The engagement between Zhu Hao and Sun Jiao's daughter soon became known to everyone in the court.
Zhu Hao's success in the examination did not seem to be as influential as this incident. For a time, he became the brightest star in both the government and the public, and stories about talented men and beautiful women began to spread among the people.
"It's really not easy... to be able to marry into the Sun family, it seems that your luck has turned out well."
When Tang Yin heard about this, he did not forget to express his disapproval when they met.
The two of them have always been like this, because Zhu Hao often used Lou Suzhen's incident to fire at Tang Yin. Now Tang Yin rarely has the opportunity to fight back, so naturally he will not let it go easily.
Zhu Hao said with a bitter face: "Time is fate, I don't want to, but... I have no choice."
Jiang Lun laughed and joked at the side: "Mr. Zhu marries the daughter of the Sun family. Is there anything more enviable than this in the world?"
Zhu Hao frowned: "Who told you about a talented man and a beautiful woman?"
Tang Yin said: "Do you think you have no talent?"
Zhu Hao rolled his eyes at him, and Jiang Lun on the side explained: "Probably because Mr. Zhu doesn't even know what the Sun family's daughter looks like, that's why he is worried... But I heard when I was in Anlu that the Sun family's daughter is talented
She has both good looks and the late emperor praised her highly, so it shouldn't be too bad."
I have never seen it, it has always been just rumors.
Even Zhu Youqian had never seen Sun Jiao's daughter. All the rumors were spread among the people.
Arranged marriages are purely a matter of drawing a blind box, and beauty or ugliness is purely a matter of luck. Zhu Hao felt very resentful. He always felt that he was being manipulated into a marriage and was being tricked into it.
After all, husband and wife are the foundation of all interpersonal relationships in the world. If Zhu Hao didn't get his partner through heart-to-heart communication, it would be impossible not to regret it.
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Zhu Hao didn't know to what extent the news of his marriage to Sun Jiao had spread.
But after a few days, he finally realized that he had become the missing person.
Colleagues from the Hanlin Academy came to the writing room to congratulate them regardless of anything. These people were not very familiar with Zhu Hao in the past. Some of them just met Zhu Hao on a casual basis. They usually just nodded when they met. This time, they came to express their congratulations.
I think Zhu Hao is so lucky. On the contrary, if they were given the choice, they would definitely be unwilling.
Zhu Hao seemed to have handed over a letter of surrender to Yang Tinghe to steal women from the emperor. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhu Hao had firmly bound himself to Yang Tinghe's boat.
As for the reason behind it...
These people didn't know how to dig. They felt that Zhu Hao was about to be favored by Yang Tinghe and would be promoted soon, so they wanted to spend more time with Zhu Hao in advance.
Of course, most of the people in the Hanlin Academy are old fools. They know that their salary comes from the new emperor. Yang Tinghe cannot control the government forever. It is definitely not a good idea to offend the new emperor. Their interactions with Zhu Hao are only moderate.
Zhu Hao seems to be popular, but in fact there is a slight gap between him and his colleagues.
Others fawning over you is just a temporary measure. In their hearts, they think you are stupid and naive. They think you are ruining your future and seeking your own death. They all regard Zhu Hao as an outlier in the Hanlin Academy.
Yang Shen has always been concerned about the progress of the marriage, and has repeatedly urged the three letters and six rituals to be completed quickly to avoid unnecessary complications...
Probably Yang Shen felt that he personally facilitated this matter. If the Empress Dowager Chiang or the new emperor came to stop it later, all the previous efforts would have been wasted. It would be better to cook the raw rice into cooked rice as soon as possible, so that both Sun Jiao and the new emperor would be in trouble.
A big gap arose, and Zhu Hao was firmly bound...
"Ignore those people. You can see that they are all envious of you... To be able to marry such a beautiful wife is beyond the reach of others." Yang Shen came to inquire about the progress of his appointment this day, and incidentally explained.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, you are really good at comforting people.
what is this?
Are you deliberately bullying me for being young and ignorant?
Why do you deliberately deceive people without understanding the political cause and effect behind it?
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In the past few days, Zhu Hao went to Hanlin Academy to attend classes in the morning, went out to do his own personal affairs in the afternoon, and reviewed memorials for Zhu Si in the evening, so he left Hanlin Academy at noon.
I met Su Xigui at the theater in the afternoon.
Su Xigui had just gone to Shandong. When he returned to the capital, he came to Zhu Hao to "congratulate him on his wedding."
"Dongzhu Su, don't amuse me... You are on the outside, so you should see the situation clearly... If it were a normal situation, I would be destroying my future and turning myself into Mr. Yang Ge's loyal
I’m a disciple." Zhu Hao said helplessly.
Su Xigui was a little confused: "Is it possible that Your Majesty doesn't know about this?"
In fact, Su Xigui was also full of doubts. Why did Zhu Hao want to steal the emperor's woman?
Now someone is deliberately publicizing it, so that many people in the government and the public know that Sun Jiao's daughter is the daughter-in-law of Empress Dowager Jiang. Now is the critical moment for the election of the emperor. Zhu Hao's move is tantamount to "stealing love with a sword" and risking the reputation of the world.
Damn it, even if Zhu Hao is deeply favored by the emperor, he can't be so "random", right?
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty naturally knows."
Of course Zhu Si knew the situation, and after learning about it, he made a special trip to congratulate Zhu Hao. Obviously, Zhu Si and Zhu Hao had the same idea about their marriage, that is, they did not want their marriage to be influenced by others - why should I?
