"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection."

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According to Zhang Juzheng's teaching arrangement for Zhu Yijun, when Zhu Yijun lectured in the Wenhua Palace, he had to read "University" ten times a day, and then read "Shangshu" ten times, and then the lecturer would immediately give a lecture.

Therefore, after Zhu Yijun arrived at the Wenhua Palace, he first read "University".

When Zhang Juzheng and the lecturers read aloud to Zhu Yijun, they all looked satisfied, as if listening to a beautiful song of fairy music.

In their cognition, the fact that the Son of Heaven can be the king according to their requirements for the Holy Lord and the Monarch can give them a great sense of accomplishment.

In other words, it will make them feel that the Son of Heaven is under their control, and there is a sense of pleasure in controlling the Son of Heaven.

Especially Zhang Juzheng, who takes teaching the Son of Heaven to become the king of Yao Shun as his ideal, seems to see that the value of his life is being realized step by step.

Of course, he would not have known that if according to the development of the original history, the emperor's students, whom he had worked so hard to teach and had high hopes for, would abandon all the high hopes placed on him as a teacher after his death, and would raid his home, and even almost obey the demands of the bureaucracy to whip his corpse and abolish all his new policies, and after that, because he was disappointed in the civil servants, he willfully did not go to court for more than 20 years, and became the laziest emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so that he did not even bother to make up for the shortage of officials at the ministry level in the six ministries and departments of the central government.

even ended up with a historiographical evaluation of "the death of the Ming Dynasty and the death of Wanli".

It can be said that Zhang Juzheng would not have thought that the monarch he had devoted his heart and soul to educating for ten years would become the last thing he wanted to see after his death.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun in this life has the soul of later generations, and he is determined to be a Wanli emperor who is different from history.

After Zhu Yijun finished reading "University" and "Shangshu" here, the lecturers stepped forward to give Zhu Yijun a lecture.

Zhang Juzheng was worried that Zhu Yijun was not taught well enough, so on the basis of the original number of lecturers allocated to the emperor according to the routine, a number of learned Confucian ministers were assigned to wait around Zhu Yijun for consultation when he lectured in the Wenhua Palace.

Among them, Ma Ziqiang, Tao Dalin, Chen Shoubang, He Yuwen, Shen Li, Ding Shimei, Ma Jiai, Xu Jizhong, and other well-known Hanlin ministers served as Japanese lecturers or scriveners.

In addition, in order to let Zhu Yijun know more clearly how to be a good emperor.

Zhang Juzheng also specially presided over the compilation of a book "The Illustrated Narrative of the Emperor" for Zhu Yijun.

This book was presented to Zhu Yijun by Zhang Juzheng and the lecturers on December 17 in the sixth year of Longqing, and selected 81 things for the good and virtuous of the kings of the past dynasties, and 36 things for the evil to be the precepts.

Zhu Yijun's favorite class in his memory is the class of "The Emperor's Illustrated Narrative", because this book is full of pictures and texts, and has stories and vivid images, which can make him more interested in the young, and at the same time, Zhang Juzheng, as a master of scheming in this era, can also whip into the inside and point to the key points when teaching him these imperial mental techniques, so that he can also quickly absorb the important means that the monarch should master.

Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Juzheng had good intentions, so he was naturally willing to cooperate, and he was indeed willing to learn some real skills from Zhang Juzheng, so he would not show impatience when reading Confucian classics.

However, the "Dijian Book" that Zhu Yijun looked forward to and had practical significance would not be talked about until near the beginning of the afternoon, after learning the Confucian classics, according to the process arranged by Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun should first go to the warm pavilion to rest.

At this time, the celebrant will play the chapters of each yamen into the imperial review.

Zhang Juzheng and other ministers will retreat to the West Wing at this time to wait.

However, if Zhu Yijun has any consultation, he can summon the ministers to the front of the palace and let him understand the affairs of the chapter one by one.

So it can be seen from this that Zhu Yijun is not exactly a puppet emperor, he is still the decision-maker of the Ming Dynasty in name, and he is actually a person who participates in the discussion of the highest power.

"Summoning Mr. Yuanfu Zhang!"

