Section 5 Idleness

Zhu Yunwen has been taking supplements according to the dietary prescription of Imperial Physician Wang recently, and he is very young, and his body is recovering very quickly.

After he was able to move around, he went to the main hall every morning and evening to offer incense to his father, and originally planned to keep a vigil at night, but his body was too weak, so he could only recite the incense a hundred times and then silently recite "Nan Mu Ji Zao Wang Bodhisattva" to express his sorrows. Returned to the dormitory, touched the sweat on his forehead, couldn't help but feel that his body was too poor, made up his mind to exercise, thought about calling Liu Zhen over, and asked him to make some simple equipment such as dumbbells and parallel bars in his small yard, get up at four o'clock every day, first run around the yard for two quarters of an hour, and then practice frog jumping and equipment, and his body slowly gets better.

Walking south from Tanhongu Palace is the Wenhua Hall, which is actually the place where the prince studied. In order to cultivate qualified heirs, Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard to arrange famous Confucian scholars to teach the princes, plus meritorious children, and there were more than 20 students at the most. But at present, most of the princes have been crowned kings, and the remaining few have also moved out of the palace, and Wenhuatang has become deserted. After Zhu Yunwen recovered, he went to Wenhuatang once, but found that Wenhuatang no longer had permanent personnel, and after thinking about it, he came to Qianqing Palace, hoping that the imperial grandfather could provide him with some personnel to guide him to study.

Since the beginning of summer, the summer heat and the unexpected death of the prince have made Zhu Yuanzhang's health a lot worse. Today's weather is still a little stuffy, Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally a little irritable, but he still insists on reviewing the chapters, there is a small eunuch standing on both sides, who is trying to fan the fan, their movements are smooth and symmetrical, and the wind of the fan is also very gentle, so that the old emperor can send a coolness. At this time, a small eunuch outside the hall walked in softly, and said a few words in a whisper by Changfu's side, Changfu nodded, and walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side: "Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson Yun Yunwen is asking to see you outside." "Oh? Yun Wei is here, let him in, I don't know how his body is recovering? Changfu agreed, waved his hand, and the little eunuch hurriedly ran out, and after a while, Zhu Yunwen walked in.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the brush in his hand, looked up at Zhu Yunwen, and found that his grandson's spirit was much stronger, and his face was also a little bloody. Zhu Yunwen walked a few steps quickly, knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, Yunwen, how are you doing, are you better?" Is there anything to do with Grandpa Huang today? ”

"Back to the emperor's grandfather, it's much better, my grandson has been exercising a lot lately, I feel a little stronger, and I sleep a lot sweeter." Yun Wei said respectfully.

"That's good, you can't do anything if you're not in good health, I heard that you insist on running every morning now, and you still do that what it's called----- by the way, frog jumping, although the movements are not very good-looking, but you can do whatever you like. As long as you are in good health, the imperial grandfather will be happy, is there anything to do here today? ”

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson remembers that Grandpa Huang asked my grandson to go to Wenhuatang to study, originally my father's Zhan Shifu taught us to read, but now I don't know if the personnel of Zhan Shifu can still be used, and there is no full-time master in Wenhuatang, I went to see it just now, and no one is teaching."

"Oh," Zhu Yuanzhang twisted his beard and frowned, "Yun Wei, don't use the people from Zhan Shifu for the time being, I ordered Mr. Liu Sanwu to give you a lecture for the time being, and I will find some masters for you in a few days." He turned his head and said to Changfu: "You go and pass the message to Liu Sanwu, so that he can start tomorrow and go to Wenhua Hall every morning to give a lecture to Emperor Sun Yunwen for half a day." ”

When Zhu Yunwen saw that his goal was achieved, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Thank you, my grandson will retire." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yun Wei, beckoned and said, "You came closely, some time ago, your uncles King Jin, King Yan, King Chu and King Xiang came to see him, what do you think of them?" After finishing speaking, he squinted at Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen felt a sigh in his heart, this question is not easy to answer, thinking of the things in his dream, will he really crown me as the emperor's grandson and pass it on to me? But knowing that he couldn't hesitate at this time, he immediately said: "Sun Er doesn't dare to evaluate the uncle." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment and said, "It's okay, I'm just chatting with you today, don't think about it." ”

Zhu Yunwen pondered for a while, and said: "All the uncles and kings are the tables of dragons and phoenixes, pacifying the feudal country, and making great contributions to the country, especially Uncle Yan Wang, who has repelled the harassment of the Northern Yuan Dynasty many times, protected the territory and the people, and made outstanding achievements. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face remained unchanged, and he asked in a deep voice: "You have a lot of mistakes with Uncle Wang, and I plan to cut his feudal country and stay in Beijing, do you think it's okay?" ”

"My grandson doesn't dare to talk about this matter, please ask the imperial grandfather to find out."

"I just want to hear what you think."

