Lou Suzhen had not dealt with her own personal life well, and her words of persuasion to Zhu Hao were simply untenable to Zhu Hao.
After learning about Tang Yin's marriage from Tang Yin's "confidant", Zhu Hao still felt very embarrassed. Did this gentleman not even tell his disciples about his marriage?
Even if Zhu Haodang came to see Tang Yin, he had no worries. He asked for an audience directly from the gate and went inside, where he met Tang Yin who was meeting with Jiangnan scholars at his home.
"Jingdao, please wait for a while. I'll greet you later." Tang Yin came out first to say hello to Zhu Hao, and then went back to meet his relatives and friends. When Tang Yin saw off his guests, Zhu Hao saw that Wen Zhengming was among them. I don’t know if this is related to Tang Yin preparing for his own marriage.
When Tang Yin saw foreign guests, he was usually in the main hall of his house. When he saw Zhu Hao, he called him to the study. After the guests and hosts sat down, Tang Yin casually picked up his pen and drew his landscape painting on the table. He asked casually: "Is something wrong?"
Zhu Hao said, "I heard that your husband is getting married, so I came here to congratulate you."
When Tang Yin heard this, he put down the brush on his hand with a bad expression. He probably wasn't in the mood to draw anymore. He shook his head and sighed: "I really can't hide anything from you. Who told you?"
Zhu Hao shrugged, not wanting to answer.
Tang Yin immediately thought of something and said, "Concubine Ning must have told you." Why is Concubine Ning saying so harshly?
Lou Suzhen herself doesn't want to have anything to do with the word "Ning" anymore. You still call her Concubine Ning. Could it be that you two had a quarrel and you decided to marry another woman out of anger?
"Sir, I really don't understand. What are you two doing? A few years have passed. Even if you don't plan to get married in the future, you can always go on together. Your sudden move to renew your relationship makes me very sad. I’m embarrassed...Should I congratulate you, or should I hate myself for meddling in my own business?”
Zhu Hao was speechless towards Tang Yin.
Nominally, Tang Yin was his husband, but in terms of the impact on his life, Zhu Hao could have been Tang Yin's mentor. But Tang Yin didn't discuss matters of marriage with him, which was a bit unreasonable.
Tang Yin said: "I've waited a long time. Do you think I have no intention? What a pity, the current situation is like this, what do you want me to do?" Zhu Hao thought about this for a moment. Could it be that Tang Yin confessed to Lou Suzhen, but Lou Suzhen rejected her? Already?
"Has your husband mentioned marriage to her?" Zhu Hao asked. "No."
Tang Yin answered simply.
Zhu Hao glanced at him: "What are you talking about? You didn't ask, how did you know she didn't want to be with you for the rest of her life?"
Tang Yin said: "There are some feelings that don't need to be said. It's like I know her ambition very well and it is definitely not relying on me, a rotten tree that is about to wither. Originally, I had no intention of marrying again, but my family thought that I should leave a heir. , coupled with repeated requests from people who had been kind to me before, it was really hard for me to accept the kindness, so..."
This is making excuses for himself! But Zhu Hao also understood. Anyway, Tang Yin and Lou Suzhen are only suitable to be friends, not to mention husband and wife, not even lovers.
I was really being sentimental and tried my best to bring the two of them together.
"Jingdao, I haven't heard anything about you recently, and I haven't seen anything from you in the Hanlin Academy. Why, are you tired of being an official? Don't you still help His Majesty review memorials all day long?"
Tang Yin wanted to change the topic.
After all, talking about his private life with a junior made him feel very embarrassed, as if showing the most private part of his heart to others was as shameful as taking off his clothes to dance in Nanhu Lake in the winter.
Zhu Hao would not report the progress of his work to Tang Yin, so he changed the subject: "Mr. Tang, Bachelor Huang is about to join the cabinet recently. Do you want to take the position of Bachelor of Lili and Hanlin that he left behind?
Or leave it to Zhang Bing?"
Tang Yin smiled bitterly: "I don't think Bingyong and I are suitable candidates... Is there no one else in the court?"
Zhu Haodao said: "In addition to Huang Xueshi, the ministers of the court are Zhang Bingyong. However, Zhang Bingyong can be surpassed by your reputation. Otherwise, why did your Majesty add a new post of "Etiquette Hanlin Scholar"?
"I have said before that Yang Yongxiu can go further, but even if he wants to be promoted in official positions,
He won’t take up the position of a bachelor of the Li Hanlin Academy... If Mr. doesn’t go, then Zhang Bingyong will have nothing to gain.”
"Whoever it is, it has nothing to do with me." Tang Yin still refused directly. "That's good."
Zhu Hao stood up and said, "When is the wedding? I will arrange the time and attend then." "Four days later," Tang Yin replied.
Zhu Hao wanted to hit someone after hearing this.
You old boy, your marriage is due for renewal in four days, and you didn’t notify me in advance? You are really giving me face.
"Sir, if Jingde hadn't told me, were you going to stop mentioning it to me? Continue quietly, and ask me to call an unknown woman my master's wife for no reason the next time I come here?"
There was a strong flavor in Zhu Hao's tone.
Tang Yin gave Zhu Hao a roll of his eyes and didn't answer. He probably said to Zhu Hao, love me as you like, I'm going to renew my relationship anyway, it's my right to tell you whether or not, what can you do to me?
Only when Zhu Hao left did he realize that Tang Yin had no plans to make a fuss about the marriage.
