Chapter 13: The Ministers and the Eunuchs
Zhu Houzhao naturally couldn't take Zhu Youzhang to practice anything too intense, with Zhu Youzhang's body, it is estimated that he can't bear the really strenuous exercise, and what Zhu Houzhao is going to practice with Zhu Youzhang is Taijiquan. Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao did not study systematically in his previous life, he still learned it when he was in college, the school replaced recess exercises with Tai Chi, and the final exam of physical education in his freshman year was Tai Chi.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao almost forgot about it, who knew that his memory had risen sharply in the past few days, but he remembered it again, and Zhu Houzhao decided to take Zhu Youzhu to practice together.
In his previous life, Zhu Houzhao once felt that Tai Chi was not tired, in fact, if you did the movements in place, it was not so easy, and if you wanted to practice it with ease, it would take a long time and great strength. Zhu Houzhao doesn't know if Tai Chi can fight, anyway, it should be good to use it to exercise for his father. Having said that, there should be a lot of Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain now, right? Find a few to come back and ask?
"Come, father, son-in-law will fight once first, and then fight in the godfather emperor!" Saying that, Zhu Houzhao put on a starting pose, falling his elbows and shoulders.
Zhu Houzhao plays very slowly, in fact, he doesn't learn fast, but every movement is very standard, and his body is really good now.
Zhu Youzhang watched his son boxing, and he was still a little happy in his heart, at least his son would not collapse like himself in the future, after the fight, Zhu Houzhao began to pull Zhu Youzhu to fight, teaching one action at a time. Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhang's body is really weak, and after learning a few movements, he sweats slightly and is out of breath. Of course, this is also related to Zhu Houzhao's letting Zhu Youzhu pose.
Seeing Zhu Youzhang's appearance, Zhu Houzhao did not let Zhu Youzhu continue to practice, but took his father back to wash.
After washing, Empress Zhang had already prepared breakfast, and then the meal was put on the table, and this time for breakfast, Zhu Youzhu ate half more than usual. When Zhu Youzhu left, Empress Zhang pulled her son and said with a smile: "Your father ate so much yesterday, it seems that this punch is still effective, tomorrow the emperor will come again!" ”
"Yes, Queen Mother!" Zhu Houzhao agreed, and said with a smile, he also plans to stick to it for a long time, anyway, he has to practice every morning, and it is good to practice with Zhu Youzhang.
Back in his Xianyang Palace, Zhu Houzhao asked people to bring some meat up, he has a lot of exercise these days, coupled with the rapid growth of his body, he needs to supplement some high-calorie food, otherwise his body will not be able to stand it. Although he also ate it in Kunning Palace, Zhu Houzhao did not eat it openly, he was afraid that his diet would be too large and scare his parents.
After eating, Zhu Houzhao changed his clothes under the service of the eunuchs and palace maids, and his class time came, the class on the civil official's side.
Today's person who came to teach Zhu Houzhao is Liu Jian, a well-known official, a figure who cannot be ignored in this era or in later generations.
Liu Jian studied under the great Confucian Xue Xuan, and ascended to the Jinshi in the fourth year of Yingzong Tianshun in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Jian is his father's teacher, and his status in his father's heart is naturally different. This can be seen from Liu Jian's official position, the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and also the title of the secretary of the ministry, the young master and the prince and the prince, the first person in the Ming Dynasty, not the second candidate.
Zhu Houzhao has also seen Liu Jian before, this is a little old man with a slightly irritable temper, but there is always a bone of righteousness in his body, whether it is commenting on the ancient and modern, or Zang Wei's characters, all with a sense of righteousness, and even eager to point at the traitor's nose and scold. Anyway, Zhu Houzhao thinks that Liu Jian is a very cute little old man, and he likes it a lot, but Liu Jian in history did not end up well.
According to historical records, after Liu Jianzhishi, Liu Jin and others became even more arrogant, set up special agencies, operated everywhere, suppressed dissidents, excluded loyal ministers, introduced private parties, and wantonly plundered peasant land, resulting in the rapid intensification of class contradictions.
Large-scale peasant uprisings broke out in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places. And Liu Jin has been looking for an opportunity to frame Liu Jian. In March of the second year of his retirement, Liu Jin and others framed 53 people as traitors and set an example for the court, and Liu Jian ranked first.
In the fifth year of Zhengde, Liu Jian was cut to the people, and all titles were taken away, and in the same year, Liu Jin was killed, and Liu Jian was reinstated.
After tidying up his clothes, Zhu Houzhao came to the Wenhua Palace, where he studied and where the ministers taught him to read. After waiting in the Wenhua Hall for a while, Liu Jian walked away from the outside, and after seeing Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jian smiled, and the smile on his face was very sincere.
Speaking of which, Liu Jian really didn't like the previous Zhu Houzhao, after all, he himself was a serious person, how could he be used to Zhu Houzhao's escape, but the current Zhu Houzhao made Liu Jian like it very, very much. Intelligent, wise, memorized very carefully, and can draw inferences about everything, he is simply a genius student.
It is the ideal of every teacher to be educated by talents, and even more so is the prince's teachers, because they educate the future of the country.
"Master Liu!" After Zhu Houzhao saw Liu Jian, he bowed and saluted, very serious, very serious, and meticulous.
"The minister has seen His Highness!" Liu Jian also bowed and returned the salute, and then the master and apprentice took their seats, Liu Jian explained to Zhu Houzhao some Spring and Autumn Period, to put it bluntly, Spring and Autumn is the art of the emperor, which is mainly the royal road and thick black learning. Zhu Houzhao listened very carefully, because this is a really practical thing, and this is also something that he will definitely be able to use in the future.
Zhu Houzhao has always felt that whether it is a civil official or a eunuch, the biggest role of both sides is the emperor's tool for governing the country.
Balance is the most important thing, blindly saying that civil officials are first, civil officials are good, this is not right, blindly saying that eunuchs are good, eunuchs first, this is also not right, there are wicked people on both sides, there are evil things, in a later sentence to describe it is no one under the bottom of the ass is clean. It doesn't make much sense to say that civil officials are more evil, or eunuchs are more evil, balance is king, if one family is dominant, no one can be better.
Whether it is Wang Zhen or the Donglin Party, the consequences of the end of the family are very serious, and no one can afford it, and the emperor can't afford it.
Zhu Houzhao listened to Liu Jian tell him about the ancients and the art of the emperor for himself, but Zhu Houzhao was moving closer to the Ming Dynasty in his heart, combining what he had learned with the reality of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time adding some views of later generations, looking at this era and this country from a new perspective, Zhu Houzhao also had an idea in his heart, did he go out to have a look? What can be seen in the palace? It's not that Emperor Zhengde likes private visits in micro-service, this habit should be maintained.