Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 408 Father and Son Affection

   Xie Qian glanced at Shen Wen with disdain.

  Laundry has indeed become a stain that Xie Qian can't erase.

  He could almost imagine that when compiling the emperor's memorabilia in the future, there must be a record of Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, doing laundry.

  If you want to come here to wash Zaifu, you will definitely be a famous person through the ages, this...is too serious.

   It's really embarrassing.

   Xie Qian suddenly turned his gaze, and said to Shen Wen: "This time Xishan Academy entered Lingqiu, I reminded the old man of one thing."

  Shen Wendao: "Please thank you Gong for teaching."

  He heard that Xie Qian was prepared, so he was relieved. Now that Xie Qian suddenly had something to say, Shen Wen cheered up and took it seriously.

  Xie Qiandao: "Xishan Academy has been talking about the unity of knowledge and action. What kind of empathy and simplicity are there? Don't you think that this disaster relief in Lingqiu has something to do with it?"

Shen Wen frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The lower officials are also thinking about this matter, they don't have to read too many books, they pay more attention to the practicality of the world, simplify the complicated knowledge, and think that the original sentence of Confucius It is the best way of a sage. You don’t have to spend all your time to delve into the true meaning of a sage, but you are willing to learn other skills, even farming, riding and archery. , do it, hey, say something that should not be said, Fang Jifan and Wang Shouren, this is turning a good scholar into a bunch of mud legs."

"But..." Shen Wen carefully observed Xie Qian, and changed the subject: "The lower official feels that there is nothing wrong with it. As a scholar of the Hanlin University, the lower official has learned from ancient to modern times. I don't know how much I have read. But in fact, the more you read, the more you become confused about what the way of a sage is. Many people spend their entire lives pondering and researching, looking at the life of a sage, and then Then figure out what is the deep meaning in this sentence, what is the meaning of this?"

"How many scholars in the world can get to the bottom of this, what is the truth? The Analects of Confucius is only a thousand words, but every word and every sentence in it has been pondered and deliberated over and over again, for... what is it? The lower official is thinking, maybe our descendants will not hold a book all day long like we do today, because of a sentence in the book, they will be poor."

Shen Wen obviously didn't know that, in fact, as long as human beings continue to multiply, learned people like them will never disappear. In one sentence, you can write a paper of tens of thousands of words, and your level of attainment is admirable.

  Of course, there are two kinds of red scholars, official and wild, but in any case, even if these people are well-established, they will not become the parents of one party, and only govern one party or even the world with the principles of the Red Mansion.

Xie Qian smiled and said: "I see, it's not that simple." He paused, and continued: "How many scholars in this world are studying Cheng Zhu, and how many people have devoted their entire lives to the poor classics? Go? The new learning is still in its infancy. It is easy to convince you and me, it is easy to convince His Majesty, it is easy to convince a hundred people, or a thousand people, but as long as everyone in the world is still studying Cheng Zhu and the imperial examination, it will never Dare to abolish Cheng Zhu Jingzhu, as long as the imperial examinations still stand for the sages and Cheng Zhu Liyan, then the new learning is nothing more than a mayfly shaking the tree."

"Naturally, the old man still admires them quite a lot. The old man is old and has seen a lot of things. After all, he knows what is easy to say and hard to do. I have also seen a lot of poor and rich people who talk freely and sit down. But Once it is time to deal with the matter, there is nothing you can do! You are a scholar who is useless. This cannot be generalized, but it is also reasonable. Go to Beijing, what is the point of saying this now? After entering the capital, you have given up your mission. My son has been found, and the old man has also found the crown prince, and in our hearts, the big stone is settled."

   Shen Wen blushed, and said with a bit of embarrassment: "At that time, the life and death of the dog was uncertain, and the officials and others were really worried, so..."

Xie Qian waved his hand and said, "I understand, if my son is also confused by Fang Jifan and loses his life, like Ling Zi, his life and death are unknown, I guess the performance of this old man will not be much better than yours , This is human nature. Even animals have the feeling of licking their calf. What is there to be ashamed of? Don't look at the old man who usually speaks plausibly in the temple. He is full of great truths, but there are some great truths. It's not that I don't believe it myself, but I'm just arguing for the sake of arguing, not to mention that His Royal Highness is nowhere to be seen, isn't His Majesty also panicked?"

  Xie Qian put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "But, next time, it can't be like this."

  Shen Wen's face turned pale with fright: "There can't be a next time, and if there is a next time, I will fight Fang Jifan desperately."

  Xie Qian pursed his lips, but his gaze was gloomy: "It's too early to say that, you still don't understand human nature."

   "..."

   Xie Qian laughed and said: "The most difficult thing in the world is to take the first step. Once there is one, there will be two. Once there are two, there will be three. Three lives are endless. This cannot be stopped by manpower."

