Tuoba Shen returned to Qingxiao Courtyard, and it was already in the middle of the day.

As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I saw Aunt Cao watering the plum blossoms with warm water in the atrium, these flowers were newly transplanted by Aunt Cao, and they were placed in the house at night. The women in the palace have nothing to do all day long, and they always have to find something to do, and Aunt Cao is not good at fighting with others, so she has to raise flowers and plants.

Cao Guiren was talking to Ah He about some matters to pay attention to in raising flowers and plants, when he heard the sound of someone walking, he saw Tuoba Shen walking in, put down the warm water in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Erlang, at noon, I heard Lu Guang say that you stayed in the Guanjin Pavilion, and I asked Ah He to leave you lunch, so let Ah He take it." She had also been to Guanjin Pavilion a few times, but later she saw that Tuoba Shen didn't like other people to go, so she didn't go again, but often instructed a few people to clean up every few days, clean up weeds, and wipe dust. Because he knew Tuoba Shen's scruples, he didn't mention his biological mother in front of him.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Tuoba Shen walked to the flower pot, took over Ah He's affairs, and helped Aunt Cao water the flowers together. Cao Guiren also bowed down to water the flowers, and talked with Tuoba Shen from time to time, talking about meeting Zuo Zhaoyi in Baitai today, Cao Guiren said: "Your Majesty and Zhaoyi have a deep relationship, and there is more friendship with the Queen Mother. ”

Tuoba Shen nodded yes.

"There is one more thing, today Your Majesty sent someone to report, saying that the prince school has been suspended for more than two months, and His Majesty has issued an order that the prince school will be continued tomorrow."

The study of the prince was opened by the queen mother when she was alive, in order to educate the prince and improve the quality of Confucianism in the royal family.

Since entering the Central Plains, in view of the need to rule China, the Emperor Wei Dynasty has attached great importance to the education of members of the imperial family, and strives to make the children not forget martial arts and seek cultural governance. The prince's study was opened by the Queen Mother to the three Tuoba Shen brothers under this idea.

The next day, after breakfast, Tuoba Shen rushed to the Xuanwen Hall, which was the place where the prince learned to give lectures. Xuanwen Hall was built in the twelfth year of Taihe, and there is a Jingwu Hall next to it, which was formerly known as Yongxing Garden, near the left of the harem.

Entering the Xuanwen Hall, there were only a few eunuchs. Of course, the place of teaching is not in the main hall, but in a side hall next to it, the main hall is wide, and the lighting is not good, so it is placed in a side hall. It's just that it's cold now, and the doors and windows will definitely be closed later, and it is better for Tuoba Shen to learn by himself in Qingxiao Academy

After walking to the side hall, I only saw two eunuchs making charcoal fires, Tuoba Ke and Tuoba Shen had not yet arrived, Tuoba Shen walked to his seat and looked through the notes he had made before.

After waiting for a while, Tuoba Shen heard footsteps outside, thinking that maybe Tuoba and Tuoba Ke had arrived, got up and prepared to say hello, and just walked to the side of the case, he saw two people walking into the hall together, obviously not Tuoba and Tuoba Ke.

Hey! How did they get here?

It turned out that the eldest daughter of the emperor Tuoba Jue and the second daughter Tuoba Yao came in, both of whom were older than the three Tuoba Shen brothers, wearing embroidered brocade clothes and mink hats.

The scientific name of this prince is the prince's study, not that only the prince comes here to study, and the princess will come from time to time, but the school rules are not strict and there are not many requirements for them, only require them to be able to do basic knowledge understanding and literacy and hyphenation, as for what is the basic knowledge, it refers to books like "Filial Piety" and "Book of Rites", and the others do not make requirements, and they will not be required to study "Spring and Autumn", "Yi" and the like, because this is men's learning, and women are not forced to learn. As for whether women learn by themselves in private, no one cares, it mainly depends on personal wishes, but some women's knowledge is usually required to learn, but will not be taught in the school, such as "Women's Training", "Women's Rings", "The Biography of the Daughters" and the like, these studies are required to learn by themselves in private.

Tuoba Jue and Tuoba Yao, as women, don't usually come to this prince to study, and they can't come a few times a month, why did they come today?

Tuoba Shen stepped forward to say hello while wondering in his heart: "The two sisters are well." ”

The two princesses also received a notice yesterday, although they didn't know what they were going to teach today, but they still came together. I thought the two of them were late, but I didn't expect to see Tuoba Shen alone.

Seeing Tuoba Shen salute, the eldest daughter of the emperor, Tuoba Jue, also asked politely: "The second brother is fine, I haven't seen the second brother for a long time, is the second brother the only one here today?" ”

"The younger brother just came early, the eldest brother, the third brother hasn't arrived yet, I didn't expect to meet the two sisters first."

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Doctor Xi Jun walked into the side hall with a brochure in his hand, and saw the three Tuoba Shen brothers and the two princesses sitting in their own positions, looking at him, Xi Jun didn't speak, and walked to his desk and sat down.

