282 The Prince’s Education Issues

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"The Ming Dynasty vassal issue is now a very serious issue. When I was in Xi'an, I had already decided to abolish the hereditary system starting from my son, and the title will decrease with each generation. I believe there should have been rumors in the capital."

After hearing what the emperor said, Queen Zhou immediately put aside other thoughts and listened with concentration.

"If the vassal system is not reformed, this alone will bring down the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I have made up my mind that the reform of the vassal system is imperative. However, I must make proper arrangements for my son. "Emperor Chongzhen looked at Queen Zhou and said, "I don't want them to just eat and wait to die. I hope they can all leave their names in the history of Qing Dynasty, so that they will be born in the royal family in vain!"

After hearing this, Queen Zhou's eyes lit up, leaving her name in history?

"I decided to let them learn all kinds of knowledge from an early age, choose the one they like, and then master it. I believe that with my help, they will definitely be able to leave their names in history! As for the prince, he also has to learn, but not like before The imperial mentality, I call it management, the knowledge of managing the Ming Empire."

Although Queen Zhou had other children, the one she cared about the most was of course the prince. Hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, he was naturally happy. The emperor is wise and teaches in person. It would be best if the prince could be as wise as his father.

But who knows, Emperor Chongzhen changed the topic and said to her: "But the prince grew up in the palace and did not know the sufferings of the people. This has been shown many times and I am very dissatisfied. Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once said that the people are like water." , you are like a boat, the water can carry the boat but also capsize it. If he doesn’t know this, I won’t trust that the country and the country will be passed on to him in the future.”

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!" In this regard, Queen Zhou, who also grew up in a small family and suffered hardships, immediately nodded in agreement, but she also changed the topic and defended her son, "But the prince is still young and not sensible yet, your majesty Teach him and he will understand."

"Well, so I decided to let him experience life in the palace first, doing things that ordinary palace maids and chamberlains do, and things that the palace guards do. Then, I also plan to let him go out of the palace to see the sufferings of the people. , Understand the real situation among the people. It is impossible to truly understand the Ming Empire and become a good emperor just by staying in the palace for a lifetime."

Although Emperor Chongzhen had made preparations in advance, when he said it now, Empress Zhou was still shocked. She couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Your Majesty, the prince has a distinguished status, so..."

"Huh?" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen snorted loudly, and immediately said with obvious dissatisfaction, "As a superior, if you always remember that you have a noble status and draw a clear line between yourself and others, you will be giving yourself to How can I manage the Ming Empire well when I have become a lonely man? Whether you are noble or not is not so shallow. If I go to sweep the floor, am I not noble? If I go into battle and fight, is it not noble? To manage an empire well, first of all Want to win the admiration of the ministers and the people, rather than just relying on status? Just this time, whether it is you or the prince, as long as someone is more aware of the people's sentiments, how can they not know what those two people usually do? "

This statement of Emperor Chongzhen had never been heard before, and Queen Zhou was a little shocked when she heard it. Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did not mention this at the beginning, so she was not so sudden. After digesting it for a while, she came back to her senses. When she was about to speak, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Of course, I just raised the question For example, there are various ways to be close to the people, and there are also various ways to understand the people's sentiments. But no matter what, when the prince was still young, he should let go, experience it for himself, and see the real world with his own eyes. Note If you live in the words of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, you can become a good emperor."

Queen Zhou was a little confused, and she couldn't accept these new ideas for a while. But the Emperor Shengming, what he said will definitely not be wrong. Also, the prince is his biological son, how can he still harm the prince?

Thinking like this, she forced a smile and said: "Everything is up to His Majesty's arrangement. I believe the Prince will benefit a lot!"

"Well!" Emperor Chongzhen wanted her attitude, so he nodded and said, "Soon I will issue an order that Zhang Zilong from the Agriculture Department and Song Yingxing from the Kaiwu Department will teach them, and all other princes and princesses will also listen. .After studying for a period of time, I will personally assess them."

It can be said that Zhang Zilong and Song Yingxing actually represent the new learning, which is the science and technology of later generations. Let’s give a general explanation first, and there will be experiments to do. I believe that some of these princes and princesses will be interested.

