The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1216: Yanping's Political Affairs (Part )

"My dear minister, you have always avoided the idea of ​​being a teacher to Xiongwa. Are you modest about your lack of talent or are you too careful about your reputation and are unwilling to do more work because you are afraid of being accused of interfering in government affairs?"

Before Sheng Yuan could say anything, Emperor Yanping added this sentence jokingly.

Immediately, Sheng Yuan’s way of advance and retreat was blocked.

Emperor Yanping still did not wait for Sheng Yuan's answer, and said directly: "If you have concerns, it is also normal. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wende's uncle was allowed to be worshipped in the imperial court, while Empress Wende's brother was exiled and hanged himself. It can be seen that the fate of relatives by marriage is unpredictable... But, is Wen Zhen really afraid to move forward because of this? Most things in the world have causes and consequences. What you sow is what you reap. Wen Zhen has a broad mind and lofty ambitions. Could it be that he really let the heir to the throne be taught by others?"

This time he didn't say anything else after he finished speaking, but just looked at Sheng Yuan with his sharp eyes.

Sheng Yuan waited a while, and seeing that Emperor Yanping had no intention of continuing, he cupped his hands and said carefully: "Your Majesty's words of praise for me, I am ashamed to accept them; I have refused many times before, all because I was afraid to take on the heavy responsibility of teaching the crown prince; it is not because of my relationship with the emperor, but because I know what I can do.

Although I have read a lot of poetry and books since I was young and have heard the words of saints for a long time, I am still a layman. Standing next to the great scholars, it is like a fluorescent light next to the sun and the moon, which cannot shine together! If I teach the princess, the princess will be influenced by me... Your Majesty, I dare to ask, in this world, are there more people like me who have wild ideas, or are there more people like the great scholars who follow the ancient teachings and stick to the old system?"

"If right and wrong are really determined by number in this world, then how could our two generations of emperors set a precedent for women's sexual intercourse? How could Wen Zhen win the first prize in the imperial examination as a girl, surpassing countless young men and taking the top spot?"

Sheng Yuan sighed, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your trust! However, the princess is a girl, and I am also a girl. If I teach her personally, it will inevitably cause officials in the court to have wild fantasies. If they react to this and make misjudgments, it will really cause unnecessary waves!"

"Wenzhen, if it was any other girl, I would have doubted it; but since you are the one teaching the princess, I am confident that other officials will not regard you as a girl."

"???"

Emperor Yanping spoke with great confidence, but Sheng Yuan was filled with questions.

No, what do you mean her colleagues don’t treat her as a girl?

How come she is not a girl? Could it be that she looks like a man?
Facing Sheng Yuan with his eyes wide open, Emperor Yanping chuckled and stroked his beard.

He still insisted on his statement. After all, what girl in the world would punch her colleagues and argue with her superiors at the morning court?
Even my husband isn’t so... well, so courageous!
If Emperor Yanping continued to speak, Sheng Yuan might still hesitate; but at this moment, Emperor Yanping was looking at her with a smile, his eyes full of teasing and ridicule, and Sheng Yuan could not hold back.

She had originally declined in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

But Emperor Yanping insisted so much, and if she continued to push it away, she would be branded as someone who did not know what was good for her and had distracted thoughts.

All right! Since the head of the family dared to authorize it, then she, the future pillar of Da Chu, dared to take over!
Thinking of this, a hint of determination flashed in Sheng Yuan's eyes.

Isn't it just educating a child? !

Do you really think she has never taught or produced any successful students?
When Emperor Yanping saw the change in Sheng Yuan's eyes, he was immediately satisfied.

However, at this moment, both the king and his subject tacitly did not continue to talk about the matter of being a teacher.

Of course, Emperor Yanping didn't want Sheng Yuan to leave so soon.

So, he used the methods of governing to examine Shengyuan.

……

"Wen Zhen thinks that if I...well, I, I mean if, if I abdicate to Xiongwa now..."

