Xie Hong's intelligence system has long tentacles, but there are also dead ends. After Zeng Jian faded out of the center, the collegiate discussion of the important ministers of the Wenyuan Pavilion became a secret to Xie Hong.

Although it is possible to guess and analyze by various means, it is impossible to know the content of the collegial discussion as well as before.

In this regard, Xie Hong is not too disappointed, the fact that there are many people on the other side is an advantage and a disadvantage, after the decision is made, it always has to be implemented, once the implementation begins, you can speculate on the other party's actions through all kinds of clues.

However, there are always exceptions. After the dispersal of the dynasty on this day, what Zhengde said to Xie Hong was a little unexpected to him.

"A feast? What is that? Xie Hong looked dazed, he didn't know anything about it, it sounded like a banquet, could it be that the courtiers were jealous that the emperor was rich and ready to fight the autumn wind? Otherwise, why do you propose to reopen the feast?

"Big brother, you are so ignorant, you don't even know about the feast?" Zhengde first expressed his contempt for Xie Hong's loneliness, and then explained: "The sutra feast is ......"

What is a sutra feast? From the written meaning, the feast is the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty emperors since the special imperial chair to talk about the history of the scriptures, named in the Song Dynasty, probably because the founding ancestor did not read, so the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to this. It can be said that the sutra feast has been institutionalized in the Ming Dynasty and has become a kind of customization.

There are two main purposes for holding sutra feasts: one is to 'taste the scriptures' to explore the subtle meanings in the scriptures, and the other is to 'use the past to prove the present', that is, to learn from history and learn from the lessons of governing the country.

Because the object is the emperor, and the lecture is the avenue of scripture and history, the knowledge of the people who lecture on the scriptures cannot be bad, and the status cannot be too low, so, generally speaking, the main lecturer is naturally the talents of the Hanlin Academy, and the courtiers and relatives with titles including the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries are present, in addition, there are also the imperial historians of the six departments and the Imperial Inspectorate.

After listening to Zhengde's explanation, Xie Hong also roughly understood what the scripture feast was, and he didn't know what the emperor who originally established this system had in mind.

But according to his guess, it was probably that the emperor was lazy and too lazy to turn the book, so he asked people to read to him, which is roughly equivalent to the audiobooks of later generations, well, by the way, you can also add some translation and annotations, which should be equivalent to the little overlord learning machine of later generations, of course, it is driven by manpower.

When I came to Zhu Yuanzhang, Lao Zhu had never read a book, and it was difficult for him to read books by himself, so he paid special attention to this system. In this regard, Xie Hong has personal experience, you must know that when writing in this era, there is no punctuation, and between the lines are quoted scriptures, there is no certain level, and you can't understand it at all.

That's why he had this understanding.

Whether his understanding was correct or not, anyway, he knew that the scholars did not understand it this way, and they soon found out what they wanted from the sutra system, that is, the opportunity to teach the emperor.

As a result, the sutra feast system has become a kind of ritual, because there are many people involved, it seems to be very grand, so this ceremony is also extraordinarily grand, and there is a lot of red tape.

Roughly speaking, this is the process: the emperor sits down facing south of the Wenhua Palace, and a table is placed in front of the emperor for books; There is also one on the opposite side, which is for the lecturer. After the emperor sat down, the participants rushed in, sat on both sides, and then lectured on the officials, two red robes, two blue robes, the red robes gave lectures, and the blue robes talked about history.

Why four? Because it's about being coherent. During the whole process, everyone, including the emperor, had to sit upright, even if the emperor moved his body a little, the lecturer would stop preaching and ask in a loud voice: "Is it disrespectful to be a monarch?" ”

How did the other successive emperors not know that Zhengde had only experienced a few sutra feasts in which his father participated, but even a good and serious old man like Hongzhi had been questioned many times during this period. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao, who is very self-aware, would never dare to hold a banquet, with his idle surname, isn't he looking for scolding?

The ministers didn't take him seriously, anyway, there are so many opportunities to educate the emperor, and it's not bad for such a big ceremony, it's so serious, the emperor is tired, and everyone is tired, isn't it? The most important thing is that there is no big scripture feast, you can also engage in a small scripture feast, and the scholars who went to the Qianqing Palace to educate the emperor are actually strictly speaking, it is also a kind of scripture feast, but there is no need to work hard to move the people.

In this process, the most affected interests were the Hanlin Academy, followed by the officials, so the call for the reopening of the sutra feast also came mainly from these two places.

Needless to say, they just rely on finding fault to eat, and finding the emperor's stubble is the best way for the officials to become famous, as long as the emperor participates in the feast, there will naturally be all kinds of gaffes - sit for most of the day, whoever he has to move, right? Otherwise, your hands and feet will be numb, and your waist will be sore.

However, the call for the resumption of the sutra feast by the officials only lasted for half a year, and after the first year of Zhengde, they had so much material that they could not be impeached, so where could they afford such a thing as a sutra feast? Therefore, the only one who insisted on demanding the reopening of the sutra feast was the Hanlin Temple.

Hanlin is the forest of Wenhan, meaning Wenyuan. Since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court has had such an institution, and it was also developed to the peak in the Ming Dynasty, and its responsibilities are to control the affairs of the edict, the annals, and the Wenhan, examine the system, detail the documents, and prepare the emperor's advisers.

However, the most critical and important duty, that is, the duty of the emperor's advisors, was assumed by the scholars, so the Hanlin Academy was left with the duties of the clerk and became a relatively pure academic institution.

