He seemed to have an attitude that he had to negotiate this marriage today.
Zhu Hao expressed his difficulties in a timely manner.
"...Marriage has always been a matter of parents' orders and the matchmaker's advice. It is better to consult the elders in the family for such matters."
"It doesn't matter."
Yang Shen said, "My father will send someone to tell you at home. Anyway, you can go with me today."
It means it’s not okay if I don’t go.
After casual work.
As expected, Yang Shen came again. The mansion given to Sun Jiao by the emperor was in Dongjiangmi Lane, very close to the government office near Daming Gate, and not far from the Imperial Academy, so the two of them walked there.
On the way, Yang Shen repeatedly told Zhu Hao to leave a good impression on Sun Jiao.
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At Sun Jiao's house.
Zhu Hao and Yang Shen suddenly visited. Sun Jiao was surprised and vaguely guessed something. He was also curious, was Yang Tinghe so persistent about this matter?
You couldn't come to discuss it in person before, but today you actually asked two juniors to propose marriage to me?
"...Sun Butang, Zhu Hao is a genius who governs the country in our Hanlin Academy. He will definitely become a pillar of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Such a young talent must be worthy of my daughter-in-law."
Yang Shen didn't care about anything else. After sitting down in the main hall, he went straight to the topic.
Sun Jiao looked at Zhu Hao with a strange look: "Zhu Hao, you are from Anlu Prefecture. Originally... marriage is not a problem. Don't you have any insight into this matter?"
Zhu Hao spread his hands, feeling like he loved someone.
This attitude made Sun Jiao angry for a while.
It is obvious that my daughter has no one to marry except this boy. It is obvious that this boy is the number one scholar in the new Ming Dynasty. As the Queen Mother and Yang Jiefu said, they really have not insulted their daughter. But why does this boy show such things as me?
What does Bones dislike so much?
Just looking at it makes me deserve a beating!
Especially when I think about how this guy dared to use imperial power to suppress me and threatened me when we first met, I don't want to have any marriage relationship with this guy.
"Yong Xiu, can you let me have a chat with Mr. Zhu alone?" Sun Jiao said.
Yang Shen stood up and gave Zhu Hao a look that said, "It's all up to you." After a brief greeting with Sun Jiao, he left the main hall and waited in the courtyard outside.
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Only Zhu Hao and Sun Jiao were left in the main hall.
Sun Jiaodao: "Zhu Hao, what I said makes it clear. You are from Jinyiwei. Your family moved to Anlu in order to monitor and restrict the development of the palace. Even if you study in the palace, you should not receive too much attention from the palace. The palace will treat you too.
You are on guard, am I right?"
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded.
Everything you said is right!
But you old guy, do you know what I have experienced in the palace these years?
If it weren’t for my wit, how I had planned to save Zhu Si several times, and how I had gotten into serious quarrels with the Zhu family, and how I had made so many contributions to Prince Xing’s Mansion, would Prince Xing’s Mansion have considered me one of their own?
You are not me, so you don't know everything I have gone through, and you can only make inferences based on superficial relationships, so you come to the same conclusion as Yang Tinghe and his son, that is, there must be deep discord between me and Prince Xing's Mansion, and even incompatibility.
Sun Jiao continued: "Now that you are in Hanyuan, you are close to Yang Yongxiu. With Yang Zhongtang's intention, he intends to recruit you as his disciple. Who are you working for?"
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"For the imperial court."
Zhu Hao's answer was very direct.
An answer that left Sun Jiao speechless.
"Seriously."
Sun Jiao said, "With your wisdom, you shouldn't know what the old man means."
Zhu Hao said: "Of course I work for the new emperor. As for Mr. Yang Ge's plan to recruit me as his disciple, I don't agree. They think that because I am a member of the Zhu family, I must be at odds with Prince Xing's palace. But the problem is that I grew up with the prince.
Da, the prince has always regarded me as his confidant.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
"In Prince Xing's Mansion, Mr. Tang is my mentor, Aunt Jiang is my friend, his son Jiang Rong is my disciple, and Eunuch Zhang, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Zhang Zuo, asked me a lot when he was in the Prince's Mansion, and I even treated the deceased.
Son...I think there is no reason for everyone in the palace to treat me as an outsider, right?"
Even though Sun Jiao had heard the new emperor's praise of Zhu Hao from Zhu Si before, he still found it incredible when he heard Zhu Hao's words this time.
It really cannot be deduce using common sense.
"Since Tang Bohu is your mentor, why...does it appear that he respects you more in front of others?" Sun Jiao was very concerned about etiquette.
This was also what he didn't like about Zhu Hao before.
Tang Yin is obviously a student in the palace, so he is considered your teacher anyway, but for the first time you came here, it was you who walked in front, and Tang Yin and Jiang Lun followed behind you.
You are a scholar, don't you understand the most basic Confucian principles of respecting teachers and respecting moral principles?
If you don't understand the rules, how can I marry my daughter to you?
Zhu Haodao: "My relationship with Mr. Tang, although we are teacher and student, is actually more like a year-end friendship."
"Friends at the end of the year?"
Sun Jiao squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Hao, "How dare you say that?"
Zhu Hao sighed: "It's like this. When Mr. Tang was hired as the guest of honor at Prince Ning's Mansion, he met me on the way to Anlu before going to Nanchang. At that time, my mother asked him to be my mentor, but he refused. Later he
When I arrived in Nanchang, I discovered that Prince Ning had evil intentions, but was trapped and unable to leave. So I went to Nanchang to help him escape, and introduced him to Prince Xing's Mansion to avoid trouble and give him a place to stay."
