Chapter five hundred and fiftieth eight isolated and helpless
Not everyone wants to follow Zhu Hao and "make a career". As aunts and nieces, Xiaobai and Xiaoyuan have very different choices.
Xiaobai is already 20 years old and has not married yet. He has no choice but to follow Madam Zhu to the capital to see if he can find a future for himself.
As for Xiaoyuan, she was still young and had never thought about being a maid all her life. In addition, the severance package given by Zhu Niang was not low, so she felt that she could get married early if she stayed in Anlu.
Of course, her family has also left a way out. If she can't get married in the next two years, she will be sent to the capital to continue being a maid... This arrangement is quite clever.
In any case, Zhu Hao didn't have any thoughts about Xiaobai and Xiaoyuan. He didn't spend much time with the two girls, so naturally he couldn't talk about any feelings.
Now that Xiaobai has followed my mother to the capital, Zhu Hao cannot stand by and watch, so he can only ask his mother to help Xiaobai find a partner. It is better for her to marry a good family than to be an old girl.
Zhu Hao stayed to have dinner with his family in the evening.
Rice, fresh meat and vegetables had been prepared long ago. Even though Zhu Niang and Aunt Li had just arrived and were unfamiliar with everything, they were still busy making a "reunion dinner" for Zhu Hao. Even Zhu Ting joined in.
The three women were very busy.
"Mom, actually we can hire a cook to do this..."
Zhu Hao understood very well the deep affection that the women in his family had for him, but he was thinking about going back to review memorials at night, and wanted to have a quick meal before going back to work overtime.
The Hanlin Academy can ask for leave, but the things Zhu Si explained must be completed, because recently Zhu Si has been bombarded by civil servants in turn, and Zhu Si in the court cannot deal with it, so Zhu Hao needs to prepare for it in advance.
Zhu Niang said: "You haven't eaten the food I cooked for many years. You must try it no matter what today."
When Zhu Hao heard this, he felt like he was about to die.
However, it may be because we haven't seen each other for a long time. When we meet again, our situation is very different from before. Zhu Hao is already the number one scholar and has entered the court as an official. Of course, the mother wants her children to remember the most simple appearance of her family.
Zhu Hao wanted to help him, but Mother Zhu kicked him out of the kitchen on the grounds that "a gentleman is far away from the kitchen".
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It's just dark.
Lu Song has hurried over to find someone and urges Zhu Hao to go back to do things.
Zhu Hao said: "Lu Qianhu, my family just came from Anlu, won't they have no time to rest for a day?"
Lu Song said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty has left the palace. I asked you many times on the way and explained it to him... But today, your Majesty was angry with the civil servants in the court and wanted to discuss countermeasures with Mr. Zhu. There are many more.
There is a backlog of memorials, but the cabinet previously deliberately withheld some important memorials, and now they are suddenly taking them out... Obviously they want to embarrass His Majesty."
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Zhu Hao sighed: "Old Yang Ge can really put people in trouble. Doesn't he know what the cabinet does? Can he do such an arrogant act? When he is the emperor, how can he leave the memorial unpublished?
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Lu Song said helplessly: "That's why Your Majesty is anxious."
"Then... let's wait for a while."
Zhu Hao said, "I've had dinner with my family and will rush over as soon as I finish the work here."
Lu Song's eyes widened.
The emperor is urging you, but you have to take care of your family first?
Are you, a minister, too disrespectful to the emperor?
"Go and tell His Majesty that even if you are busy all night tonight, I will handle the matter well... Look at this, I'm afraid I won't be able to rush over until the second watch. If His Majesty really can't wait, let him go back to the palace first.
Or you can do other things." Zhu Hao said.
Lu Song saw Zhu Hao like this and thought about his own Juan's state of mind when he first arrived in the capital, and he understood.
"Then... let's do this for now."
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After Lu Song left, Zhu Hao waited for a long time before having dinner with his family.
"...Xiao Hao, was Lu Dianzhan here earlier? Why didn't you invite him in?" Zhu Niang probably knew that leaving her son to eat seemed to delay the business.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's okay, he just came to send a message, saying that His Majesty asked me to come over quickly."
"You...can you see His Majesty?"
Zhu Niang's face was full of incredible expressions.
Zhu Hao said: "Not only can I see him, but I can see him almost every day. His Majesty will leave many affairs in the court to me to handle. I need to help him summarize them so that he can deal with those ministers with ease when he comes to court in the morning.
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Aunt Li smiled and said: "Master Hao, even if you become an official, you can't talk nonsense. This...why doesn't it sound so unbelievable?"
Zhu Hao shrugged: "I grew up with His Majesty. If he doesn't listen to me when things happen, who can he listen to?"
Zhu Niang was also very curious and asked: "Aren't there Yuan Changshi, Zhang Fengzheng, and Mr. Tang?"
Zhu Hao sighed: "Although Yuan Changshi is now a cabinet minister, it is difficult for him to directly help His Majesty because he is suppressed by Mr. Yang Ge in the cabinet. As for Zhang Fengzheng's lack of experience in handling government affairs, Mr. Tang is now more busy with the imperial palace."
Matters of reason... Oh, by the way, Mr. Tang is now the head of the household department of the sixth rank.
"His Majesty has no one around him, and he is squeezed out and made things difficult by the senior ministers in the court. However, I can hide in the dark, observe the overall situation, and find out what I can do. In this way, Your Majesty attaches great importance to my opinions, and basically everything will be done.
obey."
Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were stunned for a while.
Zhu Hao warned: "Mom, aunt, please don't talk about this matter to the outside world."
Zhu Ting asked: "Brother, are you going to see the emperor tonight?"
Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Yes, but we all call you Your Majesty. The title of Emperor... basically no one uses it. Your Majesty was angry with the civil servants in the court today. It was mostly because of the previous incident of welcoming the Queen Mother into the palace.
Without the control of the civil servants, the civil servants now intend to create problems for His Majesty."
"oh."
Madam Zhu seemed to understand but not quite.
Aunt Li looked at Zhu Niang, then at Zhu Hao, and sighed: "In that case, it would be better for Master Hao to finish his meal early and go handle official duties."
Zhu Niang said: "By the way, Hao'er, after we arrived in Tongzhou, we heard that the imperial court was selecting a queen for His Majesty, and even asked a girl with a hairpin to report to the local government. Is this possible?"
Zhu Hao glanced at Zhu Ting and said with a blank expression: "This matter has nothing to do with us... I am the top scholar in this subject. Even if someone from the yamen comes to force the registration, I will just ignore it. If it is urgent, I will blast the person directly."
Just go out. The one you choose this time is a queen, or a concubine. You will encounter a lot of troubles when you enter the palace. Besides, we don't need to use this method to raise the lintel. Don't let Xiaoting get involved."
Aunt Li and Zhu Niang said nothing.
But Zhu Hao could feel that Aunt Li wanted Zhu Ting to go, but the problem was that Zhu Ting was a concubine after all, and to a certain extent she had a "bad background". Sometimes even if she wanted to choose, it would be very difficult.
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When Zhu Hao saw Zhu Si in the evening, Zhu Si was already yawning repeatedly.
"Zhu Hao, how are your mother and family?"
After Zhu Si saw Zhu Hao, he didn't have any complaints, but looked concerned.
Zhu Hao cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. They are all fine. Today is because they just arrived in the capital and had a reunion dinner together."
Zhu Si nodded: "I understand. When the queen came to the capital, I was also very happy. I wished I could stay with the queen every day... The fourth sister and the fifth sister were also in the palace these two days. Seeing them,
I feel refreshed and have no worries at all."
Children, especially good friends, talk very casually.
Zhu Si has been influenced by Zhu Hao's thoughts since he was a child. Under the influence of Zhu Hao's ears and eyes, his thoughts are relatively open-minded.
In general, it means being able to have some empathy, understand the suffering of others, and even carefully consider the enemy's situation to understand why the other party does what they do and what is the rationality of doing it.
But there is still something paranoid in Zhu Si's temperament, which cannot be changed day after tomorrow.
"Zhu Hao, Mr. Yang Ge has given me several difficult questions recently regarding the military supplies in the northwest. He also said that the money given to my father...the late emperor to build the temple must not go to the account of the Ministry of Accounts. He also mentioned that I must
I have to go to pay my respects to the Queen Mother every day... They are talking about the Queen Mother, to show filial piety... But that is not my biological mother, the Queen Mother is in the palace, why should I pay homage to someone else?"
Zhu Si was very annoyed.
Now Yang Tinghe and other civil servants are using different methods to create problems for him.
Zhu Hao said: "If you want to do great things, you have to know how to endure and sacrifice. It's not bad to do something to show others. You don't have to go every day. It's good for you to go and see occasionally."
Zhu Si shook his head: "I don't want to go."
This is what Zhu Hao is worried about.
Zhu Si was too stubborn. Even Zhu Hao, his best friend, had a hard time persuading him on certain matters, especially when it came to gifts. Zhu Si's stubbornness and persistence were not simply for the purpose of fighting Yang Tinghe, but from his heart.
Li really thinks that should be the case.
If Zhu Si was embarrassed by such matters, he might actually give up his job, instead of just paying lip service.
Zhu Hao should try his best to prevent this situation from happening.
Zhang Zuo came over at this time and said: "Mr. Zhu, the memorials, pens, inks, paper and inkstones are all ready. Mr. Tang has picked out some of the more important ones. Look..."
Zhu Sidao: "Zhu Hao, I will go with you to review the memorial. I want to use diligence as an excuse to make the ministers think that I am very busy and have no time to do other things. In the future, I will be out of the palace less often.
If something important is handed over to you, maybe before the end of the year... I will have a headache."
Zhu Hao nodded.
The end of the year is the busiest period for the imperial court when it comes to tax collection issues after the autumn harvest.
And Yang Tinghe took the opportunity to pose problems to the new emperor, mostly related to the management of money and food in the northwest. Sun Jiao could not help the new emperor much after returning to the court... Zhu Hao could see that Sun Jiao was just a reputation.
Externally, when it came to handling the affairs of the Household Department, because he had little power and was held hostage too much by Yang Tinghe, Sun Jiao could not work efficiently at all.
Zhu Hao could not come forward to do practical work, and Tang Yin's official position was not very high, which made Zhu Si seem to be helpless in the court even though he had helpers.
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Zhu Hao was busy until midnight.
Zhu had already gone to rest before the drum sounded at the third watch. Only Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin stayed with Zhu Hao until very late. Zhu Hao finished all the memorials and made a list.
It is past the fourth watch day.
"Eunuch Zhang, please rest early."
Zhu Hao saw Zhang Zuo's eyes were red and his face was tired, so he couldn't help but apologize apologetically. After all, it was because he came late that he asked Tang Yin and Zhang Zuo to stay busy late.
Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu should rest early. We can still catch up on some sleep during the day, but Mr. Zhu has to go back to the Hanlin Academy to work."
During the conversation, Zhang Zuo was very kind.
This is also the reason why Zhang Zuo stood firm in the early years of Jiajing, because he had an easy-going personality and was not the kind of treacherous person who would do anything for power.