The first meeting with the prince was not as bad as expected, perhaps because he is a time traveler and does not have as many barriers to the emperor and prince as other people.
In Chen Ping's eyes, the prince is just an adolescent boy of the same age as him, and he is quite pitiful. He has never left the capital since he was a child, and he has to be disciplined all day long to study Confucian classics and national affairs. p>
Although the prince does not have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, this feeling of losing freedom can be said to be more painful for a young man than having a last meal without finishing it.
Now that the prince's pain point has been grasped, things will become much simpler.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket. Chen Ping still values his future political career, so he chose to bet on both ends, not to mention this is what Emperor Tianqi wants to see.
"If I can assist the prince to become a wise master, it seems to be a good choice..." Chen Ping thought.
Another day passed, and Chen Ping sat at his desk and sorted out the current situation.
The Cheng family must mention it to the court before the arrival of July. The political enemy in the court should be the Chu Party. However, the Chu Party’s base is in Qianzhou, Jingzhou. The relationship between them is still a bit complicated. Tianxiang Pavilion and
Jiulongtang is still developing steadily. Perhaps because of his entry into the court, it has not encountered bottlenecks yet.
In his hometown of Qianzhou, He Qingxuan was enthusiastically contributing to the scientific and technological development of Dayu Dynasty. Ye Chongwen also stepped forward and decided to take up the important task of reviving Huating Academy. Tianling was in Qianzhou to help He Qingxuan and
Ye Chongwen, there will be no problem with funding.
As for Lingzhou, with Mulu Xuanwei’s ability to provide precious food to help him in critical moments, Zhao Jin’s action to open up the southwest market in Lingzhou will not encounter any major obstacles.
After all, Tianxiangge has a unique best-selling product in the world, so it has no worries about sales.
After thinking about it, there is nothing else that requires my care and attention, so the only thing I need to worry about is the capital, and myself.
"In the final analysis, you still have to rely on yourself."
"But I, Chen Ping, have never been afraid of anyone. I have even experienced time travel, what else can shake me?"
Thinking of this, Chen Ping smiled with relief, got up and blew out the lamp, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep peacefully.
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A few days passed in a blink of an eye. During this period, Chen Ping went to the Hanlin Academy every morning to observe political studies, and in the afternoon he went to the East Palace to watch the great Confucians teach the prince.
Although Emperor Tianqi asked him to teach the prince, there had to be a familiar process, and Emperor Tianqi didn't hurry, so Chen Ping had time to prepare.
If you want to gain a foothold in the capital, you must understand what is the core of the capital and even the world.
Naturally, it is power, and as the controller of the highest power in Dayu, Emperor Tianqi, both outsiders and himself know that he will not die soon.
Once you understand this, everything will fall into place. No matter whether someone wants to cause trouble or not, Emperor Tianqi must be fully prepared if he wants to pass on the throne.
What's more, the enemy has gradually surfaced, in Chen Ping's opinion.
The superiors of the Cheng family are basically the Chu party. Why do these people insist on going against Emperor Tianqi instead of spending this period of time honestly and assisting the prince?
He must be trying to seize the opportunity to fight for power and gain, or even control the government, and sideline the emperor in the future.
But thinking this way always feels a little inadequate. After all, Dayu's imperial power has not been hit yet, and even powerful ministers cannot shake the emperor's authority.
On the other hand, looking at the actions of those in the Chu party, it seems that they have not considered this issue at all. Chen Ping does not believe that these veterans of officialdom will be so naive, and there must be some protection in the future.
Then, he thought of a person. If that person was behind everything, everything would make sense.
The rampage of the Chu Party, the smugglers all over the world, the emperor's hesitation, the disdain for him from everyone in the court, etc. These clues formed a perfect closed loop, ultimately pointing to the person in a high position and close to the emperor.
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Chen Ping actually doesn't care who is the emperor, prince or other royal family members?
But if it were that person, if nothing else, he wouldn't be able to tolerate the thought of risking his own life.
After he received the emperor's secret order and returned to Qianzhou, he began to think about all these thoughts, and now he is becoming more and more certain.
He recalled that when he passed through Jingzhou, he couldn't help but feel scared, but at the same time he also felt secretly happy.
The fact that I can return to the capital safely proves that that person is still reasonable at least so far. This can also be seen from the fact that the other party has tolerated the plan for so many years.
But the emperor seemed to be well aware of this, and the story behind it...
East Palace.
When Chen Ping came here again after finishing his business at the Hanlin Academy, everyone in the East Palace had no interest in him.
Even though Chen Ping is the No. 1 pick in the sixth round, judging from his performance in the past few days, no one has seen anything special about him.
So when Chen Ping followed the Prince's Young Master into the classroom and waited for the Prince, he was as quiet as a transparent person.
It was not until the late arrival of the prince that the prince's young master began to teach. The task of Chen Ping and Dr. Liu of the Imperial Academy was to assist the young master in teaching together.
In fact, there is nothing to help, because the prince has always had this temperament, and the prince's young master is old and lacks energy, so he cannot stop the prince's fishing behavior.
If Emperor Tianqi was healthy in the past, the situation would have been better, because Emperor Tianqi would come to the East Palace for spot checks from time to time, and the prince had to learn something to cope with it.
But now?
"Has your Highness always been like this?"
"I heard it is. Anyway, it has been like this since I came to the East Palace."
Dr. Liu shrugged his shoulders, as if he was used to it. Chen Ping nodded and understood immediately.
Judging from his contacts over the past few days, the prince is not stupid, but simply has no interest in these things. To say that he is not sensitive to politics at all would be biased, because Chen Ping had seen that the books the prince read contained many historical records and records of various dynasties.
Books by military strategists and legalists, etc.
This shows that the prince does not want to be a keeper, he seems to have his own ideas.
When the prince's young master finished explaining a section of classics and history and stopped to rest, he suddenly remembered Chen Ping, a young man who had been arranged by the emperor at the age of six yuan. After thinking for a moment, he asked Chen Ping to continue the lecture at his pace. p>
Chen Ping declined twice and then stood up on the podium. However, he did not start directly. Instead, he asked someone to bring over the teaching materials he had prepared.
This scene made the other three people in the classroom feel strange. They became even more curious until Chen Ping's teaching materials were delivered.
Because the teaching materials prepared by Chen Ping are not Confucian classics at all.
"Your Highness, I see that you are not very interested in Confucian classics and historical books?"
"I don't know, would you like to see this map of the world, Your Highness?"