Sun Jiao raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't know the details, he knew one thing very well, that is, Tang Yin did arrive in Anlu after leaving Nanchang. Zhu Youjiao once told him that Zhu Youjiao was here.
In correspondence with him, he often boasted about Tang Yin's miraculous plans.
Zhu Haodao: "After Mr. Tang entered the palace, he was called a tutor, but he was actually a guest of the palace. King Laoxing appointed him to take charge of many things, and the person who helped him at that time was me. Mr. Tang was a free and easy man, and he never regarded him as a teacher.
He regards himself as a friend in front of me, and whenever he mentions him, he treats me as a friend. I am also very willing to have a lifelong friendship with Mr. Tang. It is enough to have such a close friend in my life."
It was obvious that Tang Yin was Zhu Hao's follower every time, and most of the time the two of them bickered and choked on things. However, Zhu Hao described in front of Sun Jiao how the two of them, an old man and a young man, had formed a relationship regardless of secular prejudices.
A new version of the story of "meeting a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water" is a new version of the story of "meeting a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water", who have forgotten their friendship and worked together through thick and thin to help the new emperor's great cause.
After hearing this, Sun Jiao felt that it was ridiculous, but he was vaguely moved by what Zhu Hao described.
When Zhu Hao saw Sun Jiao's expression, he was almost stunned. He had a feeling that we were not in the same world. He probably knew that Sun Jiao would not change his stereotype with a few words.
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When you first arrived, you threatened and lured this old guy. If you had known that this old guy might become your father-in-law in the future, you should have carefully considered your words at that time, so as not to leave a bad utilitarian impression on him.
"Mr. Sun, let's talk about the marriage," Zhu Hao said.
Zhu Hao also found it very troublesome. Sun Jiao asked him about it, which had nothing to do with the marriage, but was very interested in his past experiences.
Sun Jiaodao: "The Queen Mother... Eunuch Zhang's side... uh uh..."
What Sun Jiao means is that I have no choice now.
But I don't know how to tell you this.
Zhu Hao said: "Oh, Eunuch Zhang came to the house yesterday. When I met with him, he explained the whole matter clearly."
"Did you see him yesterday?"
Sun Jiao felt puzzled again.
Zhang Zuonai, the chief eunuch of the imperial palace and chief of etiquette, has a respected position as the internal minister. He should not have many opportunities to leave the palace. Even if he came to his house to discuss the marriage on the orders of the emperor and the queen mother, how could he turn around and go see him?
Zhu Hao?
Could it be that when Zhang Zuo went to Zhu's house to propose marriage, he happened to bump into Zhu Hao?
Zhu Hao said: "Let's put it this way, Eunuch Zhang is a kind-hearted person. Although he is now the Chief of Ceremonies and the eunuch, he never behaves in front of others. We are also friends. He will not hide anything when he has something to do. We often meet and discuss affairs between the DPRK and China."
Old Sun Jiao's face was covered with wrinkles: "Zhu Hao, you hide it very deep... You came with Yong Xiu today, are you not afraid of the old man explaining all this to him?"
Zhu Haodao: "There are many people complaining to him, and I don't care if you are older... I told him that I grew up with the new emperor, but he felt that my Zhu family was involved in the murder of the eldest son of Prince Xing's palace.
I will definitely not be tolerated by Prince Xing’s Mansion, so... I was expected to serve Mr. Yang Ge."
"you you……"
Sun Jiao felt a deep sense of powerlessness while talking to Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao spread his hands again: "I know that I left a bad impression on you when I first met Mr. Sun, but at that time His Majesty was in urgent need of capable ministers like Mr. Sun to join the court. He was ordered by the emperor to meet Mr. Sun when he could
How should I put it? To persuade Mr. Sun to stay in the court just because of his profound understanding of righteousness? Taking the wrong approach is also a last resort.
"I don't demand Mr. Sun to be lenient. I can only say that the current situation is forced by the situation. Mr. Yang wants to use me as a pawn to marry my daughter-in-law to avoid the marriage between Your Majesty and Mr. Sun and destroying the court system. Your Majesty
The Queen Mother and I wanted to win over Mr. Sun and me so that we could work for the court with peace of mind.
"Actually, I don't want to get involved in court disputes prematurely, but I really can't help myself. If Mr. Sun insists on thinking that I am not worthy of your daughter, then it can only be said to be a pity, but I still have to ask Mr. Sun not to do it just for the sake of temporary pride.
It ruins the overall situation and even harms one's own interests."
Zhu Hao said something to Sun Jiao again that sounded very useless.
Zhu Hao figured it out. Instead of giving in to Sun Jiao, he might as well continue to express his feelings to him - I am a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal. You can even think that I am a conspirator, but even if you don't like it, you should think
Think about your own situation and your daughter's lifelong happiness, right?
If your daughter doesn't marry me, neither the Queen Mother nor Yang Tinghe will be able to rest assured. In the end, your daughter will die alone. What are you trying to do by not pleasing both sides?
Although you are not happy to get married, the new emperor and Yang Tinghe can feel at ease, and your daughter's life events have been settled...
This can be regarded as a kind of game theory. It seems that this sudden marriage is very ridiculous and difficult for people to accept, but it is the best result that can be produced under certain circumstances.
Sun Jiao's breath was very uneven.
But Zhu Hao got one point right.
If you object, it will really become a "war of spirits."
Why should you suffer for nothing just because you are angry for a moment?
"Okay, you can ask Yong Xiu to come back. I reluctantly agreed to this marriage!"
In the end, Sun Jiao had no choice but to compromise.