  Shen Wen shivered violently, and suddenly felt a bad feeling.

   Xie Qian felt happy in his heart. These guys, they have been tossing so hard. It’s unreasonable for a majestic cabinet scholar to be kidnapped by a group of subordinate officials. Now... are you happy? Come on, laugh, let's see if you can still laugh.

  ...

  The more he got to the capital, Zhu Houzhao became a little restless!

Although on the surface he seemed very well-behaved, not noisy, and never thought about escaping, but he was anxious inside, especially on the sixth day, the team stopped and went, and the outline of the capital was in front of him. Zhu Houzhao's Worry more.

  Fang Jifan saw his worries. In fact, he himself was a little apprehensive. He was still too young and too impulsive.

  Finally, Zhu Houzhao couldn't calm down any more, he went to Fang Jifan and said, "I'm afraid that life will be difficult when I go back this time, hey..."

   A sigh, very sad!

  Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't worry."

   "Why?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Your Highness thinks His Majesty loves Your Highness?"

  Zhu Houzhao thought about it angrily, and then said: "Maybe a little bit, but I'm more bored."

  Fang Jifan shook his head again and said, "Then, is Your Highness filial to His Majesty?"

  Zhu Houzhao seemed to feel that his character had been insulted, and suddenly said angrily: "I have to ask this, naturally I am filial!"

   "How filial is it?" Fang Jifan asked back.

  Zhu Houzhao was silent, and said for a long time: "Extreme filial piety, by the way."

  Fang Jifan smiled and said nothing.

  He believed in this point, what Zhu Houzhao said was absolutely from the bottom of his heart.

  In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are generally not too many private affairs of the Tian family recorded.

  Whether Zhu Houzhao is filial to Emperor Hongzhi is not the person involved, and it is difficult for ordinary people to peek into Zhu Houzhao's heart.

   But Fang Jifan has seen an inconspicuous record in "Records of Emperor Xiaozong", and this record shows the deep love between Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Hongzhi's father and son.

  In the records, it is said that after the death of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao succeeded the Datong, and personally participated in the ancestral ceremony of Emperor Hongzhi.

  The ancestral ceremony is an ancient custom of the Han people. After the father dies, the son, as a son, has to personally lift the coffin and send it to the mausoleum for burial.

  So, the problem came out, the emperor was not an ordinary person, and ordinary people usually only traveled one or two miles to the coffin for burial, and the burial place was also here.

  The imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is a hundred and fifty miles away from the Forbidden City. The location of the Ming Mausoleum is in Changping County in later generations.

It is more than one hundred and fifty miles away, and along the way, there are countless etiquettes that need to be respected and meticulous. Not only do you have to bathe and change clothes, but you must not stop along the way. Sitting in a sedan chair, not in a car, even today's people, walking a hundred miles, is enough to make people exhausted, let alone a pampered and dignified emperor?

Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties in the Ming Dynasty would not attend the ancestral ceremony in person. It was too hard. I am the new emperor, the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the glory and wealth are in front of me. Let British Duke or Cheng Guogong hold the coffin on his behalf and preside over the ancestral ceremony. In this way, it can be euphemistically said that a country cannot be without a king for a day, and all people in the world depend on me.

And Zhu Houzhao, who is special, actually ran to help the coffin in person. Such an emperor who was regarded as a foolish emperor by some historians in later generations, set off from the Forbidden City, supported the coffin of Emperor Daxing, and spent several days trekking across mountains and rivers. , walked to Changping!

This way, I still need to cry and cry, I don’t know how many times I was heartbroken, and the water and rice didn’t go in. Based on this alone, Fang Jifan was already sure that even though Zhu Houzhao usually met Emperor Hongzhi, he always walked around the road. I complained, but the feelings for Emperor Hongzhi in my heart were by no means comparable to ordinary people.

  You can bluntly say that this person is a scum, and most of the time, he is not doing human affairs, but if anyone says he is not filial, Fang Jifan will be the first to smash Liu Jin's dog's head.

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile and said, "Your Highness is filial to His Majesty, just as His Majesty loves His Majesty, so what should Your Highness worry about? If Your Highness is afraid of His Majesty's punishment, the worst thing is to admit your mistake obediently. What's the big deal?" Your Majesty is just upholding the strictness that a father should have to His Highness, don't be afraid, just kneel down obediently as before, and sincerely admit your mistakes. Don't worry, His Majesty will forgive His Highness."

Pursing his lips, Fang Jifan did not forget to ask: "Remember to say at that time, it was not the envoy of the minister who went to Lingqiu, but His Highness himself, crying and shouting to go. The minister tried his best to stop him, weeping blood and crying, but His Highness still insisted." Willing to go my own way...Your Highness, really, please."

  (end of this chapter)