The next day, Zhu Yijun bid farewell to Empress Dowager Li. The eunuch Zhang Jing, the eunuch Zhang Jing and the eunuch Zhang Jing, the eunuch who delivered the order, went to the Wenhua Hall to attend the lecture surrounded by everyone. According to the regular practice that started in the sixth year of Longqing, on the second, twelfth, and twenty-second of each month, the emperor would give lectures in the Wenhua Hall. Its rituals are much more solemn than those of Riyue, and are equivalent to a trumpet sutra banquet. The dates of this lecture and the morning lecture were reversed and changed to today.
In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Zhang Juzheng submitted the "Emperor's Illustrations" due to his young age. It was compiled by Ma Ziqiang and other lecturers after studying the deeds of emperors in the past dynasties. It selected eighty-one things that "good things can be virtuous" and "evil things can be done." Thirty-six postures for the precepts, with pictures and texts. He also submitted eight articles of "Notes on Daily Lectures", stipulating the emperor's curriculum in detail, and requiring that "except in severe cold or severe heat, lectures and readings should not be stopped." It can be said that he was extremely concerned about the emperor's education issues, even more than Emperor Longqing's requirements. strict.
This time, the ministers, ministers, imperial censors, political envoys, and Hanlin scholars served as the banquet officials and attendants respectively. The officials of Honglu Temple and Jinyiweitang were in charge of chanting (calling slogans). Zhang Juzheng is the speaker today, Tao Dalin and Xu Guoshi are the speakers. Although Zhang Juzheng felt that the emperor's sacred learning was developing, he did not encourage it and continued to lecture on "The Emperor's Illustrations". I talked about it for a few paragraphs, and mentioned that Song Renzong didn’t like pearl powder. The story is very simple: During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, people in the palace liked to wear pearl jewelry, so the price of pearls in the capital was very high. One day, Renzong saw Concubine Zhang wearing pearls on her head and said, "It's not taboo to have a head full of white." Concubine Zhang and her harem stopped wearing pearls, and the price of pearls in the capital fell.
Zhang Juzhengjin preached: "A wise king values grain but despises gold and jade. Grain nourishes people, so the sage king values it. Although gold and jade are valuable, they cannot be eaten when hungry and cannot be clothed when cold. They are not worth two bahts. They are a waste of people's wealth and are not suitable for use." Therefore, "The Book" says: 'Do not do anything that is useless or harmful, but do something useful; do not value foreign objects but cheaply use them.' This is the way to be good."
Zhu Yijun's ex-wife in his last life liked luxury goods very much. Although he had a rich family fortune, he also had several quarrels with her. After listening to Zhang Juzheng's speech, he felt that it made sense, so he said: "The treasure of a country lies in its virtuous ministers. What's the use of treasures like pearls and jade!"
Zhang Juzheng led the ministers to kowtow and said: "The emperor said this, it is a blessing to the gods of the country."
The corner of Zhu Yijun's mouth twitched, and he said in a narrow voice: "But the women in the palace are so good at dressing up. I reward them during the Chinese New Year. I always save money, but it's annoying."
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Yijun sternly. Zhu Yijun looked at him, and Zhang Juzheng knelt down and protested: "The affairs of the country are so dense, how much is accumulated in the treasury now? Only the Holy One will pay attention, if there are any annoying talkers in the harem, depose them!"
Zhu Yijun felt bored and knew that he was facing the scholar-bureaucrats of this generation with the attitude of later generations, so he was secretly cautious. He nodded and said: "Master Zhang said that I should take the Holy Ancestor as my dharma."
Zhang Juzheng said happily: "Since ancient times, saints have suffered no hardships like my saint ancestors. They were homeless when they were young and had no way to make ends meet. When Renzu and Queen Wenchun passed away, they could not have a coffin, so they were buried. And when they ascended to the great treasure, The crystal palace of the Yuan Dynasty leaked, and his life was broken! Empress Xiaoci personally mended the clothes and shoes of the soldiers. I secretly thought that the holy ancestor had the heart of heaven as his heart, so he was able to create great achievements and spread it to the emperor. The emperor can have the heart of the holy ancestor as his heart. , we will be able to maintain our great legacy forever and spread it to all borders.”
