The book that Zhang Siwei thought was the most reliable one turned out to be nothing but a success, and was unexpectedly retained by the emperor. The Prime Minister's head was buzzing, so he went home and asked his staff, Mr. Jiang Chunxi: "What do you think is going on with our emperor? Is he right?"
Does Prince Luo have other ideas for the throne?"
It was Mr. Jiang who drafted the memorial that Zhang Siwei asked the Vice-President of the Political Affairs Hall to co-sign. Hearing this, he pushed up the tortoiseshell glasses on the bridge of his nose, frowned and said: "That shouldn't be the case! People at home and abroad have long been in favor of Prince Luo, Your Majesty."
It's also very good for the middle palace. This is a logical thing -" He sipped his teeth and couldn't figure it out.
Zhang Siwei sighed: "The emperor left this memorial in the center. This news cannot be concealed. In less than two days, there will be a censor and a copy of the memorial, forcing the emperor to determine the people of the world. Alas, if there is no political affairs hall
This one won't be too troublesome. Now we are in big trouble. You said the emperor is not talking nonsense——" He wanted to say what the emperor was talking about, but Jiang Chunxi did not dare to ask.
Not to mention that Zhang Siwei was unable to figure it out, all the courtiers who knew the truth of the ministers in the political affairs hall were also upset, thinking that the emperor had begun to act erroneously according to common sense again, and they didn't know what trouble was going to happen. It would be great if Prince Zhongxing was still alive.
Well, when the emperor was unreliable, he immediately rejected it. Now the prime minister is not good enough and dare not ask the emperor what he means.
In fact, the emperor had no intention of holding his fist and letting everyone guess. Soon, Zongzheng Hereditary, who was in charge of the Zongren Mansion, wrote a book for Prince Zheng, saying that since the reform of the clan, the children of the clan have been educated in the clan, and if they fail to pass the exam, they will still
It's not normal for a child of the royal family to be demoted to the second rank and only go to a private school.
Although the teaching staff of this private school are among the best in the world, the lack of schooling for the royal children has a great impact on their character. It is no joke that they are born in a deep palace and are better than women. It is very detrimental to the growth of the emperor's heirs. Therefore, it is recommended that your majesty set up
"Zhanshi Fuxue" is specially designed to accompany the reading of the East Palace - to select the children of the right age for the clan, nobles, civil and military ministers to go to school, and to give the emperor an environment in which he can grow up normally.
This memorial entered the political hall. Zhang Siwei knew at the first glance that the emperor had proposed the topic. Logically speaking, the education of the crown prince was a family matter of the emperor, but the long-standing practice in the country is that the initiative in the content of the crown prince’s education rests with the courtiers, mainly the cabinet.
In his hand. If Zhang Siwei firmly sides with the emperor in this regard, he will definitely lose a lot of points with the courtiers.
In the Ming Dynasty, from the founding of Taizu to the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually a special institution to educate the prince - Zhan Shifu. It included Zuo Chunfang, You Chunfang, Economic Affairs Bureau and other departments. Zhan Shifu, Zhan Shitongfu, Fangfang
, to guide the prince in the affairs of the bureau.
In order to avoid conflicts between the officials of the East Palace and the courtiers, or even the emergence of a second political center, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang carefully selected his people, honoring the old ministers and taking up the post of Zhan Shifu. That is, "I am legislating now to order the governors of the provinces and Taiwan to be the governors of the government."
He also holds the post of assistant to the East Palace, father and son are one, monarch and ministers are of one mind, and there is almost no conflict between the common people and common people." This arrangement of Zhu Yuanzhang learned from the lessons of the "scourge of witchcraft" in the Han Dynasty, and it should be said to be very successful.
However, no matter how good the system is, it is useless if it is not implemented well. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the increasingly lazy emperor led to the expansion of cabinet power, and the educational power of the crown prince was transferred from Zhan Shifu to the cabinet. Zhan Shifu was in name only, and official positions such as Zuo Chunfang and others became
The transition from Hanlin to Prime Minister has become a false position on the fast track to promotion, and has nothing to do with the prince.
If the crown prince does not have the management of Zhan Shifu, he can only do one thing: go out to study, also called lectures and readings. The imperial court set up the Wenhua Hall as a place for lectures and readings, and there were officials, attendants, accompanying readers, book exhibitions, etc.
Officials were generally held by great Confucian scholars, while young Hanlin officials were appointed as ministers.
