Jiajing Chengming

After hearing this, Lu Shen's eyes showed surprise.

"Your Majesty is right. This is the only way to avoid being disrespectful to the crown prince!"

Zhang Cong replied.

Gui E also echoed, "That's right! It's not that the prince can't teach strictly, but a teacher should set an example first to show that he is not afraid of hardship! This will not violate the great etiquette, and it will also be more conducive to the prince's sincere acceptance of teaching."

"When I was studying, my teacher was strict and always asked me to get up early and recite in the courtyard before eating. My teacher also recited with me every morning. When we asked him why, he said that as a teacher, we should always remember and recite the teachings of the saints. As the saying goes, review the old to learn the new, and we should not slack off! Otherwise, we are not qualified to teach our disciples!"

"Lu Shen, what did they say?"

Zhu Houcong asked about Lu Shen at this time.

Lu Shen said: "Your Majesty, please allow me to tell you that this is not the way a king treats his subjects!"

"How is this not the way to treat a minister?"

Zhu Houcong asked with a frown.

Lu Shen said: "I am already over fifty years old. If I really do this, once I catch a cold, it will take my life in an instant."

"Does Your Majesty really want to treat Confucian officials so harshly?"

Lu Shen then asked and picked it up.

Zhu Houcong said in a deep voice: "Then you are allowed to treat my son so harshly?"

Lu Shen said: "I have said that if jade is not polished, it cannot be made into a useful tool. May I ask your Majesty, which is more important, the Crown Prince, or the country and people of our ancestors?"

Zhu Houcong took a deep breath.

Then, Zhu Houcong stood up, with a cold face, and walked towards Lu Shen step by step.

Zhang Cong, Gui E and Xia Yan also looked at Zhu Houcong at this time.

They noticed that there were several sword-like gazes on Zhu Houcong's footsteps as he walked towards them, staring at Lu Shen.

"His Majesty!"

"I believe that Master Lu Shen of the Eastern Palace is a loyal and good minister. He has done a great job in teaching the Crown Prince and his integrity deserves praise."

"And I remember that he has an orphan grandson who is thirteen years old. Why not let him enter the Imperial Academy! This will show your majesty's kindness to Confucian officials."

Gui E then expressed his own opinion.

After hearing what Gui E said, Zhu Houcong stood still.

then.

Zhu Houcong stepped back and said, "Then it's settled."

Zhu Houcong then looked at Lu Shen: "You are a ruthless person who is willing to sacrifice the prince for the sake of the country and the people! Although I hate you to the core, I have to admire you."

"As the master of the Eastern Palace, it is my duty to teach Your Highness to become a useful person. It is not enough to use this as a favor to benefit your descendants. Please revoke your order, Your Majesty."

At this time, Lu Shen politely declined Zhu Houcong's grace.

Zhu Houcong said: "You are not allowed to refuse! Otherwise, it would be disobeying my order, and it would also be a denial of my favor to my Confucian ministers! It would not be conducive to showing my intention to help the prince become a talent!"

Lu Shen had no choice but to close his eyes and nod yes.

"Go back."

Lu Shen also retreated.

Zhu Houcong then looked at Zhai Luan and said, "You should also leave."

Zhai Luan then followed him out of the imperial study.

"I remember that the current Imperial College Priest is Lin Wenjun?"

Zhu Houcong asked about Gui E.

Gui E said: "Your Majesty, it is this person. He is my student."

"Then tell your student to strictly control the students in the Imperial College, especially the students who are not from the Imperial College!"

"I don't want these sons of officials to be useless in the future and have no love, loyalty or filial piety. If they are immoral and cause harm, it will be more serious than the harm caused by the brothers of ordinary people."

"This is a matter that concerns the country and the people, and we cannot be careless! Especially for the children of the Qingliu clan, it is also related to the reputation of the Qingliu Confucian officials!"

Zhu Houcong said.

Gui E hurriedly replied: "I obey your order!"

On the day.

Lu Shen first secretly met with Lin Wenjun, the chief academician of the Imperial College, and brought a precious Song Dynasty edition with him. He smiled and said to Lin Wenjun:
"I have long heard that you like ancient books. As the saying goes, a person must have something to like in order to get what he likes. Therefore, I am sending you this rare copy that I got by chance."

Lin Wenjun took it and touched the cover of the book lovingly, saying, "It is indeed a good book!"

Then, Lin Wenjun asked Lu Shen, "Sir, you are here to see me about your grandson, right?"

