Sun Chengzong was quite dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru's approach, and of course he had to speak for Zhang Yuan at this time, and said to the crown prince Zhu Changluo: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhang Xiushu guides the emperor's eldest grandson to read with an easy-to-understand truth, which is to teach according to his aptitude. ”

Zhou Yanru arched his hand and said: "Lord Sun, this post in the Xiaguan transcript has been read aloud by the emperor's eldest grandson in person, saying that it is all what Zhang Xiushu once said, and it is not that the lower officials misunderstood Zhang Xiuxiu. ”

Zhu Youxiao, who looked nervous, finally understood at this time, this Mr. Zhou came to Mr. Zhang, saying that Mr. Zhang taught him some bad truths and wanted to drive Mr. Zhang away, no wonder Mr. Zhou had to ask him every time Mr. Zhang taught him some truths, but it was all deliberately to get rid of Mr. Zhang, which made Zhu Youxiao very angry, the love and hate of a twelve-year-old boy is clear, Mr. Zhang is his favorite lecturer, he has never met a person like Mr. Zhang before, gentle and amiable, never oppresses him with great reason, and is quite tolerant of some of his surnames. So every time he saw Mr. Zhang come to speak, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be happy, in his words, "the heart is open", at this time I heard Zhou Yanru say that he had read the post and expressed his agreement, Zhu Youxiao really wanted to say loudly, "I didn't see it clearly just now, Mr. Zhang didn't say those words", but seeing his father's big face, Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to come forward and deny it, after all, he nodded and said "yes", and it was very bad to be a fool, and his father would definitely punish him - thinking that Mr. Zhang would not be his lecturer again in the future, Zhu Youxiao felt sad in his heart, and felt very sorry for Mr. Zhang, he should not tell Mr. Zhang's words to Speaker Zhou.

Zhu Changluo listened to Sun Chengzong's defense of Zhang Yuan and only nodded slightly, he wanted to see how Zhang Yuan defended himself, Zhang Yuan was reading Zhou Yanru's post, when the eldest grandson of the emperor Zhu Youxiao stumbled and read for two moments, Zhang Yuan was a glance and ten lines, and quickly finished reading it, handed the post to Wang An, and Wang An forwarded it to the crown prince Zhu Changluo, Zhu Changluo asked: "Zhang Xiu has finished reading it, what can you say?" ”

Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, these remarks that Zhou Shishu asked and recorded from the emperor's eldest grandson did come from the mouth of the minister, but these are all words and words, distorting the minister's speech at that time——"

Zhou Yanru sneered: "How can I distort your original intention, please make it clear." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at Zhou Yanru and said: "I want to ask Zhou Shi to say, did the ancestor Confucius say that 'if you don't cultivate virtue, you can't learn it, you can't move when you hear righteousness, and you can't change it if you are not good'?" ”

Zhou Yanru didn't bother to answer, but in front of the crown prince, he still couldn't be rude, and said lightly: "This statement is the seventh because of the Analects, and it is incomplete, and there are four words in the back-" suddenly woke up to Zhang Yuan's intention of suddenly mentioning the sentence "Analects".

Zhang Yuan was willing to give Zhou Yanru the opportunity to turn around, and said loudly: "Of course, I remember that there is another sentence in the back, Master's sentence should be 'virtue is not cultivated, learning is not taught, hearing righteousness can not be moved, not good can not be changed, it is my worry', if the last four words are removed, and the first four sentences are only said to unenlightened children, saying that this is what Confucius said, how, these four sentences are of course what Confucius said, but they were truncated, it is completely opposite to Confucius's original intention, with Confucius's sages and the essence of the Analects, there are still loopholes to be drilled, Not to mention the casual words of the minister's speech! ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has a word to play." Zhou Yanru was anxious and wanted to fight back.

Seeing that Zhou Yanru was about to interject and argue, Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Zhou Shi, please allow the lower official to finish his speech, Zhou Shishu is so well prepared for the impeachment of the lower official, every time he asks the emperor's eldest grandson, he records thousands of words, and why is he afraid of the lower official defending himself, can't he wait for the lower official to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before refuting me?" ”

Zhu Changluo said: "Zhou waiter, please allow Zhang Xiu to defend himself." ”

Zhou Yanru's brain was full of muscles, and Zhang Yuan's sentences were thorny, but since the prince spoke, he had to shut up first, glaring at Zhang Yuan angrily, this ugly champion and Bingchen champion have become mortal enemies.

Zhang Yuan faced the crown prince and said: "The minister to the emperor's eldest grandson did say that Zhou Shi said those words that he deliberately recorded, but these words were not said in isolation, he had his own preface and afterwords, please sit down with His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister's self-defense is more lengthy, the minister has no other strengths, and it is better to memorize it, and the minister should put back the so-called crooked heresies and deviant words listed by Zhou Shi one by one back to the original context to restore the original meaning, His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson, the companion Xiao Gao Gonggong, and Zhong Gonggong can point to whether the minister has a wrong memory. ”

Eunuch Zhong was secretly excited, and said in his heart: "Zhang Yuan is really eloquent, first to cut off Confucius's words, and now he is going to show his unparalleled surname. ”

Zhang Yuan started from the first deviant remark of Zhou Yanru's transcript, not only retelling what he said at the time, but also bringing out the questions of the emperor's eldest grandson one by one, and even the slightly childlike tone of the emperor's eldest grandson was imitated by three or four points, and even said the occasional interjection of Eunuch Zhong, and after talking about the matter, he asked Zhu Youxiao: "Your Highness, did the minister say so at that time?" ”

Zhu Youxiao saw that Zhang Yuan was calm, he also calmed down, and responded: "Mr. Zhang said it very well, word for word, just like when the scene is reproduced in the speech. ”

Zhang Yuan asked again: "What about Gonggong Zhong and Gonggong Xiaogao?" ”

Eunuch Zhong praised: "Zhang Xiu is good at remembering his surname, and the miscellaneous family should say so." ”

Of course, Xiao Gao also testified to Zhang Yuan, saying that Zhang Yuan was right.

