The 23rd year of Chenghua's winter has passed amid the ups and downs of countless ministers. After the New Year, it is the first year of Hongzhi. On New Year's Day, Japanese civil and military officials will go to the Fengtian Temple to congratulate, and they can enjoy a fifteen-day long vacation after worshipping the emperor. Not only Cui Xie, but also Zhang Heling, his founding disciple, also followed his father into the palace to face the emperor.
Cui Xie no longer remembered what demons the Zhang brothers had done in the history books, but because he knew that they were not good people in history, as long as they were out of his sight, he was a little worried. So he took advantage of the fact that the two had not yet entered the palace, and first went to ask the seniors of the Hanlin Academy about the etiquette of their relatives entering the palace, and made up for them.
Although the Hanlin Academy was not the Ministry of Rites, it also kept various ceremonial records of previous dynasties. Except for the favored relatives like Wan Guifei's family, everyone else came to the palace according to the rules.
The official in charge of the classics took great care of him, the new champion. After inquiring about the situation, they opened the classics library to help him pick out suitable ceremonial annotations to transcribe, and comforted him: "The Ministry of Rites will naturally help Zhang Guozhang and these two countries. Uncle is performing the ceremony, Master Cui doesn't have to worry about their misunderstanding when they enter the palace."
What's more, the emperor and Empress Zhang have a very strong friendship, and the brothers-in-law have done a little wrong, and the emperor probably won't care about it.
What Cui Xie was afraid of was not that they would be cared about, but that no one would care about the two of them if they made a mistake. This thought is naturally not for outsiders. He only thanked the official of the classics and said with a smile: "The new emperor is beginning to assume the throne, and matters like the great dynasty must not be flawed. Although they are young, they are the younger brothers of the middle palace. You have to make an appearance for people to see, and you can't be too careful."
The classics official sighed: "Your lord's loyalty and love is truly admirable. However, after staying in the Hanlin Academy for several years, Xiaguan also has some ideas that he wants to persuade the adults - if the adults do not want to be told behind their backs that they are "attached to a foreign relative" It's better to distance yourself from the Zhang family."
Cui Xie paused in the air with Yi Zhu's hand, and then showed a shallow smile: "It doesn't matter, I can't be the husband and wife of the pavilion, why do you care so much about reputation?"
Anyway, he will definitely be a famous master of the history, and later publishing houses have to write about him, the first person who pointed out that Wang Yangming wanted to be a saint, when he edited "The Great Biography of Wang Yangming".
Besides, if you keep the two uncles under control, if you don't get it right, you will be able to use your uncle's example to correct Zhengde in the future. If Zhengde didn't favor Liu Jin and did not go to Jiangnan, he might live a few more years and have a good son, so he wouldn't have to wait for Jiajing to ascend to the throne.
What are the benefits of having Jiajing in power
After a few decades, maybe Xie Ying will become the commander of Jinyiwei. Could it be that he wants Lu Bing to be in the position, so Xie Ying can retire and live with him earlier? Heh, when you are old and retire, you are going to retire. A man's career is very important, and Jiajing must not be asked to delay him!
Cui Xie became more and more determined to teach his disciples well, so he copied the ceremonial note back from the library. Cui Xie also wrote a note and posted it on the walls of the table and chairs. Practice walking, meeting people, and salute. These two silly children put on the newly-made yisa, and saw the Cui family sticking notes everywhere, just let them play Jinyiwei again, and they practiced more carefully than when they were in the Ministry of Rites.
When they entered the palace on New Year's Day, they both saluted as carefully as they did on-the-spot drills. Emperor Hongzhi was also happy to see it. Because he was considerate of the queen and missed his family, he specially left his two brothers-in-law in the harem, and the couple took their brother-in-law to eat together.
Brother Zhang Heling was also very polite when they met the queen, and they bowed respectfully and called her "Niangniang".
Empress Zhang personally stepped forward to help them up, and said distressedly, "Why should my brother be more polite, our sister and brother are still the same as when they were at home, just call me sister."
