The word "min" in the memorial document is not credible because the upper class does not know who the "min" actually represents.

The "people" in this era were generally illiterate. So a decree said that it was beneficial to the people, improved people's livelihood, and ruled for the people, etc. Who made the profit? Are they the people who really farmed every day, or the so-called elite class who wrote memorials and official documents?

Gu Qing is a teenager who came out of a barren mountain village. He knows more about the difficulties of the "people" than anyone else, and he knows more about whether the "public opinion" mentioned by officials is the demand of local officials themselves or whether they truly make decisions for the people.

Outside the capital of the Tang Dynasty, nearly 100,000 homeless refugees gathered in just a few months, which is itself a shame for becoming an official.

What’s funny is that no one thinks this is a shame from the emperor to the officials in Chang'an City. It’s just a misfortune of strangers. They were immersed in the singing and dancing of nectar, and used the misfortune of the refugees as a topic of conversation, and even Li Heng gave up the relief.

The only one who really worked hard to raise food for these refugees was Gu Qing.

Any effort will be rewarded.

Today, Gu Qing was married and knelt down on the side of the road and respectfully offered a meager and shabby gift. All the things that the refugees could take out were given to Gu Qing as a gift.

After experiencing misunderstandings, curses, and criticisms from thousands of people, Gu Qing finally got the reward he deserved today.

A worn-out iron hairpin, a concentric knot woven by dead grass and rags, and a pile of fresh wild vegetables collected from the mountain. These are all for the refugees.

Gu Qing has been cursed and misunderstood by refugees and has never responded to the misunderstanding of refugees. But Gu Qing is not a sage, and he feels a little sad after all. Until today, those refugees with hunger and shame kneeled in front of him, and Gu Qing felt relieved of all the grievances and sadness.

The path you are determined to take in this life is not chosen wrongly and should not be shaken.

"Han Jie, I sent someone to all the butchers in Chang'an City to buy meat, all kinds of meat, and transported it outside the city to stew it in a big pot. Today, I got married and asked the people to have some meat." Gu Qing ordered in a very good mood.

Han Jie twitched his cheek slightly. The refugees outside the city are now at least 80,000 to 90,000 yuan, and each person's bite of meat is an astronomical figure. When the prince opened his golden mouth, thousands of guan was gone.

Amid the deep gratitude of the refugees, Fang Guan's face became increasingly ugly. He looked up at the sky and then looked at Gu Qing, with an expression that he wanted to swallow Gu Qing alive.

Gu Qing also realized that it had been too much time, so he tactfully ordered the chariot to continue moving forward. The refugees knelt in the dust and watched Gu Qing's chariot leave respectfully.

The worn-out iron hairpin replaced the palace flower and was inserted all the way around the brim of the hat. Gu Qing sat in the carriage, stretched out his hand to stroke the iron hairpin on the hat, and raised his mouth slightly.

"People's heart..." Gu Qing murmured to himself.

People’s hearts are actually very simple. If you treat me well, I will treat you well.

But when people grow up, the purity in their hearts is occupied by too many interests and grievances, and gradually becomes less clean. Therefore, in the eyes of many officials, "people's hearts" are the most complicated things in the world.

Is it complicated? There is land farming, food filling, squatting in the corner of a simple farmhouse, counting the autumn harvest with your fingers, and having a hope for life, who would think of overthrowing you?

Rulers from ancient times to the present have had so many self-righteous definitions of the people's hearts. In fact, the four words "not hungry" are the people's hearts.

It was already dawning, and there were more and more people on the streets of Chang'an City. Everyone stood on both sides of the road, watching Gu Qing's carriage pass by enviously. Especially the tall and burly soldiers of the Modao Camp pioneered the way, which added a bit of solemnity to Gu Qing's wedding, which surprised and novel.

The whole city was in full swing today for Gu Qing’s wedding.

Half an hour later, the bride carriage finally arrived in front of the Zhang Mansion.

The door of Zhang Mansion was decorated with lights and under two oversized red lanterns on the door lintel, the scarlet carpet spread from the open space in front of the door to the front hall of the mansion.

Fang Guan finally got a place to use his skills. The Minister of Rites personally served as a tribute official for the prince's wedding, although the groom did not cooperate with the rehearsals these days.

Fang Guan stood beside the chariot with tears in his eyes... The damn wedding process has been gone for half. If he persists for a while, he will be over. He secretly vowed that he will not praise the prince next time and love whoever he loves.

The relatives and servants of the Zhang family had already been waiting outside the mansion. When they saw Gu Qing's carriage coming, the family laughed and timidly avoided the side, pointing at the carriage and whispered excitedly.

