Kaifeng Prefecture in July of the city is naturally beautiful. The Bian River, Wuzhang River, and Jinshui River are rippling with blue waves. From Xuande Gate to Nanxunmen, there are blue bricks and black tiles, green willows and beautiful peaches. Above the streets in the city, people living in peace and prosperity, enjoying the wonderful time before the arrival of the dark age.

Although in later history books, the era of the ruler Zhao Xu and the treacherous prime minister Zhang Dun seemed to be in darkness, the source of the Jingkang shame and even the Lu Chen in China was that they destroyed the family rules of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty.

However, for the Song people who lived in the second year of Yuanfu, there were indeed many unsatisfactory places, and the local tyrants became more and more arrogant; the heavy taxes sent by the government also made people feel heavy; farmers who farmed were always difficult to keep their own land; for those living in Kaifeng Prefecture, the housing prices were getting higher and higher, which was unbearable. But hope still exists, because the war against the Western Xia seemed to have come to an end for the time being with the entry of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Xixia. The Liao Kingdom in the north seemed to be very docile, and the alarms on Hedong and Hebei routes had been completely lifted.

Now the world is really peaceful. Without the tug-of-war in the northwest, the north is safe and sound. The next year's harsh taxes will always be less, and the lives of ordinary people will be much better, right?

By the way, just when Wu Haogu went to Yanggu County to welcome Ximen Qing, the "Xiping Prince Concubine" Liang and her followers arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture in a very low-key manner. After entering the palace to meet the official family and the queen mother, she received a reward that she could not even imagine, she went to the original Duting Xiyi, and the current Xiping Prefecture lived in seclusion behind closed doors.

I don’t know if it was because the Liang family was too low-key, or if the Western Xia was too far away from Kaifeng Prefecture, the most important place in the Song Dynasty. In short, by July, the great victory in the northwest had long disappeared from Kaifeng Prefecture.

The most lively topic now has become the imperial examination competition that will begin next spring. After the Song Dynasty's imperial court implemented the emphasis on culture and over military affairs for more than 100 years, the heroes in the minds of the people were no longer in front of the Northwest Army, but those scholars and talents who could sing name outside the Donghua Gate.

The highest manifestation of the Song Dynasty's dream is the field man and the evening of the Emperor's Hall. The period before the three-year imperial examination competition was the most fragrant dream of countless scholars and scholars in the Song Dynasty.

In the next few months, the trials of various prefectures in the Song Dynasty, and then tens of thousands of candidates gathered from Kaifeng Prefecture from all over the place with the spirit of winning this subject. At that time, there would be talented men with higher ambitions, poetry, literary and tea parties all over the streets, and various scenes of talented men and beautiful women being staged in brothels everywhere.

When the third year of Yuanfu begins, the climax of the Song Dream will come as scheduled. First, the Ministry of Rites Examination, then the Palace Examination, and finally the Golden List, the Climax of the Singing Tour outside Donghua Gate, and occasionally there are eternal stories of catching a son-in-law under the list. I don’t know how many unknown talents from the bottom of the class became famous all over the world overnight, realizing the dream of a counterattack by the loser.

In human history, there are probably only the four dynasties of the Chinese Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties (although the imperial examination appeared in the Sui Dynasty, the truly perfect and fair imperial examinations began with the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was more important than the Tang Dynasty, which was the era that all scholars and officials dreamed of), and there was a mechanism that allowed intellectuals at the bottom to pass fair examinations and became high-ranking officials in the court.

Don’t underestimate the civil servants of the Song Dynasty who were from the ninth rank. They were different from those who passed the civil servant exam in later generations. Those entry-level civil servants were just clerks in the Song Dynasty, while the county lieutenant who served as civil servants from the ninth ranks were the director of the county public security bureau in later generations! Later police uncles had to endure the years and arrest many thieves after graduating from the police academy. Most of the Jinshi men in the Song Dynasty had never seen any thieves, and they didn’t have to flatter them. They just went to be the chief of the public security bureau... And the chief of the public security bureau was just the beginning of their career!

With such a counterattack, how can all scholars in the world start to have the same dream of the Great Song Dynasty?

However, in this autumn, I have read a lot of books, and it can be regarded as a scholar, Wu Dalang is having another dream, a beautiful dream of a rich man in feudal society, enjoying all the blessings of all the people.

Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing married Wu Dalang together, and there were Mo Yaowo, Arhat Maid, Du Wenyu and others waiting in line.

Thinking about it, Wu Dalang laughed out loud in his dream!

However, this is a good day, you have to wait patiently. Because the marriage process in the Song Dynasty was complicated, with many etiquette and customs. Moreover, the Wu family and the Pan family were both wealthy and officials, so they could not do it carelessly, as it would be ridiculed.

The marriage between Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian was first and foremost the job of the matchmaker Gao Niangzi. Although Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian met when they were still babies, they had to pretend not to know each other, and the matchmaker's posts were connected.

