On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the auspicious day of the zodiac, is the most suitable for marriage.

Early in the morning, the streets and shops in Luoyang City, Kyoto, began to put up lanterns, as if the Shangyuan Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month had arrived in advance. Located in Guiyifang, the Liaoguo Mansion and the Tang Guogong Mansion are lined with red lanterns all over the place.

On such a good day, Luoyang City, the eastern capital with a population of up to one million, today has hundreds of young couples married to men and women. However, these are just ordinary people's marriages, and the only thing that really makes the whole Luoyang City sensational and looking forward to is the wedding of one couple.

The wedding ceremony of the left prime minister of the dynasty, the generalissimo Chen Pojun and the prime minister of the dynasty, the head of the family of the new Li Que, Tang Guogong Li Yuan's daughter. This is not only the union of the two new valves that are the most powerful in the limelight, but also a major event in the imperial court. This marriage was granted by His Majesty the Emperor, and it had to be jointly organized by the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian Eunuch, which was a major matter of the state. For the marriage of this man and woman, I don't know how many others are envious, in the eyes of everyone, the marriage of this golden boy and girl is simply the right one.

The two families are now prime ministers and close ministers of the emperor, and they have become a legendary story of the son-in-law in the same palace. Moreover, Li Yuan's ancestor was also the emperor of a country, and Li Yuan's mother was also the queen of the Northern Zhou and Great Sui dynasties, and her blood was extremely noble. And Chen Kefu is not only now the prime minister of the dynasty, the generalissimo, but also his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are all emperors of a country, and they are only higher than Li Yuan's family. Both families have such noble bloodlines, and for the aristocratic families with the most important bloodline inheritance, the marriage of the Chen and Li families is truly the best combination.

Such a grand wedding is also the time when Chen and Li show the world their strength equal to their status. Since years ago, the two families, whether they are directly related or sidelined, and even many relatives who have long been unable to play together have also entered Beijing. Recently, all of them have moved their families into their homes, and even those who live in remote places and have responsibilities have all sent their sons and nephews to Beijing.

Although Li Yuan's new valve could not be compared with Li Hun's first valve back then, when the members of Li Yuan who had arrived in Beijing one after another got together, they still startled the list they received from the secret service department.

Wenchen military generals, honorable and scattered officials, pulled back and forth, gathered to Li Yuan's relatives and friends of the Li Valve family, there are hundreds of families, and basically there is no white ding, from the first from the ninth grade to the first grade, there are many people. What really shocked Chen Kefu was that the number of elite children of the younger generation in Li Que was hundreds, and if even the non-core children and some children of marriage relationships were included, they could simply form a battalion.

However, when Fang Xuanling handed him the list of the Chen family's entry into Beijing, Chen Kefu was also a little surprised. There are more than 20 uncles in Chen Kefuguang, and there are 17 of them who have entered Beijing this time, excluding the 1 who have died. plus his father's cousins, from his father's brothers, to Chen Kefu's cousins of this generation, and his sons and nephews who are a generation lower than him. The number is only more than Li Yuan's, and there are thousands of people from the male xìng clan surnamed Chen alone.

The Chen family was originally the southern Chen royal family, and the south was originally comfortable and less war-torn, which was much more peaceful than the chaos in the north. Those princes of the county and the kingdom, each of them has contributed a lot to the inheritance and prosperity of the Chen family, many such as the queen of Chen gave birth to twenty or thirty, and the few are generally six or seven, and this is only a son. For example, Chen Shen, who only gave birth to one, is really the only one.

However, after meeting many clansmen with his father Chen Shen in a row, Chen Kefu was also disappointed in these many clansmen. Before the Chen clan was destroyed, the royal family was already rich in luxury and incompetence, greedy for pleasure. After the country was broken, although the Chen family escaped the fate of the slaughtered clan, they did not get any good treatment. Most of the members of the royal family who are directly related to them have obtained some loose official titles, all of which are just official positions below the fifth rank, and they are all idle officials with no power.

And even there are not many such idle officials from about the fifth grade, only about one percent, and the rest of the nearly forty percent are only some loose officials from the ninth rank to the seventh grade. There are still about fifty percent of the remaining members of the Chen royal family, and finally fell into the treatment of a rich man. Fortunately, although the Chen family was destroyed, everyone's property was still left to them by the Yang family, and it was more than enough to be a landlord. ,

There are one or two thousand Chen clansmen from all departments and houses in Beijing this time, especially those of the younger generation, in their bodies, Chen Kefu can no longer find the slightest appearance of the emperor and nobles, and some are just some countrymen in remote places. When we met, most of them were either talking about cheering and having fun, or talking about some poetry and verses. Chen Kefu originally thought that he would ask his father Chen Shen to help him select some elite children from among these Chen children, and establish the great cause of restoring the country with him in the future. But when I saw the appearance of these people, I could only sigh in my heart.