The Zhang brothers said with tensed little faces, "No, the empress belongs to the Son of Heaven, and the younger brothers are ministers. People all over the world are staring at it, if Xingzhi is as vulgar as the people in the market, hundreds of millions of people outside will laugh at us!"
This is really a joke, not a metaphor!
Their teacher has a very good relationship with Xie Zhenfu. They have said that they have done important things in a few years, and they can still be called to the Jinyiwei series! What conspicuous things are they going to do, let people draw it in a comic book, or write it in a play...
The two brothers looked at each other, smiled mysteriously, and straightened their spines a bit.
When Niangniang Zhang first entered the palace, these two were like two little dudes, and in the blink of an eye, they became young talents. Emperor Hongzhi was surprised and relieved, and asked, "This is what your Mr. Cui taught me. ?"
The emperor usually only thinks that Cui Xie is introverted, good at thinking when reading, and has the ambition to educate the poor people in the world, but he does not know that he is so clever in teaching students.
If I had known that the two brothers-in-law could teach him this way, I should have left him to ask a few questions after the great dynasty.
Zhang Heling replied righteously: "Go back to the sage, the ministers and brothers have indeed been studying by Mr. Cui's side in Hanlin Xiuzhuan for the past few months. Only after he watched the etiquette practice for a few days, did he know how to deal with the emperor."
Their brothers were still young, and they didn't even comb their hair, so they looked like little adults, looking ridiculous and cute.
Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly and said to Empress Zhang: "The Qing brothers are well-mannered and respect their teachers, so they should be rewarded. Their teachers are good at teaching their disciples, and they should be rewarded as well."
Empress Zhang had no objection, but asked worriedly: "Mr. Cui asked you to practice etiquette for so long, but you are tired? I heard from my mother that you usually practice martial arts with your husband, and you get up early and run around the yard all day long. Would you like to practice this? If you are too tired, my sister will intercede for you?"
Zhang Yanling was a little younger and was not as stable as his elder brother. Hearing that his elder sister forbade him to practice martial arts, he was so anxious: "We are really not tired, we just ran a few laps, and after practicing Mr. Don't be tired! Sister, please don't stop Mr. Xu from teaching us, Mr. Cui is very good! Not only did he teach us the magic of breathing, he also invited Jinyiwei Xie Zhenfu to teach us the real martial arts. How about we? It's easy to learn martial arts from Xie Zhenfu for two days, and I haven't even practiced a set of Taizu Changquan!"
Zhang Heling was still holding an air, and cupped her hands: "My lord loves my ministers and brothers, and the younger brothers are very fond of it. But what Mr. Cui taught me to wait is all useful things. The younger brothers should plan for the future and not be afraid of being tired."
Breathing magic
As soon as the palace was cleared of a bunch of immortals and Buddhist sons, the queen's younger brother practiced immortal arts. Could this be the legacy of those alchemists? Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, and asked them what was going on with their immortal art, and how it was supposed to be immortal art.
Because Lord Guozhang really regards this running and breathing method as the method of immortal family breathing, but he cherishes it, and he must practice on himself before offering to the emperor, and he has never told his daughter and son-in-law in the palace before. . These two national uncles broke the name of "immortal method", and it was only when the emperor Hongzhi and the queen heard about this, which made the sage be particularly vigilant about this practice.
The Zhang brothers held their small chests, and were particularly proud to tell the brother-in-law of the emperor that Cui Xie fooled them about absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, breathing out the yin and yang qi, and boastingly said: "Mr. Cui also This method was taught to Xie Zhenfu, and Xie Zhenfu said that now Jinyiwei is practicing like this, and we are also Jinyiwei people, so naturally we have to practice!"
They talked to themselves, but they didn't notice that the emperor's face gradually relaxed from the nervousness and vigilance at the beginning, and finally he couldn't help but smile.
What kind of fairy method, it really is to coax children.
As soon as it was said that Xie Ying used the method in Jinyiwei's training, the emperor understood.
Tong Zhi Zhu Ji had been on the book during the Chenghua period, saying that it was Xie Ying, the minister of the Fusi Town in Beizhen, who wanted to add long-distance running to the training of soldiers, so as to nourish their long-lasting breath and increase their physical endurance. Since it is a method that can be used in military camps, it is at most an ordinary martial artist's body training method, which is completely different from the methods of Li Zisheng and other demons...
