Chapter 118 The Crown Prince Leaves the Cabinet (Part 1)
The fourth year of Longqing, the year of Gengwu Horse.
This year, the world has changed neither big nor small.
In the east, the Battle of Anegawa broke out in Japan. Asai and Asakura were defeated, and they were no longer able to fight against Oda Nobunaga, and were finally destroyed by Oda Nobunaga.
In the west, Denmark and Sweden ended the Seven Years War in the North, and the two sides concluded the Treaty of Szczecin. Sweden paid huge compensation to Denmark to redeem Elfsburg, its expansion to the North Sea and its attempt to compete for Baltic Sea hegemony.
was also contained. However, although the war ended with Denmark gaining the upper hand, it was no longer able to restore its hegemony in the Baltic Sea.
In the south, because the Ming Dynasty began to try to relax maritime restrictions, the first port of Fujian Yuegang began to form a "sea eye" effect, and the Spanish Philippines began a net outflow of silver that lasted for nearly two hundred years in its original history. The place of outflow: China
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In the Ming Dynasty, on March 15th, according to the calculations of Qin Tianjian, it was appropriate to go to school and avoid getting married.
On this day, Prince Zhu Yijun officially left the court to study.
Gao Gong, the great scholar of Jianji Palace, and Zhu Xizhong, Duke of Chengguo, who were ordered to know the banquet, were both civil and military. They were also wearing python robes and stood at the top left and right in front of the Wenhua Palace.
The minister, Shen Shixing, led the prince to attend the banquet and the six officials, Chen Jingbang, Shen Li, Xu Guo, Gu Yangqian, Zhang Wei, and Chen Yubi, each wearing official uniforms, stood in sequence from behind.
The trickle of time continued, and it turned out that it was now the second quarter of the twelfth hour, the sky was dawning, and the sky in the east turned white.
The prince's ceremonial guard was all arranged and he entered the Wenhua Hall. The prince Zhu Yijun was wearing a royal robe, and slightly behind him on the left side stood Gao Pragmatic, a man in a blue official uniform. The two of them came forward one after another to meet the teachers.
The difference is that the prince bows, while the minister bows.
The prince bowed once and the minister bowed three times.
Then, the teachers, led by Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong, bowed three times.
The monarch of heaven and earth is close to his teacher, and the relationship between monarch and minister is still greater than the relationship between master and disciple.
The time of this ceremony is not set randomly. Mao Shi is also known as the beginning of the day and dawn, and around the second quarter of Mao Shi in March in the capital, it is when the sky breaks out, so the ceremony for the prince to leave the pavilion to study is set at this time.
Dot has the profound meaning of "the rising sun".
Later generations of Westerners like to pay attention to the sense of ritual, and some domestic "petty bourgeoisie" always feel that Westerners' sense of ritual is particularly powerful, but they don't know that these things have been played to perfection by their ancestors.
For example, during the Ming Dynasty, it was widely said that it was a great ceremony for the prince to leave the court to study. Even for daily life such as the tea ceremony, there were "Thirteen Yis" and "Seven Taboos" in the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to the sense of ritual, there are also
Which Western country’s daily life rituals can match this?
But in fact, Gao Pragmatic felt that the "ceremonial sense" of the Ming Dynasty was a bit excessive - a major feature of the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country was that there were so many rules. Starting from the royal family, there were regulations for everything, including food, clothing, housing, etc.
If you are not careful, you will break the law, and the rules of palace education are extremely strict.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family and did not read many books himself, but he obviously understood the principle that "no matter how poor you are, you cannot afford education." He basically established the rules of education in the Ming court. This is divided into two links: First,
The daily education of the emperor himself, and the second is the education and training of the prince.
There is no need to go into details about the education of the emperor himself at the moment. Anyway, the emperors in the late Ming Dynasty became more and more slack in their own studies. Three days of fishing and two days of drying nets still required hard work. Here I will only talk about the education of the crown prince.
Unlike the emperor himself who was slack in his studies, as the father of the prince, the emperor also had the same desire as ordinary fathers to "hope that his son will succeed", so the prince's study has always been supervised and implemented in the best way (Wufeng's note: Jiajing may have to be removed here)
...), there is rarely any time to relax.
