The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

Chapter 167: The Sixteenth Prince

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As we all know, the prince is a careless master.

Even the emperor had to admit this.

Perhaps it was because of the ups and downs in childhood that the emperor loved his son like a treasure, and was reluctant to let him suffer a little grievance. In addition, the prince was not only the eldest son, but also the only child of the emperor, and he was more and more placed on high expectations, so the prince was simply Growing up under the spotlight.

Due to the thinness of the royal family's descendants, the ministers were very anxious at first, persuading the emperor to spread his branches and spread their leaves, so that the emperor would not quarrel with the ministers, but he did not give in on this matter, and the cabinet did not make a statement. , it was only a few officials who shouted the most fiercely. Over time, everyone stopped, no longer expected the emperor to have more sons, and turned his attention to cultivating the prince.

However, this crown prince's temperament is very different from that of his father and his ancestors.

In other words, he is more in line with the character of a normal child, lively and active, full of curiosity about everything, and wants to try.

This kind of character is naturally nothing to ordinary people, but the problem is that he is the prince, the future prince, while enjoying the glory and wealth, he is also put on various rules and regulations. Emperor Yingzong was exhausted by the tossing, and wished that all emperors could be like today's sons, sitting quietly on the throne from the moment he ascended the throne, doing what he should do, and never causing trouble to his subjects.

But the prince is destined to be an exception.

Originally different people, different growth experiences, different personalities, how can the requirements of the emperor be used to limit the prince

The extremes must be reversed, and the persecution is ruthless, I am afraid that it will only make the prince rebellious and act against his ministers everywhere

When the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were still immersed in the dream of how to teach the prince to become a generation of Mingjun, Tang Fan had already seen this.

Because he is the first assistant, he has the title of Master Donggong, but in fact, Tang Fan is trapped in official business and has very little time to really teach the prince.

For a person who likes to play and move, and it is difficult to calm down and learn the meaning of the scriptures, let him sit there and recite the Four Books and Five Classics, and tell him about the ancient sages and sages. Obviously, it will not work, but the teaching of the East Palace has a fixed pattern. and specifications.

Although Confucius said that he should teach according to his aptitude, if someone really took the prince to play outside the palace, it is estimated that he would be impeached and resigned the next day.

A good emperor is enough to influence the atmosphere of an era.

Tang Fan understood this very well, so although he was very busy, he still found time to do what he could to guide the prince.

The prince also seemed to find that Tang Fan was a very different teacher from other teachers, so whenever he took Tang Fan's class, he could concentrate a little bit more than others, and he was willing to listen a little bit more seriously.

Later, the prince gradually discovered to his surprise that Master Tang was very accepting of everything.

For example, after he learned about the emperor secretly taking the prince out of the palace, he didn't persuade him as hard as others, but he didn't say anything. In the slum, the prince was puzzled at first, but after asking his father, he realized that Tang Fan had other difficulties.

As the first assistant, he could not openly agree with the emperor and the prince to leave the palace. That would be against all civil servants, and it did not conform to the style of civil servants. But selfishly, he felt that the future emperor should not be trapped in the deep palace. The more experience you have, the more you can exercise your xinxing. Today, because of the hardships of childhood, although the son grew up in the deep palace, he is not naive and ignorant, but the prince was born with smooth sailing, and his parents were very loving, and it was even more impossible to experience any palace. Struggle, so it is more necessary to contact the outside.

But since it's hard to say this, I can only give a hint.

Fortunately, the empathetic emperor understood the overtones of the first auxiliary.

He smiled and said to the prince: "You master Tang is different from ordinary people, and he will never ask you from the perspective of a Confucian. You must not resist him, but you must learn from him a lot. He is in his teens. I have traveled all over the country in time, and I have seen more bridges than you have eaten!"

The prince has always loved to play, and if it wasn't for being the prince, he would really be willing to run around and play all over the country, so when he heard what his father said, his eyes lit up: "Really, Yuan Fu really traveled all over the Ming Dynasty. already?"

The emperor nodded: "Of course, if you study well in the future, I will ask Yuan Fu to tell you some interesting anecdotes after class, so that you can open your eyes!"

He had to be such a son. The relationship between father and son is more intimate and casual than that of ordinary people. The prince listened to it, and he even bargained with his father: "Let's talk about half an hour's class, and another hour's anecdote?"

The emperor was angry and funny, so he gave him a head: "Half an hour's class, half an hour's anecdote, Yuan Fu took time out of his busy schedule to give you a lecture, do you think they are specializing in the Eastern Palace, twelve hours Are they all revolving around you?"

The ten-year-old little prince pouted: "Then the royal father can let Yuan Fu give me a special lecture, and you can find another person to take care of the government!"

The emperor said leisurely: "That can't be done. Although I am honored as the ninth five, I don't want to do what I want."

The prince snorted: "I see, you are afraid of him."

This little guy has also learned to use the aggressive method! The emperor laughed and laughed, but he missed the plan, but nodded: "You are right, I really respect Yuan Fu. If a person is noble and upright, he is worthy of being respected by others. Back then, I almost didn't even have the title of prince. Keep it, if it weren't for the protection and love of many people like Yuan Fu, I would have long since died in this world, let alone your birth. So you need to remember that you must treat real important ministers with courtesy After all, we must never underestimate them, these people are the pillars of the country. The stability of the Ming Dynasty depends not only on the emperor, but also on these ministers.”

The little prince nodded his head as if he didn't understand, and felt a little distressed in his heart: Isn't this clearly talking about fun things