"Mr. Xi" Tuoba stood up, and Brother Tuoba Shen and his two sisters also stood up to say hello.

Xi Jun sat down and saluted, which can be regarded as a return salute, he is now a teacher, the prince of heaven and earth, even if he is a prince and princess, he doesn't have to stand and salute, this is probably one of the benefits he gets from being a lecturer.

After the salute, Xi Jun looked at the princes and princesses and said, "Today, I will continue to study the "Mourning Clothes Notes" of the "Book of Rites". ”

Tuoba Shen watched Xi Jun talk about the "Book of Rites" and listened to his lecture notes, this time it seemed that it was mainly based on the "Little Dai Li Ji" annotated by Zheng Kangcheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Xiao Dai Li Ji" is the Western Han Dynasty Dai Sanctuary selected the ancient "Book of Rites" forty-nine articles, the Eastern Han Dynasty famous scholar Zheng Xuan for it to note, spread in later generations, the Song Dynasty was included in one of the "Thirteen Classics", but also the later generations of the imperial examination of the required reading.

Speaking of Zheng Xuan, Tuoba Shen has been famous for a long time, even in his previous life, Zheng Xuan is still famous in ancient books, thinking of some annotations in the "Three Notes on the Historical Records" that later generations have seen, among which there are some of Zheng Xuan's statements on the "Historical Records", which were quoted by the commentators, which shows Zheng Xuan's prestige in literary history.

Xi Jun was lecturing on "Little Dai Li Ji", while looking at the princes and princesses, and found that the second prince, who was the best among the princes and princesses on weekdays, seemed to be in a trance, obviously not listening to his words, and couldn't help frowning, and heard that the second prince suddenly had a minor illness some time ago, and was afraid that the second prince would suddenly fall ill again, so he looked at Tuoba Shen and said: "Second prince, but your health is not good?" If there is a disease, the prince can go back first, and the lower officials will go to His Majesty to play together. ”

When Tuoba and Tuoba Ke and the two princesses heard Xi Jun's words, they looked at Tuoba Shen together, and Tuoba Shen also showed envy.

Tuoba Shen, who was thinking about everything, was suddenly awakened by Xi Jun's words, looked at Xi Jun, and was embarrassed to say that he was distracted, so he stood up and said: "The disciple watched "Lu Shi" some time ago, and when it came to the story of Yin Shang's inheritance of etiquette, he had some doubts in his heart. ”

Seeing that Tuoba Shen was not suffering from any illness, Xi Jun was relieved and said: "Although Xia Guan does not specialize in "Lu Shi", he has also read it several times, if His Royal Highness the Prince has any questions, Xia Guan may try to answer one or two. ”

Xi Jun thought, the second prince is young, even if there are any unintelligible questions, he can hold on, and he is a teacher, if the disciple has questions, if he doesn't ask clearly, he will be criticized if it is passed out.

Tuoba Shen originally thought that he casually mentioned a topic that had nothing to do with Dr. Xi's "Book of Rites", and Dr. Xi reminded him at most to concentrate on his studies and would not dwell on it any longer, but he didn't expect Dr. Xi to be so serious and asked him to talk about his academic questions. After thinking about it, since Dr. Xi asked himself, let's talk about it.

"The disciple read "Lu Shi", which said that the eldest son of the elder brother Weizi Qi, when he was born, his mother was a concubine, and when he was born, his mother was his wife. The disciple's confusion lies in the fact that it is really difficult to understand this, and Weizi Qi was born to the same mother, Qi is the eldest son, and only the name of the biological mother is different, and this conclusion is really far-fetched. And Yin Shang was originally succeeded by the death of the father and the son, the brother and the brother and the order, until Wu Yi, Taiding, and the three generations of Emperor Yi were able to be the father and son, it can be seen that Yin Shang did not have the etiquette of father and son, and the brother and the elder brother were also out of the consideration of the country's needs and the long monarch, Qi was the elder brother and the longest, and he could be established as the son, not to mention the division of wives and concubines to determine the son, these are similar to the Zhou system, and the disciples really find it difficult to believe that this is the etiquette that the Yin Chamber of Commerce has. Could it be that the Taishi of Yin Shang also has the same responsibilities as the Taishi of modern times? The ancient books that survive today are all written since the Zhou and Qin dynasties, and no one has ever seen the history books of Yin Shang, and no one has ever seen the writing of Yin Shang. "Lu Shi" said this, it is really difficult to convince the public, and the disciples are puzzled. Tuoba Shen finished speaking in one breath, and then stared at Xi Jun, waiting for his answer.