Before Emperor Yanping could finish his words, he saw Sheng Yuan looking at him with an expression that said "Your Majesty, are you joking?" and he could not continue speaking.

"Ahem, Wenzhen, I'm just making an assumption..." Under Sheng Yuan's indescribable gaze, Emperor Yanping coughed, concealing the discomfort on his face, and said softly: "This is the same as military sand table simulations. They are all different response methods prepared in advance for different situations."

"Your Majesty, perhaps you should first consider how you would deal with the censors' impeachment and the officials' dissuasion if you were to abdicate to the princess now."

"..." After hearing Sheng Yuan's words, Emperor Yanping immediately had an overwhelming number of memorials coming towards him. In an instant, they piled up into small mountains, surrounding him.

The next moment, the memorials that had been piled up like hills seemed to come alive.

The booklets fluttered without wind, and the covers opened and closed like talking mouths.

There was no need for him to read, the memorial itself shouted out the words written on its own paper.

Countless memorials were being shouted at the same time, all with different words. He could not hear the content of each one clearly, but in every memorial there was one or two words cursing him.

This extremely noisy imaginary scene actually only lasted for a few breaths, but even for a moment, it made his head buzz.

Emperor Yanping covered his head with his hands, showing a distressed expression, and even uttered a cry due to the phantom pain.

"Your Majesty!" Several eunuchs appeared out from nowhere and rushed over with nervous faces.

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Sheng Yuan was already frightened by Emperor Yanping's reaction, and when he saw that all the eunuchs were pale and panic-stricken, he stood up in shock, not caring about his robe and overturned the chair, and rushed to the stairs.

"Well! Nothing! Nothing! You don't need to worry!" Emperor Yanping was also startled by the scene. He immediately waved his hand and asked the eunuchs to retreat. He then comforted Sheng Yuan who had just rushed up the stairs, "Wen Zhen, don't worry. Sit back! I was just startled by the imagined impeachment."

Sheng Yuanxu's foot, which was on the top step, slowly landed on the next step. He said yes and slowly retreated.

At this moment, the eunuchs had already helped to lift up the rosewood chair and quickly dusted off the dust that might not be there.

Sheng Yuan whispered "thank you for your trouble", but the image of Emperor Yanping whom he had just seen appeared in his mind.

His...daily clothes seemed to be 30% to 50% thicker than usual.

His hands unconsciously pinched each other under his wide sleeves. Thinking of the emperor's just question, Sheng Yuan could no longer sit still.

"Wenzhen, why are you still standing? Sit down quickly!" Emperor Yanping's laughter awakened Sheng Yuan who was lost in thought.

He looked at the sturdy chair and patted his legs in delight: "My dear minister, you are indeed very strong. It takes two or three eunuchs to lift such a heavy chair, but you brought it down effortlessly! If all the court officials had your strength, I'm afraid that even if Emperor Yan Chun replaced the chair with a stone one, it would not be able to stop the chair from flying all over the place!"

His words sounded very vivid, and even though Sheng Yuan had many worries, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The funny part comes from the story of "Emperor Chun changing stools".

Emperor Yan Chun was the ninth emperor of the Yan Dynasty. Since the founding of the Yan Dynasty, the martial virtues of the civil and military officials were extremely abundant. Not only did they often fight in groups during the morning court sessions, but even in the emperor's council hall, they often engaged in melees of varying sizes.

It is said that once when Emperor Yan Chun convened a small table meeting to discuss state affairs, the ministers started arguing again. In the heat of the argument, someone threw his own tablet away. The ministers, without weapons, simply rolled up their sleeves, moved up chairs and hit each other. The scene was so intense that Emperor Yan Chun was so scared that he hid behind the table.

From that day on, Emperor Yan Chun ordered the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Household Department to replace all the chairs in the palace with polished wooden stools. These wooden stools, which were carved into the shape of chairs, were also inlaid with copper plates of the same color on both sides.

It is said that since the replacement, these seats, which were once often used as weapons by officials, have no record of injuring anyone except for one minister's waist being sprained.