I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 177 Wu Ruyi, what do you think?
at the same time.

Li Shimin returned to the real world and woke up with everyone in the hall.

After everyone was silent for a while, Emperor Li II spoke first.

"My dear ministers, what do you think about what happened to Li Shanchang today?"

This time, Fang Xuanling did not stutter, nor did he push the matter onto his uncle, Zhangsun Wuji. He immediately stood up and bowed in reply.

"Your Majesty, I think there must be something fishy about this matter!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang must be hiding something from others. You should have noticed this before, right?"

"I just had a vague feeling, but I have never been able to confirm it. But now it seems that it is not just Zhu Yuanzhang who has problems. Perhaps... the people who came from the entire Hongwu Dynasty are special compared to others."

"Not many officials in the Ming Dynasty entered the tutoring class, but they had the most emperors. Zhu Biao was half an emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Youjian, together, are four and a half emperors. Moreover, Zhu Biao was very capable. He was equivalent to a prime minister."

"In other dynasties, no emperor could take his prince to a tutoring class, except Zhu Biao. This is one reason."

"Secondly, when Mr. Song was giving lectures, his attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be different from ours. It's not that he treated Zhu Yuanzhang in any special way, but when he was giving lectures, his eyes and expressions seemed to show that he was particularly concerned about Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao."

"The last point, and the most important one—"

"Zhu Yuanzhang rarely inquired about the major events that happened during the Hongwu period, and he didn't even care much about Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yunwen's ascension to the throne, and Zhu Di's ascension to the throne after the Jingnan Rebellion. This is extremely unreasonable!"

There was no need for Fang Xuanling to explain further, because everyone present was not a fool, and everyone could figure it out without him wasting his words.

Li Shimin nodded slowly.

"Yes, the last point is the strangest."

He stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, his steps were a little anxious, as if his thoughts were not clear:
"Looking at Zhu Biao's situation, apart from other things, he is definitely more capable than Gao Ming. I am not trying to boost others' ambitions and destroy my own prestige, but Zhu Biao started helping Zhu Yuanzhang handle government affairs very early on. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards him was obviously different from Zhu Di's. Zhu Di was just an ordinary son, and he never trained him seriously. Later, he was able to ascend the throne because of Zhu Di's own ability, which had little to do with Zhu Yuanzhang."

"He wholeheartedly regarded Zhu Biao as his successor and dared to teach him everything. It was obvious that he was not afraid of him and just wanted him to grow up quickly so that he could take over in the future."

"But under this premise, at the beginning of the class, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard that Zhu Di was the one who ascended the throne, but he hardly asked about anything related to the crown prince Zhu Biao. The son he had worked so hard to raise died young, and he didn't even ask about it. What's wrong with his brain?"

"I even heard him asking Mr. Song about the feudal system of the Qing Dynasty. He wanted to improve the feudal system to avoid the troubles that would have been encountered in the past, such as the imperial family becoming too powerful to be removed. He would rather ask about this, and I didn't hear him asking about Zhu Biao or the major events during the Hongwu period. Why is that?"

They had found it strange a long time ago, but had no way to prove it and no evidence.

All emperors want to know about the history of later generations, want to get good things, know new technologies and good systems, and want to know about things related to themselves. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not seem to care about what happened during the Hongwu period. He was focused on the things after Yongle. He also pointed fingers at other dynasties every day, which was not in the interests of an emperor.

Zhang Sun Wuji pondered and said:
"There are so many descendants of the Zhu family in the class. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang can ask them?"

"As Mr. Song said, historical records may not be accurate. Zhu Di was a ready-made emperor who had experienced the Hongwu period. He was also Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son and obeyed his orders. If you really want to know something, it is better to ask Zhu Di than Mr. Song."

Cheng Yaojin slammed the table and waved his hands loudly:

"What are you talking about!"

"If I were to say, Old Cheng, then Zhu Di was obviously a military man. Didn't you hear what Mr. Song said before? After he ascended the throne, he led the army in person for many years. It was only because his crown prince was in charge of the country in the capital that the treasury was not empty."

"If we really talk about the level of being an emperor, Zhu Di's martial arts skills are definitely enough, but when it comes to civil governance, most of the civil governance during the Yongle Dynasty was probably due to Zhu Gaochi. It has something to do with Zhu Di, but not much."

