Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 16

"Haha, our eldest grandson is still listening!" The old man smiled until his wrinkles piled up, and pinched Zhu Xiongying's nose affectionately, "Don't just pick up what we like to hear, and learn from your unsatisfactory words later. Uncles!"

"Grandson didn't say that just to please you!" Zhu Xiongying said seriously, "Grandson doesn't really want to come to study, but he also knows that people have to study. The emperor's grandfather studies for the benefit of grandson!"

As he spoke, he continued to speak loudly, "Just now my father also said that my Zhu family has been poor for several generations. I have the desire to study and improve, but I can't ask for it. I can't even eat enough. How can I have money to study?" What about writing?"

"If people don't read and can't read, they have no way out. They spend their whole life digging in the fields, and they are poor from generation to generation. People who don't read don't know how to be polite and unwise."

While Zhu Xiongying was talking eloquently, the old man's thoughts flew far away in an instant, and he returned to the past.

When I was young, my family was so poor that I couldn't get rid of the pot, so I couldn't have enough food to send myself to school.Knowing those few words is still the mother who was once rich in the ancestors, and taught herself to herself every night under the moonlight.

Later, when he grew up, his parents and elder brothers died, and he went to the temple to become a monk by himself.After a day of tiring chores, I am in a good mood to catch up with the master, teach myself a few words and read a few books.

Later, in the temple, I went down the mountain to beg for food and travel around.At that time, every time I passed by a village or town, I would secretly lie outside the school and listen to the teacher inside.

If people don't study, they may achieve something.But after you have achieved something, you will inevitably feel your own lack of knowledge.If a person wants to keep improving in his life, he must keep learning.

"The ancients said that people don't know righteousness if they don't learn, and jade can't be pecked. The grandpa asked his grandson and uncles to study because he hoped that the descendants of my Zhu family would become jade objects instead of stubborn stones in the field!"

After Zhu Xiongying finished speaking, he was hugged by the old man immediately, "Well said, grandson, well said!" Then he laughed loudly, "Biaoer, did you hear, my grandson spoke well!"

At this time, a group of veterans with white beards and hair came in from outside.

Looking at the costumes, these are the great scholars of the Ming Dynasty.Every face is rigid, and every gesture is Confucian.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, Your Highness Grandson!"

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang was to restore Tang etiquette, coupled with the atmosphere at this time, it was not the etiquette of emperors and ministers who would kneel at every turn in the later Qing Dynasty, these old officials just bowed and saluted.

When they were saluting, Zhu Xiongying came out from the old man's arms and turned slightly sideways, expressing humility and not accepting their right to salute.

This move surprised all the great scholars.

"Your Majesty, what is the meaning of this?" Song Na, a bachelor of the Hall of Martial Arts, asked.

"Although the name is a monarch and minister, Gu is here to study now. You love Qings will be Gu's teachers in the future. In the school, Gu cannot accept the full ceremony of Zhu Aiqing. Zhu Aiqing talks about the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, but Gu also wants to talk about teachers. Friendship!" Zhu Xiongying said.

Several senior scholars showed surprise on their faces. Among them, Zhang Changnian, the oldest scholar of the Wenhua Palace, said to the old man, "Your Majesty, the heart of the emperor's grandson Lixian is rare in the ages!"

Several other people also said, "It's very fortunate for the Ming Dynasty to have Jiaer in the East Palace, and for the ministers!"

"Although he is a great-grandson, he is still a child, and he will be taught strictly by your love ministers in the future!" Having said that, the smile on the corner of Prince Zhu Biao's mouth could not be restrained at all, and the pride in his heart could not be concealed.

"Haha!" The old man didn't care about that, and laughed happily, "Our Zhu family is like this, and we have understood righteousness since we were young!" He said with a smile, "Did you hear what he said just now about why he studied? "

"I heard it! I have questions, please ask Your Highness!" Zhang Changnian, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, asked.

"But it doesn't matter!" Zhu Xiongying said.

"You said just now that the emperor asked the princes to study for the sake of etiquette and wisdom." Zhang Changnian said, "but now that the emperor is the son of heaven, and the Zhu family is rich all over the world, why do you still want to learn the theory of saints?"

"Fighting the world depends on martial arts, and governing the world depends on literature!" Without hesitation, Zhu Xiongying said loudly, "The Great Ming established the country with martial arts, and ruled the world with literature. Benevolence, righteousness, morality, etiquette and education are indispensable. What is virtue, what is etiquette, and what is education? The doctrine of sages too!"