The course starts with the "Four Books", mixed with riding and shooting exercises, and nightly review of cultural classes. This cultural class is reviewed once every three days, and must be thoroughly understood. By the time the Four Books and Five Classics are finished, the prince will have grown up and become a civil servant.
A qualified monarch.
Judging from the actual performance of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty after he ascended the throne, although this education system cannot be said to have completely failed, the effect is extremely poor. Zhang Siwei was able to join the cabinet because he compiled "Su Zong Shilu", which gave him a thorough understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty royal family.
Qing——This question asked by the emperor cannot be said to be unreasonable. Why should my son let you people be fooled?
Zhang Siwei expected that the selection of teachers for the "Zhan Shifu School" proposed by King Zheng must be different from the previous lecturers at the Wenhua Palace. Because the "Nantai Conference" served as a warning, the example of selecting professors from the Capital University was a vivid example.
There it is.
In the education of the prince, there is a saying that "carefully choose the right ones to enlighten him, and often attend the Sutra banquet to gain Yao's benevolence." In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperor could not have the final say on the enlightenment teachers and the content of the lectures. The emperor now has to
The revolution can be regarded as a rare big move in recent years. However, Zhang Siwei believes that it is not too difficult.
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After he returned home that day, he discussed with Mr. Chunxi: "Being appointed as the crown prince and leaving the imperial court to study were originally one thing, but the emperor forcibly separated them into two different things. It was a good idea."
I told Mr. Jiang.
Mr. Jiang put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "The emperor actually does not need to waste this time. Although the cabinet was able to supervise the prince's study before, it was only due to interests. If there is no interest, it is not early. If there is no interest, or the interest is not big enough, who else is there in the court now?
Make the cry of the staff and the horse?"
Zhang Siwei nodded and said: "Sir, what you said is true, but it is actually just the benefit of 'hiding in the residence'."
The so-called "ministers of the latent residence" generally refer to those people who hang out with the prince. After becoming the prince's teacher, these ministers are considered to be part of the prince's lineage. In the future, when the prince ascends the throne, they will usually gain some political benefits.
Because of this kind of political rule, the selection of teachers for the crown prince usually requires a lot of head-scratching. After all, this is a road to heaven - the most typical ones are Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, both of whom were teachers of Mu Zong. After Mu Zong succeeded to the throne,
These two men immediately took power one after another. After Zhang Juzheng defeated Gao Gong, he continued to govern the country until his death, and was envied by all the civil servants in the world.
But for today's Prince Luo, this enlightenment teacher is almost meaningless - the child is young, he can't remember it. And Zhu Yijun is so young, and he rarely even catches a cold or fever - if nothing else, when the crown prince takes over, then
What's the point of retiring as a lecturer before dying? For young Hanlin officials, this opportunity is worth gambling on with their youth, but these people have little influence now.
Secondly, the current emperor has far surpassed his father's authority in terms of authority. After making up his mind to set the rules, Zhang Siwei judged that the courtiers might not dare to challenge him.
What's more, as soon as the emperor left the memorial requesting the establishment of a prince, he gave the courtiers who might object to the "lesser of two evils" reason for self-defense. Compared with the inability to appoint a crown prince, a major event that shakes the country's foundation, the emperor established two evils.
What's the point of choosing a teacher of your own choice for the prince to study in a school?
Zhang Siwei even felt that it was really not that difficult for the emperor to accomplish this task, and there was no need to deal with the matter of fixed reserves - it seemed undignified. But it is useless to say more. Since the emperor is no longer solemn, I, the Prime Minister, Always try to make things right.
As a result, Zhang Siwei now let the news out of the political hall, and the civil and military officials of the court soon learned the contents of King Zheng's memorial. To Zhang Siwei's expectation, Zhu Yijun's face was almost swollen - not only the important officials of the imperial court Although they did not oppose the emperor's building of the school, everyone seconded the proposal and firmly supported the emperor's construction of the Zhanshi Mansion School.
What's more, the minister who only has daughters but no sons asked the emperor if there was already a girls' school in the capital - could the Zhan Shifu School open two schools? After all, the princesses also need a place to go to school, right? The girl at home is about the same age as the eldest princess, so she is just the right age to be a classmate of His Highness!
When Zhu Yijun saw these memorials, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If I had known that you wanted your children to be classmates with the prince, why would I have bothered with this? I still had to explain it to the queen, and even pretended to decline the threesome.