And because the ice and snow have not yet melted and the roads are inconvenient, today a snowstorm occurred in a certain area and houses collapsed, and tomorrow an earthquake occurred in a certain place with many casualties. Such bad news has been reduced a lot, and the ears have become clearer.
The world seems to be peaceful.
It's not that these natural disasters don't need attention and relief, or that they should be indifferent and turn a blind eye, but the Ming Dynasty is so big that natural and man-made disasters happen all the time, almost every day for more than 300 days a year, but there is only one emperor who is dedicated to dealing with these disasters.
We are overwhelmed by natural disasters and man-made disasters. We are faced with the bad news brought about almost every day, so we can’t even think of a brighter mind.
What is even more hateful is that there are always civil servants who use these natural disasters to ask the emperor to cultivate virtue, ask the emperor to reduce taxes, and even ask the emperor to issue edicts to punish himself, asking for this and that, as if these natural disasters are caused by the emperor, and the emperor must be punished.
Take responsibility, the officials below will not bear any responsibility at all.
He has been emperor for almost seven years.
Zhu Youjian has seen through many rules. He is no longer the stupid young man with passion and passion. He has also paid countless tuition fees and will no longer fall for simple tricks easily.
He also realized some of his limitations, such as trusting the civil servants too much. Even though the civil servants disappointed him time and time again, he still had expectations for these civil servants who had read the books of sages, but what he got in exchange was
Even greater disappointment.
But if you don’t trust the civil servants and don’t rely on the civil servants, who can help govern this huge country like Ming Dynasty? How can we complete the great cause of ZTE? If the civil servants group is in such a bad state, is there any possibility of change?
Disaster.
It's really difficult.
Chongzhen felt that the thorny problems before him, in addition to Xujiazhuang, included the problem of incompetence, greed and unreliability of civil servants. Without solving this core problem, Ming ZTE could only be an empty talk.
besides.
On the tenth day of February, Prince Zhu Cixi celebrated his fifth birthday, and an equally important matter and issue was placed before his eyes.
That is the issue of the prince's education.
The prince needs to start learning Chinese calligraphy. He can no longer play wildly and blindly every day. If he doesn't hire a few strict teachers to control him properly, he may become a martial artist again. This is absolutely intolerable.
If that's the case, it's very simple. Just follow the prince's training practices and find a few virtuous scholars to educate the prince.
Under the strict education of the great Confucians.
Under the influence of the sages' principles.
It won't take long for Prince Zhu Cixiang to become a gentleman, knowledgeable and courteous, and a qualified prince.
But wasn’t Chongzhen himself a masterpiece cultivated by great Confucians?
If the prince follows in his own footsteps and is taught, regulated, restrained, and even deceived and betrayed by the great civil servants, is this a good thing or a bad thing?
And does what the great Confucianists say really work?
If it really works, why did Ming Dynasty become like this?
If the prince becomes like himself and takes over the empire in the future, and listens to the officials and scholars, what will be the final result? Will it be good or bad?
Zhu Youjian shook his head.
No, the prince cannot follow his own old path and let the civil servants and scholars fool him into stupidity.
But if you don’t seek enlightenment from a great scholar, who else can you approach? Who is more suitable to enlighten the prince?
"Your Majesty, why don't you try the new education in Xujiazhuang? Maybe the effect will be better. I heard that many wealthy families have begun to let some of their nephews learn new knowledge from Xujiazhuang for enlightenment." Queen Zhou suggested.
Yes, Xujiazhuang's new education has indeed become popular. Especially after the movie "The Battle of Daxingzhuang" spread and was seen by tens of millions of Ming people, Xujiazhuang's new knowledge system became popular and attracted countless
According to literati research, even if some literati scolded Xu Jiazhuang very harshly, privately, they would still arrange for one or two children and nephews to receive a new type of education, which is equivalent to throwing two eggs into Xu Jiazhuang's basket. In the eyes of outsiders, this is despicable, but
But it is just a routine operation for most literati.
Now Empress Zhou also had this idea, not because she surrendered to Xu Jiazhuang in terms of position, but because Xu Jiazhuang did have a lot to learn, and out of pragmatic considerations, it was necessary to learn Xu Jiazhuang's knowledge system.
"No, the prince is the crown prince of the country. If he is influenced by businessmen's thinking, the country will definitely be destroyed in the future, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
Zhu Youjian immediately denied it without hesitation.
"Then who should I turn to to enlighten Ci Xun?"
"Let's find a few great scholars. With me supervising and correcting, the prince should not be led too far." Zhu Youji thought for a while and said, in short, he would rather choose a great scholar than Xujiazhuang.
"All right."
Empress Zhou shook her head helplessly. Her Majesty was too wary of Xujiazhuang. In fact, even she, a woman, could see that Xujiazhuang's methods wiped out the bandits, defeated the slaves, and changed many places in the Ming Dynasty.
Wealth has brought food and clothing to countless people. Although the methods are a bit unscrupulous, which is criticized, the Ming Dynasty has indeed become much better than before. Now we don't learn from the good, but still stick to the tradition. Is this really wise?
Forget it, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, she can just complain in her heart.
However, Emperor Zhu Youjian had basically selected Jiang Fengyuan, the Minister of Rites, Yao Minggong, Shao Zhan Shi, Wang Duo, Qu Keshen and others to join the poetry reading class and let them enter the East Palace for five years.
