Two days later, Zhu Mengjiong and his princess set off for Yokohama, and Fang Mingqian led a fleet to escort them. After sending Zhu Mengjiong and his wife to Yokohama, he would also set out for a circle in the Ryukyu waters south of Fuso to detect the local sea conditions.
Yunxi didn't go to see off Zhu Mengjiong on the day he set out. As an emperor, he couldn't send him off on everything. Zhu Mengjiong was just a county king, and he was a commander-in-chief who was seriously above the level he should have. Naturally, Yunxi couldn't go to see him off.
On the morning of May 18th, Yunxi was having breakfast with his children. Siqi suddenly thought of something and asked: "Uncle, I heard that Princess Ningguo is coming to teach us today? What exactly will she teach?"
"You'll know when you go there." Yunxi said somewhat mysteriously.
If it were Min'er, she would have started acting coquettishly at this time, but although Siqi was confused, she didn't speak. Min'er seemed to want to speak for her, but she stopped her.
After breakfast, Siqi, Baoqing, Xianqin, Princess Ningling, the daughter of King Zhu Zhu of Zhou, Princess Hanyang, the daughter of King Zhu Zhen of Chu, Princess Jiangjin, the daughter of King Shu, etc. went to school. On the way, they all thought about Princess Ningguo.
I was very curious about what I wanted to teach, and we discussed it seriously.
When they arrived at the school gate, the eunuch guarding the gate allowed them in after carefully making sure that no little prince among them was mixed in.
Siqi, Baoqing and Xianqin are all seven years old this year, Princess Ningling is nine years old, Princess Hanyang and Princess Jiangjin are eight years old this year. They are not in the same grade. After entering the school, they dispersed and went to their classrooms.
Before they entered the classroom, they saw something posted on the door. Baoqing asked, "What is posted on it?"
One person heard the question, turned around and saw the three of them, and immediately said respectfully: "Your Highness,"
She just said two words when she was interrupted by Bao Qing: "What is your name? Your Highness? Didn't the Queen say that you would call her classmate?"
"Yes, classmate. What is posted here is the course schedule for the second half of the month. Many courses have been adjusted. The course taught by Princess Ningguo is scheduled for this afternoon, and both classes are included." They adopted a large class system,
There are four classes every day, each class lasts three-quarters of an hour.
"Second sister's class is this afternoon, I guess it's for second or third graders this morning." Baoqing said thank you softly, turned around to talk to Siqi, Xianqin said.
"What on earth is Er Gu's class? It actually takes up an entire afternoon. I'm so curious. I really hope it will be in the afternoon soon." Xian Qin said.
"If you want to know what Princess Ning Guo teaches in class, you can ask Ningling and the others during lunch." Siqi walked into the classroom, took out the textbook from his schoolbag, and said. As a non-royal princess, Siqi didn't know
How should we call Princess Ning Guo, so she called her a title.
After a while, the teacher of the first poetry class came over to teach. The teacher of this class was Liu Moye. Yunxi had heard of her talent before she became the grandson of the emperor, and also knew that she was friends with Princess Ningguo. This time
When he opened a girls' school, Yunxi immediately thought of her and appointed her to teach poetry. If she hadn't been in her forties, all the concubines in the palace who knew about it would have thought that Yunxi was having an affair with her.
Liu Moxie himself was also very interested in teaching girls to read, so he agreed to teach.
Siqi opened the textbook in accordance with her instructions. Siqi had also heard the rumor that she had been personally received by Zhu Yuanzhang and awarded the title of female scholar. She also discussed it with Bao Qing and others, but was still unable to determine whether it was true or not. However, her talent in poetry and prose
It was indeed very high, and Siqi was very convinced.
Soon, the two classes in the morning were finished, and the three of them went to the cafeteria to eat. In the cafeteria, they saw the weak Princess Hanyang and Princess Jiangjin.
Bao Qing asked strangely: "What's wrong with you? It seems like your strength has been drained."
Jiang Jin put the dinner plate on the dining table, sat down heavily, and said, "You will do the same after you have taken Er Gu's class."
Siqi sat next to her and asked: "What happened?" Princess Jiangjin is the daughter of Lan Shi, the royal concubine of the King of Shu, and Concubine Lan is the daughter of Lan Yu and Lan Siqi's aunt, so the two of them are on good terms and can talk easily.
There are not many taboos.
Jiang Jin, the clinker, even started a lawsuit and said, "You will know after you take the class in the afternoon."
Baoqing asked repeatedly, but Jiang Jin refused to say anything, so she had no choice but to leave it alone.
At noon, they rested in the dormitory where they only took a nap. Soon it was afternoon, and with their full expectations, Princess Ningguo walked into the classroom.
Under normal circumstances, textbooks are distributed in the first class, and the students sitting in the first row are ready to pick up the textbooks, but Princess Ningguo said: "Everyone, get up, the first class will not be held here.
