Zhang Yuan taught the emperor's eldest grandson to be magnanimous and tolerant of Zhou Yanru's unintentional mistakes, but Zhou Yanru was intolerant of Zhang Yuan——...... Although the case of the attack has been concluded, the aftermath is still there, the Zhejiang Party was caught off guard and dealt with carelessly in this sudden palace breaking case, so that it was defeated and embarrassed, the leader Liu Tingyuan and the backbone figures Hu Shixiang and Zou Shaoguang were demoted out of Beijing, and the Zhejiang Party suffered a heavy setback, and Liu Tingyuan's criticism of Zhang Yuanbing before the attack case was also ignored by no one because of the Donggong case, and Yao Zongwen, who was disgraced in the storm of falling into the water at the North Bridge of the Jade River, wanted to save his reputation by attacking Zhang Yuan as a flattering minister, and now he can only bear with hatred and wait for the opportunity- The impact of the attack case is far more than that, the originally more united Zhejiang, Qi, Chu, and Xuan Zhu parties have caused a rift because of the inconsistent attitude in this case, Qi Party Qi Shijiao and Zhou Yongchun firmly supported the crown prince of the East Palace in the attack case, and Zheng Jizhi and Wang Dazhi of the Chu Party have an ambiguous attitude and belong to the wall-riding faction, only the Xuan Party and the Zhejiang Party work together, in fact, as long as the parties do not feel the threat from the Donglin gentlemen to eliminate the evil, then it is only a matter of time before there are differences and rifts between them, only the oppression of Donglin will make them work together, But now Donglin is still in a weak position, the six science corridors are still the world of the three parties, and the two important official positions of the Ministry of Shangshu and Wenxuan Shilang are also firmly in the hands of the Chu Party, which is very important for the six-year Jingcha that will begin next year - but the Donglin Party has benefited from the attack case is obvious, although there are also Wang Zhihuan and He Shijin who have been released from abroad, but by taking the opportunity of this election of the East Palace speaker, Qian Longxi and Cheng Jiming became the speakers of the crown prince, and Sun Chengzong and Zhang Yuan became the speakers of the emperor's eldest grandson, Among these four people, Sun Chengzong is a member of the Donglin Party, although Cheng Jiming is not a person in Donglin, but Cheng Jiming's teacher is Ye Xianggao, of course, the three parties regard Cheng Jiming as a line of Donglin, Songjiang Qian Longxi has always been close to Donglin, Zhang Yuan, needless to say, is more Donglin than Donglin, has become a thorn in the eye and flesh of the Zhejiang Party, and will want to get rid of Zhang Yuan and then quickly - so four of the seven Donggong speakers can be said to be a faction of Donglin, and one of the remaining three is Xu Guangqi, this person does not belong to Donglin nor to the three parties, but he is Zhang Yuan's senior brother, The two brothers with a huge age difference have a very close relationship, and often get together for long talks, only Guo Shu and Zhou Yanru are the three parties to fight for, Guo Shu is already old, he has always been wise to protect himself, he can't count on it, and the three parties don't value him, only Zhou Yanru has the qualifications and ability to compete with Zhang Yuan, and it is rumored that Zhou Yanru and Zhang Yuan are not in harmony, since Zhou Yanru was the official of the East Palace, the officials have given Yao Zongwen in the matter, and Zhang Yandeng in the matter has visited Zhou Yanru several times, reminding Zhou Yanru to guard against Zhang Yuan's deceit and trickery, He also said that Zhang Yuan once threatened that he was better than Zhou Yanru in learning, saying that Bingchen Champion was overpowering Zhu Mao Champion, and he also made fun of Zhou Yanru when he gave a lecture to Shu Jishi...... These things are three points true and seven points false, the arrogant Zhou Yanru was angry when he heard it, in fact, there was no need for Yao Zongwen to provoke, Zhou Yanru had already regarded Zhang Yuan as the main opponent of his future career, he and Zhang Yuan were still young, and it was unlikely that they would enter the cabinet during the reign of the crown prince Zhu Changluo, only hope for the emperor's eldest grandson, since he gave the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhou Yanru had obviously felt that the emperor's eldest grandson liked to listen to Zhang Yuan's class and did not like to listen to his class, which was something that made Zhou Yanru both annoyed and jealous, after being sow discord by Yao Zongwen, Zhou Yanru paid more attention to the content and methods of Zhang Yuan's lecture to the emperor's eldest grandson, first, in order to figure out and study, so as to vote for the emperor's eldest grandson, and second, to find Zhang Yuan's mistakes and wait for an opportunity to impeach.

The emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Youxiao is young, where did he know that Zhou Yanru would have this kind of thought, and he relayed some of what Mr. Zhang said with great interest that he could listen to, Zhang Yuan's words are often not very consistent with the orthodox Confucian righteousness, and the surname Zhang Yang is quite similar to the view of the Taizhou school, which is what young people like to hear, Zhou Yanru is quiet, every time he asks carefully, and writes it down in detail - at dusk on July 22, Zhou Yanru waited outside Dong'an Gate, and waited for Sun Chengzong to finish speaking and leave the palace, He reported to Sun Chengzong that Zhang Yuan had misled the emperor's eldest grandson, Sun Chengzong was older and had a high position, and the three lecturers who taught the emperor's eldest grandson were naturally headed by Sun Chengzong, and it was right to ask Sun Chengzong for instructions on the issue of advancing the lecture, Zhou Yanru did not show Sun Chengzong the transcript he had written, but only verbally said that Zhang Yuan's teaching was wrong, and what was Sun Chengzong's attitude?

As Zhou Yanru expected, Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party really shielded Zhang Yuan and explained for Zhang Yuan, Zhou Yanru didn't say more, said goodbye and left, but did not go back to his apartment, but hired a car and went straight to Yao Zongwen's residence outside Chongwen Gate - Sun Chengzong thought that something was wrong after returning to the old alley of Li Ge, so he wrote a letter and asked the servant to send it to the East Fourth Archway Shang Yushi Mansion to hand it to Zhang Yuan, it was a leisurely time before dinner, Zhang Yuan and Jing Lan and Jing Hui sisters sat under the magnolia in front of the hall to read the letter, Qi Biaojia was also there, Qi Biaojia is now running to her father-in-law's house twice in three days, reading and practicing calligraphy with Shang Jinglan, a young couple, and enjoying it.

These said that Zhang Yuan almost every day has a letter, the first thing to come back from the Hanlin Academy in the evening is to read the letter, this is said to have the ancestor of the clan Zhang Rulin through the post to send the express letter, is June 29 sent out, there are several small envelopes in the big envelope, in addition to the letter of the ancestor of the clan, there are also the letter of the father Zhang Ruiyang, the letter of the Ran and the letter of Zong Yishan, the father in the letter is mainly to say that the Ran and Xiao Hong will leave for Beijing in early August, Zhang's mother Lu is very reluctant, fortunately, the two brothers of Luchun and Lujie are now living in Shanyin, and Zong Yishan enlightened the two of them; In the letter, he described all kinds of interesting things about Xiao Hongji, and his mother's carefulness was really meticulous; ——Zong Yishan has received a letter from Zhang Yuan to him last time, refusing Zhang Yuan's desire to change his nationality to participate in the imperial examination, rather than taking the risk of changing his nationality from the childhood examination, it is better to stay in Shanyin to accompany his parents and wife Yiting, Yiting is also six months pregnant, Zong Yishan is very satisfied with his current life, every time he teaches and reads cleanly, helps his father-in-law Zhang Ruiyang manage Yanghe Yicang and Hanshe Bookstore, and when he is free, he listens to music, poems and wines and sings with Fan Zhen, Wu Ting and other Western Zhang Qingke, Zong Yishan's happy life simply makes Zhang Yuan jealous, This is exactly what he dreamed of, after reading Zong Yishan's letter, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of the fisherman who basked on the beach with Jing Hui again, at the end of the letter, Zong Yishan said that if Zhang Yuan's job was busy for two years, he was willing to go to Beijing to be Zhang Yuan's staff - at this time, the servant woman sent Sun Chengzong's letter in, and Jing Hui said happily: "Little uncle has a letter again." "I thought it was a letter from a member of the Han Society, Jing Hui is now Zhang Yuan's little secretary, Zhang Yuan had too many letters to read, his eyes were tired, so he let Jing Hui read it on his behalf, Jing Hui chose his main points and said it to Zhang Yuan, and then Zhang Yuan wrote back, and Xiao Jinghui was happy to do this.

