Although the views put forward by Zhu Houzhao are not as convincing as those of Zhang Heling, Min Gui, and Xu Qiong, the point is that the starting point is very unique and belongs to another way, at least no one thinks of this now, but Zhu Houzhao, who is still a child, can say it, which is impressive.

Some ministers will inevitably wonder, could it be that Emperor Hongzhi thought about what to ask in advance during the banquet and found someone to give the prince some words, so that he could tell such a high opinion?

If you think about it carefully, it's not quite right.

If the emperor really found someone to make up an answer for the prince, the prince would not have said it so plainly, and the previous response between Emperor Guan Hongzhi and the crown prince Zhu Houzhao did not seem to be disguised, but it seemed that it was really said by the prince on a whim.

Zhu Youzhu listened to his son's words, and fell into thought, he was not thinking about who taught his son to say this, but thinking about the truth contained in Zhu Houzhao's words.

An eight-year-old child's words can inspire the emperor, which shows that these words have a certain insight. The crux of the matter lies in the fact that what the other three courtiers said only has a certain warning effect on the current imperial court, and it belongs to "taking history as a mirror", but Zhu Houzhao's words are practical and can be greatly improved.

The Song Dynasty was defeated by too few horse farms, so I could open up more horse farms and train excellent war horses.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was silent in thought, Zhang Heling immediately realized his brother-in-law's intentions, got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the prince said is very reasonable, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are weak. The prince can say such far-sighted things at such an age, which shows that the prince cherished his family and country at a young age, which is the blessing of my great wisdom. ”

It's a sycophant again, but Emperor Hongzhi likes to hear it very much.

not only said the emperor's idea of raising horses, but also complimented the prince, and established the prestige of the prince in front of a group of important ministers, which made Emperor Hongzhi feel very embarrassed.

At this time, even Zhang Mao, Xie Qian and other important ministers also came out to praise the prince, which suddenly made the prince Zhu Houzhao feel fluttering.

Queen Zhang looked at her son with a smile on her face, she didn't expect her son to be so competitive, she was very worried that her son would not speak well and embarrass his father. Now that I think about it, my son has grown up and can be a good prince, and he can be a good emperor in the future...... Unconsciously, the old lady had more expectations for her son.

Zhu Youzhu nodded with satisfaction, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Prince, who taught you these words?" ”

This is also what the courtiers want to ask, the prince is so brilliant today, there should always be someone behind his back.

Emperor Hongzhi asked this, in fact, he wanted to tell the courtiers that I had not found someone to make up a statement for the prince in advance, and I did not know who taught the prince what he said.

Zhu Houzhao finally showed his face, a child has the best face, hearing this, he raised his head and said arrogantly: "Back to my father, it is the emperor who thinks about it, and no one teaches it." ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Before I could praise you kid, I started to my tail? Daddy has eaten more salt than you eat rice, do you know that someone taught you these words? If you don't admit it, I'll check your daily life records later, don't you know who taught you these words?

Zhang Yanling took the opportunity to say: "The prince is smart and erudite, and the minister is ashamed of himself. ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at his brother-in-law, his expression was slightly impatient.

A compliment is enough to say once, but too much will only make people feel disgusting. The emperor thought to himself, "You don't have your brother's city and the ability to read words and feelings." ”

Zhu Youzhu did not say anything to blame, deliberately exposed the problem, and instead beckoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to drink.

It was rare for the ministers not to be embarrassed by the emperor, and they raised their glasses and drank freely.

Don't talk about the princes and nobles, there is no way to be promoted, to be a cabinet scholar and a seventh secretary, in fact, there is no need to be like a new officialdom, you need to show yourself in front of the emperor to add officials to the knighthood. In his current position, he mainly depends on his intimacy with the emperor and his ability to do things.

In fact, when an official can participate in the emperor's family banquet, the main goal is to keep his duty, try not to anger the emperor, and want to be promoted again, the path is already very narrow, or there is no way to be promoted.

The banquet ended in a relatively peaceful atmosphere, Empress Zhang left with the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, and the ministers saluted respectfully and returned home, but Emperor Hongzhi asked Xie Qian to pass on two people, namely Zhan Shi Wu Kuan and Shao Zhan Shi Wang Wei, and at a glance knew that the emperor was going to ask about the prince's studies.

Wu Kuan and Wang Wei had a high status in the court, but they were not yet qualified to participate in the emperor's banquet.

When the two of them moved to the apse of the Huagai Hall with Xie, Zhu Youzhu was sitting in front of the table, holding his head with his hands, obviously a little overwhelmed.

After drinking a few more glasses after being in poor health, Emperor Hongzhi didn't even have the interest to go to Empress Zhang's bedroom, and was ready to go back to the Qianqing Palace to rest, but he wanted to know how his son had such a high opinion.

"Your Majesty." Wu Kuan and Wang Wei hurriedly saluted.

When Zhu Youzhu heard the voice, he raised his head and waved his hand to signal the eunuch to go out, if he wanted to ask, he didn't want to be known by the servants. When there was no one else in the hall, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Bachelor Wang, have you heard what the prince said today when he was talking about the Tang Dynasty and the weak Song Dynasty in the palace?" ”

Wang Wei hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, Elder Xie Ge has already made it clear to the two of us on the road. ”

"But what did you teach him?"

