eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 1

It was late at night, but there was light shining from an ordinary room in the capital. The flickering candles went up and down, reflecting the faces of several angry middle-aged men sitting around the room.

"The "Eastern Palace Out of the Pavilion Lectures Book" was retained."

"Although your Majesty is in his prime, he was unwilling to accept a concubine at first, and now he only has an only son, and he repeatedly delays the period of giving lectures in the East Palace! In two or three months, His Majesty will be eight years old. Children, it's time to learn from a teacher and enlighten you!"

"That's right! Taizu once said: the son of the emperor is different from the son of the nobles and common people. The son of the prince and the common people is the prosperity and decline of the family, and the son of the emperor is the safety of the world. You bear the weight of the master, and you will have the responsibility of the world." Also. His Majesty's family affairs are also state affairs, how can you miss such a major event as studying in the Eastern Palace because of your love for your son?!"

"Yes! I'm going to play it again! I'm going to play it!"

……

The surroundings of the Xiefang Hall in the Eastern Palace are also pitch black.

In the darkness, with a creak, the palace door opened, and a lantern floated out.

"Where are we going?" A seven or eight-year-old child asked the old eunuch who was holding his hand.

"Go to see the emperor, the emperor is overworked and has fallen ill."

"What's the matter recently? Let the father worry so much?"

The old eunuch continued to hold the cock's throat and said: "There are some annoying people in the outer court. They want to force the emperor to make his highness study and study every day from morning to night. Those days are boring and hard. But they don't care as much as the emperor. Your Highness."

"Forcing... the emperor?"

In the past, these were historical terms for him, but now they all appear around him.

The old eunuch couldn't explain in a few words who could force the emperor, so he just sighed, "Your Highness will understand when he grows up."

The person who spoke was Liu Jin.

After walking for a long time, Zhu Houzhao, who had small hands and feet, was also a little out of breath.Especially at night when it was windy, he couldn't keep his eyes open.

The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, but there was no movement, and the eunuchs and maids who passed by even walked lightly.

Before he reached the dragon bed, he heard coughing.

Zhu Houzhao got a "go in" look from Liu Jin, and he himself recalled the etiquette in the TV series, and then walked in.

"My son, see the royal father."

"Zhao'er...?" The emperor stretched his hand in the yellow cuff towards his son.

Zhu Houzhao was a little curious, and looked up at the emperor.

It was found that the bags under his eyes were slightly dark, but his lips were white. From the appearance of his bones, he was a thin person, with a square face that forced a smile.

He also knows the history.Calculating based on his own age, the emperor probably hasn't reached thirty yet, which is really a crime.

Not to mention that this man is his father, even if he ran into him on the road, he would feel some compassion.

"Father..." Zhu Houzhao squeezed the emperor's hand, which was somewhat cold, and his heart was always tugging.

"Father, it's okay. Father just misses you." The emperor tilted his head and tried his best to smile at his son, his eyes full of doting.

Then he took a long breath with some difficulty, looked up at the people in the room, "Go down, I will talk to the prince."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After everyone retreated.

The emperor stroked the prince's little hand, his voice was as weak as a gossamer, and said: "When I was young, I also lay beside you like you. At that time, I always thought, it would be great if my father could play with me for a while." .”

"Then...has Grandpa Huang played with Father?"

The emperor was stunned for a while, as if he was remembering, but also seemed to be recovering his strength.

"No." He shook his head and said, "That's why I want to play with my emperor now... Unfortunately, the state affairs are busy, and my body can't support it..."

What Zhu Houzhao said made Zhu Houzhao feel so sad.

How could an emperor be treated like this?

"I can always be with my father," he said.

The emperor smiled, "The emperor is going to study too."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of what Liu Jin had said to him on the way here.

"I heard that the courtiers in the outer court want their sons to learn calligraphy and reading, which has already forced the father to be depressed. But has the father actually agreed in his heart?"

"Is there any reason for a father not to let his son study?" the emperor said slowly, "it's just...the emperor's son is too young, he's still a child. They can force me, but they shouldn't force you."

It is hard for Zhu Houzhao to say that this is not a good father.Although it is weaker.

As for reading, Zhu Houzhao is not opposed to it, and will even take the initiative to read. He must not be unable to understand ancient Chinese, and write with a brush like a dog crawling.In the end, I couldn't understand and asked the eunuch to criticize the red, so what kind of emperor is he?
But in fact, what the courtiers said about reading was probably talking about the learning of sages, and they warned the prince over and over again not to do this or that, otherwise he would be a foolish emperor and would be shamed by history.

It would be no fun to follow the path of these sage disciples and turn yourself into a wooden sculpture of clay.

It is understandable that they want to prevent the prince from becoming a foolish king without learning and skills, but the crude method is actually to force you to be obedient.

This emperor can only be satisfied with a robot that has been programmed with Confucian values.

After the key point satisfies them, will the world really be peaceful and the people really rich?
"What does the emperor want to do?"

