Chapter 72: One Marriage and Two Wives
When he came to the Chamber of Commerce, when he saw Wang Jingwen's eager eyes, Zhu Hao was helpless, and he was going crazy thinking about marrying his sister. After inquiring about the situation, I learned that under the care of Wang Jingwen, Hu Million and several committee members, the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce is becoming more and more obvious, many merchants have joined in, and more than two-thirds of the people in the entire Xuhuai Three Prefectures have joined.
Unable to get rid of the entanglement, Zhu Hao promised to marry as soon as the New Year was over. In the first half of this year, there was no large-scale war in the Central Plains, but the peasant army in the northwest and eastern Sichuan was confronting the Ming army. Zhu Haole was idle, so he told Zhu Shouyi about his marriage with the Wang family, saying that the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month was a good day, and he officially married Wang Suxian.
Sun Yujiao disappeared for a while, and Zhu Hao didn't care, this girl has always been a maverick, and she doesn't know when she will come out.
Just when the Marshal's Mansion was busy preparing for Zhu Hao to marry the third lady, the imperial court came down with a decree to the effect that Zhu Hao's new army had made meritorious contributions to suppressing bandits, and he was given a jade belt python suit and a marquis of the East China Sea.
Zhu Hao's first reaction after getting the news was that the emperor was in a bad mood, and now the new army returned victorious, but he was not promoted, but only promoted to the title, which shows that Emperor Chongzhen is not very satisfied with the suppression of bandits in the Central Plains, although he has no responsibility, but he is still implicated in this.
Although everyone in the Dashuai Mansion was a little dissatisfied, they quickly calmed down under Zhu Hao's persuasion and the festive atmosphere of the newlywed. Zhu Hao himself is nothing, Chongzhen is already angry, this time it is not bad to make himself a marquis, he himself is afraid of the tree making a big move, so he gladly accepts it.
He also learned that although Zuo Liangyu tried his best, he did not completely eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, and his merits were compensated. Yang Sichang's strategy failed, he was deposed from the military department, renamed the left capital imperial history, still supervised Henan, and made meritorious contributions, and the military department was served by Chen Xinjia, the former squire of the military department.
But these have nothing to do with him, at the moment he is busy receiving the old man of the Wang family and his party who came from Huizhou. Wang Bonian is more than 60 years this year, the spirit is still quite strong, his eyes are shining with the unique shrewdness of a businessman, this old man in the Jiangnan business world does not have the consciousness that his father-in-law should have, seeing Zhu Hao still bowing down according to the foot courtesy, which made Zhu Hao embarrassed and abnormal, fortunately, the father Zhu Shouyi who came early to relieve him of the siege, and the two old men were chatting happily at this moment.
Wang Bonian was very satisfied with this son-in-law who could not only fight, govern the country but also do business, and was very talented, and was full of praise, and he couldn't wait to marry his granddaughter too, which made Zhu Hao speechless.
Businessmen don't have the red tape of scholars, Zhu Hao met Wang Suxian before the wedding, this girl is really extraordinary, although not as graceful as Chen Xiyao, Liu Ruyi is sweet, Sun Yujiao is angry, but she is also among the top beauties, and Wang Suxian is also very talented in addition to business acumen, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and not inferior to Liu Ru in terms of music and rhythm. Zhu Hao was very satisfied.
Wang Suxian also admired this prospective husband, after all, beauties love heroes, and Zhu Hao is very complacent.
On the twenty-eighth day of the first month, the wedding came as scheduled, and the entire Marshal's Mansion was full of joy.
Zhu Hao was dressed in a ceremonial dress, riding a high-headed horse and leading the sedan chair to the marshal's mansion, and suddenly a woman in a strong suit blocked the team to greet the relatives, Zhu Hao took a closer look and secretly screamed that it was not good, this woman was one of Sun Yujiao's personal maids!
"Girl, today is Zhu's big day, and I hope to give face." Zhu Hao said coldly, if it weren't for Sun Chuanting, he would have sent someone to take down this woman.
"The big handsome misunderstood, the little maid didn't mean to offend, but she just had something to say to the big handsome." The woman said with a look of embarrassment.
"If you have anything to say, just say it here."
"It's inconvenient here, please go back to your house." After the woman finished speaking, she took a step forward and went in the direction of the Great Marshal's Mansion.
Zhu Hao was very suspicious, but the ceremony could not be delayed, and he returned to the Marshal's Mansion with the welcoming team step by step.
