After the New Year, it is time to prepare for marriage.
Of course, the essence of the marriage is not a marriage, but the complete merger of the gentry group headed by the Wu surname family and Cheng Jinyang's forces.
If the emperor were still alive, once he learned about this through Jin Yiwei, he would be frightened and would definitely stop this marriage by any means.
It's a pity that the emperor has died, and the young emperor and the queen mother don't understand anything, so they rely on their uncle Yu Yuangui for everything.
After learning about the existence of first-class combat power, Yu Yuangui finally chose to make peace to protect himself, so the Sima clan's last chance to wipe out the national traitors disappeared.
The reason for this is simpler: Yu Yuangui is first the patriarch of the Yu family, secondly the eldest brother of the Queen Mother, and finally a relative of the Sima family.
The interests of the Yu family are higher than the interests of the Queen Mother, nieces and nephews, while the interests of the Sima family can only be put last.
Of course, these are all things that have been thoroughly analyzed by the shogunate, and Cheng Jinyang does not need to think too much.
He has already started preparing to marry a lot of beautiful girls.
Whether sending Geng Tie, accepting the offer, or making a low-level appointment, there are people from the Cheng family in the capital who are responsible for taking care of it. Although my cousin Cheng Huaiyan is not good at words, he has many people who can speak well, and the communication with each family is very smooth.
The girls also temporarily returned to the Lin'an tribe, waiting for someone to pick them up under the colorful auspicious clouds.
The only exception was the princess sister. After everyone left, she still stayed in Jingkou. Every day she was either wandering around the clan grounds or visiting various shops outside, buying delicious food and sharing it with Cheng Jinyang.
"Sister Xinnan." Cheng Jinyang couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Her Majesty the Queen Mother let you go back?"
"I told you." Princess Sister said nonchalantly, "She told me to go back to Jiankang to avoid suspicion."
"Is it okay if you don't go back?" Cheng Jinyang asked cautiously, with just the right amount of worry on his face, which is the so-called "Sister Xinnan, I am very happy that you are staying, but I am worried that your family will have objections."
"It's okay." The princess sister winked slyly and whispered to Cheng Jinyang, "I asked Luling to dress up as me and stay at the Institute of High Energy Physics."
Cheng Jinyang smiled and said with admiration:
"As expected of you, Sister Xinnan. This trick of Li Daitao being frozen is really wonderful!"
"Yeah." Princess Sister showed a helpful expression and smiled slightly, "So you have to be nicer to Luling in the future. After all, she has done so much for us, right?"
"That's natural." Cheng Jinyang skillfully said a lot of good things about Luling, and then suddenly reacted.
Is there any other meaning in this statement?
However, the princess sister didn't give him a chance to ask further questions, so she went back to her residence directly.
Cheng Jinyang returned to the family meeting hall and called the shogunate team to inquire about the Beifu army's preparations for war.
Today, the shogunate team has been expanded, with Wang Changshi and Chief Xie in charge of the overall situation, and Cheng Huaiyan and Cheng Yuexian in charge of internal affairs.
On the military side, a group of outstanding officers have also emerged. There are generals from the family such as Yang Siping and Yang Quanqi, as well as generals from their own clan such as Zhu Xinchu and Cheng Ziang, as well as civilian generals such as Liu Daojian and Sun Wuzhong. It can be said that they are a three-legged, perfect team.
The forces are balanced and there are talents from all sides.
After checking the preparation status, Cheng Jinyang was extremely satisfied. He felt that both his career and relationship had reached a new level.
Next is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when we invite the shogunate team to dinner.
The location is located in the largest Zhenjiang Hotel in Jingkou, built on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Facing the slightly cold river breeze, everyone gathered around the hot pot and kept adding fish and meat slices to the soup.
After the two Yang brothers drank too much, they began to brag. Yang Siping said that he had long seen that his sister was having an affair with Jieshuai... Oh, no, it was his sister who had already had a vision and fell in love with Jieshuai, who had a promising future.
