest daughter. When they heard Yunxi's question, Miner seemed to have noticed that Yunxi was in the room and said, "Daughter, see you."
Pass dad." Then he explained: "Dad, classes are over at the Girls' School, and my daughter was going to the cafeteria to queue up for food. Suddenly she heard the servants talking about the fourth aunt's decree to marry her, so she hurried over."
But Bao Qing just said casually: "As my aunt, I heard that my niece is getting married, of course I have to come over and ask." Then he walked up to talk to Yunzhi.
Although Yunxi always treats Baoqing as his daughter, in terms of seniority, they are aunt and nephew, and they usually get along very casually. Of course, he will not say anything to her at this time. He was about to ask Min'er a few words, but
Hearing the sound of communication again from outside, another girl of about the same age ran in and said breathlessly: "Baoqing, Min'er, don't run so fast, what if you trip and fall? Ah, uncle is here too.
, my nephew has met his uncle."
"No need to be polite." Yunxi said this first, and then asked them: "Why do you have to come back at noon? Just to ask Yunzhi whether the marriage is true or not? Can we have some food?"
"We haven't eaten yet!" Min'er replied: "Fourth aunt is getting engaged, so the niece will naturally come back to ask."
"Ask, can't it be done at night?"
"But my daughter wants to come over at noon and ask. Dad, is it true that the fourth aunt gave me the marriage?"
"Of course it's true. Who dares to joke about such a thing?"
"Ah!" Min'er's little face suddenly collapsed: "If Fourth Aunt gets married, no one will play with me."
"Oh, it turns out that you rushed over in such a hurry to ask if it was true because you didn't want anyone to play with you, rather than because of the deep love between aunt and nephew." Yunxi said deliberately: "Daddy is so happy for you in vain.
And it makes your Fourth Aunt very sad."
"Dad, of course my daughter has a very good relationship with her fourth aunt, but our relationship was developed by playing together, so what my daughter said just now means that her aunt and nephew are deeply affectionate." Min'er said quickly, fearing that Yunzhi would misunderstand.
But she immediately realized that Yunxi was teasing her, and said angrily: "Dad, you are so annoying!"
"Haha, it's not easy to fool you now." Yunxi said with a smile.
At this time, Baoqing over there had finished talking to Yunzhi and was hungry. Yunxi sent someone to the imperial kitchen to order more food, and everyone went to Kunning Palace to eat together.
On the way, Yun Lan looked at the three little girls in front of her who, although they had just run all the way, had become full of energy again after a short rest and chatted together, she said with some emotion: "Ten years have passed in a flash.
I am also a little girl like them."
"You are not very old now. You are only in your twenties, so you are still very young." Yun He said with a smile.
Yun Lan smiled and shook her head. She is already twenty-three years old this year, which is no longer considered a young person in this era. "When I think back to when I was a little girl, it seems like it was yesterday, but now I am at this age.
I have my own child."
She sighed a few more words, suddenly remembered something, and said to Yunxi: "Brother, Aunt Baoqing and Siqi are already twelve years old this year, and Min'er is eleven years old, so it's time to prepare for their marriage.
"
"What are you preparing for now! How old are they?"
"You are not young anymore. In some places among the people, you are already engaged at the age of twelve and are about to get married." Yunlan said something and continued: "Although the Xungui family is older in getting married, they are still in the age of fourteen or fifteen.
It is decided at the age of 16 and married at the age of 16 or 17. Unless it is a family that forces their children to study for fear that getting married will delay their studies and studies, the children will be engaged and married later." Yunlan has been married for more than a year, although most of the time she is in
Although she is pregnant, her understanding of ordinary people's lives outside the womb has been greatly improved, even surpassing Yunxi in some aspects.
"Next year, when Yunzhi gets married, Aunt Baoqing and Siqi will be thirteen, and it's time to choose a consort or guest of honor. Otherwise, in a few years, all the talented people in Beijing will be engaged, and there will be no choice.
They have a good choice. Unless they find someone two or three years younger."
Hearing this, Yunxi raised his head and looked at the three children in front of him seriously. After hearing Yunlan's words, he seemed to realize for the first time that these three children were no longer the little kids they were before, but had grown into young girls.
According to the logic of this era, it is already time for people to prepare for marriage.
He suddenly felt sad. Has he reached the age where he should be a father-in-law?
"No!" He suddenly said loudly: "It's still early! It's still early!" Everyone was shocked.
He couldn't accept the feeling of becoming his father-in-law when he was only in his twenties and less than thirty. Before Yunlan and others got married, he felt that he was already old, but she was his sister after all, so the feeling was not obvious; if she had been raised as a daughter,
When Baoqing and Siqi marry their biological daughter Miner, he will really feel that he is a middle-aged man. This is absolutely not allowed!
Moreover, they are only eleven or twelve years old and are still children. How can they be married as adults?
But even if he thought so, Yunlan's words still affected him. He was still thinking about it until he arrived at Kunning Palace, which made the atmosphere a little tense. Even Baoqing, who was least able to read the atmosphere, felt that he was less depressed and less talkative.
Many people, not to mention others, ate what should have been a happy meal as if they had heard that someone had died of illness.
