Jingrui 20 years, spring and March.

In a blink of an eye, Erlang also reached the age when Vimo came out of the cabinet, but the Son of Heaven did not spoil him in this matter, and built a palace for him early, selected a good staff, and ordered him to enter the court as an official.

At this point, Erlang also left the palace at the age of seven and officially began to contact foreign ministers and government officials.

Although Xu Si was very reluctant to him, he also knew the only way for this prince to grow up.

In troubled times, whether in the Northern or Southern Dynasties, there were princes and grandsons who began to hold official positions at the age of less than ten years and were exposed to political affairs and the military.

In today's situation, there is no essential difference between the royal family and the Dashi family. Although he is called the Son of Heaven, if he pushes forward twenty or thirty years, he is just the same family as everyone else, and even when he was an official in the same dynasty, his official position may still be under the people. It's all world friends, who doesn't know how your destiny came about? Therefore, it is difficult for the courtiers to have any sense of reverence, and loyalty is very fragile. The reason why they didn't replace it was not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't have enough strength. The courtiers and scholars each have their own family, and the royal family can only avoid being swallowed by the rest of the family if their descendants are prosperous and have enough troops and powers.

Therefore, even if the Son of Heaven does not plan to canonize Erlang as the crown prince, he will inevitably make him a vassal king with real power, so that he can assist his brother in the future and maintain power.

Although Erlang was born in the emperor's family, he did not grow up carefree under the care of his parents, and he will be a rich and idle king in the future. Following the orders of the Son of Heaven and leaving the cabinet early to study and experience is not necessarily a bad thing for him.

can only tell him to take good care of himself, pay attention to diet and clothing, be virtuous and far-reaching, and don't waste his studies...... Because Xu Si told her too much, Erlang still felt that she was making a big fuss, and comforted her a little impatiently, "I haven't left Beijing yet, I will come back to see you often." If you still don't feel at ease, let Daddy take back his life. ”

Over the years, Erlang's temperament has become more and more silent, and his mind has become deeper and deeper. It was only in front of Xu Sihe and Ruyi that they would reveal some age-appropriate arrogance, and protest against them for always treating him as a child.

He comforted Xu Si speechlessly, turned his head and said to Ruyi, "If you can't bear me, you will build the princess's mansion next door to the palace in the future." If you don't want to go through the door, you can meet by climbing a wall. ”

Ruyi was originally fine, but as soon as he said it, he remembered that he would also be separated from his mother in the future, and tears rolled down.

After Erlang bullied his mother and sister, he felt satisfied, so he softened his voice and comforted them, "Don't cry, I'll really come back to live forever." ”

Jiro really didn't break his promise. In the first month, he had to meet with the government officials, familiarize himself with and deal with the government affairs under his rule, and also take time to listen to Xu Mao and Fan Rong talk about literature and scriptures for him, and he was relatively busy, so he lived in the palace until the second month, after he was familiar with the personnel, he only returned to the palace to live for three or five days every ten days, and still lived in the Ciqiu Palace the rest of the time.

Ruyi was sad in vain, but every day when she came back from school, she could always see Erlang returning to Ciqiu Hall as a matter of course, reading, playing, and commanding as usual - and there was one more name for bullying, "I only come back occasionally, you have to be extra tolerant of me", and couldn't help but be angry.

"Why do you always come back!"

"My aunt lives here, my father lives here, and my sister lives here. This is my home, and you say I'm always coming back! ’

"But you don't have any government to do? Don't have a lot to know? Don't have any friends to make? Ruyi felt that if he went out of the palace to live, there would definitely be endless things to do every day.

"Half a day's work every day is enough to deal with this." There is no delay in his coming back to eat and sleep.

