On the way to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cihong was thinking about the regulations to be talked about today.

Suddenly, his eyes rolled, and he accosted the little eunuch who was walking behind him: "This palace sees that your face is tight, when was you transferred to the Qianqing Palace on an errand?" ”

"If you go back to Your Highness, the slave maid Han San has just been transferred from the Imperial Palace for six days, so His Royal Highness has no impression of the slave maid." The little eunuch replied respectfully.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Then I want to congratulate my father-in-law on his ascension to the throne, and the palace has not prepared any gifts for my father-in-law, which is a small meaning." Zhu Cihong stuffed the little eunuch with a silver ingot of ten taels without a trace.

The little eunuch Han San hurriedly waved his hand, very frightened, and said, "How dare this slave and maid accept it." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "This is the reward of this palace, you just take it steadily, is there still a reason to let this palace take it back?" ”

The little eunuch didn't even dare to say it, and then quickly put away the silver and thanked him repeatedly.

Since Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were wiped out by Chongzhen a few years ago, the status of these eunuchs has plummeted, but in this deep palace, the eunuchs' minds are more lively than anyone else, and their ambitions are inexhaustible, but they will make a comeback whenever they have the slightest opportunity.

Zhu Cihong's purpose is that he can't offend people for no reason to set up enemies for himself, for the people around the emperor Lao Tzu, whether it is useful or not, raise it first, maybe it is useless at a critical time, anyway, he has not lost much.

Zhu Cihong said again: "My father-in-law can know what His Majesty Father has passed on to this palace. ”

The little eunuch looked left and right, and then said in a low voice: "Listening to the emperor's meaning, I should want to test His Highness's knowledge." ”

Zhu Cihong felt relieved after hearing this, he was extremely good in his studies, and among all the princes and princes of the entire Ming Dynasty, that was a record-breaking existence, a hundred times stronger than those wonderful emperors when they were young.

The education and training system of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was first formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang took great pains to educate the heirs, inviting famous Confucians from all over the world, and even built a library for his son, the Great Main Hall, which gathered the most famous classics and books in China at that time.

It's a pity that the plan is not as good as the change, the education of the prince in the middle and late Ming Dynasty has been unbearable, and some eunuchs who accompanied the prince to study were in collusion with the prince and hollowed out their minds to skip class, the most typical is the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

With the help of Liu Jin, he usually made trouble in class, and often set up clever names to cancel the lectures of the day, and normal education was basically not guaranteed.

After the Wanli Dynasty was even more unbearable, Wanli himself did not like to study, and because of the idea of abolishing the elder and young, he did not appoint the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince, which led to the delay of the later prince Zhu Changluo, after the age of eight, almost five years without much education.

Not to mention the extremely low level of education, even his son, Zhu Youxiao, the grandson of Wanli, was dragged down.

Chongzhen didn't read much when he was young, so he attached great importance to his sister-in-law Zhu Cihong.

In the last year, Jiang Fengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, Yao Minggong of Zhan Shi, Wang Duo of Shao Zhan Shi, Wu Weiye and Yang Tinglin of the editors gave lectures on reading the scriptures for the prince, and edited the school books of Hu Shiheng and Yang Shicong.

In Chongzhen's words, this team is very strong, they are all famous ministers and romantic talents at that time, you have to listen to the class carefully.

But Zhu Cihong scoffed, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, except for Yang Tinglin, who threw himself into the water and died abroad, everyone else basically voted for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and should be Jiannu Zhao to go north as an official.

Even Qian Qianyi, who was 'too cold', was not as good as Qian Qianyi, who was afraid of death and did not dare to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, and also surrendered, at least later he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and did not really become a slave to the Manchu Dynasty.

After Zhu Cihong let go of his mind, in the small talk with the little eunuch, he arrived at the Qianqing Palace after a while.

After Zhu Cihong and Emperor Chongzhen met the ceremony, they peeked at it, and their mood as the emperor was not very good.

The Houjin in the north was raging, and the rogues in the Central Plains were rampant, which broke his heart. At the age of twenty-five, a few strands of white hair have emerged, and his eyes have crow's feet, which are deeper than Shen Teng's, and the whole person looks a little haggard.

The last emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, unlike the last monarchs of other dynasties, he vigorously eradicated the eunuchs after succeeding to the throne, was diligent in political affairs, lived frugally, and had six edicts against himself, which can be regarded as a very self-motivated emperor.

However, at this time, the Daming Dynasty was already difficult to return, the extreme cold of the Xiaoice River led to a sudden decline in grain production, and the cold in the north caused the rainfall area to move south, so that the Ming Dynasty suffered almost every year of disasters, and peasant uprisings continued.

In the end, Chongzhen hung himself on the southeast branch under internal and external troubles, and ended up with a dead body and a ruined country, which made future generations sigh.

Later generations have mixed evaluations of him, and some people say that he is impatient and credulous, incapacitating, eager for quick success, rigid and self-serving, and moody in dealing with others!

In this regard, Zhu Cihong didn't want to comment more, since he came to the end of the Ming Dynasty, let's take a look.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cihong, only then did he raise some emotions slightly, and asked, "Emperor, what have you learned in Wenhua Hall recently?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Back to your father, Your Majesty, the emperor has been reading "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" recently. ”

"Oh? Have you already read these books? Have you ever read the Analects and Mencius? Chongzhen's originally tired face was suddenly a little surprised.

