Man Bao: "What did you write?"
Mr. Zhuang and Xiang Mingxue also raised their heads curiously to look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan said with a serious face: "The prince wants to recruit talents for the Chongwen Museum."
Chongwen Hall is the place where the prince studied. It was the place where the prince was taught by the Taifu. Unlike other princes, the prince was educated by the emperor since he was a child, and the teacher was alone.
In the past, the prince’s tutors were Kong Jijiu and Lu Xueshi. In the first 18 years, although the prince was naughty and occasionally showed some rebellion, he preferred horse racing and martial arts to governing literature, but overall he was satisfied with Kong Jijiu and Lu Xueshi. of.
After all, he is a prince, and his poems and prose are not good, but he is proficient in Confucianism and Confucianism, and he has the heart to govern the world.
But later the prince learned badly, so the emperor began to change teachers for him one by one. Li and others all went to Chongwen Museum as teachers for several months.
However, the emperor's method did not work. Instead, the officials became more and more disappointed with the prince. The relationship between the prince and the ministers was also complicated.
For example, Wei Zhi, he does not approve of abolishing the prince, but he also feels that the prince has not done well, so he writes letters to scold the prince every now and then, almost as frequently as scolding the emperor.
But when someone hinted that the third prince was filial and smart, Wei Zhi defended the prince again, thinking that the orthodoxy should be maintained. The third prince did not take the initiative to ask to join the vassal, and he stayed in the capital to embarrass the emperor even though he was an adult, which is not considered filial piety.
Sometimes the prince does too much wrong, and he can't help but write a letter to imply the emperor, or you should consider changing the prince.
Of course, he would have to add another note later, saying that the previous note was written by him when he lost his mind, so please forgive me.
Anyway, in a word, the Chongwen Museum is the place where the prince studies, and it is his territory, but now, he is writing a letter to the emperor, blatantly wanting to recruit talents.
Bai Shan took a sip of tea, because he talked too much in the afternoon, and he was still a little hoarse at the moment, "The prince wrote a letter saying that he has many deficiencies, and it was his fault that he didn't listen to the teachings of the teachers. He now knows where he was wrong."
He said: "I heard that the emperor was very happy when he heard it. He said on the spot that he wanted Kong Jijiu and the others to teach the prince."
"The prince's booklet also said that he is not interested in studying alone, and he always fails to learn, so he wants some people to study with him." Bai Shan said with a serious face: "The prince has even prepared a list, and they are all dignitaries in the court. sons, even Lord Wei’s sons are on it.”
He said: "Your Majesty was quite happy at first, but he frowned when he saw the list. Lord Wei was not present at the time, but Li Shangshu's people also expressed their objections. Lord Wei entered the palace this afternoon, and His Majesty did not see him. Master Wei blocked the gate of the Tai Chi Hall and cursed for an hour before leaving the palace."
So in one afternoon, everyone in Guozixue knew about it.
No way, as the reserve of future officials, their news is so well-informed.
Man Bao opened his mouth wide, and suddenly remembered what the emperor said to her today standing by the stone jar.
She felt that something was wrong, swallowed and said: "The prince thanked me at noon today."
Bai Shan asked, "Thank you for what?"
Man Bao was speechless for a while, and after a long silence, he said: "Forget it, let's leave the matter between them alone, it seems that it has nothing to do with us."
Seeing her shrinking back and forth like a quail, Bai Shan couldn't help asking: "What bad thing have you done?"
"No!" Man Bao flatly denied.
Bai Shan already said: "It's impossible to have nothing to do with us, because word came out from the doctors today that Kong Jijiu didn't want to teach the prince, and was planning to retire and return home."
There are few demons and ghosts in the Guozijian now, a large part of which is due to the protection of Kong Jijiu. Once he leaves, it is not certain who will hand over the Guozijian in the future. This is actually related to them.
Man Bao hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty will most likely agree to the Crown Prince's letter?"
Even Mr. Zhuang couldn't help asking, "Why?"
Man Bao: "Because the lotus in the stone jar will definitely live, not only will it live, but it will grow well."
What Man Bao said was right. After an afternoon and a night of rest, the lotus flower in the stone jar, which she had removed more than half of its tubers, not only straightened the lotus stem, but also half-opened two of the buds, showing them all. How strong and how energetic.
The emperor came to see it early in the morning. He stared at the flowers in the stone jar for a while, then turned to ask Gu Zhong beside him, "Did you change the lotus?"
Gu Zhong immediately said: "Yesterday, after His Majesty left, the servant ordered people to guard here, and no one came to touch this lotus."
The emperor nodded, and asked the gardener kneeling beside him, "The tuber, can it still survive after so much is removed?"
The gardener was not here yesterday, so he didn't know how much Zhou Man had removed, but this did not delay his answer, he said: "Your Majesty, there is only a little lotus stem left, as long as it can germinate, it can grow .”
However, it is not certain what it will look like and how long it will take to grow well.
The gardener didn't dare to mention it.
The emperor was silent for a moment and then said: "It's really tenacious."
The gardener put his head on the floor tiles and said, "As long as there is water, it can live."
The emperor pinched his fingers and said nothing.
Although the prince has occasionally quarreled with others these days, his temper has indeed calmed down a lot, and it is a good thing that he still has the heart to make connections.
The emperor was really not afraid of the prince's management of contacts, what he was afraid of was that he would break the pot and be as generous as before.
But it's not good to have too much heart. The list presented by the prince almost included all the aristocratic families in Beijing and the rich and powerful sons of the right age.
The emperor pondered for a while, then turned and went to the front hall, it was time to go to court.
Today's morning court was very noisy, the emperor agreed to the prince's request to recruit talents for the Chongwen Museum, thinking that it was rare for the prince to be willing to make progress, so of course he had to support it.
Among the courtiers, some agreed, but some disagreed, so there was a lot of quarrel.
When Manbao entered the palace, the prince was still arguing with others in front of the palace. She felt the pulse with the princess and said that the child was healthy. Then she learned the piano with the princess and occasionally ate two snacks.
They are here in the wind and the sun is rising, and the prince is in front of the wind and rain. Kong Jijiu has been tossed by the prince for the past few years, and he is not willing to go to teach him again, so he wrote a letter to the emperor to resign, wanting to return to his hometown.
As a result, Chaoshang became even more noisy. Under this kind of commotion, the Zhouman overturned car case, the carriage throwing knife case, and even the prince poisoning case were almost forgotten.
The recruiting of talents in Chongwen Museum is not a small matter, and it cannot be settled so simply. Therefore, during the time when they were arguing, Yin Li and Tang He took the opportunity to investigate more and more deeply, and brought back more and more news and things to the capital.