Although Zhu Yijun usually summoned his ministers in Dongnuang Pavilion to discuss private matters, Gao Pragmatic didn't really care. It is Zhu Yijun's business to decide which issues he chooses, and which issues he takes the initiative to raise are his pragmatic business. In all these years, Zhu Yijun has never stopped him from talking.
What's more, now that Gao Pragmatic is an important minister of the imperial court - a pillar of the imperial court, it is even more impossible for Zhu Yijun not to let him speak.
When he arrived outside Dongnuan Pavilion, Gao Jingshi saw Chen Ju walking down the steps with a smile on his face to greet him. He was about to greet her, but unexpectedly Chen Ju whispered: "Master Marquis, the Queen is also here."
Gao Pragmatic was about to go up the steps with half of his feet in the air. He stopped immediately when he heard this and said in shock: "Is the Queen here? I'll ask to see you later." After saying that, he raised his foot. He took it back and stood at the foot of the steps.
"Otherwise, otherwise." Chen Ju, still smiling, said, "It was the Emperor who invited the Queen to come here, and not only the Queen, but also the Young Master is here."
Gao pragmatically stared at Chen Ju's eyes and asked seriously: "Master?"
"Yes, Master." Chen Ju also replied seriously.
"Has the matter finally been settled..." Gao Jingshi exhaled a long breath, looked up at the sky, and seemed to be talking to himself, but also to Chen Ju: "The dispute over the country over the past twenty years has finally been settled. Are you down?"
Chen Ju took a deep breath and said slowly but firmly: "Our family believes that the emperor invited the Marquis to come today to make a final decision, so as long as the Marquis is firm enough, this matter will definitely happen!"
Gao pragmatic still raised his head, but slowly closed his eyes. After a while, he opened them, looked at Chen Ju and said, "I understand, Brother Linggang, thank you for your hard work."
"It's all for the country and the country of Ming Dynasty. Why not work hard? When it comes to hard work, Lord Marquis is the one who has worked the hardest these years!" Chen Ju sighed.
Gao pragmatically smiled calmly: "Brother Linggang is overly praised... In this case, please let Brother Linggang pass the news on his behalf."
Chen Ju nodded, stretched out his hand, pointed at Hou Xuan's position, and said, "Please wait here, Mr. Hou." Gao pragmatically nodded in greeting, went up the steps, and set up a shelter not far from the door to take shelter from the rain. The position of the umbrella - there is no rain today, the umbrella just tells me where to stand.
Chen Ju came in to report. He didn’t say anything for the time being. Gao Pragmatic stood under the umbrella and whispered silently: "Young master..."
When Chen Ju mentioned the word "young master" for the first time just now, Gao Pragmatic immediately asked him a serious question, and Chen Ju also answered seriously. Now, Gao Pragmatic is thinking again, why?
Because "Xiaoye" corresponds to "Emperor", it is a special name for the prince by the people in the palace. As mentioned a long time ago, in the Ming Dynasty court, at least after Zhu Di designated Beijing as the emperor's residence, many titles in the Beijing court began to be "northernized". The most obvious feature is the use of the word "ye" Usage has increased significantly.
The word "ye" has its own historical development origin. It is difficult to understand this character if it is written in simplified Chinese. You have to read it in traditional Chinese: it is written as "ye", with "father" at the top and "ye" at the bottom.
In the oracle bone shape of the character "father", the character "father" is a hand holding an object such as a stone axe. In ancient times, people learned to use tools for productive labor and war, which was of great significance to creating a new life. Therefore, "father" was an honorific title given by ancient people to men who were engaged in labor and war.
So, who is the main labor force in a family, and who is the one who must participate in the war when the tribe needs it? Of course, he is an adult man in the family, so after a period of evolution, "father" in ancient Chinese became fixed and became "father", the head of the family.
It can be said that the formation of patriarchal society stems from the fact that only adult men can undertake two of the three most important events in ancient tribal societies: production and war. [Note: Another big thing is the sacrifice. ]
There is historical evidence that until the Tang Dynasty, the word "ye" did not appear. However, when people in the Tang Dynasty called their father colloquially, they would use "ye" or "yeye" - this sound finally turned into "ye".
Du Fu's "Military Chariots" said: "Ye Niang's wife goes to see each other off." Among them, "Ye Niang" is the parents. In other words, when people in the Tang Dynasty said "Ye", it was not their grandfather but their father.
This is not an isolated proof. For example, in letters written by Li Shimin to Li Zhi, the signatures are often "yeyechi" - the reason is because as an emperor, everything written by Li Shimin is an edict, and "yeye" refers to him. Self-proclaimed in front of his son.
