Chapter 59: Teaching the Prince to Fight Crickets (Seventh)
Chen Xi was promoted, but he was confused. After receiving Xie Qian's personal notification the next day, he still didn't understand. He had just been to the Zhan Shi Mansion for a few days, so why did he become a lecturer?
A lecturer is different from a lecturer or lecturer. He is a "part-time job". His official title and official rank are no different from the past, but there are obvious changes in his responsibilities.
He used to be the prince to record when he was studying, but now he has become the prince's "Mr.".
Logically speaking, the prince needs to respectfully call him "Mr." in the future. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xi is the first person to become the prince's master at the age of thirteen.
Since Xie Qian asked about Ming Chenxi's marriage at home, he has never come to the Zhan Shi Mansion to see him again. This is the first time he has come to pass on the emperor's orders, but he still doesn't say much. After saying that, he turns around and leaves, not as long as he used to be.
Chen Xi thought to himself, does this confirm the rumor when he was in the Hanlin Academy? It was because Xie Qian fell in love with him and wanted him to be his grandson-in-law that he "looks at him differently"?
But things are obviously not that simple!
Chen Xi thought to himself that Xie Qian had actually known the existence of the Xie family for a long time, and also knew that he had a background in the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, so it was impossible not to know that he had married.
Moreover, this matter is not a secret in the Hanlin Academy. Xie Qian asked him to do things before, whether it was the "old story of Jianwen" or the "translation of the heavenly books", there was no personal factor involved. To be precise, Xie Qian should have trouble with him, rather than deliberately helping him.
Does... Xie Qian wants to use this method to separate himself from him? Let himself not have the delusion of being promoted by getting close to him!
If this is true, it means that Xie Qian is still very upright. This old guy just deliberately made excuses to make Chen Xi hate him. In fact, Xie Qian played a role in the matter of becoming a lecturer.
After the news of Chen Xijin as a lecturer spread, many people came to congratulate the Zhan Mansion.
Chen Xi is the ninth lecturer of the Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao. Among the nine lecturers, Chen Xi is the youngest. The only followers who Chen Xi could mobilize before was the little eunuch Xiao Tuozi. After he became a lecturer, several attendants would listen to his orders. In the future, he would no longer need to use a notebook to record the prince's words and deeds and study situations, and thus became a senior official of the Zhan Shifu.
On the first day of Chen Xi's official promotion to lecturer, he still didn't quite understand his division of labor.
In fact, among the eight lecturers, the prince learned every day and what the lecturer was responsible for telling each of them, and the classics, history, and collections had their own strengths.
Chen Xi was not very clear about his work, so he could only turn to his direct superior Wang Hua.
Wang Hua's status among the lecturers was not very high, so he had to ask Chen Xi to ask for help from the youngest secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Wang Yang was second only to the Zhanshi Mansion Wu Kuan among the nine lecturers. Wang Yang was mostly responsible for the course arrangements of the prince on weekdays.
Where to find Wang Yang, this is a question!
Wang Yang was a Hanlin official and was also a junior secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion. In addition to teaching the prince to study, Wang Yang also sent other tasks, one was responsible for the imperial edicts and the other was to participate in the revision of the "Da Ming Hui Dian", which was of great responsibility.
Chen Xi could not rashly visit Wang Yang's house, but he was appointed as the prince's lecturer, just the words of Emperor Hongzhi. There was no news from the Ministry of Personnel, and Wang Yang probably didn't know about it at this time.
But since Chen Xi was a lecturer, he didn't have to do the job of Youzhongyun. Jin Gui didn't ask him to join Xiefang Palace at all. Chen Xi could only stay in Zhan Shi's Mansion to see when Wang Liang would come, but he didn't see anyone all day.
Chen Xi could see that it was said that there was no human rights for officials, and the administration of the Ming Dynasty was still clear and the division of labor was basically clear. Everyone was responsible for everything was arranged in advance. The emperor suddenly wanted to interfere in a quarrel and said that whoever was arranged to do what was the job. As a result, there was a lack of coordination between the Ministry of Personnel and the yamen of the ranks, which led to the new lecturer who had nothing to do.
There were some people who were planning to hold a banquet for Chen Xi's promotion that night, but because Chen Xi was in an awkward situation this day, the celebration had to be temporarily cancelled. After Chen Xi returned home in a dilemma, Xie Yuner was a little puzzled, thinking that Chen Xi was upset because of business problems.
"Your husband, I'm promoted again."
When he said this, there was no expression of happiness on Chen Xi's face.
Xie Yuner said in surprise: "Your Majesty is promoted? That's... from the fifth rank?"
Chen Xi shook his head: "Youzhongyun, who is still the sixth-rank official, is still the Youchunfang Youzhongyun. However, when he joined the lecturer, he would teach the prince's study. He would no longer have to record the prince's daily life in the future."
Xie Yuner smiled and said, "That's a good thing. Why does my husband seem to be depressed?"
Chen Xi felt speechless. In fact, his lecturer was famous but not real. When he became a lecturer, he had to start with the daily lectures of the Four Books and Five Classics, which was equivalent to sharing the tasks of the original lecturer. It was not very hard to do, but the prince was just a naughty child at present. Isn’t it causing trouble to teach the Prince the Four Books and Five Classics?
"The prince is not easy to teach." Chen Xidao, "The prince is young now and is not devoted to learning."
Xie Yuner said: "Since my husband is the prince's teacher, isn't it just to persuade the prince to study hard? Maybe I don't understand it very well, so don't be surprised."
The truth is said, but in reality it is another matter.
Chen Xi sighed, "So many old ministers are helpless, so there is a way to be a husband? Alas, I haven't assigned my errands until now, and I don't know what to do tomorrow."
