The arrangement of lecturers is of course very important. After all, when the prince becomes the emperor, the lecturer will rise to become a serious imperial teacher as a rule. This point, needless to say, can be clearly seen by referring to Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Zhang Juzheng and others.
Therefore, it is obvious that the selection of officials for the Prince's Jingyan Banquet will inevitably attract the attention of the courtiers. Although Emperor Longqing is not too old yet and is considered to be in his prime, considering that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty often have abnormal life spans, he still has to make the safest preparations.
At this time, since Emperor Longqing had expressed his attitude that the prince must respect his teachers and be respectful, he had given an explanation to the civil servants. Naturally, he had to talk about the specific method of today's selection.
Long Qing turned his head, suppressed his smile, and said solemnly: "Why do you invite all my dear friends to come here today? It is to choose a companion for the prince to prevent him from being too lonely when he goes to study. All my dear friends are my confidants. None of the ministers or the children in their families are outsiders, so I will say some things directly. Because the late emperor had some difficulties at that time, I had suffered enough from this kind of loneliness, so I had always hoped to wait until the prince was ten years old. Officially leaving the cabinet to study..."
He paused and then said: "But Mr. Zhang sent me a letter to persuade me. His words were sincere and quite reasonable, which made it difficult for me to make a decision for a while. Later, Mr. Gao also specifically talked to me about the prince's study and analyzed the key points. I understand. The prince's study is not only a family matter for my family, but also a major matter that affects the foundation of the imperial court. I am humble, inherit the great authority, work conscientiously, and dare not make mistakes. How can I use the joy of my family to win the praise of the people in the world? Are you happy? Therefore, at the request of Mr. Gao, Mr. Zhang and all the ministers and ministers, the prince’s banquet has been decided. On March 15th of this year, the prince will officially go out to study."
The ministers stood up quickly and bowed together with Li Sicheng, Gao Pingshi and others: "Your Majesty, you are wise."
Feng Bao shouted the same words on the side, but he was disdainful in his heart, and said secretly: We don't know whether His Majesty is sage or not, but anyway, as long as His Majesty is willing to listen to you, you will always say that he is sage, hum.
Long Qing waved his hand and said: "Although I promised Mr. Gao to let the prince leave the palace to study in advance, I have to think about the prince, so I made a request to Mr. Gao, hoping to select one person from among the children of civil servants in Beijing to accompany him. The prince studied together, so that we could supervise each other in our free time, and also save the prince from the pain of loneliness. Seeing my sincerity, Mr. Gao said, 'Although it is not a story, it is humane,' so he agreed."
Everyone secretly thought: So this is what happened? It cannot be said that what Mr. Gao Ge said is wrong. It is true that there is no precedent in this dynasty for the children of civil servants to accompany the prince to study. However, the suffering that His Majesty suffered before entering the Ninth Five-Year Plan is also unprecedented. Out of "humanity" considerations, It makes sense to make this special case. What's more, is it right to let a group of military officials and noble children play with the prince? It would be much better if a son of a civil servant could accompany the prince than if some dandy son from an honorable family led the prince astray. It seems that the boss of the high cabinet has not forgotten that he is a member of the civil servants, not the emperor's servant.
Long Qing was happy when he saw that everyone had the same opinion, and continued: "Although Mr. Gao agreed, I feel that this matter is due to my private intentions after all. It would be unsightly to cause trouble to the entire capital, so I finally delineated the scope It’s a little smaller. I think that all of you, Xiaoqing’s family, are all outstanding people with good family backgrounds, and they are all qualified to do this accompanying reading. However, after all, only one person is needed to accompany you, so today I will do a little test to get the correct reading. Audiovisual.”
Everyone said "Your Majesty the Holy Ming" again. Long Qing took all the orders and said: "I think that although the prince has read some books before, it is not formal after all. When the banquet begins, first of all, it is enlightenment. Only with a solid foundation can knowledge be developed in the future... Therefore, for today's exam, I don't need you to write those essays, poems or poems. Instead, I will ask you to "enlighten your enlightenment". Put forward your own suggestions. I have ordered people to prepare the script and ink in the side hall. Please finish it this morning. There is no limit on the number of words, no limit on the meter, and no limit on the style of writing, but you can use it to your heart's content."
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Shen Shixing and others, saying: "These are the 'examiners' you are waiting for today. They will evaluate your submissions according to the system of the joint examination, anonymously. Finally, I, The prince and the imperial concubine circulated the matter for discussion and made the final decision.”
All the "examiners" accepted the order one after another, but only Shen Shixing came out and said: "Your Majesty, your minister Yongmao is here today. Because I know your handwriting, I would like to ask you to avoid it. All six examiners are from the Imperial Academy and have extensive knowledge, which is enough for them to serve as judges." His Majesty’s selection.”
Long Qing was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "If I don't agree, I'm afraid Shen Aiqing would rather die than obey. Well, I'll follow the Qing family's request. The Qing family can just watch and not comment."
Shen Shixing breathed a sigh of relief, bowed again, and bowed back.
Then Meng Chong was still waiting in the main hall, while Feng Bao led a group of children to the side hall to "answer questions."
When Gao Pangshi left, he glanced at the prince and saw that although Zhu Yijun had a solemn expression, he winked at him and nodded slightly. He couldn't help but said: It's amazing. This kid has good acting skills since he was a child. Later in history, How did you get to the point where you no longer even want to act?
Gao Pragmatic was not worried about the questions in today's "exam". He originally thought that Long Qing would ask questions like "The importance of studying for a prince", "What is the most important thing for a king", etc. However, he did not expect that Long Qing might really be affected by it. Gao Gong had a profound influence and was very pragmatic. He only asked the disciples of each family to talk about how to best achieve enlightenment.
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: It seems that I can present some of the things that I originally planned to present after becoming the crown prince's companion.
Of course, what he was talking about was not soap - that thing had nothing to do with reading and enlightenment.
After entering the side hall, Gao Qingzhi sat down in his seat under Feng Bao's instructions. He wanted to take a look at the expressions of the other people, but unexpectedly, there were many screens separated them, and each person had only one left. There is about five or six square meters of space below, and there is a long desk inside. The pens, inks, paper and inkstones on it are all ready, and even the ink has been ground.
Well, this treatment is much better than the imperial examinations at all levels. It is indeed a royal exception.
Since he couldn't see other people's expressions, Gao Pragmatic simply didn't care what their situation was. After he sat down, he spread out the paper, picked up the pen, and started writing.
"I heard that the difficulty of Mongolian learning is due to the difficulty of using allusions; the difficulty of using allusions is the difficulty of understanding. Therefore, although there are many literate words, one can recite them without understanding their meaning; one is familiar with reading but cannot understand their meanings through habituation. Therefore, I do not make grand suggestions because it is for Your Majesty's sake. This is a volume of Mongolian study compiled by Cheng Chen, in the hope that it will be of some benefit to the prince in his studies."
