Chapter 182: His Royal Highness King Lu is not a social terror, is he?
"Your Majesty, there are officials coming to see you again at the door. Do you want me to wait on you to get dressed?"
Next door to the Xinyang Mansion Office, in a temporarily renovated courtyard, Prince Zhu Changzi of Lu was teaching his daughter on the piano in the garden pavilion, when suddenly a eunuch came in to report.
The eunuch was very discerning and knew how to act appropriately. He did not ask, "Do you want to receive the prince?" He only asked, "Do you want an old slave to serve me and change my clothes?"
At first glance, it seemed that he was not asking his master for his decision-making, but for what he had to do. He seemed to be very diligent.
Secondly, it also subtly conveyed a psychological hint that "the prince will definitely be inclined to receive this visitor", which seems to be unnecessary to ask.
However, Zhu Changzi had been dealing with the eunuchs around him for decades, so how could he not understand his subordinates? He was just stunned for a moment, and then made a point:
"I didn't say that I wanted to meet you, so what are you doing like this slave? How many times have I told you, don't fall into the trap of making friends with civil and military ministers! If the news reaches His Majesty's ears, it will only cause trouble!"
Zhu Changzi was an extremely timid person. When his father died, he was only six years old. He originally had several older brothers, but they all died in infancy and died before his father. It was his turn to succeed to the throne.
He has never been trained to be a good prince since he was a child, let alone other things. His biggest hobbies are playing the piano, reading Buddhist scriptures, and playing with various ancient bronze incense burners.
At most, I would add a collection of famous incense, but that is just an extension of my hobby of playing the harp and the incense burner. It is for burning incense to play the harp and to worship Buddha.
No, at this moment, he was sitting on a stone pier covered with brocade mats, scolding the old eunuch, and at the same time personally scraping agarwood into a gilt Boshan furnace from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then gently compacting it with tools.
The old eunuch was reprimanded, but he was afraid that his prince would offend others, so he had to say a few more words tactfully:
"I know the prince's difficulties, but the one who came today is Shen Shuren, the governor of Huguang. As soon as he came to the door, he said that he had met Prince Fu on the way into the city, but he didn't see you, prince. He was worried that the prince was ill."
After hearing this explanation, Zhu Changzi's attitude softened slightly. The other party was well-founded, and it would be rude to refuse directly.
At this moment, he frowned. It turned out that the daughter Zhu Yuchan next to him made a mistake in playing the technique. It was a very low-level mistake. Zhu Changqi couldn't bear it anymore and changed the topic:
"How many times have I taught you this song? The song "Oll and Heron Forget the Machine" begins with indifference in mind and abandons cunning and deceit, then all kinds of things in the world will be naturally close to each other. At the end of each tune, it only needs to be simple and simple, without fancy decoration.
How can you get the essence of indifference when you can't help but show off your skills like you just now! This Ning Shenxiang is white! Go back and copy the "Fingering Techniques and Interpretations" to deepen your impression!"
It turned out that the reason why Zhu Changzi was angry was because his daughter played the wrong piece of music. It was none other than one of the fifty ancient pieces of music that he had explained in detail in his book "Authentic Zhengzong", "Oll and Heron Forgetting the Machine".
My daughter has such a poor grasp of the music that her own father has written and explained in depth. No wonder he hates the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
The ancient song "Oll and Heron Forget the Machine" comes from an allusion in "Liezi. Tang Wen":
There is a man who loves seabirds very much. He goes to the beach to play with the birds every day. Over time, the seabirds become close to him. One day his father said to him: I heard that the seabirds are not afraid of you. Take the opportunity to catch one and bring it back to me to play with. Chapter 1 The next day the man went to the beach again, and no seabirds dared to fly down to play with him.
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Many people in later generations have actually heard this allusion, but they just don't know the name.
Zhu Changzi interpreted this piece of music in "Guyin Zhengzong" and emphasized that this piece of music is to show "being indifferent to fame and wealth, not caring about worldly things, then all things in the world will think you are harmless and get close to you", so the fingering must be ancient and orthodox
, Zhongzheng and peaceful, don’t use any fancy techniques.
If you have a desire for fame, wealth, and possession, you will not get the natural goodwill of all things in the world.
