Zhang Shou came from an era that was bitterly denounced by some retrotists as the collapse of etiquette and music, because all superiority and inferiority were once broken, and all classes were shattered, so he could be polite, but he didn't want to
He talks about etiquette; he can abide by morality, but he is unwilling to abide by routine.
Therefore, although he likes history, poetry and poetry, and recognizes the beauty of Hanfu, he does not like to promote retro style in everything.
You know, he used to be a person who felt resentful when he saw the strict hierarchy in Japanese and Korean drama companies and families. He has always been dissatisfied with some scholars who advocated that parents should be knelt down to worship their parents, and that the crown ceremony should be repeated and other red tape.
Scoffing. This is no different from when Kang Youwei and his group of old and young people preached about the use of knees if they don’t kneel down after the fall of the Qing Dynasty!
Now that he is in the truly hierarchical Ming Dynasty, let alone his discomfort. Therefore, he is particularly grateful to Emperor Taizu for eliminating the kneeling ceremony from regular court visits and daily visits and meetings.
Only in the Great Dynasty.
Otherwise, the palace is definitely the last place he wants to go!
But now, Ge Yong was willing to come forward in person to help him preside over this crowning ceremony, which was equivalent to an adult ceremony. When Wu, who was picked up by Ah Liu from Zhang Yuan, heard about it, she was so happy that she almost cried with joy, too
Although the lady was non-committal, she asked Zhu Ying to take out all the outfits that were prepared for him to wear at the Sutra Banquet, as if she was planning to choose a dress. Could he object?
Even if he is not interested in this kind of formalism, can he live up to the painstaking efforts and good intentions of these relatives, friends and elders? There is no doubt that he cannot. So, he can only watch helplessly as Ge Yong and Wu discuss the good time and auspicious day in full swing.
Who should be invited to watch the ceremony when choosing the guest of honor and the person who would like to praise him. If Zhu Ying hadn't slipped up to him without going to get anything, he would have been unable to sit still.
Seeing Zhu Ying's "I really sympathize with you" expression on her face, he couldn't help itching his teeth with hatred, lowering his voice and jokingly said: "Yingying, don't be too happy too early. Of course, I can't escape this crowning ceremony. You
Isn’t this also indispensable along with the haircut ceremony?”
After staying for a while, Zhu Ying almost didn't laugh out loud, and then she leaned into Zhang Shou's ear and laughed: "A Shou, you don't know this, right? Most girls' haircut gifts are not done alone.
, when you get married, you will simply add hairpins and hairpins, so you won’t do it in a grand way like you."
"Furthermore, you don't know that in the past, the crowning ceremony for high-ranking officials was mostly given to the sons of high-ranking officials. Since this dynasty, there has never been a fifth-ranking official like you, and even the students
There are so many examples, but I haven’t actually performed the crowning ceremony yet!”
This time Zhu Ying raised her voice slightly, and when she saw that Ge Yong and Wu, who were having a heated discussion, suddenly became quiet, she showed a proud smile.
"Besides, the second addition to the crown is the Jinxian crown, right? Ah Shou, you are now a fifth-rank official. You already have the Jinxian crown in your court uniform, and it is also a three-beam crown. Now it is officially the crown ceremony again, you
What did you wear at the imperial meeting in the past? When the four mountain chiefs gathered in the capital, and so many scholars gathered in the capital to wait for the test next year, if this matter spread..."
Before Zhu Ying could finish her eloquent words, Ge Yong said decisively: "Yingying is right, Zhang Shou would have worn the crown a long time ago! If the crown ceremony was really done with great fanfare, Zhang Shou would be laughed at if it spread.
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Wu was also horrified and moved by Zhu Ying's words, but after all, she had little experience and could not help but hesitate to speak at this time.
Mrs. Tai, who had just watched the heated discussion between Ge Yong and Wu, just coughed: "Although Emperor Taizu unified the world and restored the Han and Tang Dynasty clothes, he also restored the ancient rites in accordance with the request of the Ministry of Rites, and the rituals of the crown ceremony were also restored.
It was once made public to the world, but he himself lacked interest in these ancient rites, so in recent years, let alone among the people, the crown rites of civil and military families have mostly been false stories."
"Either simplifying the complicated rituals, or the father goes through the motions and crowns his son in the family temple with a few words of encouragement, or he simply doesn't do this and just crowns his children and grandchildren when they are old.
.Zhang Shou is already a fifth-rank official, so why not tell the public that Master Ge had personally crowned him in the green jade in the village?"
Zhang Shou saw the helpless look on Ge Yong's face. He took a grateful look and saved himself a big trouble. Zhu Ying, who was smiling brightly at the moment, quickly stood up and walked to Ge Yong and bowed deeply: "
Teacher, although you did not crown me personally, you taught many principles of life and work through words and deeds, which is essentially the same as crowning me and giving me a long hair ceremony."
