Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Your husband?" Su Mu asked, "General Zhu Shou, does your clan also study?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed: "Why doesn't the clan stop studying? Although they can't take the imperial examination, it's impossible for our Zhu family to be blind?"

Su Mu: "That's right, because you don't take the imperial examination, you only need to be able to read and write, and it's impossible to master economics and learn to write stereotyped essays like outside scholars. Your current level is not bad. , What are you afraid of? I guess the gentleman hired by the clan's family is also sloppy in teaching, not so serious."

Zhu Houzhao: "Zi Qiao, you don't know, the gentleman hired by my family is very strict, and I feel a little guilty if I look at him more."

"What's so good, Mr. Su Mu?" Su Mu was curious.

Zhu Houzhao: "Thanks... Anyway, it's very good."

Su Mu looked at Zhu Houzhao up and down.

The future Emperor Zhengde felt guilty when he looked at him: "Zi Qiao, what do you think I am doing?"

Su Mu: "You won't be some kind of prince from the palace, otherwise the teacher wouldn't be so strict with you?"

"No, no." Zhu Houzhao quickly shook his head: "I'm just a general, and a little bit of salary every month is nothing. It's just that the gentleman is really powerful, which scares me."

The so-called title of general, Su Mu thought he was referring to the so-called titles of General Fengguo or General Zhenguo.The word general sounds very powerful, but the general of Fengguo is different from the officer who leads the army, but a kind of title of the clan.

According to the title distribution system of the Ming Dynasty, the first rank is naturally the prince, the next is the county king, and then the general of Zhenguo, general of Fuguo, general of Fengguo, lieutenant of Zhenguo, lieutenant of Fuguo, and lieutenant of Fengguo.

As long as there is no Wang Jue, even if you are a child of the Zhu family, you are nothing.

For example, General Zhen Guo is only at the seventh rank, and at the first level of Fengguo, he is at the eighth rank.

The monthly salary is only a few taels, and the old Zhu's family has a large population. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of clan members with titles.

When Li Zicheng broke through Kaifeng, this so-called general alone captured a hundred or so in one go.

Although they bear the title of relatives of the emperor, these children can neither be officials nor do business. They only live on their salaries on weekdays, and their lives are very boring.

When later generations mentioned the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, they all said that they were a bunch of trash.In fact, the royal generals of the Ming Dynasty were even more useless.

Now it is the year of Hongzhi, which is better, unlike the late Ming Dynasty, when a city of Beijing contained tens of thousands of clan relatives.However, there are thousands of people surnamed Zhu in today's capital, and it is not surprising that ordinary people have seen many of them.In addition, these people were closely watched by the Zongzheng government and civil officials, and they didn't feel the slightest respect for them in their hearts.

Zhu boy has no education, and Su Mu is helpless in this regard, so he only comforted him a few words: "Zhu Shou, you don't need to worry, maybe when the master is inspecting your homework, you just come across a course you are familiar with, and if you pass the test by luck, you can say uncertain."

Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "Lucky, there is no such thing as a lucky thing in the world. This month, I haven't read a single page of the book. This time, I'm in trouble. I will be reprimanded by my husband, and Liu Ban will be beaten. Said, even father... father will be very unhappy."

As for this array of characters, Su Mu copied books every day and listened to Su Mu's explanation of "University" every day. Xiao Zhengde thought that he was practicing superior martial arts, so he didn't think he was studying.

As soon as he mentioned that he was going to be beaten, Liu Jin, who was standing next to him, turned pale. The one who will come to teach the prince tomorrow is the cabinet scholar and the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian.

Li Gongmou, Liu Gongjuan, Xie Gongyou Kankan, this Liu Gelou is the one with the strongest personality among the three ministers, and the one who can't rub the sand in his eyes the most. Would it be good to fall into his hands?

After coming out of Su Mu at night, Zhu Houzhao was not in a good mood.

No matter what new ways Liu Jin came up with, he couldn't cheer up and went to bed early.