Sometimes, when Zhu Changzi plays this piece of music himself, he can't help but think: Gudu is such a waste, and everything in the world should know that Gudu is harmless and not a threat, so it should be close to Gudu...
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However, at this moment, he couldn't help but think about it, and sighed. Zhu Yuchan, who usually studied piano very seriously, no longer accepted it, but helped the old eunuch to persuade him:
"Father, in today's world, is it useful to be indifferent and abandon cunning and deceit? If humans and animals are harmless and pose no threat to others, they will not cause disaster.
The vassal kings in the world are much more threatening than you. How come Li Zicheng has been chasing us all the way for two or three months?
I read "Liezi" to be a lie. If the seabirds are willing to come down, there must be conchs and clams on the beach to eat. It's the same thing with Li Zicheng chasing us."
Zhu Yuchan was still young, and she originally accepted the education from her father to be pure and indifferent, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But after more than two months of relative displacement, her young mind had a lot of doubts and shakes.
Is there any truth in the world that being indifferent to fame and wealth can avoid disasters? Disasters simply come to you, and you should fight back!
"You...you actually dare to talk back!" Zhu Changzi was speechless for a moment when his daughter used his spear to attack his shield, and counterattacked with interpretations from "Guyin Zhengzong" and "Liezi".
In addition, he has a cowardly temperament and is unable to do direct corporal punishment. He is just a daughter who is not willing to beat her. She is just a popular girl.
Zhu Yuchan didn't expect her father to be angry, and she felt a little guilty when she saw this. She took the silk handkerchief and rubbed her father's chest with her own hands, muttering:
"I don't want to be angry with my father. I just feel that it is too unrealistic to continue to be so indifferent to world affairs and hope to avoid disasters in this troubled world by being indifferent. There are loyal ministers and generals who are brave enough to fight and can defend us against insults. Why don't you encourage us?"
Woolen cloth.
Wouldn't it be good to be like Uncle Zhou Wang in Kaifeng, who opened a warehouse to reward the army in the name of the royal palace without any hesitation, and encouraged the soldiers to fight bloody battles with the thieves and defend the fiefdom?
We only dare to scatter money to reward the army secretly, for fear of being retaliated by Li Zicheng, what is this? We ourselves have no confidence, how can the soldiers have the confidence to fight to the death?"
Zhu Changzi's heart bleeds every word he was told, but he also knows that his daughter is right, but he is too timid and is always afraid of revenge.
"That's all, I'll just listen to you. We are not friends with civil and military officials, we are just pushed into this situation. We have no choice but to imitate the King of Zhou to boost morale. His Majesty will probably not blame us."
After wanting to understand this truth, Zhu Changzi also felt that it had been delayed for too long and was too rude, so he simply asked the old eunuch to serve him and solemnly changed his clothes before going out to meet Chen Shuren.
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This makes it easy to explain to others: when Chen Shuren came just now, the prince was bathing and changing clothes, so he had to wait for a long time.
Zhu Yuchan was by the side, and when she saw her father agreed, she said happily: "My father is wise! Let's meet Shen Futai, too. People say he has great plans, and I'm a little curious."
While Zhu Changzi was changing his clothes, he frowned again, feeling that his daughter was always playing tricks: "How can you, a girl, meet foreigners?"
Zhu Yuchan was a little disappointed, but couldn't find an excuse, so she had to give up.
After she helped her father to the main hall of the house, Zhu Changzi straightened his crown behind the screen and then appeared.
Zhu Yuchan was hiding behind the screen, not making any progress, but not leaving either.
Zhu Changzi glanced at his daughter and just smiled helplessly and dotingly, not stopping this level of nonsense.
"Your Majesty, Shen Shuren, pays homage to His Royal Highness Prince Lu." Shen Shuren had been waiting there for a long time drinking tea. When he saw the prince, he immediately stood up and saluted. All the greeting gifts he brought had been collected by the eunuch in advance.
For a visit of this level, of course, the gifts would not be presented in front of the host, but would be handed over directly to the servants. The other party would not open them in person, and would only ask what they had received after the guests left.
If you are not the one who is short of money, who would care about gifts.
