East Warm Pavilion.

Feng Bao said to Zhu Yili quietly: "Long lively, I have received the secret report. Mr. Zhang secretly walked into Beijing from Jiangling City through the waterway."

"Okay!" Zhu Yili nodded happily, "Are you ready for tomorrow's imperial lecture?"

"Long live back, everything is ready."

"What are Mr. Yu's opinions?"

"He is very happy, he has no objection, and knows how to say it."

"Actually, I don't care what he said. The key is that he supports my opinion from the bottom of his heart?"

"I don't know much about this slave. I'm showing support anyway." Feng Bao replied cautiously.

"Okay, my companions are watching some of my classmates tomorrow."

"I know."

"Oh, has Zhang Taizheng set out?"

"Long live, he has set out to Shanxi."

"Where is the King's Hammer?"

"He has also rushed to Guide Mansion day and night."

"good."

Zhu Yili waved his hand and signaled Feng Bao to retreat for the time being.

From the Spring Equinox to the Winter Solstice, except for the month during the Dok Day, other months are the two, twelfth and twentieth days, which are the days of the sutra.

This is a lecture every ten days, called the Great Sutra Seminar. There is also a lecture every day, called the Small Sutra Seminar, abbreviated as the Daily Seminar.

The name of the Sutra Lecture began in the Song Dynasty, and the lecturers were appointed as Hanlin Bachelor or other officials or were also appointed as part of the position.

The three dynasties of the Later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties followed this system, and the Ming dynasties attached great importance to it.

The imperial lectures are a system and are the main way for ancient emperors to receive education. The institutionalization of the imperial lectures is to ensure that the emperor’s lectures are not interrupted, and thus achieve persistent results.

The Ming Dynasty paid special attention to the lectures and regarded lectures as the top priority. However, once lectures were institutionalized, they were prone to lack flexibility and became rigid.

The small lecture was fine, except for a few officials such as the Cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, and the Hanlin Academy, the rest of them did not participate.

However, on the day of the great imperial lectures, the royal relatives, the great Jiuqing, the little Jiuqing, the Hanlin Academy lecturer, the thirteen censors, the six-level corridors are all served, and officials of the fourth rank or above must be held at that time, and they will stand in the hall and listen on the two sides.

After the lecturer finished speaking, the emperor would also order the Honglu Temple to give him a banquet according to the rules.

The banquet was rich and extremely favorable. Not only the officials who attended the lecture could attend the banquet, but even the family members of these officials, even the sedan chairmen and pawns, could enter the banquet to enjoy it with a feast.

Not only did he eat it, but the remaining dishes and snacks on the table were taken away by the officials.

Therefore, all the officials who are qualified to participate in the Grand Seminar will be happy and encouraged on this day.

Many of them rushed to participate, rather than to "listen" but to "eat".

Over time, there was a saying in the capital because of this incident, called "Eat the Classic Festival".

Since Zhu Yiliu ascended the throne, he has always wanted to abolish this bad habit of more than the content, but there are too many things to abolish. Since he ascended the throne, he has indeed not brought much welfare to officials, so he has been retained for the time being as a reward for officials and officials in Beijing.

In addition to this consideration, you can sometimes use the lectures and lectures to give you a good start.

For example, this time, the lecturer was specially arranged by Zhu Yiliu, Yu Shenxing.

He was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. In that year, Zhang Juzheng was the chief examiner, so he was Zhang Juzheng's disciple.

Because when Zhang Juzheng was liquidated, he was demoted by Emperor Wanli by Emperor Wanli. Zhu Yili ascended the throne and invited him back to take charge of the Hanlin Academy.

It is widely rumored that people are loyal and forgiving and honest, and treat each other sincerely, whether to the emperor, the chief minister or colleagues.

Of course, Yu Shenxing was also a very talented person. He was familiar with the rules of the past dynasties and made great contributions to the construction of the ritual system of the Ming Dynasty. His literary attainments were also extremely high, and he was called the world with Feng Qi, no less than that of the contemporary Wang Shizhen, and had a great influence on later generations.

After Yu Shenxing passed the Jinshi, he was elected as a Shujishi. Later, the Sanguan was appointed as a Hanlin editor. In the early years of Wanli, he was promoted to a composer and served as a daily lecturer for the emperor.

Japanese lecturers were originally all senior scholars from the Hanlin Academy. It was extremely rare for Yu Shenxing to become the emperor's teacher in his twenties. It can be seen that his knowledge and Zhang Juzheng valued him at that time.