When the crown prince Zhu Cixi was giving lectures to enlighten people.
Qichunnian, the commercial representative of Xujiazhuang, suddenly came to the palace to see him and said he had an important matter to discuss.
"Qichun Year?"
Zhu Youjian frowned, and immediately didn't want to see him. Although this guy often brought benefits to the royal family every time he came here, Zhu Youjian was so angry with him many times, and he had murderous intentions many times, but he still couldn't kill him.
After this annoying guy was chopped off, he was so depressed that he even thought of vomiting blood.
"Your Majesty, Representative Qi said that this matter is related to whether the Ming Dynasty can survive for three hundred, five hundred or even thousands of years. Your Majesty must pay attention to it." Wang Chengen said.
"Haha, these little tricks are useless to me."
Zhu Youjian sneered.
"Then our family will let him leave?" Wang Chengen turned around.
"It's better to bring him here. I want to hear what nonsense he can tell this time."
Zhu Youjian still said, because he hadn't seen this Qichun year for a while. Although this was the result of Zhu Youjian's deliberate neglect, after not seeing each other for three or four months, he still felt a little missed. No, it was definitely not missing.
I'm just bored and want to find someone to scold. Yes, that's it.
…
Inside Dongnuan Pavilion.
This time Qichunnian's appearance surprised Zhu Youjian, because he wore a white gown, a less ostentatious haircut, a folding fan in his hand, and a pair of plain glasses on the bridge of his nose. It looked like
He is polite and polite, like a scholar.
Zhu Youjian couldn't help but ridicule: "Qichunnian, do you act like this because you want others to think you are a good person?"
"Your Majesty, Qi is a good person."
Qichunnian cupped his hands and said seriously: "Not only that, Qi is also a teacher who can teach and educate people. He can teach excellent disciples and lead the Ming Dynasty to a bright and prosperous future!"
"Hahaha, stop being ridiculous. Do you want to laugh me to death with this joke?"
Zhu Youjian held his stomach and laughed until his stomach ached. However, Qichunnian repeatedly emphasized that what he said was serious and there was no lie.
"That's enough. I admit that your joke made me laugh. Let's get back to the topic. What do you want to discuss this time?" Zhu Youjian, who had laughed enough, returned to his serious expression and said.
"Your Majesty, Qi has made it very clear. Qi considers himself to be a good scholar and a good character, so he wants to be the prince's first teacher. I beg your majesty to give Qi this opportunity." Qi Chunnian bowed his hands in an airy manner.
Very lowly.
Phew~
Zhu Youjian almost spit out a mouthful of water, and the tea cup in his hand also spilled a lot of tea.
After beating around the bush for a long time, it turned out that Qichunnian wanted to be his son's teacher, and he didn't seem to be joking. He even took the initiative to change his careless external image.
"Haha~"
Putting the tea cup on the coffee table at hand, Zhu Youjian chuckled and said: "I will leave my prince to your education? Qichunnian, did you get up and look in the mirror this morning? Have you ever measured how thick-skinned you are?
?You come to be the prince’s teacher, haha, are you worthy?”
Zhu Youjian's merciless contempt and ridicule.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of Qi's behavior?" Qichunnian asked in a deep voice, as if he had not been hit.
"What do you think of yourself as a person?" Zhu Youjian asked back.
"Your Majesty, do you think that Qi is sometimes very arrogant, shameless, annoying, thick-skinned, and makes countless lies, but you are always helpless towards Qi and want to kill her repeatedly but to no avail?"
Spring Road.
"Haha, you are quite self-aware, but there is something you said wrongly. I want to kill you with just one sentence. I am just kind-hearted and spared your life. Don't get carried away anymore." Zhu Youjian also said.
Just be honest and honest.
"Your Majesty, because of this, Qi is the most suitable person to be the prince's teacher!"
Qi Chunnian suddenly raised his head and said with an arrogant evil smile: "Your Majesty, think about it, if you leave the prince to my education, the prince will definitely become as shameless as Qi in the future, or even more shameless than Qi.
I would like to ask such a prince, can the civil servants deceive him? Will he still be humbled and restrained in front of the civil servants? Which of the most talented and strategic emperors in history is not a despicable, cruel, cunning, and unscrupulous person? Like a gentleman.
Which of the emperors and literati emperors was not bullied miserably and had no imperial prestige at all? They were even ignored by the subordinates and reduced to a puppet. Your Majesty, please tell me, if you want to be a qualified prince, a wise and powerful person.
Emperor, why don’t you learn from Qi’s qualities?”
But he just finished speaking.
A big foot kicked towards him.
Then he was kicked one after another, accompanied by shouts of "go away", "die to me" and "don't ever be seen by me", and was kicked all the way out of Dongnuan Pavilion.
"Your Majesty, please think about it, please think about it!"
Qichunnian fled in embarrassment with footprints all over his body, but he still couldn't help but look back. It wasn't until he saw Emperor Zhu Youjian borrowing a knife from Jin Wuwei that he shut up and ran out of the palace in a flash.
Zhu Youjian's face turned red and his chest heaved violently. He swore that he would never see this Qichunnian again and asked Xujiazhuang to have another business representative come over.