The Sutra Banquet of the twenty-seventh year of Yongchen is destined to leave a name in history - whether it will be a good name or a bad name, it's hard to say. Because after the quarrels in the previous few days, this scene on October 6th also...
An incident broke out before it even started, but it was Zhang Shouyu fighting against Confucius, two people with huge differences in age, experience and rank, who had a fight in court.
And the one who finally came out to be the peacemaker was none other than the emperor of the dynasty. But the emperor, who acted as the peacemaker himself, was openly and openly sidetracked, but he directly and happily approved of such a new thing as the Sutra Hall, and actually ignored it.
Decided to promote it to the world.
Then, Mr. Wu Ge, the emperor's yes-man, gave full play to his characteristics and jumped out to support and echo.
Faced with such a situation, although Academician Confucius was half angry to death, there were not many resolute opponents like him. In addition, the third prince came out to continue to be the second peacemaker and proposed to calculate the sutra.
The library was changed into a miscellaneous classics library, and dozens of miscellaneous books such as water conservancy and agriculture books were printed for students to borrow and copy. After convincing Yue Shanchang and others to support it, the matter was settled.
Chief Yue Shan, Chief Xiao Shan and the other three people actually didn't want to support that much, but the third prince persuaded them personally with a smile and asked them to recommend books to be placed in the miscellaneous scripture library for others to borrow. If they don't even give this face... who
I don’t even think I can still go to the East Palace to give lectures.
As for Chief Hong Shan, I don’t know whether it was a coincidence or whether he was not summoned by the emperor. Anyway, he did not come to the sutra banquet on this day. He avoided such a problem but also missed such an opportunity.
By the end of the day's sutra feast, the three mountain chiefs who had seemed so distant to each other came together again. All three of them avoided commenting on the emperor or the future prince's actions of acting as peacemakers one after another, and instead only focused on commenting on today's meeting.
Everyone at the banquet gave lectures. As for who would win in the argument between Zhang Shou and Confucius, the three of them all agreed tacitly.
When a dignified old man faced an upstart like Zhang Shou, he actually rolled up his sleeves and went into battle himself instead of using his pawns. The Confucius University Scholar would never be so weak. It was very possible that he was deliberately showing weakness or even having other purposes. As for the
Zhang Shou, the Sutra Sutra Hall has become the Miscellaneous Sutra Hall, and the third prince is the one who stood up to propose such a proposal. Has Zhang Shou ever thought about it? Is he just willing to accept it?
Another thing the three people discussed was that as soon as the banquet was over, the third prince was blocked by Zhu Ying waiting for something to happen. Chief Yue Shan felt that the eldest lady, who was so angry that her eyebrows were standing upright, seemed to be extremely unwilling, and Xiao Shan
The commander also commented on Zhu Ying's arrogant and domineering attitude in dragging the third prince away. Mr. Xu Shan, on the other hand, laughed vaguely, as if he didn't want to comment on anything related to Zhu Ying at all.
Not to mention them. The fourth prince who rushed after Zhu Ying also felt that Zhu Ying really didn't take his third brother seriously. However, until he was so angry that he chased Zhu Ying and the third prince into the Linzhi Gate,
Only then did I realize that Zhu Ying was talking to the third prince with a smile on her face. Look at her cheerful look, but there was no sign of being angry at all?
Inside the Linzhi Gate is Ciqing Palace, but it also has another name that is commonly known outside - East Palace. It is located to the east of the entire palace city and northeast of the Wenhua Palace. The current emperor was granted the title of "Donggong Palace" when he followed the Queen Mother to Beijing.
After the prince, he lived here, and soon, this place would also become the residence of the third prince.
However, both the third prince and the fourth prince are very unfamiliar with this place. In the past, there were two older brothers, and they would never go to such a place where it is easy for people to misunderstand. Now, although the third prince is already in the future,
He is the prince, but he has no plans to declare ownership of Ciqing Palace in advance.
Therefore, when he came here for the first time, the fourth prince looked around and saw that there was no one in this huge place. Then he walked forward hesitantly and asked with some confusion: "Sister Yingying,
What riddles are you and Third Brother playing? I was confused and thought you were going to bully Third Brother!"
Seeing Zhu Ying smiling and saying nothing, he couldn't help but ask again: "Are you really not angry that the third brother interfered with the good things of the teacher and the others?"
Although what the third brother said and did when he was the peacemaker in the Wenhua Palace was what his father ordered him to do, according to what the fourth prince knew about Zhu Ying's temper, he should not care about anything else, but seek advice first.
Third brother is the one who settles the accounts.