The wife you marry must be appointed by my mother?
Although after the election, he was almost dominated by others, fortunately, the emperor still had the qualifications to choose, and Zhu Si had no idea what Sun Jiao's daughter looked like, and of course he did not want to marry Sun Jiao's daughter, whom he had never met, into the palace.
Su Xigui sighed: "I actually don't understand much about this matter...but since it is the young master's choice, I think it is right."
Su Xigui then told Zhu Hao about the business situation.
"...There are now twelve bank accounts. In addition to the northern and southern capitals, some northern provincial cities have also been opened one after another. Our bank accounts serve as a place for merchants to contact business. In the future, we can also use the model of a chamber of commerce to attract people from all walks of life.
We can all come closer. With my current wealth, others can still trust me, but I still need strong support from the court."
Su Xigui found that the bank was developing rapidly, but because the model was too advanced, and for merchants like him, the risks were too great, especially at the policy level. Once the court made any moves, then Su Xigui and those who deposited money and made loans would be in trouble.
They may all lose their money.
Therefore, what Su Xigui was most worried about was the direction of the court.
Zhu Hao said: "Dongzhu Su should know that businessmen do not trust the imperial court now."
Su Xigui sighed and said: "That's true, but there still needs to be someone in the court to preside over it."…
Zhu Hao said: "Well, let's go back and ask your Majesty to issue an edict, which is almost a secret edict, as your support, and then ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to inform the local yamen at all levels so that they cannot interfere with the silver account. In addition, Huang Gong
With your reputation in the court and your ability to manage business, Dongzhu Su, I think there will be no trouble in this matter for the time being, and there is no need to publicize the role of the court in it."
"This...is okay."
Su Xigui heard it.
Zhu Hao did not want the emperor and the court to get too involved in the silver issue in the short term.
The bank must be closer to a spontaneous behavior among the people. Even the court has to rely on others in terms of capital contribution and shareholding. In other words, Zhu Hao's name is used to occupy the largest part of the shares, and the Huizhou merchants behind Su Xigui
As the actual operator of the bank account.
Lilan is evenly divided.
Naturally, risks must be shared equally!
Zhu Hao asked himself that given the current situation, it was still possible to keep his bank account. This was just a matter of Zhu Si's decree.
But everyone knows that it is often easy to deal with the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with the local "little devils". But as long as the bank's operation is reasonable and legal, if local officials dare to take advantage of the bank's idea, Zhu Hao wonders how he can make these greedy guys
I couldn’t eat and walked around.
Did they grab food and rob the emperor's private treasury?
Could it be that if the emperor doesn't come forward, the business won't be considered the emperor's?
If you dare to show your head, I will kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
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Beijing, Zhu Family.
The Zhu Jia family has recently been busy trying to find a job for their second son, Zhu Wanjian, to serve as one of the Jinyiwei Baihu.
She felt that since the eldest son had taken refuge with Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the dynasty, and now had the trust of Xiao Jing, the eunuch of the East Factory, he should use this to seek an official position instead of letting Zhu Wanhong get his way outside alone.
She is still the nominal head of the Zhu family, Zhu Jia. Although Zhu Wanhong sends people back with some money from time to time, she never leaves home.
Now the Zhu family's financial and status sources all depend on Zhu Wanhong, and it is vaguely Zhu Wanhong who is the real head of the family.
How could the old lady allow her eldest son to ride on her head?
Of course she had to fight back, and the key point of her fight was to get her second son, Zhu Wanjian, to join the court.
Although Zhu Wanjian is not very capable, one good thing is that the old lady can control herself.
Zhu Wanhong was so evil, elusive, and always spoke plausibly. Zhu Jia asked himself that he could not suppress his eldest son, so he could only use his second son to support him.
"...Mother doesn't know that the third family member secretly married the family of Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue and stole the young emperor's wife. Don't you know that it is now being circulated in the public that the Zhu family is ignorant of current affairs... Humph,
Just say that this orphan and widow can't do things well, isn't this cheating our Zhu family?"
Zhu Wanjian realized later that when he learned that Zhu Hao was about to marry Sun Jiao, it was already four or five days after the news spread, and he immediately ran to his mother to complain.
Zhu Jiashi was already very thoughtful, and she was even more furious after hearing the news.
Zhu Jiashi said: "Is this matter decided by a junior on his own?"
"Who says it's not the case, but mother, I heard that the daughter-in-law of the third family has also come to the capital. Hasn't she come to offer tea to mother and admit her mistake? I'm not the one to stir up trouble. I think the third family's daughter-in-law has come to the capital.
This is a rebellion, and now that my eldest brother has the power, let the Jin Yiwei investigate them and see if they dare to cause trouble!"
Zhu Wanjian was naturally watching the excitement at this time and did not consider it a big deal.
It would be best if the person in the third room is unlucky, so that he can feel more comfortable.
Zhu Jiashi said angrily: "You don't even know whether he has arrived in the capital or where he lives. How can you start? Go to your elder brother and ask him to explain this matter clearly to my mother! Don't say that he doesn't know! Could it be that he doesn't know about it?"
My grandson's marriage is a major matter. As an elder, I can't interfere? Even if the family is divided, blood ties cannot be separated!"
Zhu Wanjian looked at Zhu Jia with eyes that looked like a monster, his eyes narrowed, as if he was saying, when did he have a blood relationship with you?