After two exchanges of answers, Zhu Yijun completely understood the template of the ideal emperor in the minds of these "virtuous ministers". He was secretly calculating in his heart, but said in his mouth: "I dare not not follow the teachings of the ancestors, but I am fortunate to have mentored you."
The two exchanged some words, and Zhang Juzheng continued to talk for a while. The internal supervisor reminded the chanting officer to let the emperor take a break between classes.
When Zhu Yijun entered the left room of Wenhua Palace, he was exhausted. All the officials in the palace were whispering and stretching their waists. While Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes and fell asleep, a young eunuch came out and said, "Mr. Zhang, the emperor has asked you to come in." After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng moved into the left room.
After paying homage, Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Sir, look at this."
Zhang Juzheng saw a wooden box about one and a half feet high placed on the table, inlaid with gold and jade. There was a crystal cover under the box, and inside there was a round copper cake swinging left and right. There is also a silver disk on the top of the box, densely engraved with time symbols such as Zizhu and Zizheng. A pointer on the top points to the scale on the disk, which is correct.
Zhang Juzheng has never seen a clock, but he is extremely intelligent. Nai smiled and said: "This thing can tell time?"
Zhu Yijun said: "That's right. I call it the "clock". It was made by the craftsmen in the palace. When compared with the Qin Tianjian, the time is half a quarter slower every day, but it is extremely ingenious."
Zhang Jing joked from the side: "The heavy hammer and escapement used in this clock were obtained by the emperor after he inspected the objects. How can there be any craftsmen in the palace..."
Zhu Yijun couldn't stop him in time, and he was upset. Sure enough, Zhang Juzheng raised his eyebrows and shouted with anger: "You eunuchs who dare to seduce the emperor to indulge in strange and obscene things should indeed die!"
Zhang Jingnai was the director of etiquette in the inner court, and Zhu Yijun came up with the idea of a clock when he was visiting the palace. He was a man who loved to work hard, and he supervised the construction of a clock with great enthusiasm to please the emperor. Previously, because Zhu Yijun wanted to make toothbrushes and other items, he had to do it all by himself.
At this time, Zhang Jing's power position was only under Zhang Hong and Chen Ju. This time Feng Bao was in trouble. Zhang Hong and Chen Ju were promoted to palm seal and admiral of Dongchang, but they had nothing to do. They felt very disappointed. He was more thoughtful about the camp and never missed every opportunity to flatter Zhu Yijun.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng scolded him as "eunuch" just after he took a photo, and he almost burst into anger. He had been in power in the inner palace for many years, but his ability to complain had not diminished at all. At this moment, he knelt down straight, with red circles under his eyes, and said nothing.
Zhu Yijun raised his forehead and said, "Master, don't be upset, this matter is..."
Zhang Juzheng's anger did not subside and he actually interrupted Zhu Yijun and said: "Your Majesty, when the minister came to speak, he thought that the emperor understood it clearly. However, he misunderstood the saint's teachings and studied strange and obscene techniques in the name of 'investigating things'? This must be He is bewitching the Holy Heart from left to right, and I ask the Emperor to kill this treacherous evil spirit who shakes the King's heart!"
When Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing, he saw that he still didn't say a word, just knocked his head on the ground, tears rolling down drop by drop. He said helplessly: "Why is this so?"
Zhang Juzheng bowed his waist and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't you hear that 'don't do good deeds because they are small, and don't do evil deeds because they are small?' In the past, when Zhou was like an image, he was frightened, and I was worried about its beginning!" "
After Zhu Yijun heard this, his anger welled up. He originally wanted to use the clock to make a fuss, but unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng became angry even faster and regarded the clock as a scourge. As a minister, the emperor was compared to King Zhou, and he really showed his power. How could Zhu Yijun give in if he wanted to take the lead in reform? With a frosty face on his face, he looked directly at Zhang Juzheng and shouted: "Sir, this is too much!"
