Wanli Youming

Chapter 2
"Why do you have a headache, hurry up and send it to the imperial doctor!"

After Zhu Yijun came to Queen Mother Li's bedroom, he got up late and pretended to be worried because he heard that Queen Mother Li told the people who served her that she had a headache.

"Yes!"

As for Zhu Yijun, he didn't wait long outside the hall, and Empress Dowager Li asked someone to open the door: "Emperor, come in."

Therefore, Zhu Yijun walked in and saluted Queen Mother Li: "The emperor pays his respects to the queen mother!"

Empress Dowager Li nodded, and then asked: "Can I go to Ciqing Palace?"

Zhu Yijun had two mothers, one was the aunt Empress Dowager Chen and the other was the birth mother Empress Dowager Li.

Unlike the biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, who taught her children very strictly and lived with the emperor in Qianqing Palace, the aunt mother, Empress Dowager Chen, was more willing to dote on Zhu Yijun and not intervene in educating the emperor.

According to historical records, Empress Dowager Chen was often delighted to hear the sound of walking shoes when Zhu Yijun came to pay her respects.

The Empress Dowager Chen also didn't care about government affairs, so she took the initiative to choose to live in the Ciqing Palace, which is farther away from the Qianqing Palace, to avoid the two empresses living in the same palace.

Empress Dowager Chen knows the fun, and Empress Dowager Li also knows etiquette, and dare not let her emperor's son neglect the Empress Dowager Chen in terms of etiquette, even if she herself maintains respect for the Empress Dowager Chen.

Therefore, the first question that Empress Dowager Li asked first was not whether Zhu Yijun was hungry or whether he had slept well, but to ask him first and did not go to present to Empress Dowager Chen.

It is worth mentioning that when Emperor Longqing was around, Empress Dowager Chen, who was still the empress at the time, hated Emperor Longqing, and was decreed by Emperor Longqing to move to another palace, which was equivalent to being thrown into the cold palace. On the contrary, Empress Dowager Li was more favored. And often accompanied by Emperor Longqing.

Therefore, when Zhu Yijun was still the prince, he would first greet Emperor Longqing and Empress Dowager Li.

But now that Emperor Longqing had passed away and Zhu Yijun became the emperor, in order to show his virtue of keeping the etiquette, Mrs. Li asked Zhu Yijun to greet his aunt first, and then his biological mother.

Turning around, because Queen Mother Li asked this question, Zhu Yijun replied: "The emperor has already gone, and the queen mother gave the emperor warm snacks."

Empress Dowager Li then laughed: "My son knows how to be polite!"

Accompanied by his servant, Zhu Yijun went back to the Qianqing Palace first, preparing to go to the Wenhua Palace to attend the sutra feast.

At that time, the great eunuch Feng Bao had already come to Wenhua Gate because he had first obtained the order from Empress Dowager Li.

All the ministers who participated in the sutra banquet were already waiting here, and they all raised their heads after seeing Feng Baoling's servants come out.

At this time Feng Bao had also gone straight to the head assistant Zhang Juzheng, and whispered a few words in Zhang Juzheng's ear.

Zhang Juzheng raised his thick eyebrows after hearing this: "So early?!"

Then, Zhang Juzheng whispered to Lu Tiaoyang, a senior scholar at the side: "The old man just now received the empress dowager's benevolence to say that today he took the initiative to get up early because of the sutra feast, and now he has gone to pay his respects to the two palaces, and will go to the Wenhua Palace." .”

Lu Tiaoyang raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is eager to learn, and you have the image of a sage!"

Then, Lu Tiaoyang looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Uncle, this is a good sign!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

Dedicated to Yao and Shun is the highest ideal of civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats, and the beginning of the realization of this ideal is to allow His Majesty the emperor to complete a good sutra feast.

Therefore, both Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang were delighted that Zhu Yijun was so active in the banquet.

The other civil servants did the same, they all raised their heads and looked forward, letting the snowflakes fall in front of them, but only looked at the rich family with piercing eyes, waiting for their emperor to appear.

Squeak.

Squeak.

The big Han generals guarding the imperial chariot held gold melons, stepped on the broken Qiong and chaotic jade, and guarded Zhu Yijun on the imperial chariot as they walked towards the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yijun, who squinted his eyes, was much more relaxed after seeing Queen Mother Li, and even listening to the voice seemed to be listening to music, and seemed to be intoxicated by it.

Zhu Yijun opened his eyes when he sat down facing south in the Wenhua Hall and a burst of incense came with the cold wind.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials who participated in the sutra banquet had to bathe and incense before participating in the sutra banquet.

Therefore, when Zhu Yijun came, he smelled a sweet fragrance first.

At first glance, he saw that there was a desk in front of him, and the lecturers had entered in a file. Those with big red robes and those with green and embroidered clothes were very eye-catching in the snowflakes.

Zhu Yijun didn't say a word, just silently watched these lecturers divided into two shifts, looking for Zhang Juzheng according to the original owner's memory.

Zhang Juzheng didn't notice that the emperor was looking at him, and he also stood silently at the side at this moment.

The first to speak was the official of Honglu Temple.

