Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 67 Passively participating in the national dispute
  "It's not impossible. But even if the Folangji people go out in person and really dare to send their main force across the ocean, I, Li Rusong, will lead the cavalry and charge into the battle myself and defeat them all." Li Rusong said.

"General Zimao is mighty. However, countries are different. The Folangji people are too far away from us, so it is difficult to send too many people. But the Japanese country is different. Their territory is too small, and there are earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons. As disasters continue, they must be looking for a better place to stay. If they want to develop, it is most convenient to go to North Korea next door, and it is not far from our Ming Dynasty. Some of the down-and-out Japanese warriors even went to Nanyang to work as servants Soldiers. So sooner or later, the Japanese country will encounter my Ming Dynasty, even if the Japanese country is not Toyotomi Hideyoshi now, it will still be the same. If the problem of the Japanese country is not solved, there will be constant troubles in the future." Zhang Xiao explained.

After another round of greetings, Li Rusong just left.

The next day, Zhang Xiao wrote as usual. During his break, he just wanted to take a walk in the courtyard and found Lu Zhang already waiting for him.

"My boss, since you went to the Imperial College to give lectures, a lot of greeting cards have been sent to your door. But you were too tired after yesterday to rest first, and there was no particularly important person in the greeting cards, so I didn't send them to disturb you first." Lu Zhang held his hand. There are many greeting cards on it.

"You should put the invitation in my study first." Zhang Xiao said.

"Good boss." Lu Zhang put the greeting card on Zhang Xiao's desk.

"Did you take down everything I said during class at the Imperial College that day?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"I've written it down. I'm still copying and sorting it out again. I'll bring it to you when it's sorted out." Lu Zhang said.

Zhang Xiao looked through these greeting cards, pulled out a few from them, and put the others on the other side.

"Just keep these few greeting cards, and reject the other greeting cards." Zhang Xiao ordered.

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The next day, the first guest arrived as promised.

"Brother Dong, I haven't seen you for a few days." Zhang Xiao greeted Dong Qichang.

"Actually, Brother Zhang Xian was giving a lecture at the Imperial College, and Dong was also listening. It was just that there were many people in the audience, and Brother Xian didn't pay attention." Dong Qichang said.

"I'm really sorry. Brother Dong, please sit down. This is the Longjing at home. Brother Dong, please have a taste." Zhang Xiao said.

"Brother Xian is busy with official duties right now, and I don't want to disturb you at all. There are really some things I want to discuss with brother Xian. If nothing changes, Dong will be promoted to a bachelor's lecturer in the next few days, and he will be given to the emperor. The eldest son teaches," Dong Qichang said.

"That's a good thing. Congratulations to Brother Dong. It's an important task to educate the prince." Zhang Xiao said.

"Of course this is a sign of great kindness. It's just that His Majesty has no comment on the matter of opposing the crown prince. Because of this, Prime Minister Shen resigned from office and returned to his hometown. I don't know how to teach, so I feel uneasy." Dong Qichang said.

"Since you have become a teacher, you just have to fulfill your duties. Brother Dong, this matter of national origin is not something that I should discuss," Zhang Xiao said.

"Of course the truth is like this. Just by holding this position, you are already in the game. How can it have nothing to do with you? Brother Xian, haven't you heard any rumors?" Dong Qichang looked at Zhang with some doubts. dawn. "No, I rarely go to the Hanlin Academy these days. I mostly stay at home, and I rarely talk to my colleagues." Zhang Xiao said truthfully.

"No wonder. According to the news I received here, the teacher to be found for the eldest prince had already been drafted by the cabinet, but when the teacher was reported to His Majesty, His Majesty personally instructed that one person be added," Dong Qichang said.

"Ah? Is this person..." Zhang Xiao was still watching the mentality of the crowd, but now the situation is not right, and he is hurting himself.

"Yes, the new teacher is Brother Zhang Xian. I heard that His Majesty intends for you to teach the eldest son's arithmetic and miscellaneous studies." Dong Qichang said.

Zhang Xiao didn't come to his senses for a moment. What had he done? Why was he getting involved in the dispute between the country and the country? The dispute over the original time and space of the country has been going on for decades, causing unrest between the government and the public, and discord between the monarch and his ministers. This was also an important reason for the decline of the late Ming Dynasty. But when you look at history, you are looking at history. When you become a participant in history, the feeling is very different.

Zhang Xiao fell into deep thought, and Dong Qichang did not disturb him. He sat quietly without even touching the tea.

After a long time, Zhang Xiao slowly recovered from his thinking state. No way, this news is really exciting. According to historical records, Emperor Wanli had been at odds with his ministers for decades over the matter of establishing a crown prince. It is also said that a large part of the reason why Emperor Wanli did not come to court was because of his vindictiveness over the issue of establishing a crown prince. But again, Emperor Wanli did not relax his cultivation of the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo. No matter how much he doted on Concubine Zheng, he did not support Concubine Zheng as a queen, nor did he make Concubine Zheng's son a prince. In the end, he regarded himself as not so good. The satisfied emperor's eldest son was made the prince. Moreover, he was asked to teach the emperor's eldest son. That was the emperor's order. It was impossible for him to disobey him. He had to be the teacher.

"Brother Dong, I'm sorry. I was thinking just now and didn't pay attention. It took a while." Zhang Xiaoxian apologized to Dong Qichang.

"It's okay, it's okay. When I heard the news, I thought about it for a long time. I couldn't eat or sleep." Dong Qichang said.

"This is a big event. Don't be afraid of Brother Dong's jokes. My mind is very confused right now, and I can't answer your question. I really want to thank you for the news, Brother Dong. Otherwise, I will be prepared when the time comes. No more. From now on, we will all be teachers of the eldest son of the emperor, and we should communicate with each other. I may also have to trouble Brother Dong with some things." Zhang Xiao said.

"It's easy to talk about. By the way, brother Zhang Xian, Dong also brought a painting he painted recently. I also asked brother Xian to comment on it." Dong Qichang took out another box.

"Brother Dong, you're welcome. Zhang will appreciate it carefully." Zhang Xiao signaled to Lu Zhang to accept the painting.

"Then don't bother me too much. Brother Zhang Xian can just stay." Dong Qichang took out the painting, chatted for a few words, and left.

Zhang Xiao was still sitting quietly in his seat, while Lu Zhang was preparing to start cleaning up.

"Let others take care of this later. Mr. Lu, it seems you have more work to do." Zhang Xiao said.

"It's a great blessing for my boss to become the prince's teacher. It's also a great blessing for students to be able to help my boss," Lu Zhang said.

"Okay, okay, now is not the time to say these polite words. I heard from shopkeeper Ding before that you have also taught children a lesson. Can you tell me what kind of teaching method you use?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"Going back to my employer, when the students were first starting out, they were taught some Three-Character Classics and Thousand-Character Classics. Some of the boys were a little smart, so they were asked to read "The Analects" and "Mencius". Sometimes they were also taught some arithmetic and some practice chatting. It’s just a matter of making ends meet. We don’t dare to make random comparisons about educating the prince,” Lu Zhang said.

(End of this chapter)