"Who doesn't know that I am where I am today all because of my teacher's discerning eye and ability to pull me out of the countryside?"
"You brat, you're pretty good at flattering me!"
Ge Yong helped Zhang Shou up in annoyance, and then hummed softly: "I don't know you yet? You are afraid of trouble and want to be lazy, right? Humph, but a crowning ceremony is really long, you can hold it
Come on, my old man may not be able to hold on! You are so afraid of trouble that you don’t even hold a wedding, so I, an old man, will obey you!"
As he said this, Ge Yong glanced at Zhu Ying, who had just interfered with his overall plan - but he couldn't get angry at this smiling little girl, because Zhu Ying's reminder did prevent him from turning around.
A sudden whim has become a joke in the mouth of others. If the crown ceremony is not good, the person has already been an official and wears the crown of virtue. What does this mean?
Therefore, after insulting Zhang Shou in annoyance, he finally sat back and said calmly: "In that case, I don't have to wait until you are crowning me to give me the inscription. Let's go."
Go to your family temple in Zhang Yuan."
Zhu Ying's eyes flashed, and naturally she wanted to be the first to know. When she saw Ge Yong dragging Zhang Shou out, she hurriedly wanted to catch up, but Ge Yong stretched out a hand to stop him.
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She wanted to fight for it again, but she saw Zhang Shou, who was next to Ge Yong, shaking his head at her: "Yingying, thank you for your thoughtful thought just now, otherwise it might make people laugh. Don't worry, I'll let Ah Liu run away again later.
I'll make sure I tell you first."
Zhu Ying stopped in frustration. When she turned around and saw that Wu didn't follow her, she couldn't help but be a little surprised. But she just asked curiously, and Wu smiled and said, "It's Mrs. Ge who is responsible for this."
I will tell Shou’s parents in front of him that I won’t go there yet. The wedding will be held in November, and I need to discuss it with Mrs. Tai. Although I have been making various preparations before, I am not sure. "
Although Mrs. Wu had already understood Mrs. Wu's temperament, she was still afraid that she would rely on herself as an adoptive mother and insist on taking care of herself from the beginning to the end. Now that she saw her being so frank and considerate, she was naturally very pleased, and she had no choice but to attend the wedding here with a smile on her face.
Zhu Ying, who was working on the agenda, was driven away. Not only that, she also sent her powerful mother Jiang outside to guard the house to prevent Zhu Ying from eavesdropping.
Zhang Shou didn't know that as soon as he left, Zhu Ying was kicked out of Qing'an Hall by the Dowager. When he came out of Zhao Guogong's mansion and boarded Ge Yong's carriage, as the carriage started moving smoothly, he heard Ge Yong's carriage.
Yong suddenly sighed.
"If it weren't for the fact that the emperor suddenly came to me yesterday to ask whether the third prince could be crowned at this age, I wouldn't have remembered that you haven't had a crown ceremony yet. Fortunately, Xiao Yingying reminded me, otherwise I, who is known as a well-read poet,
Old man, that would be embarrassing."
Zhang Shou didn't hear the second half at all, his train of thought was completely carried away by the first half of Ge Yong's words.
The emperor plans to crown the third prince? But how talented is the third prince? He will be barely ten years old by the Chinese New Year next year, and judging from his full age, the third prince seems to be just over eight years old? Children over eight years old learn plane geometry, he
In the past, it wasn't called pulling out seedlings to encourage them to grow, but it was called destroying seedlings, right? The fourth prince is half a year younger than the third prince, so it's not surprising that people can't keep up. Only those who can keep up are geniuses...
A lot of thoughts went through Zhang Shou's mind until he suddenly heard a loud cough. He looked up and saw Ge Yong staring at him with a straight face. He knew that his distraction could not be hidden from the teacher, so he could only laugh.
Said: "I was just thinking about the age of the third prince... By crowning him so suddenly, everyone inside and outside the court will know what happened."
"Yes, this is a declaration."
Ge Yong nodded and then looked towards the front of the car: "Don't worry, the driver in front is deaf and mute and can't hear anything. The same goes for the guards I brought out today. They are all people who worked with Emperor Ruizhong in the palace back then.
, they are deaf-mute orphans, and there is also Ah Liu, right? I am telling you today because I want to ask you, have you ever thought about becoming an emperor's master like me in the future?"
"..."
Zhang Shou really wanted to tell the truth about what the emperor said in Qingning Palace today, and then ask the teacher for his opinion. However, not to mention that he had promised to remain silent in front of the Queen Mother. Even if he had not, this kind of thing could not be leaked casually. And Ge
When Yong asked him at this time, it was obvious that he was not leaking forbidden Chinese, but was probably asked by the emperor on his orders.
So, after the initial helpless silence, he said in a dry voice: "Why is this so?"