"Nothing can escape the eyes of the public."

"My grandson is young and weak. I will be studying in the academy. Please show some mercy to me."

Lu Shen said this and bowed.

Lin Wenjun helped Lu Shen up and said, "Okay, okay, don't worry. You and I are both upright people. I can't be so unkind!"

However, Lin Wenjun was called away by Gui E next.

Gui E also told Lin Wenjun, "Lu Shen has evil intentions, but he insists on teaching the prince a strict education for the sake of the country and the people. Your Majesty is furious and wants to tear his face off, no longer considering the precedent of killing the Confucian officials of the Eastern Palace, which would be unlucky and hurt the prince's reputation. Fortunately, I proposed in time to reward his virtue and give him a favor to his grandson, giving you a chance to torture his grandson."

"So, since Lu Shen dared to teach the prince strictly in the name of the country and the people in the Grand Hall, he taught the prince stupid and pitiful, and even forced him to death."

"You also scolded his only grandson to death in the Imperial College!"

"If his grandson lives well in the Imperial College, you know the consequences."

Gui E reminded Lin Wenjun as he spoke.

Lin Wenjun bowed and replied: "Disciple dare not!"

And the next day.

Before daybreak, Lin Wenjun arrived at the Imperial College, saying that he would personally supervise the morning recitation of the students.

For this purpose, Lin Wenjun also asked someone to name them.

After Lin Wenjun called the roll, he knew that Lu Shen's grandson Lu Tan was not in prison, so he asked the officials of the Imperial College: "What's wrong with this Lu Tan? Does he treat the emperor's grace as a joke? Why doesn't he come to the prison?"

"Go and call him right now!"

"I just don't believe that the Lu family, a family of scholars, would have lazy children who don't like to study!"

Lin Wenjun shouted sternly.

Not long after.

Lu Tan was called at home, and he knew that it was the Imperial College who came to urge him, so he had to go to the Imperial College. On the way, he couldn't help but complain: "This Lin Wenjun, didn't he accept the benefits from our family? Why is he urging me to come to the academy? It's so cold, who would want to come to the academy to study?"

What Lu Tan didn't expect was that when he arrived at the Imperial College, Lin Wenjun shouted, "Come here, take off his pants and beat him with 20 sticks! To punish him for being absent without reason!"

Lu Tan was shocked when he heard this, and knelt down hurriedly: "Master, please allow me to report that I did not come to the prison because I was ill occasionally. I hope Master, please show mercy!"

"I see that you look rosy, so you don't look sick at all. Besides, does it mean that you don't need to recite if you are sick?"

"The night lights are on and the rooster crows at dawn. It is the time for a man to study. As a descendant of a noble family and a recipient of the emperor's grace, why don't you be grateful and study harder to repay the country? Instead, you skip school because of some minor illness."

Lin Wenjun asked Lu Tan, "Are you worthy of Lord Lu and His Majesty?"

"Come on! Hit me!"

"As the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, I am your teacher and I should strictly discipline you for the sake of the country!"

"Either I beat you to death today, or I teach you to be a great talent in the future!"

After Lin Wenjun said this again, the soldiers from the Imperial College took Lu Tan to the ground, lifted up his robe and took off his pants.

Lu Tan's buttocks turned red with cold in the snow in December when his breath turned into ice, and he began to shiver all over.

Snapped!
at the same time.

The soldiers from the Imperial College also hit him with sticks.

"what!"

Lu Tan screamed.

Lu Shen didn't know about this yet, as he had just arrived at the main hall.

"Yesterday, after returning to the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneezed repeatedly and had a fever, so His Majesty asked us to tell the teachers that the Crown Prince would not come to receive lectures today."

As soon as Lu Shen arrived at the main hall, a eunuch came up to him and told him that the prince had asked for leave.

Lu Shen couldn't help but frown after hearing this, and said with a cupped hand: "Please tell His Majesty that if the prince only has a slight fever, he should not slack off in his studies!"

After Lu Shen finished speaking, he began to teach the other two princes.

But after Lu Shen came back from teaching the two princes, he learned from his son Lu Ji that his grandson had been beaten in the Imperial College.

"Lin Wenjun beat Tan'er?"

Lu Shen was horrified.

Lu Ji nodded: "He said that as the chief academician of the Imperial College, he should strictly discipline his students, so today, Tan Er will either be beaten to death by him or taught to be a great man by him!" (End of this chapter)