The education and training system for the crown princes of the Ming Dynasty was first formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang. The early education system for princes has been introduced in this book, and there is no need to mention it here. The one that had a greater impact on later generations was the education system for princes founded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
——It is set up that the Grand Scholar of Wenhua Palace tutors the prince. Below are the official positions of Zhan Shifu, Shao Zhan Shi, Chunfang Grand Scholar, Shuzi, Yu De, Zhong Yun, Zan Shan, Xi Ma, and School Secretary. These are combined in
Together, they formed the prototype of the education system for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.
Before the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually no clear etiquette for the prince to study. By the time of the Zhengtong period, the etiquette for the prince to go out to study was also officially established: On the morning of the prince's first time out of the cabinet to study, the Ministry of Rites and the deacon of Honglu Temple would first read the book.
After four obeisances were performed in the back hall of the Hua Palace, the temple officials of Honglu Temple saluted the prince and invited the prince to study in the Wenhua Palace. On this day, the emperor would attend in person, and the three masters, three young masters, and other officials would bow to the emperor in order, and then
After all the officials left, the chamberlain led the prince to take a seat in the back hall. Every day, the attendants, readers and lecturers came in turn.
From then on, the prince's study life began. Today's etiquette inherits the previous system and there is no difference. However, today's etiquette for the prince to go out to study has been slightly improved or... added.
That was the scene just now - the prince met the teacher.
Although the prince only bowed once, and the teacher had to return the bow three times, you must know that there was no such thing before. This new system was not decided by Gao Gong, but was a change proposed by Emperor Longqing himself. But
In the exchange with Gao Gong, Gao Gong did not say why the emperor wanted to change like this. Gao Jingshi privately estimated that it was probably because Long Qing felt that Gao Gong was his teacher, and now he worked tirelessly to shoulder the heavy responsibility of educating the prince.
He is truly the "Teacher of the Emperors of the Two Dynasties" and deserves such honor.
But speaking of it, among the prince's teachers, the ones who really have the hardest time are the lecturers. When they teach, they must speak clearly; if the prince makes a mistake, they must boldly correct it; if the prince does not learn, they must dare to criticize. Any of the above
If you fail to do any of these things, you will be deemed unqualified as a rule.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Gao pragmatically knew that this seemingly reasonable principle had become more and more obvious in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Many emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when they were crown princes,
At that time, there were all kinds of behaviors such as truancy, playing and having fun, etc., and the carefully selected teachers seemed to be increasingly reluctant to do so. One of the important reasons was that the prince who went out to study was still a child after all.
According to the perspective of later generations of pedagogy, generation gaps are often easy to appear between children and adults. The greater the gap between teachers and students, the deeper the generation gap between them may be. When it comes to the education of the prince, the teacher who focuses on the prince’s learning
, the vast majority of them are above middle age, and some are even elderly, and their early education is mostly based on old academics with profound knowledge and strict scholarship. It is basically impossible to have anything in common with the prince.
Throw in a naughty prince, and rebellion is bound to happen.
In addition, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the power of the eunuchs became increasingly important. The eunuchs who accompanied the prince to study were mainly the eunuchs who served the prince. When it came to matters such as skipping classes, they were even more collusive with the prince. The most typical example is Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, who became the prince.
At that time, because he did not like to study, the eunuchs who served him often made excuses to cancel the lectures of the day. Even the lectures that were scheduled to be held were disrupted by them with excuses. They would either finish class early or cause trouble in class. Normal education could not be guaranteed at all.
.The eunuch who contributed most to helping Prince Zhu Houzhao skip classes was Liu Jin, who later became very powerful during the Zhengde Dynasty...
In fact, the knowledgeable people among the civil servants have long recognized this problem, but they have never been able to find any good solution. However, this time unexpectedly, the emperor "took the initiative" to ask for a civil servant who was similar in age to the prince.
Although everyone envied the high pragmatism that finally obtained this position, the reason why they had not opposed it before was that, in addition to the excitement of the "Prince's playmate" incident, it was because they themselves were also
I feel that having a young civil servant by his side can have a positive influence on the prince.