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Everyone stood up very strangely. Princess Ning Guo immediately ordered the squad leader and deputy squad leader to come out to maintain order. Of course, the squad leader of this class was Bao Qing, and the deputy squad leader was Siqi. When they heard Princess Ning Guo's words, they hurriedly came out to organize the formation.
While Baoqing was organizing order, he asked: "Second sister, what on earth is this for?"
Princess Ningguo knocked her on the head and said with a smile: "You will know in a while, don't rush."
Then they walked out of the classroom, lined up in three columns outside the classroom, followed Princess Ningguo, and quickly walked out of the school. The eunuch guarding the school gate was not surprised, and quickly separated and surrounded them with more than 20 people.
middle.
The further I walked, the more strange I became. This road leads to the harem. What on earth are we going to do? To meet the empress? But this is not the shortest road to Kunning Palace.
What makes her even more strange is that soon the Sixth Palace in the West has been crossed, and they are still walking forward. At this time, Siqi already had a new guess in his mind: 'Could it be...'
After walking for a while, a large area of rice fields appeared in front of them.
Baoqing opened her mouth wide and was speechless as she looked at the rice fields in front of her where many eunuchs were busy. She naturally knew that at the beginning of the second year of Jianye's reign, Yunxi ordered that most of the masonry and palaces be demolished in the northernmost part of the palace where the water was flooding.
It was changed to a rice field, and each palace was ordered to allocate part of the fields for farming. But she never expected that Princess Ningguo would bring them here today.
It took a while before she came to her senses and said to Princess Ningguo: "Second sister, are you trying to stop us from farming?"
After hearing what she said, there were many comments from behind: "Isn't this incredible? Even in the countryside, there are no children under ten years old working on the land, let alone girls under ten years old."
"I heard from my servants that farming is very hard work and I can't stand it."
"The Queen, this is..." Before the man could finish speaking, his mouth was blocked.
Princess Ningguo didn't care about the comments coming from them. She just emphasized discipline and told them not to continue talking, and then said loudly: "You are not allowed to farm today."
"But Your Majesty and the Queen feel that you were raised in a boudoir and don't know the sufferings of the people. Even though you have heard that farming is hard, you don't have a concrete idea. So let me take you to see how farming is done.
, have a clear concept of the hardships of farmers, and teach them to understand the hardships of farmers when raising children in the future, so that when they become officials, they will be less exploited by farmers."
The little girls she lectured didn't quite understand Princess Ning Guo, and just looked at her in confusion as she spoke. Princess Ning Guo also knew that they wouldn't understand, so she led them along the rice fields after she spoke some truth.
While walking, there were eunuchs explaining to them.
At this time, all the eunuchs working here were eunuchs, working non-stop. Many little girls looked at them working as if they were looking at cherished animals in a zoo, and made various exclamations from time to time. Some people squatted down secretly and put their hands in
I looked at how deep the water was in the rice fields, and was amazed that they had been working in such deep water for so long.
Siqi, Baoqing, and Xianqin were not surprised at all. Last year, Yunxi brought the three of them here. At that time, Yunxi put on clothes suitable for working and went to the fields to harvest rice, and told the three of them that this
It was a tradition left by Emperor Taizu, and as the heir, he should inherit it. Not only Yunxi, but also Xiyao also put on convenient clothes to help.
After a long time, Princess Ning Guo took them around here and then went back.
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"Ah!" Zhu Youxuan, the third son of King Zhou, yawned a little loudly, causing many people to turn around and look at him. However, seeing that he didn't mean it on purpose, they turned around again.
His brother Zhu Youjuan, the fourth son of King Zhou, came over and asked, "Third brother, what's wrong with you?"
"What else can I do? I'm catching a cold! I have been forced by the emperor to plant rice in the rice fields these days. I have to deal with cold water every day. Now that it is not the dog days of summer, I will naturally catch a cold." Zhu Youxuan said.
"Same, Your Majesty, why do you want us all to grow rice?" Zhu Youjuan muttered.
"This is not the case when the emperor's grandfather also opened rice fields in the palace and sometimes went to farm, so the emperor's brother set an example and continued to farm, and even invited us to join him," Zhu Youxuan said.
In fact, he has no dissatisfaction. The emperor has set an example himself, what else can he say, what else dare he say? Fortunately, the emperor also knows that if they are all allowed to farm, all the rice will probably die in the fields, and he only lets them experience it occasionally.
Let’s live together.
While the two of them were talking, the teacher who was in class suddenly coughed. The two of them quickly stopped talking and continued to listen to the class.
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Princess Ningguo took Baoqing and others back to the classroom of the girls' school. After letting them rest for a while, she said: "The reason why Your Majesty and the Queen asked me to teach this class is to let you know about the sufferings of the people, so as to educate you."
of strong will.”
"In my class, although you won't be asked to actually farm, your hard work will be several times that of other classes. I hope you are prepared."
She said a few more words, and seeing that the time had come, she announced that get out of class was over.