Fang Guan stood beside the chariot, raised his voice and sang: "Wei Magpie has a nest, and Wei Ji lived there. His son returned, and a hundred taels of 100% were in control—"

After many rehearsals, Gu Qing knew that it was time to appear, so he got out of the chariot. Duan Wuji, Li Siye, Liu Hongbo and others who were dressed as ministers next to him stopped Gu Qing, and then... Duan Wuji obediently hugged his head with both hands.

According to the Zhou Dynasty, marriage between a man and a woman is a very solemn thing, and it is not suitable to make a fuss. After both parties worship the ancestral temple and elders, they will take the woman back to the man's house and the family dinner will be completed.

However, after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, as the customs of many ethnic minorities were introduced to Middle-earth, there were more improvisation programs at weddings, such as the male courtiers not only acted as the best man, but also had to be beaten by the female relatives.

The stick used by the woman's relatives was a wooden stick wrapped in colorful silk, which was softer and not too painful to hit the body. This ceremony was called "Son-in-law", which basically means that my daughter was married back by you. You must treat her well and treat her well. First, give you a stick from your mother's family. It is a warning.

The groom is the protagonist, so of course he can't beat him, and the only one who gets beaten is the master.

Duan Wuji and others had already been prepared to be beaten. Except for Duan Wuji, Li Siye and Liu Hongbo were both military generals. Not to mention colorful silk sticks, they didn't frown even if they were cut on their bodies. So the two of them took the lead and swayed forward, swaying, even blocking.

The women in the Zhang family were frightened by the tall, burly and ferocious Li Siye. A group of aunts and aunts held the sticks, and no one dared to take action for a long time.

Li Siye was impatient, bent down and pointed at his head, saying, "Come on, greet here, try harder."

This sentence is full of provocation, just like the prelude to the street gangs' fire. The women were even more scared and trembled. No one dared to take action, but instead kept retreating.

Li Siye had no choice but to turn around and show a helpless expression to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing was so angry that he had sent Mo Dao Camp privately today until he was serious provoking the woman. Did this guy deliberately come to smash the situation?

Without caring about wearing auspicious clothes, Gu Qing stepped forward a few steps and kicked Li Siye hard on the butt. Li Siye didn't move at all, but just looked at him in surprise.

"Get out of the way!" Gu Qing smiled and said this sentence burst out from his teeth.

He pulled Duan Wuji who was watching the fun, and Gu Qing said, "You go and get beaten."

After saying that, he pushed Duan Wuji forward, Duan Wuji staggered a few steps and happened to fall into the crowd of female relatives.

Duan Wuji was born thin and quiet, with a typical scholar appearance. He looked much easier to bully than Li Siye's killing.

Before he could come back to his senses, the female family members fell on his head and fell on him. Duan Wuji was shocked and hurriedly hugged his head and squatted down. Compared to Li Siye's treatment, Duan Wuji's psychological gap was huge at this moment. He couldn't help but say, "You are a maid! Why!"

Li Siye and Liu Hongbo were happy behind him. Li Siye smiled and said, "So it's not a good man to bully him. You want to beat me up."

The two stepped forward to protect Duan Wuji in the middle, and the women were so scared that they were so scared that they didn't dare to continue beating, so they threw away their sticks and turned around and turned into birds and beasts.

Fang Guan stood next to the chariot in dismay, his face full of wood and his cheeks occasionally twitched a few times.

What was the good wedding like by this prince?... The serious and solemn Zhou Li wedding was broken. The wedding hosted by the minister of the Ministry of Rites became like this. A century-old laughing stock is inevitable.

Destroy, hurry up, tired...

The "son-in-law" process was barely passed. Under Fang Guan's guidance, Gu Qing was surrounded by people and walked into the gate of Zhang's mansion, stepped on the soft red carpet, and walked to the front hall.

Fang Guan probably had the mentality of giving up and sang congratulations with his voice. As for whether Gu Qing would follow the process meticulously... This is not forced, just end this damn day as soon as possible.

Next was to pay homage to the elder of the female. Zhang Jiuzhang sat in the high hall with a smile on his face. Zhang Zheng and his wife sat down beside him in a low-key manner, and Gu Qing knelt down to worship the elders honestly.

Zhang Jiuzhang squeezed his eyes at Gu Qing, then raised his elders' airs and said solemnly: "Gu Qing, Huaiyu is the pearl in my Zhang family's eye. From now on, I will be married to you. Husband and wife should respect and love each other and live together for a lifetime. Even if you are a prince, you should not be disrespectful to your wife..."

Gu Qing responded to his orders and sighed secretly in his heart.

How dare you disrespect? How can you disrespect? Your daughter can probably crush me to death with a little finger. Well, my good apprentice trained by my biological parents. I seriously suspect that they made a good move many years ago.

