Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The reason why Hongzhi went out of the palace in low clothes today is actually because he got a secret report from Eunuch Xu.

Ever since he saw the prince with bruises on his forehead and nosebleeds in Xiyuan a few days ago, Hongzhi became suspicious, wondering what the prince was doing outside.

For this son, no one knows better than him, that is, he is careless, fond of martial arts, working hard all day long, fighting with the guards when he has nothing to do.

As a future monarch, he should pay more attention to education, reuse civil servants, accept advice with an open mind, be strict with himself, and treat scholar-bureaucrats well, so that he can manage a big empire well.What's the use of practicing martial arts? As an emperor, even if you become the best in the world in martial arts, it's not your turn to go to the battlefield.What's more, playing with things and losing one's ambition, obsessed with martial arts, turned the government into a wasteland.

In this regard, Hongzhi hated iron but not steel.

However, my son is still young, as he said that day, it would be good if he can develop a strong body by practicing martial arts.Anyway, when the guards in the palace fought against him, their subordinates had a sense of propriety. They were afraid that people outside would not know his identity. Once the emperor had something...

Thinking of this, Hongzhi was terrified, and immediately understood that the prince's injury must have been done outside, and immediately ordered Dongchang to investigate.

This investigation really found the problem.

It was only after Hongzhi found out that Zhu Houzhao had been sneaking out of the palace every day during this period of time, looking for so-called masters from the people to fight.

For a while, I even worshiped a master.

Xu Can had long intended to replace all the eunuchs around the prince with his own, and even added fuel to the flames in front of the emperor: "Returning to His Majesty, the prince has worshiped a master."

"Master, what are you learning?" Hongzhi was stunned.

"Your Majesty, it's natural to learn martial arts!" Xu Can said, "It is said that he is worshiped by a man named Su Ziqiao. He spends his whole day either riding horses or practicing Qi. The prince fights with him all day long, and is often beaten to the point of being bruised all over by this Su Ziqiao. "

Eunuch Xu said with grief on his face: "Your Majesty, the crown prince of a country was injured and must be severely punished. This Su Ziqiao is so bold that he dares to be the future emperor's teacher. He has ulterior motives and must punish the three clans. "

Hearing Xu Gonggong's provocation, Hong Zhi was also shocked and angry.His son was beaten every day, which made him, a father, very anxious.Now hearing what Xu Can said, this person still intends to use martial arts to curry favor with the prince, thinking that he is a sycophant, but this is definitely intolerable.

The country employs people who have to pass the imperial examination.If you can gain wealth and glory just because you voted for the king, how will future generations look at your son? Isn't that Emperor Sui Yang?

"What is the identity of this Su Ziqiao?" Hong Zhi asked with a dark face.

Xu Can: "Your Majesty, I have already found out that this Su Ziqiao is a talented scholar in Baoding Prefecture. He just won the first place in the academy examination this year and went to Beijing to participate in the rural examination. By the way, when the scholars in the capital besieged the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture a few days ago, he was under the jurisdiction of the government. Hu Shun, a military officer of Jinyiwei Hundred Families in Micang, is his father-in-law. A famous scholar, for the sake of wealth, married into a military household, which shows how poor his character is."

Hitting the snake with a stick, Xu Can slapped Jin Yiwei by the way.

"Xiucai is still the first case... the son-in-law of the hundreds of military officers involved in the Shuntian Mansion incident..." Hongzhi also knew that Jin Yiwei handled the Shuntian Mansion incident well, although he has never expressed his position on this matter.But in his heart, he was very satisfied with what Jinyiwei had done.

He also heard that Su Mu is a well-known scholar, and he won the first place in this year's college examination, his face softened.

Emperor Hongzhi always valued scholars, so he thought that this person is a disciple of Confucianism, so he should not be a person who doesn't know the importance. Perhaps, things are not as Xu Can said.

As for Dongchang and Jinyiwei, Hongzhi wanted to be vigilant, but Hongzhi only believed six points in their words.

As for the prince going out to learn martial arts, Hongzhi knows his son's temperament best. The more you oppose him, the more energetic he will be.

Immediately, he waved his hand to make Xu Can retreat, and thought: I still have to see with my own eyes what the prince and Su Xiucai are doing.

So, in the next few days, he first locked Zhu Houzhao in Xiyuan for several days, and then instructed someone to temporarily transfer Liu Jin and others.

Today happened to be the day when Yang Ting, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the prince attendant gave lectures. It turned out that the prince's lecturers were originally served by three university scholars.But the elders are busy.Therefore, most of the daily duties of teaching the prince were performed by the bachelors of the Imperial Academy.

