It's New Year's Day in the fourth year of Jianwen.
Royal Palace, Meridian Gate.
It was still dark and the chill was coming.
Civil and military officials came in droves. The civil servants stood in the north of the Wen Building, facing the west, and the military attaches stood in the north of the Wu Building, facing the east.
Envoys from foreign vassals, eminent Buddhist monks, Taoist monks, and famous elders served as ministers to the south and to the west.
To the west of Danbi in Fengtian Hall is the front office of the palace, with three commanding officers standing facing east. To the east of Danbi are three people from the Xuanhui Courtyard, standing to the west.
Officials such as Shang Baoqing, Gai Shizhong, Yushi, and Dingzhu are located in the east of the main hall, and the imperial officials of various Beijing army commanders are located in the west of the main hall.
To the north and south of Danbi stood four whip-screaming guards.
Huang Guan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the internal emissary and supervisor placed the edict for the crown prince on the edict case in the palace, took out the crown prince's treasure from the box in the pavilion, and placed it on the album and treasure case in the palace. The book is in front, the treasure is in the back,
The rising sun rises in the east, and the sky and earth become clear.
In the Fengtian Hall and the square outside the hall, sandalwood incense lingers from the burnt stove.
Boom, boom, boom!
With the sound of drums, the Jinwu Guards, brightly armored and mighty, lined up on the east and west sides of the Meridian Gate, and flag guards lined up on the east and west sides of the Fengtian Gate. There are also the guard of honor and the honor horse team returning to their respective positions.
The second tong drum sounded, and all the officials went to the Jinshen Hall to welcome the treasures.
Zhu Yunwen was wearing a royal robe and was sitting in the Jinshen Hall. Zhu Wenkui was led by the etiquette officer to go outside the Fengtian Hall.
When the time came, Zhu Yunwen took the imperial carriage out of Jinshen Hall and went to Fengtian Hall.
Great music arose, and the ceremonial flags rustled.
Zhu Yunwen walked out of the imperial palace and took his seat in the Fengtian Hall Dabao. At this time, Zhu Wenkui, led by officials, entered the Fengtian Hall Square from the east gate of Fengtian Gate and entered the Fengtian Hall to bow.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Wenkui. Although he was young, he already knew a lot of things. He was not a genius, but he was a very hard-working, motivated and smart child. He knew how to draw inferences from one example and could endure hardship.
In any case, Ming Dynasty needs a qualified successor. He must be able to understand his own thoughts, understand his own direction of governing the country, and understand the laws of historical development itself.
And this takes a long time and requires him to be wise, knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and edified.
Give him thirty years!
He is thirty-four and he is fifty-four. He was in his prime, and he was entering old age.
Good.
The ceremony of canonizing a prince is very complicated and lengthy, with ritual music, the internal praise officer singing, and saluting, and then there is the ritual music again, the internal praise officer singing, and saluting...
After that, the cabinet minister Xie Jin awarded the book treasure, and then read the book treasure, performed ritual music, and the internal praise officer sang and saluted...
Hundreds of civil and military officials welcomed him to the East Palace and placed the treasures there.
The Ministry of Rites opened the book and established the edict, went to read it outside the Meridian Gate, and announced it to the world.
Okay, but here, the etiquette is finally one-eighth complete.
Later, the prince came to express his gratitude to the queen, which lasted for nearly an hour. After that, the prince entered the East Palace. The princes of the feudal lords still needed to pay their respects. There were also officials who came in to express their gratitude to the queen. After some etiquette, there was ritual music again, and internal praise and official praise. Sing, salute...
In addition to officials and vassal kings, court wives also need to enter the palace to congratulate the queen. There is also a set of etiquette, ritual music, internal praise officials singing, and salutes...
In Zhu Yunwen's view, those who come up with such a set of etiquette are simply psychologically dark, tossing people around indiscriminately, just be more solemn and solemn, and just do things one by one, run here and there, salute here and salute there, A few hours here, a few hours there, endless...
But there is no way. Even though Zhu Yunwen is the emperor, he can't shake this old-fashioned etiquette routine, and it is well-founded. Your father and you have all come this way, and your son is no exception...
Respect heaven and ancestors, follow the rules, and do things according to the rules. Don't worry, the prince will need to go to the ancestral temple later.
What, it’s night?
Okay, let's continue tomorrow...
A good New Year's Day made Zhu Wenkui almost vomited. If he hadn't been trained by Liu Changge for a period of time before, he would have laid down now. Fortunately, not much happened after the canonization. Apart from moving, not much changed.
"I now appoint an official in the East Palace, taking the merits and virtues of the court officials and their experience as well as their duties. The old people are old and have their own rules. If the new sages also choose to use them. The husband appoints the virtuous and talented, which is the foundation of a country. He respects virtue and respects teeth. The way to respect the virtuous is to guide and guide people, and each person should perform his or her duties. Therefore, a bundle of trees must be given to a good craftsman; a jade worth ten thousand gold must not be given to a poor worker..."
Zhu Yunwen issued an order to select officials from the East Palace.
Considering that the cabinet members Xie Jin, Yu Xin and others could not enter the East Palace at the same time, and that they were important personnel of the imperial court and could not be separated, Zhu Yunwen did not set up the crown prince, grand master, or young master.
After the recommendation of hundreds of officials, the cabinet discussed with the six ministries, and finally Zhu Yunwen revised it and determined the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace.
Yao Guangxiao was appointed as the Young Master of Zhan Shifu. Yang Rong, Hu Hu, Yang Pu, Jin Youzi and others entered Zhan Shifu and were appointed as Zuo Chunfang bachelor, Zuo Chunfang Zuo Zhongyun, You Chunfang bachelor and You Chunfang Zuo. Zhongyun.