"You ask me why I am like this, I can only answer you, I don't know." Ge Yong rubbed his temples in annoyance, and then whispered, "Maybe, after calling those mountain chiefs to gather in the capital, the emperor wants to
The one chosen is not the prince’s teacher, but the future emperor’s teacher. Of course, the emperor only has me as his teacher, but that’s not necessarily the case this time. One, two, three, or even more are possible.”
"From ancient times to the present, there have been many people who have served as imperial masters, but few have made a name for themselves, and even fewer have had a good ending."
As the emperor's master, Ge Yong did not mince words about the fate of the emperor's masters in the past: "Even though Wang Jinggong in the Song Dynasty had such a great reputation, Shenzong once obeyed his words, but he worshiped the prime minister twice and dismissed the prime minister twice, but the final outcome was different.
It’s just that he didn’t fall into the biography of traitorous officials in the Song history compiled by the Yuan people. As for the others, Duke Zhou Huo Guang, who hasn’t been the de facto emperor’s master?”
Zhang Shou was not surprised that Ge Yong would cite the last two examples. I am afraid that this teacher had experienced corresponding pressure when he was the emperor's tutor to the young emperor. But what he thought in his heart was in another period.
The famous Zhang Juzheng in time and space.
How tragic was the fate of the "Mr. Zhang" whom the young Emperor Shenzong once worshiped so tragically after his death?
When Ge Yong noticed the change in Zhang Shouna's mood, he sighed again and said: "To be honest, when the emperor crammed the third and fourth princes into the Banshan Hall, I didn't expect that the situation would take such a turn for the worse. Oh,
The situation in the court is quite stable, but the eldest prince and the second prince, who used to be as tough as black-eyed roosters, would fall so quickly, which is too unexpected."
"If in the past the emperor had to choose one of the two of them that was not so bad, then after several incidents happened, especially after the incident in Cangzhou, the emperor had already made up his mind to put this aside.
They are two royal scoundrels who have failed to achieve anything but failed in many things. Therefore, the third prince and the fourth prince both like you as their teacher, and you stand out."
Zhang Shou didn't know whether he should be honored or smile bitterly at this moment.
You must know that when the third and fourth princes were sent to him, they were still two little young ladies in the East Palace who had no hope at all. He just treated them as children who came for enlightenment and taught them casually, nothing more.
However, he thought of the stories Chu Kuan and Zhu Ying told him about Gaozong and Shizong, about how Shizong was weak and sick and had lost power; about how Gaozong's aunt and biological mother died early, and the reserve talents prepared by Emperor Shi and Taizong were purged by ministers with ulterior motives.
Ignorance... Thinking of the third prince's current age, he felt that he seemed to understand the emperor's eagerness to choose a famous teacher.
He wanted to ask Ge Yong how the emperor was doing, but he swallowed his words. If the emperor's health was not good, then he would naturally choose a famous teacher for the third prince, just in case something unexpected happened, and he would have someone who understood.
An adaptable and sophisticated heir; and if the emperor is in good health...then the slightly older third prince will also have great advantages!
Because if the emperor can live for twenty years, the eldest prince and the second prince cannot survive that long, but the third prince can. Twenty years later, the third prince will only be twenty-nine years old, which is when he will be in the prime of life.
However, thinking of the third prince who was intelligent, shy and serious, stubborn in some aspects, and caring for his younger brother, Zhang Shou finally said softly: "It doesn't matter what the emperor's teacher is, but I am willing to continue to be the third prince's teacher."
Of course, I still only teach him arithmetic. However, when Yingying and I went to Long Live Mountain to meet him and the Fourth Prince today, we promised one more thing."
Zhang Shou mentioned the topic of foreign history. Seeing Ge Yong looking at him with a strange look on his face, his eyes clearly asking how you know so much foreign history, he smiled lightly: "Teacher,
From the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, there are too many people who have studied the historical materials of the past dynasties. I am young and inexperienced, so I will not talk about the history of foreign countries..."
"What else can I talk about? My previous superficial history lecture at Banshan Hall could only fool those ignorant dandies."
Ge Yong suddenly became speechless. He didn't say much for the rest of the journey, until the carriage finally stopped at the gate of Zhang Yuan. He followed Zhang Shou out of the car, entered the door, and followed the main road and corridor to the east side of the family temple, which had been almost renovated.
At that time, he just whispered: "The King of Lu planned to build this place into a temple to worship his biological mother, Concubine De, but now it is easier for you."
After these abrupt words, he turned to look at Zhang Shou and said word by word: "I actually thought of a lot of words for you, but there are only two that I am most satisfied with. One of them is Zi Chang, a disciple of Saint Kong.
, the famous gentleman Gongye came from a long time ago. The second... is called Yuanhe, Yuan means the beginning, and harmony means neither hard nor soft. Together, it is the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, harmony and longevity."