This is the emperor's honor and favor for senior ministers. Since Taizu, there are only about one or twenty ministers in this dynasty who have been treated like this. But as for the current emperor, there is only Ge Yong. The former chief minister Jiang
Mr. Ge did not receive such treatment. Of course, according to what Mr. Jiang Ge claimed to outsiders, even if he was given, he would definitely resign. How could he say that he was the chief minister?
However, Jiang Ge always wanted to show off his honor and power to show off his youth and strength without such treatment, but Ge Yong was not interested in showing the character of a courtier when the emperor respected his master. Although the emperor's carriage was indeed specially made, it could not be rushed on the road.
After so many days, as soon as I arrived in the capital, I came to see the saint non-stop. The old man was still tired, not to mention that he had to climb Long Live Mountain soon!
Therefore, Ge Yong went directly to the sedan chair without any humility. When he saw the bamboo parasol put up, he breathed a sigh of relief as he was familiar with the steps of these palace bearers, and simply squinted his eyes and planned to take a nap.
When Zhang Shou saw the four people steadily lifting the shoulder cart and moving forward with steady steps and little shaking, he turned his head and glanced at Zhu Ying and said: "It's quite a distance from here to Long Live Mountain. Yingying, you want to
Don’t you want to go back home and wait for me first?”
Since he entered the palace once, he discovered that the layout of this palace is almost the same as that of the Forbidden City in later generations. It was obviously the work of Emperor Taizu who had reached the full value of his map ability. In this case, the so-called Long Live Mountain is obvious
Yes, isn’t that Jingshan Mountain behind the Forbidden City?
According to the map he was familiar with, it was not far from Dong'an Gate in the Outer Imperial City to the north to the foot of Jingshan Mountain, but it still took a little effort to climb that mountain. Why should Zhu Ying go to all the trouble to accompany him on this hot day?
Zhu Ying glanced at Zhang Shou angrily, but did not say anything. Instead, she looked at Chu Kuan with a half-smile. Under her gaze, Chu Kuan immediately smiled and said: "Going from Dong'anmen to Longevity Mountain, you really have to walk well.
If you want to go there in a moment, how about riding a horse?" Before Zhu Ying could answer, he nodded slightly to Zhang Shou and said, "Dr. Zhang, you have worked hard on this trip to Cangzhou. Your Majesty has given you a special gift to ride a horse outside the imperial city."
After riding the carriage all the way, even if he had to walk to Longevity Mountain, Zhang Shou felt tired, but he could only accept it. Now that he could save effort, it was of course the best. Therefore, he thanked the emperor in front of Chu Kuan.
Thoughtfully, when Chu Kuan waved his hand, the two soldiers who looked like the Forbidden Army came up with two horses, and he got on the horse's back, but immediately after he found that someone had snatched the reins.
Chu Kuan saw that it was Ah Liu who took the initiative to lead Zhang Shou's horse, obviously to accompany him into the palace. His eyes narrowed slightly, and then he pretended not to see it, and ordered a young eunuch who followed him to lead Zhu Ying's horse.
Mount, then he got on his horse with a vigorous posture.
As for Lu Sanlang, who had been sent all the way to Dong'anmen, the emperor did not see him. He would not take the initiative to join in the fun like Zhu Ying - he did not have such a big face - so he sent his master, teacher, and mistress into the palace.
After that, he quickly took his two future juniors and little peanut to watch the waves, packed the people and their luggage and sent them to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Shou had been to the palace before, but this was his first time to go to Longevity Mountain. Moreover, the route he took now was different from visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, then going out through the back door and entering Jingshan Park. He was with Zhu Ying, so he was not afraid of anyone anyway.
It was said that he violated taboos and simply looked around openly. And his tourist-like behavior also attracted Zhu Ying, a part-time tour guide, to explain along the way.
"After passing the east and north gates, along the river, there are the direct rooms of the six ministries and the major governor's offices. If there is an emergency at night, you can go to the Qianqing Palace through Donghua Gate from here..."
"Ah Shou, look, the one to the east is the inner warehouse. In fact, the word "carrying" is usually omitted, it is the inner warehouse. There are many good things in it, such as gold and silver, precious jade, rhino horn, pearls, agate, feather yarn and satin. ...They were all obtained from the royal ships going to Southeast Asia for trade. When I was a child, Mingyue and I followed the emperor in. The emperor said that you can take whatever you like, as long as you can carry it."
No matter how picky a tourist is, most of them will be more tolerant if they have such a beautiful tour guide with a pleasant voice. What's more, Zhang Shou is now equivalent to visiting the palace, and he is even more satisfied with a tour guide. At this moment, He listened with great interest to Zhu Ying's eloquent introduction. When he heard that Zhu Ying was deliberately trying to sell things, he naturally asked questions.
