The rainbow light of the rising sun on the horizon is like red and golden silk, rolling and fluttering in the wind.

Under the imperial palace of Beijing City, blue bricks and yellow tiles, pavilions and bridges, and pavilions with three-story cornices, Zhu Gaoxian took a sip of tea, and looked at Su Wu who was sitting opposite with a smile: "How about this tea, it is the most topped nectar in Shu, and the best products that have just come up in Sichuan have not been treasured much." ”

Su Wu took a sip and couldn't help but admire: "Slender and curly, the color of the tea soup is tender and green, the white hao floats on the soup, the tea fragrance is overflowing, and the entrance is fresh and sweet, it is indeed a rare good tea." ”

After he returned to Beijing after serving as a political envoy in Goryeo Province, he was even mentioned to the Metropolitan Inspectorate to fill the vacant position of the Imperial History of the Left Capital. Zuodu Yushi, rank is the second grade, in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is respected as the "General Constitution".

Su Wu is very young, and he is the humerus of the East Palace, and there are rumors in the Beijing division that he will be promoted from "Su Zongxian" to "Su Xiang" in less than ten years.

The two ministers haven't seen each other for a long time, and they talked happily.

Su Wu saw a young man standing behind the crown prince, with a handsome appearance, bright eyes and bright teeth, and quite a literary demeanor, which attracted people to look twice.

He asked with some confusion, "Who is this?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian said: "Yu Qian, the master of ceremonies arranged for me by the old man." ”

Su Wu said in surprise: "That's quite young. ”

Zuo Chunfang's master of ceremonies, although he is just an attendant who follows the prince, but this errand is not so easy to do, and the requirements for the incumbent are extremely high, most of them are served by the famous Confucian who specializes in academics, and generally speaking, the age will not be less than forty.

And this Yu Qian doesn't even look like he is twenty years old.

Zhu Gaoxian said with a smile: "How old are you this year, are you twenty, aren't you already in the position of the imperial history of the left capital, how can there ever be a twenty-year-old imperial history of the left capital in the past dynasties?" ”

Su Wule said hehehe: "This is also true, what His Royal Highness said is reasonable, as an official, he does not look at his qualifications but only his ability, I am still a young dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and the officials should also be young people, so it seems that my Ming Dynasty is vigorous." ”

"Haha, good boy, why did you become so oily now."

Yu Qian sighed, with a little melancholy in his voice.

He thought that this extremely famous crown prince would be an elegant and erudite sage like Prince Yiwen, but he followed Zhu Gaoxian for two days, and he didn't see that this prince had any real skills, and every day he was either a supervisor in the Wenhua Palace, or he was wandering around the palace drinking tea and drinking and chatting with some princeling officials.

This was too different from the Maven he was expecting, which made Yu Qian feel a feeling of hatred for iron but not steel.

My prince of the Ming Dynasty is such a thing?

What a disappointment!

Zhu Gaoxian glanced at it, noticed the subtle expression on Yu Qian's face, and said with a smile: "Yu Qian, do you have something to say?" ”

Yu Qian calmed his eyes and said, "No." ”

"If you have something to say, you don't have to hide it, hold it in your heart, and in the end you will feel uncomfortable."

Zhu Gaoxian held the teacup and said, "This palace allows you to speak freely and be innocent." ”

Yu Qian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Really?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian smiled: "No one in the world knows, I, Zhu Gaoxian, am the most trustworthy and keep my word." ”

"Since this is the case, the minister will dare to say two words."

Yu Qian straightened his waist and said solemnly, "The minister thinks that His Royal Highness is the crown prince, the prince, and he is in the East Palace, and his every move should be exemplary and majestic." But after the ministers have observed it in the past few days, His Royal Highness's behavior can be called debauchery! ”

With such undisguised and sharp words, Yu Qian almost pointed at the tip of Zhu Gaoxian's nose and scolded the mediocre master.

Su Wuren was stunned, he wondered if this little brother surnamed Yu would die, dare to talk to His Highness like this?

Even he, who was far away in Goryeo Province before, heard that his Royal Highness burned down the company camp in the southwest, annihilated more than 100,000 rebels, and did not leave a single prisoner, which shows how cruel his methods are.

In the face of the humble and aggressive accusation, Zhu Gaoxian did not see any emotion, and still held the tea cup unhurriedly, and gently brushed the clear tea soup with the tea lid.

He asked calmly, "Yu Qian, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

"Zhichen said bluntly, why be afraid?"

Yu Qian said lightly, "Besides, His Highness has already said just now, allowing me to speak freely and be innocent, could it be that His Highness wants to repent?" ”

"Not really."

Zhu Gaoxian was finally reluctant to put down the teacup, and the corners of his mouth rose, "I heard that you are especially good at poetry?" ”

"A little bit of it."

