"Why do you have a headache? Send it to the imperial doctor immediately!"
After Zhu Yijun came to Queen Mother Li's palace, he got up late because he heard the person waiting in front of Queen Mother Li said that the Queen Mother had a headache, so he pretended to be worried.
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Zhu Yijun didn't wait long outside the palace. Empress Dowager Li asked someone to open the palace door: "Emperor, come in."
Zhu Yijun therefore walked in and saluted Empress Dowager Li: "Your Majesty, please give your regards to the Empress Dowager!"
Empress Dowager Li nodded and asked, "Are you going to Ciqing Palace?"
Zhu Yijun had two mothers, one was his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Chen, and the other was his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Li.
Unlike his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, who was very strict in raising her children and lived with the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, her aunt, Empress Dowager Chen, was more willing to pamper Zhu Yijun and not interfere too much in educating the emperor.
There are historical records that Empress Dowager Chen often felt happy when she heard the sound of Zhu Yijun's footsteps when he came to pay his respects.
Empress Dowager Chen did not care about government affairs, so she took the initiative to live in Ciqing Palace, which was further away from Qianqing Palace, so as to avoid the two empresses sharing the same palace.
Empress Dowager Chen knew her tastes, and Empress Dowager Li also knew etiquette. She did not dare to let her emperor's son neglect the Empress Dowager Chen in terms of etiquette, even though she herself maintained respect for the Empress Dowager Chen.
Therefore, the first thing Empress Dowager Li asked now was not whether Zhu Yijun was hungry or whether he had slept well, but whether he had not gone to see Empress Dowager Chen.
It is worth mentioning that during the reign of Emperor Longqing, Empress Dowager Chen, who was still the queen at the time, hated Emperor Longqing and was ordered to move to another palace by Emperor Longqing. This was equivalent to being relegated to the cold palace. On the contrary, Empress Dowager Li was favored more. And he often accompanied Emperor Longqing.
Therefore, when Zhu Yijun was still the prince, he would first greet Emperor Longqing and Queen Mother Li.
But now Emperor Longqing has passed away and Zhu Yijun has become the emperor. In order to show her virtue of observing etiquette, Mrs. Li still asked Zhu Yijun to pay greetings to his aunt mother first and then to his biological mother.
Turning around, because Empress Dowager Li asked this, Zhu Yijun replied: "The emperor has gone, and the queen mother also rewarded the emperor with hot snacks."
Queen Mother Li then laughed: "My son knows etiquette!"
After Zhu Yijun paid his respects, accompanied by his chamberlain, he returned to Qianqing Palace and prepared to attend the Sutra Banquet at Wenhua Palace.
At that time, the great eunuch Feng Bao had already come to Wenhua Gate because he had obtained the order from Empress Dowager Li.
The ministers who participated in the sutra banquet were already waiting here, and they all raised their heads after seeing Feng Bao leading the chamberlain out.
At this time, Feng Bao had gone straight to Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, and whispered a few words in Zhang Juzheng's ear.
Zhang Juzheng suddenly raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "So early?!"
Then, Zhang Juzheng whispered to Lu Tiaoyang, a great scholar on the side: "Just now, my husband came to us in accordance with the Empress Dowager's instructions. Today, I took the initiative to get up early for the Sutra Banquet. Now I have gone to pay my respects to the two palaces and will go to the Wenhua Palace." .”
Lu Tiaoyang raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is eager to learn and has the image of a holy king!"
Then, Lu Tiaoyang looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Uncle, this is a good sign!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded.
To serve the emperor Yao and Shun is the highest ideal of civil servants and officials, and the starting point for the realization of this ideal is to let the emperor complete a good scripture feast.
Therefore, both Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang were delighted that Zhu Yijun was so active in the feast.
The other civil servants did the same. They all raised their heads and looked forward, letting the snowflakes fall in front of them, and only looked at the wealthy family with bright eyes, waiting for their emperor to appear.
Squeak.
Squeak.
The Han generals guarding the imperial chariot held papayas and stepped on broken jade, and uniformly guarded Zhu Yijun on the imperial chariot as he walked to the Wenhua Palace.
Zhu Yijun, who squinted his eyes, felt much more relaxed after seeing Queen Mother Li. He even seemed to be intoxicated by the sound as if he was listening to music.
When he arrived at the Wenhua Hall and sat down facing south, with waves of incense blowing in the cold wind, Zhu Yijun opened his eyes.
In the Ming Dynasty, officials participating in sutra feasts were required to bathe in incense before participating in the sutra feasts.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun first smelled a sweet fragrance when he arrived.
At first glance, he saw that there was a desk in front of him, and the officials were already filing in. Some were wearing red robes, and some were wearing green and embroidered clothes. They were very eye-catching in the falling snow.
Zhu Yijun didn't say a word, he just watched silently as these lecturers were divided into east and west classes, looking for Zhang Juzheng based on the memory of the original owner.
Zhang Juzheng didn't notice the emperor looking at him, and he stood aside silently at this time.
The first person to speak was the Honglu Temple official.
After the officials of Honglu Temple and the ministers bowed politely and announced that they were going to give lectures, two lecturers came out from the east and west teams, went to the imperial palace and stood side by side to the north in front of the lecture hall, and then bowed and kowtowed in preparation for the lectures.