Zhu Changzi looked Chen Shuren up and down and couldn't help but be surprised: "What a formidable young man. I have long heard that Shen Futai is a rare young talent in the world, but I didn't expect him to be so young.
It's really shameful that our great Ming Dynasty is supported by juniors like you. Tsk tsk, you are capable of both civil and military service, you are brave and majestic, you are truly a talented person."
Chen Shuren: "Your Majesty has given you too much praise. These are just gifts from your natural parents, so they are not worth mentioning."
Zhu Changzi also realized that his focus was wrong, and quickly changed his words: "Yes, yes, what's there to say about this? Confucius said, judge people by their appearance, and I lost Ziyu. Shen Futai was extremely talented, so he definitely didn't want to be valued by his appearance."
I have long heard that when Mr. Yang Ge was still alive, he relied heavily on your wisdom to defeat thieves and played tricks on the intruders. Zhang Ni was in the palm of his hand. When he was alone in Wei Hui, he admired his nephew's talents. Now, even more so. I must be grateful to my nephew for his life-saving grace. If the Huguang army had not gone north to rescue him, Gu, Fu Wang, and Zhao Wang would all be dead."
Shen Shuren: "Your Majesty is overly praised. My subordinates also heard Mr. Huang recount the praises of the Prince from Guideliang Futai and others. They all said that the Prince is a rare wise king who is indifferent to fame and wealth, but is generous with his wealth."
When you returned to Germany, you were as generous as the king of Zhou, giving up millions of money to reward the army and encourage the soldiers. However, you were more indifferent to fame and fortune than the king of Zhou, and you dissipated the wealth without leaving your name. I really admire you. .
I don’t dare to hide it from the prince. In order to be loyal to the court and accomplish things in this difficult time, I occasionally have to obey the authority and pay for my official position. I rely on the tens of millions accumulated by my family as a maritime merchant for generations. Furniture, subsidized military pay and rewards.
But I really don’t have the magnanimity of the prince, so I gave him the money because I was afraid that people wouldn’t know the integrity and kindness of the prince. It’s really admirable that the prince hides his merit and fame so deeply.”
Zhu Changzi blushed at Chen Shuren's words, but at the same time he was quite happy inside.
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The reason why he gave out the money without leaving his name was of course because he was afraid of being resented and retaliated by Li Zicheng later. But being said by Shen Shuren to be indifferent to fame and fortune seems to be correct.
Naturally, Zhu Yuchan, who was behind the screen, heard all the polite greetings between him and Shen Shuren.
She came to eavesdrop, originally she was just curious,
Secondly, it was also because she kept a close eye on him. Recently, she discovered that after Prince Fu's brother Zhu Yousong learned that Shen Futai was coming, he jumped up and down and wanted to take the initiative to visit and make friends.
Zhu Yuchan was afraid that Zhu Yousong had some bad intentions, so he also wanted to see what kind of person Shen Shuren was, whether his character was decent, and whether it was possible for Brother Fu Wang to draw him into collusion with him.
After listening to the initial conversation between the other party and her father, Zhu Yuchan didn't hear anything wrong. The other party was very polite, neither humble nor overbearing. After all, she was only a fifteen-year-old girl and had lived in a boudoir for a long time. How could she hear so much worldliness? The overtones.
However, after hearing her father repeatedly lamenting that Shen Shuren was unexpectedly young, handsome, and a rare young talent in the world, Zhu Yuchan could not help but have an impromptu idea and developed new curiosity.
She had been imprisoned in the palace since she was a child, and she had no brothers, except her father. Before fleeing and leaving Wei Hui, she had never seen a complete man, only the eunuchs who served him.
After leaving Wei Hui, the last two months have been chaotic, but I saw some generals and soldiers along the way. I was very curious at first, after all, these are men.
At this moment, after hearing from her father that the other party was young and tall, she secretly poked a hole in the gauze curtain on the edge of the screen, raised one eye to peek up, and wanted to know what the younger generation of civil servants looked like. of.
"How can a civil servant be so tall? I'm afraid he must be six feet tall. Military generals are not that tall, right? He does look very brave. Is this kind of person really born in the second rank of Jinshi? But he looks very fair, so he must be a scholar."