Just when Shen Xi was confused about his work, Wang Yang sent a letter to him. The person came directly to the door of Xie's house and asked: "Is this the home of Chen Zhuangyuan?"
Chen Xi's current official position is the Youzhongyun of the Zhan Shifu, but this position is not something that ordinary people can understand. Anyone who is not familiar with each other is called "Shen Zhuang Sheng". In comparison, it seems that his position as the Zhuang Sheng is more valuable.
Chen Xi asked the person who came was Wang Liang's family, and then he took the letter. The servant said, "My master told me that Chen Zhuangzi would just go to the yamen tomorrow."
Chen Xi nodded, and when the people were sent away in the future, they read the letter carefully. As expected, his task was to teach the content of the Four Books of the Prince. Wang Yang asked him to prepare a case about the Analects of Confucius. Tomorrow, Wang Yang would accompany him to teach the Prince the Analects of Confucius.
Chen Xi has been a member of the Zhan Shi Mansion for almost three months and has a certain understanding of the prince's study situation.
The prince started to come into contact with the Analects of Confucius at the age of six and could recite the full text back then. By the age of seven, he had already come into contact with the full text of the Four Books and the Five Classics, which is a typical cramming education method.
Zhu Youzhang and his wife had high expectations for the prince. Now that Zhu Houzhao is eight years old, the learning content is no longer limited to the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", but is included in the classics, history, and literature. Chen Xi asked himself that his learning progress was not as fast as the prince.
As for the content of "The Analects of Confucius", the prince seemed to think it was too pediatric and looked down upon. As for the specific explanations of "The Analects of Confucius", the prince could basically answer the questions, which shows that he was extremely smart. However, because the prince had not learned how to write an article, it would be meaningless to explain it to him in depth.
In this way, the prince becomes an embarrassing situation in learning the Analects of Confucius. The original content of the prince is basically familiar with it, but it cannot be extended to explain it. So what is the beginning of the "Analects of Confucius"? Could it be that he finds a teaching content at will, but in fact, he lets the prince review it by himself and lets the prince have reason to go out to play?
Chen Xi felt worried for a moment... He didn't know that he was worried about his job, and he was worried even if he knew about it, but no matter what, he still had to write the case.
This case is similar to the teaching syllabus. What should I tell the prince during the day, what should I learn, and what inspiration to the prince, I must write it in detail. These cases are just like the prince's daily life, and they must be given the emperor's purpose. If you want to get away with it, it means you are irresponsible for your future.
After all, Chen Xi was experienced and wrote a seemingly normal case. It took nearly two hours until the second update of the genius was over.
He was still alone in the room. Since Lin Dai broke the intimate relationship between Xie Yuner and Chen Xi, even if the beauty is attached to him, she is embarrassed to come to ask for a favor in the middle of the night.
Chen Xi arrived at Zhan Shi Mansion the next day and was about to wait for Wang Yang to enter the palace together. Although his official position was still You Zhongyun, he would no longer go to the palace with Jin Gui to serve as a service, and even his tooth signs for entering and leaving the palace gate were changed again.
As a result, after waiting for half an hour, he was told that Wang Yang would attend the Wu Dynasty at noon today and could not walk with Chen Xi. Today's lecturer became Chen Xi alone.
Wang Jiao took Chen Xi into the palace to speak, which was the old man brought new people. If the old man didn't come and there was no one to take over the class, Chen Xi could only go alone. Otherwise, there would be no one to attend classes on the prince and would be held accountable by Emperor Hongzhi, so Chen Xi could only bear the responsibility himself.
On the first day of work, he was alone. Chen Xi felt the huge pressure on his shoulders. The prince was angry with him and knew that he was the only one gentleman. How could the prince learn to listen to the lectures?
This day, the prince’s lecture was at the back hall of Xiefang Hall. When Chenxi arrived, Jin Gui and several attendants had arrived. Perhaps the prince knew that the lecturer today was Wang Jiao. Relatively speaking, Wang Jiao was a relatively strict gentleman. The prince actually waited for the lecturer to arrive honestly.
When Chen Xi entered the back hall, the prince found that there was only Chen Xi and no Wang Jie walking with him, a look of disapproval suddenly appeared on his face: "You?"
"Yes, Prince, I am the only one, and Master Wang has no time to come today." Chen Xi went up to salute respectfully.
The other attendants and attendants from the Eastern Palace hurriedly saluted Chen Xi. This was the basic etiquette of the gentleman. Only the prince, the student, seemed disdainful to Chen Xi and did not even look at him: "What about the yellow birds I caught yesterday, bring them to me!"
The servants didn't dare to move and took the yellow bird to the class to play with the prince. Do they don't want to live anymore?
But this is the order of the prince and he cannot disobey. They all think about it. The prince wants to play and you can get it yourself, so as not to let us bear the blame.
Chen Xi smiled and said, "The prince wants to play with the oriole bird? It's boring. I didn't play with the oriole bird when I was six years old. How boring."
"What did you say?"
Zhu Houzhao stared at Chen Xi with a puzzled look on her face.
Zhu Houzhao knew that Chen Xi was the top scholar, and the lecturers before always used Chen Xi to motivate the prince by working hard and learning since childhood. In the prince's opinion, this guy must be a little bookworm with a confused reading, the kind who had no meaning at all. Unexpectedly, Chen Xi also had a colorful childhood.
Chen Xidao: "When I was eight years old, my favorite thing was to play with turbans. Two turbans fought each other, which was really fun and tight."
Many palace ladies don’t know what “weaving” is. The knowing heart is finished. The two naughty children got together and taught the prince to fight crickets. This is not far from death.
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