"Uncle Five!"
In Yingtian, Prince Zhou's Mansion, as soon as Zhu Xiongying, who was over seven years old, got off the carriage and saw Zhu Su and Xu Miaoyun waiting at the door, he started running like a child.
Zhu Su knelt down and held Zhu Xiongying in his arms. Feeling that this nephew seemed to have grown taller and stronger, he couldn't help but smile and said: "What a hero, he looks like a little calf. In a few years, my fifth uncle won't be able to hold you!"
"Uncle Fifth, when will my nephew take a hot air balloon ride?"
"That is an important weapon of the military, and is it something you, a child, can play with? If you want to ride in a hot air balloon, you must first pass the test of flying a captain in the military!"
"But my nephew heard that my fifth uncle once took a few rotten old men on a balloon ride..."
"Then you should have heard how frightened those old men were after they came down... This shows that flying into the air is not a trivial matter, do you understand?"
"Oh." Zhu Xiongying nodded ignorantly, remembering what he had heard about those rotten scholars who were so frightened that they peed their pants after flying into the air, and giggled again.
"Uncle Wu, Xiongying will not be so scared that he wets his pants!"
"Huh? Why are you saying this all of a sudden? Could it be that you wet the bed in your dream last night?"
The uncle and nephew were talking and laughing, and Zhu Biao and Chang got out of the carriage together. Hearing the conversation between Zhu Su and Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Biao couldn't help but laugh, and said with a smile: "This kid, I woke up early this morning when I said I came to look for you, the fifth brother. If I can have this spirit when I go to the main hall, I don’t have to worry so much on weekdays.”
Hearing Zhu Biao's words, Zhu Xiongying's head drooped a little, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "Father, Xiongying is also very energetic in the main hall!"
"Master Song and Master Liu both said that Xiongying's articles were good at reading. But the Four Books and Five Classics taught by Master Zhou and Master Wang were really sleepy."
In order to teach his great-grandson well, Lao Zhu invited new scholars such as Song Lian and Liu Bowen to return to their old professions and re-enter the main hall to teach the emperor's relatives despite their old age and illness. But even though today's emperors are re-learning, the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism cannot be abandoned entirely. That Master Zhou and Master Wang were Hanlin who were invited to teach the Four Books and Five Classics. Although they are not allowed to teach Cheng and Zhu, they may still have the idea of instilling the old learning of Taisun, and want to say goodbye to Song Lian and Liu Bowen in the main hall. However, Song and Liu were such great talents, and the old learning has long been decayed. Unbearable. Even a young child like Zhu Xiongying knows which of the two lectures is better.
The two brothers Zhu Biao and Zhu Su were also very knowledgeable about this matter, so they just smiled and did not reply to Xiongying. Instead, he greeted himself and said: "It's really hard to find a big brother and sister-in-law. The posts have been posted for half a month, and I just found the time today."
"There is nothing I can do. There are many things going on in the court... Besides, when you and my brother are in the palace on weekdays, don't we often eat together at the same table? It sounds like my eldest brother is deliberately alienating you."
"How can I have a good meal in the palace? The food is not delicious. After two bites, my father will start talking about government affairs..."
"You, you, if you hadn't already married, I would have to give you a good beating... How are my brothers and sisters? My brother is naughty. Wei Gong is not in the capital now. If my brother does something inappropriate, even if Tell your eldest brother, he will teach you a lesson and take it out on you."
"I have met my eldest brother and sister-in-law. Your Highness is busy with state affairs, so there is no such thing as being naughty..."
The two brothers, Zhu Xiongying, Chang and Xu walked into the house while talking. In the hall, Zhu Su had already ordered people to place the dishes. Zhu Biao sat down, first took a sip of tea, and then said to Zhu Su: "I know that you invited me here because you want me to go to the palace to intercede for you. Let me go to the palace to intercede for you." My father will no longer force you to enter the main hall to teach young brothers and heroes to study."
"To tell you the truth, this matter is a plan jointly made by my brother and my father. It's rare that you have some time in the capital, so you should teach your nephew a lot. Do you still want to stay lazy in the house? It's already added nine tins. …”
"Brother, the conscience of heaven and earth!" Zhu Su called out to Tianqu. "When have I been lazy? There is still a lot of work at hand at the newspaper office, the Imperial College, and the Baoyuan Bureau. My third brother's shipyard and Jiujiang's Baobao Banking Department also ask me to help from time to time. I am very busy every day. You have to worry a lot about getting a salary."