The servant woman said: "It was Master Sun who asked his family to send it, I don't know which Master Sun is?" ”

Zhang Yuan opened the letter, frowned slightly, and Jing Hui hurriedly asked, "Little uncle, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang Yuan raised his head and said to Shang Zhouzuo, who was standing on the stairs: "Eldest brother, Zhou Yanru, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, accused me of teaching the righteousness of the emperor's eldest grandson for impurity, and Mr. Sun Zhisheng reminded me to pay attention. ”

Shang Zhouzuo said: "How does Zhou Yanru know what you taught?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Naturally, I learned from the emperor's eldest grandson, and in the officialdom, I am often to blame." ”

Shang Zhouzuo said: "Zhou Shi said that he has no grievances with you, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I and Zhou Shijiao are both librarians, and there is only one student, this student likes to listen to my lectures, Zhou Shijiao must be a little unhappy, of course, Zhou Shijiao will not admit that he is jealous of me, he will say that it is for the education of the emperor's eldest grandson, so as not to mislead the emperor's eldest grandson, tomorrow is Zhou Yanru's lecture, I expect him will not just talk to Mr. Sun Zhisheng, tomorrow will make waves." ”

Shang Zhouzuo asked: "Do you have a way to deal with it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's okay, I can handle it, I know what I said in front of the emperor's eldest grandson." ”

Jing Hui asked quietly: "Little uncle, will the emperor's eldest grandson help you speak?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It should be." ”

…… At three o'clock in the morning of July 23, Zhou Yanru entered the Donghua Gate of the palace city, a little later than before, and the emperor's eldest grandson's companion Gao Qiqian had been waiting for a long time, Zhou Yanru did not go to the main hall from the corridor on the east side of the Wenhua Hall as usual, but went to the Wenhua Palace, and said to Gao Qiqian who followed him: "Xiao Gao, you go to the apse first to ask the emperor's eldest grandson to stay for a while, I have something to report to the prince." ”

He raised his tent hand and agreed, and went to the main temple.

Zhou Yanru straightened out the crown belt, entered the side hall on the left side of the Wenhua Palace, here is the left spring fang, the right side hall is the right spring fang, as the East Palace auxiliary government yamen of the James Mansion left and right spring fang from this.

Today, it is said that the crown prince is talking about Qian Longxi, the young Zhan of the James Mansion, the prince Zhu Changluo has not yet ascended to the palace, Qian Longxi saw Zhou Yanru coming in, a little strange, and asked what was the matter?

Zhou Yanru presented a note written overnight to impeach Zhang Yuan to Qian Longxi, and said: "Xiaguan and Zhang Xiushu are both officials in the Hanlin Academy, and they have the friendship of colleagues, but the education of the emperor's eldest grandson is a big matter, and the personal friendship is small, so the lower official has to solemnly report this matter to the prince. ”

Qian Longxi looked at Zhou Yanru's recital, and thought: "He is worthy of being a talented man of Huiyuan and Lianjie, with sharp words, but brilliant writing, and when he criticized Zhang Yuan, he showed his loyalty to the monarch and worried about the country." Just as he was about to speak, he heard the chamberlain sing: "The crown prince has arrived." "Hurry up and return the song to Zhou Yanru, and the whole crown will be solemn.

Wang An, the eunuch of the East Palace, accompanied the prince Zhu Changluo, Zhu Changluo only saw Zhou Yanru once when he went out of the pavilion to lecture on the first day of the seventh month, and he didn't recognize Zhou Yanru anymore, it was Zhou Yanru who stepped forward and bowed and kowtowed to report his official position and name, Zhu Changluo remembered that this was his son's teacher, and said: "Why is Mr. Zhou here?" ”

Zhou Yanru said: "The minister was ordered to give a lecture for the emperor's eldest grandson, and he was very cautious, lest there be words that did not conform to the first holy road, but the minister recently said that he asked questions and answers with the emperor's eldest grandson, but found that the emperor's eldest grandson had quite absurd words. As he spoke, he presented the recital.