As soon as I entered the hall, I saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Sun Yujiao stood in the hall with a red face, Zhu Shouyi looked helpless, and Wang Bonian glared at Sun Yujiao angrily.
"Miss Sun, what the hell is going on?" Zhu Hao said hurriedly.
"Childe, I figured it out, I should strive for my own happiness, I said that Miss Wang can't pass the door before me." Sun Yujiao was silent for a moment, and suddenly plucked up the courage to say.
"But what are you like this, nothing, doesn't that embarrass me?" Zhu Hao frowned.
"Yes, this girl, if you also love my aunt, after the marriage ceremony between my two families is completed, then send someone to propose marriage in a dignified manner, and the old man will not say anything." Wang Bonian also said.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Zhu, I'm really sorry, my niece didn't mean to make things difficult, it's just that the matter between me and Zhu Gongzi has already been decided in Beijing. I know you don't believe it, this is my father's letter and the emperor's edict, and I only arrived in Xuzhou today. Sun Yujiao said with a red face.
"The emperor's edict? Hurry up and set up the incense case to welcome the oracle! Zhu Shouyi was startled and hurriedly ordered. Everyone in the hall immediately knelt down, Sun Yujiao also knelt on Zhu Hao's side, and Wang Suxian, who was wearing a hijab, knelt on the other side, and the atmosphere was quite weird.
Sun Yujiao's maid respectfully unfolded the yellow paper and read it, which roughly means that Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi and Jin, has worked hard and has made great achievements, and his daughter is talented and beautiful, and Zhu Hao, the chief soldier of Xuzhou, is a young talent, and the two are really a good match.
Sun Chuanting's letter is roughly the same, but he just told Zhu Haomo to live up to his daughter's affection.
The estimation of the time of the oracle should have been issued before Zhu Hao set the wedding date, because the road was far away, and it would only arrive today.
This made Zhu Hao at a loss, and everyone in the hall was also staring. Wang Bonian couldn't help but wilt when he heard that the emperor had given him a marriage. Wang Suxian held Zhu Hao's hand and trembled slightly.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Sun Yujiao suddenly came over and knelt in front of Zhu Shouyi and his wife and Wang Bonian, and said: "Uncle Zhu, aunt, Uncle Wang, my niece really loves my son, our daughter's family can marry a wishful husband It is a great blessing, my niece will not give up no matter what, please fulfill the three of you." After saying that, he kowtowed.
was so panicked that Zhu Shouyi and his wife and Wang Bonian didn't know what to do, and most of their anger disappeared. After all, she is the daughter of a dignified supervisor, and her sincerity can be seen by kneeling and kowtowing to herself.
For a while, most of the people in the hall were also moved by Sun Yujiao's boldness and sincerity, and looked at her with encouragement.
Zhu Hao held Wang Suxian's hand and asked softly, "Suxian, what do you think?" ”
"Miss Sun is also a person of great affection and sex, and it is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines, Xianggong is the dragon among people, and some people love her, and the concubine is very pleased. With a sister like Miss Sun, there is nothing to worry about as a concubine, so you can agree. After a moment of silence, Wang Suxian's clear voice came from under the hijab, and he couldn't hear whether it was good or bad.
As soon as everyone heard that even the protagonist said this, they came with the oracle, and they accepted this absurdity.
It's just that the question of who comes first and who comes later is too difficult to deal with, after all, one is married by the Ming media, and the other is married by the emperor. Even Chen Xiyao and Liu Ru, who were the first to pass through the door, also made difficulties.
In the end, Shang Cailian came up with an idea, the two of them are not high or low in status, only by age, Wang Suxian is a few months older as a sister, and Sun Yujiao is a sister, which calmed everyone's emotions, and Wang and Sun have no objections.
Zhu Hao is also quite satisfied, originally in his heart, all wives have no distinction between respect and inferiority, all are equal, and this arrangement is the best. With this decision, the next wedding will be easy to do, Sun Yujiao has already prepared all kinds of outfits, returned to the back room and changed her hands and feet, and Wang Suxian one on one side, and the three of them worship together.
Because this absurd and strange wedding happened to Zhu Hao, not only did it not get criticism, but it also became a momentary good talk! It's really a genius who is a merryman, and a ruffian who is a hooligan!
