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Chapter 81 Wu Kuan's Tribulation (please subscribe!)
Following the singing of the servants, the gate of the Wenhua Palace was opened wide, and the officials walked northward slowly, entering the palace through two gates.

When you enter the hall, you will find that there is a four-claw dragon screen in the hall, facing south.In front of the screen was where Zhu Houzhao was sitting, and others were watching a group of officials walk in orderly with their heads down.

On both sides of him stood a gilded bronze crane, facing east and west, holding ambergris as thick as a candle in its mouth, which was a tribute from the foreign countries.Before the prince entered the palace, the incense had been burned for half an hour, and now there was light smoke curling up, bursting with fragrance.

There is a book case in front of Zhu Houzhao, and there are lecture cases on both sides of the front.

The officials of the Supervisor of Ceremonies will put away the books to be used in advance. According to the rules, the "Four Books" are placed on the east side, and the Jingshiziji is placed on the west side.The sermons written by the lecturers are also placed inside.

This is not to say that officials are lazy, write it first, and read it accordingly.

But the imperial court has regulations, what to say to the crown prince must first be decided, and sent to the emperor and the cabinet for preview.Otherwise, who knows what you will tell the prince?
In order to prevent this, when Donggong summoned the officials after the lecture, they either summoned them together or did not summon them at all.'Single confrontation' is not allowed, this is the taboo committed by Yang Tinghe the first time.

It is easy to have a "lucky minister" alone, even if you don't teach the prince some crooked ways, that won't work.Because if the prince often calls a certain person, it means that the prince favors him, and the prince will only listen to what he says in the future. What if this is a traitor?

In addition to these, Jinyiwei will also have "guards of honor" personnel, who also stand in two rows, representing the royal style.

The officials of Honglu Temple are responsible for the teaching process, for example, the praise officer will shout:
draft!

Let's talk!

Exhibition book!

The actual process looks at the majesty of nature,

But in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, it is unavoidably complicated, and dozens of people will read it here. Fortunately, he also knows that this is the first day, and the subsequent "daily lectures and reading routines" will be much simplified.

With his cooperation and under the auspices of the eunuch, everything in the Wenhua Palace went smoothly.
Also because it was the first day, senior ministers like Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian would all come. Cheng Minzheng was also the Prince's attendant in the East Palace, so he was also there.

In fact, all the Confucian scholars who can be named in the court can be regarded as Zhu Houzhao's teachers, so today they are really gathered together.

It must be a happy event,
After all, these civil servants have been away from school since the seventh year of Hongzhi because of this matter, and now it has finally come to this moment.

No matter what happened before, the East Palace is the lord of filial piety and benevolence in the hearts of everyone, and it is a great fortune to officially leave the cabinet to give lectures now...!
When the etiquette was over, Liu Jian went out immediately,

"Chen Liu Jian talks about the first chapter of "The Great Learning"!"

Although Zhu Houzhao has already learned this, the attitude of a true scholar is to lay a solid foundation. What he learned before was informal and unsystematic, and now he naturally has to start from the beginning.And if you don't start from scratch, where should you start?

As for the lectures given by the ministers, the first thing is to recognize the characters, the second is to explain the meaning of the words, and the last is to explain the content.

"The way of the university lies in Ming Mingde, in being close to the people... Here, 'university' is opposite to 'primary school', and 'Tao' means principles and rules... When it comes to 'in closeness to the people', a great Confucian in the Song Dynasty said that this is 'close to the people'." If the character 'is spelled wrongly, it should be the character 'Xin', and the people refer to the common people of the world. If the word 'pro' is used, it means being close to the people of the world. Changing the word 'Xin' means to make the people of the world renew themselves."

Zhu Houzhao didn't want future generations to read history books and read an unofficial history that the emperor didn't even understand "University".So listen carefully, anyway, there is nothing wrong with you,

And when he heard this, he interjected, "According to what I see, the word "close" is also very good, close to the people. What's wrong?"

As soon as he said this,
Many people looked up at him.

Liu Jian didn't expect that at such a time, the prince would suddenly interrupt, and after thinking for a while, he explained: "Returning to Your Highness, from the previous sentence, although people can understand their virtues, they are also affected by 'turbidity', and material desires The disadvantages require the process of Mingde, and therefore. Xinmin is used here, and the upper and lower meanings are smoother."

"It's not good here. The way of a monarch is to be close to the people. But Mr. Liu, you can continue..."

Zhu Houzhao is not the kind of person who sticks to words, and you can explain what you like to explain.

