Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 583

Just after the fifth watch, the sun faintly revealed its figure, impatiently wanting to rise to the sky and proclaim its status as Xia Tian.

Unexpectedly, at the fourth watch, the palace was already awakened, and many court ladies and eunuchs woke up in a hurry, and started another day of hardship in the palace.

Yongshou Palace was extremely busy that day, many eunuchs and court ladies stayed up almost all night, cleaning the inside and outside of the palace, they were panting from exhaustion.

"Your Majesty, it's the fourth watch."

The green bamboo is curled up on a blanket and wrapped in a quilt. Although it is summer, the cold ground can freeze to death at night.

After sleeping for two hours, she woke up suddenly, washed up quickly, changed her clothes, put on a sachet to get rid of the smell, and then carefully walked a few feet outside the bed.

As a slave, you not only have to sleep later than your master, but you also have to keep your whole body clean and tidy, so as not to be disgusted.

Irregular sleep, poor diet, and standing for a long time made the maids and eunuchs in the palace weak and sick, and they all relied on willpower to survive.

Dim and wide curtains enveloped the big bed, and the spices seemed to be free of money, burning continuously, repelling mosquitoes, insects, calming the nerves, incense, etc., almost drowning the bedroom in smoke.

"It's four o'clock?" On the bed, a graceful body tore off the thin quilt, revealing a beautiful face.

Xiumei frowned slightly, and she said: "Serve me!"

"Your Majesty gets up early—"

Cuizhu hurriedly responded, the eunuch at the side shouted, and the eunuchs and maids who had been preparing for a long time came in one after another, waiting for them to wash.

After a while, the entire Yongshou Palace was awake and very busy.

"How about Listening to the Rain Tower?"

Zhang Yu lightly parted her red lips, letting the court ladies to toss about her.

"Big brother didn't sleep well last night, it was only after being coaxed by the nanny for a long time that he fell asleep."

Cui Zhu brushed her hair again and said softly.

The Yongshou Palace is very large and is one of the West Six Palaces. It is exclusively in charge of Zhuang Concubine Zhang Yu, including Tingyulou, Mofengyuan, Yuyingzhai, Suyaxuan, Ninghuizhou and other side hall palaces. Talented people wait.

But now the emperor is not very fond of concubines, there are only a dozen concubines, so the Yongshou Palace is empty, except for the best Tingyu Building, where the eldest prince Zhu Cunkang lives.

In the generation of surviving characters, the third character does not have the five elements. This is because the emperor had to forcibly create characters because the old Zhu family had too many names, so he simply abolished them.

That is, in the genealogy, the word Kang is added next to the word Kang, but in fact it is still the word Kang.

In fact, a few months ago, the First Prince was still sleeping in the attached hall, and Concubine Zhuang was worried about sleeping in other places.

But in the end, he wanted to be enlightened, and he had passed the dangerous period of dying at the age of three, so he was listening to Yuxuan not far away.

After a while, Zhu Cunkang, who was neatly dressed, took small steps under the leadership of several nannies, saluting in an orderly way:
"Greetings, baby, concubine mother."

"The ground is cold, my son, get up quickly."

Seeing his son kneeling on the blanket, Zhang Yu immediately cried out in distress, almost hugging him in his arms.

"Yeah!" Zhu Cunkang nodded and smiled, and was carried into the seat by the nanny. After all, the villain has short legs.

After a while, the three-year-old third princess also ran over, coquettishly in Zhang Yu's arms and did not want to come down.

"Let's eat!"

Zhang Yu smiled lightly, watching his children eating, he was very happy.

"My son is going to study today, but he has to pay a respectful visit to Mr. He must be obedient, you know?"

"My son knows." Zhu Cunkang nodded, his face full of seriousness.

Although he is five years old, as early as last year, his mother and concubine asked the palace maid to teach him how to read, so as to make preparations in advance so as not to disappoint the husband.

In other words, let the emperor down.

Surrounded by a large group of people, they carried the young prince to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is located on the west side of the Qianqing Palace. Although the scale is relatively small, there are still thirteen side halls, which are the emperor's private halls and where they rest.

Obviously, the emperor paid more attention to the education of the prince than before Chongzhen, and even placed it by his side to watch.

"Your Majesty is just like the great ancestor back then!"

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Guozijian Jijiu Fuying, along with Dr. Shangxun and Zhan Mingjie, were sitting intently, thinking about how to carry out enlightenment.

Fu Ying is the oldest and has the highest official position, but he is still proud of being able to enlighten the prince, especially the eldest son of the prince is only five years old, which really makes him feel a lot of emotion.

"Yes!"

Two others agreed.

"However, the second son..."

"It's just enlightenment, don't think too much about it."

Fu Ying shook her head and said, "Your Majesty attaches great importance to the education of the prince, which is a good thing."

In the early years of the dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely strict with the education of the princes. Although the education of the eldest son was better, the other princes were still strict.

Without him, he was fighting the world almost alone, with too few clans, so he naturally hoped that his sons could grow up and help him, this old man.

When Chengzu Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he continued to educate his eldest son unabated, and set up a young army himself to train military talents for his grandson without worrying about rebellion.

But for the education of the bastards, there is too much waste, and they almost follow the trend.

There is nothing wrong with this, the crown prince is the heir, so it will be no problem to train him well.

Unexpectedly, Xiaozong had only one son, Zhengde, and he doted on him endlessly, which made the education of Donggong fail completely.

When he arrived in Wanli, he was entangled with the prince for 15 years. By the time he accepted his fate, Guangzong would be an adult, so there would be no Donggong education.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the prince left the cabinet at the age of eight, that is, the enlightenment was completed at the age of eight, and formal teaching began.

However, Guangzong was 13 years old when he left the cabinet, but it was soon interrupted, and he was an adult when he continued to study. In other words, he has always maintained the level of elementary school.

When Xi Zong was born, he was even more young than blue. In the year he ascended the throne, he was 17 years old and left the cabinet. He had been in kindergarten for more than ten years. If he hadn't become the emperor, he really wouldn't have graduated.

So in his eyes, those memorials and chapters are like ordinary people reading classical Chinese.

As for Chongzhen, he has received more than ten years of happy education.

Therefore, the internal friction during the Shenzong period of the Ming Dynasty ruined the Ming Dynasty, which had little vitality, and actually died in Wanli. It is true.

"Your Majesty is here too!"

When the king's chariot came, there was also an exclamation from the side.

Fu Ying was startled, and the three hurriedly knelt down to salute.

"Get up!"

I saw the emperor holding his son's hand and slowly entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this time, the Hall of Mental Cultivation has been transformed into a school, with desks that have already been prepared, and the smell of books is very strong.

At the forefront, there are blackboards and chalk, which are from the military school.

"Although this is an enlightenment, respecting the teacher is unavoidable."

After the emperor said, he asked people to carry many things. "This is Shu Xiu."

Ten strips of marinated premium ham, as well as some sujin and other things.

And Zhu Cunkang knelt down neatly and kowtowed to the three of them: "Student Zhu Cunkang has met three masters."

(End of this chapter)