"Yingying, what did you take at that time?"
"I like all those shiny things, but my grandmother told me since I was a child that you can't be greedy." Zhu Ying smiled with crooked eyebrows, but she still said to Princess Yongping first, "That girl Mingyue is holding a bunch of strings. It's quite a big pearl, so... I chose some colorful and beautiful feathers and asked the craftsmen in the palace to make me a shuttlecock."
Zhang Shou allowed himself to guess again, but was also shocked by Zhu Ying's magical thinking when she was a child. Princess Yongping, who was still young, chose a string of pearls, which was considered very restrained, but for Zhu Ying who liked beautiful clothes and jewelry Ying, she actually picked feathers that looked beautiful and rare, but were actually not that valuable, and made a shuttlecock?
"Once upon a time, when I went with my grandmother to visit another house, there was a girl who bullied me for not having a mother and showed off her shuttlecock. When I went there later, I brought this new shuttlecock with me. From then on, she never dared to say a word in front of me. Moreover, every time After the first shuttlecock broke, the emperor sent someone to select feathers for me to make a new one. I would not be at a loss if I used an opportunity to select things from the inner treasury to exchange for the most beautiful shuttlecock in the capital."
Even though Chu Kuan was by her side, Zhu Ying still talked eloquently and without any hesitation when talking about the past, as if there was nothing inhumane about her little thoughts when she was a child.
When Zhang Shou thought about Zhu Ying's age at that time, he realized that it was not surprising that the little girl at that time did not like gold, silver, jewelry, and shuttlecocks. There was no doubt that the shuttlecock who had always been the most beautiful in the capital should be given to his son. Zhu Ying at that time had a very long face.
After introducing the inner transport warehouse, Zhu Ying, a conscientious tour guide, introduced Zhang Shou to the middle study room, the north flower room, and even the moat surrounding the inner city. She also explained a lot.
It's just that Emperor Taizu thought that things like moats were completely unnecessary for the palace city - if any rebellious soldiers and horses crossed the outer imperial city and attacked the palace city, the emperor would just hang himself. Forget it. I don’t know if it’s a prophecy or not. Anyway, the palace was occupied once during the Yingzong period and once during the Ruizong period. It has already happened twice.
As for Zhu Ying's comment that the moat was of no use during the two palace riots, Chu Kuan seemed not to hear it and did not respond at all. Instead, he quietly observed Zhang Shou's reaction.
However, Zhang Shou had no unnecessary emotions or comments from beginning to end. Most of the time he just nodded, sighed, shook his head, and smiled, without exposing his true emotions to others. Until he entered the imperial garden at the east gate in the north and walked around to the Long Live Gate in the middle. , Zhang Shou got off the horse, and immediately went to the side of the carriage and helped Ge Yong down, who had taken a peaceful nap.
For the next part of the mountain climbing, even if Ge Yong received the honor of being bestowed with a shoulder cart, he would not dare to actually sit on the shoulder cart to climb the Long Live Mountain named after Emperor Taizu, because the meaning is so real.
It's a bit too taboo.
It has now entered autumn in terms of solar terms, and the weather is no longer as hot as a real summer. In addition, the Long Live Mountain is full of vegetation. The roads opened on the mountain are all paved with bluestones. The trees on both sides were planted during the reign of Taizu, and they are now tall and graceful.
It's like a cover. When people walk in it, the mountain breeze blows, and it's still shaded.
Ge Yong had been exercising a lot on weekdays, and with Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying supporting him on the left and right, although he walked slowly, his feet were steady. But after climbing all the way to the middle of the mountain, the old man finally couldn't bear it.
, after signaling to stop, he just stood there and gasped: "I'm old, I can't do this mountain climbing anymore, let me take a rest."
"Teacher has been on the road back from Cangzhou for several days. I summoned you immediately without letting you rest for a while. It is really thoughtless."
Hearing these sudden words, Zhang Shou looked up and saw a few familiar figures appearing on the mountain road. However, he saw the emperor walking quickly, followed by the third prince and the fourth prince holding hands, and then behind him.
There were just a few guards with swords, but apart from that, there was no eunuch or maid.
Hurrying to the front of everyone, the emperor helped Ge Yong, who was bowing to salute, with one hand, and then nodded slightly to Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying to show off, then glared at Chu Kuan and said: "Didn't I give you a shoulder bag? How can you still return the favor?
Let the teacher climb the mountain on foot?”
