Wenhua Hall is located to the east of Zuoshun Gate, far across from Wuying Hall. Since this is often where the prince sees things, and the five elements of wood are in the east, the glazed tiles here are green. During the Tianshun and Chenghua years, the prince took photos here.
As a matter of fact, the current crown prince Zhu Houzhao was young, so during the New Year and during festivals, he would receive the audience and kowtow from the officials of the East Palace here, and he would always give lectures here. Of course, if the emperor wanted to summon cabinet ministers, they would usually do so in the Wenhua Hall.
When he was promoted to the palace and summoned ministers to give a report, it was like the one a few days ago. It was a rare and powerful event in Hongzhi's reign.
This day is Xie Qian's lecture. He has always been the most eloquent person. He can talk about any scripture at his fingertips. Now he expanded on a simple sentence in "The Great Learning" and said it in one breath.
For a quarter of an hour, the eyes of the bachelor's students who were also giving lectures on the side all shone, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but yawn quietly, and then his eyes rolled around. When he saw Liu Jin standing behind him, he moved
Lean back.
"Hey, what time is it?"
"Your Highness, it must be almost noon." Liu Jin did not dare to turn his head rashly to look at the copper kettle dripping behind him. Even when he spoke, he only moved his lips slightly, and his voice was like a mosquito, for fear of disturbing Xie Qian or those few people.
A bachelor's degree attendant heard this. However, seeing Zhu Houzhao twisting and turning, obviously extremely absent-minded, he had to bite the bullet and remind him, "Your Highness, wait a little longer, the time will be up soon. Do you want to go west by then?"
Yuan, then go to Xiyuan! You know, if Mr. Xie says a few nice words, the emperor will be happy and might give you two days off?"
Although Liu Jin was just talking nonsense, these words obviously made Zhu Houzhao regain his energy and even pretended to be attentive. In his heart, he was thinking about what Xu Xun's five hundred people were like and what he could be like during his first training.
However, just when he was feeling impatient, he suddenly felt a hand stabbing him from behind.
"Ah?" Seeing Xie Qian looking at him with bright eyes, Zhu Houzhao woke up for a moment, but soon nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Xie, maybe you can say it again?"
Although he knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was probably distracted and didn't listen at all, and was secretly depressed for a moment, Xie Qian had to swallow down this trace of undue sullenness and said kindly: "The way of a university lies in being virtuous and being close to the people.
When you stop at the highest good, you know that after you stop, you will have concentration. After concentration, you will be able to be still. When you are still, you will be able to be at peace. After being at peace, you will be able to think about it. After thinking about it, you will be able to gain.
Does Your Highness understand the meaning of this?"
Zhu Houzhao was completely distracted just now. How could he understand what this meant? He racked his brains to think about it, and finally managed to grasp the gist of what Ji Chuangcunqian said. He swallowed hard and stumbled and said: "The way of university,
It's... it's about showing that... that good temper that everyone has, and... um, being close to the people can be the most perfect. Being able to know, uh... know the best, and then you will have concentration. If you have concentration, you will
If you have a calm mind, you will be calm. If you are calm, you will be able to think deeply. If you think deeply, you will be able to find the great road."
By the last few sentences, they were finally not too difficult to pronounce. He had probably thought about it a little, and his mouth suddenly became very smooth. At the end, he even asked with a smile: "Mr. Xie, is this what you mean?"
As for the great road, all his saliva flying around was in vain!
Although Xie Qian wanted to sigh, Zhu Houzhao had listened to some of the initial explanations, so he could only give up and nodded stiffly, then continued talking, pretending not to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, whose head was drooping again.
It wasn't until there was a loud bronze bell outside that he coughed and stopped. He bowed deeply to Zhu Houzhao and said, "His Royal Highness, please go back and study what you have said today."
"Yes, yes, yes, don't worry, Mr. Xie, I have written it all down!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao nodding his head repeatedly, and thinking of the master's attitude of humbly accepting repeated admonitions, Xie Qian couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. In the end, he couldn't say anything more, and he and a group of attending bachelors respectfully sent the prince off. However, looking at the hurried
Looking back, he felt very uncomfortable. Whether it was the previous debate in the Wenhua Hall or his performance during today's lecture, the tendency of the East Palace to favor martial arts and hate literature was too obvious. If things go on like this, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Zhengtong years.
ah!
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly came out from behind and saw Zhang Yong poking his head there. He immediately stepped up and grabbed the man's sleeve and asked, "What's going on? Did you go to Xiyuan to see anything exciting?"
Zhang Yong hurriedly saluted, and when he saw several other eunuchs looking at him jealously, he did not dare to continue to show off, and said with a smile: "I saw it, I saw it. As soon as Crown Prince Xu came here, he gave them a warning."
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Liu Jin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when she saw that Zhu Houzhao was walking impatiently to ask Zhang Yong, but left herself behind. She thought to herself that if she had known this, she should have asked for this job earlier, and there would be no need to give Zhang Yong an advantage. But
At this moment, he suddenly noticed the glances from the side, and when he saw it was Gao Feng, he quickly hid the emotion just shown on his face.
