When he brought his two young sons to climb the Longevity Mountain, the emperor really didn't think much about it - or in other words, even though this year is the twenty-seventh year of Yongchen's reign, he has been on the throne for twenty-six years.
, but he is still essentially the emperor who was independent and did as he pleased when he was young. This is a trait that is imprinted in his bones and a trait that was affirmed by his father, Emperor Ruizhong.
He still remembers the words his father held his hand and said before he passed away.
"You are a lively and energetic child. You are different from the virtuous prince and Shengmingjun that the ministers expected. What they need is a steady and dignified person who can sit on the throne and be able to accept their advice, even if they spit on them
His face is like that of a famous emperor who will never get angry. But such an emperor is nothing more than a clay puppet. On the contrary, someone like you is more suitable."
"Listen, but don't be biased; be checks and balances, but don't rely on power; be wise, but don't be kind; be decisive, and be cruel when necessary... Of course, you are still too young, so everything must be handed over first.
Give it to your mother, you have to believe in her, just like I believe in you and give you this country. I have chosen the best teacher for you, and you have to study hard with him."
At this time, when he reached the top of the mountain, recalling his father's last sincere teachings, the emperor had mixed feelings, and then he sighed and said to Ge Yong: "Although my father taught me a lot back then, if it hadn't been for the teachers who kept reminding me later,
Please teach me, maybe I have grown crooked a long time ago. You know, what I liked to do most at that time was to fight against the ministers and the queen mother."
"Your Majesty, you have the nerve to say that." Ge Yong glanced at the Emperor with an unkind expression, "I have never seen such a naughty student. Compared with these two sensible little princes, Your Majesty was really far behind at that time!"
Seeing that the third prince and the fourth prince were still asking questions around Zhang Shou, their faces full of curiosity and genuine admiration, the emperor immediately looked away in embarrassment, then coughed and said: "I was
It’s not that I suddenly lost my loving father, my strict mother is always in charge of my affairs, and the ministers still like to point fingers, I’m a little annoyed, so I’m a little rebellious?”
"More? More than just a little. If someone with strict rules were to teach you, Your Majesty, you might have been pissed to death! Fortunately, this old guy like me knows how to adapt, and he even punished you a few times, otherwise, otherwise
……hehe!"
Zhang Shou didn't notice the conversation between Ge Yong and the emperor's teacher and student. He finally got away from the endless questions from the two young princes and handed them over to Zhu Ying, who had great experience in dealing with them.
, so he came to Ge Yong and the emperor. Before he could speak, Ge Yong asked with a smile: "Are you frustrated this time? Children are not so easy to deal with!"
"The teacher was joking, and I didn't want to deal with them. There are many poor people in Jiuzhangtang now, because among those scholars who have read poetry and books and have decent family backgrounds, even if there are some who are equally proficient in arithmetic, I'm afraid they won't focus their main attention on arithmetic.
In arithmetic. And if two princes join the ranks with their true talents and knowledge, then they will become an eye-catching benchmark in the future."
Seeing the emperor's eyebrows raised, as if he was a little surprised, Zhang Shou said with a smile: "But that will only happen if they really rely on their ability to pass the exam. I will not be merciful. If nothing else, I plan to answer this year's exam questions
It’s harder than last year.”
The emperor glanced with some sympathy at the two young sons who were chattering around Zhu Ying not far away, and then smiled and said: "Your hard-to-get method may actually be effective. However, if Sanlang and Shilang really enter the Nine
Zhangdang, do you really plan to teach them only arithmetic and physics... um, it seems to be called physics?"
"Other than this, I don't know how to teach anything else."
Zhang Shou looked at the emperor with a very innocent look, and then said calmly: "Is it possible that when the third and fourth princes grow up, they still have to listen to the minister's three-legged cat lecture and tell them history? Just from the Hanlin Academy
Even if you can pull someone out, you can speak better than me, so it is enough to try such things that make people laugh in the Mid-Levels Hall."
"I don't think your teaching is not good. If it is not good to be simple, then the teacher used to teach me this way. You, teachers and students, can be considered to be from the same origin."
The emperor smiled and praised Zhang Shou. Seeing that he seemed to be trying to be humble, he stopped him and said, "Okay, let's not talk about your teachers and students' expertise in teaching and educating people. Tell me about Cangzhou.
Although Zhang Shou, you have sent me relevant reports from time to time, but the words are never as detailed as the words. Teacher, please remember to supplement Zhang Shou."
Although he had just recalled his childhood years with the emperor, Ge Yong was still very serious when it came to business matters. Next, Zhang Shou began to describe in detail an incident he experienced after arriving in Cangzhou.