In exchange for the fourth prince's intense gaze and doubtful questioning, Zhu Ying reached out and grabbed both of his cheeks, and then pinched him until his face was crushed into a ball of dough, and he kept moaning in pain.
Only then did Zhu Ying let him go.
"The Sutra Calculation Center is just asking for directions. Judging from the looks of Grandpa Ge and Lu Sanpang, they obviously didn't expect it to succeed. Ah Shou also told me yesterday that he only hopes that people who study Sutra Sutra in the world will not be like Ye Mengqiu.
The four senior brothers are in the same embarrassment. You know, nine out of ten candidates from Jiuzhang Hall are from either the capital or Kinki in two consecutive periods."
"Because Lu Sanlang's bookshop mainly sells books in the capital and Kinki area. For example, the four brothers Ye Mengqiu and his four brothers can no longer buy Sutras in Guangping Mansion. This shows what the situation is like in other parts of the world."
Zhu Ying does not really sympathize with Ye Mengqiu and others, and she is not a compassionate saint, but as long as Zhang Shou decides to forgive generously, she will also be generous and not care about the four senior brothers who went to the Lu family for a crown ceremony.
to cause trouble for Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang.
When she said this, she felt that she had explained the brothers clearly enough, so she said with a smile: "I just want to play tricks on some people, so that they will think that I am so angry that I have gone to the third prince to settle a score, and that Ashou and the others have failed this time.
Go back, and then jump out to stir up trouble, and then you can whip them hard."
"However, the third prince's suggestion was indeed good, and it directly dragged the three of them into the water. As expected of the future prince, he is getting more and more powerful!"
The third prince was so praised by Zhu Ying that he blushed for a while and then whispered: "Sister Yingying, you think highly of me. In fact, it was my father who taught me to say this... In fact, my original intention was to directly ask the teacher to teach "
The "New Edition of Gurdjieff's Arithmetic" was placed in the Arithmetic Library so that ordinary scholars could get in touch with these not-so-profound essentials of arithmetic. The result..."
He paused, looking a little downcast.
"But my father said, don't put them all in, just put three volumes that talk about fractions and linear equations of one variable. For other things, people who are interested in taking the Jiuzhangtang exam will naturally look for the next books, otherwise they will have to wait until
If they are admitted to Jiuzhangtang, they will naturally have someone to teach them. But I think the first three volumes are too easy..."
Seeing that the third prince kept thinking that the first three volumes were simple, and seeing that the fourth prince couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, Zhu Ying's face suddenly became extremely delicate.
Of course she had read "New Edition of Gurdjieff's Arithmetic". She could understand the first volume, but the second volume involved topics such as fractions and recurring decimals.
She was very struggling. As for using one-variable equations to solve chickens and rabbits in the same cage or even turning on and off water valves, she felt dizzy after reading it once.
Later, although Zhang Shou gave her an in-depth explanation, she was already determined to give up! If she had had this talent, she would have become Grandpa Ge's student eight hundred years ago!
Zhu Ying was surprised to hear that the third prince said that it was the emperor who actually ordered the double act, but it was reasonable. She had to catch the fourth prince and question him in detail. When the fourth prince added more details about the relationship between them and the emperor.
During the conversation, she praised the fourth prince for his progress. Of course, she also praised the third prince for becoming more and more like a prince, and the fourth prince for becoming more and more like a wise king.
But when she heard the two titles of Prince and Xian Wang, the third prince's expression suddenly changed. Although Zhu Ying was talking to the fourth prince, she keenly noticed that the third prince seemed to be hesitant to speak, and she immediately became confused.
stand up.
Is it possible that the third prince still hasn't accepted that he will soon be the crown prince of the East Palace and that he is no longer the same as the fourth prince?
"Sister Yingying." The third prince finally made up his mind. He took a step forward and asked in a low voice, "I think if I am the one who comes out to distract the bachelor and teacher of Confucius University today, then my father comes out to do it.
Peacemaker, would it be better to change the Sutra Sutra Hall into a Miscellaneous Sutra Hall?"
"I always feel that my father made this special arrangement as if it was for me... But wouldn't it damage my father's reputation? It was in public at that time, and I couldn't reject my father's request.
But I just feel in my heart that this is not right.”
"It was said that I advised my father that time, when my eldest brother and my second brother came out to attend the sutra feast. I obviously only suggested it in private and did not write a letter, but the news spread like wildfire. I asked my father to investigate thoroughly, but
My father smiled back, but didn't make any move at all. I felt strange at that time, and even thought about whether my father spread the news on purpose!"