Zhu Youzhi had a relieved smile on his face, he knew very well that he asked this question because of a temporary whim, and even the queen didn't know it in advance, let alone let her son prepare, which can only show that it is the lecturer who teaches well on weekdays to give his baby son a chance to show his face.

At this time, Zhu Youzhu wanted to thank the gentleman who taught his son for him.

Wang Wei replied: "Your Majesty, the minister did not teach the prince these words. ”

Zhu Youzhu was stunned for a moment, then he remembered Wu Kuan beside Wang Wei, and asked, "Wu Aiqing, is it you?" ”

In terms of official position, Wu Kuan's official position is above Wang Wei, but when the emperor found that the prince had a high insight, the first thing that came to mind was not Wu Kuan but Wang Wei, which shows that the emperor still trusts Wang Wei more in his heart, which shows that due to the death of Cheng Minzheng after the title case, Emperor Hongzhi has some doubts about Wu Kuan.

Wu Kuan didn't have time to think about this, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old minister didn't say anything. ”

"That's strange, could it be that the prince really ...... No, he's only a few years old, and even I have never thought of such a detailed thing. What does Mr. Xie think? ”

Xie Qian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, when the old minister came over, Mr. Wang brought the record of the prince's reading in the Wenhua Hall today, and asked Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Zhu Youzhu took the booklet handed over by Xie Qian, and as soon as he opened it, Wang Wei next to him said angrily: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to play Shen Xi in the right Chunfang of Zhan Shifu, and he is not easy to do his duty, a few days ago, he taught the prince to promote the weaving play, so that the prince's studies were wild, and today he is presented with the play of the Song people's juju, which is not the choice of the official, and I ask Your Majesty to dismiss it!" ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhu know why Wang Wei wanted to hand over the prince's reading records that day to Xie Qian, and his feelings were because Shen Xi had done something wrong.

"That's a lot of talking."

Zhu Youzhu opened the record and couldn't help but exclaim, but he turned a deaf ear to Wang Wei's words.

What Shen Xi was talking about that day was not the content of the orthodox history books, but the chronicles of the Sui and Tang dynasties compiled by himself, with a large amount of vernacular text mixed in between, so much that the emperor felt that his head was big when he read it.

However, after reading it carefully, I feel that the content is clearly organized, from the founding of the Sui Dynasty to the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the major events that happened are basically recorded, and a large number of biographies and historical materials are mixed in, which is much more interesting than the original simple and boring history.

"Master Wang, what did you just say?" Zhu Youzhu looked at it for a while, then raised his head and looked at Wang Wei.

Wang Wei's face was somewhat embarrassed, his march, the emperor didn't hear it!?

Wang Wei played in concise words: "The minister wants to play the official Shen Xi, the play of promoting weaving first, and the play of bowing later, so that the prince does not want to study." ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

The last time Shen Xi told the prince about promoting weaving, although he didn't blame him, but in hindsight, thinking about it, this kind of education method may bring trouble, and now Shen Xi actually mentioned Keju again, which is not a good sign.

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that there may be another reason for this matter. ”

Wang Wei was very dissatisfied with Xie Qian's exculpation of Shen Xi, the two had a good relationship, and even if there were political disagreements in the past, there was no direct dispute like today. Wang Wei looked at Xie Qian coldly, and said: "Shen Xi teaches the prince to bow, there should be no reason, Xie Ge is a teacher, and he should know this well. ”

Zhu Youzhi used to be Xie Qian's student, so he called Xie Qian "Mr.", Zhu Youzhi also gave the three pavilion elders time to teach his son in order to make his son more promising, so Xie Qian is also half of the prince's husband.

Xie Qian said: "Before the old minister came over, he had a cursory look at the prince's reading situation today, maybe ...... Forgivable circumstances? ”

Zhu Youzhu was very cautious about Xie Qian's words.

What others say, he may have to be suspicious, Xie Qian will not just say things that are not targeted, he said that if there are extenuating circumstances, there must be a reason.

However, Zhu Youzhu really couldn't read this large paragraph of text, and sighed: "Mr. has something to say, I won't read it." ”

Xie Qian said: "The old minister has read it, and he knows that what Shen Zhongyun is talking about for the prince today is the historical facts of the Sui and Tang dynasties. The crown prince may conclude from this that the Tang Dynasty weakened the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty lost its frontiers, and the country was thin and weak. ”

"Really?"

Although Zhu Youzhi was not in good spirits, he heard that his son had such a high opinion, because of Shen Xi's suggestion and his son's own summary, he was immediately surprised to look through the booklet, and under Xie Qian's guidance, Zhu Youzhu really found out the conversation between Shen Xi and the prince.

The prince's original intention was that the people of the Tang Dynasty could ride high-headed horses to fight the barbarians, why were the people of the Song Dynasty beaten all over the ground by the Jin people?

Shen Xi's answer was that the Song people had few horses, and after the loss of the frontier, there was a lack of horse farms, and they could not win the battle without horses.

But in the record, it was not so straightforward, but summarized it in classical Chinese: "The prince said, Tang Bingsheng rode horses and subdued the barbarians, why were the Song people defeated by the Jin people?" Yes, after the Tang Dynasty, the soil was cut, and the domain was narrow and the horses were thin. ”

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao said that he summed it up by himself, but it was actually Shen Xi who told him the ready-made answer.

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