Chapter five hundred and fifty seventh beautiful life
Zhu Hao only needs to show a wise and self-protective attitude in front of Yang Shen.
Didn’t you say that after I entered the Hanlin Academy, I had to obey your orders in everything, but now you actually want me to compete with the emperor for women?
It is clearly the use of Hongguoguo...
Why should I obey orders?
Besides, when did I say I wanted to join you?
I never expressed my position. I just said that I didn't want to cause trouble, okay?
Yang Shen saw that Zhu Hao was not very interested in marrying the Sun family, so he didn't mention it for the time being, but Zhu Hao clearly felt that Yang Shen seemed to be quite persistent in this.
Empress Dowager Chiang issued an edict in the name of "the Queen Mother, the birth mother", saying that she wanted to choose a queen for her son. Immediately after, Empress Dowager Zhang officially issued an "Edict of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager", which also wanted to choose a queen and a concubine for Zhu Si. It was equivalent to two mothers choosing a queen for their son.
There was a dispute about life-long events.
This is obviously what Yang Tinghe meant.
Why do you, Empress Dowager Jiang, issue an order and we have to obey it?
If we really follow your instructions, does that mean we recognize that you are now the Queen Mother? Your son is still your son, and you have the right to choose a daughter-in-law for him?
Then where did you put the Queen Mother?
On the other hand, the situation when Empress Dowager Zhang issued an edict was completely different. When we handled matters, we listened to the Empress Dowager, who was the emperor's legal "mother queen".
Only in this way can it be justified!
But the consequence of doing so was to completely offend the Empress Dowager Chiang.
It is unrealistic to let Empress Dowager Jiang fight with Empress Dowager Zhang based on the current situation.
After all, Empress Dowager Jiang's entry into the palace was all due to her son's "barbaric interference" and forcing the ministers to give in. As a result, the relatives, nobles, civil servants and generals of the imperial court and the central government basically stood by Empress Dowager Zhang.
Why do you, Queen Mother Jiang, claim to be legitimate in the name of arranging a wedding for your son? You must know that your son has been adopted and is no longer your son, okay?
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The etiquette of the emperor's wedding was very complicated.
The audition alone will take three to five months. Even if it starts now, it will not be until the end of the year that the girls of the right age selected from various places can be sent to the capital to enter the second round of selection.
Therefore, preparations for the wedding of emperors of the Ming Dynasty usually started after they ascended the throne, and the grand ceremony could not be held until nine months to a year later.
The process is extremely cumbersome!
Such was the case of the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
The legal father of Zhu Si and Zhu Houzhao, the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youtang, was married when he was the crown prince. Although it was held in the same year as his accession to the throne, it was different before and after, which gave Emperor Hongzhi enough
In the end, only Queen Mother Zhang was left alone. From then on, the couple respected each other as guests.
There are certain conditions for women to participate in auditions.
If you have a clean family background, it is best to be the daughter of a scholar. A small family is fine, but generally if you want to stand out from the local selection, your family should have some degree of fame or a good family background. After all, you want local officials and officials to be sent to the local government.
The selection eunuch agreed, but he had to dress up a little and wear patched and dirty clothes to participate in the second round of selection in the capital. Do you think it is shabby or not?
Furthermore, these selected families generally have big families and big businesses, so they feel that sacrificing a daughter is not a big loss. Anyway, the water thrown by a married woman will be different to whom?
Maybe you can be lucky enough to break through the siege by participating in the selection, and suddenly your mother will rule the world? If you send your daughter to choose a queen and a concubine, even if she is not selected to stay in the palace as a maid, it will save the family money on dowry!
As for being sensible and not wanting to sacrifice your daughter's happiness, it simply doesn't exist for most families in this day and age.
The most important thing about farming civilization is to ensure the reproduction and survival of the entire family. Family interests are above all else. Incidents of drowning female infants are repeated all over the country. They also want the whole society to pay attention to the lifelong happiness of women who cannot produce much value.
?This is as incredible as civilized people forcing savages who eat raw meat and blood not to eat raw meat.
The improvement of women's status is partly due to the mandatory requirements of the law, but more to the fact that with the advancement of science and technology, women can create huge value in social development, thus gradually moving towards equality in status between men and women.
The economic base determines the superstructure, and women's independence comes from economic independence, otherwise everything is empty talk.
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The sixth day of August.
After a long journey, Zhu Niang's family finally arrived in the capital.
Zhu Hao asked for a day off that day. Just after midnight in the morning, he took Yu San and others to meet him outside the city. It was not until almost noon that Zhu Niang's boat passed the water gate of the east canal of the city. Zhu Hao stood on the dock.
He waved his hand from afar.
The ship docked, and Zhu Niang, who was standing on the bow, was filled with joy when she saw her son, who had grown much taller and was almost unrecognizable.
"mother!"
As Zhu Niang got off the boat, Zhu Hao smiled and came forward to say hello.
Zhu Niang took Zhu Hao into her arms and almost cried with joy.
Aunt Li led little Zhu Ting off the boat. The little girl drooped her head and frequently hid behind her mother, obviously a little afraid of life.
Although the two brothers and sisters grew up together, Zhu Hao spent most of his formative years in Prince Xing's Mansion. When he was a child, he was busy doing business to improve his family's financial situation. He often did not return home, and whenever he had free time, he hid in workshops and laboratories.
After he was ten years old, he began to be busy taking the imperial examinations, and even neglected to establish a relationship with his sister.