"Are you asking me to go to the main hall and enter the palace every day before dawn? I won't do it. How can I go back after finally getting out of the main hall."
After staying in Beijing for several months, and before a few days of Ansheng's birthday, Zhu Su got the order from Lao Zhu to enter the palace and take charge of the main hall in a few days. To be fair, Zhu Su also felt that Zhu Xiongying's education should really start from childhood, and the foundation of the new learning was still too shallow. If the three emperors of the Ming Dynasty all advocated the new learning, only with time and accumulation can the old Confucianism be truly swept away from the pile of old papers. .
But the problem is that Lao Zhu's education for his children and grandchildren is really terrible. He has schoolwork every morning, noon and evening. If he is allowed to be in charge of the palace, many matters in his hands will have to be put aside. Perhaps it was because in the eyes of Lao Zhu, Zhu Xiongying's educational issues were more important than those of the Imperial College, Baoyuan Bureau, etc. Among the many bachelors in the court, he only trusted Zhu Su. But Zhu Su knew how much he weighed. Not to mention anything else, when it came to the attainments of new learning, Song Lian and Liu Bowen had actually far surpassed him as the advocate.
He just drew up a skeleton for the new school. It was the two masters, Song and Liu, who molded the flesh and blood of the new school.
There was Zhu Xiongying taught by the Second Master Liu of the Song Dynasty. What was the use if he had to force Zhu Su to go to the main hall?
"Fifth brother, please don't shirk at all. In this court, you are the only one your eldest brother and I can safely entrust to our heroes." But it was Chang who said to Zhu Su with a smile. "In the past, my sister-in-law was thin and got pregnant early. If it weren't for your dedicated efforts to find a way to repair my sister-in-law's fetus, Xiongying wouldn't have grown so strong." She said, pinching Zhu Xiongying's fat face.
"This kid never thinks about his studies. Your eldest brother and I have always been anxious... The only thing my sister-in-law can think of is you. The kid Xiongying is also close to you, and you have toiled and suffered... Xiongying, please come quickly. My fifth uncle, didn’t you say you wanted to learn from my fifth uncle?”
Zhu Xiongying seemed a little unconvinced when her mother told her that she "doesn't care about studies", but she still listened to Chang's words honestly. She turned around and looked at Zhu Su with a pair of big eyes: "Fifth Uncle, you don't want to teach Xiongying." Is Ying capable?"
"Sister-in-law, Xiongying, you guys..." Zhu Su felt embarrassed. If Zhu Biao said this, Zhu Su could easily push him back. But after all, he and Chang were separated by a layer, so it was difficult to refuse outright. After thinking about it, he said earnestly: "Brother, sister-in-law, it's not my brother who doesn't want to help me. In fact, when it comes to knowledge, my brother is not much more proficient than the two masters Song and Liu."
"And the education advocated by my father... I don't agree with that either. You have to study at night and study at dawn, and study at night. The days and nights are endless, and it's boring to death."
"That is to say, the hero has an open mind and a good physical condition. Otherwise, if he has been so bored for a few years, a good child will learn to be obscurant. Bo Ying is not like this. He only knows that he has a bright head and a poor scripture. What great things can he achieve?"
"Brothers like you and I, didn't we all come here like this?" Zhu Biao said. "Besides, since ancient times, those who want to achieve something have not studied hard like this. The poem goes: 'It is the time for men to study when the lights are on at three o'clock and the rooster is on at five o'clock.' As a nobleman of the royal family, the hero's conditions are better than those of the ancient sages. Much better.”
"Brother, have you forgotten that before you entered the main hall, you lived with your father and mother in Yingtian for several years in fear?" Zhu Su said. "In those years, dad was fighting everywhere, but he didn't bother to lock you in the main hall to study. Which one of Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Bei Yuan was not a serious concern that needed to be dealt with wholeheartedly? At that time, even my mother had to bake steamed buns herself. , sewing clothes, going around to comfort the frightened people, and helping the refugees traveling from south to north."
"Brother, you were following my mother at that time, and you also witnessed a lot of hardships in the military and civilians, right? Ask yourself, if you didn't have this experience, would you still be able to fulfill your position as the prince?"
(End of chapter)