Although his words were modest, Yu Qian's tone when he spoke was quite arrogant, which showed how confident he was in his talent in this area.

Zhu Gaoxian said with a smile: "Coincidentally, this palace is also good at genus and poetry, there is nothing to do today, let's compare the two of us?" ”

Yu Qian was a little surprised: "Is Your Highness serious?" ”

Although he had heard that this prince had extremely outstanding achievements in governing the country and leading troops, he had never heard that this prince still had the ability to recite poems.

Zhu Gaoxian bowed his head slightly and said, "Naturally, I am serious." ”

Yu Qian asked with great interest: "Then what does Your Highness want to compare?" ”

"How?"

"Very good, what's the matter?"

Zhu Gaoxian looked around, and finally locked his eyes on the bamboo forest near the pavilion, the breeze came slowly, the bamboo forest was green and firm, and the branches and leaves were swaying slightly.

He asked: "With the theme of the four gentlemen of Meilan and Zhuju, what do you think?" ”

Yu Qian pondered: "Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, proud and light, occupies all spring, summer, autumn and winter, which is exactly what suits my heart." ”

Zhu Gaoxian smiled and stretched out his hand to signal: "Okay, Brother Yu first, please." ”

Yu Qian nodded and said, "Brother Zhu is like this, then you're welcome." ”

When Su Wu heard this "Brother Zhu", he was almost so shocked that he knelt down for this young man surnamed Yu on the spot.

You're so brave!

When Yu Qian accused Zhu Gaoxian just now, Su Wu still felt that this kid surnamed Yu was a stupid and sour rotten Confucian. But now this sentence "Brother Zhu" has completely changed his concept of humility.

Just this sentence of "Brother Zhu" is enough for Yu Qian's family to cut seven days at the entrance of the vegetable market!

This brother is simply bold and does whatever he wants!

Hearing this "Brother Zhu", Zhu Gaoxian's face did not change, he still smiled slightly, and the wind was light.

Yu Qian didn't think about it so much, he thought hard for a long time, and muttered:

"Dip your clothes and count the remaining rain, and you can see the mountains outside the mountains.

Immediately look at the autumn colors on the plain, and pity the Han Ju in the declining face. ”

Good poetry, indeed good poetry.

Yu Qian does have a very high talent in the right poetry, and he blurted out a gorgeous poem.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaoxian still has a killer move in his hand.

Yu Qian raised his hand and signaled: "I have already given up, Your Highness, please." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said with a smile, "If Your Highness can't do it, admit defeat, and don't shudder." ”

Zhu Gaoxian smiled, pretending to think for a moment, before slowly speaking:

"Insist that the green mountains are not relaxed, and the roots are in the broken rocks.

Thousands of blows are still strong, and the wind is blowing! ”

The smile on Yu Qian's face froze, he couldn't turn his mind for a while, pondered for a long time, and muttered: "Ren'er's east-west, north-south wind, good, good, a good Ren'er's east-west, north-south wind......"

What he has always advocated is the gentleman's integrity, and this poem is undoubtedly the most incisive, heroic, and upright.

As soon as this poem came out, the winner was clear.

Su Wu on the side couldn't help but applaud: "Good poetry, good spirit, Your Highness is talented!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian just smiled and didn't speak.

I don't know if Mr. Zheng Banqiao, a few hundred years later, will sigh with emotion, "If you are born as the master, how can you give birth to Zheng", living in the shadow of Zhu Gaoxian.

Xia Luo can copy Jay Chou's songs, and I, Zhu Gaoxian, copy Zheng Banqiao's poems, which is very reasonable.

Yu Qian changed his normal state, couldn't help but be in awe, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, it is the minister who has lost, and if you want to kill or chop, Your Highness will make up your own conclusion, and the minister will never say anything." ”

"I'll kill you, I've said it in advance, you and I are just chanting poems and playing idle things, and we haven't made any gambling contracts in advance."

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand and said, "But I am very popular with poetry today, and one song can't release the feelings in my heart, but I still brew one." ”

Yu Qian's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed: "Please also ask Your Highness to recite one or two to open the minister's eyes." ”

This song "Ren Er's east, west, north and south winds" can be regarded as completely convincing him.

Now I listen to the prince and have a poem, which makes him quite happy to like to chant poetry, and wants to hear what other good works Zhu Gaoxian can have.

Su Wu said with a smile: "Please not be stingy, show your talents, and let the ministers and others also see it." ”

"In that case, then today I am also a vassal of elegance."