"Oh, my little champion is really a literary star sent by God. Let my aunt take a good look at it... No, now that Master Hao is a high official, will I still have to salute you in the future?"
Aunt Li was very proud. She was afraid that others would not know that the young man in front of her was the champion of the Ming Dynasty, so she deliberately raised her voice high.
But there were too many people on the pier, and Zhu Hao wasn't wearing official uniform today, so no one looked over at all.
"Mom, aunt, let's go back first... I have prepared a house for you in advance. We will discuss it in detail when we get there." Zhu Hao said with a smile.
Aunt Li felt a little regretful: "Why don't you come to the dock to pick us up wearing official clothes?"
Zhu Niang rolled her eyes at Aunt Li: "Xiao Hao wears regular clothes obviously to keep a low profile and not want to cause trouble; besides, there are so many dignitaries in the capital, and Xiao Hao has just become an official, so it is not good to be too public!"
"First Evolution"
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The family took two carriages and arrived at the house Zhu Hao specially prepared for his family.
This is the house that Zhu Hao bought for 1,400 taels of silver. It has a typical northern courtyard structure, with three entrances from the front and back. It doesn’t look like a big place, but it is well-equipped. Zhu Hao is not afraid of Yang Shen checking it out. After all, the house is originally
He is a businessman, and he has a background as a royal guard. Is it illegal to live in a house?
Zhu Hao teased Zhu Ting.
The little girl was born in the fourth year of Zhengde, and is now thirteen years old. She has been with Zhu Hao for a long time, and gradually became familiar with her. She pulled Zhu Hao's arm and kept calling him "brother."
Entering the courtyard, Aunt Li looked around, her face full of excitement.
"Although it's not as big as our house in Anlu, I still think it's more grand here." Aunt Li said.
Zhu Hao took out the deed of the house and gave it to Zhu Niang and said: "The house is not bad. Although it doesn't have all the bells and whistles like rockeries, lakes and pavilions, it has everything it should have. I spent one thousand four hundred taels on it."
, it cost another six hundred taels to renovate and add furniture..."
"ah!?"
Zhu Niang stared at her: "Didn't that cost a total of two thousand taels? We have a small family, so we can just find a place to live. There is no need to spend such a large amount of money."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Our family is not short of money now, why should we treat ourselves badly? This little money is nothing."
Zhu Niang suddenly felt worried: "If your grandmother knew..."
It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.
After the Zhu family moved back to the capital from Anlu, it can be said that their family fortunes declined rapidly.
Originally, the old lady of the Zhu family wanted to use her connections to provide some conveniences to Zhu Wanhong, but later, it was all thanks to Zhu Wanhong's support that the entire Zhu family did not end up living on the streets.
The Zhu family also tried to open a workshop and shop business in the capital, but firstly, the capital was low, and secondly, no one could take charge of the family business. Even the only capable manager, Butler Liu, was driven away by the Zhu family.
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Thirdly, and the most critical point is that the capital is not suitable for outsiders to do business.
There are many shops in the capital city, and the shopkeepers in them are all nobles from the palace or the governor's palace, or the family members of the eunuchs in the palace. A group of evil slaves can cause trouble in the street.
With a strong background, it is difficult to do business in the capital.
"Master Hao, please quickly put on your official uniform and let us see... I just want to see you in your official uniform." Aunt Li said happily after looking at her room and going to the yard outside.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "The official uniform is not here."
Zhu Niang was a little strange and asked, "Don't you usually live here?"
"Mom, it's like this. I usually have to go to the Hanlin Academy to work, and I have to shoulder... other things. I won't have much when I come back, but I will try my best to find time to go home and have dinner with you... right now
I put my daily necessities elsewhere." Zhu Hao explained patiently.
Zhu Niang knew that her son was doing big things now. To her, as long as he was successful, it didn't matter whether they lived together or not.
"By the way, mother, the houses on the left and right of the gate also belong to our family, but they are separated from here... I asked Yu San to prepare some manpower to protect the house..." Zhu Hao said.
Zhu Niang asked in confusion: "Are you afraid that your grandmother will come to us and cause trouble?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mom, times have changed, and now it is no longer my grandmother, but other people who have to worry... Let me tell you this, the people who came to me just now and are still guarding the door now are all Jin Yiwei people.
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Aunt Li came over and asked: "Jin Yiwei? I remember our Zhu family is the Jin Yiwei. It seems nothing special, right?"
Zhu Niang vaguely felt that the matter was a bit big and asked: "Why are there Jinyi guards protecting me?"
"Mom, I am the person your Majesty trusts the most. Your Majesty must protect my safety..." Zhu Hao showed a child-like proud look, showing that he was really promising in front of his family.
Aunt Li asked: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor, King Xiaoxing back then, right?"
After being glared at by Zhu Niang, Aunt Li took two steps back and stopped talking.
"Then be careful."
Zhu Niang's concern for Zhu Hao is beyond words.
Zhu Hao said: "Mom, I'm doing well now. I'm helping His Majesty, and I also have a formal official position in the Hanlin Academy. In the past two years when Yang Ge was in power, I didn't have much room to display my political ambitions. After two years...
You will have a bright future in the court. I will definitely get a better job for my mother."
"This...don't think so much, it is true that you should be an official well and assist the Emperor Zuo well..."
Zhu Niang had a look of comfort on her face.
Zhu Hao nodded: "I saw Xiaobai came together, where is Xiaoyuan?"
Zhu Niang shook her head: "Xiaoyuan asked her family to take her back. Her parents were worried and said they would wait for a year or two to stabilize here before sending her back."