Chapter 519: Teaching the Prince to Fight Crickets (Seventh Shift)
Shen Xi was promoted, but he himself was ignorant, and after he received Xie Qian's personal notice the next day of the chrysanthemum banquet, he still didn't understand a little, he had only been in Zhan Shifu for a few days, why did he become a lecturer?
The lecturer is different from the attendant or attendant, it is a "part-time job", and his official title and official character are no different from the past, but there has been a significant change in his duties.
In the past, he was in charge of recording when the prince was studying, but now he has become the prince's "sir".
According to reason, in the future, the prince needs to respectfully call him "sir", looking at the Ming Dynasty, Shen Xi can be regarded as the first person who can become the prince's teacher at the age of thirteen.
Xie Qian has not come to Zhan Shifu to see him again since he asked Ming Shen Xi about his marriage at home, this time it is the first time to come to pass on the emperor's will, and he still doesn't talk much, and he turns around and leaves after speaking, not as verbose as before.
Shen Xi thought to himself, did this confirm the rumors when he was in the Hanlin Academy, Xie Qian was because he fell in love with him and wanted him to be his grandson-in-law, so he would "look at him differently"?
But it's clearly not that simple!
Shen Xi thought to himself, Xie Qian actually knew about the existence of the Xie family for a long time, and also knew that he had a background in the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, so it was impossible not to know the fact that he had already married a wife.
Moreover, this matter is not a secret in the Hanlin Academy, Xie Qian asked him to do things before, whether it was "Jianwen Old Things" or "Translating Heavenly Books", there was no personal factor in it, to be precise, Xie Qian always troubled him, rather than deliberately helping him.
Don't...... Xie Qian wants to use this way to dissociate himself from himself? Don't hold on to the delusion that you will be promoted by being close to him!
If this is the case, it means that Xie Qian is still very upright. This old guy just deliberately made excuses to make Shen Xi hate him, but in fact, Xie Qian played a role in his promotion to the rank of speaker.
After the news of Shen Xijin becoming a lecturer spread, many people came to congratulate Zhan Shifu.
Shen Xi is the ninth lecturer of the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, and among the nine speakers, Shen Xi is the youngest, before Shen Xi can mobilize the entourage, only the little eunuch Xiao Xuanzi, after he becomes a speaker, there will be several attendants to listen to him, and there is no need to take a book to record the prince's words and deeds and reading in the future, so he became a senior official of Zhan Shifu.
On the first day of Shen Xi's official promotion to speaker, he still didn't quite understand his division of labor.
In fact, among the original eight lecturers, what the prince learns every day, and what the lecturer is responsible for talking about are all divided, and the scriptures, history, children, and collections have their own strengths.
Shen Xi didn't know much about his work, so he could only turn to his direct boss Wang Hua for help.
Wang Hua's own status among the lecturers was not very high, so he had to ask Shen Xi to ask for help from Wang Wei, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Wang Wei was second only to Zhan Shi Wu Kuan of Zhan Shifu among the nine lecturers, and Wang Wei was mostly responsible for the course arrangement of the prince on weekdays.
Where to find Wang Wei, that's a question!
Wang Wei is a Hanlin official, and he is also the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, in addition to teaching the prince to read, Wang Wei has another dispatch, one is responsible for the edict, and the other is to participate in the revision of the "Ming Huidian", which has a great responsibility.
Shen Xi couldn't rashly go to Wang Wei's house to visit, but he was appointed as the crown prince's official, it was just a word from Emperor Hongzhi, and there was no news from the ministry, and Wang Wei probably didn't know it at this time.
But since Shen Xi is a lecturer, he didn't have to do the errand of Right Zhongyun, and Jin Gui didn't let him go to the Chufang Palace to join the duty at all, so Shen Xi could only stay in Zhan Shifu and wait to see when Wang Wei would come, but he didn't see anyone all day.
Shen Xi can see that there is no human right for the ministers, the Ming Dynasty officials are still clear, the division of labor is basically clear, who is responsible for what is arranged in advance, the emperor suddenly wants to insert a bar, saying who to arrange for what errand, the result is that there is a lack of coordination between the officials and the functional yamen, resulting in him, a new speaker, having nothing to do.
Originally, some people were going to hold a banquet to celebrate Shen Xi's promotion that night, but because Shen Xi was in an embarrassing situation that day, the celebration had to be canceled temporarily.
"You're a father-in-law, and I'm promoted again."
When he said this, Shen Xi didn't have the slightest happy expression on his face.
Xie Yun'er said in surprise: "Xianggong promoted? That's ...... From the five pins? ”
Shen Xi shook his head: "It's still the right Zhongyun of the right spring fang of the sixth grade, but when you enter the lecturer, you are teaching the prince to read, and you don't need to record the prince's daily life in the future." ”
Xie Yun'er smiled: "That's a good thing, why does Xianggong look sullen?" ”
Shen Xi had a feeling of being speechless, in fact, he was a lecturer in name only, and as a lecturer, it stands to reason that he has to start from the daily lectures of the Four Books and the Five Classics, which is equivalent to sharing the tasks of the original lecturer, and the errand is not very hard, but the prince is currently just a bear child, isn't it asking for trouble to teach the prince the Four Books and Five Classics?
"The prince is not easy to teach." Shen Xi said, "Now that the prince is young, he is not dedicated to learning. ”
Xie Yun'er said: "Since Xianggong is the prince's teacher, isn't it just to persuade the prince to study hard?" Maybe it's because the concubine doesn't quite understand, don't be surprised. ”
That's what it is, but it's a different story.