Wang An took it and unfolded it to Zhu Changluo, Zhou Yanru had quite taken things out of context in the recital, such as Zhang Yuan once said that Sun Wu, who was outstanding in the art of war, and Zhang Zhongjing, who had superb medical skills, could be called the saints of a skill in a certain aspect, that is, carpentry also had saints, that is, Lu Ban, and after Zhou Yanru played, it became Zhang Yuan who equated Confucius with Lu Ban and encouraged the emperor's eldest grandson to do carpentry, Zhu Changluo was of course very angry, he had always followed the rules and trembled, for fear that something would go wrong in the hands of his father and Zheng Guifei, Now the speaker Zhang Yuan encouraged his son to do carpentry, his face turned pale with anger, and he said repeatedly: "How can such a person be a lecturer in the East Palace, I will hear that my father will dismiss him." ”

When Zhu Changluo watched the recital, Wang An was also watching on the side, Wang An was suspicious, he had little contact with Zhang Yuan, far less than Zhong Benhua knew Zhang Yuan as well, thinking that Zhang Yuan was a young talent, and it was possible to have frivolous words, seeing that the prince was angry, he said in a low voice: "Chitose Lord, if you listen to it, you will be clear, you must always call Zhang Yuan to ask." ”

Zhu Changluo's anger calmed down for a while, and asked Zhou Yanru: "Mr. Zhou, is there any evidence for you to impeach Zhang Yuan for such deviant words?" ”

Zhou Yanru took out another piece of paper, which was the transcript of the words he said to ask the emperor's eldest grandson, and said: "The minister is willing to confront Zhang Xiushu, and ask the emperor's eldest grandson and his companion Xiao Gao to testify, these words are all said by Zhang Yuan to the emperor's eldest grandson, and the emperor's eldest grandson is relished, obviously deeply affected, if not, the minister would not be so anxious to report to His Royal Highness the prince, it is really worried about the education of the emperor's eldest grandson." ”

Zhu Changluo nodded, and immediately ordered the chamberlain to go to the Hanlin Academy to summon Zhang Yuan to come to the Wenhua Palace, and Wang An reminded: "Master Chitose, invite Mr. Sun, another speaker of the elder brother, as well." ”

Zhu Changluo ordered another chamberlain to go to the James Mansion to invite Sun Chengzong to Wenhua Palace, and then asked Wang An to bring Zhu Youxiao to the front hall.

Wang An came to the main hall, and saw Zhu Youjiao pulled in by Ke Yinyue, Zhong Benhua followed behind, Wang An called Zhong Benhua aside, and briefly said about the front hall, Zhong Benhua exclaimed: "When Zhang Xiushu gave a lecture to his brother, the miscellaneous family was waiting on the side most of the time, Zhang Xiushu said some truths more tactfully in order to make his brother love to read, but where is there such an exaggerated statement by Zhou Lecturer!" ”

Zhu Youxiao asked: "Gonggong Wang, what did you say about Mr. Zhang?" ”

Wang An said: "Brother go with the old slave to see the Chitose Lord, what the Chitose Lord asks you, you just answer truthfully - Gonggong Zhong, you and Xiao Gao also come together." ”

Zhu Changluo was afraid of his father Zhu Yijun, and Zhu Youxiao was also afraid of his father Zhu Changluo, as soon as he heard that he was going to the front hall to see his father, Zhu Changluo was a little afraid, and Ke Yinyue comforted: "Brother, go, my brother has been reading so well recently, and my master will definitely praise you." ”

Zhu Youxiao followed Wang An to the front hall and saluted his father Zhu Changluo. ”

Zhu Youxiao saw that his father's tone was stern, and he was immediately stunned, and his originally bright eyes instantly became dull, which seemed to be a self-preservation instinct, and becoming stupid was like wearing armor - Zhong Benhua knelt down and said: "Master Chitose, my brother was frightened in the last attack case, and he has only been better recently, please don't be too strict." ”