The acquaintance and interactions with Xianyu were also discussed in detail - of course, he saw those good things like peppers, potatoes and peanuts that he had been away from for a long time, so he omitted the cooking experience.
As for how Zhu Tingfang descended from the sky and broke up the chaos in the palace, how he killed Xu Cheng, and how he beat and killed those wealthy merchants, he gave a general account of it, regardless of whether his uncle reported it or not. Of course, Zhu Tingfangping said
He roughly sorted out this mess from the narrations of Zhu Er and Lao Xianyu and Xiao Peanut.
Of course, he also briefly introduced each of his own small plans and the small groups planning experiments in Cangzhou.
As for Zhang Chen and Zhu Er, who had tricked the eldest prince one after another... Although he didn't want to say it out and irritated the emperor as a father, he saw that the third prince and the fourth prince were still restrained by Zhu Ying not far away, and it was impossible to hear them.
Their eldest brother's embarrassing situation, so he thought about it for a while and told it exactly.
The emperor listened very carefully. He was angry, embarrassed, regretful, self-blame... all kinds of negative emotions had been vented when he learned the news for the first time. What he was listening to, analyzing and summarizing at the same time was
A completely rational emperor, or in other words, an emperor who strives to maintain maximum rationality.
After finally listening to Zhang Shou's narration and Ge Yong's supplementary information, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a wry smile: "I am very lucky now that I did not let the traitor go to Jiangnan. But I regret it even more.
Yes, because I felt soft-hearted and thought he was more stable and knowledgeable than Erlang, plus he wanted to make a difference, so I believed him."
"I have long said that it is useless for the emperor to simply hate the eldest prince and the second prince. No matter how much the queen objected at the beginning, as long as the emperor can forcefully take away the two sons and put them next to the queen mother to raise,
It’s not like this.”
When Ge Yong said this, he showed an extremely angry expression on his face: "In the end, because I taught them just a few days, the word "teacher" is carried on my head, and I will be said to be wrong now and in the future.
It was my fault for being disciplined, I feel so unjust when I think about it!”
The emperor never had much of an emperor's airs in front of this teacher. At this time, he could only smile bitterly with a guilty conscience: "I am too lazy to argue with the queen, or even to see her. I just think that she should know that her son is the foundation. In addition,
After the teacher left the two brothers alone, she also found a famous teacher. I never thought that my two sons would grow up like this."
Zhang Shou had no intention of getting involved in such a taboo topic - even though he was quite disgusted with the eldest prince and the second prince, he naturally wanted to stay away from this kind of royal family matter. So, he silently stepped back and quietly
We arrived at the pavilion on the south side.
Here you can overlook the entire palace city from a high place, and you can see the glazed tiles of the three main halls shining brightly in the sun. The magnificent palace, and outside the Xuanwu Gate wall at the back of the palace city, the neatly dressed palace people and servants coming in and out,
They all reminded him unconsciously of the scene when he was overlooking the Forbidden City on Jingshan Mountain.
To be honest, after visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, he was actually very disappointed. Because the green bricks on the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were already pitted, and the supposedly gorgeous palace was dim and dull. Countless people crowded around the small palace to take pictures and even
There were the East Six Palaces and the West Six Palaces that sounded shabby and small... Anyway, he was dissatisfied when he came out of the gray back door of the Forbidden City.
He just felt that the Forbidden City had a false reputation... not even a superficial appearance.
However, all these emotions disappeared after he climbed up Jingshan Mountain and overlooked the Forbidden City. At that time, the setting sun shone on the palace complex, the towering red walls were magnificent, the golden glazed tiles were magnificent, and the palaces were neatly arranged, completely
You can't see the countless ant-like tourists inside.
At that moment, the feeling of dusty pearls completely receded from the museum, replaced by the vicissitudes of history, the weight and the atmosphere. It was at that moment that he truly understood a truth - distance creates beauty.
But the palace standing in front of him now only has a history of a hundred years, but it also includes part of the palace complex in Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty. And it is larger in scale than the Forbidden City. If nothing else, he has been in it before.
For example, Fengtian Palace, which has never changed its name, is more than twice as big as Taihe Palace, and Qingning Palace is also much larger than Cining Palace...
In other words, Emperor Taizu, whose map skill points were at full value, was obviously dissatisfied with the scale of the Forbidden City. Of course, people did not go all out to build a Daming Palace in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, because the Qianqing Palace seems to have remained the same.