The emperor stroked his son's head, "I think we'll talk about it after winter. At least we have to wait until next spring, when the weather turns warmer. Your son, you should spend more time with me."

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Then, will the courtiers in the outer court agree?"

Hongzhi didn't expect that his young son would ask this question.

He suddenly felt some heartache,
Zhao'er is the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, his only son, what made such a young child plant the seed of 'fear of foreign ministers' disagreement'?

"Cough cough."

"Father?"

"I'm fine." The emperor didn't want to infect his son with the emotion in his heart, so he forced a smile, "Well, I will make an agreement with the emperor, and I will help you with this matter, okay?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect the emperor to be so playful.

"Okay. Then I will listen to my father."

"En." The emperor's mood has stabilized a lot, and he is a little tired after talking so much, and he feels a little tired afterward.

Zhu Houzhao withdrew from the Nuan Pavilion in due course,
It's just that I can't let go of things tonight.

He glanced at the white-haired father-in-law who sent him out,

"Your Highness." This person is Xiao Jing, who has served Emperor Hongzhi for many years.

"Eunuch Xiao, have there been many memorials to persuade me to study recently?"

"Your Highness asked, but this old slave dared not refuse to answer. It's just a memorandum, which is related to state affairs, this old slave..." He smiled shyly, "I don't know either."

"Where is the memorial?"

"At court."

"Okay, then Eunuch Xiao can go."

It's normal for these eunuchs not to encounter memorials, but he can.

Anyway, Emperor Hongzhi would not and would not do anything to him.

At any other time, it would be a great crime to do so.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about that, and went to defend the case.He was too small to reach, so he climbed onto the dragon chair.

On the case are the sorted booklets, the four treasures of the study, and the best rice paper.

Only one memorial was thrown aside,
Traditional characters can only be roughly recognized, and the ancients wrote articles without punctuation marks, so it is difficult to recognize them.But it is not incomprehensible.

Especially this name, Zhu Houzhao can understand it at a glance: Donggong Lectures and Lectures.

In the history of Zhenger Bajing, the ministers did have a long battle of wits and courage with the emperor over the education of the crown prince Zhu Houzhao.

The education of the crown prince is also a huge problem in this era.

The emperor always stops the crown prince from studying, and there are at least two points that civil servants absolutely cannot accept.

First, if the crown prince is not with the teachers, he will be with the eunuchs all day long, and he will kiss whoever the children play with, especially Zhu Houzhao is seven years old.

If this continues, the prince will be closer to the eunuch than the civil servants. Every day that passes, the Wenchen Group will be farther away from the decision-making core in the future.

Second, the identity of the emperor teacher is a great halo.To keep blocking is to block the prosperity and wealth of many people.

But Emperor Hongzhi's love for the Crown Prince was no less than that of Emperor Taizu for Prince Yiwen, even more than that.

Studying is so hard and the child is so young, how could the emperor be willing?

In this way, contradictions are planted.

In the seventh year of Hongzhi, Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, first raised this question, and he also formulated a set of education programs and presented them together.

The emperor's response was "Jiannazhi".Just pretty good, I agree with both.

But the words are slippery, but the body is very honest, and there is no concrete action at all.

After dragging on for half a year, the minister found something was wrong. Isn't this fooling us?

Emperor Hongzhi, who was pointed out, could only beg for mercy, saying that my son was too young.

So the ministers had to wait.

In the ninth year of Hongzhi, a group of civil servants couldn't stand it anymore, and Xu Pu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, became anxious.

Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to appoint 11 people headed by Xu Pu as East Palace officials.

But after that, I felt really uncomfortable in my heart, and after much deliberation and discussion, why don't you "still serve as enshrined in the old position"?
Until this year, the memorials of the ministers are like a flood, and nothing can stop them.

Some ministers who have bad brains and feel that they are very upright are becoming more and more difficult to listen to.
He even pointed it out directly: Emperor, you are too emotional, and you are too willful on the issue of educating your son. It is really a fool's practice. If this continues, the fool has cultivated another fool!That's all, but your majesty is just such a prince, if he doesn't become a talent, how will your majesty face the ancestors.Does His Majesty just want to let the prince play around all the time based on his temper, and govern the country by playing around in the future?
Zhu Houzhao clicked his lips. Although he could only get a general idea, he also felt that the emperor should be angry.

How is this different from swearing?
"Your Highness, it's time to return to the palace."

"understood."

On the way back, he still couldn't help thinking about these things. Although the Forbidden City is big, it can't make him happy.

Especially in a different time and space 500 years away, with no one to talk to, it is unavoidably lonely.

Such a night, such a quiet,
Back in the East Palace, looking at his spacious Xiefang Hall, he said with emotion: "I live in a big house, but it's too spacious."

Liu Jin is an expert at observing words and expressions, and immediately replied: "If His Highness feels empty, the servants will ask someone to bring some things in tomorrow."

"Forget it." Zhu Houzhao lay down on the bed, but he didn't feel sleepy, his father's powerless appearance was in his mind, "Think about it carefully, although the palace is empty, it is not easy to move around."

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