Chapter 41 The royal chariot arrives in person
The weather is fine and the wind is gentle.
Thousands of guards in brocade uniforms surrounded the Imperial Academy, including the Hanlin Academy of the Imperial Academy and even the prince and other princes, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the Imperial Academy.
Although He Xi wanted to receive Zhu Yuanzhang in Mingjiantang, Mingjiantang could not be compared with the Imperial College. Mingjiantang was a dilapidated courtyard, and the Imperial College was a key Ming project that had been built for more than a year. If he wanted to make Mingjiantang have enough To be qualified to receive a royal chariot, it requires extensive repairs, and there is simply no time.
Therefore, it was finally decided that the place where Zhu Yuanzhang would visit in person was the Yilun Hall.
At this moment, there is a throne in the middle of Yilun Hall. It is Zhu Yuanzhang's seat, and all the seats on both sides are seated according to the positions in the court.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the prince to sit beside him, which was a natural courtesy. But He Xi was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, which made many ministers extremely jealous. Becoming more and more certain of this. He Xi is a very popular figure in the imperial court.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted He Xi to sit beside him and correspond with the prince. But He Xi now also knows the rules of the court. According to the rules of the imperial court, He Xi sitting next to Zhu Yuanzhang was actually an offense to many courtiers. Where to sit in Chinese political culture. The ranking is very, very particular. Even in future news broadcasts, the order of countries and leaders cannot be changed. If it were to be changed, something big would happen.
It’s okay that He Xi didn’t have this intention before. Now that I have been involved in officialdom for a few years, I know its meaning. You can't just do it casually.
If he always wanted to be a jester next to Zhu Yuanzhang, that would be it.
Whenever he wants to do something, he can't break the rules too much, as this will hurt his popularity. Therefore, He Xi tried his best to refuse, and finally stood behind Zhu Yuanzhang. So a spot became available.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he did not force himself. He said, "Is the King of Shu here? Let him come over."
Xu Zheng said: "I will go look for you now."
In fact, He Xi stood behind Zhu Yuanzhang and occupied Xu Zheng's position. Xu Zheng could only stand back.
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Outside Yilun Hall.
Almost the entire Imperial College students are surrounding here. After all, there are not many opportunities to meet the emperor. Although it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely diligent in his administration. Courtiers were summoned almost every day and they had to go to court. It seems that it is easy to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.
But for Zhu Yuanzhang to be summoned alone, it would be impossible without the rank of minister. As for the previous court, hundreds of people were suppressed by darkness. Many petty officials could not see what Zhu Yuanzhang looked like, nor could they hear Zhu Yuanzhang's figure. Or you can only hear the words shouted by the eunuch drake.
Not to mention, these current students of the Imperial College, although they are all reserve officials. But when they become officials, it may take at least a few years or more than ten years to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.
At this moment they were madly jealous of Ming Jiantang.
Without him, after this time, it has been confirmed that Mingjiantang is the first hall of the Imperial College. Although Yilun Hall is the grandest hall of the Imperial College. But after all, it is not a place dedicated to teaching students. And Ming Jiantang's slightest move attracted the imperial commander to come in person.
It is impossible not to make these Imperial College students jealous.
Everyone is regretting why they didn't squeeze in when Mingjiantang recruited students.
At this moment, dozens of students are gathered together in Mingjiantang. It was also extremely stressful. Even the most knowledgeable students including Huang Zicheng, Lian Zining, Ding Xian and others never expected that their homework would be listened to by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Of course, if dozens of students came on stage one by one to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang, one or two days would not be enough. But where does Zhu Yuanzhang have this time?
So we just selected a few student representatives.
Huang Zicheng said: "Brother Lian, wait a moment, you are the first. Are you nervous?"
Lian Zining still had a straight face and said expressionlessly, "Why are you nervous? I have nothing to be nervous about."
Ding Xian sneered and said, "If your legs didn't shake, I would believe you."