The arrival of countless Chen Zai people allowed Chen Kefu to take over dozens of inns and courtyards in the Eastern Capital. Although this is another additional expense, money is really not a problem for Chen Kefu. The arrival of those people did not come empty-handed. Now that Chen Kefu's status and power have made these Chen clansmen who have lived a very frightened life for more than 20 years, feel a lot more settled in their hearts.

For this big backer in the future, naturally no one will be stingy. The carload after cart of gifts had already made Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, who were in charge of all the housekeeping in the house, busy and about to smoke.

However, Chen Kefu is rich and generous, not to mention the money that is not illegally controlled. With Chen Kefu's current Duke of Liao, it is a huge income. Chen Kefu's Liao State Gong sealed 10,000 households for food and 5,000 households for actual food. Compared with those who only have a few hundred households, it is a world of difference. Even the princess and prince did not have so many feudal titles, and 5,000 households meant that the taxes of the people of the entire 5,000 households were not handed over to the emperor, but to Chen Kefu. This is enough for tens of thousands of people to pay taxes, even if a household only pays two gold coins a year, it is tens of thousands of dollars.

With more than 10,000 yuan a year, Chen Kefu doesn't have to do anything, and it won't take many years for him to become one of the richest people in the Great Sui.

There is no shortage of money, and there is power, there is no need to worry about money and swagger, Chen Kefu's wedding banquet is naturally according to the most extravagant plan... Let's do it. In addition to those arrangements of the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Heavenly Prison,

The Chen family is also deliberately very grand. All the famous restaurants in the eastern capital of Luoyang City have been posted by the Liaoguo Mansion, inviting their best chefs and partners to be included in the Liaoguo Mansion to help cook.

The other kinds of shopping made the shops and shops in Kyoto's various districts and cities happy. Even those music girls and dancers also accepted the heavy deposit in advance from the Chen and Li families. Those street jugglers and beggars who asked for food were also invited by the Liaoguo Mansion to several big restaurants under the morning package on this day, not only did everyone have red envelopes, but also all kinds of delicacies and delicacies.

In the afternoon, Chen Kefu's ten-mile-long greeting team finally circled Luoyang for a week, picked up Li Xiuning from the Tang State Mansion, and completed the greeting ceremony. When Li Xiuning crossed the gate of the Liaoguo Mansion, the six wedding ceremonies of the two were completed, and they successfully passed the ceremony of becoming a wife.

Everyone in the Chen and Li families also breathed a sigh of relief, and the two families finally got married. From then on, with this marriage as a link, the relationship between the two families will reach a higher level.

Only waited until dusk was auspicious, and then performed the worship ceremony, and after meeting his father-in-law Chen Shen, Li Xiuning's last ceremony was completed, and from then on it was Chen Kefu's wife completely.

Starting from early in the morning, with a team of thousands of people, he circled the entire eastern capital city in two circles. Coupled with the countless onlookers of the people of the Eastern Capital along the way, they had to wave with the people from time to time and throw some red envelopes or something, Chen Kefu's face was stiff. After such a big circle, he felt that it was not much easier than him leading troops to the battlefield.

Today's wedding banquet, the Liaoguo Mansion will set up 999 tables, which are divided into three banquet halls. In the innermost hall, there are only ninety-nine tables, and the people invited are all princes and ministers. Most of the other guests will be in the two banquet halls outside, and the remaining people can only attend the banquet in the other big restaurants in the city, as well as the other three mansions of Chen Kefu and Chen Shen.

The entire Liaoguo Mansion is decorated with lights, vocal music is noisy, and there are loud and laughing guests everywhere.

Today's wedding banquet, Beijing officials. In addition to the Li family, there are also those who are good friends with Li Que and have an in-law relationship, and the others basically rushed to the Chen Mansion for the banquet.

In the inner courtyard, Chen Kefu changed a new set of crown clothes under the shì woman's clothes. After a few sips of tea, I finally felt a lot more relaxed.

"Qiao Song, how is the arrangement?" Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, Qin Qiong and other civil and military officers stood in the study, smiled, Fang Xuanling said, "Everything is under control, now that the bride has come back, this marriage with the Li family is also a success, and we will no longer be alone in the future." Qiao Song also wants to congratulate the handsome couple, a good match for a hundred years! …，

The others also smiled and congratulated, and Chen Kefu raised his hand and waved, "Zhijie, Shubao, you let the brothers step up their guard tonight." It's so calm these days, and it's not even normal. The atmosphere in Kyoto is very abnormal, and we must not capsize at the last moment. I have already given Zhao Yue an order to make his men and horses ready, early tomorrow morning, Xuan Ling and Wuji will bring the talents recruited in Kyoto, and some of the materials will go quietly on the road first, and return to Liaodong first, I will take Zhijie and Shubao to stay for a few more days, and then rush back to Liaodong. ”（！。