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Chapter 312 Zhu Youtang and "Studying Things to Learn"

"I have no objection to my son being the prince's accompaniment, but can Eunuch Zhang Min really handle this matter well?"

In the meeting hall of the Wang family, Wang Hua, who is still a Qingliu official in the Hanlin Academy, has returned home after a day of socializing. After drinking tea to sober up, he and Zhang Min joined in the conversation and listened to Xu Xin finish talking to Zhang Min. He did not object to his son becoming the prince's accompaniment to the deal, but he was worried that it would be difficult to succeed.

Accompanying the prince in reading, also known as "reading with him", has existed in all dynasties. Sometimes, in order to help the prince study better, the emperor would call prodigies from among the people to come to the palace to accompany him in reading.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the title of "Prince Shidu" was an official name, which was dedicated to accompany the prince to study. Later, it was sometimes abandoned. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was set up along with the seventh rank, but was abolished after the death of the Song Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not set up this official position, it occasionally recruited the sons of nobles and civil servants to serve in the palace. There was precedent for such a thing. But the key difficulty is that it is difficult for Xu Xin to compete for the job of serving as the prince's attendant through normal channels.

As long as the relationship between the prince and the prince is managed well, the future will be wonderful and belong to the true confidant. As long as the prince becomes the emperor, he can become a sparrow and become a phoenix. From now on, it will be precious.

In the same way, as much wealth as you have, you have to endure as much hardship as you can in order to be equal.

If the prince did something wrong, the officials who taught the prince would not beat the prince, but would beat the attendants, thus serving as a warning.

Since it is not to beat the prince, but also to serve as a warning, the attack will undoubtedly be ruthless. Although he will not be beaten to death, it is not uncommon for him to be beaten to a semi-crippling state. Throughout the dynasties, people have really been beaten. The dead prince reads.

However, Xu Xin is not worried about this, because the contemporary prince Zhu Youtang is a "good person" in the true sense. He knows etiquette and rules, is kind and sensible, and basically does not make any mistakes.

If it were his son Zhu Houzhao, the fun-loving Emperor Zhengde... Xu Xin would not even think about being a servant, it would be better to just become a teacher.

Accompanying the prince is a position where the rewards outweigh the risks. As long as it is not cool to accompany the prince when he succeeds to the throne, it will be easy to become an official in the court and become a big boss.

Therefore, once there is a rumor that the prince will be selected to accompany him to study, the dignitaries in the capital will definitely try their best to get their sons. Xu Xin's background is really not competitive.

"It doesn't matter, I believe Zhang Min can handle the matter well. He really wants some good things that originally belonged to Cao Shaoqin."

Xu Xin's ability to be so sure that Zhang Min can handle things well is the result of finding out while maintaining a good relationship with Cao Zhengchun over the years. Furthermore, even if this matter really fails, for Xu Xin, the subsequent layout will be more difficult.

With his strength and advantages, he has the patience to spend time and slowly lay out the plans, and he can always reach the top step by step.

After all, with his foundation and cultivation in this life, he can live for a long, long time. Not to mention Emperor Chenghua and the current prince, even the prince's unborn son will definitely not be able to survive him.

At worst, he will learn from Sima Old Turtle, defeat each opponent one after another, and finally... seize power.

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"By God's blessing... choose Wang Shouren as the crown prince's companion, and enter the East Palace to study with the crown prince!"

A few days later, the eunuch, the eunuch who was the chief of rituals in the palace, was greeted in front of the palace to announce the decree. Xu Xin stood in front of the eunuch who was reading, and listened respectfully. After hearing what he read, he felt a little more relaxed.

Now that it has been decided that he will enter the palace to accompany him to study, the Ming Dynasty will usher in his era in the future.

Ming Dynasty and the world will usher in a new saint.

…    Ming Dynasty, in front of the main hall of the Prince's East Palace.

Xu Xin faced the sun, squinted his eyes, and looked up at the plaque of the East Palace.

Next to him was a eunuch wearing a lake-green satin robe. It was Cao Zhengchun, Zhang Min's subordinate, who was guiding him to see the crown prince Zhu Youtang.

Xu Xin and Cao Zhengchun didn't have much communication in the palace. Their friendship was private outside the palace. In the palace, there were countless people watching them. If they had too much contact, they might be targeted.

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

Xu Xin followed Cao Zhengchun and finally met Zhu Youtang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. He didn't look very provocative, nor was he very majestic. After all, Xu Xin had been an emperor and... ahem, the successor of the Song Dynasty. The emperor's biological father has seen a lot of the world.

Not to mention a prince who was raised in a deep palace, Emperor Chenghua Zhu Jianchen, and even his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang were just a small altar leader under Xu's account.

Therefore, when facing Zhu Youtang, Xu Xin tried his best to avoid eye contact to avoid others seeing his "disrespect".

"You are Wang Shouren. Are these books written by you?"

Zhu Youtang looked at Xu Xin curiously. Although it was his first time to see him in person, he had already heard of Xu Xin's name.

When Xu Xin came to Beijing a few years ago, the East Factory was suppressing the West Factory. Zhang Min also took people to watch the excitement. That was also Xu Xin's first contact with Zhang Min and Cao Zhengchun. It was that night that Zhu Youtang heard Xu Xin's name.

In the following years, while Xu Xin was making various arrangements in the capital, he was also cultivating his reputation. Together with Mr. Wang and Wang Hua, he compiled several books, several enlightenment books, and one... "Studying Things to Learn".

Xu Xin didn't remember much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, but the story of Wang Yangming's bamboo manipulation was widely circulated in later generations and was even included in textbooks. He still remembered it.

This story illustrates that the Confucian fantasy of "investigating things" is too idealistic and not pragmatic.

But in the same way, a story that can be widely circulated in later generations shows that it is a classic, and it can naturally be promoted so that the story can be widely circulated in the world. It can also be "pragmatic" and truly "qualify" bamboo. .

Historically, there was a problem with Wang Yangming's method of "checking" bamboo. Naturally, nothing could be "checked" just by looking at it with the naked eye.

Xu Xin directly sharpened the magnifying glass and used the microscope, and he could naturally observe the subtle structure of bamboo. The bamboo in its subtle state also opened the eyes of Mr. Wang and the number one scholar, Wang Hua, and opened the door to a new world.

Three generations of grandfathers and grandsons used the microscope made by Xu Xin to continuously "investigate things" and summarize, and finally wrote a book "Studying Things to Know" to explain the discovery. Then Wang Hua invited Xie Qian and other colleagues and fellow villagers to study, study and publicize it.

The Wang family belongs to the "own family" in the system of scholars, and this volume "Studying Things to Know" does not involve any ideological or speech. Instead, it is a practice of the sages' "Studying Things to Know", which naturally caused a sensation in Beijing.

And this book, "Investigating Things to Know", which is covered by Confucianism and is actually a modern introductory science book, is Xu Xin's test of this era.

Generally speaking, the scholars in the Ming Dynasty were better than the trash in the late Qing Dynasty who were unwilling to open their eyes to see the world. They were the type who were willing to learn and accept new things.

Through this incident, Xu Xin made plans for his future "establishment", which was to lay the foundation for "science". And today's meeting with Prince Zhu Youtang was the beginning of everything.

(End of this chapter)