Zhu Houzhao's stubbornness was well known in the imperial palace. Emperor Hongzhi only had such an heir when he was in his thirties.

When the child grew up, he was surprised to find that this son was so naughty that everyone worried about him. He was ignorant of learning and skills, and he was born to jump through waves. How could such a prince inherit the great power in the future.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi was concerned about the education of Xiaozhengde.

Cultivating a prince was the top political event of the Hongzhi Dynasty. Since childhood, Zhu Houzhao was surrounded by a group of sages.Not to mention the three cabinet ministers, the academicians of the Hanlin Academy and the great Confucians of the imperial court all went to the palace to give lectures to the prince.

Ordinarily, the emperor's teacher is the highest ideal of a scholar. If the prince succeeds in the future, the teacher of the prince will surely flourish. When he first received this job, everyone was very excited.

But after a period of time, I realized that this life is hard.

The prince is too uneducated, let alone me waiting, even if it is Confucius, there is nothing he can do.

Therefore, after a few times, the big guys just dealt with it.

Only Liu Jian and Liu Ge are still insisting.

Also because of this, Xiao Zhengde was annoyed and fearful of this person the most, and he had a psychological shadow on Master Liu at a young age.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Houzhao didn't go for a run with Su Mu, but took a car and entered the palace, and sat in the east palace early to wait for his husband's arrival.

"Hey, Liu Ban, this palace is suffering too. It actually fell into the hands of Mr. Liu Ge. Others taught me to read, so it was just a false response to the scene, but he was very serious."

Liu Jin said with a bitter face: "Prince, please be patient!"

"How can you bear it? His lectures are so horrible that I want to doze off as soon as I hear them. When I think of listening to Mr. Liu Ge's class today, I was so nervous that I didn't sleep all night. Today I got up early again, exhausted. Already!" Zhu Houzhao yawned for a long time.

"Prince, don't sleep, it doesn't matter if you dozed off in class last time, this old slave was almost beaten to death by Mr. Liu Ge!" Liu Jin was about to cry.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, isn't it just being beaten? You have suffered it on behalf of me, and I will never forget you." Zhu Houzhao saw that the personal servant was really terrified, so he comforted him: "When I inherit the throne in the future, I will not forget you." , first ask someone to beat Liu Gelou to vent your anger."

He snorted: "Liu Ban, they are all scholars, why is Ziqiao so interesting, why is this Liu Mutou so hideous, and why is there such a big gap between people?"

Liu Jian was upright and prudent when he was young, and he once studied with Xue Xuan.He is familiar with the scriptures and has the ambition to manage the world.In the fourth year of Emperor Yingzong Tianshun's examination, he passed the Jinshi examination, served as a scholar, and was awarded the editor of Hanlin.After entering the Hanlin Academy, he studied behind closed doors and refused to make friends.So, everyone called him wood.

From his nickname, I know how boring and uninteresting this person's class is.

And such a person is an educated man, but he may not be a good teacher.

While talking, someone coughed at the door.

When the two turned their heads, it was Liu Jian, a bachelor, and their faces changed at the same time.

Liu Jian naturally heard what the prince and Liu Jin said just now. The prince is just a child in his mind. As for Liu Jin, a eunuch and a villain, he doesn't take it seriously.

With a straight face, Liu Jian sat at the head: "His Royal Highness, the lecture has begun. I will first explain a passage of scriptures. Then I will come up with a sentence, and you will explain it."

"Yes, Mr. Liu, please speak." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly responded, and sat upright.

I have to admit that although he said harsh words just now, he still respects and fears this teacher in his heart.

Liu Jian didn't open the book, just opened his mouth and began to speak at length.

A short sentence of a dozen or so words, quoting from many sources, can be said for a long time, which shows how profound the knowledge of Liu Dashi is.

If it was Su Mu who came here, he would have been too happy to hear the lectures given by the world's first-class scholars.

But the future Emperor Zhengde just felt boring and boring at first, and then scared.