After Zhu Yijun watched some chapters, he passed Zhang Juzheng in.

Historically, Zhu Yijun called Zhang Ju exactly as "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang", Yuanfu refers to his official position, and Mr. Zhang means to show that he is his teacher, in short, he is very respectful.

At this time, Zhu Yijun still called Zhang Juzheng according to the memory of the original owner.

After Zhang Juzheng entered the warm pavilion, he bowed his hand, asked Zhu Yijun to inquire, and asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything you don't understand?" ”

"Today's chapter is fine. There is only one thing that I want to know with Mr. Yuanfu Zhang, yesterday's feast, the lecturer who talked about the "University" was one word short, and I wanted to correct it, but I was afraid that the lecturer would be afraid of guilt because of this, so I didn't mention it. ”

Zhu Yijun told him.

Zhang Juzheng chuckled in his heart, so he had to intercede on behalf of the speaker: "The speaker is secretive and powerful, and if there is a small mistake, I hope that the saint will be tolerant." He also said, "If a person has sinned, if it is unintentionally wrong, it is forgiving, even if it is great." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun nodded, he didn't know if the lecturers deliberately omitted words on the scripture banquet, or Zhang Juzheng deliberately did not mention it, but he knew that he had to bring it up himself to prove that he was indeed listening carefully, and at the same time to pave the way for the next thing he was going to say, which was intended to make Zhang Juzheng understand that he was not so easy to fool, and he was really making a big tomorrow.

Zhu Yijun also said at this time: "After the banquet yesterday, after completing the homework given to me by Mr. Yuanfu Zhang, I also read the chapter music, so as to know the way of government and the virtue of the name of officials in all parts of the world from the gentlemen's votes, and at the same time wrote down some doubts, and I am ready to ask Mr. today, and please ask Mr. for answers!" ”

"Your Majesty is diligent in government and study, and Sheji is fortunate!"

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly surrendered his hand again as he spoke, and couldn't wait to say: "Please ask Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Hong to hand Zhang Juzheng a piece of imperial note in which he had written notes.

Zhang Juzheng held it in both hands and glanced at the contents of the imperial note.

At this glance, Zhang Juzheng's body trembled slightly, and then glanced at Zhang Hong.

Zhu Yijun began to say with a smile here: "Xu Fan, Xu Kun, but are you the son of the old gentleman Xu Qing and Young Master Xu?" ”

According to the record of "General History of Chinese Customs: Ming Dynasty Volume", the most honorable title for the bureaucrats in the capital is Mr. Lao, and Xu Jie was the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and now Zhu Yijun still calls Xu Jie so according to the memory of the original owner.

Zhang Juzheng replied: "Yes! It is indeed the son of Mr. Xu. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "The official department said that the two of them could be admonished by Dai, and after the meritorious minister, Enyin was reinstated as the official of Taichang Temple and Shangbao. Mr. Ticket is intended to be possible. But what I don't know is why these two were dismissed before this and now reinstated. ”

Although Zhang Juzheng was a student of Xu Jie, he naturally needed to take care of the Xu family politically, so he ignored the fact that Xu Jie's two sons had very poor character and used them, but now that Zhu Yijun asked, he still had to reply truthfully:

"Your Majesty, Xu Fan and Xu Kun were previously dismissed in response to the impeachment of Hai Rui, the governor of the Heavenly Patrol, for forcibly occupying the people's land and not cultivating their personal virtues.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Even so, in my opinion, Xu Fan and Xu Kun are still not suitable for use, mainly because considering Mr. Xu, Mr. is a student of Mr. Xu, and I am a student of Mr. Xu, so I naturally have to think more about Mr. Xu." Presumably, Mr. Xu is over the age of old, and he must also want his children and grandchildren to be honored by his side. ”

"Therefore, I think it is better to let Xu Fan and Xu Kun continue to be filial piety at home!"

"These two people are still young, and they will have time to serve the country in the future, but the opportunity to serve the high hall is said to be no, there is no such thing, the dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and I ascended the throne in the year of Chong, and we should advocate benevolence and filial piety to govern the country, I don't know what Mr. thinks?"