Chapter 24 The Brothers
The layout of the rooms in the school palace is basically the same. Zhu Yijun's room is the same. He said he was going to see Zhang Jianxiu's room. In fact, Zhu Yijun just wanted to talk to Zhang Jianxiu. Zhu Yijun attaches great importance to Zhang Jianxiu, who is Zhang Juzheng's son?
Zhang Jianxiu was a little restrained, after all, he was facing the emperor!
After hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Zhang Jianxiu nodded. He had not come back to his senses from the previous work of dividing the room. Before coming here, Zhang Juzheng had instructed Zhang Jianxiu to have more contact and influence, but he was a little uncomfortable with living together.
"Jian Xiu, what do you learn at home?" After entering the room, Zhu Yijun sat on the chair with a smile. Seeing Zhang Jian Xiu standing beside him with a pleasing look on his face, Zhu Yijun said helplessly: "Sit down and chat."
"We will be classmates here for a long time in the future. Didn't I say that in the school, we will only talk about the friendship between classmates."
That's it, but who dares to do this!
Although he was complaining in his heart, Zhang Jianxiu nodded and sat down: "After the enlightenment, he learned the Four Books and studied the "Spring and Autumn Annals"."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Of course he knew that this was for the imperial examination. The Four Books were a must-have exam. One of the Five Classics was called academic research. Zhang Jian’s practice of the Spring and Autumn Period is similar to the "Spring and Autumn Period" among the Five Classics that were electived by later generations.
After thinking about it, Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Can you have any knowledge of Six Arts?"
The six arts of Confucian children and gentlemen are rituals, music, shooting, calligraphy, and numbers.
In the Six Arts of Gentlemen, there is no need to mention rituals and music. Shooting is archery, and the imperial carriage is a chariot. In the past, it was a chariot when fighting, so it was a chariot to drive a chariot. Confucianism also emphasizes the comprehensive development of the literary and artistic style, but now most scholars are abandoned.
During the Han and Tang dynasties, Confucianism still emphasized the use of generals and prime ministers. It is said that if the court can be a good prime minister, and when the court can be a good general.
However, in the Song Dynasty, when Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism flourished, and civil officials suppressed military generals, the scholars and officials suddenly got up, and there was no such thing as being a general and becoming a prime minister. After all, the status of military generals was too low and they were directly stepped into the mud.
Now there are no chariots, so the Imperial College has become a horse. There are not many Confucian scholars who can ride horses now, and most of them are sitting in sedan chairs.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, people were riding horses or riding horses and carriages, and people were not recommended. At this time, they were already loose and unsatisfactory. Needless to say, calligraphy was not mentioned, and there was no good handwriting, and there was no chance to take the imperial examination.
When Zhu Yijun mentioned the six arts of a gentleman, the focus was naturally on numbers. Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, mathematics is the king.
However, Zhu Yijun's problem made Zhang Jianxiu feel a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I learned a little, but I just became a little shallow."
Zhu Yijun naturally didn't believe it, and he had no hope of giving him any hope, so he said with a smile: "In our school, we teach the six arts of gentlemen, so we can learn slowly in the future. In the next few days, a basic test will be conducted here."
"Basic test?" Zhang Jianxiu was stunned. What the hell is this baseline test?
"You always have to understand what everyone has learned, and it is better to teach according to your aptitude." Zhu Yijun was not going to talk more about this issue, and looked out. Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Let's go, change your clothes, it's time to have a meal."
Zhang Jianxiu naturally did not dare to object, so he sent Zhu Yijun away and went back to change his clothes.
The cafeteria was set up in the back compound. When Zhu Yijun and Zhang Jianxiu arrived, the others had already arrived. Three groups of three, five were talking about something. When they saw Zhu Yijun coming in, they quickly stood up and saluted.
Looking at the people wearing the same clothes, Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Okay, you can't give me any tribute! I didn't say that in the school, I'm just classmates with you, and I'm not allowed to salute you in the future."
After hearing Zhu Yijun's words, although everyone got up, no one dared to sit down.
Zhu Yijun naturally could not ask them for the same respect as later universities. He still had to have the respect he should have, so he smiled and said, "Sit down!"
After glanced at Zhang Cheng behind him, Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's have a meal!"
Zhang Cheng agreed and reached out to greet the eunuch and maid for dinner.
The meal is very simple, with four dishes, one soup, two meats and two vegetables. Of course, it just looks simple, and it is naturally very delicious with the cooking of the imperial chef. This is the first meal, and there will be more styles at the end, which can be used as you like.
In the next few days, the Academy held a survey exam.
In fact, Zhu Yijun also understood that these little guys had basically learned almost the same thing. They all knew the words and had a simple essay. Some were better after learning the Four Books, while others had just started to learn the Analects of Confucius.
However, Zhu Yijun didn't care about these things. Just read, and he didn't need to teach him to read, which saved a lot of effort.
Zhu Yijun was busy with the affairs of the school, and the court had stabilized, but another thing happened, that was, to give the empress dowager a title. Now that the emperor is stable, this matter naturally needs to be put on the agenda.
The Ministry of Rites naturally followed the rules and gave Chen the honorable title of Empress Dowager Rensheng.
This is done according to the rules, so of course there is nothing to say, but it's really like this, that's fine.
But everyone knows that although Empress Chen’s legitimate mother is not the emperor’s biological mother. The legitimate mother has been given the title of honor, what should she do if her biological mother? There has been news from the palace that she wants to give Li a title.
Eunuchs such as Feng Bao also advocated it vigorously, which was an opportunity to please Li.
The quarrels in the court were chaotic, with many oppositions and some supporting them.
In the private room on the second floor of the Fude Building in the capital city, two people are meeting. These two people are actually a pair of worshippers. There are so many brothers in this world, but these brothers are extraordinary and have outstanding figures throughout the capital city.
Xu Jue, the Dongchang manager of the Qianhu, was sitting on the left side of the table. He was the confidant of Feng Bao, the most powerful eunuch of the dynasty.
On the right side was a middle-aged man with a mustache, wearing a light green gown, and a square scarf. He was playing with a teacup in his hand and drinking slowly. This person was Zhang Juzheng's housekeeper You Qi.
Xu Jue and You Qi are brothers, who just became sworn brothers yesterday and burned yellow paper.
"Brother, I'll bring you the words of my godfather." Putting down the teacup in my hand, Xu Jue said with a smile: "Godfather said that the queen mother must be given the title of queen mother. If the emperor's biological mother did not have the title of queen mother, the palace would not be happy."
You Qi also put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "Please rest assured about this matter, I will report to my grandfather."
"It's the best!" Xu Jue also smiled. He knew that You Qi said so, and this matter was basically almost done.
Chapter completed!