"But Brother Vimo, he—"

Erlang scoffed, "I'm not him!" Although he refuted it so bluntly, Erlang didn't mean to make Ruyi unhappy, so he added, "He just doesn't want to come back." ”

As for why Vimo was reluctant to come back, Erlang didn't bother to elaborate. He didn't care about these things. He only propped his arms on the table, looked Ruyi up and down carefully, and then asked, "Did you really go to Guozi to study?" ”

Xu Si believes that "if you learn alone and have no friends, you will be lonely and unheard". She is a talented woman in the world, even if the men in the world are included, there are not many who surpass her in literature and scriptures. It is enough to teach your children in person. Jian Ruyi and Erlang were young, and they were not yet in kindergarten, so she was not in a hurry to hire famous Confucians as teachers for them, and only took them with her to raise them personally.

Ruyi and Erlang are both very smart children - although Erlang is slightly better than Erlang, but Ruyi is more diligent and motivated, and overall he is still among the best. Xu Si felt that this combination was very good, not only would not discourage the superior and the inferior because of the huge difference, but also met classmates of equal rank at a young age, which made people feel the fun of studying and the value of friendship, and encouraged and accompanied each other.

To this day, she still feels that the children of the family are very talented, and she and Xu Mao stand out because they studied together when they were young. It is precisely because they have read books together that they understand each other better and cherish each other, and the relationship between brother and sister is deeper than that of others. If Ruyi and Erlang can really study together like her good Xu Mao, it will also be a blessing in life.

It's a pity that the emperor's family is an unusual portal. Jiro was only seven years old and was about to set up his own door.

Now that there is no Erlang, Ruyi will follow Xu Si to study, and there will be no one to accompany her.

Xu Si felt that whether it was Ruyi's character or learning, "learning alone and having no friends" was not a good thing. I started thinking about my future studies as early as possible.

The Son of Heaven did not have many children, and his two sons were both out of the cabinet at the age of seven, and the Son of Heaven appointed literary scholars and famous Confucians to teach them. The first queen is a talented woman from a family, with her own connections and ideas, and there are many erudite female histories around her, and the two princesses grew up with her, and there is no need for the Son of Heaven to worry about it. As for Zhang Guifei, although she only knows a few words, she is dedicated to cultivating Liuli into an elegant and talented Bangyuan, and she is also the idea of specially teaching by an external famous teacher.

There is no demand in the palace, so there is no special school for the enlightenment of princes and palace maids. Although there are also female histories who give regular lectures for concubines and princesses, they only talk about it three or five times a month, which obviously can't satisfy the wishful desire to study.

Xu Sisi thought about it and felt that it was impossible for Ruyi to find a place to study with his peers in the palace.

I hit the idea to Guozixue.

The national dynasty was combined with Guozixue and Taixue. Taixue recruits scholars who are interested in learning and outstanding in character and learning, and those who excel in the assessment can enter Taicheng or the East Palace as the master, sheren, and Langzhong, so as to prepare for the consultation of the Son of Heaven and the Prince. However, the children of the family are ashamed to study with the scholars of the poor family, and the former dynasty set up another Guozi School for this purpose, and only accepts the children of courtiers above the fifth grade.

After the establishment of Guozixue, although Taixue was still in ruins-only the scholars of the poor family who could not enter the Guozixue would enter the Taixue, and the family controlled the election of officials, cutting off the way for the children of the Hanmen to enter the school, even if there was an additional name of the Taixue, what was the benefit?

Guozixue has not flourished much - it is said that the family controls the election of officials, and it is purely based on the merits of the family, so why bother to study the scriptures and meanings?

And the family has its own way to make a name for its children. It doesn't matter if you don't learn or have no skills, the children of the poor family love to study the scriptures and righteousness, and they are complacent with the small Confucianism of the chapters. It doesn't matter if you can't handle government affairs, it's the practice of officials and laypeople to work hard and mundane things, and it's the duty of a gentleman to talk about the Tao and rule by hanging down -- horizontal and vertical means that he wants to occupy a position and is unwilling to do things in this position, and he also wants to say that people who do things and do things well are "turbid and vulgar."

