In the Forbidden City, the Imperial Garden is the time to enjoy chrysanthemums in September.

Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youzhi summoned the British Duke Zhang Mao, three elders Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, six ministers, and more than 20 nobles in Beijing to set up a chrysanthemum banquet in the Imperial Garden, and Empress Zhang and the Crown Prince attended.

Unfortunately, something was not big or small at this banquet. Zhu Youzhang took the imperial examination of the prince's knowledge and asked the prince to recite a poem about chrysanthemums. Not only could the prince not recite it, but a bird flew out of his sleeve, almost shocking the emperor. This made the atmosphere of the chrysanthemum feast suddenly become tense, and the ministers dared not say anything.

"Absurd! Absurd! Absurd!"

Zhu Youzhang was furious and said "absurdity". He originally wanted the prince to show his face in front of the ministers, so he specially ordered the Japanese lecturer to ask the prince to recite a few chrysanthemum poems in advance to meet the situation. However, he did not win the face, but instead was embarrassed. Let the court officials know that the prince was distracted from playing with things and actually became addicted to birds. He even brought birds to attend the palace banquet.

As the head of the nobles, British Duke Zhang Mao bowed: "Your Majesty calmed down your anger, the prince should not change his affairs, and he should be persuaded well, not because he was worried about disturbing the emperor."

Zhang Mao's words aroused the disgust of Empress Zhang, Marquis of Shouning Zhang Heling, and Bo Jianchang Zhang Yanling. If Zhang Mao had not been the veteran of the three dynasties in charge of the Beijing camp and the Governor's Office for the Five Armies for many years, Empress Zhang would have refuted Zhang Mao on the spot, what does it mean to "the young prince is not to be upset?" My son is a talented person and the best candidate for the emperor in the future. Do you have any plans to establish another crown prince?

Zhu Youzhang actually learned earlier that his son was fiddling with birds recently and ordered that all the birds raised in the East Palace be released so that Zhu Houzhao could study hard. Unexpectedly, there were a group of fans behind the prince, so that a group of people could be released. The prince hid some privately and searched from outside. Today, he also took the birds to the imperial garden, which was embarrassing in front of the ministers.

Zhu Youzhi was furious: "How old will he not be able to change things? As old as he was, he still knew how to learn and make progress for the world. Could it be that he would not be as enterprising as he was when I returned to my old age for a hundred years?"

Zhu Youzhan has a gentle personality and rarely gets angry in the court. Many ministers are so angry when they see the emperor. When they are angry, Zhu Youzhan coughs violently. His body is not good at all, and the most taboo is to get angry. Queen Zhang next to him quickly helped her husband and stroking his back smoothly.

"The emperor calmed down." Queen Zhang said first.

"Your Majesty calm down." The civil and military ministers quickly bowed and persuaded him.

Zhu Youzhang calmed down a little, but still looked angry: "Go and check, who was sent to the East Palace to take the bird and ask for punishment, and will never tolerate it!"

Zhang Yanling next to him panicked when he heard this.

The idea of ​​sending birds to the prince was his idea. One day, the prince said he wanted to catch some birds to play with when he saw him. When Zhang Yanling heard that his nephew had something to ask for, it was such a simple thing, so he immediately asked someone to send a group of birds to the prince. All of them were brightly colored and their voices were melodious.

The prince was originally gambled with Chen Xi to shoot birds. When he saw such a fun bird, he immediately threw the matter of shooting birds behind him and focused on playing with birds.

This is much more interesting than using a wooden sword to "slay demons and eliminate demons"!

At this time, Xie Qian suddenly stepped out of the line and saluted: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows some inside information..."

Everyone looked at Xie Qian, thinking to himself, "What trouble did you make for Xie Laoer come out? You know you can be very good at speaking, but the emperor is in anger. Even if you know the "inside story", can't you wait until the emperor calms down before talking?

Zhu Youzhang cannot be considered a strict father. His spoiling is the main reason why Zhu Houzhao has been addicted to Yile since childhood. Today, he got angry was not due to his personality. The court officials came out to make suggestions, but it was a cabinet grandson like Xie Qian. His anger was a little calmer.

Zhu Youzhi said: "Thank you, let me tell you, what's the inside story? Could it be that someone offered a bird to the prince in order to invite him to the emperor?"

Xie Qian looked at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling because he knew very well that the person who offered birds was the brothers of the Zhang family, but he did not intend to accuse them in public. Anyone who is familiar with Xie Qian knew that he was eloquent and famously sleek, and he was very similar to Liu Ji, the "Liu Mianhua" in Hongzhichu. However, Xie Qian's official voice was much better.

Xie Qian said: "I accidentally read the prince's daily life before, and I found that the prince once asked, "There are three birds on the tree, and they shot one of them again, and said, "There are no ones. However, there are one person in the middle, and there are some increase or decrease. It is said that the bird dies and the mourns are very many, and the amount of the remaining depends on the number of relatives..."

Hearing such a ridiculous answer, the ministers present unconsciously showed a smile on their faces. How ridiculous is this world dare to teach the prince in such an inappropriate way?

Even Emperor Hongzhi's face became ugly when he heard this.

Queen Zhang interrupted Xie Qian with a direct statement: "Who dares to tease my prince like this?"

Xie Qian replied: "I returned to the queen and was Chen Xi, the editor of the Youchunfang Youchunfang Youchun and Hanlin.