It's just that his soul 500 years later can't help but slap it sometimes.

After that, it has been said that the body is cultivated and the family is in order, the family is in order and the country is governed, and the country is governed and the world is peaceful.

"These three sentences are about the principle of self-cultivation to regulate the family, govern the country and the world." After these sentences, Liu Jian finished, "Your Highness, I have finished speaking about "University."

"Okay, sir, you have worked hard."

In this way, he returned to the original place, and Li Dongyang stepped forward.

"My minister, Li Dongyang, is giving a lecture on "The Analects of Confucius."

"it is good."

……

"Chen Xie Qianjin talks about "The Doctrine of the Mean."

"it is good."

……

"My minister Wu Kuanjin talks about the "Shangshu"."

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyelids, his mouth curled up and his eyes narrowed in a smile, ah, this is an old acquaintance.

"Okay. Bengong, listen to Mr. Wu!"

Wu Kuan couldn't help but twitch his brows,
That day, he and Liu Jian argued with the crown prince in front of the imperial court, which made the crown prince unhappy more than once.But when he finally left, the prince talked to him with a smile on his face.At that time, he felt that it seemed bad.

How come I'm excited again...

This made Mr. Wu have a bad feeling.

In fact, "Shangshu" is more awkward to read, and it is more troublesome to explain in a popular way.But it was the first time for the prince to study, and as a rule, he taught scriptures but not history, so he had no choice but to resign himself to it.

Let's go on like this...

When explaining "a military uniform, the world will be settled", he said: King Wu's purpose of defeating Zhou was to save the people from the fire and water, so all the people supported him, and if he put on a soldier's armor, he would not wait for blood, and the world was already settled.

As soon as the words came out, Zhu Houzhao called him, "Mr. Wu."

Except for the original Liu Jian, this is the first time the prince has spoken out,
"The minister is here." Wu Kuan raised his hand and stopped talking.

"Mr. Liu said just now that one can govern the country by cultivating one's morality, and one can rule the world by governing the country. This King Wu should have cultivated his morals and ended in perfection. If that's the case, why should he wear armor so that the world can be stabilized? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be him. After cultivating the body, will the world be settled? Why do you need to wear armor?"

Wu Kuan: "..."

At this time, Cheng Minzheng also raised his head and looked forward. He was still thinking about what kind of person Donggong was, and why the famous Mr. Pao'an (Wu Kuanhao) was so cautious, even taking it too seriously.
Looking at it now, this question is really tricky.
With so many people, such an important occasion, and such difficult questions to answer, if Wu Kuan 'missed', it would be a shame.

Wu Kuan didn't know where the Crown Prince would make things difficult for him, but he knew that there might be such a fallout, so he was mentally prepared.

Forcibly pacifying the faster and faster heartbeat, he thought for a while and explained: "Return to Your Highness. One person who cultivates his body will be transformed into a family, and the members of a family will be transformed into a country, and the people of a country will be transformed into people in the world. In this way, everyone in the world is willing to cultivate their morality, so the world will be stable. But there are also people in the world who are unwilling to cultivate their morality, so they can only fight each other. But why King Wu won in the end, not King Zhou, is because King Wu’s self-cultivation stopped at The ultimate goodness, if the self-cultivation is not perfect, the world will not be stable. Even if King Zhou wins this time, he will still lose in the end. The truth of this is very profound, and you have to understand it slowly. I don’t know if your highness understands when I explain it this way. ?”

Zhu Houzhao said: "So it means that self-cultivation is not enough. Like the Tatars, the people in our room have cultivated themselves to perfection, but he still wants to beat us. If we can't win the battle, we will live No, where else can I go to cultivate myself?"

"What His Highness said is not unreasonable, so the far-sighted ministers in the court will also go up and advise to repair the border defense to prepare for the incoming enemies."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Well, what Mr. Wu said is right. Self-cultivation is indeed not enough. According to Mr. Wu, it seems that what I will learn in the future must also add some military arts."

Wu Kuan was shocked when he said this, what kind of joke are you talking about!How can the crown prince learn things casually?You still said that what I said made sense in front of so many people, so you changed it!Isn't this fatal!

Besides, even if this group of literati were allowed to change, they would definitely not add military tactics!In the future, if you become a martial emperor, you will be forced to conquest yourself at every turn. Wouldn't you be tossing people to death?
"Your Highness, no!" Wu Kuan wailed, stepped back and knelt down.

(End of this chapter)