Zhang Shou had never even thought of listening to the emperor tell the story of Emperor Taizu in his own mouth.
Now he vaguely understood that what Zhu Ying often mentioned about Emperor Taizu might have been learned from her father, Duke Zhao Zhu Jing, or maybe from her mother-in-law, but there was another possible way of learning, that is, from the emperor himself!
Because while the emperor was walking, he kept saying "Emperor Taizu". It seemed that this emperor was not visiting the Imperial College for the first time. Whenever he came to a building, he would not pay much attention to the school officials or servants who were not polite, but would point and tell a story about Emperor Taizu.
"Emperor Taizu often said that kneeling is a great etiquette. A man's knees are made of gold, so how can he kowtow for no reason? In the Song Dynasty, not all people had to kneel when attending court. Since our dynasty has driven out the northern barbarians, we should restore the ancient etiquette and not let people kneel easily. So when he first ascended the throne, he only performed the kneeling ceremony during the three major court sessions each year, and kept the rest simple."
It was the first time that Zhang Shou heard these stories, so he enjoyed them very much. However, the others had no idea how many times they had listened to the stories of Emperor Taizu told by their masters, and they did not dare to show any signs of fatigue. It was really torture.
However, those who suffered more than them were undoubtedly Zhou Xun and other officials of the Imperial College who did not expect Chu Kuan to lie with his eyes open.
No one expected that the emperor would come so quickly!
When the emperor stood in front of each lecture hall and listened, not only were the doctors and teaching assistants so nervous that they began to stutter. The students who came in the morning panting, and the students gathered in the hall didn't even dare to breathe. They were almost suffocating!
If the emperor had not interrupted to ask questions, Luo Siye felt that his heart in his throat was about to jump out!
But even so, seeing Zhang Shou and that group of playboys following the emperor like guards, and Zhu Ying dragging Zhu Er to chatter beside them, he couldn't help but feel jealous, and wished that he was the one accompanying the emperor at this moment.
If one were to leap one step higher from the fourth rank, he would be a minister in one of the six ministries, and it would not be impossible to be in the cabinet... As long as Jian was in the emperor's favor, some people would be promoted in one step! Of course, it was true that if one entered the cabinet without being recommended by the court, he would be laughed at...
Therefore, Luo Siye could only follow the emperor from a distance with several minor officials from the Bookkeeping Office. He was very curious about why Zhou Xun, the chief academician of the Imperial College, was so patient and really handed everything over to Zhang Shou, and just stood by and watched, not even showing his face in front of the emperor. When he followed around and finally saw a building in the distance, he finally found Zhou Xun.
At the same time, he suddenly realized why the Lord Jijiu did not come out... Because he was accompanied by several servants carrying buckets and rags, and there was a long object wrapped in red cloth on the ground beside him. He was confronting a young boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old in front of Jiuzhang Hall!
Zhou Xun wanted to take people to quickly clean up Jiuzhang Hall and then hang up a plaque inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself, but he was stopped!
Although Zhou Xun's side had more than a dozen people, they were easily stopped when they rushed forward several times. A servant who rushed forward with a carrying pole had his "weapon" snatched away and was beaten so hard that he fled back in fear.