Zhu Changjun nodded as if he understood.
The reason why he seems to understand but not understand is because although Zhu Changzhen is only eleven years old, he has a very high starting point. He is already the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the future monarch.
Therefore, no one around him would show him the ugly side of human nature. The people he came into contact with, whether they were civil servants, military attaches or eunuchs, were all very friendly to him, would be very respectful on the surface, and behave very well in front of him. He is well-educated, neither flattering to his superiors nor arrogant to his subordinates. Even if he wanted to discipline him, it would be through explaining knowledge, making it difficult for Zhu Changjun to realize how bad people are.
But Zhu Yijun was his father, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and an emperor with many great achievements.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun's words are still very influential to him.
He still took Zhu Yijun's words seriously in his heart.
For him who had been in the court for a long time, this was more authoritative than the words of his teacher.
However, Zhu Yijun could not teach him through words and deeds all the time.
With Zhu Yijun's decree to personally conquer the rebellion, the preliminary preparations alone seemed very busy.
Silver coins flowed out from the inner treasury and the treasury like water.
Pan Jixun, who replaced Wang Lin as Minister of Household Affairs, needed to determine with the British Duke Zhang Yuangong which portion of the personal expedition expenses should be borne by the state treasury and which portion should be borne by the internal treasury.
At the same time, it is accompanied by the transfer and arrangement of a large number of personnel.
Zhu Yijun himself also had to meet the queen mothers of the two palaces and the people in charge of the harem to explain everything.
In addition, he had to explain to the ruling minister who decided to stay in Beijing. After all, he still had to consider various accidents. If something like Tumu Fort was captured, Qingjiangpu fell into the water, or even the palace was seriously shocked by a fire, he had to let The rulers have an oracle that they can refer to and deal with.
In addition, he also had to make a memorial to the Ancestral Temple, explain why he wanted to personally conquer, and ask his ancestors to bless him as a triumphant master. As for dealing with the influx of various memorials that impeded the emperor's personal expedition, as well as those who responded fiercely and did not hesitate to go to the palace to impede them. Not to mention officials imposing harsher punishments.
Then there is the matter of issuing an edict to let the prince supervise the country.
Anyway, Zhu Yijun was already very busy even before he left for the expedition.
During this period, Prince Zhu Changxun was still studying in the East Palace as usual.
Because Zhu Yijun specially arranged for Zhu Changxun to listen to the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought, the people who give lectures to Zhu Changxun now include scholars from various schools, such as the Hedong School and Chongren School in Neo-Confucianism, as well as Wang Xuezhong’s Zhejiang Wangmen and Jiangxi Schools. In the Youwang sect, there was the Taizhou School, which was quite fond of producing outliers in Confucianism, and the Qi Monist School, which was anti-Confucianism.
"Your Highness, please tell me today that sharing the same desires with the people is the way to govern a country."
"Xing is for taste, Xing is for color, Xing is for sound, Xing is for comfort, Xing is also!"
"Therefore, it is a natural principle for people to desire their own nature. If you want to govern the country in accordance with the laws of heaven, you must comply with the wishes of the people!"
On this day, it was snowing heavily all day long.
Zhu Changxun did not stop attending class because of this. Instead, he came to the Wenhua Hall early with a hand stove in hand and sat down to listen to the lecturers giving lectures to him.
This is not only related to his strong self-discipline since he was educated by the emperor since he was a child, but also to the fact that the classes he takes are becoming more and more interesting. Even the most boring Confucian classics class is because various Confucian sects have been arranged to give lectures on officials. It was very interesting to come to give lectures to the prince.
Because these believers of various Confucian sects are selling their knowledge to the prince without reservation, hoping to influence the prince, carry forward the knowledge of their own school, and then make it an orthodox official school.
On this day, the lecturer He Xinyin was full of energy and turned his back to the falling snowflakes outside the palace, while he peddled his "desire to educate" and "the same desire as the common people" to Zhu Changjun.
But as soon as He Xinyin finished speaking, the lecturer Guo Zhengyu couldn't wait to interrupt He Xinyin and said hurriedly:
"Your Highness, He Fushan's words are beyond the control of famous teachings. Your Highness should not believe them!"
"As Mr. Kang Zhai (Wu Yubi) said, 'People must stand firm in the face of poverty and hardship, overcome roughness, and keep their mind pure. They should not complain about heaven above, and do not blame others below. They should forget both things and themselves, and only know what is right. That's all. The way to govern a country is to use the people's desires. So, in the end, is it to make the king obey the people and the people obey the king?"
"So, this is a fallacy!"
"Mencius said, "The ruler is the most important, the people are the most important, and the country is the second most important. If the ruler governs the world for the people, doesn't it mean that the ruler is subordinate to the people?"
He Xinyin asked Guo Zhengyu.
"False! He Fushan, your words are contrary to the benevolent policy advocated by Mr. Yang Ming of 'ordering the noble and the humble, and distinguishing the old and the young'. Today I will never allow people like you to mislead His Highness!"
Guo Zhengyu suddenly lost his temper and shook his lips, pointed at He Xinyin and spoke loudly.
He Xinyin cupped his hands to Zhu Changxun and said: "Your Highness, what I said is not a fallacy, but the truth! Water can carry a boat or capsize it. Since ancient times, how can a benevolent lord disobey the will of the people? Academician Guo obviously only cares about maintaining his dignity. I forgot that the truth is the truth!"