After the meal, everyone ran away quickly. Baoqing and the other three also hurried back to the school, not staying in Kunning Palace for even a minute longer.
"Husband, what's wrong with you today? Are you so, um, unhappy?" Xiyao couldn't help but ask.
"On the way to Kunning Palace just now, my second sister suddenly told me about Min'er and the others getting married! How old are Min'er and the others? Min'er is only eleven years old, and even Aunt Baoqing and Siqi are only twelve years old.
It's time to talk about marriage!" Yunxi said angrily.
"So that's what happened." Xiyao suddenly realized. She then complained about Yunlan: 'Okay, why are you talking to your husband about this?'
"Husband, it's too early for the second sister to say this. How can we talk about marriage at this age?" She smiled and comforted: "The people who the second sister said that people talk about marriage at the age of twelve or thirteen are extremely poor.
People are afraid that they will not be able to marry a wife, so they make a decision early. People with well-off families do not do that. Husbands don’t have to worry."
As a person of this era, Xiyao is influenced by the patriarchal ideology and has a high ability to accept such things, but she can also understand Yunxi's thoughts. She and her sister Xiyi are extremely favored by their father. They were given the gift of
When they got married, Xue Ning was very reluctant to give up, as if her flesh had been cut out. She had also heard of other families who loved their daughters so much that they cried heartbrokenly when their daughters got married. And Yunxi doted on Min'er very much,
So it's not surprising to see such a performance.
Xiyao comforted him with a few words of comfort, which made him recover from his unhappy mood. But he still thought in his heart: 'No, we must not let them get married early. Min'er will not succeed, Baoqing will not succeed, and Siqi will not succeed!'
Go back and tell Lan Zhen not to select candidates for Siqi too early.'
But then he thought again: 'What if it's really too late and Beijing can't select young talents of similar age?'
After struggling for a while, he finally decided: 'That's all, let Jin Yiwei collect some information about boys of Xungui's age in Beijing first.'
After thinking about this, he completely relaxed and planned to take a nap. But Xiyao said again: "Husband, I suddenly thought of something."
"Husband, Min'er is also eleven years old this year. Aunt Baoqing was given a title when she was only three years old, but Min'er has not been given a title when she is eleven years old. Until now, the servants in the palace can only call her Min'er.
Princess."
"There are also Wenqi and the others. How old are you Wangshu? You were given a title when you were less than one year old. But Wenqi is nine years old this year and has not been given a title yet. Is it better to add a title first?" Xiyao said.
Yunxi has never given any titles to his children. Not only Xiyao, but also people inside and outside the court feel that it is abnormal. However, among the princes, even Wenyao, the oldest one, is only eleven years old this year, which is not very old. Yunxi has been
Reforms have been proposed one after another and no one has time to take them into consideration, so no one has proposed them yet; but if Wen Yao is fourteen or fifteen years old in a few years, there will definitely be courtiers who will come to remonstrate with him.
The reason why Xiyao brought up this matter was mainly for Min'er and Wenyuan. After all, Min'er was already eleven years old, so it was not impossible to call her the eldest princess, but she always felt it was inappropriate; Wen Yao, as the eldest son of the emperor, although
Wenyuan's position as the crown prince is very stable and there is no possibility of it being shaken at all. However, she cannot completely feel at ease unless the distinction between monarch and ministers is decided early.
But Yunxi's answer left her a little confused. "Yes, Min'er is eleven years old this year, and it's time for her to have a title. My husband asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to consider it and choose a better title for Min'er.
Officially canonizing Min'er as princess." He didn't mention anything about Wenyao.
Xiyao had to ask again: "Husband, what about Wen Yao, Wen Qi and the others?"
"Yao'er, my husband has his own arrangements for sealing them. It's not time yet. When the time comes, my husband will make arrangements." Yunxi replied like this.
"Yes, husband." Even if Xiyao was puzzled, she could not ask any more questions and could only bow and agree.
"One more thing, I will call Yunlan and the others at Kunning Palace at noon tomorrow to have dinner and joke together. That was what I was supposed to do today, but my husband's mood got in the way. It won't happen tomorrow."
Saying this, he suddenly thought of Zhang Wuji again. 'I wonder what he is doing at this time.'
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"Wuji, you have really brought glory to our Wudang!" At this time, in the top box of the most luxurious restaurant in the capital, Song Qingshu's father, Song Yuanqiao, raised his wine glass and said happily to Zhang Wuji.
"My nephew is so ashamed!" Zhang Wuji hurriedly raised his wine glass and said.
Song Yuanqiao drank all the wine in his glass in one gulp. Zhang Wuji raised his glass and hesitated before drinking all the wine.
"That's right! Although we martial arts practitioners shouldn't drink too much, today is a happy day, so let's drink freely!" Song Yuanqiao said loudly.
"Yes, Senior Brother/Senior Brother is right/Yes, I am so happy today, so I have to drink a few more drinks!" Everyone present agreed while drinking.
Everyone drank a few more drinks, and Song Yuanqiao said loudly: "Wuji, my uncle said that you have won glory for Wudang, it is not nonsense." (To be continued)