The original size, and according to Zhu Ying, the harem was not very spacious. It didn't matter that Concubine Yu had such low requirements, the queen had always disliked Kunning Palace.
Since this kind of opportunity to overlook the palace city from the Long Live Mountain is very rare and probably won't happen for the second time in his life, Zhang Shou naturally took advantage of this moment to leisurely watch as much as he could.
He didn't know how long he stood there when suddenly a pair of hands stretched out from behind him and suddenly covered his eyes. Knowing that the only one who did such a thing in such a place was Zhu Ying, he simply didn't struggle or speak.
, just stood there quietly.
As if because he didn't speak, the girl behind him moved his hand away unhappily, and then shouted angrily: "Ah Shou, are you a piece of wood? Why didn't you even ask who it was?"
"Because I know it's you." Zhang Shou smiled slightly and then turned around. Seeing Zhu Ying, who was dressed in bright red, standing in front of him with her hands behind her back, annoyance clearly written on her face, he said slowly, "
Even if the third prince and the fourth prince want to joke with me, they are not tall enough to blindfold me. The emperor and the teacher will not do such an inappropriate thing. But the other guards would not dare."
"You have to think so much at this time, you are so old-fashioned!"
Zhu Ying frowned a little boredly, but immediately afterwards, she was stunned. Because Zhang Shou actually strode forward and took her hand with a smile. When Zhang Shou forced her to look side by side,
When she entered the palace city, she suddenly realized it, and then she couldn't help but said coquettishly: "Ah Shou, the emperor is also over there, why are you so bold all of a sudden!"
"Just think of it as my whim."
Zhang Shou didn't look at how the emperor and Ge Yong would react when they saw this scene. He still held Zhu Ying's hand with a smile. When he realized that Zhu Ying had said a few words to him, his actual actions were the other way around.
As he held his hand tightly, he couldn't help but think to himself that in such an era, it was really a fate to meet such a warm, cheerful and generous girl who was never shy.
"There are not many people outside the palace who can climb Long Live Mountain, and there are probably not many outsiders who can see the whole palace and city here. Standing here, I feel that Emperor Taizu rebuilt it on the ruins in the late Yuan Dynasty.
He built this capital city and rebuilt this palace instead of simply abandoning it. His ambition is truly extraordinary."
He paused, turned his head and smiled and said to Zhu Ying: "Although Yuan Dynasty was also the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, that is because Meng Yuan came from the grassland, and naturally tended to be closer to the grassland, and Taizu
They raised troops from the south, but in the end they drove out the Tartars, but they still made Yuan Dadu the capital city, and passed down the saying that the emperor guards the gates of the country. No wonder you have always admired Taizu so much."
Zhu Ying was naturally beaming as her sweetheart could praise the person she admired. Without thinking, she nodded heavily and said: "At that time, the northern barbarians had just retreated into the grassland. The north was not peaceful at all. If we build a capital in the south, there is no guarantee that the same situation will happen again.
The same mistake happened in the Song Dynasty. In addition, Grandpa Taizu did not want to seal off the border towns, so naturally the old capital of the Yuan Dynasty was the best choice when establishing a capital."
"Although the imperial city map designed by Grandpa Taizu is very different from the palace of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty, the one who designed the reconstruction of the capital was Grandpa Ge's ancestor. He was very powerful and trusted those skilled craftsmen. Not only did he perfectly realize the Taizu
Every detail of Grandpa Grandpa's idea, whether it is horizontal and vertical streets, symmetrical cities, or symmetrical palaces, has been carefully considered..."
Zhu Ying talked endlessly about the history of the capital and the palace. She didn't feel that it was embarrassing to mention such old things in such a place. She originally thought that this pair of children were not only so close, but also standing in front of each other.
Together they are truly a perfect match for the emperor, and he couldn't help but cover his forehead at this moment.
"What should I say? Which pot goes with which lid? In this rare place like this, shouldn't they swear to each other?"
Ge Yong glanced at the emperor with disdain, and then said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, you have read too many legendary novels."
The third prince and the fourth prince rarely saw their father being scolded. At this time, they wanted to laugh but did not dare. They could only look at the legendary most powerful Master Ge with admiration. And Ge Yong was admired by these two children.
Under his eyes, he said something sadly.
"There is a saying that goes like this: If you don't have a colorful phoenix flying with two wings, you will have a clear understanding of your heart. Since you are a lover who has a clear understanding of your heart, don't say anything about spoiling the scenery... Wherever the two of them stand, there is an extra scenery."
The emperor looked at the pair of young children with their backs to him with enlightenment. Indeed, the scenery here is unique.