In ancient times, it was very hard to be an emperor, not only to deal with countless government affairs, but also to go to court early, and if you slackened a little, the whole country would have problems.

It was especially hard to be an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperors of other dynasties basically did not have the habit of dying every day, but the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were almost always dying every day. Of course, there are exceptions, the Wanli Emperor has not been in power for more than 30 years, so he is often criticized as a lazy emperor.

Why is this early dynasty hard? The main reason is that this time is too early, the emperor generally has to listen to the government at five o'clock in the morning, that is to say, he has to get up at four o'clock in the morning, for modern people, it is simply a fatal torture, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is like this every day!

The same was true on this day, Zhu Cijiong got up early, and after packing up, he sat on the dragon chariot and slowly walked towards the Huangji Gate surrounded by a group of eunuchs.

This early dynasty is a very solemn thing, every detail has detailed regulations, although the process is grand but also very cumbersome, Zhu Cijiong has been on so many times that the early dynasty has gradually become accustomed to it.

As soon as the procession entered the noon gate, a ceremonial officer sang: "The emperor has arrived." ”

Inside the noon gate, outside the Huangji Gate, the officials on both sides of the imperial road immediately knelt down neatly and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Then he lay there and did not move.

At this time, the ceremonies and music rang out in unison, and Zhu Cijiong's dragon chariot slowly passed through the royal road and came to the foot of the steps of the Huangji Gate. Zhu Cijiong got off the dragon chariot, strode to the bottom of the porch at the top of the steps, sat on the dragon chair that had already been arranged, and the eunuch next to him waved his whip, and the ceremonial music stopped abruptly, and another ceremonial officer sang: "Enter the class." ”

The officials on both sides of the royal road began to stand up and move neatly towards the royal road, and the officials in front of them stopped at the same time when they were close to the royal road, turned to face the emperor, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Weichen see the emperor." ”

Then, kowtowing three times together, Zhu Cijiong raised his hand as usual and said, "Flat." ”

Only then did the officials stand up, and another salute officer sang: "Perform something." ”

Then the yamen began to play things in turn, of course, Zhu Cijiong doesn't need to play in pairs now, generally Zhu Youjian answers according to previous regulations, if there are special circumstances, it is generally a sentence: "This matter can be discussed later." This means that after the next court, the auxiliary ministers will discuss the results together and then give an answer.

Zhu Cijiong just sat there and pretended to listen carefully.

On this day, after the yamen finished performing, the ceremonial officer sang again: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." ”

It stands to reason that these officials should bow down and wait for the emperor to get back to the palace.

But this time, someone suddenly coughed dryly, and the dry cough meant that something was going on.

Everyone was pretty, it turned out to be Huang Zongzhou, a scholar, and I saw him walk from the back row to the royal road with a serious face, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Weichen has something to do." ”

The ceremonial officer was stunned when he heard this, but fortunately he immediately reacted again, and said aloud as usual: "The big one declares the cloth, and the small one has a recital." ”

Huang Zongzhou said loudly: "I heard that the emperor wants to promote Western learning, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he chuckled in his heart and said secretly: "You won't be here to make trouble again, right?" ”

He really wanted to promote Western learning, and there was nothing to deny about that, so he nodded slightly.

Zhu Youzhen, who was standing on the first step of the stairs, saw that Zhu Cijiong nodded, so he had to reply loudly: "This is indeed the case." ”

Huang Zongzhou said loudly again: "I heard that Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a master of Western learning, I don't know if there is such a thing?" “

Zhu Cijiong just wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this: "What do you mean by this?" Why is it always targeting Xu Guangqi? If you have the ability, you will come to me! “

Zhu Youzhen also wanted to roll his eyes, what kind of question did this Nima have, he didn't know how to answer, so he had to look at Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi knew that he was afraid that he would have to carry the pot again this time, and he was used to carrying this pot on his back, anyway, this was the emperor's intention, and the emperor would not come to punish him. So, he fearlessly walked out of the train, knelt side by side with Huang Daozhou on the royal road, and replied loudly: "Weichen only knows a little about Western studies, and the word Taidou really doesn't dare to be." “

Huang Daozhou glanced at him, stiffened his neck and said: "I have been in China for nearly two thousand years since the Han Dynasty, and I have never heard that the way of Confucius and Mencius can govern the country, and I have never heard that the study of barbarians can be Anbang, Lord Xu, are you promoting Western learning for the public?" Or is it for personal gain? Where do you place the teachings of the sages? ”

Zhu Cijiong was depressed, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, it's here again, what's going on with these people, they make trouble when they build a military factory, and they also make trouble when they recruit workers, it's really unreasonable!" “

Xu Guangqi naturally couldn't say that Huang Daozhou was unreasonable, and he couldn't bear the charge of contempt for the learning of sages, so he hurriedly defended: "The promotion of Western learning is to recruit craftsmen for Wang Gong's factory, of course, for the public." ”

Huang Zongzhou sneered: "What a public service, a good high-sounding reason, then let me ask you, is the school closed after Wang Gongchang is recruited?"

Xu Guangqi really didn't know how to answer this, so he had to look up at Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong is so angry, he naturally doesn't want to close this school when it opens, although he doesn't expect to train great scientists like Watt, Newton, and Einstein, but Western learning has become popular, and the people can always produce some modern talents, and he needs such talents to build a military industrial system. The military industrial system is not just a gun, there are still many things to be done in the future, without a large number of talents, Xu Guangqi and a few of them can't be exhausted.

Of course, this question was not clear for a while, and he didn't know how to tell these people, so he could only play a scoundrel and said directly: "This matter can be discussed later, retreat from the dynasty!" “

Huang Zongzhou was not choked to death by Zhu Cijiong's words, his face turned red, and the donkey's temper came up at once, he looked at Zhu Cijiong sadly and angrily, and said directly: "Your Majesty, Wuhou Zhuge Kongming has a saying, 'Pro-virtuous ministers, far villains, this ancestor Han is so prosperous; Pro-villain, Yuanxian Chen, after that, the Han Dynasty fell into decline. I hope that the emperor will take this as a lesson, and be close to the virtuous ministers and far away from the villain, otherwise I will be in danger! “

Zhu Cijiong naturally knew who was a virtuous minister and who was a villain, but these villains didn't know it, and he didn't bother to explain to these villains, so he went back to the Qianqing Palace.

Is this the end of it? Of course not, what kind of character is Huang Daozhou, this is a great Confucian in the world, fans are all over the Donglin Party, and his officials who make trouble in the Donglin Party can't sit still first, what are you doing if you can't sit still, go on, go on and impeach Xu Guangqi!

Qian Qianyi naturally will not be idle, he pretended to be heartbroken, and publicized everywhere in the Donglin Party, as if the study of sages and sages was about to collapse, and it would be the world of Western learning in the future, and this was okay, and if he didn't write to impeach Xu Guangqi, he would simply have no face to say that he was a scholar, so officials at all levels of the Donglin Party also played and impeached Xu Guangqi.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the piles of twists and turns, and knew that there was a big trouble, this time it was not dozens, but hundreds!