Next, Zhang Zheng also raised his airs and taught a few words. It was probably some threatening and provocative words, expressed in a more elegant way, and translated into plain language that was not nice. For example, if you bully my daughter, I will break your leg, etc., which is very warm and touching.

After worshiping the elders, Gu Qing, surrounded by his relatives and courtesans, came to the attic where Zhang Huaiyu lived alone in the backyard. According to the rules, he should write a poem to urge makeup.

Poems for urging makeup are a must-do link for weddings. Of course, it is limited to families above the middle class. It is impossible for those illiterate people to marry. At most, the praises temporarily plagiarize a poem to be considered a formality.

As a talented man who was once famous in Chang'an, Gu Qing certainly could not copy other people's makeup-encouraging poems, at least he could not copy them too obviously.

At this time, the crowd was crowded under the attic, and the ministers and relatives from both sides were staring at Gu Qing.

The wooden door of the attic in front of Gu Qing was closed, and a familiar figure appeared beside the attic window frame, as if he was secretly looking at him through the window frame.

Amid the urging of women, Gu Qing finally "wrote" a poem to urge makeup.

"I don't know what night it will be, so I urged the balcony to approach the mirror. Who said that the lotus seeds in the water? A branch blooms in the bronze mirror."

After reading it, there was a burst of praise around him.

Gu Qing's face was unchanged, and he was even a little proud. It was made by me, not copied. If you don't believe me, please call the original author to confront him.

After reading the makeup poem, the wooden door of the attic creaked and the door opened.

Zhang Huaiyu, who was wearing a lucky dress and covering her head, was helped out by Zhang Huaijin and several maids.

There was a single light suddenly in Gu Qing's eyes.

Many years ago, the casual woman in white clothes was better than snow, sitting on the roof of the house and drinking alone, the woman who stayed in Shiqiao Village and never left, always resolved dangers for herself, the woman who silently paved the way for him regardless of good or evil, black and white, and quietly paved the way for him.

This woman finally became her first wife today.

Everyone envies Zhang Huaiyu's good luck. She was married to the most powerful man in the world today, but only Gu Qing knew that the real luck was him. How lucky he was to marry such a woman in this life.

The female family surrounded Zhang Huaiyu and walked to Gu Qing. Zhang Huaiyu covered her veil and couldn't see her appearance, but Gu Qing knew that under the veil, there must be a pair of gentle eyes full of him.

The bride was welcomed and according to the etiquette system, we had to go to the Zhang family's ancestral hall to worship the ancestors of the Zhang family, which was also considered to introduce the son-in-law to the ancestors of the Zhang family.

Everyone came to the ancestral hall, and the elders of the Zhang family had already been waiting here. Zhang Jiuzhang and Zhang Zheng and his wife stood in front of the ancestral hall with serious expressions. Gu Qing and Zhang Huaiyu knelt down to the ancestral hall side by side according to the rules.

Finally, Fang Guan finally appeared again and launched the imperial edict. Everyone kneeled down to worship. Fang Guan praised the imperial edict in a melodious tone. He named Zhang Huaiyu the prince as the prince of Shuzhou. He also appointed Zhang Huaiyu's father Zhang Zheng as the silver and green Guanglu doctor, and was given a goldfish bag and promoted to the governor of Liangzhou. He was given a thousand taels of green gold, a thousand pieces of silk, a sable crust, a mountain ginseng, and a number of precious gifts.

When everyone heard the imperial edict, they couldn't help but be amazed. Such a holy favor was already at the top of the ministers.

After receiving the order, Gu Qing and others finally helped Zhang Huaiyu onto the chariot and took her back to her house amid the noise of the crowd.

Zhang Jiuzhang and Zhang Zheng and his wife were sent out of the mansion, watching the burly soldiers of Modao Camp escort the carriage away. The process of greeting the genre was over, and the next step was the wedding banquet of the Gu family.

In ancient times, "marriage" was called "dream", which means that the wedding ceremony was officially started at dusk. However, the etiquette of getting married by powerful families was too complicated and must start before dawn and lasted all day long.

After the carriage was picked up by Zhang Huaiyu, the scenery was still stunning all the way. It was already noon when he returned to Gu's house. Zhang Huaiyu was helped by a female family back to the backyard for a while. Duan Wuji was sent to the gate to learn about the guests. Gu Qing took the opportunity to find a remote place to take a break.

After sleeping for more than an hour, in the afternoon, guests started to come to the door, and Gu Qing had to appear in dressing again.

Gu Qing's marriage is a big deal. Although the civil and military officials in the court could not see who was the winner and lose between the monarch and his subjects, they could not offend Gu Qing after all. So today, the court officials in Chang'an City came to the door one after another, and some officials who had never invited him and had never heard of Gu Qing had also come.
Chapter completed!