After daybreak,

Zhu Houzhao got up and shook around the hall a few times, then he looked boredly at the withered dead trees in the courtyard of the East Palace.

The little head was in front of the window, fascinated by the blue sky of a different time and space, and his thoughts flew out of the Forbidden City.

Spanning 500 years, he actually wanted to know what the city of Beijing was like in this era.

What about the vast land of China?

How do people live?

Women in the south of the Yangtze River, men in the northwest, soldiers in the border, children, girls, literati, and peddlers......

Why don't you eat minced meat, maybe it's not the prince, maybe it's more exciting every day.

But now he is the crown prince, this Forbidden City, Hongwu Yongle, Hong Xi Xuande, and today's Hongzhi, is destined to be his story in the future.

"Your Highness," the old eunuch with a black gauze hat bowed and walked briskly from outside the hall, he was a little panting, and wiped his sweat, his movements were slightly exaggerated.

"How?" Zhu Houzhao padd his chin and didn't look at him.

Liu Jin added fuel and vinegar and said: "These foreign ministers are really hateful, I heard that Your Majesty proposed in a consultative tone with several cabinet elders to wait for the spring of next year to get warmer, and then mention the matter of going out of the East Palace to give lectures, but I didn't expect that the cabinet elders knelt on the ground, just disagreeing with Your Majesty's invitation." ”

Actually, I probably guessed that this was the case, but I really listened to it and sighed,

The pouch is thorough.

Originally, the courtiers of the Hongzhi Dynasty were still very good, and a large number of capable ministers were born.

But the relationship between these emperors and their courtiers always made him feel uncomfortable. It's like going to jail.

Zhu Houzhao's delicate brows fell a little, there was a bit of contemplation in his eyes, and then he slowly spoke, "Is there an official of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace now?" If so, call me two. ”

The Zhan Mansion was an official institution dedicated to the Prince, similar to the concept of a team of teachers. It's just that many of them are not so real.

Like the famous Wang Yangming's father, Wang Hua, is the right Yude of Youchunfang and belongs to Zhan Shifu. But he was also a Japanese lecturer at the Hanlin Academy.

The prince is still very young and has not officially started studying, so compared to the latter, the former is almost a name and basically nothing.

Wu Kuan, the leader of the Zhan Mansion, returned to his hometown to guard filial piety in the eighth year of Hongzhi, and he will not be able to return until the end of this year. People are not there, everything is still business as usual.

However, not all of them are absent.

There are petty officials in the Zhan Mansion who are specifically responsible for recording the words and deeds of the prince, called Zuo and Right Zhongyun.

Liu Jin also thought of these two people, "Back to Your Highness, the left and right are here, Your Highness wants to see them?" ”

The old eunuch was a little resistant in his heart, and the crown prince began to take the initiative to contact Wenchen, which was not a good phenomenon.

It's like Wenchen doesn't want the prince to only contact eunuchs.

The eunuch also didn't like the prince and Wenchen getting too close,

So much so that in real history, the officials of the Zhan Mansion also complained to the emperor, saying that the eunuchs always found reasons for the prince to take leave and not come to study.

"Well, go ahead!"

The late autumn breeze is a little cool, but it still feels nice to blow on your body.

Soon after, two people in cyan official uniforms ...... It should be said that he is middle-aged.

The age is not young, and the official position is not high. But they are all from the Qing Dynasty and Hanlin, and they are all in the East Palace, once the dynasty is changed, they will rise to the top.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the stone bench, and the two bowed as usual, and said: "Yang Tinghe in the left and Yang Tinghe, and Zhang Tianrui in the right are in the middle of the minister, see Your Highness." ”

Yang Tinghe?

The name was familiar, and he couldn't help but take a second look, and found that his sideburns were also white.

"Flatten. What are the fames of both of you? ”

Yang Tinghe said first, he spoke slowly, "The minister is from the fourteenth year of Chenghua. ”

Zhang Tianrui replied: "The minister is the third place in the first class of Xin Chouke in the seventeenth year of Chenghua. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, as if he knew the difference between the same jinshi and the third place in the first class.

I can only say stupidly: "It's all good." ”

After that, Liu Jin asked someone to carry the bookcase over, on which were pen, ink, paper, inkstone and a copy of "University".

He was small, so he could only put the bookcase lower, and at the same time let Liu Jin hold the book, turn the first page, and write down eight words crookedly on it: The way of university is in Mingmingde.

Then he said, "Which of the two gentlemen will read these words for me?" ”

Yang Tinghe and Zhang Tianrui glanced at each other, Your Highness is going to study?

But they all knew in their hearts that there were great rules for the prince to study, and it was definitely not something that the two of them could teach privately.

To put it mildly, who knows what you teach the prince in private? In the late Ming Dynasty, some courtiers scolded some cabinet elders for being too powerful, and even had to show them the content of teaching the prince.

These are exquisite, and the two of them have been officials for more than ten years, and they will not have this sensitivity at all.

But the crown prince directly summoned the two of them to inquire like this, and it seems that he can't help but answer?

Moreover, it was the first time that the prince had summoned them to his side, and such a close opportunity was also very tempting.

Yang Tinghe's mind moved, and he said: "The prince asks, and he must not answer." ”

This is actually said to Zhang Tianrui.

Later, it was said to the prince, "Your Highness, this sentence reads: The way of the university is in Mingmingde." ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand the ancient Chinese, and he knew these words when they were replaced by traditional characters, but there was no punctuation, and he knew how to break the sentence after listening to it.