With interest and the royal resources, it is not difficult for them to become proficient in certain aspects. What's more, Emperor Chongzhen's insight came from later generations. With just a little help, they would be able to leave their names in a certain industry.

In the opinion of Emperor Chongzhen, this kind of arrangement is not much better than the vassal style of hanging around and waiting to die.

Emperor Chongzhen made it clear to Empress Zhou, and he would also explain it to the other concubines later. But it will be better if Queen Zhou talks about it first and lets the concubines digest it before talking about it.

Two days later, Emperor Chongzhen took care of the palace and officially issued an edict, instructing Zhang Zilong to explain "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" to the princes and princes, and Song Yingxing to explain "Tiangong Kaiwu" to the princes and princes.

As soon as this decree was issued, it immediately aroused discussion among the government and the public.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen established a new yamen for the two of them. We can already know how much the emperor valued the agricultural affairs involved in "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" and how much he valued the agricultural and industrial encyclopedia mentioned in "Tiangong Kaiwu". However, they did not expect that the emperor actually asked his sons, especially the prince, to learn this. Doesn't that mean that the next generation of emperors of the Ming Dynasty will also be familiar with these and value them? Looking at this posture, is it going to be passed down as a millennium plan?

After understanding this situation, some people who originally resisted these miscellaneous studies and did not pay much attention to them had to pay attention to them. Therefore, rumors spread at the same time that the emperor and the prince were so concerned about these things that maybe there would be changes in the imperial examination in the future!

This saying has a nose and eyes.

After all, the emperor's current attention is obvious to everyone. Not only does he require the chief officials in various places to be familiar with the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", but even the prince and prince have learned it. How can you guarantee that the emperor will not go further?

Most scholars are actually opposed to situations that may arise in the future. In their view, the Four Books and Five Classics are orthodox.

However, now it is just a rumor after all. Even if they want to object, they cannot object. They can only emphasize the importance of the Four Books and Five Classics in their daily speech.

Emperor Chongzhen understood this situation very clearly and expected it.

In fact, he was the one who spread that rumor, just to let them know first and let them get used to it. When the conditions became familiar, of course he would reform the imperial examination. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty’s science and technology would not be able to reach the height of orthodox academics.

After finishing this work, it is already the end of October in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and it will soon be November.

At this time, the Jianlu army led by Duduo and Hauge finally reached Guanning after a long journey.

Seeing that they were about to reach Tashan, Hauge couldn't help but said to Dodo: "I heard that the last time you attacked Tashan, many people died, and they even killed them. Is this the case? "

The last time they entered the customs, during the Battle of Tianjin, the Manchu and Qing troops suffered heavy casualties and even lost half of their looted population and materials. Huang Taiji deliberately handled this kind of matter in a low-key manner, but it could not be concealed from the top management of the Manchu Qing Dynasty no matter what. Therefore, Haug was often ridiculed by some people, including Dodo, who did not deal with him very well.

Therefore, when he saw Tashan in sight, Haug seized this opportunity and wanted to go back for revenge.

Duduo acted with Huang Taiji, and of course participated in the siege of Tashan. Hearing Hauge use this to ridicule himself at this time, he actually wanted to say that your father was too timid to attack with all his strength, otherwise, he would have been defeated long ago.

But at this time, Huang Taiji was no longer someone Duduo could ridicule. Otherwise, Huang Taiji would definitely be unable to bear it if he dealt with him.

Therefore, when Duduo felt a little aggrieved, he shouted coldly: "Last time, the Ming army in Tashan was already disabled. This time, I will definitely capture Tashan. As for you, no Do you know what to expect? If you are dawdling on the road, you will already have no food to grab!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't want to hear Hauge's rebuttal, so he clamped his legs on the war horse and jumped out with a "whoosh".

Hauge opened his mouth and was about to speak, but was disappointed. He couldn't help but became furious and shouted loudly behind him: "Aren't you unable to beat me down? I'm here to show you, this Tashan is mine!"

Originally, he wanted to laugh at Duduo and then say that he would shoot him down to show him, but he didn't expect that Duduo got there first and ran away without giving him a chance to speak. Suddenly, Hauge felt so angry!