In fact, why wait until the Tang Dynasty? Long before the Jin Dynasty, people had already called their fathers "ye", but I won't go into details here. In short, in the Song Dynasty, people added the form character "father" next to "ye" to form the phonetic character "ye".
Going forward, the word "ye" originally meant father and gradually moved up the hierarchy, and was specifically used to address grandfathers and men of the same generation as grandfathers. After the Ming Dynasty, the word "ye" has been used to address grandfathers or men of high status.
Since there are so many "distinguished men" here in Beijing, the title "Master" spreads around Beijing. Later, when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they also accepted this custom, so that when later generations saw the palace drama of the Qing Dynasty, the whole drama was completely different.
In short, both the Ming and Qing dynasties liked to call the emperor "Emperor", "Long Live Lord" and "Long Live Grandpa", and they also liked to call the prince "Little Master". The reason is that at this time the main expression of "Master" is What is important is that this person has a distinguished status.
Since it mainly shows the noble status, the father and son with the most noble status in the world, they are naturally the emperor and the prince - the "emperor" and the "young master".
Chen Juneng has been able to secure his position as the Chief of Ceremonies, largely because of his cautious and steady character. Since he dared to call the emperor's legitimate son "young master" in front of Gao Pingshi, he naturally had enough knowledge about today's matter. of certainty.
However, it is still unclear where this certainty comes from.
"Announcement—Fengtian Yiyun, a sincere and upright civil servant, has entered the Zuozhu Kingdom, the Taifu, the Crown Prince, the Grand Master, and the Wenhua Palace Scholar, the Minister of Hubu, Nanning, to pay homage to Hou Gao pragmatically!"
With a loud call, Gao Pragmatic woke up from his thoughts. He subconsciously glanced at Chen Ju, who had shouted this out loud in person, and felt a little bit confused in his heart: Since calling in Dong Nuan Pavilion is generally defined by the emperor as chatting about private matters, why bother reading all my official titles and positions? This should be used in more formal situations.
It seems that the issue of the prince is really about to be discussed, but Zhu Yijun deliberately defines it as a "private matter of the Tian family" for some unknown reason.
But this was not the time to think too much. Gao pragmatically withdrew his gaze, calmly lowered his head and walked into Dongnuan Pavilion.
He deliberately lowered his head and only used the corner of his eye to see Zhu Yijun sitting in the palace below the knees and the hem of another bright yellow skirt beside him, then he leaned down and bowed down, saying: "I am a high-ranking minister and pragmatic, please see the emperor and the empress." .”
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Although the movements were formal, they were in Dong Nuan Pavilion after all, so he omitted the words Long Live and Thousand Lives.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Pragmatically, there is no need to be too polite, just stay on your own terms... Come here, give Nanning a seat and a brocade seat."
The words "give a seat" and "give a brocade seat" may seem to be the same word, but they are actually quite different. Generally speaking, when the emperor granted a seat, he probably meant that the eunuchs could move a small stool at will. This was already a great favor in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
If it was a brocade seat, it would be a seat like the Grand Master's chair. But in this new year, the Grand Master's chair has to be covered with fur brocade and the like to keep warm and prevent the cold. It's an incredible courtesy.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic's own status is indeed high. For example, in his full-time title just now, he was "specially admitted to the Zuozhu Kingdom." In the original history, only nine people in the entire Ming Dynasty received this first-class literary honor: in the third year of Hongwu, Li Shanchang and Xu Da were granted the title of Zuozhuguo; in the early days of Zhengde, Liu Jian was granted the title of Zuozhuguo as Minister Gu Ming; the others were Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Juzheng, and Shen Shixing.
However, due to the emergence of Gao Jingshi in this life, Gao Gong replaced Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Jingshi himself replaced Shen Shixing... but there were still nine places.
With such a status, it is reasonable for the emperor to give preferential treatment.
Gao pragmatically sat down, still lowering his head slightly. This was mainly because it was inconvenient for him to look directly at the queen. Although he had seen her many times in the past, the situation today was different and his attitude must be correct.
But when he did this, Zhu Yijun felt a little uncomfortable. According to Zhu Yijun's experience, once Gao Pragmatic is so formal, he will refrain from courtesy during the conversation, which in Zhu Yijun's opinion is not conducive to today's conversation.
With a thought, Zhu Yijun simply stood up and walked to the queen, signaling the queen to give him the child. Queen Wang very obediently handed over the sleeping royal son in her arms. Zhu Yijun looked at it and subconsciously showed a gentle smile.
Then, he walked up to Gao Yingshi with his child in his arms and said, "Pragmatic, come and see my child."