It's probably like taking a concubine, marrying someone in a low-key manner, passing the official status, and then relatives and friends coming to let others know that he has married another wife, that's enough.
At Tang Yin's age, getting married is no longer something worth celebrating, but in Zhu Hao's view, Tang Yin's motive for getting married was not simple... Could it be to have a son?
At your age, Tang Yin, can you still be strong-willed and strong-willed?
What about bragging?
Zhu Hao went to see Jiang Lun and met Luo An by the way.
When he met Jiang Lun, he asked about Tang Yin, and when he met Luo An, he asked about Luo An's enthusiasm for the commander of the Jinyi Guards, because Zhu Hao knew very well that the person who succeeded Zhu Chen as the commander of the Jinyi Guards in history was not Luo An, but Luo An.
It was Wang Zuo who had always kept a low profile before. Originally, Zhu Hao wanted to push Luo An to the top position, but now Zhu Si suddenly paid special attention to the factory guard's ability to make money. This was obviously not what Luo An was good at.
Luo An is the kind of person who works hard. In the past, he did the hard work in Prince Xing's palace. Socializing with people was not his strong point, but Wang Zuo was just suitable for doing things that were honorable.
In terms of money-making ability, Wang Zuozhen is much better than Luo An.
Zhu Hao informed Luo An to come to Jiang Lun's house, while Zhu Hao himself sat down with Jiang Lun and talked about why Tang Yin wanted to get married.
"It was said to be a surprise, who knows what happened. He didn't allow it to be mentioned to outsiders. There were very few people who knew about it. He also specifically told me to hide it from you, young gentleman... I really didn't mean to deceive."
Jiang Lun was afraid that Zhu Hao would come and cause trouble for him.
Zhu Hao said: "It doesn't matter if you get married, someone will take care of you in the future. You don't have to worry about his slovenliness. If he goes out drinking with you and gets drunk, there will be someone to take care of him when he comes back."
"Haha." Jiang Lun smiled bitterly.
Zhu Hao asked: "Then what is going on with my master's wife? How old is she? What does she look like? How talented is she?"
Jiang Lun said in surprise: "Sir, you are trying to embarrass me. This woman has probably never even met Brother Bohu himself. Where can I go? But it is said that she comes from a scholarly family, and her brother seems to be in the capital.
Studying in the Imperial College... As for other things... I want to know, but no one has told me."
The daughter of a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River once helped the impoverished Tang Yin. Tang Yin "repaid his kindness with kindness", and after he became successful, he married the wealthy businessman...
Tang Yin has at least met this young lady from a merchant family. There should be something about this woman that can attract Tang Yin. The most important thing is that this rich lady should not be more than twenty years old. With Tang Yin's senile appearance, he would marry a yellow flower directly.
The eldest daughter came back with the purpose of giving birth to a son...but she didn't suffer at all.
The one who lost was still the young lady from the wealthy family.
Even if Tang Yin could survive this calamity, he would probably only have a few years to live. This wealthy lady would soon be a widow... No wonder she couldn't see eye to eye with Lou Suzhen. Obviously Lou Suzhen would not give anything to him if she married him.
He gave birth to a son.
In this way, Tang Yin is still a "pragmatic" person.
"By the way, little sir,
Brother Bohu said that on the day of the wedding, he would not invite anyone, and he would complete the wedding in a low-key manner. He would just go back to visit each house and get to know each other." Jiang Lun said, "So there is no need to come and send any gifts, Your Majesty.
Over there... I'd like to ask you to go and let me know."
Zhu Hao said: "If he renews his string, is it possible that His Majesty doesn't even intend to inform him?" "This... who knows?"
Jiang Lun has been avoiding this issue.
Just as he was talking, a servant came in to announce that Luo An had arrived.
Zhu Hao did not shy away from Jiang Lun and took Ruo Jiang Lun out to meet Luo An.
Luo An looked very tired. Most of the errands of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi fell on him. Over the past two years, Luo An was obviously much older than before.
"Envoy Luo Zhen, you should have heard about the commander of the Jinyi Guards, right?" Zhu Hao asked. "Yes."
Luo An did not evade, "With the current situation of Fusi in Beizhen, it is really difficult to support his subordinates for a year. If you want to raise money for the imperial court to do big things, I'm afraid... I'm beyond my means."
Jiang Lun asked in confusion: "Is the imperial court so short of money?"
Zhu Hao said: "It's not a shortage, but a very serious shortage. The repair of the late emperor's mausoleum will probably be undertaken by Uncle Yutian. Doesn't Uncle Yutian know how much it costs?"
"Then... it should be quite big." Jiang Lun shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Zhu Hao looked at Luo An and said, "What do Governor Luo Zhen think of the position of commander of the Jinyi Guards?"
Luo An said: "As a humble position, I only want to be able to do things for the court. I don't dare to have any improper thoughts. This position should be occupied by those who are capable." Jiang Lun interrupted again: "If you can't even do it, then who can be considered capable?"
Zhu Hao said: "Based on the current situation, Your Majesty hopes that this position will not be fixed, and it will no longer be a carrot and a pit as in the past, but more people should come out to compete.
"The strategy I have initially discussed with Mr. Zhang, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is to have different people try it out based on His Majesty's conditions. Whoever can accomplish it, or does it best, will get the position. But even if the Jin Yiwei commander makes
The position of the governor of Luo Town has fallen to the envoy of Luo Town, and the Fu Division of Beizhen Town is still under your control. This will not change."
Luo An said calmly: "I am willing to accept everything in my humble position and do my best to serve the court."