After listening to Tuoba Shen's words, Xi Jun thought about it and thought about it, and suddenly felt that this confusion was not easy to solve, this is not an ordinary small doubt, but a big question, and a big question about whether "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is credible, he is not a specialist in "Lü's", it is really difficult to answer, he thought about it and said: "The ancient books of the previous generation, the lower officials did not read through it, I don't know if there is another basis for the statement of "Lü's", I have heard that the second prince is good at thinking, and the lower officials should use the confusion of the second prince to seek the students of the country, thinking that they may be able to solve the doubts of the second prince. Second prince, please sit down," he said, stood up and bowed.

Tuoba Shen listened to Xi Jun's words, not disappointed at all, he didn't expect Xi Jun to answer his topic at all, his topic is the era when later generations dare to question the books of their predecessors, almost all the literati today believe in the ancients, like Zigong The people who doubt the ancients are not nothing, but people will put these doubts in their hearts and don't say it, if it weren't for Xi Jun's questioning today, Tuoba Shen didn't want to say it. Xi Jun suddenly encountered this kind of suspicious topic that he had not been exposed to before, and he didn't dare to answer rashly.

Tuoba Shen sat down politely, and the surrounding Tuoba Shen Tuoba Ke and the two princesses looked at him, very surprised, although they didn't understand the story Tuoba Shen said just now, but just now Xi Jun bowed down and apologized, and they could still see that they were not knowledgeable.

Tuoba Shen felt the eyes of his brothers and sisters around him, he didn't squint, he just had to get a verbal bargain, it was not his habit to get carried away, and there was a Xi Jun on the side, and it was really not an occasion to be smug.

Tuoba Ke saw that the second brother stumped Xi Jun with a question, the elder brother and sister all stared at the second brother, very envious, and remembered a question when he had an idea, jumped up, stared at Xi Jun with blazing eyes and asked: "Master Xi, the disciple also has a doubt, can the teacher solve the puzzle for the disciple?" ”

Xi Jun was shocked by the sudden actions of the three princes, and saw that the other princes and princesses were all stunned by the three princes, they all looked at the three princes, and then looked back at him, waiting for him to answer the three princes?

Xi Jun couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw this, did he regard him as a person who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it? He was in a moment's embarrassment just now, not to mention that the second prince is known as a prodigy, although it is not good-looking to be stumped for a while, but it is not incomprehensible, Confucius is still stumped by Xiang Lu? What's more, he is Xi Jun. But now the princes below seem to want to make it difficult for him, so they can't tolerate connivance, otherwise he will never be able to raise his head again if he goes out of this door today.

"Three princes, please speak" No matter what you want to do today, you have to suppress the momentum of these princes and princesses, Xi Jun said in his heart

Just now, the teacher said that there is a three-year mourning ritual system in the funeral, but some time ago, I heard my aunt talk about [the Son of Heaven changes the day to the moon], and I want to ask the teacher why the Son of Heaven wants to change the day and the month? ”

Tuoba Shen just saw Tuoba Ke asking questions enthusiastically, not at all like before, the doctors didn't ask questions, he never took the initiative to ask for advice, thinking that he really had some big problems? After all, a wise man may have a thousand worries, and a fool must have a thousand thoughts! What's more, Tuoba Ke is not stupid, maybe there is some real problem. When I heard Tuoba Ke's question, I couldn't help laughing, how to answer and interpret this kind of question, it has always been for these Confucian students to interpret it at will, how could they stop the Confucian students.

Xi Jun listened to Tuoba Ke's question, and was also a little stunned, thinking that he would have some great problems, it turned out to be so simple, and replied: "In ancient funerals, unmarried women and family children had to serve three years of mourning, until the former Han Emperor Wen issued an edict requiring Emperor Jing to change the day for the month, and the mourning for 36 days can be, this is because the emperor lives in the country and has heavy state affairs, and he has no time to deal with political affairs every day, and it is difficult to have the energy to serve for three years, so there will be a matter of changing the day and the month. ”

Tuoba Ke didn't expect Xi Jun to answer his question in just a few words, looked back at Tuoba Shen, Tuoba Shen nodded to him to express his approval of Xi Jun's words, couldn't help but be disappointed, and asked: "Then why didn't my father change the day for the moon and insist on serving three years of mourning?" ”

"Today, Your Majesty serves the Queen Mother with affection and filial piety, and insists on serving the Queen Mother for three years. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have shown His Majesty several times that the sun and the moon have changed according to the story, but His Majesty insisted on refusing, which shows that the heavens and the earth are moved. "This topic is not easy to talk about, the emperor has said the reason several times, but he told these princes and princesses that they may not understand, so Xi Jun plans to say something simple and easy to understand.

"Then Master Xi, since the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all on the table, are you on the list? Can you read it to us? ”

Xi Jun's face darkened when he heard this, and his face was dull.

Tuoba Shen looked at Xi Jun's face, couldn't cry or laugh, and almost wanted to laugh three times. Tuoba Ke didn't slap people in the face in person! Xi Jun is a mere doctor, where is his turn to get him on the table.

I couldn't help but sympathize with Xi Jun in my heart, and when he came out of Xuanwentang today, he really became someone else's talking point.