Why did the emperor rebel?

As the sun was rising, Yu Shiyue finished her morning court, had a hasty breakfast, and arrived at Qingning Palace on the east side of Wenhua Hall.

It is not as simple as moving the residence of the crown prince out of the cabinet. In the harem, the prince lives with his mother and concubine, which is no different from other concubines' palaces. But once he leaves the cabinet, he must prepare for the pre-government.

Compared with the harem, the Qingning Palace on the side of the Wenhua Palace, also known as the East Palace, has both daily life and political functions, and its scale is much larger than that of the concubines in the harem.

There are three gates in Qingning Palace. Entering the front gate is considered to have entered the scope of the East Palace. There are long corridors on the left and right for the palace people to walk. After passing through two gates inward, you can see the main hall of Qingning Palace. On both sides of the main hall, there are connected rooms. There are seven rooms, the seven rooms on the left are sleeping palaces, each with piles of gauze on the door, and the stories of loyalty, filial piety and honesty are painted to teach the prince.

Zhan Shi’s Mansion is not in the East Palace, but outside the palace city, on the east side of the Imperial Academy. The officials of the East Palace give lectures every day, and send the needed things to Qingning Palace in advance, store them in the seventh room on the right, and enter them. It was taken out at the time of the lecture, because the prince has not yet pre-government, so the daily sutra feasts are held in the main hall of Qingning Palace.

Entering the main hall of Qingning Palace, there is a seat for the crown prince in the middle, and a painted screen behind it is decorated with gold and jade. There are two large mirror screens on the left and right sides of the seat. The mirrors are square and long, more than five feet high.

Yu Shiyue came here in time, so when he came, all the officials in the Eastern Palace had already arrived. Unlike the emperor's Jingyan, the Eastern Palace was in charge of teaching and assisting the prince. Therefore, no matter who gave the lecture, All the officials of the Eastern Palace who have no other special errands must serve on the side.

Soon, the little prince came down to the hall with a stern face as usual and was served by the eunuchs. All the officials immediately lined up and bowed to His Highness the prince who was sitting at the head.

"I'm waiting to see His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Excuse me, give me a seat."

For some reason, Zhu Jianshen didn't seem to be in high spirits today, a little listless, and after raising his hand to give him a seat as usual, he looked distracted.

Yu Shiyue couldn't help but frowned and said.

"His Royal Highness, the way to learn is to concentrate. Your Highness is still young, so you should pay more attention to the habit of studying, and don't be distracted."

The little prince was always obedient, upon hearing this, he immediately withdrew his mind, his face tensed, and said.

"I know I was wrong, Mr. Xie taught me."

After all, he sat upright, straightened his back, and looked like he was listening carefully.

Seeing this situation, Yu Shiyue nodded and cupped his hands.

"Your Highness, today we will continue to talk about "Historical Records". The day before yesterday, I explained the Chronicle of Xiaojing to Your Highness. I wonder if Your Highness still remembers it?"

Now the crown prince's homework is roughly divided into three parts, one is basic calligraphy and recitation, these are the simplest, so normally they will not be put on the sutra feast, but will be supervised and inspected by the officials of the Eastern Palace every day.

The second is the Confucian classics. At present, the classics of filial piety, the university, and the doctrine of the mean are the main ones. This part is the most important learning content. It does not seek speed, but it requires the prince to understand the meaning, so it is almost a word-by-word slow. Explained slowly.

The third is the political book to prepare for the pre-government. Years ago, Emperor Taizu’s Huang Ming Zu Xun and Emperor Xuanzong’s imperial training were explained. After the new year, the explanation of Shi Ji began.

As the second assistant of the cabinet, Yu Shiyue is busy with government affairs every day, so although he can also teach Confucian classics, he doesn't have much time to prepare. On the contrary, because he is in contact with government affairs every day, so this needs to be explained in combination with government affairs. Moreover, at least at this stage, political books that do not require the prince to have a deep understanding are obviously more suitable for him to read.

Asking questions before class is a fixed process, so the little prince naturally made preparations early. Hearing Yu Shiyue's question, he shook his little head and said.

"Remember, when Emperor Jing came to the throne, even though the Wen Dynasty had been restored for many years, the national power was still not strong. The name of a virtuous king."

These words are basically the original words of Yu Shiyue before, but it is not easy for a child of this age.

"Your Highness is smart, then let's talk about today's content, Xiaowu Benji..."

After a simple compliment, Yu Shiyue continued to teach.

Since it is necessary to talk about historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cannot be bypassed anyway. Moreover, Emperor Wu has a lot to talk about, so Yu Shiyue deliberately slowed down the progress.