"The grandson is bold, the grandson obeys his father's advice, and the others dare not speak up."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him deeply, waved his hand and said: "Yunwen, go down, remember to go to Wenhua Hall to listen to Mr. Liu Sanwu's teaching, study diligently, you are still young, and there are still many things to learn." ”

Zhu Yunwen gave a deep bow and withdrew from the main hall.

On the way back, a cold wind blew, and I couldn't help but shiver, and it turned out that I was in a cold sweat. Zhu Yunwen calmed down and pondered: Is the dream real? Will you really make me the emperor's grandson? Otherwise, why did the imperial grandfather ask himself these two questions? In addition, Liu Sanwu, he has also heard of it, is an old man in his 80s, quite respected by the imperial grandfather, long in the code system, understand the people's livelihood and suffering, and have the merit of helping the imperial grandfather, now that he is older, he is slowly not reused, but he is still the imperial grandfather's confidant, it seems that the imperial grandfather treats himself well, and he must study hard and not live up to his expectations.

Wenhua Hall is divided into two classes, the front hall is taught, the back hall is for the master to rest temporarily, the decoration of the front hall is relatively simple, it looks similar to the private school in the countryside, but it is more neat and elegant, and there is no precious decoration, which is also Zhu Yuanzhang's painstaking work, all in order to let teachers and students concentrate on teaching and learning. Of course, this is just a good wish, although the teachers are all from Confucianism, but the students are all royal nobles, and the effect of teaching can only be said to be average.

The next day, Yun Wei came to Wenhua Hall and found that he was the only student, but Mr. Liu had already arrived, Yun Wei hurriedly walked to Liu Sanwu and bowed: "Mr. Liu, Yun Wei is late, please forgive me!" Liu Sanwu looked at the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen in front of him, watched him wear coarse linen clothes, and did his "decay" for the prince, and heard that he was extremely filial to his father, and during the prince's illness, he could not untie his clothes and serve day and night. After the death of the prince, he was so sad that he fainted for 3 days before he woke up, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, His Royal Highness the prince has a successor.

"His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun, I am just here to give a lecture on the order of the emperor, the emperor and grandson don't have to worry too much, today we will talk about the four books first, the beginning of the university, please open the book."

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly sat down and opened "University", Liu Sanwu stood with his hands behind his back and read in his mouth: "The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection." Knowing and then there is certainty, and then there is stability, and then it can be quiet, and then it can be peaceful, and then it can be considered, and then it can be obtained. Things have a beginning and an end. If you know what to do, you will be shortcut......"

The "Three Outlines" (Ming Mingde, Closeness to the People, and Perfection) and the "Eight Eyes" (Gewu, Zhizhi, Sincerity, Righteousness, Self-cultivation, Family, Governance, and Peace) put forward by the "University" emphasize that self-cultivation is the premise of governing people, and the purpose of self-cultivation is to govern the country and level the world, which shows that governing the country and leveling the world and personal moral cultivation are the same. ”

Zhu Yunwen listened to Liu Sanwu's explanation, thought for a while, and asked, "Sir, can perfection be achieved?" If not, how can I decide? ”

Liu Sanwu said: "His Royal Highness the Emperor and Sun, the best, the extreme of goodness, is not easy to achieve, according to Buddhism, the best is not the slightest self-interest, this is easy to know, but Tang Taizong once said: 'Take the law from the top, only for the middle, take the law in the middle, so for the bottom', don't work hard because you can't reach it, but to establish a high goal, and strive to make your own behavior and thoughts close to the goal, Kong Shengyun 'heard the Tao, and died at night! With this attitude, only by studying and cultivating oneself can we improve ourselves as much as possible. As for day-to-day activities, remember to 'be content with less'. ”

Zhu Yunwen listened, quickly stood up, and bowed to Liu Sanwu: "Thank you, sir, in fact, Yunwen has read this chapter before, but his understanding is not deep enough, thank you Mr. for solving your doubts today." So, how can this be done? ”

Liu Sanwu stroked his beard and sighed: "The emperor's grandson is really talented and intelligent, and his reaction is sharp. The so-called 'fixed' mainly refers to the mind, as the name suggests, the mind will not be wavering, the main reason for the mood is too much desire, not satisfied, so His Royal Highness the emperor and grandson need to meditate often, reflect on their own mistakes, correct their mistakes every day, and naturally be able to fix over time. ”

"Isn't this going to take too much time?"

"It's not all, it does take a long time in the early stage, and after getting better, you can feel calm and settle down at any time."

"Thank you, sir, for your teachings!"

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A morning passed quickly, teachers and students were a little unsatisfied, Zhu Yunwen felt that his understanding of the university was deeper, Liu Sanwu felt that Zhu Yunwen was not only pure and filial by nature, but also talented, and his understanding of the teaching could also be accurately understood and explained, and he was also very happy with this morning's lecture. It's just that Zhu Yunwen saw that Liu Sanwu was tired, so he hurriedly said goodbye and returned to Duanben Palace. What he didn't know was that Liu Sanwu looked at his back and secretly made a decision.