The fourth prince who was listening on the side became more and more confused. In the end, he couldn't help but ask: "Father, what did you do? But why is this!"
Zhu Ying thought for a moment, then looked at the third prince and said softly: "Since you think it was the emperor who did it, then you want to know why?"
"I think it's for me. This time my father taught me to say that, will others think that my father is arbitrary, but I seem to be impartial? But last time, others will think that my father is too ruthless, but I seem to be impartial.
Filial piety? But that’s not the case..."
Before the third prince could explain why this was not the case, Zhu Ying smiled and directly interrupted the future prince's gradually incoherent talk. She pulled aside the fourth prince who was already dumbfounded and pushed him away.
When he arrived in front of the third prince, he said word by word: "I am an outsider and cannot comment on this matter. You should discuss and communicate with the fourth prince."
"But..." The third prince hesitated, and finally said what he had been holding in his heart for the past few days, "Sister Yingying, maybe you are also my biological sister!"
This time, Zhu Ying smiled even happier, even showing her two little white teeth: "Even if I am really your biological sister, just like Yongping, but when it comes to matters between the emperor and your father and son, you can't
You shouldn't ask me, but the fourth prince. Brothers, you and the fourth prince grew up together. If there is something you don't understand, of course you should talk to him openly."
Seeing Zhu Ying say these words and actually walk away as if there was no one around, the third prince was stunned. But the fourth prince opposite him hesitated for a moment before asking: "Third brother, do you think,
Father, do you intend for you, the future prince, to show kindness and fairness to others?"
At this moment, the third prince immediately forgot about Zhu Ying's departure and asked hurriedly: "Fourth brother, did you also find out?"
The fourth prince sighed, lowered his head and said, "Third brother, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of this... You have been more careful and more stable than me since I was a child, so I never noticed my father's painstaking efforts...
…But it’s right for my father to be kind to you. You will be the prince in a few days, and of course my father will help you establish your prestige. As long as you understand this intention, my father will be very happy..."
The third prince felt a little dumbfounded when he first heard the fourth prince comparing the two brothers, but when he heard what he said later, he gradually felt uncomfortable.
He knew that the fourth prince did not just say what he said casually, but felt sincerely from the bottom of his heart. But the more he felt like this, the more he felt as if a heavy boulder was weighing on his heart. He was neither earth-shattering in talent nor noble in virtue.
How could He De allow his father, who had been protecting him since he was a child, to suddenly want to confer him the title of crown prince, even ignoring his own reputation to highlight him?
How could he still have the trust and love of his father? He stood there frozen for a while, then the third prince gently held the hand of the fourth prince, and then said in a low voice: "No, fourth brother, you can say
No. I have never thought about becoming a prince, but since I am about to become a prince, I don’t want others to make sacrifices in order to fulfill me, whether you or my father, it’s the same."
"I still don't understand a lot of things, but I will learn it. If you find something I haven't noticed in the future or something I'm confused about, you must tell me, even if you scold me bloody
, and be sure to remind me.”
The fourth prince's eyes widened immediately, but after the initial accident, he said with a smile: "Third brother, since you said so, I won't be polite! Me too, if I am as bastard as King Lu in the future,
You must also scold me to wake me up. If you are really angry, you can just beat me up! I don’t believe it anymore. It means that brothers in the Tian family will turn against each other. There is no such truth in the world!"
Outside the Linzhi Gate of Ciqing Palace, Chu Kuan, who came here quietly to avoid Zhu Ying who left in a hurry, listened attentively to the conversation between the two brothers. He couldn't help but frown slightly, then turned around and left. Waiting until he was not far away
After Lu Chan, who was waiting for him, met up, he said in a deep voice: "Send someone to check and see if anyone has been making trouble in front of the fourth prince recently."
Otherwise, why would the fourth prince angrily refute the nonsense that the Tian family brothers would turn against each other? The fourth prince’s biological mother, Concubine Jiang, has always been gentle and shy, so she should not say such things in front of the fourth prince!
When Zhu Ying left Ciqing Palace, she did not leave the palace immediately. Instead, she turned to Qianqing Palace and repaid the gods directly, repeating what she had said to the third and fourth princes before. Seeing her After saying that, he was about to leave, but the emperor couldn't help but stopped him: "Yingying, on the day when the crown prince is crowned, why don't you come and watch the ceremony together!"
If it were anyone else, she would either be flattered or frightened at this moment, and the best performance would probably be just a normal heart. But Zhu Ying directly gave the emperor a soft snort: "On such a big day, do you even need to say anything to the emperor? He He’s also my brother!”