After the officials of Honglu Temple brought all the ministers to salute and announced the lecture, two lecturers came out from the east and west classes, stood side by side in front of the imperial lecture, and then bowed and kowtowed, ready to enter the lecture.

Zhu Yijun seemed to be watching a documentary, watching all this from the audience's perspective, he just felt fresh, without the slightest bit of impatience.

After all, he had only heard of the Jingyan system in the Ming Dynasty before, but he didn't know what Jingyan was like.

At this time, Zhu Yijun saw the book exhibition officer coming forward and unfolding the book for Zhu Yijun before the case. The lecturer standing on the east side immediately began to report to Zhu Yijun the contents of the four books that he was going to talk about today. , The lecturer on the west side also came to report which part of the scriptures and history to talk about.

Zhu Yijun didn't know until later that he dared to talk about the Four Books by officials on the east side, and the history of Confucian classics by officials on the west side.

Because it was the first time to participate in the sutra banquet, he was naturally curious about it, so Zhu Yijun listened carefully. He read it when the lecturer asked him to read it, and he explained it when he was asked to explain it.

Zhu Yijun also secretly sighed that the original owner himself had already laid the foundation of Confucianism with the help of the servants because he started studying at the age of four, so it was calm to deal with it at this time.

It's just that Zhu Yijun secretly felt that the emperor was still like a puppet throughout the whole process, just completing a teaching activity with these lecturers mechanically.

The content of the teaching is also to understand the content of the Four Books of Classics and History according to Zhu Xi's meaning.

For Zhu Yijun, who came from later generations and was trained by the society to only pay attention to utilitarianism, the gains were limited, and the symbolic meaning of etiquette was greater than the actual meaning.

But in the eyes of the civil servants, the emperor's performance at this time can be said to be perfect!
As if they hadn't suffered from hunger and cold this morning in vain!All of them were in high spirits, as if they were pretending to be a big bully in front of the emperor.

Lu Tiaoyang is a sentimental character, and he has already looked at Zhang Juzheng with tears in his eyes: "The emperor is only ten years old, and he is so serious about participating in the sutra feast, with a loud voice and a graceful manner! His god has long since realized the truth!"

Chief Assistant Zhang Juzheng still looked calm.

After the officials of Honglu Temple came out of the class and knelt in the middle of the class, after the praise, the lecture was considered to be over, and the officials of the two classes turned to the north.

It was only at this time that Zhu Yijun finally opened his mouth and said: "The officials have dinner every night."

This sentence is what the emperor should say at this time according to the Jingyan system, and Zhu Yijun doesn't know why he called the lecturer an official.

But the meaning is naturally clear, it is nothing more than the emperor wants to invite everyone to have breakfast.

Sutra banquet, as the name suggests, besides lectures, there is also banquet.

After Zhu Yijun said so, all the officials who participated in the sutra banquet knelt down to accept the decree, and then went to the Meridian Gate to eat the breakfast prepared by Guanglu Temple.

The breakfast of Jingyan was not delicious, but today Lu Tiaoyang ate it with relish, and whispered to Zhang Juzheng who was sitting with him in the university seat: "Uncle, although the Son of Heaven is young, he already looks like a wise king. Someone like Feng Bao should go!"

Because of Feng Bao's fabrication of Minister Wang's case to frame Gao Gong, the civil servants had long been dissatisfied with Feng Bao, so Zhang Juzheng was not surprised when Lu Tiaoyang said this to Zhang Juzheng today.

But Zhang Juzheng said nothing.

Civil officials did not tolerate eunuchs, especially authoritarian eunuchs, which had existed in the Ming Dynasty since the orthodox dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng is also aware of this, but he has other considerations now, so it's not easy to answer Lu Tiaoyang at this time.

Seeing that he was speechless, Lu Tiaoyang couldn't speak anymore.

Naturally, Zhu Yijun didn't know that Lu Tiaoyang began to hope that Zhang Juzheng would lead the civil servants to defeat Feng because he was too in line with the psychological expectations of the civil servants at the Jingyan.

Zhu Yijun had returned to Qianqing Palace at this time, and was preparing to review his homework and write.

It is impossible to play as soon as you return to the bedroom, because Zhang Juzheng will ask him to recite today's lecture the next day. If you can recite it smoothly, you will be praised, but if you don't, you will be severely reprimanded, and you will even be passed by Feng Bao. Make a small report to Empress Dowager Li, and Empress Dowager Li is more ruthless than Zhang Juzheng, and will directly make him kneel down.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun could only review his homework and practice calligraphy first.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun's memorization skills are not bad in later generations, and he quickly memorized what he said today, and relying on his good memory, he found that the lecturer made a mistake in the sutra feast.

After memorizing what I said today, I still have to practice calligraphy, and Zhu Yijun didn't spend too much time on it.

What's more, he is no longer a teenager in terms of mental age, and he doesn't find writing too boring, and he doesn't have too much fun.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun can now concentrate more when practicing calligraphy, and he can write faster.

After finishing writing, Zhu Yijun went out of the palace gate, ready to stretch his muscles and bones.

But as soon as he left the gate of the palace, Zhu Yijun found out that the eunuch Sun Hai, the deacon of Qianqing Palace, Wei Chao and other eunuchs had already knelt outside the palace.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help asking, "Why are you kneeling?"

(End of this chapter)