“…… The tomb of the poor, advocating etiquette and righteousness, see the professor in Hengqu Town, Fengxiang Mansion, gathering more than 100 disciples......"

Zhao Ji touched the mustache on his upper lip, and looked down at a letter on the imperial table recommending Zhang Zai to be the judge of the Guozijian.

“…… He learns to respect the courtesy, the body of heaven and the way, with "Yi" as the sect, "The Mean" as the body, "Confucius" and "Meng" as the law, dethrone the strange and delusional, distinguish ghosts and gods......"

That's a very high evaluation. Zhao Ji thought in his heart.

If this is Han Gang's recital, it won't be surprising at all. But in the place where this note is made, it is Wang Qi's name. Of course, on Zhao Ji's desk, there are also Han Gang's recommendations for Zhang Zai, and Lu Dafang's recommendations for Zhang Zai.

Han Gang is bent on recommending Zhang Zai to join the Jingyi Bureau, and Lu Dafang's three brothers are all under Zhang Zai's door, it is reasonable for them to recommend Zhang Zai, why did even Wang Jue come together to join in the fun?

Zhao Ji couldn't figure out for a while, when did Han Gang get through Wang Jue's door. But from Zhao Ji's understanding of the court situation, recommending Zhang Zai, Han Gang may only be able to find Wang Jue's help in the political affairs hall - Wang Anshi will never let the grandmasters of other schools interfere with the dominance of Xinxue in Beijing.

A red pen is picked up and put down; Put it down and pick it up again. After hesitating again and again, Zhao Ji did not decide whether to let Zhang Zai enter Beijing to take up a post.

This is not to take into account Wang Anshi's problem, but also related to the fundamental plan of the imperial court to promote education.

With Zhang Zai's current prestige, he is indeed worthy of any position in the national prison. The performance of Han Gang's disciple makes people look forward to how Zhang Zai will teach those arrogant and unruly students. And long before Han Gang, Zhang Zai was already famous in Guanzhong, and Shaanxi scholars heard the wind and shadows, and Zhao Ji also knew this.

If it weren't for his intention to use Wang Anshi's new school as the basis of the imperial court's theory, he would have recruited Zhang Zai to Beijing in the past two years, and he didn't need to be recommended by others at all.

But because Xinxue has become the imperial court, the new commentary on the classics in the "Three Classics and New Righteousness" is already the only correct answer in the Guozijian Middle School exam. Zhao Ji couldn't help but consider how much backlash Zhang Zai's entry into the Guozijian after entering Beijing would be a reaction to this matter.

It's just Zhang Zai's doctrine, but Zhao Ji appreciates it a little.

'Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations'

The four sentences that are circulating now, after Zhao Ji heard it that day, he was thrilled with it all day long. Although I heard that these sentences came from Zhang Zai's students—the last of which was said by Han Gang—Zhao Ji knew better that these four sentences were actually a summary of Zhang Zai's scholarship. From Zhang Zai, from Hengqu, not out of thin air. It is a conclusion reached in the hearts of the disciples of Guan Xuemen after decades of careful teaching and earnest inducement. It was Zhang Zai who really said these four sentences, not his disciple.

These four sentences are ambitious and far-reaching, not limited to chapters and sentences, but to chase the road of their hearts. Zhao Ji likes these four sentences very much, if his courtiers can take these four sentences as a guideline and act unswervingly, then he, the son of heaven, will really be able to 'hang down his clothes and rule the world'.

After thinking about it for a moment, the pen was picked up again. The sentence of the national eunuch cannot be given to Zhang Zai, but there are other positions. Zhang Zai used to be a scholar of Chongwen Academy, and among the three museums, it is not that there is no place for him.

"Official!" After a small yellow door asked people to report outside, he hurriedly entered the Chongzheng Palace.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Ji wrote on the recital, and did not look up, only after a moment of hesitation and delay too much time, there was still a thick stack of recitals on his imperial table waiting for his approval.

"The ...... of the Three Princes"

"What's wrong with the third brother?!" Zhao Ji didn't wait for him to finish, so he asked urgently. The hand shook on the fold, and suddenly there was a puddle of vermilion like blood.

Xiao Huangmen peeked at Zhao Ji's face, his heart was furious, and he changed the wording that sounded a little softer: "The third prince is in poor health, and the sage and Song Niangzi [Note 1] have been urgently sent to the imperial doctor for consultation. ”

Zhao Ji's eyes were red, and all Zhang Zai and what recommendations were thrown aside, his son was sick! And since the matter will be reported to him, it will not be a minor illness! In a panic, he threw away the folds that had been spread out on the table, hurriedly stood up, and hurriedly went to the harem.

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After handing over the problem, Han Gang and Lu Dafang are now waiting for the response of the Son of Heaven.

Governor Wang Qi, the new Longtu Pavilion attendant Lu Dafang, plus Han Gang, the military weapons supervisor, and the three of them recommended Zhang Zai to be sentenced to the national prison. With the three of them, this recommendation can probably get a positive answer under normal circumstances. It's just that with the current situation, in Han Gang's opinion, Zhao Ji should not let Zhang Zai go to Guozijian.

