The emperor, the emperor, was affectionate and ruthless in just one thought. Zhang Shou didn't want to get promoted or make a fortune, nor did he want to fight for power. He just wanted to make a career in the field he was good at. Therefore, his tolerance for Zhang Shou was of course
Very high. As soon as King Jiangdu came back and reported Zhang Shou's new idea, he immediately agreed without hesitation.
He is not required to provide people, nor is he required to contribute money. What he has to bear is just the risk of announcing the ranking... But this risk is nothing to him as the king of a country.
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If you want to be among the attendants of the East Palace, get the moon first, and let the current prince and future emperor remember your name, then you have to pay the price of letting people know your true worth. Isn't this normal?
Therefore, the emperor only made a small and insignificant change to Zhang Shou's suggestion brought by King Jiangdu - that is, changing the monthly examination for selecting the attendants of the East Palace to a quarterly examination.
Although Zhang Shou is obviously willing to bring his students to work like this every month, and Lu Wan, a wealthy master, does not lack some paper to make the list, he still has to consider whether coming once a month will hurt people.
He was so frightened that he immediately had nothing to do anymore. He was still hoping to use this incident to stir up the stagnant water in the court. Of course, he hoped that the prison students would realize their shame and be brave enough to fight for the first place.
Participate personally, otherwise how can you play?
When the news reached the East Palace, the third prince, who had just bid farewell to today's lecturer, couldn't help but froze under the gaze of his uncle. Fortunately, he came to his senses in a moment. After all, the pain in his left hand after the beating was not completely healed.
, the lesson of not being distracted was still firmly in his mind. Therefore, he quickly smiled apologetically at King Jiangdu.
"Uncle, thank you for your hard work for my affairs. My father and teacher have very good ideas. I have no objections."
King Jiangdu saw that the fourth prince standing next to the third prince was squirming around and seemed to have a lot to say. He was not willing to deal with this naughty kid anymore, so he immediately laughed and said: "Since your highness the prince agrees, then I will
That’s it. To say that these three questions today are really high-quality, the academic officers of the Imperial College turned green after hearing this, hahahaha!”
The fourth prince was happy and was about to speak, but he didn't expect the third prince to cough majestically, so he had to hold it in with dismay.
But when King Jiangdu resigned and went out, he was no longer too lazy to hold it in. He was chatting and gossiping around the third prince, guessing about his ranking on the ranking list, and mocking the Imperial Academy Supervisor for a futile effort.
, until the end...
The third prince had no choice but to kill his younger brother directly, and finally his ears were a little quieter.
There was no one else to discuss with at this time, so he looked at Chu Kuan, who had been quiet and cautious for the past few days, but hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Eunuch Chu, do you think the teacher made such a suggestion?
After my father agreed, he changed it to a quarterly exam. How would the academic officers and supervisors of the Imperial College react?"
Chu Kuan had become accustomed to the attitude of the third prince as if he did not exist in the past few days. When he suddenly heard this question, he pondered in silence for a moment, and then said: "If this slave is not wrong... they will not have any
What a reaction."
The third prince was stunned for this unexpected answer. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he didn't quite understand it. But when he continued to ask Chu Kuan the reason, he knew that it was not appropriate.
Therefore, he abruptly changed the topic, but asked a little abruptly: "The teacher will continue to hold classes at the public school for people to observe in a few days. As a student of Jiuzhangtang, I originally planned to go and take a look."
He specially emphasized the word "original", just to highlight that he had not yet decided whether to ask his father for instructions, let alone whether to let the fourth prince take his brother's place like when Lu Sanlang got married. Living up to his expectations, Chu Kuan
Finally, I didn't try to deal with him with my inconsiderate attitude.
"If His Royal Highness really wants to observe and observe, it's not impossible, but in that case, I'm afraid the momentum will be bigger."
Chu Kuan paused for a moment as he spoke. Seeing the Third Prince's attitude of "continue talking," he lowered his eyelids and said, "That means bringing all the other lecturers in the East Palace. After all, Academician Zhang is also a lecturer in the East Palace. Among his colleagues,
It is also proper for them to observe each other during the period. In addition, the number of other people observing and observing is controlled, and Master Zhu is in charge of the five-city army and horse department as a guard, so there is no risk."
What the Third Prince wanted to hear most was this kind of approval. At this moment, he couldn't help but show an extremely satisfied smile. But he quickly hid this expression, nodded slightly and said, "I understand."
Although his attitude was still a bit wary and stiff, when he left Ciqing Palace that day, he couldn't help but finally said: "The two people who were deposed before the ceremonial department sent people to spread rumors and confuse the public.
