During the Republic of China period, Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, liked to use the marriage of his children as a political alliance, but he refused to marry his daughter to Zhao Erxun's son, did Zhang Zuolin hate Zhao Erxun? No, Zhao Erxun was Zhang Zuolin's mentor, and Zhang Zuolin respected Zhao Ersun very much.
Zhao Erxun was born in 1844, Zhang Zuolin was born in 1875, Zhao Erxun was 31 years older than Zhang Zuolin, but his only son was the same age as Zhang Zuolin's daughter.
There is an old Chinese saying called "Wangcai not Wangding", this sentence is very appropriate to use zhao Erxun, Zhao Erxun was a high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty, still a high-ranking official in the Republic of China, and now he is not famous in modern Chinese history, but he is famous in the early days of the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. But Zhao Erxun's descendants were too unlucky.
Zhao Erxun married very early, not only had a wife, but also two young and beautiful concubines, but this wife and two concubines have not been able to give birth to sons, and one of the concubines has given birth to a daughter. When Zhao Erxun was seventy years old, his young concubine bore him a son.
In his later years, he naturally loved his son very much, and Zhao Erxun named his son Zhao Tianci, and he loved his son like a treasure. Zhao Tianci has been smart and studious since he was a child, and his appearance is very good. Zhao Erxun decided to choose a good daughter-in-law for his son who was right in the door and had both talents and looks, so he fell in love with Zhang Zuolin's third daughter Zhang Huaiyi.
At this time, Zhao Tianci and Zhang Huaiyi were very young and did not reach the age of marriage, but many young children in that era were engaged, and they were engaged early and married again when they grew up. Zhao Erxun and Zhang Zuolin have always had a very good relationship, so he is confident about this marriage.
However, when Zhao Erxun came to Zhang Zuolin's house to propose to Zhang Zuolin's third daughter Zhang Huaiyi on behalf of his son, he was politely rejected by Zhang Zuolin. The reason is that the number of generations is not equal, and Zhang Zuolin does not want his master and brother to become his son-in-law.
Zhao Erxun is 31 years older than Zhang Zuolin, usually Zhang Zuolin respects Zhao Erxun as a father, all of Zhang Zuolin's children also call Zhao Erxun "grandpa", Zhang Zuolin's third daughter Zhang Huaiyi is also called Zhao Erxun's grandfather, and Zhao Erxun's son Zhao Tianci is considered Ton's uncle.
Zhang Zuolin believes that where in the world is there a reason for a niece to marry an uncle? And he can't sit on an equal footing with his mentor, so he can't marry his daughter to his brother. However, when Zhao Erxun died of illness, Zhang Zuolin was very guilty, thinking that he was really sorry for his teacher by refusing to propose to his mentor.
Zhang Zuolin once said this to his son: "I really feel sorry for him, as if I was arrogant, he wanted to propose marriage and I did not agree." I was afraid he would misunderstand, as if I wouldn't do it. The reason I refused was not for anything else, but because of the number of generations. I knew I should promise him. ”
When Zhao Erxun died of illness, his son Zhao Tianci was only 14 years old and had not been engaged to another girl. Zhang Zuolin did not marry his third daughter Zhang Huaiyi to someone else, and Zhang Zuolin's other daughters were already engaged or married.
Later, Zhang Zuolin died in distress, Zhang Huaiyi was 19 years old, or the sister-in-law was alone with Ben Wulang, waiting for the word boudoir, there was no engagement, and there was no free love. In the end, Zhang Huaiyi still married Zhao Erxun's son Zhao Tianci.
What's going on? This is because Zhang Huaiyi's birth mother Xu Shi and half-brother Zhang Xueliang deliberately married her to Zhao Tianci. Xu Shi is Zhang Zuolin's fourth aunt, and she is well aware of Zhang Zuolin's regret before his death, and Zhang Xueliang has more this meaning and wants to help his father Zhang Zuolin make up for it.
Zhang Xueliang took the initiative to discuss with his mother-in-law Xu Shi: "Both of them have this intention, I am a liberal, so is it okay for the two of them to get married?" ”
Although Mrs. Xu agreed, she had a very good sense of the times and did not want to arrange the marriage of her children, so she said: "Arranged marriages are not popular now, so let's let the two of them meet." If they want to, they are fine, and if they don't, we can't arrange their marriage. ”
So Zhang Xueliang sent someone to invite Zhao Erxun's only son, Zhao Tianci (Zi Shihui), to Fengtian to introduce him and his sister Zhang Huaiyi to know, and as a result, Zhao Tianci and Zhang Huaihui fell in love at first sight and were very satisfied with each other, so Zhang Xueliang made the decision and let Zhao Tianci and Zhang Huaiyi marry.
After marriage, Zhang Huaiyi and Zhao Tianci were very affectionate and respected each other as guests. Later, she and her husband Zhao Tianci moved to the United States.
Sometimes the marriage is really predestined, although Zhang Zuolin refused to be proposed by enshi, but his daughter eventually married enshi's son.