The students were all future officials, and their textbooks would only be the standard answers in the imperial examinations, and now the imperial examinations are all based on the new meaning of the Three Classics. This is the result of Wang Anshi's 'morality' - if you want to enter the court as an official, of course you can. However, it is necessary to abide by the rules, from academic views to governance strategies, and must be consistent with the general direction of the imperial court.

"However, with Mr. Zihou's character, he will never teach students according to the new meaning of the Three Classics. Once Mr. Zihou uses the Great Dao of Qi to teach apprentices, it will go against the original intention of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and there will inevitably be chaos, and the Tai students will definitely oppose it - if they don't enter the imperial examination, how many people in the Guozi Prison will be willing to spend time to learn?! There will not be many people in the Guozi Prison who are bent on thinking. ”

Lu Dafang nodded silently, Han Gang's analysis was actually his judgment. "But the Son of Heaven will not veto it directly." He spoke again.

"Brother Wei Zhong is right." Han Gang also agreed with Lu Dafang's judgment, "It is expected that the Son of Heaven will not approve the recommendation seal." It's just that with the character of the Son of Heaven, most of them will change to other official positions as compensation. ”

Not only because of Zhang Zai's prestige, but also because of the face of the three courtiers led by Wang Jue, Zhao Ji will definitely make a certain degree of compensation, and what Han Gang wants is this compensation.

"Mr. Zihou was a scholar of Chongwen Academy, and it is reasonable to return to Chongwen Hall now."

"If you can't go to the country to preach, it's good to go to the third hall to serve. The third hall is an important place, and there are very few general affairs. The free time can also be used for teaching and preaching. Compared to the prison of the country, one mind"

Lu Dafang's time as an official in the court is several times that of Han Gang, and his familiarity with the official system is not comparable to Han Gang's.

In fact, the position of the prison sentence is not good. Si Tianjian, Jiang Zuo Supervisor, Shaofu Supervisor, Secretary Supervisor, Guozi Supervisor, Dushui Supervisor, and the Weapons Supervisor who has not been established for a long time. Of the seven superintendents, the nominal chief of the Guozijian was the sacrificial wine, the chief of the Dushui Supervisor was the Dushui Messenger, and the rest were the eunuchs—such as the secretary and the superintendent, who would be the superintendent—and were usually honored as the chief eunuch.

It's just that the ancient times are big and too connected, if it weren't for the rank of his own official pressed on the dispatch of the military superintendent, he would inevitably be called Han Eunuch, and the tragedy would be Eunuch Han. Han Gang also didn't want his teacher to be called something uncomfortable with him.

Generally speaking, with today's diligent administration, it only takes two or three days to get a reply to the piece handed over. But in the next two days, there was no movement in the palace, and the news that came out soon also explained the doubts in Han Gang's heart.

"Yongguo Gong is seriously ill?" Lu Dafang didn't expect Han Gang to bring him this news, "Is there a big problem?" ”

Han Gang shook his head, his face was also heavy, "Yongguo Gong has always been weak, but this time he is not lightly ill, I don't know if Lu Dao can survive it." Even if you get through it, it's hard to say what will happen in the future. ”

Zhao Jun, the third son of the emperor, was named the Duke of Yongguo and the envoy of the Zhangxin Army, and now he has just turned two years old, but he is the only surviving son of Zhao Ji at the moment, and he is the center of the entire royal family.

It's just that the chances of this not being unexpected are a little smaller.

The neonatal mortality rate of this generation is actually terrifyingly high, and ordinary families are basically half and half, and the proportion of eunuchs will be a little lower, such as Wang Yi, she has a sister who died when Wang Anshi went to Yin County to take office, and later died of a son, compared to the two sons and two daughters who grew up, the mortality rate is exactly one-third. It's just that in the palace, this mortality rate has increased sharply.

Yingzong had three sons before he ascended the throne, and no one was worried about the prince who inherited the imperial inheritance. But before Yingzong, because Emperor Renzong had no children, he had been in the court for nearly twenty years. Emperor Zhenzong in front of him, only Renzong, an only son who is over forty years old.

Maybe it was because of the rush, after sitting on the throne, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty were all in a difficult situation. Most of the sons of Taizu and Taizong were born before they ascended the throne. And there is only one Zhenzong, not Renzong, and Yingzong's three sons were also born before he ascended the throne. In today's Son of Heaven, he has given birth to four sons, but now only the third son of the emperor remains. This inevitably makes people wonder if there is something wrong with this palace. Why is it that no matter who sits on the royal couch, it is difficult to support a son?

Han Gang's mood is a little depressed now, if Zhao Jun really has an accident, it means that the first heir to the throne has been transferred to Zhao Hao, the king of Yong.

Although Zhao Hao did not have a chance to ascend to the throne in history—Han Gang at least knew whose son and younger brother Song Huizong was - the history that Han Gang knew had now changed.

At least Wang Anshi's reappearance this time is in the summer, not the spring. It is very likely that the famous phrase 'spring breeze and the south bank of the Green River' will not appear again. Maybe Zhao Ji may not be able to support a son in his life.

Zhao Ji is still young and still has a chance to work hard, but Han Gang feels that it is time for him to think more about this.

Note 1: In the Northern Song Dynasty, the queen was often called a saint, and the concubine was a lady.