For the unofficial and unemployed Bachelor Yang, Chu Jun naturally had no awe. After listening to a class, Zhu Houzhao reasoned that he was not in good health, left the hall, and sneaked out of the palace alone.

The prince left the palace on his front foot, and someone reported the matter to the emperor on his back foot.

Probably went to Su Xiucai's place, Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment, and immediately asked Xu Can to go down to make arrangements, while he and Yang Tinghe changed into casual clothes and went out in modest clothes.

Xu Can was naturally happy with the emperor's decision.It is a big deal for the prince to go out of the palace without permission, and Xueshi Yang is an upright person, if this matter breaks out, the people around the prince may have to change.Not only that, Jin Yiwei will also be in big trouble.

As for Su Xiucai's life and death, he didn't care.

A small person, to the majestic East Factory, is just a name.

……

At the moment, in the small courtyard.

Su Mu smiled: "Okay, that's the end of the nonsense, I have a few days left for the provincial examination, I have to hurry up and review my homework, you can go back."

Zhu Houzhao: "No, is it easy for me to go out after a long time? I haven't cultivated my grandeur yet! The Japanese princes will come over these few days."

Su Mu said angrily: "It's up to you. I'm going to start today's homework. In this way, you have finished reading "Great Learning", so start learning "The Doctrine of the Mean" from today."

"What does "The Doctrine of the Mean" have to do with superior martial arts? Why is it reading?" The prince seemed very dissatisfied, learning "Great Learning" a while ago had made him almost collapse.

Su Mu looked at Zhu Houzhao seriously, and began to nonsense seriously: "In "The Doctrine of the Mean", the middle is the upright, impartial, and the mediocre is ordinary, ordinary. Just like martial arts, no matter what tricks you use, you will end up fighting When hitting an enemy, it is nothing more than a punch, a palm, a claw or a kick. The last blow must be ordinary. Those who are moderate have strict rules and regulations, and they must not be extreme in everything. Just like us and others In hand-to-hand combat, you cannot use enough strength for every move you make, so that you can have a backhand and spare power to change randomly. It is a big taboo in martial arts to use strength, otherwise, if you fail, there will be no room for turning around."

Hearing what Su Mu said so cloudy and foggy, Zhu Houzhao's spirit was refreshed, and he realized it carefully, only felt that what Su Mu said was simply a wise and famous saying, with a long aftertaste, and his expression became serious, and he bowed: "Thank you Ziqiao for teaching me this first-class martial art. "

"You're welcome, it's the old way. I'll read a passage of the original text of "The Doctrine of the Mean", then explain it, and you copy it again. When you finish studying "The Doctrine of the Mean", the aura of grandeur will naturally become great. At that time, cold and heat will not invade, and a hundred evils will not enter. , striding forward to fly, it is not a problem to cultivate internally and externally."

"Okay, please tell me, Ziqiao." Hearing Su Mu talk about the beauty of this, the future Emperor Zhengde scratched his head with joy.

……

Outside, Hongzhi was also confused, and couldn't help turning his head to ask Yang Tinghe in a low voice: "I don't quite understand what this Su Xiucai said, but he seems very powerful. What do you think?"

This is simply the Ming Dynasty version of the unknown.

Yang Tinghe is a well-educated Confucian, so he naturally knew that Su Mu was talking nonsense. Hearing the emperor's question, Cha Dian was swallowed to death by a mouthful of saliva, and his face flushed and he whispered angrily: "Pure nonsense!"

But Su Mu's next explanation changed his expression.

Sumu: "The mandate of heaven is called nature, the way of being straightforward is called Tao, and the way of cultivating the Tao is called teaching."

"This is the first chapter of "The Doctrine of the Mean". Zisi discovered that the origin of Tao is like this. The character of fate is interpreted as the character of order. Rate means follow. Xiu means the meaning of quality and discipline. Zisi said: There is no one in the world without Nature, but why does nature get its name? The living beings of the sky are formed with the Qi, and must be endowed with principles to form nature. In heaven, it is Yuan Henry Zhen, and in humans, it is benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom. It..."

Naturally, it was Zhang Juzheng's explanation when he taught Emperor Wanli later.

When he was studying Chinese studies, Su Mu read the book intensively from beginning to end.I may not remember the details, but I still remember the general meaning.

……

The Emperor Hongzhi outside took a breath of air. As the monarch of a country, he has been taught the world's first-class knowledge since he was a child. As far as his knowledge is concerned, he will not let any of the current masters fail to hear what Su Mu explained. How is the quality of "The Doctrine"?

"Wonderful, really wonderful!" He praised in a low voice, and asked, "Yang Tinghe, what do you think?"