"He was away from the court most of the time, so he certainly didn't like watching those ministers fighting. Moreover, it is said that Zhu Di left the capital of the Ming Dynasty when he was very young to become a vassal. Yandi is so far away from Jiankang, and the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty would not come to the capital unless there was something going on. What details would a vassal king thousands of miles away know?"

"He has probably only heard about the big things during the Hongwu reign, and knows absolutely nothing about the small things. He is not interested in the court struggles. After he entered the tutoring class, his mind was full of how to fight wars and how to rob money from overseas. Would such a person spy on his emperor father, whom he feared like a tiger, from thousands of miles away!"

Li Shimin patted Cheng Yaojin on the shoulder, which was rare, and said with emotion:

"A warrior knows a warrior... I'm afraid Zhu Di is the kind of person you are talking about."

Although there were other descendants of the Zhu family in the tutoring class, they were either Zhu Qizhen, who was hated by everyone and whose ancestors disliked him, or Zhu Youjian, a king who lost his country. Although the former was not many years away from the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was definitely too lazy to ask him; the latter was the same as the Hongwu Dynasty, and he was not trained according to the emperor's standards, so what he could know was even more limited.

Changsun Wuji was silent for a moment and looked to the side of Li Shimin.

His sister, the current Queen Zhangsun Wugou, was listening to their argument quietly and pouring tea for Emperor Li II.

Suddenly, Changsun Wuji asked:

"Perhaps we are the ones who are confused?"

"Your Majesty, how about finding someone to summarize the Zhu family's affairs and tell him, hiding the matter of the tutoring class, and just saying that this is a case of an emperor in history who received guidance from an immortal and so on."

"Bystanders can see things much more clearly than we do. After all, everyone is too concerned about the rewards given by the system and can easily be blinded by one thing."

Li Shimin thought it made sense.

He thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so he looked at Empress Changsun and asked:

"Guanyinbi, what do you think? What do you think about this matter?"

Empress Chang Sun was stunned for a moment, then looked up and laughed:

"Your Majesty, don't you remember that I also knew the truth from beginning to end?"

"What I know and think is the same as you all. If I really want to think outside of this circle, I can only choose someone who knows nothing at all. Everyone in this palace, including Gao Ming, is not suitable."

Li Shimin sighed.

Of course he knew what the Changsun siblings meant. They simply wanted to find someone who knew nothing about the matter, and then tell the other person about the matter of Zhu Yuanzhang and the tutoring class in a mysterious way, and let the other person guess what the problem was.

But this person must meet too many conditions.

First, he had to be trustworthy, or someone who could be found and killed at any time in Chang'an City, so as to avoid him spreading the news. After all, we were preparing printing technology and trying to boil the frogs in warm water and cut the meat with a blunt knife. If they heard about this kind of weird things, they would inevitably be alert.

Secondly, this person must be smart enough, at least his brain must be on the same level as everyone else in the hall. It is impossible for an idiot to see any logical loopholes in this matter.

Those who meet these two conditions basically know what they should know, and they are in the palace. There are many old ministers of Tiance, but not all of them can get the full trust of His Majesty Li II.

"Who should I look for..." Li Shimin was very distressed.

But at this moment, Empress Changsun laughed out loud.

He looked at his queen, his face full of confusion:

"Guanyinbi, what are you laughing at? What's so funny about this? Do you have a good candidate?"

Empress Changsun coughed twice, but still couldn't hide the smile on her lips, and smiled gently at Li Shimin:
"I do have a candidate, and everyone has heard of him, or even knows him."

Several gazes came at the same time.

She tapped the table:
"Wu Ruyi, isn't that a good fit?"

A little girl who has been tied up and forced to work as a female official in the palace. She is still young and will soon lose her father. She must cling to the thigh of Empress Changsun.

Moreover, this little girl is naturally intelligent and clever. Not only is she eloquent and literate, she is also adept at interpersonal relationships. In the future, she will be able to become an empress by using all the resources around her on her own. She is a natural conspirator and politician.

Apart from working for Li Shimin and the Zhangsun couple, she had no other way out. Unless they agreed, Wu Ruyi would not be able to marry any prince.

In a sense, she is absolutely trustworthy because she can only be loyal to the emperor and the empress.

Isn't it a pity to leave such a talented person unused?
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Not long after.

Wu Ruyi listened to the announcement with trepidation and entered the Ganlu Palace.