Of course, although there is no power and position, and the grade is low, the Hanlin Academy is not a deserted yamen, but the highest academic institution in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most noble choice, and it is the place where the ministers are born. As an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you didn't stay in the Hanlin Academy for a few years and enter the cabinet, you shouldn't think about it, from the original unspoken rules to now, this is already an iron law.

In Xie Hong's view, the Hanlin Academy is similar to the party school in later generations, no matter what you can learn in it, whether it is useful or not, but without this experience, don't think about entering the high-level. What's more, it is not without examples of Hanlin Bachelor going straight to Wenyuan Pavilion and ascending to the sky in one step, who would dare to despise such a place?

For example, it is one way to study for the prince, and it is also a way to slowly receive qualifications, and it is the most convenient way to go straight to heaven or to become famous by exhorting the emperor.

Now that Zhengde has just ascended the throne, the original attendant has not yet seen signs of development, and the new prince has not been born, and the future of gambling on the future is very far away; Regardless of seniority, everyone has never slackened; For the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, there is only one opportunity to face the emperor directly, and that is the scripture feast.

Therefore, although there is no alliance, the Hanlin Academy has always maintained a positive attitude towards the reopening of the sutra feast, and has been unremittingly promoting it. For a long time, the main reason why this operation has not gained momentum is that there is no competent person to preside over it.

And now, it seems that someone has finally paid attention to it, and at today's court meeting, when Zhang Yuanzhen, a scholar from Hanlin, asked to reopen the feast, the cabinet ministers and Jiuqing all seconded the proposal, and since these important ministers have made a guide, the rest of the courtiers will naturally not lose sight of the style, so Zhengde is embarrassed.

"Otherwise, second brother, you can endure it, isn't it just half a day, and the patience will pass." Xie Hong's proposal has a bit of a sense of unrelated concern, at least in Zhengde's view.

"Big brother, you said light, it's a whole day! And not only the big feast, but also the small feast will be reopened, but this time not only the scholars, but also the Hanlin will come, the big one will be opened once every ten days, and the small one will be opened every day! If I promise them, how can I have time to play...... Uh, no, it's military training! ”

Zhengde was excited, he couldn't stand it before, let alone after being free for so long? Not everyone can afford the drop, especially one of these sizes.

"That ......" This is troublesome, if Zhengde is entangled, of course the matter of military training will be put on hold, and the Hanlin Academy is really similar, this is very close to Xie Qian's routine! Xie Hong raised his eyebrows and asked, "The little black house can't stop them?" ”

The deterrent power of the little black house is still good, from intimidating a scholar and piggybacking on a Zuodu Yushi to now, it has been almost a month, and the court has been relatively quiet, which has made great contributions to Xie Hong's smooth implementation of the Major League Baseball, so Xie Hong has such a question.

"They're not afraid." Zhengde shook his head like a rattle, obviously disappointed, "They are all shrewd now, there is a group of people, at least five or six, and the thieves are very slippery, and they are not fooled by anything, except for the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, they will not go anywhere...... Alas! ”

"So?" Xie Hong touched his chin, and couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while, so he had to propose a solution that was not a solution: "Then you just stand up on the court meeting, anyway, the court meeting is a morning, and the patience will pass." ”

This trick Zhengde used to be used often, but since the private transfer of soldiers and horses, he has not been so passive in the court, and he rarely uses this method of pretending to be stupid recently.

"Alas, if you can't do it, big brother, you have to do this." Zhengde sighed again, obviously using this trick is not completely without pressure for him, after all, there is a huge disparity in the number of people at the court, and the opponent's numerical advantage is difficult to eliminate.

Xie Hong is not completely helpless, out of sight and out of mind, boycott of the dynasty is one of the ways. But once this method is used, the government will be completely controlled by the courtiers.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, quite a few emperors because they couldn't get Wenchen, so they used this method, the result was of course very sad, the speed of state erosion was far greater than before, and the Donglin Party sprung up, and soon pushed the Chinese civilization into the abyss. When there was an emperor, there was still a restraint on the scholars; Without an emperor, these people would be even more unscrupulous.

As for using tough measures, it is obvious that the time has not come now, and the strength of the other party is still overwhelming, although Xie Hong pinned his hopes on the guards, he would not be so naïve as to think that he could do it now. It's just a group of teenagers, no matter how good the foundation is, they can't compete with the entire Beijing camp.

You must know that according to the roster, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, and even if half of the empty salary is cut off, there are 70,000 or 80,000 people.

"Bear with me, another year, no, maybe half a year will be enough......" Xie Hong whispered relief to Zhengde. More than 3,000 guards are already in the capital, and the effect of every training is also very good, it is difficult to say that they will fight in the plains, but if they meet on a narrow road, with the courage and strength of these young people, they may not lose much to the border army.

Driven by enthusiasm, the strength of these teenagers also exceeded his expectations, Xie Hong believes that as long as there is more than half a year, with these three thousand people and a thousand people, he should be able to protect himself.

At that time, as long as the Xuanfu border army is mobilized to enter Beijing while waiting for the battle, and after the border army enters Beijing, the situation will be reversed immediately, and Wenchen will not be able to make any big waves. Therefore, it is best not to make any big things in the past six months, so as not to startle the snake.

"Hmm......" Zhengde was a little depressed, and responded in a low voice.

(To be continued)