Zhu Changluo waved his hand and asked Zhong Benhua to help Zhu Youxiao up, and the evidence eased a little: "You can tell me a general description of what a few lecturers have taught you this month." ”

This question is very broad, Zhu Youxiao is very difficult to answer, and he held back for a while before answering: "The child's "Thousand Character Text" has been read, and Mr. Sun's "Tongjian Compendium" has taught the story of King Zhou Lie and Qin Xiangong-", glanced at Zhou Yanru, and said: "The "University" taught by Mr. Zhou has already taught the first chapter, and the last sentence of the first chapter is 'This is called Zhiben, and it is said that Zhizhi is also'. ”

Zhu Changluo nodded, in less than a month, it was very good to be able to teach this, and asked, "What did Mr. Zhang mainly teach you?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Zhang just finished teaching "Thousand Character Essays" before, and said that he would start teaching "Analects" next time. ”

"Look at it, are these the words that Mr. Zhang taught you?"

Zhu Changluo handed Zhou Yanru's post to his son Zhu Youxiao, and said, "Read it out and listen to it, see how many words you know?" ”

Zhu Youxiao held the post of nearly 2,000 words, cheered up and read it word by word, and when he read it for a moment, he didn't read a few words wrong, which made Zhu Changluo more satisfied, it seems that Zhang Yuan's "Thousand Words" is still taught well, and asked Zhu Youxiao: "Since you have read it once, are these what Mr. Zhang said to you?" ”

Zhu Youxiao was so nervous that his forehead was sweating, and he only cared about not recognizing the typo, but he didn't know the meaning of each sentence very clearly, he only felt vaguely acquainted, Mr. Zhang seemed to have said it, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhou Yanru was secretly happy in his heart, of course the crown prince Zhu Changluo's face sank again, and the atmosphere in the Wenhua Hall was solemn.

Sun Chengzong and Zhang Yuanxiang followed into the Wenhua Palace, Zhang Yuan was waiting for the summons while reading the newspaper in the Hanlin Courtyard, bowed to the crown prince Zhu Changluo, and stood aside.

Zhu Changluo looked up and down at this new champion, he had heard Zhong Benhua say that Zhang Yuan was loyal and righteous, and he had strictly refused to be won over by Zheng Yang's surname, so he had a good impression of Zhang Yuan, and he didn't pay attention to it before, but when he saw it, the character was really elegant, so he didn't want to embarrass Zhang Yuan too much, and asked slowly: "Zhang Xiuxiu, do you think these people are still competent to be the lecturer of the East Palace?" "I thought that if Zhang Yuan was interested, he should resign as a lecturer in the East Palace on the grounds that he was too young to take on heavy responsibilities, so as not to lose face.

But Zhang Yuan replied without hesitation: "The minister is competent." ”

Zhu Changluo glanced at Wang An and Zhong Benhua beside him, and said in his heart: "Zhang Yuan doesn't know how to advance or retreat, so he can't complain about me." said: "Zhang Xiu, someone has reported that you have non-Tang Wu Bo Zhou Kong's words, and affected my son Zhu Youxiao, and my son has also admitted it, you-what do you say?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Please make it clear to His Royal Highness the Prince, so that the ministers can know what wrong things they have said?" ”

Zhu Changluo motioned to Wang An to show Zhang Yuan the recording, Zhang Yuan took it and looked at it, and smiled at Zhou Yanru on the side: "Zhou Shi said that Zhao Songxue's italics really made the officials admire." ”

Even if he carried the banner of justice, but recording the words of the emperor's eldest grandson and using this to expose Zhang Yuan's general affairs was not very glorious, Zhou Yanru's face was hot, and he sneered silently, thinking that as long as he could remove Zhang Yuan's East Palace speaker, Yao Zongwen and others' impeachment recital would be like a storm, and the general ledger of Binghe said, instigating the students to make trouble, etc., would be settled together, so that Zhang Yuan's career would end here.

(To be continued)