"What, the prince is going out of the pavilion to study?"

Before the disasters in various places had subsided, and the Nanjing Baoquan Bureau had not yet begun to mint money, Wang Yuan suddenly received a new task.

The four-year-old crown prince Zhu Zaiyun is about to leave the pavilion to study, and Wang Yuan will lecture on "Shangshu". Not only that, the emperor also ordered the seven-and-a-half-year-old Wang Ce and the three-and-a-half-year-old Wang Su to go to the Wenhua Hall to accompany the prince.

The prince of the Ming Dynasty went out of the pavilion to study, generally between the age of eight and fifteen, and the specific age of reading depends on the emperor's mind.

For example, Zhu Biao left the cabinet at the age of six; Another example is Zhu Qizhen, who came out of the cabinet at the age of two.

Zhu Houzhao's age for leaving the cabinet is the most standard, because Emperor Hongzhi adhered to the etiquette system, and his son arranged for his study when he reached the age of eight.

Emperor Jiajing was more superstitious and thought that the two dragons could not see each other, so he delayed the establishment of the crown prince. He thought of a workaround, sent his son out of the cabinet to study, and trained him according to the treatment of the prince. Since then, the Ming Dynasty has had the unspoken rule that the prince will go out of the cabinet to study, that is, to recognize the identity of the prince.

Wanli wanted to abolish the elder and establish the young, and the civil officials relied on this rule and proposed to let the eldest son of the emperor go out of the cabinet to study, thus establishing the prince in disguise. But such a delay caused Zhu Changluo to leave the cabinet at the age of thirteen, and his school age was very, very late.

Zhu Changluo's son was even more miserable, because of the harem dispute, Zhu Youxiao left the cabinet to study at the age of seventeen.

The prince of the Ming Dynasty is studying later and later, and tracing back to the source should let Jiajing take the blame. It was Jiajing's superstitious thinking that linked the establishment of the crown prince with the prince's exit from the cabinet, resulting in the emperor and officials not allowing the prince to officially study when the prince was undecided.

Only the princes who go out of the cabinet to study will be educated by the ministers, and before leaving the cabinet, they will be educated by the concubines and eunuchs.

A bunch of emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, most of whom were raised by concubines and eunuchs, had long missed the best age for admission when the ministers took over.

Zhu Houzhao only has such a son, and he is very anxious to educate his descendants, so he let the prince out of the cabinet at the age of four and became the second oldest prince in the Ming Dynasty.

October 8th.

Wang Yuan took his two sons and went to the Wenhua Hall together.

From the late Zhu Yuanzhang period to the Zhengde period, the prince's reading place was in the apse of the Wenhua Palace. Therefore, the scholars of Wenhua Palace among the ministers are extremely sensitive, and they often have the flavor of supporting the ministers, and they generally do not give the ministers this title at will.

Two years ago, Zhu Houzhao wanted Wang Yuan to be a scholar of Wenhua Palace, but as soon as he said it, he blew up the mentality of the ministers.

What is Mandarin Palace?

To put it in layman's terms, it is the Ming Imperial Library, and the literal meaning of the Mandarin Hall Scholar is the director of the Royal Library.

Wang Yuan came to the apse with his two sons, and the attendants of the eastern class were still seated.

The prince's attendants, i.e., companion officers, were divided into the eastern and western classes. The eastern class accompanied the prince to read the "Four Books", and the western class accompanied the prince to read the scriptures and history, which is really called "accompanying the prince to read".

Wang Yuan's two sons were recruited as the prince's companion, but the emperor was fooling, because there was no prince to accompany the prince in the Ming Dynasty.

"Wang Shilang!"

Cui Miao, the leader of the eastern class of the attendants, led all the attendants to stand up and salute.

Wang Yuan bowed his hand and saluted back: "Cui waiter! ”

Whether it is the lecturer or the attendant, Zhu Houzhao chose it single-handedly.

Zhu Houzhao knew that he was ridiculous, but the teachers he found for his son were more serious than the other.

Take Cui Mian in front of him as an example, he has made the emperor unhappy many times. If it weren't for Wang Yuan's flapping of butterfly wings, which caused the emperor to not be in Beijing at the time, Cui Mo would have been forced to resign by the eunuchs.

Cui Mian belongs to the reformists in the Qing Stream, and has a bad relationship with the emperor's close ministers, but he is also separated from Yang Ting, and at the same time he has no good face for Wang Yuan. His enthusiasm for reform is stronger than Yang Tinghe, and much weaker than Wang Yuan, you can understand it as the youth version of Yang Yiqing and his ilk.

The most sensational incident that this gentleman has ever done was to offend Liu Jin and be thrown to Nanjing. At that time, he was just a small head of the inspection and sealing department, so he dared to check the grain depot in Nanzhili and poke out the ugly things in the granary in Susong and other places.

At that time, the officials were all shocked, and personally wrote a letter to Cui Mill to stop, but Cui Mill investigated all the relevant responsible persons. The Nanjing officials were frightened, and the ministers in Beijing were also anxious, so they hurriedly transferred Cui Mian back to the central government and threw him to the History Museum of the Hanlin Academy to revise history.

To put it simply, Cui Mo can't rub sand in his eyes, and he has to say something unpleasant when he sees it. In history, there were three ups and downs in this goods, once in the Zhengde Dynasty and twice in the Jiajing Dynasty, all of which were caused by Geng Jie's character.

Zhu Houzhao let this kind of person be the head of the prince's attendant Dongban, which can be described as thoughtful. Well, he is not a good emperor himself, but wants to raise his son to be a good emperor.

European clocks, which have been remodeled, have hour and minute hands, and there is no second hand for the time being, and now there is one in the classroom.

The hour hand pointed to eight o'clock, and the crown prince Zhu Zaiyun appeared.