Shen Xi sighed: "So many old ministers are helpless, there is a way for a husband?" Alas, so far my errands have not been assigned, and I do not know what to do tomorrow. ”
Just when Shen Xi felt confused about his work, Wang Wei sent a letter over. The person who came directly to the door of Xie's house asked: "This is Shen Zhuangyuan's house?" ”
Shen Xi's current official position is Zhan Shifu's right Zhongyun, but this position is not understandable to ordinary people, but anyone who is not familiar with each other is called "Shen Zhuangyuan", in comparison, it seems that his position as a champion is more valuable.
Shen Xi asked if it was Wang Wei's family, and then he took the letter. The servant said: "My master instructed, tomorrow Shen Zhuangyuan just go to the office." ”
Shen Xi nodded, sent the people away, carefully read the letter, basically as expected, his task is to teach the prince the content of the four books, Wang Wei asked him to prepare a lecture on the "Analects", tomorrow Wang Wei will accompany him to the prince to talk about the "Analects".
Shen Xi has been on an errand in Zhan Shifu for almost three months, and he has a certain understanding of the prince's study.
The prince began to come into contact with the Analects at the age of six, and was able to recite the full text of the Analects when he was seven years old, and by the time he was seven years old, he had already been exposed to the entire text of the Four Books and the Five Classics, which is a typical cramming education method.
Zhu Youzhi and his wife have high expectations for the prince, and now that Zhu Houzhao is eight years old, the learning content is no longer limited to the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", but the subset of classics and histories, Shen Xi asked himself that his learning progress was not as fast as the prince.
As for the content of the Analects, the prince seems to think that it is too pediatric to look down on, and as for the specific explanations of the Analects, the prince can basically answer them fluently, which shows that he is extremely intelligent, but because the prince has not yet learned how to make a fuss, it is not practical to give him a deeper explanation.
In this way, the prince has become an embarrassing situation in learning the Analects, and the prince is basically familiar with the original content, but he cannot extend it to talk about it, so what is the beginning of the Analects? Don't you just find a teaching content at random, but in fact, let the prince review it on his own, so that the prince has a reason to go out and play?
Shen Xi was worried for a while...... I don't know if I'm worried about my errand, and I'm worried when I know, but no matter what, I still have to write a story.
This lecture is similar to the syllabus, what to tell the prince at the end of the day, what content to let the prince learn, what inspiration to the prince, must be written in detail, these lectures are the same as the prince's daily life, it is to be handed over to the emperor for a purpose, and wanting to pass the test means that he is not responsible for his own future.
After all, Shen Xi was experienced, and it took him nearly two hours to write a seemingly decent lecture, and it didn't end until the second watch.
He was still alone in the house, since Xie Yun'er's intimate relationship with Shen Xi was broken by Lin Dai, even if the beauty was attached to him again, he was embarrassed to come to ask for joy in the middle of the night.
Shen Xi arrived at Zhan Shifu the next day, ready to wait for Wang Wei to enter the palace together, although his official position is still Youzhongyun, but he will no longer enter the palace with Jin Gui on an errand, and even his tooth card for entering and leaving the palace gate has been replaced.
As a result, after waiting for half an hour, I was told that Wang Wei had a noon day today to participate in the Wu Dynasty and could not go with Shen Xi, and today's day lecturer became the only one Shen Xi.
Wang Wei took Shen Xi into the palace to speak, it belongs to the old man with the newcomer, the old man does not come, no one takes the shift, Shen Xi can only go alone, otherwise the prince has no one to go to class, and he is held accountable by Emperor Hongzhi, and the responsibility can only be borne by Shen Xi himself.
On the first day of work, he was alone, Shen Xi felt a huge pressure on his shoulders, the prince was already angry with him, knowing that there was only one gentleman, how could the prince obediently study and listen?
On this day, the prince's day lecture was in the apse of the Fang Palace, when Shen Xi arrived, Jin Gui and several attendant officials had already arrived, perhaps the prince knew that today's lecturer was Wang Wei, relatively speaking, Wang Wei was a relatively strict gentleman, and the prince was honestly waiting for the lecturer to arrive.
When Shen Xi entered the apse, when the prince found that Shen Xi was alone and there was no Wang Wei with him, a disapproving look suddenly appeared on his face: "Just you?" ”
"Yes, prince, it's just me, and Master Wang has no time to come today." Shen Xi respectfully went up and saluted.
The other attendants and the attendants of the East Palace hurriedly saluted Shen Xi, this was the basic etiquette for Mr., but the prince, a student, looked disdainful of Shen Xi, and didn't even look at it: "What about the few yellow finches I caught yesterday, bring them to me!" ”
The attendants didn't dare to move, and brought the yellow finch to the class to play with the prince, did they want to live?
But this is the prince's order, and they can't disobey it, all they think is, the prince wants to play with you and get it yourself, so as not to make us responsible.
Shen Xi smiled: "The prince wants to play with the yellow sparrow? It's not fun, I didn't play yellow finches when I was six years old, how boring. ”
"What did you say?"
Zhu Houzhao glared at Shen Xi with a puzzled expression.
Zhu Houzhao knew that Shen Xi was the champion, and the previous lecturer always used Shen Xi's diligence and studious interest to motivate the prince since he was a child, in the prince's opinion, this guy must be a little bookworm with a confused mind, the kind that is not interesting at all, but he didn't expect Shen Xi to have a colorful childhood.
Shen Xi said: "When I was eight years old, my favorite thing to play was to promote weaving, and the two of them were fighting each other, which was really interesting. ”
Many palace people don't know what "promoting weaving" is, and they have the heart to know that it's over, and the two bear children are getting together to teach the prince to fight crickets, which is not far from death.
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