"If I sit on the throne today and go to the Longevity Mountain, tomorrow the impeachment books will be piled up with the Secretary of General Affairs. Why bother?" Ge Yong smiled angrily. When he saw the third and fourth princes, he said meaningfully,
"It's the same reason that the emperor only took the two young princes to climb the Long Live Mountain today. Tomorrow there will be many people who want to inquire or even advise on this matter."
"Why do I care about them? It's so easy to take away Old Man Jiang, the immovable giant Buddha. Can't I just relax a little?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and complained angrily, "There are people trying to figure me out all day long.
Their words and deeds don’t bother me!”
Ge Yongran smiled, but this time he didn't try to persuade him anymore, he just stood there quietly.
Facing such an inexperienced teacher, the emperor couldn't help but tugged on the short beard on his chin boringly, and then waved to the third and fourth princes to come forward: "Sanlang, Silang, I haven't seen you yet.
Are you Patriarch Ge and Teacher?"
The third prince and the fourth prince had just heard Ge Yong say that their father should not take them alone to Mount Longevity Mountain, and they felt a little aggrieved. But when they heard that the emperor asked them to come to see their master, the two of them immediately came forward side by side honestly.
They bowed respectfully. But when they saw Zhang Shou, the outspoken fourth prince saw Zhang Shou coming up to help them, so he grabbed Zhang Shou's sleeve.
"Teacher, can you really not come back to teach me and my third brother?"
Zhang Shou was a little stunned, especially when he saw the third prince looking at him with eager eyes. He did not expect that he would receive such recognition and expectations after only teaching the third and fourth princes for half a year.
After thinking about it, he didn't look at the emperor's expression at this time, but gently touched the fourth prince's head. Then, when he saw the expectant expression on the third prince's face, he also rubbed the third prince's little head.
brain.
After two head-touch kills, he smiled and said, "There's not much I can teach you."
Before the fourth prince could object, he continued: "I have recently been helping teachers compile arithmetic and physics textbooks so that more people can be exposed to the world beyond the Four Books and Five Classics. And I will soon recruit the second student of Jiuzhang Hall
Criticize the supervisory students so that more talented people, but who could not see their way forward because the imperial examination only took the Four Books and Five Classics, will have another hope."
"So, I will be very busy and cannot teach you wholeheartedly. What you need is a teacher who is wholehearted, not me who is half-hearted. Sometimes I write books, sometimes I make interesting inventions, and sometimes I am even sent by the emperor like this time.
Let’s see if there is anyone who can help me... If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time, and you don’t have to be a teacher or student.”
The fourth prince's eyes filled with intense expectation finally gradually dimmed.
He lowered his head deeply and said in a strong and unwilling tone: "But teacher, you are different from other gentlemen."
It's different... because there is only one me in the world now, but if there are many teachers like me in the world in the future, then the world will really undergo earth-shaking changes. Europe is about to end the dark and long Middle Ages and usher in a prosperous era.
In the era of development, if people in the world cannot change their thinking at this time, then the backwardness will last for hundreds of years.
Zhang Shou knelt down so that he could look at the two young princes with good qualifications in front of him, and then said word by word: "If you want me to become your teacher, there is actually another way. That is to pass the entrance examination.
, admitted to Jiuzhangtang."
At that moment, the fourth prince's dimmed eyes burst out with an unparalleled light. Not only him, but also the third prince who had just let the fourth prince take the lead. The latter had always been well-behaved.
He even got carried away and shouted: "Teacher, do you really mean what you said?"
"Of course it's true!" Zhang Shou stretched out his fingers with a smile and said very calmly, "If you don't believe it, you can pull the hook!"
As soon as he said the words, he suddenly realized that these were two princes who were raised in a deep palace. They probably wouldn't know about such a small folk trick like hooking up hooks. But before he could take his little finger back, the fourth prince saw nothing but his hair.
Without hesitation, she stretched out her little finger and hooked him, followed closely by the third prince who hurriedly joined in.
The two little guys also yelled in almost the same rhythm: "Hang yourself with a hook, and it won't change for a hundred years!"
Ge Yong, who had been watching quietly from the side until now, glanced sideways at the emperor and joked in a low voice: "Should I say, like father, like son?"
I remember when the Queen Mother entrusted the Emperor to him to teach, God knows what kind of monkey he was! He didn’t know how many ways he tried to force such a guy to study hard at the desk, but he still kept trying to hook up with him.
I'm afraid that he will fool me by telling lies - and I don't want to think about if he is really fooled, will a child's thing like a retractor be useful?
Zhu Ying noticed that the emperor was helping Ge Yong to walk up the mountain. She stepped forward and held the third and fourth princes one by one. Then she said with a smile: "Since we have agreed, remember to study hard in the future. Ah Shou will definitely be very good."