Hearing this name, Zhu Youzhang's face was a little angry, but suddenly became astonished, and then shook his head and laughed in silence.

If someone else talks to the prince like this, it would be ridiculous. As a scholar, you would deceive the prince with such unrealistic words?

But if it were Chen Xi, it would be easy to understand, because in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, Chen Xi was just a young man, not a few years older than his son. Chen Xi and the prince were like two children, and there was no need to talk too seriously and rigidly.

Zhu Youzhe said: "What happened later?"

Not only did the emperor want to know what happened later, but even the civil servants and military officials present wanted to know. In fact, Chen Xi's answer sounded unreasonable, but it seemed clever, making people feel that this kid was a little clever.

Xie Qian continued, "Return to Your Majesty, the prince said, "Birds are not humans, how can there be a reason for a funeral to die?"

Zhang Heling robbed him and said, "Okay, the prince asked very well, which means that the prince is young and is quite familiar with the worldly affairs."

Even Zhu Youting nodded, and his son exposed Chen Xi, who was smart, at once, which made him very proud. Chen Xi was the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Qian said again: "Shen Zhongyun said again, people are not birds, but do you know that birds have no reason to be buried? He once said that if one of the three birds dies, they may be blind and deaf birds, and do not know why they are around them. It is normal not to fly. It is better to try three birds, shoot one bird and have a few left, and you can see it at a glance."

When Xie Qian said this, everyone present was relieved. In fact, the purpose of Chen Xi saying those words was not to tease the prince or to show how smart he was. Instead, he told the prince a truth. If you want to know how many of them are left after one of the three birds were shot to death, you should practice the real chapter.

In theory, this is a disguised education for the prince to practice more.

Even Queen Zhang, who had hated Chen Xi just now, looked better when she heard this. She asked Zhu Houzhao, who was standing next to her, and said, "Your son, you are fiddling with birds, but want to confirm what Shen Zhongyun said, look at how many of the three birds are left after shooting one?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little clever. She just made her father angry in front of the court officials. She might have been confined to the ground. Now I was clearly helping him excuse him. She immediately stammered: "Yes, Mother, I want to confirm... Is Chen Xi's words correct? I asked my uncle to find me birds, but I... don't know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows, so I can't shoot any more."

In one sentence, the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were given.

The two brothers' faces suddenly became ugly!

Just now, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to investigate who offered birds, but they did not immediately kneel down to admit it. Now the prince personally told them, should they confess or not?

Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother hatefully, as if saying, "Why didn't you discuss with me before you offered a bird?" His brothers have always been in the same mood. Now, even if it's just Zhang Yanling who sends birds to the prince, he can't escape.

Zhang Heling knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty of being in absent from the supervision."

However, Zhang Mao, who had just spoken, smiled and said, "The prince is not only young and intelligent, but also has the original wish of seeking truth. In the future, he may be a wise ruler with both civil and military achievements. Why is Shouning Hou wrong?"

In one sentence, all the ministers present nodded, and even Zhu Youzhang's face improved greatly. Zhu Youzhang nodded and said, "I will not blame others for this matter. Just Hou Shouning gets up."

The left censor Min Gui made a statement: "Your Majesty, Chen Xi, the right middle of the Zhan Mansion, promoted the crown prince with jokes, but did not fulfill the responsibility of the ministers to guide the good. Please ask Your Majesty to punish this person."

Zhu Youzhe pondered a little, but did not say anything, but Liu Daxia next to him reported: "Min Shaobao's words may be biased. Chen Xi's words are all advising the prince, and it is the main responsibility of Hanlin officials. Moreover, Chen Xi is not a lecturer, and his daily responsibilities are only recorded in the words and deeds of the prince. I think that although the method of advising this rule is inappropriate, it will not be guilty. If you punish this, who can persuade the prince well?"

When Ma Wensheng heard Liu Daxia's words, he understood that while Liu Daxia excused Chen Xi, he explained a problem to the emperor, that Chen Xi was not an official.

Emperor Hongzhi transferred Chen Xi, the new top scholar, to Zhan Shi Mansion, which was considered to be a good intention. Chen Xi was as old as the prince, and could teach the prince, and at the same time gave the prince a good teacher and friend of the same age.

Zhu Youzhe himself was the prince and knew that he had no friends in the palace. Those gentlemen were all old scholars and had more than enough to be their grandfathers. How could they become friends?

Now Chen Xi has used a very irregular method to teach the prince, saying a bunch of words about the funeral of birds and relatives and friends. It sounds absurd and unruly, but this is the way children talk. The result is that the prince seeks truth and seeks birds for experimentation, which can be said to have a "good" effect.

Chen Xi’s responsibilities have actually been completed.

Of course, this "good" is based only on saving face for the emperor. Whether the prince really takes this matter as an opportunity to study and practice is another matter.

Everyone was silent. Now both views were spoken to the emperor, and the rest depends on how the emperor made a decision.

Zhu Youzing glanced at the queen: "Queen, what should I do if you think this matter is going to be done?"

Queen Zhang had a smile on her face because she knew her husband was relieved, and this incident made the royal family very proud. She felt that she should give her husband more respect: "I am just a woman and a child, and I dare not discuss court affairs."

"Um."

Zhu Youzhang nodded and said, "Shen Chenxi, the right middle of the Zhan Mansion, advised the prince, but the method was inappropriate, but there was no fault. I hope to persuade the prince in the future. From tomorrow on, the responsibility of the officials will be."

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