Gao Feng, who is in his early seventies, is no better than Liu Jin, who has been in the palace for many years but has never had a high ranking. Among the eunuchs in the East Palace, he is the biggest eunuch, the eunuch of the ceremony. He has always been easy-going, but he has never been in charge of the East Palace Seal Bureau.
He put on airs and made everyone smile. Even Zhu Houzhao never called him by his name when he was happy, but called him one after another. Therefore, although Liu Jin had always been polite and respectful to Gao Feng, now he looked like he was smiling but not smiling.
Still a little uncomfortable.
"Be careful. When you were whispering to the prince before, Mr. Xie Ge saw it."
When Gao Feng saw that Liu Jin was surprised, he reminded him in a low voice, "Mr. Xie Ge is not like Mr. Li Ge. He is quick-tempered and quick-talking. If you say something in front of the emperor, you won't be able to bear it."
Remember to watch people in the future and don't act rashly."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Eunuch Gao, for reminding me, thank you, Eunuch Gao, for reminding me!"
Not to mention that Liu Jin was very upset by Gao Feng's few words, Zhu Houzhao happily walked out of the Zuoshun Gate, then entered through the Right Shunmen, and went all the way west out of the Xihua Gate. At this time, Zhang Yong had already arranged for him to go to the Xihua Gate.
His companions were waiting there. As soon as Zhu Houzhao sat down and was about to give instructions to set off, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked around, and happened to see Gao Feng, so he immediately said: "Gao Daban, you are old, I will follow you all the way."
It's too hard to go to the inner campus. Go to the father, the emperor and the empress and tell them that I will come back to say hello. Now go over there to watch the excitement. And you, don't follow so many people. Liu Jin, Zhang Yonggu, and Ma Yongcheng
Follow, everyone else goes back!"
Liu Jin understood as soon as he heard that the master didn't want to reveal his identity. Seeing Gao Feng agreeing with a smile, while the others were a little embarrassed, he looked around and casually grabbed a young eunuch and gave some instructions, but the two of them arrived first. They went into the straight room next to the Xihua Gate. After a while, Liu Jin came out with a baggage, and then quickly followed Zhu Houzhao and his party who were already moving forward. Then they went north to the north gate and followed the moat to Qian Mingmen, and then went smoothly to the Golden Turtle and Jade Spider Bridge rebuilt in the second year of Hongzhi, and then passed the Lingxing Gate, and then really entered the Xiyuan. Liu Jin took advantage of there being no one around, and hurried up. .
"Your Highness, if you go there in such a slumber, all the heads and heads of the Xiyuan Wine Room, Flower House, Orchard Factory will come up to flatter you, and you will not be able to deal with them in time. Where will you have time to watch the drills in the inner school field? Photo I'm just kidding, please change your clothes and say you're from the East Palace to watch the excitement. This way you won't be alarmed and you'll feel comfortable watching. Didn't I say that this time the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War sent an officer to watch? ?If he goes out and talks to the bosses, he will be noisy for a while, right?"
"Okay, you are thoughtful!"
Zhu Houzhao was very happy after hearing this. He looked around and was about to decide which of the following eunuchs would take off their clothes and change with him. Liu Jin presented the bundle with both hands with a smile: "If your highness doesn't mind, the younger one is just right." Let Wang Yu leave behind a set of clothes that he just wore this morning. He is about the same height as His Highness, but he has only wronged His Highness..."
"No grievance, no grievance, bring it quickly!"
At this moment, even Zhang Yong couldn't help but admire Liu Jin's tactful thinking, not to mention the others. He carried Zhu Houzhao to a secluded place, and several people gathered around the master to change into eunuch's clothes. Zhu Houzhao said to everyone around him. A sturdy eunuch carrying a dagger on his shoulders ordered: "You four are waiting here for a long time. You can gamble and laugh, but you are not allowed to wander around!"
"yes!"
After changing out of his splendid silk clothes and putting on this inconspicuous little eunuch's outfit, Zhu Houzhao became very happy - after all, when he left the palace in the past, he mostly used this trick to conceal the truth. Although there were occasional incidents along the way. Eunuchs who knew Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others came over to talk, but he was always safe and sound as he was blocked by others. It was not until he passed the Chengxiang Bridge that he could see the silhouettes of people on the inner school field in the distance. No matter what, he pulled everyone behind him and stretched his neck to take a look while walking quickly.
Before he reached the official place, he heard Xu Xun shouting loudly: "Left lion versus right tiger!"
Before Zhu Houzhao could react, he heard another sound of right leopard versus left bear, then right wolf, left tiger, right lion and so on. He heard it in a fog, and Zhang Yong on the side hurriedly stepped forward. Explained: "His Royal Highness, Prince Xu organized these five hundred people into five centurions, namely lions, tigers, leopards, bears and wolves, and then each centurion had two general flags, so they were divided into left and right. Now it is about these Everyone knows their own team, so they compete in tug-of-war!"
If Zhu Houzhao was only very interested at first, then at this moment his interest was so high that he dragged a group of people and almost ran away. When he reached the edge of the school field from a distance, he saw piles of people wearing coats of different colors. As he was running back and forth, he immediately stood there on tiptoe and jumped twice to watch. In the end, he still felt unsatisfied. Just when he was about to find someone to move a ladder to get a better view, someone was walking quickly over there. He came up to us. He didn't recognize the person, but Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and the others recognized him at a glance.