"Ke Ming Junde, to be close to the nine clans. The nine clans are in harmony, and the common people are peaceful. The people are bright, and the nations are in harmony..."

"Quiet words are not disobeyed, Xiang Gong is monstrous... the meaning of this sentence is..."

"Don't listen to nonsense, don't use Fuxun's plot..."

After listening for a long time, Zhu Houzhao didn't understand what Liu Jian was talking about, so he cried out in his heart: "<Shangshu>, my dear, I have never learned this book before, wait for the assessment, I... ...I'm afraid Liu Ban will be beaten again."

Liu Jin's expression became worse and worse. When he thought of the ruthlessness of Master Liu, he couldn't help but stand up and run away.

An hour later, today's homework was finally finished.

Liu Jian took a sip of tea, moistened his smoldering throat, and then said: "Okay, Your Highness, today's class is here, and the next thing is to test your knowledge of the previous few days."

As soon as these words were spoken, the future Emperor Zhengde and Liu Jin glanced at each other at the same time, feeling cold in their hearts: finally here!

The expressions of the two fell to Liu Jian's seriousness, and he snorted again: "Learning is a process that accumulates over time. Okay, I will read a sentence now, and you can see how to interpret it and write it on paper."

After finishing speaking, he read aloud: "From the emperor to the common people, one is all based on self-cultivation."

"Ah, just this sentence?" Zhu Houzhao was taken aback: Why is this sentence so familiar?

"Why, no? This is what I taught in the last lesson." Bachelor Liu's tone became severe.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, and gave Liu Jin a kick, signaling him to feel relieved: Liu Ban, don't worry, I don't think you will be asked to suffer for me this time. it's you.This sentence, Ben Gonghui, is a famous sentence in "University", and I just learned it from Ziqiao yesterday.Haha, Mr. Liu, you can't trouble me.

There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, so he immediately picked up the pen and wrote quickly: "One is to explain everything. Confucius said: Although there are eight items in the university, in fact, from the emperor to the common people, all the people in the world, everything is the same. Self-cultivation should be the root of self-cultivation. Gaining knowledge, sincerity and righteousness are all self-cultivation skills. Family harmony, governance, and peace are all pushed away from self-cultivation. Therefore, although there are differences in the dignity of people, they are all It should be based on self-cultivation.”

After a while, he finished the explanation of this sentence and handed it to Liu Jian triumphantly.

In fact, Liu Jian already has a comprehensive plan on how to educate the prince, which is nothing more than two points: first, let the prince understand the words of the sage; second, write good calligraphy.

Only by thoroughly understanding the Confucian classics can the prince have the ability to govern the country.As for the law, to be honest, the prince's handwriting is really bad now, and if he looks at it more than once, his eyes will be dirty. If he reads the memorial in the future.Seeing that the emperor used my handwriting, it is inevitable that all officials will be disrespectful, and the emperor's dignity will not exist.

As soon as he took over the assignment from the prince, Liu Jian's eyes lit up.

Although Chu Jun's handwriting is still extremely ugly, it is much better than before, and has a faint stroke, unlike before, which is purely children's graffiti.

Looking at the sentence he explained again, I was even more surprised.

To be honest, the explanation is really good, it is already at the level of a great Confucian, is this still written by the prince...

He was in a daze.

In fact, Liu Jian didn't know that the sentence Zhu Houzhao explained was exactly what Su Mu taught.

And what Su Mu explained was plagiarizing Zhang Juzheng's original text.

Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and he was considered a top-notch scholar. His standard was naturally higher than that of Liu Jian.

As for calligraphy, His Royal Highness has to copy so many characters every day, practice makes perfect, no matter what, his writing is much better than before.

Old Liu Ge naturally didn't know these things, he thought they were all taught by him before, and he didn't feel complacent in his heart: Yes, I explained it really well, it can be said that I have thoroughly understood the righteousness of the saints.Unexpectedly, the crown prince still remembers it. It seems that the painstaking efforts I have spent on the prince have not been in vain. Pity the heavens, I am saved!