Cui Mo took a group of attendants and kowtowed to the prince. And Wang Yuan, as the keynote speaker, only needs to bow to the prince, and the prince must return the salute.

Zhu Zaiyun was four years and three months old at this time, and he was born with pink carved jade. Although he behaves politely, his eyes are dripping and rolling, and he is obviously a child with a detached personality.

The attendant eunuch opened the "Book of Shang", and Cui Mill stepped forward to recite the "Book of Shang" on behalf of the attendant. After reciting it ten times in a row, the prince was slightly impressed, and then he returned to the ranks of the attendant class and handed over the class to the lecturer Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan did not start speaking immediately, but asked, "How many words does the prince know?" ”

Zhu Zaiyun replied: "My mother taught me to read and write last year, and I can already memorize the "Three Character Classic", but I can't write some rare characters. ”

Wang Yuan asked again: "Other lecturers, do you directly talk about the four books?" ”

Zhu Zaiyun replied: "Yang Shi (Yang Tinghe), Jin Shi (Jin Gui) and Jiang Shi (Jiang Mian) all asked me to learn the "Thousand Character Text" first, but did not let me learn the four books. ”

Yes, the prince's lecturer has become a teacher.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the prince was eight years old when he left the cabinet to study, so that the harem could complete the enlightenment education, and the ministers directly taught the prince the four books and five classics.

But Zhu Houzhao was too urgent, so the lecturers could only start with kindergarten books.

Wang Yuan asked again: "Where did the two teachers talk about "Thousand Character Text"? ”

Zhu Zaiyun replied: "Dragon Master Fire Emperor, Bird Official Emperor." The original writing is the clothing. ”

"Then let's move on," Wang Yuan said to Cui Miao, "Cui Shi reads, there is a lot of work, just read eight sentences." ”

Cui Mo stepped forward to recite again, reciting ten times in a row, and then returned to the train.

Wang Ce sat next to him and yawned, this kid would have memorized "Thousand Character Text" a long time ago. Wang Su looked confused, he was only three and a half years old, and he hadn't even memorized the "Three Character Classic".

The ages are all different, the fart prince reads with him, and the prince plays with him.

Wang Yuan said to his son: "Ce'er, tell me what it means to 'push the throne and give up the country, and there is Yu Tao Tang'." ”

Wang Ce immediately replied: "Tang Yao and Yu Shun are both wise kings, and they took the initiative to give up the emperor's seat to meritorious heroes and sages? ”

Zhu Zaiyun said confusedly: "My father said that when I grow up, I will also be the emperor, so should I also be a wise monarch and give up the emperor's position to meritorious heroes?" What is a meritorious man and what is a virtuous man? ”

Cui Mo and the other attendants' faces changed slightly, this question is not easy to answer, and it is possible to teach the bad prince if they answer indiscriminately.

Wang Yuan was very satisfied, this prince was not a fool, he knew how to ask questions at a young age, and his thinking was very clear.

Wang Yuan didn't answer directly, but asked, "Is the prince still breastfeeding?" ”

Zhu Zaiyun shook his head and said, "I stopped breastfeeding when I was three years old. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The prince feeds at the age of three and eats at the age of four, which shows that the prince is growing up." The emperor and the country are the same, Yao Shun needs to give way, but our Ming Dynasty does not need to give way. ”

"Why?" This time, it was Wang Ce who asked the question.

Wang Yuan explained: "Because at that time in Yaoshun, the country was not as big as it is now, the grain grown was not as much as it is now, and the army was not as powerful as it is now. At that time, there were many enemies around the country, and there were many beasts inside the country. At that time, the emperor had to be elected by his subjects to be the most capable person. The emperor will take his subjects to grow food, lead his subjects to defeat wild beasts, and lead his subjects to conquer the enemy. ”

"Oh," Wang Ce asked again, "what about now?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "The current country is too big, and the responsibility of the emperor is to manage the country. If the emperor still abdicates, the country will be in chaos, and the people will have a hard time. ”

Wang Ce asked again: "Why is the country in chaos?" ”

Wang Yuan was not irritated by his son's curiosity, and explained: "I heard from the chamberlain that Su'er grabbed toys with the prince yesterday, but there is such a thing? ”

Wang Su muttered: "That's my toy, the prince insists on grabbing it." ”

Zhu Zaiyun puffed up and said, "I'll borrow it to play for a while, you're too stingy." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "This throne is like a toy. If the toys are not fun and need to be carefully cleaned and stored every day, then no child will snatch them. Yao Shun's throne at that time was a toy that was not fun. The current throne is very fun, and naturally there are many children who want to grab it. ”

The three children instantly understood the truth, but Cui Miao's group of attendants had strange expressions.

Zhu Zaiyun asked: "Then I don't have to give up the emperor's seat to others in the future?" ”

Wang Yuan replied, "No. ”

"Oh." Zhu Zaiyun didn't feel much about this.

The prince only needs to read in the morning every day, and he can have fun in the afternoon, and Wang Ce and Wang Su also go to play.

In the evening, Zhu Houzhao and the imperial concubine called the crown prince: "Yan'er, the four teachers have all lectured, which gentleman do you like the most?" ”

Zhu Zaiyun said: "I like Mr. Wang. ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed: "My son and I are like each other, and my father also likes Mr. Wang the most." ”

The imperial concubine asked, "Why do you like Mr. Wang?" ”

Zhu Zaiyun said: "I can understand Mr. Wang's lecture. The other teachers lectured, but they didn't understand it, and they refused to explain it when asked, so I only remembered those big truths. ”

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied: "It seems that Erlang is as good at being a teacher as he is at war." Before learning the Five Classics, let Erlang teach alone, and the other three can be named teachers. ”