The emperor stood up and walked in front of him. Of course Gao Pragmatic couldn't sit still, so he stood up on his own initiative. He glanced at the infant child with a smile, then showed some surprise and asked, "Has the emperor's legitimate son's jaundice gone?"
Zhu Yijun said happily: "Yes, this thing comes and goes quickly. It shows that the emperor is a very lucky person."
Naturally, he would agree with such pragmatic words, nodding his head and saying: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. I see that the emperor's legitimate son has a full heaven, a square pavilion, thick ears and a long neck, and a white and rosy skin. It is true that he is rich and noble. Congratulations to the emperor. , congratulations to the Queen."
The queen obviously wouldn't interrupt at this time, but Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Pragmatic with a smile, suddenly lifted the child forward slightly, and said, "It's not because of you that I couldn't have this child. You can come and hug him too."
This was completely beyond Gao Pragmatic's expectations. He hesitated for a moment and said: "I am a foreign minister, so it stands to reason..."
"I'll hug you as long as I let you, who dares to talk?" Although Zhu Yijun still kept smiling, but in addition to the indifferent smile, there was a murderous tone in his tone: "In the future, I will let him respect you as my second father. What kind of?"
Gao Pragmatic's back felt numb for a moment, and he almost suspected that Zhu Yijun had summoned him to kill someone and silence him today. The problem is that Zhu Yijun said it to this extent, but he did not dare to refuse. He could only stretch out his hand and pretend to be relaxed and smile: "The emperor is joking."
Zhu Yijun was about to speak, but unexpectedly, the child was held by two different people in a short period of time. Maybe he was disturbed and fell asleep, and he opened his eyes in a daze.
The two clear and bright eyes looked left and then again, seeming to feel that neither of them looked familiar, and were a little confused for a moment.
Gao Pingshi was a little nervous, fearing that the child would burst into tears as soon as he handed it over to him. Although this is a very common thing, after all... the current situation is a bit special, and I even wonder what Zhu Yijun is thinking in his heart. If this happens again, then I don't know what Zhu Yijun will think.
Zhu Yijun seemed to be very concerned about this issue which was not a problem in theory. He looked at the little guy seriously, came closer and said with a smile: "Ah, my son is awake? Here, look at who is holding you, do you like it?" ?”
Queen Wang on the other side seemed a little nervous after hearing these words. She subconsciously got up and walked over, saying, "Hao'er is awake? Are you hungry? Did the wet nurse follow you just now?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and just continued to look at the child in Gao Pingshi's hand. The child was originally fascinated by the lake and had a puzzled face. When he saw his mother coming over, he suddenly smiled and then seemed relieved. He turned his head slightly, leaned against Gao Pragmatic's chest, and fell asleep again with his eyes closed.
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, be pragmatic. I heard the old lady in the palace say before that children are the most sensitive. He feels safe with you. This Then I will continue to sleep...good!"
Gao Pangshi breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring that his back was soaked with cold sweat, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "To be honest with the emperor, I was just worried that I was on the battlefield too much and had evil aura on my body, which would disturb the emperor's legitimate son. .”
Zhu Yijun laughed and said: "You are a civil servant or a great scholar of the world, how can you be so evil?" After saying that, he reached out and took the child again, turned around and handed it to Queen Wang who came over, and joked: "Queen, I am asking Hao Why are you so anxious if you have some literary talent?"
Empress Wang took the child and said with a smile: "Why are you so anxious? Besides, if the emperor had said earlier that he wanted Hao'er to have some literary talent, I would rather Hao'er be hungry than move."
Zhu Yijun smiled even more heartily, and turned to Gao Yingzheng and said: "It is not the fault of the ancestral system. I think the queen wishes she could raise Haoer in your home. Only then can the literary spirit be at its peak."
This cannot be said casually, Gao Pingshi said quickly: "This can't be done. Not to mention that the ministers are not talented and have little knowledge. As the emperor's legitimate son, of course he needs some literary talent, but more importantly, he needs nobility. This is what he needs to do. It’s only available around the emperor.”
"You are the only one who can speak." Zhu Yijun laughed again, and then said to Queen Wang: "The wet nurse is in the ear room. The Queen is checking to see if Hao'er is really hungry. Let me tell you something first."
Queen Wang understood, nodded and said: "I know."
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly stopped and said to Gao Pragmatic with a smile: "Haoer is so close to Gao Aiqing. I hope Gao Aiqing can teach Haoer well in the future."
Gao Pragmatic was startled and subconsciously glanced at Zhu Yijun, but Zhu Yijun just smiled and said nothing, so Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to say: "I don't dare to ask for your ear."
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