Zhu Changjun nodded: "It makes sense, so politicians have the responsibility to make the people rich?"
"Your Highness is indeed wise!"
“If you want to win the hearts and minds of the people, you must follow their desires.”
He Xinyin smiled and replied a few words, but at this time Guo Zhengyu could not help but raise his fist and hit He Xinyin: "The thief who misled His Highness should be punished!"
He Xinyin was quite skilled in martial arts, so he quickly dodged and stretched out his feet. Guo Zhengyu fell to the ground, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen on the spot.
"Interesting! Interesting!"
Seeing this, Zhu Changjun couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Master He turns out to be good at martial arts."
"I don't dare to hide it from your highness. I do know some martial arts, but now that I am old, I can't lift a sword, so I can only bully the old man."
He Xinyin replied.
Zhu Changjun laughed after hearing this and asked: "Is the bad old man that Master He mentioned is Master Guo?"
He Xinyin just smiled slightly.
"What a thief, you are going too far!"
Zhu Changxun hurriedly asked people to help Guo Zhengyu up, and also asked people to help Guo Zhengyu down to heal his injuries and rest.
"Master He, it's not good for you to be like this. Master Guo is also a learned scholar after all. How can you let him be so miserable?"
Zhu Changxun said.
Guo Zhengyu, who was being helped down by his eunuchs, was quite moved when he heard this and said: "Your Highness has a benevolent heart, which is a blessing to the country!"
He Xinyin said at this time: "Your Highness, the body and the Tao are one and the same. Anyone who does not respect a person's body is disrespecting that person's Tao. That is to say, the personality should not be insulted lightly. If you are insulted, you must retaliate, and revenge and defense of the Tao cannot be overnight." also!"
"Therefore, since Scholar Guo wants to beat the minister with his fist first, the minister must retaliate with tooth. This is the behavior of a gentleman who defends morality!"
"Your Highness will be the king in the future, and you should do the same to those who violate the country and the country. This is the right way to protect the country!"
Zhu Changxun didn't say much about He Xinyin's words. He just waited for the next lecturer to talk about another subject.
Because Zhu Changxun received too many different views on the so-called right way to govern the country, many of which were very contradictory. Therefore, Zhu Changxun was no longer sure who to believe, but was only more convinced that what his father said was right. People have different positions and opinions. Even if they are different, they will all say that their own opinions are the truth. Therefore, even if they are logically correct, they will often obscure the vision and generalize. Learners must have their own thinking and use someone's opinions based on their own actual situation. , you don’t even need to stick to the idea of using only one person.
Therefore, Zhu Changjun no longer expresses his position directly, but he is also more tolerant and will not directly point out anyone's fault.
After the classics class comes the arithmetic class.
This is a class that Zhu Changjun likes very much, because the nature of numbers is sincere, what is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong, even if he wants to argue with words, it will not work. This makes it easy for Zhu Changxun to see that some arithmetic masters who want to prove that they are better have to admit It seems that my calculation is wrong.
The one who gave Zhu Changxun a math lesson today was Shuai Jiamo, who used to rely on his math skills to solve tax malpractice in the silk case.
It was unimaginable before that a white man who had no fame in the first place won the first prize in the new arithmetic imperial examination and became an official because of his outstanding talent in mathematics, and now he is also an official in the East Palace.
But it did happen during the Wanli Dynasty.
The symbolic meaning here is not small.
However, how Zhu Changxun learned arithmetic knowledge from Shuai Jiamo will not be shown here. We will only talk about the fact that Emperor Wanli wanted to leave the capital to personally conquer the northwest.
At the end of winter in the 19th year of Wanli, after more than a month of preparation, Zhu Yijun led the emperor's personal guards and the Beijing camp troops out of the capital in a mighty and mighty manner to the west.
Although the cold wind stings the face, the snow sinks deep into the horse's hooves, and even the dead vines and old trees are all withered branches and leaves, when the sun shines, those who set off on the expedition still feel that there is a trace of warmth sprouting in the cold weather.
The air that seems to have been contained in the ice crystals is quite refreshing after being breathed into the lungs. The white air coming out of the breath lingers under the blue sky, which only makes people more energetic!
The armor, copper, cannon and steel guns covered with golden light made the Imperial Army soldiers even more majestic in the creaking marching pace.
Shen Yongmao, who followed his father's wishes and changed his martial arts examination to become the experience officer of Jinwu Guard, the Sixth Guards of the Emperor's personal army, also went on an expedition with the Emperor, and his eyes became sharper. He felt particularly glorious and saw that all the officers and soldiers were in good spirits. After being energized, I realized that this imperial conquest would usher in a greater prosperous age like the Xuan Temple, instead of being like the example of a civil fort, which would severely set back the power of the country.
Zhu Yijun stood on the horse-drawn train, looking at the slowly retreating houses, trees, cattle and sheep, and the iron-like sergeants. He was also very excited, and he held the sword in his hand and looked forward.
There was the sound of reading from ahead.
Loud and sweet.
Since leaving Beijing, Zhu Yijun has seen many schools along the way.
Wherever the government-built tracks pass, a school will appear soon after.
In some social studies, the teachers who teach are disabled veterans who can only use wheelchairs. They still wear fat jackets and give lectures to a group of children from military families in the revitalized health studies.
Zhu Yijun was happy about this.
Because there are more schools, it means more people are studying, and more people are studying, which means that the Ming Dynasty is indeed prosperous, and many civilians can study full-time.
(End of chapter)