Afterwards, Zhu Shouyi apologized vigorously to Wang Bonian, after all, Wang Bonian is an old and refined character, but he was angry for a while that someone was messing around at his daughter's wedding, but after thinking about it, it was okay, Zhu Hao couldn't stop anyone from marrying a wife, and the other party was the daughter of a member of the court, as long as he didn't make enemies with his daughter, he didn't care so much.
Zhu Hao has two more wives at once, how to deal with the relationship between them is really a lot of work, three women in one play, not to mention four women, I am afraid that there will be more and more women in the future.
Sun Yujiao took the initiative to let Xian on the night of her wedding and pushed Zhu Hao to Wang Suxian's room, and two days later, she reluctantly took Zhu Hao to the main house and Liu Ruis, and did not stay with Zhu Hao until the fourth day.
This move also won the favor of Chen Xiyao and Liu Ruyi, and even Wang Suxian was a little moved.
After marriage, Sun Yujiao completely restrained her eldest lady's temper, and served Zhu Shouyi and Chen Xiyao very politely, and everyone was embarrassed to embarrass her, after all, it was very rare for people to be so low-voiced as the daughter of the superintendent, so it didn't take long for Zhu Hao's backyard to become harmonious, and the two parties Wang Suxian and Sun Yujiao also talked and laughed. Zhu Hao can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly sigh that the affairs of a woman's family are even more difficult than governing the country!
Zhu Hao in the honeymoon was a little lingering, especially tired of Sun Yujiao, he couldn't get rid of it, and the other three thought that he was the only one to favor Sun, and they were nervous one by one, but then they felt that it was not like that, Zhu Hao was the same as before, he was enthusiastic about everyone, and in the end, Wang Suxian, who had one more heart, saw the clue, it turned out that our husband likes large sizes!
After learning the truth, these ladies tried their best to find all kinds of good remedies and home remedies, in a vain attempt to increase their size in order to win the favor of their husbands.
Zhu Hao couldn't cry or laugh when he found out, and when he saw that they had no contradictions, he went with them.
Although he was happy in Gentle Township, he did not forget his business, the new army must be famous after the first war in Huguang, and the eyes of all parties will be more or less cast on Xuzhou, even if he wants to be low-key.
Li Yan has defected to Li Zicheng and has made a name for himself in the rebel army, Li Zicheng stubbornly defended Shaanxi, repaired policies internally, built weapons, appeased the homeless, and secretly accumulated strength to prepare for a counterattack on Henan.
Zhu Hao thought of intelligence work, so he brought Du Qishan over, long-term intelligence work, Du Qishan seems to have changed a person, he is very cold to everyone, and only when he faces Zhu Hao does he have a smile.
"Qishan, how is the intelligence work, and what progress has been made?"
"Back to Dashuai, in the past year, the intelligence department has grown to 10 branches, in addition to Shandong, Nanbei Zhili, Henan, Huguang, we have also developed Guangdong, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian, there are more than 1,000 agents at all levels, only the northwest, southwest, and northeast have not yet developed." Du Qishan replied honestly.
"Well, it's already very good, whether the funds are enough, if it's not enough, go to the prince, if it doesn't work, go to the eldest lady to ask for it, in short, I value the intelligence work very much, and there must be no mistakes." Zhu Hao said solemnly.
The work of the intelligence department has become an independent and mysterious department under the guidance of Zhu Hao's plan and Du Qishan's specific construction, except for Zhu Hao, no one knows the inside story of it, and he also imitated the underground work experience of later generations, and formulated a whole set of secret work, such as the agents and subordinates are single-wire joints, using digital code books, etc.
"By the way, did I ask the person you were looking for to find it?"
"Found it, here's the information of these two people." Du Qishan handed two pieces of paper to Zhu Hao.
"Huang Yi, a senior agent, was born in the twenty-third year of Wanli, joined the Intelligence Department in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and is now a businessman."
"Lu Ping, a senior agent, was born in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, joined the Intelligence Department in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and is now a lifter."
"Well, you immediately arrange, Huang Yi is the head of Liaodong intelligence, and Lu Ping is the head of the intelligence of the Righteous Army, to penetrate into the interior of these two major enemies. You call them to come, I'll talk to them," Zhu Hao thought for a while.
"Yes, Dashuai!"
Agent Huang Yi has a deep hatred with the Manchurians, he is sleek, and it is best to go undercover in Liaodong, but this Lu Ping graduated from the military academy with excellent grades. These two were encouraged by Zhu Hao and said that they would definitely complete the task!