Instead of waiting for the good Yang family, she went to Jingkou to accompany her husband to start a business.
As he sat at the wine table here, Chief Shi Wang Jinglun's expression remained unchanged. He thought to himself, "Who doesn't know that your Yang Wangshu has been renting outside the clan all year round? In terms of qualifications, my sister Wang Wanrou has been with Jieshuai for a longer period of time than yours."
I don’t know how long it will take for Yang Wangshu to get up in the morning.
Of course, Wang Changshi was a man of culture after all, so he would not quarrel with the generals at the wine table. He would just calmly chat with Xie Youdu.
The chief secretary, Xie Youdu, was depressed and could only cope with it with a smile.
It's not that there are no eldest ladies in the Xie family, the main reason is that there are no outstanding eldest ladies. Even if Xie Lingjiang is eight or nine years older, he can barely fight, but now that he is five years old, he really can't do anything.
If my sister had not died...
No, if my sister hadn’t died, she would have been married long ago. How could she have waited for Jieshuai to rise?
Alas, they were all born at the wrong time.
At the table next to the window, Zhu Xinchu now has a beard and looks much more mature.
About half a year ago, he got over the pain of losing his wife. Now he has remarried and is urging the Sanchuan Zhu family to move closer to the Cheng family in the capital city.
Now the entire noble clan can see that Cheng Jinyang has achieved great success. It is like seeing a dragon in the sky, and the next moment it will fly to the nine heavens. Therefore, Zhu Xinchu's prestige in the Zhu family has also greatly increased.
"Our clan leader is good at everything, but he is very capable of getting married." Cheng Ziang twirled his wine glass and whispered, "I'm afraid my wife's tail will be too big to fall off in the future."
"In the future, I plan to look for girls in Zhu's family to see if there is a girl of the right age to marry." Zhu Xinchu said calmly.
"Have it?"
"There must be, but I have to be careful."
"I think it's unlikely." Cheng Zi'ang sighed and said, "Our two clans can be considered from the same origin. There are many girls in the Cheng family who are willing to recommend themselves to be pillow mats, but in the end he doesn't like any of them, let alone you girls from the Zhu family.
Already."
"The main reason within the Cheng family is that we are too close." Zhu Xinchu pointed out, "The rabbits don't even eat the grass beside their nests, for fear of leaving a bad reputation."
"That's really not the case." Cheng Zi'ang shook his head, "You always know about the dragnet, right?"
"Diwang." Zhu Xinchu was startled when he heard the words, then smiled and said, "Miss Xing, right?"
Cheng Ziang raised a finger, indicating that there was no need to say anything.
Zhu Xinchu just smiled and said nothing.
At a table next to the door, a group of military officers who were originally refugee commanders were eating meat and drinking wine.
"Old Liu." Sun Wuzhong looked at the banquet table opposite and whispered, "There are more and more children from aristocratic families under Jieshuai's command. Alas, after all, Jieshuai is also from an aristocratic family. It is estimated that it will be difficult for us in the future.
Go up..."
"Don't think wildly." Liu Daojian said calmly, "Jie Shuai came from a poor family and later joined a noble family."
He raised his glass, drank it down, and said:
"Family families are definitely unreliable. If it weren't for Jie Shuai's personal force to suppress them, do you think those families with five surnames would be so easy to talk to? Even if Jie Shuai is a man of great talent and strategy, he is not afraid of those aristocratic families, but he should also think about his descendants."
"On the contrary, those of us who are from common people and have no family behind us and rely solely on hard work are the confidants who are most worthy of relying on Jieshuai."
Other generals also said yes again and again, and poured wine for Liu Daojian diligently.
The door of the box opened again, and Cheng Jinyang opened the door and walked in after ordering. Then all the generals at the banquet table stood up. No matter what their original mood was, they all smiled and joked to the superior.