They originally relied on their background to occupy the position that should have been occupied by their talent, and where were they willing to go to Guozi to study, so that the Son of Heaven could assess and compare their real talents? If they are found to be unsatisfactory, won't it hinder their otherwise steady future?

Therefore, the top families are reluctant to send their children to Guozixue.

Under such a general trend, even the children of really talented families, in order to avoid being isolated from the whole world, they cannot take the right path of "learning and excelling".

When the Son of Heaven set up Taixue and Guozixue, it was in order to be able to act on meritocracy regardless of family lineage. It is true that many poor scholars have been promoted from it...... But these poor scholars were suppressed by the scholars on the road of turbid officials, and the officials were also very resentful and hard.

-- The Son of Heaven has something he can't shake.

Therefore, now that Guoxue is not prosperous, Taixue and Guozixue rely on the Son of Heaven to support themselves, and they continue to live and die, and the prospects are bleak.

And as the Son of Heaven grew old—he was almost the year of knowing the destiny of heaven—his enterprising spirit gradually weakened, and he was too lazy to think about how to revitalize the two schools.

Therefore, Xu Si talked about wanting to send Ruyi to Guozi to study, and the Son of Heaven did not oppose it too much. Only three chapters of the law with Xu Si - not to reveal the identity of the princess, not to expose the identity of the woman, not to violate the rules of Guozixue - and agreed.

At this moment, Ruyi has just come back from school, and she is still wearing a green deep coat issued by Guozixue - because the wide sleeves and long hem of the deep coat affect writing and sports very much, she also ordered someone to change the style. The cuffs are narrowed, the waist is thinned, and the bottom is cut short to reveal the upper of the boots. She was already born slim, and this change made her as delicate as a new bamboo. Full of bookish atmosphere, but not without losing the agility and playfulness.

Hearing Erlang's inquiry, she replied excitedly, "Yes, Daddy allowed me to go to Guozi School." I also opened a kindergarten just for me. ”

Of course, Erlang knew what this "kindergarten hall" was all about—after all, he gave the idea of opening a kindergarten hall in Guozi School and selecting nine to thirteen-year-old teenagers from a family to enroll in school. said that it was specifically for Ruyi, but it was not bad for him to be here.

Looking at Ruyi's appearance, she must have had a pretty good time in the kindergarten. Erlang suddenly became a little unrighteous - now he is alone with Xu Mao and Fan Rong, and although his homework is progressing faster, he always feels that it is not as rich and interesting as when he studied with Ruyi. If you don't study with him, how can you live a faster life.

Thinking of Ruyi questioning him why he didn't have friends with him, Erlang asked, "...... Have you already made friends? ”

Ruyi said, "I haven't recognized all the people." But I'm really not alone," she pursed her lips, and boasted to Erlang with crooked eyebrows, "The third sister heard that I went to Guozi to study, and she also begged Daddy and Zhang Niangniang, and now she goes to school in the kindergarten with me." My uncle's third brother was also there, and the third brother took good care of me. He talked to me, and everyone in the hall gathered - you still remember the third brother, when my uncle came back from Xuzhou at the beginning of the year, he took him to the palace to meet him. ”

Erlang thought to himself: What if you go to school with your uncle's third cousin, I still go to school with my uncle!

But it was still Yu Zu's response, "I've seen it." ”

His cousin's name is Xu Yi, who is four years older than him, and he is only twelve years old this year.

There are not many peers around Erlang, but this does not mean that he does not have a person to compare - his eldest brother Xiao Huaiyou has been quick and brilliant since he was a child, and there are many praises from the government and the opposition. As far as his father's statement is concerned, although the courtier's words are beautiful, his brother is indeed the best among his peers. Erlang took Xiao Huaiyou as the target, and secretly felt that the "best" in the world was nothing more than that. Benevolence is not enough to appease the people, and power is not enough to control it. Maybe the literary rhetoric is better than him, but it doesn't make Erlang respect.

But just when Erlang was faintly disappointed with the personnel he had read after leaving the cabinet, Xu Yi returned to the court with his father.