Zhu Gaoxian said, "This second song is also Yongzhu." ”

Yu Qian hurriedly nodded: "Yongzhu is good, sieving the wind and making the moon, chic life, elegant and elegant, it is a humble gentleman." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxian no longer pretended, thought for a while, and said:

"Bamboo is like a hypocrite, but the outside is empty. A group can cover the sun, and independence can't help but be windy.

The roots are fine and good at drilling holes, and the waist is soft and bowing. The literati love it a lot, and they have the same breath. ”

The smile on Yu Qian's face gradually subsided, but Su Wu couldn't help but cover his stomach and laugh.

"Insulting Sven!"

Yu Qian flicked his sleeves and said angrily.

Compared with the song that was praised just now, this song is too spicy and biting.

Bamboo is like those hypocrites, from the outside, so majestic and proud, but in fact there is no real material.

When they are in high spirits, they can cover up the truth, but they cannot stand the test when examined alone.

The roots of the bamboo are finely broken and good at settling down, and the waist is gentle and used to bowing. Those literati who like bamboo, I'm afraid their temperament is the same as those bamboos.

People usually like to sing bamboo to show their integrity, but this mocking bamboo undoubtedly tore apart the treacherous face of the literati.

Yu Qian was angry because he admired the integrity of the literati the most.

And Su Wu laughed because he looked down on literati the most.

He is a person who has been raised in the ninth year of Yongle, an extremely young person, if nothing else, he can easily go further to become a jinshi and become an official in the court.

However, Su Wu did not continue to participate in the imperial examination, but said that "lifting a child is like an orange, sour and hard".

In his eyes, at the end of reading the sage book, what he read was not a sage, but a rotten Confucian whose thinking was imprisoned.

Yu Qian gritted his teeth angrily, wanted to say something but couldn't say it, so he reluctantly turned around and left with his sleeves brushed away.

Zhu Gaoxian and Su Wu glanced at each other, and couldn't help but laugh.

……

After laughing for a long time, Su Wufang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Your Highness, isn't it too bad to tease such a kid?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian didn't answer the question, but asked rhetorically: "What do you think of this kid surnamed Yu?" ”

Su Wu shook his head and said: "It's not a sour rotten Confucian, he has a spiritual charm, but he is too ignorant of current affairs and too arrogant, just this temperament, he has narrowed his path." ”

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand: "How can you only look at people's character, if you don't have real skills, he dares to be so crazy in front of me, do you think I can let him go, really what kind of living bodhisattva am I?" ”

Su Wu sighed: "This is a fierce horse, it's not easy to control, if I use him, I must first press him for three or five years to grind the edges and corners of his body, and when the grinding is almost done, then lift it out to see the effect, if you can use it, you can use it, and if you don't use it, you will abandon it." ”

"At first, I thought the same as you, to deal with such a fierce horse, you have to suppress his anger first, and then slowly tame it, but after seeing him, I don't think so."

"And what does Your Highness think now?"

Zhu Gaoxian hooked his fingers, and when he saw Su Wu leaning his face over, he said mysteriously in the other party's ear:

"I won't tell you."

Su Wu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although the prince didn't say anything, he already had a hunch.

Yu Qian, who was targeted by Zhu Gaoxian, is now more like a sheep bitten by a wolf.

……

On the way back, the more Yu Qian thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Insulting Sven, insulting Sven, how did he make this kind of poem!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It seems that what he said is not unreasonable, the bamboo is like a hypocrite, but the outside is empty. The more you think about it, the more you feel that it is practical...... Ahem, how can I think so, the prince misunderstood me. ”

Quietly, even Yu Qian himself did not realize that his thinking, which had been solidified by Confucian culture in the past 18 years, had changed invisibly because of Zhu Gaoxian's mockery.

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[The current perspective is: Zhu Gaoxian's identity as an emperor]

[Time: Hengjing 40th year, June.] 】

When Zhu Di saw this time period, a big question mark couldn't help but appear in his head.

He knows that Zhu Gaoxian is very capable, but in the forty years of his reign, is it a bit excessive?

Among the emperors simulated by Zhu Di, there are only two people who can compare with Zhu Gaoxian's reign. One is the Wanli Emperor Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun, who reigned for forty-eight years, and the other is the Jiajing Emperor Mingshizong Zhu Houxi, who reigned for forty-five years.

But if it comes to the reigning emperor who is actually in power, there is only Emperor Jiajing. In the first ten years of the reign of Emperor Wanli, due to the young age of the emperor, the empress dowager listened to the government, and the empress dowager handed over the military and political power to Zhang Juzheng to manage on his behalf.

However, these two emperors have been in power for a long time, which is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing reigned for forty-five years, and almost didn't play with the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Wanli reigned for forty-eight years, and directly dragged the Ming Dynasty into the coffin board, leaving a devastated empire to future generations of children and grandchildren.

Ming Jun of the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, very few can live past the age of forty.