Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

After spending a month of tedious proofreading manuscripts, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan finally ushered in their first Jingyan lectures since they joined the Imperial Academy at the beginning of September.

Jingyan is a lecture seat specially set up for the emperor in front of the emperor. The lecturers are generally held by officials of the Imperial Academy. The content of the lectures covers the history of Confucian classics and is held regularly.The main purpose is to cultivate the emperor's own knowledge so that he can be fully influenced by Confucian culture, which is equivalent to a lecture on Confucian classics for the emperor.

The original teaching function of Jingyan is very obvious. In addition to opening for the emperor, sometimes it is also opened for princes and even princes. The purpose is to train him to be a qualified king.After the development of this dynasty, the sutra banquet gradually became a formality, and became a ceremonial cutscene between the monarch and his ministers.

In particular, Emperor Jingfeng was already an adult when he came to the throne, and he had already received systematic Confucian Confucian classics education, and Jingyan lectures were dispensable to him.The reason why he still insists on participating in the Jingyan today is more to show the court's respect for Confucianism and to establish his image as a dignified and studious emperor.

However, even if the Jingyan is more than a formality, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, as "shallow qualifications" who have just entered the Imperial Academy, are currently not qualified to be lecturers for Emperor Jingfeng.Today's real Jingyan lecturer is Jia Daoheng, and they are just his assistants—that is, when Jia Daoheng is giving lectures, he will turn over the books for him.

Outside the Wenhua Hall where the Sutra Banquet was held, Jia Daoheng looked at Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan who were slightly cramped, and asked with a smile, "Are you nervous?"

Gu Yunji exhaled softly: "One point. Although I have met His Majesty several times, this is a sutra banquet after all. The distance is close, and the time is long, let alone giving lectures to His Majesty. It is impossible not to be nervous. .”

Jia Daoheng said with relief: "Jingyan sounds like a bluff, but it's actually just an ordinary lecture. The content is all Confucian classics. As Jinshi who came from the imperial examination, we should be very familiar with these. It's the first time you are nervous. You get used to it after a few times.”

"Besides, when the sutra banquet is held, the monarchs usually just listen and don't ask questions. Let's just finish the speech without worrying about how to respond. Not only that, if the monarch is distracted while listening to the lecture, you can also put on airs and warn him remind."

Cheng Yan was surprised when he heard it, and he couldn't believe it: "Really? Although Jing Yan's lectures can be regarded as preaching and teaching, but after all, there is a distinction between us and His Majesty, can we really put on airs as a teacher?"

"The teacher in name is also a teacher. What's more, as a courtier, he has the responsibility of admonishing. As long as he does not violate the rules, it is okay to remind and advise appropriately. For example, during the Xihe period, the first emperor left during a sutra lecture. He lost his mind, and was not sitting properly, so he was corrected by a young Hanlin official who was only in his twenties."

Then, Jia Daoheng straightened his face and imitated the tone and tone of the Hanlin official: "'For a king, should you dress rightly?'"

"It's just such a sentence, I read it several times in a row, until the first emperor came to his senses and immediately corrected it, then the imperial officials were willing to give up."

As a courtier, he dared to teach the emperor a lesson; but as an emperor, he couldn't help being ashamed and correcting his mistakes immediately instead of being angry and condemning him.Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan imagined such a scene for a while, and felt a little weird and quite miraculous for a moment, they couldn't help shaking their heads and laughing.

Speaking of this, Jia Daoheng still had some regrets: "But it was all in the time of the first emperor. Today, he is always strict with himself. He is respectful and respectful when listening to lectures, and he never distracts himself. We will never have the chance to see such a scene. "

Seeing that the hour was approaching, before entering the hall, Jia Daoheng asked again: "The content of today's explanation is "University". I may have a little discrepancy when I actually explain it, and I will not follow the book one by one. When I turn the pages, be a little smarter, don't be too rigid, understand?"

Jia Daoheng didn't need to say this, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan knew it too, so they nodded: "Master Jia, don't worry, we understand."

After entering the Wenhua Hall and saluting to Emperor Jingfeng, Jia Daoheng knelt and sat in front of the first few cases in the hall, ready to start giving lectures.On the other hand, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan knelt on either side of Jia Daoheng, one on the left and the other on the right, ready to flip through the manuscripts on the case for him later.

Although the exhibitors are only the assistants of the lecturers on duty, they do not need to give lectures directly, but they actually use the excuse of exhibiting the scrolls to observe the whole process of opening the sutra banquet, so as to accumulate experience and lay the foundation for them to serve as lecturers on duty in the future.

Therefore, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan did not dare to neglect even simple page-turning tasks. After meticulously sorting out the "University" manuscript for Jia Daoheng, the two lowered their heads and respectfully waited for Jia Daoheng to start speaking.

Seeing that everyone was already seated, Jia Daoheng cleared his throat and said unhurriedly: "What I want to tell His Majesty today is the deeds of one of the heroes of the Warring States Period—— King Zhao Wuling."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan froze in unison, and exchanged glances, which were full of surprise.

King Zhao Wuling?Didn't you want to talk about "University"?Why is it different from what you said?
Gu Yunji almost wondered if he remembered it wrong. He was not sure if he opened a corner of the manuscript and found that the title above was indeed "University", and the content was also the content of "University". Or misremembered.

The only possibility is that Jia Daoheng temporarily adjusted the content without telling them.

Hearing Jia Daoheng's words, Emperor Jing Feng raised his eyelids lightly, gave him a deep look, then closed his eyes calmly, and finally said nothing.

Jia Daoheng looked as usual, as if this was what he was going to say, and he said calmly: "King Zhao Wuling was only 15 years old when he succeeded to the throne. One of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period with the strength to compete in the Central Plains."

"However, such a heroic hero made a major mistake in his later years, which eventually caused the country to be in turmoil, and he himself was trapped in the sand dunes and starved to death. That is to abandon the old and establish the young, and go against the rules."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji was so shocked that he almost fell off his seat.

Everyone in the court knew that Emperor Jingfeng had three princes. The eldest son, Li Jinze, was seven years old.It was because he was born to a maidservant when Emperor Jingfeng was hiding in his mansion, his status was low, and although he was the eldest son, he was not liked by his father.

The emperor's second son, Li Jinche, was born of Emperor Jingfeng's favorite concubine, Liu Guifei. They had no choice but to wait behind their elder brother and be dragged down together.

If the prince wants to go out to study in the pavilion, he must first have his name corrected. To rectify his name, he must distinguish between the eldest son and the concubine.

Now that the two princes have reached the age of leaving the court to study, Emperor Jingfeng's attitude towards this is ambiguous, and whenever courtiers give reminders, he blocks them back.After such a long time, there were rumors in the court: Emperor Jingfeng wanted to replace the eldest son Li Jinze and make the emperor's second son Li Jinche the crown prince.

The establishment of a crown prince has always been a taboo in the heart of the monarch, and the courtiers have taken a great risk to make insinuations.But today, when Jia Daoheng held the sutra banquet, he dared to use the matter of Zhao Wuling's abolition of the elders and the establishment of the younger as a metaphor to satirize the current situation.