Yang Tinghe read it, and he also read it, and then turned to the other side, ready to be wet with rain and dew, "Mr. Zhang, do you know the meaning of this sentence?" ”

Zhang Tianrui knelt down as he spoke, and said in a trembling voice: "If Your Highness wants to study, you can play Your Majesty." His Majesty decreed, the Ministry of Rites prepared the East Palace to give a lecture in the pavilion, and when His Majesty and the cabinet elders selected good teachers for His Royal Highness, they will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand the meaning of this, this gentleman probably didn't dare to cross half a point of the unspoken rules of the Wenchen circle, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is right, then Mr. Zhang will go down first." ”

Zhang Tianrui didn't know what it meant, and he couldn't see anything from Yang Tinghe's expression on the side, but His Royal Highness had already said it, and he could only respond miserably, and then retreated into the distance, wiping the sweat from his forehead behind his back.

Teaching the prince privately, this matter can be big or small.

How could Zhu Houzhao not understand this section?

It's not a simple matter of teaching and learning at all. But he can't help it, the emperor's will to study again now that the spring is warmer can't be pushed down, and he is being put on the shelf,

In order to understand the emperor's set, they can only be given another set.

He asked Yang Tinghe with a little deep meaning: "It is not easy for a saint to learn, but Mr. Yang has read poetry and books thoroughly, and he must have read it thoroughly, would you like to solve my doubts?" ”

Yang Tinghe saluted, "His Royal Highness has a good reputation, and the ministers dare not say that they are transparent, but they have studied "University" since they were children, and they have occasional gains. However, learning words and reading has its own order. The words of the article are connected, and only half of the sentence is explained, which is inevitably difficult to care about. It's better for His Highness to write again, and the minister will teach again, and wait until one article can be read smoothly, and then the minister will interpret it for His Highness, and His Highness will naturally be able to understand it. ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised, this guy ...... That's smart.

To put it bluntly, things came suddenly, and Yang Tinghe didn't dare to teach casually.

Explain the meaning will have private goods, and when the time comes, someone with a heart will deliberately say that you deliberately guided the prince.

But it's okay to teach how to read, even if the courtiers investigate, it can be said that it is just a thorough reading, although it is still not in accordance with the etiquette system, but there is no big mistake......

Gain these time, and after retiring today, the elder will choose the prince's teacher.

And he, not only showed his face in front of the prince and met the prince's requirements, but at the same time, he was not too offended to stare at the eyes of the East Palace,

The main thing is that this attitude is to say, I, Yang Tinghe, not only did not deliberately exceed the rules, but tried to abide by the rules while asking for the prince, and I am not quite a fortunate minister!

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "What Mr. Zhang is worried about, aren't you worried?" ”

Yang Tinghe said very righteously: "Your Highness's heart is to learn from the saints, as a courtier, how can you have the truth of thinking about him and refusing to teach?" Every time Your Highness learns one more point, my Ming country will be one point stable. Compared with this, what is there to worry about the gain and loss of the minister's honor and disgrace? ”

Zhu Houzhao was already convinced after hearing this, and it would be meaningless to chase it any further.

At this point, his purpose can be achieved.

So I moved on to something else.

"Speaking of which, is Mr. Yang wondering, why did I do this today?"

"Your Highness is wise. Minister, there is indeed something unclear. ”

Speaking of which,

It's time for Biao's acting skills again.

Zhu Houzhao sighed, and then said with a solemn expression: "Recently, my father and the emperor are not in good health, but he still does not quit the government and insists on reviewing and reciting the music, which is hard, and the son of man can't bear it. I couldn't read through the article, I couldn't share my father's worries, and I felt deeply guilty. ”

"His Royal Highness's filial piety and loyalty to his father's heart can be seen by the sun and the moon. This is the blessing of His Majesty, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty! Yang Tinghe was also raised by Confucianism.

A seven-year-old child has this filial piety, how can he not be shocked and moved, especially the prince, it is even more gratifying.

"My father has decreed that I will go out of the cabinet to give lectures, and I will handle it as soon as the spring warms up next year."

Yang Tinghe didn't feel anything when he heard this.

For three or four years,

This has been said many times.

What 'Aiqing is right, do it like this', 'very good', 'do it in a month' and the like, even Xu Shoufu and others have been crowned the East Palace officials, and in the end it is not empty?

But on the surface, it still has to be said.

"Your Majesty."

Thus, Zhu Houzhao's previous sentence was finished.

Then he suddenly changed his face, anyway, a child, he was happy and angry, "But this prince heard that even if his father made a will to warm up next spring, there are still many ministers who want to persuade his father to change the time!" Even recommended by blood! ”

Yang Tinghe didn't know clearly, as far as he knew, His Majesty had not yet made such a will.

Why did the prince hear that someone was going to be so sparse?

But the man is the prince, so to speak, there is nothing he can do as a minister.

Zhu Houzhao continued to say angrily: "Where do they know? My father is distressed, and I am afraid of the cold. I am connected to my father by blood, can't this father-son love be fulfilled? ”

Speaking of the excitement, the prince slapped the table and shouted loudly: "This prince's words are here, the holy decree is the holy decree, I am the son of my father, and I am the courtier of my father, and I will follow the decree!" So next year, if the day is not warm, I will not go out of the cabinet to give a lecture! ”

Yang Tinghe was a little confused, because the relationship between the prince and him had not reached that level, and he suddenly said so many things...... Although he still can't figure out why, it is clear that he has other plans.

"Mr. Yang, what is the way of the university behind Ming Mingde? You can teach me to read it. ”