Chen Guangrui's wedding was very grand. On the day of the wedding, the entire Chang 'an City seemed to be shrouded in red.
Chen Qi gave him a set of four treasures of the study, which was considered the lowest grade among the guests.
If he hadn't been Chen Guangrui's classmate and had an invitation card, he probably wouldn't even have been qualified to attend the wedding with this gift.
Don't think that it was an exaggeration, it was the truth.
A gift of a few dozen taels of pure gold was definitely a big gift to an ordinary person.
However, to Chen Guangrui, the top scholar, it was completely not of a high grade. It was the kind that even the ceremonial officials could not be bothered to write down.
Regarding Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao's wedding, Chen Qi could only say that it was indeed a marriage between two top-notch aristocratic families. The scale of the wedding was almost comparable to that of the Imperial Family.
Why did he use the word 'quick'?
This was because both Chen Guangrui and Yin Kaishan were still officials of Li Tang's imperial court.
If the wedding was held in a grander manner than the marriage of the crown prince or the princess, where would the face of that person in the palace be?
Aren't you afraid of being bullied in the future?
Therefore, although the Yin and Chen families wanted to increase the scale of the wedding by a few levels, they could only keep it simple for the sake of the face of the Li Tang royal family.
It couldn't be helped. After all, our Zhenguan Emperor Li Shimin was poor.
According to folk legends, when Empress Wende was still alive, she was so poor that her dress could not even cover her feet.
The emperor is already so poor, what do you want the civil and military officials to do?
He could only pretend to be poor!
Thankfully, after more than 10 years, the national treasury that was emptied in the alliance at Weishui River had been filled up again. Although the imperial court was still short of money, it was much better than before.
Otherwise, the Yin and Chen Families would not dare to hold a wedding in Chang 'an.
After all, the Yin and Chen Families were truly top-notch aristocratic families, especially the Chen Family. Not only was it the Southern Tang Imperial Family back then, but it was also a staunch ally of the Western Buddhist League in the East. It had contributed greatly to the spread of Buddhism to the East back then.
Without the Southern Tang Chen Clan leading the way, it would not have been so easy for the Western Buddhist League to prosper in the East.
Many people felt that the rise of Buddhism came after the Journey to the West.
In fact, before the Journey to the West, Buddhism had already flourished in the East. There was no need for the Journey to the West.
As the saying goes, there are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty, many towers in the misty rain.
If Buddhism was just a small fry in the East, Chen Qi wouldn't have taken out the book, and Li Shimin wouldn't have banished him out of fear of Buddhism.
Therefore, the so-called prosperity of Buddhism in the West was a false proposition in itself.
It wasn't because of the Journey to the West that Buddhism flourished in the East.
It was because Buddhism had flourished in the East that there was the Journey to the West.
He had to figure out the cause and effect relationship between them.
Back then, Buddhism was able to rise in the East because of the Southern Tang royal family's Chen family.
At the same time, because of the support of Buddhism, the Chen family of the Southern Tang Dynasty was able to catch up with the latecomers. In less than a hundred years, they jumped from a second-rate family to one of the top families of the human race.
Some people might be curious. Since the Southern Tang Chen Family was so powerful, why did they still want Chen Guangrui to marry Yin Kaishan's daughter and have a marriage alliance with the Yin Family?
Furthermore, according to the original novel of Journey to the West, Chen Guangrui marrying Yin Wenjiao was the kind of marriage that would climb up the social ladder.
Actually, this was not difficult to understand.
Although the Southern Tang's Chen Family was powerful, they were still a new aristocratic family. Even with the support of the Buddhist Sect, they could only be considered a new top-notch aristocratic family. Compared to the true top-notch aristocratic families of the human race, their foundation was still a little lacking.
As for the Yin family?
This was an ancient family that had been passed down for thousands of years. They were extremely powerful and had an unfathomable foundation.
More importantly, the Chentang Yin family had a huge background, the kind that had people above them.
How powerful was the Yin family's background?
Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, had heard of him before. He was a big shot in the Celestial Court of the Immortal Realm. He was in charge of 100,000 celestial troops and generals. He was the commander of the three armies of the Celestial Court and the protector of the Jade Emperor. He was also the protector of the army, the god of war, and the protector of the country in the sacrificial ceremony of the Great Tang.
In addition, Li Jing had three sons, all of whom were extraordinary.
His eldest son, Jin Zha, was the guardian of the spiritual mountain of Buddhism.
The second son, Muzha, was the Venerable Hui An who sat under Guan Yin Bodhisattva.
His third son, Nezha, was also known as the God of War of the Three Realms.
The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing's wife, Yin Shiniang, was from the Chentang Yin family.
Although a married daughter was like water that had been poured out, Madam Yin had already been separated from the Yin family for dozens of generations, and her relationship with the Yin family had long faded.
However, who would dare to not care about the incense offerings?
Moreover, the world of the West was a world of gods and devils with immortals, buddhas, and longevity. Although it was difficult to achieve immortality on the immortal path, it was not impossible.
A few thousand years was nothing to those great divine arts.
Perhaps there were a few old antiques from the same era as Yin Shiniang living in the Yin family's ancestral land.
It didn't matter if he was strong or not, as long as he had a relationship with the Heavenly Court's Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.
Just based on this point, the Chentang Yin family was enough to be ranked as one of the top families of the human race. No one dared to be unconvinced or underestimate them.
It was also because of this relationship that even the newly risen Southern Tang Chen family was inferior to the Chentang Yin family and could only be a little brother.
After all, the Chen family of the Southern Tang Dynasty was only a puppet supported by the Buddhist League. On the other hand, the Chentang Yin family really had the Heavenly King of the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist League's Venerable Guardian behind them. How could the two compare?
Therefore, Chen Guangrui could only marry Yin Wenjiao with a high status.
At Chen Guangrui's wedding, Chen Qi was completely dumbfounded as he listened to the gossip and secret information at the table.
He had never thought that Yin Kaishan would be related to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Li Jing.
He also did not expect that there would actually be such a secret existence in the marriage alliance between the Yin and Chen families.
Of course, this was not a secret. Many great clans knew about it. It was a semi-open secret between the great clans.
Be it the Yin family or the Chen family, they had never thought of hiding anything. Instead, they were eager to know as many people as possible.
After all, it was better to reveal your background as soon as possible. This way, not only would others not dare to touch you, but when there were benefits, they would also have to give you a share. Otherwise, they would not know how to do things and behave.
Did they really have to wait until their clan was about to be exterminated before they pulled out their connections and backers?
Do you think they will choose to silence all of them?
That was truly stupid!
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