"In the future, all the uncles of the emperor will rule the country under the vassal state, mount horses to rule the army, and dismount the herdsmen. If they don't understand the knowledge of saints, how can they control the subjects and set an example for the world?"

"Furthermore, learning is for the sake of benevolence and righteousness. As the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the world should be put first. When governing the country, benevolence should be the foundation. We study not only for ourselves, but also for the sake of the country, the people and the common people. !"

"Well said!" The old man slapped his thigh, shaking his beard, and said to Zhu Biao and the princes, "Did you hear that? That's what we thought!"

"We became the emperor, and the Zhu family ruled the world. We must not forget our origins. Some people told us that we are the descendants of some saints. Our family knows our own affairs, so we dare not climb high. Our Zhu family came from poor people. .”

"I want you to study, not for the sake of becoming a scholar, but to let you know the difficulties in the world. Knowing how difficult the Zhu family is today, is to let you not forget your roots, not become princes and grandchildren, and go out to harm the common people!"

As he said that, the old man glared at Zhu Biao and said, "Keep an eye on us. From now on, these bastards, who dare to mess around in the school and don't pay attention to their studies, will beat me to death!"

A few words, full of murderous intent.

All the princes immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Your servants, please remember father's instruction!"

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After the old man finished speaking, he took the prince Zhu Biao and several great scholars to the other side of the hall to talk.

In the school, Zhu Xiongying and all the little princes stared at each other with big eyes.

Xiang Wang Zhu Bo and others took the lead to stand up, "Minister, please see His Royal Highness Taisun!"

Zhu Xiongying laughed and said, "Uncles are exempt from courtesy!" Then, under the guidance of the eunuch, he walked towards the front, his own seat.

The university hall is the place where the princes and grandchildren study. Except for the eunuchs and teachers, there are no idlers.And when the teacher was teaching, even the eunuchs were hiding ten steps away and were not allowed to go forward.

According to the iron law set by the old man himself, eunuchs are not allowed to read and write.

Zhu Xiongying walked to his seat, and a thin child next to him got up, "Chendi, see elder brother!"

"Well, second brother!" Zhu Xiongying went up and down the other side, and said calmly.

This child is the eldest son of Zhu Biao, the second eldest among the sons, the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunqi who was originally from the future of time and space.

He is a bit thin and thin, with a slender face, and his gestures are rigid. He is quite calm, and he looks like he is abiding by the rules.It is said that when he was born, his head was a bit flat, like half the moon, so the old man nicknamed him Half Side.

In the previous life, Zhu Xiongying had a classmate who did the same thing.

It is said that he was not happy at birth, and his head was elongated by the nurse, so when he grew up, his head was oval.

For Zhu Yunqi, Zhu Xiongying has no likes or dislikes.In memory, the relationship between the two brothers seems to be relatively distant.After all, they were not born to a mother, and they don't live together on weekdays.

However, Zhu Xiongying was still a little curious about him.

Holding the honor of the imperial court, with millions of good generals under his command, even Zhu Di was defeated by tens of thousands of people.It doesn't matter if you lose, you are still a veritable emperor in the world, you can temporarily avoid the edge and move the capital to other places, and then call a large army to serve the king.

You must know that when Zhu Di's troops approached the city of Nanjing, there were hundreds of thousands of troops loyal to Zhu Yunqi behind them, desperately chasing them.

This is like fighting the landlord, two kings and four twos in the hand, the result is a spring, it is incredible.

"Yeah!" University scholar Song Na stood in front of him, coughing twice, "Today, I will give you a lecture on the Analects, Your Highness."

"Hey, let's study first! I said a lot of good things just now, and the tone was so high. If I don't study hard, I'm afraid my father will clean himself up in a place where no one is around!" Zhu Xiongying sighed in his heart, and opened the book.

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After school was finally over, all the princes, vassals, eunuchs, servants, etc. were waiting outside the school to pick them up.But Zhu Xiongying has the most expensive status, so he has to go first.

As soon as he went out, he saw Jia Gui, nodding and bowing his head, waiting there.

"Hurry up, where is the sedan chair? Your Highness is tired from studying, so please wait!" Jia Gui waved the floating dust, "Bring honey water to moisten His Highness's throat!"

"Stop blah!" Zhu Xiongying glanced at him, got into the sedan chair, "Let's go!"

However, the sedan chair didn't take a few steps before seeing a woman with a group of court ladies in front of her.

With every kind of reluctance in his heart, he wanted to get off the sedan chair, and said respectfully, "I have seen the concubine mother!"

This woman is none other than the present Crown Princess, Zhu Biao's step-wife, and Zhu Yunqi's biological mother, Lu Shi.

(End of this chapter)