Although my father sent them to the imperial mausoleum to think about their mistakes, he has already found out a lot of things. Even though you, Eunuch Chu, have made mistakes before, your merits should be enough to compensate for them."
Chu Kuan seemed not to know what happened outside the palace. He was slightly surprised at first, and then smiled bitterly and said: "His Royal Highness, your words are serious. If it weren't for the meritorious service back then, how could this slave be in charge of the Chief Ceremony Supervisor? If it is to redeem the merit.
The merits and demerits are equal to each other, and the servants are quite satisfied now. The chief ceremonial supervisor has a wealthy father-in-law, who is enough to take charge of the overall situation, so there is no need for servants."
Because the emperor said that what Chu Kuan did was intentional, the knot in the third prince's heart had not been opened. When he heard this, he didn't say anything more.
However, when he returned to Qianqing Palace to see the emperor, he asked for instructions on the open day of public schools. Sure enough, after Chu Kuan's suggestion was approved by the emperor, he couldn't help but ask about the follow-up to the previous turmoil in the inner and outer cities.
"Father, I just dealt with those who made a fuss after hearing about the changes in the personnel of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Is this really okay? Isn't the instigation behind those people more hateful? Is it possible to let them relax their vigilance first, and then gradually investigate?"
"Both the Shuntian Government Office and the Wanping Daxing County Government Office have already cut off the mess quickly. After beating them, they exposed their buttocks in public and then released the people. How can they continue to investigate? Send a few people to keep an eye on those people who were released.
, see if they have been silenced?" The emperor smiled suddenly, and then pointed at the prince who he had single-handedly supported to become the crown prince.
"These guys are just what others say and what they do. All they know is what others tell them. As for the confessions, they are messy and not credible. The reason why I sent those two predecessors to the imperial court
Ling, that’s because Hua Qi has found out that they are indeed dirty, and this incident has nothing to do with them."
"I can tolerate corruption and bribery by eunuchs, but if they don't even have the slightest sense of propriety, and are so powerful that they interfere with the charity hall, and even plan to catch thieves, then it will never be tolerated! Before the Northern Expedition, Zhao Guogong brought back three hundred children from the north.
Tong, after teaching them one by one, those with good qualifications can enter the inner study hall, and I will ask Duke Qin and Uncle Weinan to recommend two people to teach."
"At that time, Emperor Taizu believed that the eunuch system did not exist in ancient times and was really contrary to human ethics, so in the early years after he came to the throne, he set a rule of two hundred eunuchs in the palace. Therefore, those charity halls that adopted abandoned children from the people were not
It didn’t exist during Taizu’s reign.”
"At that time, the world was desolate and the population was declining. Farms were divided according to households, fertility was rewarded, and decrees were issued to increase the number of people without increasing taxes. Those who had more children were even more rewarded. All the people had more children, so why was there a need for charity? Tai
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, almost all the eunuchs were either from the north, Korea, or Jiaozhi. How could the people of the Central Plains be willing to let the members of their families purify themselves and enter the palace?"
The third prince had heard his father talk about Taizu's old stories many times, but this was the first time about the eunuchs. Naturally, he listened attentively, and finally couldn't help but ask: "What about those good halls where the eunuchs in the palace were born?
, and when did it start?”
"It was Wang An, the chief minister of rites during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. At that time, the world was at peace and the population was increasing. No tax was added to the population, but it was not that taxes were not increased. Therefore, many people had a large family and it was difficult to support them. Gradually, the trend of abandoning children returned.
You have to look up. Wang An himself was an orphan abandoned by his parents. After wandering around, he met his adoptive father who was born in Goryeo, and he was able to purify himself and enter the palace."
"Later, he was the chief of ceremonies. In order to please him, someone in the palace suggested that he look for his parents, but he scolded him back. He said that he was already six years old when he was abandoned by his parents. He felt sorry for him being abandoned by his parents and living on the street.
The past is unforgettable, the grace of childbearing and the hatred of abandonment cancel each other out. He will not repay the favor or take revenge. He is already very fair!"
"So, whether it is the charity halls that have been opened in various parts of Northern Zhili, whether it is instilling the king's kindness in the abandoned children from an early age and making them hate their parents and relatives who abandoned them, they all started from Wang An. However, he has always been extremely loyal.
In addition, he carefully cared for the classics left by Taizu and conveyed the holy teachings. Emperor Gaozong himself felt that it was ridiculous to talk about filial piety to abandoned children, so he just let it go."
