Chapter 188 The Tendency of the East Palace
Wenhua Hall is located east of Zuoshunmen, far away from Wuying Hall. Since this is often the place where the prince regards things, and the five elements are wood in the east, the glazed tiles here are green. During the Tianshun and Chenghua periods, the prince took charge of things here. Now, the prince Zhu Houzhao is young, and the new year and festivals are also here to be kowtowed by officials of the East Palace, and he has always been here to give lectures. Of course, if the emperor wants to summon cabinet ministers, he will probably summon cabinet ministers to report in Wenhua Hall. For example, the time a few days ago was a rare power in Hongzhi.
This day was Xie Qian's lecture. He has always been the best eloquent person, and he could talk about any scripture at will. At this moment, a simple sentence in "The Great Learning" was developed and spoke for a quarter of an hour in one breath. The several scholars who were also serving and lectured were all shining with their eyes, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but yawn quietly, and then his eyes rolled around. Seeing Liu Jin standing behind him, he moved and leaned back.
"Hey, when is it?"
"Your Highness, it should be almost noon." Liu Jin did not dare to turn his head rashly to see the drip of the copper pot behind him. Even if he talked, he just wriggled his lips slightly. The sound was like a mosquito, for fear that Xie Qian or the several attendants would hear it. However, seeing Zhu Houzhao twisting and twisting, obviously extremely absent-minded, he had to bite the bullet and remind him, "Your Highness, if you wait for a while, it will be time soon. If you want to go to Xiyuan, go to Xiyuan! You know, Mr. Xie said a few good words, and the emperor is happy, maybe you will have two days off?"
Although Liu Jin was just talking nonsense, Zhu Houzhao could barely lift his mind again, and even pretended to be focused. He was thinking about what Xu Xun's five hundred people were and what he could do for the first time in training. However, when he was impatient, he suddenly felt that he had a hand behind him.
"Ah?" Seeing Xie Qian looking at him with bright eyes, Zhu Houzhao woke up in a flash, but soon nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Xie may say it again?"
Although he knew that His Royal Highness had mostly left his mind and didn't listen at all, and he felt depressed for a moment, Xie Qian had to swallow this undeserved anger and said with a kindness: "The way of university is to show the bright virtues, to be close to the people, to stop at the highest good. Only by knowing to stop can you be calm, and then you can be calm, and then you can be at peace, and then you can be at peace, and then you can be at peace, and then you can be at peace, and then you can be at peace.
Does Your Highness understand the meaning of this?"
Zhu Houzhao was completely distracted just now, and how could he understand what this means. He racked his brains and thought about it, and finally he could only grasp the key points of Chichuangqian's words. He swallowed hard and said stumblingly: "The way of university is... to show the good character that everyone has, and... well, being close to the people can achieve the most perfection. You can know... to know the best, and then you will have concentration. With concentration, you will be calm, and calm, and you will be able to think deeply. If you think deeply, you will get the Tao."
In the last few words, those words were not too difficult to speak. He probably thought about it and his mouth was extremely smooth. At the end, he even asked with a smile: "Mr. Xie, does this mean?"
It’s the Great Dao, and he said it was useless to say that he was spitting around!
Although Xie Qian wanted to sigh, Zhu Houzhao had at least heard some of the initial explanations, so he could only give up and nodded stiffly. Then he continued to talk, just pretending that he didn't see the prince's head hanging down again. It was not until a loud bronze bell outside that he stopped coughing and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "I'll ask the prince to go back and study for the rest of my life today."
"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Xie, don't worry, I've recorded it all!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao nodding repeatedly, thinking of the master's humbly accepting repeated admonitions, Xie Qian's mouth twitched, and in the end he couldn't say anything else. He respectfully sent the prince away with a group of scholars. However, looking at the hurried back, he felt very uncomfortable. Whether it was the debate in Wenhua Palace before or the performance when listening to the lecture today, the tendency of the Eastern Palace to like martial arts and hate literature is too obvious. If this continues, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the orthodox years!
As soon as Zhu Houzhao came out from behind, he saw Zhang Yong protruding his head there. He immediately stepped up and grabbed the person's sleeve and asked, "How is it? Are you watching the fun in Xiyuan?"
Zhang Yong hurriedly saluted, and saw that several other eunuchs were looking at him jealously. He didn't dare to keep insincere. He hurriedly said, "I saw it. When Prince Xu came, he gave them a warning..."
Seeing Zhu Houzhao walking impatiently and asking Zhang Yong, Liu Jin was a little annoyed when he left himself behind, and thought that he had known this before, he should have asked for this job early without having to take advantage of Zhang Yong. But at this moment, he suddenly noticed the gaze that was coming from the side. Seeing that it was Gao Feng, he quickly hid the emotions that had just appeared on his face.