The posts were passed by each other before Wu Haogu left Kaifeng Prefecture and envoy Liao. After both parties received the post, the two saints, Guo Jing and Liu Wuji, came forward to ask for divination and lottery. The hexagrams are naturally auspicious! The horoscopes are even more in line. Pan Qiaolian is the first-class husband, and you will know how prosperous Wu Haogu is now! It's already prosperous before you marry, and you're going to get married?

The divination is completed, which means drafting a detailed post. The detailed post is also called a fixed post. The post describes the positions, names, taboos, and the number of male relatives in the male family. The date and the time of birth, the parents are either in the hall or not, etc. Because Wu Haogu was promoted to seven levels in a row after returning to Beijing, the man’s fixed post was revised once. The content of the woman’s reply was similar, but there was an additional list of various dowry items, and it was also revised once. A living thing was added, which was Sister Ximen, who both Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian liked...

Next is blind dates and job offers. Although Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian have been together for countless years, the etiquette of blind dates is still unsafe.

The blind date ceremony was held after Wu Haogu returned to Kaifeng Prefecture. He borrowed Pan's home and met his parents. The man gave four glasses of wine, while the woman prepared two glasses to make the man stronger and the woman weaker. As a result, both parties naturally liked it.

Only after blind dates are the rituals. The rituals and the rituals are combined into one in later generations, while in the Song Dynasty, they were decided first and then rituals, which were two rituals. For ordinary families, the two rituals are a great burden. However, for the wealthy people in Kaifeng Prefecture like the Wu family, pearls, jade jewelry, gold and silver utensils, silk, tea cakes, gold bottles, wine, silver squares and other items are not very good, even if you choose the most expensive one.

After the gift was made, the offer was given. A gold-sleeved yellow silk, gold-sleeved skirt, red long skirt, or red-sleeved large-sleeved jewelry, pearl-green round crowns, four-season crowns, pearl-green row rings and other jewelry, as well as fine and colorful sections, silk, flower tea, fruits, reunion cakes, sheep wine and other items, and silver tins, which are called wealth gifts. In addition, the offer letter and gift letter were sent to the Pan Mansion.

The Pan family thanked the green and purple laces, colorful laces, gold and jade toys, pearls and jade, beards, female workers and other things.

The above series of wedding gifts were all completed before July. On the seventh day of the seventh month, the Wu family's makeup bun, gold veil, five men and two women's flower fans, pollen cups, washing necks, painting colors, money, fruits and other items were delivered to Xiaopan Garden.

Looking at the makeup bun and gold veil placed in his boudoir, Pan Qiaolian looked at her good sister Ximen Qing with some anxiety.

"Miss Qing'er, can we really control Dalang?"

In ten days, the good sisters will marry into the Wu family together. However, the two women who are about to be wives and concubines have been plotting to control Wu Haogu for many days!

This is really a bit "abusive"! What if Wu Haogu doesn't obey the rules and asks for expert law? Pan Qiaolian glanced at Ximen Qing's increasingly bulging abdomen and thought to herself: "Miss Qing'er is pregnant with Dalang's flesh and blood, so she can't let her go to the house law for herself, right? At least it's not possible before the child is born. Could it be that he has to go to the house by himself?

Ximen Qing smiled and pulled Pan Qiaolian's arm and said, "Sister Eighteenth sister, as the saying goes, family rules, and state rules. Since Dalang is also a member of the family, how can he not be bound by family rules?"

That's right! Pan Qiaolian felt much more at ease when Ximen Qing said this.

Ximen Qing continued: "And the rules of the Wu family also care about us. Whether it is a sister or a slave, as long as you make a mistake, the slave will be beaten and cannot escape. Dalang does not have to be beaten for making mistakes, we just care about his money bag."

"But, but..." Pan Qiaolian frowned again, "But what if he doesn't agree? Dalang is the head of the family after all."

"Sister," Ximen Qing laughed, "This family is not considered uncle and aunt (referring to Wu Chengzhi and Feng Erniang) and uncle. In fact, it is our sister and Dalang... How could we not control him alone? Moreover, Dalang has a lot of things outside and doesn't care about family affairs, so he may not make any decisions. My sister is a big wife and should do it for him. Otherwise, the big family should not be confused?"

It turns out that Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing have been idle these days and have been discussing the formulation of the Wu family’s family rules! Family rules are actually not necessary for small families. There are two or three people in total. What are the rules? But Wu Haogu’s family is different. There are countless wealth in the family and wives and concubines. If there is no rule, it will be a mess?

Ximen Qing had already tried Wu Haogu and found that he had no idea at all, so he discussed with Pan Qiaolian to do it for him. Since the family rules were drafted by Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing, it was impossible to restrict only two women, servants and children who had not yet been born.
Chapter completed!