"To this day, hehe, Chu Kuan is also an abandoned child, and he has never mentioned in front of me such things as finding his parents, or adopting a son, and extending the relationship. Don't look at Lu Chan saying that he is his godson, that is just a title.
Not only Emperor Gaozong, I actually agreed at first that parents who abandon their children are not worthy of being parents, but later I learned that many people really cannot support their extra children."
"Furthermore, precisely because there are charity halls opened in various places, many people feel comfortable abandoning their children, because in their view, if a child is abandoned at the door of the charity hall, or at the door of a wealthy person's home, at least there is a way to survive! But!
First of all, get to Shantang, be true and kind!"
"So, the charity halls in the outer city that harbored filth and people's evil have been cleaned up. The charity hall here that has been inherited for more than 80 years needs to be cleaned up. The charity hall that Si Lijian was demoted by me before
The two pens want to pour all the dirty water on some people in the court, hoping to make a comeback, and some people in the court want to stage a thief shouting "catch the thief", tsk, it is simply worse than worse!"
The emperor sneered in disgust, and then taught the third prince a lesson: "Remember, if you kill all these officials in the court, some will be unjust, but if you kill one out of two, some will slip through the net. As long as they can have one
Du, it’s not like I can’t turn a blind eye. But I can’t condone the eunuchs around me, because they are the people most often used by the emperor.”
"For example, when Chu Kuan was managing the royal estate, hundreds of millions of money passed through his hands, but he never got his hands on it. Therefore, I gave him enough houses, fields, and money, and he repaid me with loyalty.
You can be cautious with him, but you don't have to doubt his loyalty."
The third prince had always been convinced of his father, so he nodded solemnly and said, "My son, I must keep this in mind."
The father and son talked for a while, and then the topic gradually turned to the matter of the third prince going to Jiuzhang Hall one day. Thinking that he could go to Jiuzhang Hall openly and listen to the teacher's lecture, the third prince couldn't help but reveal a slight smile on his face.
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Although he was not the only one in Ciqing Palace to listen to lectures boringly, and he was accompanied by an attendant, but after all, the occasion was too solemn, and he always felt a little regretful. Moreover, on weekdays, his father never
The Queen Mother and the Concubine also called him by his name. From now on, probably no one will call him Zheng Rong like his classmates from Jiuzhangtang. Even the teacher has stopped calling him!
Seeing that the third prince was in front of him, he fell into a daze. Thinking of what he had heard about the class at Ciqing Palace that day, the emperor suddenly asked with a half-smile: "Is the injury on your hand healed?"
After a sudden awakening, the third prince was startled. After a long while, he stammered: "Father...Father, you...do you know? Did the fourth brother or Chu Kuan tell you?"
"No one needs to tell me that I have no spies in Ciqing Palace. Since Chu Kuan has gone to your place, he is a member of Ciqing Palace. If you report everything to me, wouldn't it be like cheating? As for that, he is a person from Ciqing Palace.
Not to mention your fourth brother, even if he finds out about you, he will keep his mouth shut." The emperor laughed when he saw his beloved son biting his lips for a moment.
"In the past few days, your left hand has always been tucked into your sleeve. Every time you come to see me, you cover it up. If I can't see it anymore, wouldn't it mean that you are blind? Let me guess, is it the one you asked that day?
After passing me, I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I was thinking about it during class, and then I lost my mind. Zhang Shou was so angry that he punished you?"
"Yes...no, no!" The first emperor's guess was accurate, so the third prince couldn't help but nodded, but then he shook his head desperately, "I felt uneasy myself, so I asked the teacher to teach me a lesson quietly.
Tell me not to think so wildly! I begged for a long time before the teacher had to move his hands. It’s none of his business!”
Although he had long understood that this was the case, the emperor still felt complicated when the third prince explained in such a panic. He did mean to say half and leave half that time, so that people could think about it carefully, but now
It seems that for the young Third Prince, this process is still too hasty.
So, he calmly asked the third prince to stretch out his left hand. Seeing that the red and swollen mark on it was almost invisible, and it was obvious that there would be no sequelae, he asked angrily what else Zhang Shou said at that time. Waiting for the third prince
After the prince told him everything honestly, he sighed.
"What Zhang Shou said was a good thing. I think back then..." The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and then laughed and said, "When I was the most naughty and rebellious, even the Queen Mother couldn't control me. Thanks to my teacher, except the Queen Mother
, that is, the teacher dares to teach me a lesson! You are more calm than me, but don’t get into trouble. There are some things you can’t figure out because it’s not time yet..."
The third prince nodded while listening to his father's lesson. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly slapped the palm of his left hand hard. Unexpectedly, he screamed in pain. After he reacted, he