At the imperial lecture tomorrow, Zhu Yili instructed him to give a lecture on "The Analects of Confucius - Weizi Chapter 18". The content actually looks very simple, just over thirty words.

"Duke Zhou said to Duke Lu: A gentleman will not give his relatives to his relatives, and will not make his ministers resent. If he has no major reasons, he will not abandon him. He will not ask for anything and prepare for one person."

Yes, just these thirty words.

Because Zhu Yili was determined, Feng Bao made some careful preparations in advance, including the arguments that Yu Shenxing would be promulgating at the lecture.

The place where the sutras are held is in the Mandarin Temple of Dane.

...

The next day.

Many officials came in a constant stream.

The discovery of Wenhua Palace is eye-catching. Not only is it renovated, but a plaque is added to the two doors in front of the hall and behind the hall.

There are four big words written on the plaque of the front hall door: The rope is wrong.

"Huh? This is not written by Empress Dowager Cisheng?"

The minister immediately recognized it, which was written by Empress Dowager Li.

Empress Dowager Li wrote regular script, which was very similar to Yan Zhenqing's style, but it was not as ancient and clever as it was beautiful, so it was easy to identify.

The reason why the four words "route and wrong" were written, the ministers thought that in addition to warnings, it was mostly because there was an annex building on the side of the front hall called "Shengqiju" - this name was chosen by the old emperor of Jiajing, which means to reflect on the mistakes, and Empress Dowager Li fulfilled his meaning.

There are twelve words written on the plaque at the back door: Learn the great scriptures and methods of governing the world by two emperors and three kings.

It was still written by Empress Dowager Li. Everyone knows that Buddhism and calligraphy are the two major hobbies of Empress Dowager Li.

The spacious lobby in the hall has five pairs of steep and straight wooden pillars, and each pair of soft-lustered mahogany pillars also has a pair of exquisitely made golden couplets.

When I first saw it, someone recognized it.

"Huh? Isn't this written by the former chief assistant Mr. Zhang, and written by the current chief assistant Mr. Shin?"

"Yes, look, this one: a picture of history, and a collection of the world and the latitudes; a reflection of the past and present, and a reference to the moon and the generals is written by Mr. Zhang."

“Yes, yes, yes, yes…”

If the couplets written by Zhang Juzheng are viewed from the poet's perspective, they lack agility and charm, and are not considered excellent works. However, the royal family has its own royal style and does not seek to imagine erraticity, but always takes grace and accuracy as their duty.

Immediately afterwards, the ministers saw five screens on both sides of the Danbi on the imperial seat in Wenhua Hall. The left screen was covered with the titles of civil servants in the world and the right screen was covered with the titles of military officers in the world - which were also created by Zhang Juzheng.

The intention is that if there is a vacant position, it will take down the name and leave a blank space. When the emperor sees the vacant space, he will ask why the vacant is missing, and instructs the officials of the Ministry of Personnel to find suitable candidates to fill it up as soon as possible.

This wave of operations made officials who participated in the imperial lecture speculate, what the emperor meant? Why would Zhang Juzheng be emphasized in this imperial lecture?

It seems that I smelled a different smell.

Although the benzoin from Siam has been lit and emits a strange warmth, no one seems to care, but is thinking about what Zhu Yili is going to do or talk about today's lecture at the imperial examination?

Moreover, today's lecturer is Yu Shenxing. Who doesn't know that he is Zhang Juzheng's disciple?

Now all the ministers in the court know the relationship between Zhu Yiliu and Zhang Juzheng. Hasn’t it been “rehabilitated after death” for Zhang Juzheng? This means that Zhang Juzheng is dead—a fact that it is final.

However, despite the doubts in my heart, it seems that no minister dares to speak, even if he doesn't whisper, he keeps it in his heart.

The lecturer Yu Shenxing is here.

He walked up to the desk table and knelt down at any time. Because when the lecturer was present, he had to kneel behind the desk. When facing the emperor, he had to straighten his back and loud his voice. Although he had to suffer a lot, being able to be a lecturer for the emperor was a glory that civil officials in the world dreamed of.

There is no such thing as the imperial teacher, he will definitely be the first choice for the cabinet's auxiliary ministers in the future. People like Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Wang Jiaping have all been emperor teachers.

"The Emperor arrived-"

The eunuch on duty screamed, and then he saw Zhu Yi strode forward.

The audience was silent.

...
Chapter completed!