The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

There are not so many people in Chang'an City now. For such a big city, if the court wants to find a place to build a gymnasium for Li Fu, it is just like an old lady blowing her nose and pinching with her hands.

Very simple.

For example, near Yanping Gate, Yonghefang, Chang'anfang, large areas of abandoned houses and wasteland, after cleaning up, there is a large empty space, plus Yongpingfang and Tongguifang to the east of the two squares.

This is in Chang'an City.

As for outside Chang'an City, there are more places to choose from. If you want to be closer to the palace, then go out from Fanglin Gate, go north, west of Longshouyuan, next to the West Inner Courtyard, which is also a good place.

"Then let the people of the Ministry of Works find a place for you in Chang'an City." Li Shimin said: "Like the emperor, I am also looking forward to seeing what kind of grand occasion this formal polo match will be held in the future."

The main reason is that the treasury does not need to pay, and the inner court does not need to pay.

Why not do it?

Money is spent from Da'an Palace, which is the private treasury of the retired emperor. Even if it is not spent, it is not the turn of the inner court to intervene.

Now the retired emperor wants to spend money and hire people to work, which is a good thing.

So, there is no reason for this.

Maybe, it will make Chang'an City more lively at that time.

"Okay, then I will wait for my second brother to find a place. I will go back and ask the Yan brothers to rush out the drawings first." After Li Fu finished speaking, he stood up and saluted Li Shimin, and was about to leave Liangyi Hall in a hurry.

"Sit down first, and be patient." Li Shimin hurriedly stopped him: "There are two more things."

"Ah? Where do so many things come from?" Li Fu was puzzled.

"Nonsense, do you think I want to worry about so many things? If you work harder, you don't need the emperor, me and the queen to worry about it." Li Shimin said: "Since you have been to Da'an Palace, I believe the emperor has already told you about your marriage."

Li Fu nodded obediently.

"The Duke of England said that you two only had a quick glance and met once. Whether it will work out or not, you can't force it, but generally speaking, the Duke of England agrees to this marriage, and it depends on you next."

"Ah? Me?" Li Fu pointed at himself: "Why am I..."

Li Shimin closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to see Li Fu, who was like a fool in front of him.

Fang Xuanling smiled kindly and said with a bow.

"Congratulations to King Jingyang, good things are coming soon."

"Yes, yes." Du Ruhui also responded: "Duke Ying's intention is to let you young people get to know each other more. The Duke Ying and his wife agree to this marriage. If Your Highness agrees, then it's done."

Li Fu suddenly realized.

"Is that so."

Just find an opportunity to meet, have a meal together, drink tea, watch a variety show and chat; go shopping, hold hands, drink a little wine...

Then you need to invite people out...

Go back and study it, send a letter to the Duke Ying's mansion, and make an appointment to meet Miss Li Shao.

"What's the other thing?" Li Fu asked curiously.

"A few days ago, the children said they wanted to go to the manor." Li Shimin said, "They said they were at your manor when it was hot last year. Now the children are a little tired of staying in the palace. When you go back to the manor this time, you can take the children with you. With Lu Deming at your manor, the children's schoolwork will not be delayed."

"Okay, that's no problem." Li Fu agreed to this matter happily.

Because this is not a difficult problem, the difficult part is the matter between him and Li Shao...

After talking about the two things, Li Fu went back to the Jingyang Palace first. He wanted to go back to the manor quickly, but then he thought about the two things Li Shimin mentioned...

I still have to stay in Chang'an for a few more days.

Let's delay the blueprint for a few days...

Sitting in the study room at home, Li Fu was still thinking, the marriage, both parties agreed?

What should be done next? Should I ask someone to come to the house to exchange name cards and propose marriage or something?

Li Fu began to look for books in the study room.

He has no research on this matter and has no experience at all.

If he was not just talking nonsense, he would have been married in his previous life.

Last year, the emperor issued an edict, stipulating that men over 20 years old and women over 15 years old, as well as those who have lost their wives, can no longer wear mourning clothes and apply for marriage.

In fact, this edict encourages widows to remarry, but it does stipulate the age for men and women to get married.

The edict also wants to increase the population and restore development and social production through a liberal and open women's policy...

I heard that Li Shao is 28 years old, and it is time to discuss marriage...It is no wonder that the three people in the palace are so anxious. If I continue to hesitate, I may miss a good fate.

No wonder Bai Juyi said that poverty is abandoned, and wealth is pursued. The rich girl in the Red Tower, wearing a golden silk blouse, never stops her hands when she sees people. She is just 28 years old, and her mother and brother have not spoken, and she will marry in a moment.

A girl from aristocratic family, a rich girl, just over 16 years old, has a lot of people asking for her hand in marriage without her father and brother asking.

What the emperor said was right. If the Duke of England had let out a little rumor, the door would have been trampled.

In their view, I was taking advantage of it.

After thinking about it, Li Fu also figured out that the palace was very satisfied with his marriage with the Duke of England's daughter.

Now in the court, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, even including Wei Zheng, all want to marry with Shandong gentry...

The prominent families of the Six Dynasties are still there, and they do not intermarry with commoners.

The rich and powerful still make friends with the rich and powerful, and the children of the rich and powerful will still be rich and powerful in the future.

And this situation is what the emperor least wants to see.

Li Fu finally pulled out a book of customs from the bookshelf, sat on a chair and flipped through it.

After seeing the marriage customs, one couldn't help but exclaimed "Fuck".

It seems that it is really not easy to marry a wife these days!

In the Sui Dynasty, the marriage was based on wealth, which was inherited from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. This trend is estimated to have continued to this day.

The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty. Now it is the early Tang Dynasty, and the customs are almost the same as those before the Sui Dynasty.

What does wealth marriage mean? It is a popular custom to collect a large amount of money as a condition for marriage.

Turning to the back, I also saw something in the customs book that "when a woman marries someone from another clan, she must seek a lot of betrothal gifts" and "if she needs to borrow money, she will make up a lie and go to her relatives and friends from far away, travel to Jianghuai, from autumn to summer, and borrow a million yuan to get married."

Li Fu smiled bitterly.

High betrothal gifts, this is really "since ancient times".

However, this is also a marriage between wealthy families, and ordinary people's families must not be like this.