Yang Rong and Yang Pu are still in Jiaozhi, and it will take several months for their troops to return to the court, so Yao Guangxiao is temporarily in charge.
Yang Shiqi is also on the recommendation list of the six ministries and the cabinet, but Yang Shiqi is too busy. There are so many branches of the Imperial College that he needs to take care of, and he needs to take care of the junior colleges. He also needs to deal with issues in various states, counties and social sciences. He also needs to receive receptions at the moment. People from all over the country come to Beijing to teach, teach, and teach, and they are really busy trying to solve the problem of teaching materials.
Zhan Shifu is the most important official in the East Palace besides the Prince's Grand Master and the Prince's Young Master. Considering that the Prince's Grand Master and Prince's Young Master are sometimes just honorary titles and spiritual comfort, Zhan Shifu can be said to be the most important official around the Prince. Personnel responsible for all internal affairs of the prince.
On the National Day after New Year's Day, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Wenkui had fun with the people for the first time, praying for good weather and peace for the country and the people in the new year.
Behind the sound of joy, Bingke stopped writing for Wang Tan, looked at the memorial in front of him silently, then got up, took out a package from the study room, walked to the back room, and handed it to himself Cui Shi, the person in charge, said: "There are twenty taels of silver here, which I earned from my salary as an official for many years. After I die, you can take your children home. The capital is prosperous and it is not easy to live there."
After Mrs. Cui heard this, she was stunned and quickly cried and pulled Wang Tan: "Husband, why is this?"
Wang Tan lamented: "The civil and military officials in the court are all flattering and do not dare to speak out. However, the crisis has emerged. As a minister, I must speak out. Once I submit a letter, I will offend Tian Yan, and life or death is uncertain!"
Ms. Cui cried bitterly: "Can't I just write a letter?"
"I am an official of the imperial court and have the responsibilities of supervisor and assistant. How can I just sit back and do nothing?"
Wang Tan said solemnly.
Ms. Cui did not want Wang Tan to write a letter: "There are countless officials in the court, but no one speaks out. You must not stand out. Once the emperor is angry, how will our family live?"
Wang Tan waved his hand and said seriously: "I died for the country. You don't have to be sad. My children will be proud of me in the future."
It was difficult for Cui to understand Wang Tan's code of conduct, but he had already decided that he had no other choice but to shed tears and wait for his future fate.
The second day, the third day...
Time passes day by day, but Wang Tan's memorial has not yet been sent. The reason is very simple. There is no office during the New Year, and you have to go through the process to hand over the notes. No one will hand it to you, so just wait slowly.
Imperial College.
Yang Shiqi led the deans of various academies to welcome Confucian teachers and teachers from all over the country who arrived in Beijing. Most of them were teachers and tutors from prefectures, counties, and social schools across the country. Some of them were famous Confucian teachers and private school teachers, such as Sun- Wen Ju, Zhang Bozhi, Zou Ji, Cheng Jiyi, Yang Changfeng, Chen Ding and so on.
Among these education and training, many people came from the Imperial College and went directly from the Imperial College to teach locally. This time they returned to the capital, and they felt warm and missed.
"The emperor issued an order to summon you all to Beijing for three things." Yang Shiqi stood on the high platform and shouted loudly. There were nearly two thousand people in the audience, and there was silence: "First, you have paid a lot for education this year. , the imperial court summoned him to express condolences and commend outstanding gentlemen to encourage people.”
Sun Wenju and others couldn't help being happy when they heard this.
In the second year of the Hajj, many officials were rewarded. Are you ready to reward Mr. Wang at the beginning of this year? It seems that the imperial court's attitude towards education is serious, and it is not just issuing a decree and letting it develop.
Yang Shiqi continued: "Secondly, in order to promote education, the imperial court is collecting and compiling teaching materials. In the future, whether it is social studies, county schools, government schools, or Imperial College, teaching will be based on textbooks. However, the collection and compilation of social studies textbooks is related to education. The fundamental reason is that the Imperial College does not dare to specialize in it, and it requires everyone to work together, contribute their wisdom, and participate in it."
Hearing this, the originally quiet crowd became a little noisy.
Zhang Bozhi and Sun Wenju nodded repeatedly. The emergence of teaching materials and blackboards made education more orderly. Although the early Imperial College teaching materials were not suitable for social studies and were only suitable for county schools and government schools, their enthusiasm is worthy of recognition.
Yang Changfeng frowned. This was all based on textbooks. How could he earn a living in a private school in the future?
Isn't the imperial court going to destroy the private school's job?
Cheng Jiyi pondered that although textbooks have their benefits, the textbooks themselves cannot contain too much essence. For example, the previous Imperial College textbooks for county schools did not allow students to recite the full text of the Four Books and Five Classics, but only some chapters. It is really unreasonable. This time , be sure to ask the people in the Imperial College what they think, and do you still want to think of a great Confucian?
Now it has reached out to social studies textbooks again. The Imperial College has destroyed the foundation of education!
If for a long time, the education of the Ming Dynasty has been fragmented in terms of civilization and spirit, and if you dare to speak out even if you have only a little understanding of it, wouldn't it be a shame?
Zou Ji was not happy either. The Imperial College was the dominant family and took the lead in the compilation of all aspects of teaching materials. The local government could only watch helplessly and accept the books when the time came, without any sense of participation.
Now that I think about it, we were asked to participate, but I am a county school student, not a social studies student. Can I participate?
Yang Shiqi looked at everyone and knew that the issue of teaching materials had indeed touched many people, but there was no way. This was the only feasible way to popularize education and enlighten people's wisdom, and no one could stop it.
PS:
Thanks to "vstinkyshamelessv" for your reward and encouragement. Let me rest for a while. When I finish my big work next month, there will be more updates.
