I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 20 Lecture Banquet

After this incident, Zhu Youxiao's view of the noble class changed slightly.

As a time traveler from later generations, influenced by the information of later generations, his original view of these classes in the Ming Dynasty was very one-sided. For example, the nobles were all morons, the Donglin Party was all talkers, the eunuchs were all greedy, etc.

But since he succeeded to the throne, he found that the Donglin Party was not all talkative. There were also nobles who were truly courageous in their duties, and there were also eunuchs with high levels of education and integrity.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, he constantly warned himself not to have stereotypes about these people, and to kill them with one stroke. Everything should be based on his own interests.

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The emperor's daily life was not only about discussing and negotiating state affairs, but also studying. The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the emperor's education.

According to regulations, when the crown prince reaches the age of 8, the Ministry of Rites will invite him to "come out of the East Palace to give lectures", which means that the prince will officially start royal education.

His father Guangzong was not favored by Shenzong, which caused Guangzong Zhu Changluo to be in fear all day long, fearing to make Emperor Wanli angry, so he was also very cold towards Zhu Youxiao, resulting in Zhu Youxiao not receiving much formal education.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, the cabinet was very concerned about this matter and kept writing letters requesting that Zhu Youxiao hold a sutra banquet.

The Sutra Banquet is a class specially set up for emperors in ancient times. It is divided into the Sutra Banquet Ceremony and the Daily Lecture. The Daily Lecture is a daily lecture with a simpler format and fewer people. The Grand Ceremony has more people and more rules.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that in order to avoid cold and heat, two sutra feasts were organized every year, called "spring lectures" and "autumn lectures", each lasting about three months. The spring lectures were usually from February to May, and the autumn lectures were usually from August. Ends in October.

It is already September, so logically speaking, the autumn lectures will not be held.

Since Wanli's neglect of government, the Jingyan Festival has not been held for more than 20 years. The cabinet also knew that Zhu Youxiao's education had not kept up, so he was very dedicated to the Jingyan Banquet and kept writing to request it to be held.

Zhu Youxiao also agreed to this, so now Han Xu, the assistant minister of the cabinet, is explaining the rules and precautions of the Sutra Banquet to Zhu Youxiao in the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, tomorrow's Sutra Banquet Ceremony will be held in the Wenhua Hall."

The Sutra Banquet Ceremony was very grand and important officials of the imperial court were required to attend. Especially after the Ming Dynasty, the rules became more complicated and formalized, requiring cabinet ministers, ministers of various ministries, Hanlin Academy, Gieszhong, Yushi and others to select personnel to participate.

What to do first, what to do next, how to ask questions, and even how the emperor answers are all fixed in detail and relatively strict.

It was also a good opportunity to show off in front of the emperor, and many people would not miss it.

"Okay, I'll just follow the gentlemen's arrangements then. Has the person for the lecture banquet been chosen yet?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, it is currently confirmed that they are Sun Chengzong, a descendant of Zuo Shu, and Ding Shaoshi, a minister of the Hanlin Academy. These two people are knowledgeable and prudent. It is more suitable to be an official." Han Xu replied.

Both of them came from the Hanlin Academy.

In the Ming Dynasty, the trial lecturers were basically members of the Hanlin Academy. This was also the reason why the Hanlin Academy was noble. They had a better chance of meeting the emperor, and all the Jinshi wanted to squeeze in.

There are thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to remember them all. If you have the opportunity to meet the emperor at this time, the emperor will remember you, and you will have more opportunities to be promoted than others. This is one of the advantages of the Hanlin Academy. one.

When he heard Sun Chengzong's name, Zhu Youxiao's eyes also lit up. Historically, Sun Chengzong was Zhu Youxiao's teacher and he was very capable.Deeply respected by him.

"Okay, let Sun Chengzong speak first tomorrow."

"Yes" Han Xu is incompetent.

"In addition, Han Aiqing, the lectures at the Sutra Banquet Ceremony will be as arranged by you, but for the Japanese lectures, I want to change the content of the lectures. In addition to asking Hanlin to explain, we can also ask people from the six departments selected by the cabinet to explain the system of the country and the dynasty. Administrative operations. Let me learn more."

"I obey the decree."······
The next day, after washing and tidying up, Zhu Youxiao got on the dragon boat and headed to the Wenhua Hall.

When they arrived at the Wenhua Hall, senior officials from the imperial court had already arrived, standing on both sides, and the whole court was solemn.

The eunuch and eunuch in charge of rituals arranged the books and sermons in advance. Generally speaking, the four books were in the east and the classics and history were in the west. As a rule, two copies of the sermons were copied, one for the imperial case and one for the lectures.

After Zhu Youxiao sat down, he praised the official appointment and shouted "praise". All the officials paid homage and shouted "Long live" three times.

Zhu Youxiao was already used to this scene and said loudly: "Pingshen." All officials thanked Pingshen.

Then "go to the temple in order, and stand in order from east to west."After everyone is seated, the attendants will carry the lecture case to the front of the imperial case.

Immediately afterwards, the official of Honglu Temple shouted, "Let's talk." The sutra feast officially began.

A man with a beautiful beard, over sixty years old, and well-dressed came out. This man was Sun Chengzong, the trial lecturer.Standing in front of the podium and bowing to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao also bowed in response as arranged.

What Sun Chengzong was going to talk about today was "Mencius: Wan Zhang". He immediately opened "Mencius", and Zhan Zhanguan also quickly opened the book in front of Zhu Youxiao to the Wan Zhang page.

Sun Chengzong began to read the content: "The saint has worries, so he makes a covenant as a disciple, and teaches human relations. Father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are orderly, and friends have trust."

After Zhu Youxiao finished listening, he also began to recite silently.

After Sun Chengzong finished reading, he began to explain this sentence. His lecture method was not boring. He first explained this sentence in vernacular, and then began to explain in detail using various examples and allusions, citing classics.

This also made Zhu Youxiao listen with interest. After all, this was equivalent to a lecture by a member of the academic department of the Academy of Social Sciences, and was tutored by many double-first-class doctoral supervisors. I don't know how much higher this level is than modern courses.

After Sun Chengzong finished explaining this sentence, he stopped and bowed and asked: "Your Majesty, do you have any questions?"

"I have no doubt that what you said is very good."

Zhu Youxiao doesn't know much about the Four Books and Five Classics, so all he can do now is study hard.

Seeing that there was no problem, Sun Chengzong continued to explain.

Then the entire ceremony followed this procedure until the end of the lecture in the afternoon.

But the banquet was not over yet. After all the court officials bowed down to the emperor, Zhu Youxiao would issue an order to give a banquet.

The banquet at the end of the feast was prepared by Guanglu Temple. This meal was also "precious and delicious" and "extremely sumptuous".If you can't finish the meal, you can take it away. The feast will not officially end until all the officials have finished the meal.

The torture of Zhu Youxiao was over. The Jingyan Ceremony was so cumbersome and had so many rules that the emperor had no interest in learning it.

On the contrary, there were daily lectures, which were usually in class, and there were not many rules. The emperor and the trial lecturer were more comfortable getting along with each other, and the effect on the emperor was even greater.

　The Jing Banquet was something that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had to experience, so a chapter is devoted to it.

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