Seeing that the little prince's interest was still not high, Yu Shiyue sighed inwardly, and simply told some anecdotes related to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Sure enough, when the story was told, the little prince's energy was clearly concentrated.

"Your Highness, this is the story of Cangjiao in the Golden House. Chen Ajiao wanted to win the honor of the queen, but she forgot that even if a person with no virtue or talent can win the honor for a while, it is difficult to keep it forever."

"Emperor Wu is very talented and broad-minded, but Chen Ajiao has repeatedly offended her by relying on her support and companionship. Later, she even resorted to women's charms and witchcraft secretly. Only then did Nagato be abolished."

"If Chen Ajiao can keep her duty, fulfill the responsibilities of a queen, stabilize the harem, and assist Emperor Wu, with her status, she can be stable for the rest of her life. How can she be abolished?"

When Yu Shiyue said this, he originally wanted to teach Zhu Jianshen to follow the right path in everything and not do evil things.

However, the little prince's focus was obviously not on this. After listening to Yu Shiyue's explanation, he blinked and asked.

"Sir, you just said that Emperor Wu was not originally a prince, but he became a prince with Chen Ajiao's help. Then who was the prince before him?"

As soon as this question came up, Yu Shiyue keenly sensed that something was wrong.

However, he had to answer, hesitating for a moment, he had no choice but to speak.

"Returning to Your Highness, it is Liu Rong, the eldest son of Emperor Jing."

Although Yu Shiyue tried to be as concise as possible, the little prince still grasped the point at once, and asked with a gloomy face on his chubby face.

"So, Emperor Wu is not the eldest son of Emperor Jing, so is he the direct son of Emperor Jing?"

This……

Yu Shiyue frowned, he was almost certain that someone must have said something in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

Also, during this period of time, because of the birth of the emperor's son-in-law, all kinds of rumors were raging in the capital, how could the East Palace not have heard of it.

Zhu Jianshen asked this simple question, but for Yu Shiyue, no matter how he answered it, he was wrong.

If the answer is yes, then it is easy to think about what happened recently, if the answer is no, the matter is even bigger, and the establishment of a prince who is not a direct descendant but not an elder will cause unnecessary associations.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Yu Shiyue said.

"Your Highness wants to know why Liu Rong was deposed?"

Zhu Jianshen nodded.

So, Yu Shiyue said.

"This matter is related to Liu Rong himself and his mother Li Ji. At the beginning, when Emperor Jing was seriously ill and was sick, he told Li Ji and Crown Prince Liu Rong to treat the imperial concubines and princes kindly after a hundred years from Emperor Jing."

"However, Li Ji has a jealous personality. Seeing Emperor Jing's great progress, she thought that the throne was at her fingertips. Not only did she resist the decree and refused, but she also said that once Emperor Jing died, she would send all the concubines in the harem to Yongxiang and imprison the princes. Liu Rong was by his side. Nuonuo dare not speak."

"After Emperor Jing recovered from his illness, he felt that Liu Rong had no sense of brotherhood, and his mother Li Ji had no heart of benevolence, so he deposed him as the crown prince. Liu Rong was deposed because of his lack of morality!"

In these words, Yu Shiyue deliberately obscured the reason why Liu Rong was deposed, and he regarded Li Ji's fault on Liu Rong.

It's just that the little prince is still young, so he is still easy to fool. When he said this, he nodded his head half-understanding, and said.

"I understand, just like what the gentlemen said, as long as you practice virtue and benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, Liu Rong will not be abolished..."

"Your Highness is wise!"

Seeing that he finally came back, Yu Shiyue breathed a sigh of relief.

But I never thought that just as I let go of my heart, I heard the voice of the eunuch outside.

"Your Majesty is coming..."

Yu Shiyue was startled, but she didn't have time to think about it, and retreated to the two sides together with the officials in the hall to make way.

At the same time, the little prince also jumped down from his seat, and then walked towards the hall with short legs under the guidance of the servant.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor..."

The figure of the Son of Heaven appeared at the gate of the palace, waved his hand, and said.

"Excuse me."

Afterwards, he sat down in the palace of the emperor, looked at the prince and other officials of the Eastern Palace standing beside him, and said.

"After the morning court, I wanted to see how the prince's studies are going. You don't have to be formal."

After that, he turned to Zhu Jianshen and asked.

"Prince, what did Mister tell you today?"

It was a normal question, but Yu Shiyue said something bad in his heart, before the crown prince, he opened his mouth.

"Return to Your Majesty, today I will explain to His Royal Highness the Chronicle of Xiaowu in the Historical Records."