Zhu Yijun was just like watching a documentary. Watching all this from the perspective of an audience, he only felt fresh and not at all impatient.
After all, he had only heard about the Jingyan system in the Ming Dynasty before, but he didn't know what the Jingyan was like.
At this time, Zhu Yijun saw the secretary of the exhibition coming forward and unfolding the book for Zhu Yijun in front of the imperial case. The lecturer standing on the east side immediately began to report to Zhu Yijun the contents of the four books to be talked about today in front of the case, and then , the lecturer on the west side also came to report which part of the classics and history he wanted to talk about.
Zhu Yijun didn't know until later that Ganqing taught the officials on the east side and the Four Books, and the officials on the west side taught the classics and history. After the four books were taught on the east side, the classics and history were lectured on the west side.
Because it was his first time to participate in the sutra banquet, he was naturally curious about it. Therefore, Zhu Yijun listened attentively. The official asked him to read it, and he read it and understood it.
Zhu Yijun also secretly sighed that the original owner had already laid a foundation in Confucianism with the help of his chamberlain because he started studying at the age of four, so he was able to deal with it calmly at this time.
It's just that Zhu Yijun secretly felt that throughout the whole process, he, the emperor, was still like a puppet, just completing a teaching activity with these lecturers mechanically.
The content taught is also to understand the contents of the Four Books of Classics and History according to Zhu Xi's meaning.
For Zhu Yijun, who comes from a later generation and has been trained by society to only focus on utilitarianism, the harvest is limited, and the symbolic significance of etiquette is greater than the practical significance.
But in the eyes of the civil servants, the emperor's performance at this time can be said to be perfect!
It was as if their suffering from hunger and cold this morning was not in vain! Everyone was in high spirits, as if they were showing off in front of the emperor, they were so happy, and they seemed to be so moved by how much kindness the emperor had given them.
Lu Tiaoyang was a sentimental person, and he looked at Zhang Juzheng with tears in his eyes: "The emperor is only ten years old, but he is so serious about participating in the sutra banquet, his voice is loud, and his manners are graceful! His god has long understood the true nature of heaven!"
Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, still looked calm.
As the officials of Honglu Temple came out of the class and knelt in the middle of the class, and after the praise was completed, the lecture ended, and the officials of both classes turned to the north.
It was only at this time that Zhu Yijun finally spoke: "Officials should have dinner every night."
This sentence is what the emperor should say at this time according to the banquet system. Zhu Yijun doesn't know why he calls officials officials like this.
But the meaning is naturally clear, it is nothing more than that the emperor wants to treat everyone to breakfast.
Sutra banquet, as the name suggests, in addition to lectures on sutras, there is also a banquet.
After Zhu Yijun said this, all the ministers who participated in the sutra feast knelt down to accept the decree, and then went to the Meridian Gate to eat breakfast prepared by Guanglu Temple.
The breakfast at Jingyan was not delicious, but Lu Tiaoyang ate it with gusto today, and whispered to Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting with him at the university's scholar's table: "Uncle, although the emperor is young, he already behaves like a wise king. People like Feng Bao should go!"
Because Feng Bao framed Gao Gong in Minister Wang's case, the civil servants had long been dissatisfied with Feng Bao. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng was not surprised when Lu Tiaoyang said this to Zhang Juzheng today.
But Zhang Juzheng was speechless.
Civil servants did not tolerate eunuchs, especially eunuchs who were authoritarian. This was a phenomenon that had existed since the Zhengtong Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng also knew this, but he had other considerations now, so naturally it was not easy to answer Lu Tiaoyang at this time.
Seeing that he was speechless, Lu Tiaoyang couldn't speak anymore.
Zhu Yijun naturally didn't know that because his performance at the banquet was too in line with the psychological expectations of the civil servants, Lu Tiaoyang began to hope that Zhang Juzheng would lead the civil servants to defeat Feng.
Zhu Yijun had returned to Qianqing Palace at this time and was preparing to review his homework and write.
It is impossible to play as soon as he returns to the palace, because Zhang Juzheng will ask him to recite what he said today the next day. If he recites it smoothly, he will be praised, but if he does not recite it smoothly, he will be severely reprimanded and even punished by Feng Bao. Report to Queen Mother Li, but Queen Mother Li is more ruthless than Zhang Juzheng and will directly make him kneel down.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun could only review his homework and practice calligraphy first.
Fortunately, Zhu Yijun is now good at reciting merits in later generations, and he quickly memorized what he said today. Relying on his good memory, he discovered that the lecturer made a mistake during the Sutra banquet.
After memorizing what I said today, I still had to practice calligraphy, and Zhu Yijun didn't spend too much time on this.
What's more, for someone whose mental age is actually no longer that of a teenager, writing doesn't seem boring to him, nor is he too playful.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun can now concentrate more when practicing calligraphy and can write faster.
After finishing writing, Zhu Yijun walked out of the palace gate, ready to stretch his muscles.
But as soon as he left the palace, Zhu Yijun found that Sun Hai, the deacon and eunuch of Qianqing Palace, Wei Chao and other eunuchs were kneeling outside the palace.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask: "Why are you kneeling?"