Previously, these Manchu and Qing Tatars had learned that Tashan guard Jin Guofeng had been promoted and his troops had been replenished, but they were all new soldiers, old and weak.

This was all within their expectations. After fighting against each other for so many years, these Manchu and Qing Tatars also had a very clear idea of ​​Guan Ning's situation. I know that the elite of Guan Ning's army is the ancestral army. As for the others, they are just a mixed bag of troops. It is also for this reason that Huang Taiji attaches great importance to Zu Dashou and does everything possible to win over the influence of the Zu family.

In the past, the few direct descendants of Tashan guard Jin Guofeng had already fought hard. Moreover, Tashan is not as high as Jinzhou. It does not have such a high city wall and there are not so many Hongyi cannons. Therefore, in the eyes of these Manchu and Qing Tatars, they can at least easily capture Tashan if they come here this time.

Duduo in front actually knew that Hauge also wanted to take credit, so he ran very fast and was ready to strike first.

But after running for a while, Tanma turned around. When he saw Duoduo, he quickly reported: "The guard of Tashan is not Jin Guofeng. The flag is Zu, and it should be Zu Dashou's men."

When Duduo heard this, he was stunned. How could Zu Dashou come to guard Tashan? This makes no sense!

When he was wondering, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind him. He rolled his eyes and immediately waved the horse to explore again. Then he stopped and turned around to look, and sure enough he saw Hauge catching up.

So, he immediately shouted in a cold voice: "Just now you said that Tashan is yours, then let me ask you, what should you do if you can't defeat it?"

"This is impossible!" Hauge was stunned and did not pay attention to the matter of exploring the horse. He immediately pretended to be confident and said, "Even in the pass, the Ming army would not dare to fight me. If I were not in the rear army, , how could the Ming army win the battle of Tianjin! If I really want to fight on this mere Tashan, it’s no big deal!"

Hearing this, Duduo couldn't help but asked: "What about Jiajiazhuang?"

When Hauge heard this, his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he immediately retorted: "Is it my fault? Why didn't you ask Dorgon? If the death order hadn't been issued, I would have conquered Jiajiazhuang!"

However, he also understood that he had nothing to do with Jiajiazhuang after fighting for so long, so he took the initiative to change the subject and said: "Stop talking nonsense, don't argue with me this time, let's see how I win Tashan." !”

"Okay, if you can't take Tashan, you have to abide by the rules and call me uncle!" Duduo immediately sneered.

Although he is younger than Haug, he is the son of Boar Skin. Logically speaking, he should be called uncle, but Hauge is not willing to call him uncle. In front of him, when there is no one else, I will also call him uncle. Nothing less to say.

When Hauge heard this, he immediately asked, "What if I take Tashan?"

"Whatever you said!" Duduo seemed to be a bachelor and replied without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Hauge pointed at Duduo arrogantly and said, "I think the woman you just snatched looks good. Send her to my house yourself!"

After he finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed, then drove his horse away first.

Duduo looked at his back with hatred in his eyes, sneered and shouted in a low voice: "Idiot!"

Don't look at him surrendering to Huang Taiji, but in his heart, he always remembered that Xian Khan intended for him to succeed the Khan. It's Hauge's idiot father. Huang Taiji forced his mother to death, not only took his position, but kept suppressing him. This hatred is buried deep in my heart.

Besides, Hauge excitedly led his men to Tashan and took a look, and was immediately dumbfounded. He knew how powerful the Zu Family Army was. If Tashan was guarded by Zu Dashou himself, he wouldn't be able to defeat it casually.

In the original Battle of Daling River, Huang Taiji gathered all the troops from across the country and used a siege method while the Daling River was not repaired. It took several months and was won only after the city was cut off from food and grass. But with his current military strength, how could he possibly defeat Tashan!

At this time, Hauge thought of Duduo's change in attitude, and immediately knew that he had been deceived by Duduo, and couldn't help but itch with hatred.

The Tashan guard is indeed Zu Dashou. He had just finished changing defenses. He originally thought he could return to Jinzhou after staying for half a year. Unexpectedly, the Jianlu didn't stop and came again so soon.

So, he immediately held a military meeting to discuss the military situation.