Not all civil and military officials attended the East Palace's ceremony - after all, the main hall of Ciqing Palace was slightly smaller than Wenhua Hall, and Wenhua Hall was several times smaller than Fengtian Hall, so it couldn't accommodate too many people. The only people who could come here to pay tribute were the civil and military officials who also served as East Palace officials, as well as the royal family.
As for the civil and military officials, they later submitted a memorial to congratulate the Crown Prince on receiving the appointment.
However, in most cases in the past, it was the younger princes who congratulated their eldest brother, the Crown Prince. Unfortunately, the Third Prince was not the eldest brother at all, and his younger brother was only the Fourth Prince. So when the royal family came to congratulate, the elders such as the King of Jiangdu did not have to attend, so the kings were left with only two or three dogs and cats.
That's right, in order to avoid any problems, the emperor deliberately selected royal family members of the same generation as the third and fourth princes to come to the East Palace to pay tribute, and some of them were even younger than the fourth prince!
At this moment, six children aged seven or eight knelt on the ground, and the Fourth Prince led them and shouted in a serious manner: "I am Zheng Yan, the younger brother, and I am overwhelmed with joy to see my elder brother, the Crown Prince, being honored with the title of Emperor. I would like to lead the other brothers to congratulate His Highness!"
The Grand Secretary Kong, who was honored as the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince because of the departure of Lord Jiang, felt his mouth twitch. Lord Wu, who had always been the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, smiled and nodded repeatedly in approval.
Zhang Yu, the Prince's Guardian beside him, was filled with mixed feelings, but his face was stiff. Others who held the positions of Third Young Master of the Eastern Palace, Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household, and even Liu Zhiyuan, who had just been given the position of Secretary by the Emperor, had to work hard to keep a straight face and not show any excessive expression. Don't underestimate them, they are all from the royal family, and no one can laugh at them!
When the neatly dressed attendants of the Eastern Palace lined up to pay their respects, they saw the huge team of dozens of people. They thought of the rumor that the emperor had released that he would select a group of attendants from the Eastern Palace to serve the prince in Ciqing Palace. Many people were wondering whether they should object. If they did, how could they gather others to oppose together? But this was too difficult.
Because as far as they knew, not to mention that the emperor had spread the word, he would first select people from the Ruexing Hall of the Imperial College, so the Ruexing Hall, which was originally one of the six halls of the Imperial College, became a popular place in an instant. The officials who had originally disdained studying in the Imperial College as a waste of time were suddenly confused when they saw that the academic officials had made such a big joke.
They clearly knew that the Imperial College was rotten, but they flocked to it just because the best students from the Ruxing Hall could be selected as attendants to the Eastern Palace? Isn't this too embarrassing
Even the Banshan Hall, which was about to be moved out of the Imperial College and had been abandoned by countless people, had four extra places allocated because the emperor wanted to encourage people to study and make progress. It was said that more than a dozen well-informed families were planning to send their children and grandchildren there.
As for Jiuzhangtang… Jiuzhangtang, which took a different approach, had already occupied many of the places for the East Palace tutors. After all, the Third Prince had done his best to get into the school, and studied under Zhang Shou, and was even classmates with many of them. But even if someone in your family is really gifted in mathematics, the next enrollment will have to wait until next year, so even if you have the ability, you won’t be able to get in!