This was her first time coming here, and also her first time experiencing such a grand scene. Several people at the top of the power pyramid of the entire Tang Empire were eyeing her covetously with burning eyes.

Wu Ruyi was a little nervous, just like when she first met Empress Changsun.

But fortunately, she had been in the palace for some time and met Empress Changsun every day. She now had some resistance to the pressure and overwhelming aura of such powerful people.

"Nu Wu Ruyi greets His Majesty, the Empress, the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Su."

Not only was she born with natural beauty, she was also articulate and neither humble nor overbearing when speaking to others, which surprised the three ministers who were seeing this empress in history for the first time.

The three of them couldn't help but admire inwardly - she was indeed a smart and sensible girl, who was able to adapt well after entering the palace soon. If she were a man, he would definitely achieve great things!
Li Shimin raised his hand slightly, motioning her to stand up and not to be polite:
"Wu Ruyi, don't be nervous. I summoned you to see me today because I was chatting with the Queen and several other nobles. We talked about an interesting anecdote from the previous dynasty. It was a short story. Everyone was quite interested in the people in the story, but everyone had their own opinions and kept arguing."

"Just now the Queen said that you are intelligent and well-read at a young age. These days she often asks you to chat with her to relieve her boredom. It's very interesting."

"In that case, then you listen to this story and then tell everyone why you think this person did this, okay?"

He didn't use a commanding tone, so it wasn't a will or an order.

But to Wu Ruyi, these words were a great opportunity!

A small story caused several important figures to argue endlessly. There must be some difficult problem here. Even with her intelligence, she might not be able to think of it. But working in the palace, how many times can such an opportunity come in a lifetime? As long as she handles it properly, it will be like a ladder to heaven. The Queen is not the kind of person who treats the palace maid harshly. As long as she performs well and the Queen is happy, she can even get a reward from the Majesty.

But if you don't handle it well and violate the taboos, your life will be in danger.

Opportunity is a double-edged sword. If you are not careful, you will hurt yourself.

Wu Ruyi bowed again without any hesitation and said:
"I am willing to relieve your majesty and the queen's worries."

Li Shimin clapped his hands and praised:
"it is good!"

"In that case, Xuanling, you come and explain it to her!"

Fang Xuanling had already prepared a draft in his mind.

He did not stand up, but sat in his seat and told the so-called story.

"Once upon a time there was an emperor named Zhu Yuanzhang. One day, he heard the guidance of an immortal in his dream. He was taken to school and listened to teachings. His crown prince Zhu Biao also appeared in his dream. They..."

The story is told very dryly, but it tells everything that needs to be told. For example, the emperor heard an immortal say in a dream that the prince he had carefully trained would die young, and that the fourth son, whom he had never paid attention to, would be the one to ascend the throne; for example, there were emperors and generals from all dynasties in the school, and even several emperors from the Zhu family in later generations; and for example, the immortal had a special attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, and so on.

Fang Xuanling's tone was calm, obviously not suitable for telling a story. Plus, everyone else already knew the whole story, so they felt drowsy halfway through listening.

But Wu Ruyi listened very carefully.

First, even if Fang Xuanling was not a good storyteller, the story itself was bizarre enough. In this era, who could make up a story about emperors from all dynasties gathering in a school?
Secondly, this is not just a story for Wu Ruyi, but the ladder for her to climb to the top. She must listen carefully to every word in order to analyze what these bigwigs in front of her want to hear.

Listened for a long time.

Wu Ruyi frowned and thought, then asked:

"May I ask your Majesty and Madam, is there any omission in what Duke Wei said?"

Li Shimin shook his head:
"No, although what he said was tasteless, it was still comprehensive and clear."

Just like the previous performance...

Wu Ruyi nodded and smiled:

"After listening to this, I have an idea, but I don't know if I should tell you."

Li Shimin slapped his thigh and said:
"If you have any ideas, just say them. I asked you to come here so that you can see things more clearly. Speak boldly!"

Wu Ruyi pondered and spoke slowly:
"From what this emperor named Zhu Yuanzhang did, I think the most likely possibility is that he may have other ways to communicate with this immortal who taught us."

"If not, how can we explain why he could resist asking about his own prince?"

"What's more, maybe the immortal promised him that he would save the prince's life, and he exchanged it with the immortal for certain conditions. Isn't this more reasonable?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell silent.

(End of this chapter)