Seeing this situation, Zhu Jianshen also nodded.

However, the emperor frowned. Obviously, he was slightly dissatisfied with Yu Shiyue's offside answer, but he didn't say much, turned to the prince again, and continued to ask.

"Emperor Xiaowu is a king of great talent and general strategy, but he talks a lot about it. Let's talk about it, the crown prince. What did you gain? In Emperor Xiaowu's life, what impressed the crown prince the most?"

As soon as he asked this question, Yu Shiyue knew it was over.

He just finished talking about Emperor Jing's Benji a few days ago, and this Emperor Wu's Benji just started, and it's all about Jinwu Zangjiao. Even if the crown prince wanted to say something else, he probably didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, the minister just now..."

He wanted to explain again, but just as he opened his mouth, he felt the emperor's dissatisfied gaze. At the same time, the emperor's faint voice sounded, saying.

"Yu Qing, I asked the prince, not Yu Qing!"

So, half of the words got stuck in his throat, but he had no choice but to cup his hands and said.

"Your Majesty forgive me."

The emperor didn't care about him, and immediately looked at the prince beside him. Seeing this situation, Yu Shiyue sighed in his heart, and could only silently pray that the prince would be smarter and not tell the truth.

Zhu Jianshen also noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was not right, after all, he was a child who grew up in the deep palace, he glanced at Yu Shiyue, then thought about it, and said carefully.

"Uncle Emperor, just now Mr. Yu told his nephew about the old story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Jinwu Cangjiao, and taught his nephew to be good at cultivating virtue and governing, filial piety and friendship..."

Yu Shiyue breathed a sigh of relief, and said quickly.

"Your Majesty, the subject is guilty."

Sure enough, these words successfully attracted the emperor's attention and asked.

"Yu Qing, what did you say? What's your crime?"

Yu Shiyue knelt down on the ground and said.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that as a minister of the Prince's Mansion, I should have taught His Highness the pros and cons of previous administrations, but I made a slip of the tongue and told these idle anecdotes at the banquet, which delayed His Highness's studies. Your Majesty, please forgive me for my fault."

This explanation is barely plausible, but after Zhu Qiyu heard it, he laughed dumbfounded and said.

"Government gains and losses are important, but these emperor anecdotes can't be regarded as a delay in schoolwork. Yu Qing, get up, I don't blame you."

"Thank you Your Majesty..."

Yu Shiyue just stood up, but she sweated silently in her heart, and then he hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty, that minister, do you want to continue reading?"

For Yu Shiyue now, there is nothing more important than covering up what happened just now.

However, they are often afraid of what will happen, the emperor waved his hand and said.

"Not in a hurry……"

After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to the prince who was on the side, and the emperor asked.

"I also know the story of the Golden House Cangjiao, but what I want to know is, from this story, how did the crown prince come up with the idea of ​​cultivating virtue and governing, filial piety and friendship?"

it's over...

Yu Shiyue said something bad in her heart, and knew she couldn't hide it.

Sure enough, hearing the emperor's question, the prince blinked his eyes, and his little head couldn't turn his head around, so he could only honestly tell the truth about what happened just now.

"...Mister said that Liu Rong was abolished because he did not cultivate morality and did not love his brothers. Therefore, as the prince, my nephew must cultivate morality and love."

What Zhu Jianshen said at the beginning was quite smooth, but the more he talked later, the more he felt that the atmosphere in the hall became a little depressing.

At the end of the speech, his voice had become unrecognizable, and when he looked up again, the emperor's face had darkened at some point.

At the same time, all the officials in the hall, including Yu Shiyue, had already knelt down on the ground, and in a blink of an eye, only the little prince was left standing.

Although he didn't know what happened, Zhu Jianshen felt that it was not good for him to stand, so he also knelt down silently.

After a while, Zhu Qiyu's voice finally sounded, it was indeed very calm, he looked at Yu Shiyue and the others below, and said.

"What are you all doing kneeling, don't scare Brother Shen, get up."

However, Yu Shiyue did not dare to get up, but kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, today's incident is not the fault of the crown prince, it is actually due to the lack of instruction from the ministers and others. Please also ask your majesty to punish the ministers and others."

Although the other officials of the Eastern Palace did not speak, they also kowtowed one after another. Only Zhu Jianshen was still ignorant and didn't know what happened.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu frowned, and his voice became a little displeased, said.

"It's just talking about the old things of the previous dynasty. This is the content of the historical records, and you didn't make it up. Moreover, the prince said that he should practice virtue and government. It is not wrong. Why should I punish him?"

"Everyone get up..."

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