Ding Xian, Lian and Huang have completely different personalities, although Lian and Huang are somewhat different in personality. But they are all considered young and mature. But Ding Xian was a little arrogant. It is certainly good for young people to be talented and high-spirited, but in ancient China, young and mature talents were more favored.
This is one of the reasons why Ding Xian is inferior to the two.
After listening to Ding Xian's words, Lian Zining realized that his legs had been shaking.
Lian Zining couldn't notice this kind of shaking. Lian Zining took a deep breath and closed his eyes to rest. Start meditating.
From the Neo-Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu, there is a method of meditation, and it is most suitable to use it to calm down at this moment.
It's just that no matter how calm Lian Zining appears on the outside, he is still not calm inside.
Suddenly I heard movement outside, and someone said: "Coming, coming. Coming."
Lian Zining, who was meditating, suddenly jumped up and looked eagerly in the direction of the sound, only to see a eunuch walking over. Lian Zining stood up suddenly. Excited beyond words, he was waiting for the eunuch to speak. This eunuch is Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng looked at the young man in front of him strangely, then passed by Lian Zining, came to the side, and whispered: "His Royal Highness, King of Shu, your Majesty invites you."
The King of Shu was stunned, immediately stood up, said goodbye to the classmates around him, and walked straight inside.
After King Shu left, all eyes turned to Lian Zining. Lian Zining's face changed for no reason, and he wanted to dig a hole in the ground with his toes.
However, it seemed that all the embarrassing emotions had reached their extreme, and Lian Zining was no longer nervous in an instant. It seems like that, since I'm already dead, I'm not afraid of dying again.
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The King of Shu was called to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Father."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "How is your homework? Let me take a look."
The King of Shu presented a stack of documents with both hands and said, "Please take a look at it, father."
Zhu Yuanzhang opened it, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Did you do this question?"
King Shu said: "I am not alone, there are many classmates helping me."
He Xi secretly thought: "It's not just many classmates. This assignment of King Shu is basically the collective wisdom of the entire distinguished class."
The King of Shu is not considered a leader in the honorable class. It's because the King of Shu is young, nearly ten years younger than the oldest ones. Even the prince, with such a big age gap, can't compare to Li Jinglong. But it does not mean that the King of Shu will be treated differently. On the contrary, the King of Shu is a favored and supported existence among this group of nobles.
However, the King of Shu has the nickname Shu Scholar.
There are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. Among the entire Xungui class, King Shu is very eager to learn and often attends classes. And this time, few people in the honorable class did it seriously. Their knowledge is also insufficient.
Only the King of Shu took it seriously.
It's just that King Shu is a little young after all, and he doesn't understand many things very well. However, this is not important. The King of Shu is the King of Shu, what does he really want to know. You can ask, it is difficult for someone to not give sincere advice to the King of Shu. And it does not include the Imperial College.
There is a job for the King of Shu.
What he wrote was nothing else but "A Road Test on the Mobei Grassland". I don’t know if it was stimulated by King Jin getting lost on the grassland.
Many people think that the grassland is vast and it seems that they can walk anywhere. This cannot be wrong for one person or a few people. Generally, except for some deserted areas, such as the Great Gobi, it is passable. But for the army, it is different. At least water sources must be considered along the way.
From this point of view, it is not possible to go anywhere on the grassland. It can even be said that there are few roads in the vast grassland.
The King of Shu asked many noble servants about this assignment. You must know that the Ming Dynasty fought many wars with Mongolia. The Ming army advanced into Mobei several times, not to mention recruiting and surrendering many generals who had fled back from Mobei. Otherwise, Zhang Yu, King Yan's right-hand man, escaped from Mobei.
These people know the roads on the grassland very well. In addition, the King of Shu verified the marching routes of some internal wars between Han and Xiongnu, Tang and Turks, and Mongolia one by one, and finally came up with this assignment.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so surprised that he couldn't believe it.