Zhang Yuan said the second deviant language, such a sentence down, Zhu Changluo looked at Zhou Yanru's post, Zhang Yuan embedded the words written down by Zhou Yanru, but in connection with the preface and afterword, it is very different from the meaning of Zhou Yanru's impeachment of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan is at most similar to the Taizhou School founded by Wang Yangming's disciple Wang Gen, and it has nothing to do with the fallacy and heresy, in fact, Zhang Yuan still slightly changed his original words, but there is no tape recorder, Zhou Yanru couldn't testify against him even if he was standing next to him at the time, and the emperor's eldest grandson, Eunuch Zhong's father and son testified to him.

By the time Zhang Yuan refuted Article 17, half an hour had passed, and now the crown prince was no longer suspicious that Zhang Yuan had not deviated from the scriptures, but was shocked by Zhang Yuan's strong memory, and Eunuch Zhong whispered in the prince's ear very appropriately: "Chitose Lord, when Zhang Xiu was a child, he became famous in Jiangnan for his recitation. ”

Zhu Changluo asked: "Why is it a recitation?" ”

Eunuch Zhong replied: "Zhang Yuan suffered from eye disease when he was a child, and he couldn't use his eyesight excessively, so he asked someone to read the Four Books and Five Classics to him, and he worked very hard, and finally honed his ability to recite by eye. ”

Zhu Changluo sighed: "A rare genius. ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and good character." ”

Zhu Changluo nodded, and said to Zhang Yuan, who was like a river: "Zhang Xiushu doesn't have to defend himself, Zhou Shi said that he misunderstood you." ”

Zhou Yanru knew that his impeachment of Zhang Yuan this time had completely failed, Yao Zongwen was not bad at all, Zhang Yuan was extremely cunning, and he did have extraordinary ability, not to mention it, this calmness is difficult for people to reach, and the emperor's eldest grandson and the two eunuchs were obviously biased against Zhang Yuan, no matter what Zhang Yuan said, they all nodded in agreement, which made him argue, it seems that he was still too rash to impeach Zhang Yuan this time, and underestimated Zhang Yuan's cunning, and now he is in a very bad situation - Zhou Yanru immediately knelt down to the crown prince and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the ministers are ignorant, After listening to the words without careful inspection, Zhang Xiu was blamed for his loyalty alone, and the minister was willing to be punished by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Zhu Changluo saw that Zhou Yanru's words were sincere, and he only thought that Zhou Yanru had misunderstood Zhang Yuan, so he asked Zhong Benhua to pick Zhou Yanru up and said: "Zhou Shi said that you don't need to blame yourself, you and Zhang Xiushu are both speakers of the East Palace, and they are both dedicated to teaching my son, and they are both loyal. ”

Zhang Yuan immediately said: "Since Zhou Shijiao has admitted that he has misunderstood the lower officials, how can the lower officials dare to complain, and if there is anything wrong with the lower officials in the future, I hope that Zhou Shijiao will point it out as well, and if the lower officials have it, they will change it, and if they don't, they will be encouraged." ”

This is really awkward to hear, but Zhou Yanru had to endure it, and apologized to Zhang Yuan, he had to do this, in order to keep the position of the speaker of the East Palace, and also try to redeem the impression of the emperor's eldest grandson on him.

Zhu Changluo said: "Don't spread the word about today's matter, lest it be rumored that my East Palace speaker is not harmonious." ”

Qian Longxi, Sun Chengzong, Zhou Yanru, and Zhang Yuan bowed together and said, "Obey." ”

Zhu Changluo said again: "The misunderstanding has been resolved, so let's talk about it as usual today." Let Zhong Benhua accompany Zhou Yanru to the main hall to give Zhu Youxiao a lesson, and after Zhou Yanru left, Zhu Changluo comforted and praised Zhang Yuan a few words, and asked the inner attendant to send Sun Chengzong and Zhang Yuan out of the palace, and Qian Longxi on his side to talk about the Book of Changes.

At the end of the hour, Zhang Yuan and Sun Chengzong went out of Donghua Gate, Zhang Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Sun Chengzong: "Thanks to Lord Sun for reminding me in advance, Xia Guan is in a cold sweat." ”

Sun Chengzong's black face shone under the lie, touched his beard, and said with a smile: "Zhang Xiu's self-defense is so wonderful that it opened my eyes. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm ashamed, I said it with a dry mouth, and I barely passed the test - the lower officials don't know what's going on, whether it's because the people are not sophisticated, or if they are not tactful, there are always people who jump out to criticize me, so I can't prevent it, and I am very troubled." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The party in the DPRK and China is in turmoil, there are many selfish and distracting people, the government is bad, famine is everywhere, armaments are not repaired, and border captives are rampant, but few people pay attention to these things, I know that Zhang Xiushu is not willing to be mediocre and only seek his own high-ranking officials and wealth, and now he wants to do something to be taboo, but Zhang Xiushu also knows that there are enemies and friends, so don't pay too much attention to some unwarranted impeachment. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Master Sun's advice is right. I thought: "I don't know how Zhou Yanru still teaches the emperor's eldest grandson?" ”

(To be continued)