Gao Feng, who was in his early seventies, is no better than Liu Jin, who has been in the palace for many years but has always had a low rank. Among the eunuchs in the East Palace, he is the eunuch of the Sili Prison. He is the eunuch who has always been easy-going and never puts on airs. He always smiles when he is happy. Even Zhu Houzhao never calls him a name, and calls him one by one. Therefore, although Liu Jin has always been polite and respectful to Gao Feng, he still feels uncomfortable when he sees him smiling.
"Be careful, when you were whispering with the prince before, Master Xie saw it."
When Gao Feng was surprised when he saw Liu Jin, he whispered, "Old Xie Ge is not like Old Li Ge. He is impatient and quick-talking. If you say something in front of the emperor, you can't afford to take care of it. Remember to look at people in the future and don't be rash."
"Yes, yes, thank you for the reminder of Eunuch Gao, thank you for the reminder of Eunuch Gao!"
Not to mention that Liu Jin was very upset by Gao Feng's words, Zhu Houzhao excitedly left Zuoshun Gate, then entered from Youshun Gate, and went west to Xihua Gate. At this time, Zhang Yong had already been waiting there. As soon as Zhu Houzhao sat down, he was about to ask for instructions to take action, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked around, and just saw Gao Feng, and immediately said, "Caida, you are old, it's too hard to follow the way to the inner school. You go to the place where your father and mother will report, and you said I will go back and ask for peace, and go there first to see the fun. And you, don't have so many people to follow, Liu Jin and Zhang Yonggu will follow Ma Yongcheng, and the others will go back!"
When Liu Jin heard this, he understood that the master did not want to reveal his identity. Seeing Gao Feng smiling and agreeing, the others were a little unhappy. He looked around and pulled a little eunuch over and gave a few instructions. However, the two of them went to the straight room next to Xihua Gate. After a while, Liu Jin came out with a bag and then quickly followed Zhu Houzhao and his party. When he went north and went west to the north gate, he followed the moat all the way to Ganming Gate, and then went smoothly to the Golden Turtle Jade Spider Bridge rebuilt in the second year of Hongzhi, and then passed the Lingxing Gate. Only then did he truly enter the Xiyuan. Liu Jin took advantage of the fact that there were no people around him and quickly stepped forward.
"Your Highness, if you sit in your shoulders, then the minds of the Xiyuan winery, flower house, orchard factory will come up to flatter you. At that time, you will not have time to deal with them. How can there be any room for you to see the training in the inner school? As the young man said, you will change your clothes and say that people from the East Palace will go and see the fun. This is not surprising, but also comfortable to watch. Didn't this point that the Ministry of War also sent a chief officer to watch it? If he went out to talk to the old people, he would have to make a lot of noise, right?"
"Okay, you're thoughtful!"
Zhu Houzhao was very happy when he heard this. He looked around and saw that he was about to designate the eunuchs who were following who stripped off their clothes and changed them to himself. Liu Jin smiled and presented the bag with his hands: "If your highness doesn't mind, the young one happened to let Wang Yu leave a piece of clothing. His outfit was just coming up this morning, and his body was about the same size as your highness, so he only felt wronged..."
"Don't be wronged or wronged, bring it!"
At this moment, even Zhang Yong couldn't help but admire Liu Jin's tactful thoughts, let alone others. He carried Zhu Houzhao to a secluded place, and several people surrounded the master and changed into eunuch's clothes. Zhu Houzhao ordered the four strong eunuchs who raised their shoulders and said, "You four are waiting here. Whether you are gambling or joking, you are not allowed to go around!"
"yes!"
After changing out the silk-colored and beautiful outfit of the inconspicuous eunuch, Zhu Houzhao became more excited. After all, when he left the palace, most of the time, he used this trick to hide the truth. Although eunuchs who knew Liu Jin and Zhang Yong and others came to talk, he was always safe and sound and never recognized by others. Until he crossed Chengxiang Bridge, he could see the figures on the inner school field from afar, and he pulled everyone behind him without hesitation, and stretched his neck while walking.
Before he could reach the serious place, he heard Xu Xun shouting loudly there: "The left lion vs the right tiger!"
Before Zhu Houzhao could react, he heard another sound of right leopard against left bear, followed by right wolf, left tiger, right lion, and so on. He was confused. Zhang Yong, who was standing beside him, hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Your Highness, Prince Xu has organized these five hundred people into five hundred teams, namely lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, and then each hundred team has two general flags, so it is divided into left and right. Now it is probably to make these people familiar with their own team, so they are fighting for tug of war there!"
"Oh? Lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf? Something interesting, some meaningful!"
If Zhu Houzhao was just interested in his head, then he was in high spirits at this moment. He almost ran away and rushed over. As far as the side of the school ground, he saw piles of people of different colours running back and forth. He immediately stood there and jumped on tiptoe and watched. In the end, he felt unsatisfied. Just as he was about to find someone to move a ladder to see clearly, someone on the other side quickly came up. He didn't recognize the person, but Liu Jin and Zhang Yong recognized the person at a glance.
Chapter completed!