"I've read it." Zhu Cihong nodded.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said secretly in his heart, it has only been a year since he left the pavilion to study, and the prince has actually read "Analects" and "Mencius"?

I only finished learning the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text" when I was ten years old, and I only started reading "Zizhi Tongjian" when I was a teenager. I have to test him, but I can't let him learn to lie and deceive people at a young age.

Emperor Chongzhen thought of this and said, "My father has a question, I don't know if the emperor can answer it for me." ”

"Your Majesty, Father, please."

"As the old saying goes, there is 'a gentleman who cooks far away', why is there a metaphor like 'governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh'? Since a gentleman wants to stay away from the kitchen, how can he compare governing the country to cooking? Isn't it a conflict? Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cihong with a smile to see how he answered.

Zhu Cihong smiled in his heart, the emperor's father was testing him.

"Back to His Majesty the Emperor, 'the gentleman cooks far away', it does not mean that the gentleman should stay away from the kitchen, this sentence comes from the gentleman in "Mencius" to the beast, see his life, can't bear to see his death; Hearing its voice, he couldn't bear to eat his meat, and he was a gentleman who was far away from cooking.

It means that all flesh and blood should not be killed, and what is admired is the heart of forbearance, so that the gentleman should not commit murder, and it is Mencius who exhorted King Qi Xuan to practice benevolence.

And "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh" is from the "Tao Te Ching", which means that governing a big country should not be turned over and over, do not disturb the people at every turn, and do not toss around. ”

Zhu Cihong's answer immediately made Chongzhen dumbfounded, he just tested Zhu Cihong on a whim, as long as he could tell where these two sentences came from, it means that Zhu Cihong did not lie, and he had indeed read the Four Books and Five Classics.

But Chongzhen didn't expect that the prince would even express his meaning correctly, and even the sentence "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh" comes from the "Tao Te Ching", but it is not from the Four Books and Five Classics, and it can be understood so well?

This shocked Chongzhen too much, his own prince is really a prodigy!

Wang Chengen on the side also widened his eyes, a little out of manners, he was a eunuch who grew up with Chongzhen, and he was clear about Chongzhen's knowledge, he was playful and didn't like to study when he was a child, but he didn't expect the prince born to be a prodigy.

Chongzhen's face showed a proud smile, and he laughed: "Haha, Tang Liu Yan, Fang is seven years old, a prodigy, and he is a straight character." Liu Yan of the Tang Dynasty was rumored to be a prodigy when he was seven years old, and he could make a fuss, and the emperor is now seven years old, not inferior to Liu Yan in any way! ”

Seeing Long Yan Dayue, although Zhu Cihong had a smile on his face, he was very calm, and he was not complacent because of this.

This made Chongzhen and Wang Chengen even more surprised, it is not easy to do this at a young age.

Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Can the emperor write?" ”

He felt that being literate does not mean that he could write, and it was not difficult to know the meaning of the article.

I have to say that Chongzhen thinks too much and is suspicious!

"Naturally!" Zhu Cihong is not modest, he needs to perform well and strive to get real power, especially military power.

Zhu Cihong is in his thirties in his two lifetimes, ten years older than Chongzhen, isn't this little enlightenment gadget still a twist? Even if you use a brush to write traditional characters, although you have just practiced for a short time, the writing is still a little immature, but there is also a sense of vigor.

At this moment, Chongzhen looked at these words in shock, laughed again, and said, "Okay! Good! All right! ”

Chongzhen shouted hello three times in a row, hugged Zhu Cihong in excitement, and then asked, "Emperor, how many words do you know now?" ”

Being held in the arms of a man who was ten years younger than him in soul, Zhu Cihong felt uncomfortable, and replied casually: "Back to your father, Your Majesty, the emperor knows all words." ”

Chongzhen's jaw almost didn't fall off this time, and it took a while before he came back to his senses, and said happily: "Okay, good, it's really a good emperor of my father." ”

Chongzhen was so excited that he didn't know what to say, put down Zhu Cihong, and continued: "Come, accompany my father to review the recital." ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, his heart perked, he didn't expect to come into contact with such a confidential matter so easily?

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Note: Regarding the title, the "Ancestral Teachings and Etiquette" hand-set by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, stipulates:

Whoever enters the congratulatory note, the prince is crowned king, in front of the Son of Heaven, he calls himself "the first son of Wang", the Son of Heaven is called "His Majesty the Father", and the queen is called "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother".

If the grandson is called "the first grandson of Wang", the son of heaven is called "grandfather, His Majesty the Emperor," and the queen is called "His Royal Highness the Grandmother". If the younger brother, he called himself "the first brother of a certain Feng", called the Son of Heaven "eldest brother His Majesty the Emperor", and the queen said "His Royal Highness the Sister-in-law".

The nephew called himself "the first nephew and a certain Feng", called the Son of Heaven "His Majesty the Uncle Emperor", "His Majesty the Uncle Emperor", and the queen called "His Royal Highness the Aunt Empress" and "His Royal Highness the Uncle and Empress".

If they are respectful, they call themselves "a certain vassal", the Son of Heaven is called "His Majesty the Emperor", and the Empress is called "Her Royal Highness the Empress".

If it follows from the grandson, it is called "from the grandson, then from the grandson, and three from the grandson", and the emperor and empress are called "uncle, uncle, Emperor Majesty", "uncle, uncle, grandmother, and Her Royal Highness the Empress".