"Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong, pays homage to His Highness Taisun."

"Hehehe, Mr. Sun, I have admired his name for a long time, but when I saw him today, I felt that it was better to meet him than to be famous."

"I'm scared. I was just a Jinshi last year. How did my humble name spread to my grandson's ears?"

Because I am a time traveler, of course I am very familiar with and understand you, a famous minister whose whole family died heroically in this historical plane.

Objectively speaking, Sun Chengzong will be forty-two years old this year. As a new scholar, this age is a little older: the officialdom has come and gone, even if the second place starts at a high level, generally speaking, it does not last for twenty or thirty years.

, it is difficult to enter the cabinet. And in the Ming Dynasty when the emperor's life span rarely exceeded fifty years old, such a new scholar was definitely not a potential stock.

In terms of history, Sun Chengzong's rapid rise in official position was due to the rise of the Jurchens and the corruption of the Liaodong War. During his four years in charge of Liaodong, although there were no major wars, Nurhachi was unable to effectively conquer the Ming Dynasty's land again. On the contrary

, but its power is constantly shrinking. This is a sign that those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements.

Of course, if in the peaceful and prosperous times, he was a Jinshi at his age, he would probably be a minister in Dingtian.

However, no matter what, Zhu Youdong liked such a loyal, capable and pure minister from the bottom of his heart and eagerly wanted to use him for his own use.

"Student Zhu Youdong, meet Mr. Sun." I can't answer your question, so let's go through the apprenticeship ceremony first.

"Uh...hehe, please get up, Grandson, and the three of you should get up too."

After the teacher-student meeting was over, Sun Chengzong said: "Great Sun, there are three more people. For ordinary people like us, the eight-part essay is a necessary skill for the imperial examination. But for those of you who have never had to take the imperial examination in your life, the eight-part essay

The importance of prose is not so strong. But why do you need to learn eight-legged essay?"

After Sun Chengzong raised this question, Zhu Youdong turned slightly and looked at his three companions: Although you are very young, I also want to see how you answer.

"Sir, the students think that if the grandson has learned eight-legged essay, he will be able to be a good examiner in the imperial examination."

Of course, the only person who could give such a vulgar answer is Li Chunzhong, a martial arts heirloom.

In response to such an answer, Sun Chengzong just smiled slightly and then looked at Zhang Shize.

"Sir, students think that we will all have to deal with courtiers in the future. And all the courtiers are trained in eight-part essay. If we don't understand eight-part essay, then we will not be able to serve our grandson in the future."

"Well, the prince has touched on something." Sun Chengzong nodded slightly, and then turned to look at Wang Chengen.

"Sir, students believe that the eight-part essay is the basis of all articles. As long as you learn this well, you will be able to learn poetry and songs at your fingertips in the future. Therefore, you must learn the eight-part essay."

"Hahahaha~~ That's good. Well, what do you think, His Highness the Grand Sun?"

"Hahaha, students think that the eight-part essay is mainly used in the imperial examination. The imperial examination is an important way for the country to select talents. The country must have certain standards for selecting talents, and the eight-part essay is this standard. The only one who can be the king is himself.

Only by mastering this standard can we select the best talents for the country!"

There are a lot of arguments in later generations about criticizing the Eight-Part Part Essay, and Zhu Youdong also hated it before time travel. But after time travel, the perspective is different, and the problems he sees are naturally different.

To put it bluntly, the eight-part essay is just a format. In the entire Ming Dynasty’s civil service examination, all candidates must answer in this format.

As for the format, where is it not there? Is there a certain format for the civil service examination in modern society? The format of official documents at all levels is very clear: notices, letters, requirements, and implementation plans are different but each has its own

There are certain rules. For various papers in the natural sciences, the format is actually strictly regulated.

Since these formats are popular in modern society and play a certain role. According to the theory that existence is reasonable, the eight-part essay is actually not a big deal as a format - the country must have standards and formats for selecting talents. Without the eight-part essay,

There must be something else to replace it.

Its negative effect does not lie in itself, but in ancient Chinese feudal society. The only way to get ahead is to be an official. And the Eight-part essay has become the only way for people to become officials. So all the energy of the entire social elite is focused on the Eight-part essay

above. This leads to a lack of talent and vitality in other aspects of society.

"His Royal Highness Taisun is indeed smart! I surrender to you!"

"Sir, you are so complimentary."

Sun Chengzong's class didn't last long: Eight-part essays are still too early for children like Zhu Youdong - they haven't memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, so how can they explain the meaning of the classics? This can only be done slowly

Enlightened.

The next person to appear was Wen Tiren, who was responsible for teaching etiquette.

To be honest, Ouchi and Xungui paid great attention to providing Zhu Youdong with teachers and accompanying students, and they used all the best.

If nothing else, let's talk about Cao Huachun, who is scheduled to be Zhu Youdong's first companion. He has the best grades in the inner study hall. After a few years of polishing his essays, he can take the imperial examination outside. I can't guarantee that he will get the first grade. The second grade should be easy to get.

Such a character, Chen Ju immediately released him. And Wang Chengen was also a leader among the young eunuchs. The other non-accompanying eunuchs, who were specifically responsible for serving Zhu Youdong, also picked them up and gave them away. It can be said that except for

Except for Wei Zhongxian, who was personally ordered by Zhu Youdong, the other eunuchs were all favored by the top officials in the palace.

As for Xungui, not to mention, everyone helped the grandson to be killed, what else can be said?

But on the civil servant's side, it was obvious that he was not very careful.

Lu Kun and Shen Li are two bad old men who are destined not to stay with their great-grandson for long, and the rest are the bookworm Zhang Yicheng, the bad-mouthed Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong who started too late, Xu Guangqi who is not doing his job properly, and this, the "incorruptible and lonely minister" Wen Tiren.

Etiquette is very important to ancient kings. Etiquette is a system, and etiquette is the specific manifestation of these systems. In ancient society, especially the scholar-bureaucrats in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, they believed that the wisest monarch should be a etiquette machine:

At different times and on different occasions, the emperor attends, practices appropriate etiquette, and then leaves the specific affairs of the country to them - this is the most ideal king.

As for Zhu Youdong specifically, he is now the grandson of the prince, the prince's prince. Many etiquettes such as offering sacrifices to the heaven and the country are not yet his turn. But greeting the elders is a series of different etiquettes: meeting the empress dowager is one set;

The emperor has his own set of etiquette. Meeting the prince, other concubines of the previous emperor, meeting the concubines of the current emperor, and meeting other relatives all have their own etiquette. In the future, there may be foreign affairs activities, meetings with religious figures, meetings with ethnic minority chiefs... all of them

There are many requirements for corresponding clothing, body posture, etc.

Therefore, etiquette classes are a top priority and are a great subject. They must be taught by professional officials.

"My minister Wen Tiren pays homage to His Highness the Grand Sun."
Chapter completed!