Emperor Hongzhi remembered that the first emperor had diarrhea because of taking the golden elixir of Yaodao Jin in the palace. It's just that the New Year's Eve is not good for tears, he closed his eyes, holding back the tears, and sighed: "You brothers should follow Mr. Cui to study and practice martial arts. Regardless of the method of breathing, Jinyiwei has already said that this method of long-distance running is extremely effective. There are only benefits to getting fit.”
Empress Zhang saw her husband's face was slightly sad, so she filled a bowl of soup and handed it over to him, asking him to cover his face with the white mist floating on the soup, and said thoughtfully, "Today's court meeting, the emperor has also worked really hard. Let's eat some hot soup first, and tell my two little brothers to eat it by themselves."
The emperor smiled at the queen, bowed his head and used the soup.
Brother Zhang Heling didn't have any eyebrows at all. Hearing that his sister said that the emperor was tired, he immediately put on the air of a foreign relative and asked the emperor to rest and leave.
Queen Zhang kept them and asked if the food and lodging at Cui's house was good, and whether she had been beaten or scolded by her husband.
The two uncles have recently become addicted to playing the game Jinyiwei, completely forgetting the pain of their husband forcing them to write articles, and said happily: "Mr. Four books, writing articles. When we weren’t reading, he even told us to read the most fashionable Jinyiweiyuan books and comic strips outside, and invited Xie Zhenfu, Lord Wang and Prince Wang to come to our house to tell us stories…”
I really want to ask the emperor's brother-in-law to make a decree that Xie Zhenfu also live in Mr. Cui's house, teach them martial arts every day, and lead them to pretend to be the master of the sky to try the case!
Emperor Hongzhi also put down the soup bowl and said with a bit of energy: "The teaching calligraphy he made is really different. He used to do the "Four Books of Dialogues" and gave me a new style of test questions, which is amazing. It seems that he has more means to teach his two brothers-in-law seriously? No wonder the late emperor thought he was a worthy teacher in the world, and he even referred to him as my lecturer several times..."
In fact, Xianzong said that Cui Xie was a book exhibition officer for himself, but he didn't use it himself. Now that he uses it for his son, he can be regarded as the official he pointed to his son.
The emperor sighed a few times and instructed the general to give Cui Xie's reward a little more. When he added a teacher, but he couldn't add any more students, he asked the two brothers-in-law cheerfully: "If you have anything you want, you can also tell me."
What the Zhang Heling brothers want most right now is Xie Zhenfu, and taking a step back is to get out of the gate with Wang Shouren, these two things they can't ask for sitting on the ground outside.
On the other hand, General Wang Xiangzhen often found time to accompany them out of the city on horseback to hunt, and he could get it without asking his sister and husband. However, in front of the eldest sister, they did not dare to bring up the matter, so they relied on the elder sister's favor, the brother-in-law was soft-tempered, and the husband was not in front of him, so they begged the sage thiefly: "Can the emperor issue an order to call Xie Zhenfu? If you come to Cui’s house often, it’s better to live in Cui’s house?”
When Xie Zhenfu came, they didn't have to write articles, and they could rehearse the case of Jin Yiwei. It was a beautiful day.
But there has never been a decree from the Son of Heaven for a minister to live in another minister's house. Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and sighed, "How did this happen? How could the imperial court decree that two households should be merged into one household? Isn't this nonsense?"
The Zhang brothers said pitifully: "We don't want the Xie family to change to the Cui family, we just ask Xie Zhenfu to teach us more..."
Empress Zhang really couldn't bear the pain of her brother, so she sat next to the emperor and said, "The brothers of the concubine just want to learn martial arts with that Xie Zhenfu, why is it so difficult? Let them also enter and leave the Zhenfu Division, and ask Lord Xie to learn martial arts. Isn't that right?"
Zhang Heling and Yanling struggled inside.
Of course, it's good to go to the Zhenfu Division. They had long wanted to officially become a Jinyiwei, and followed the seniors to patrol the streets. But... But what if they can go to the Zhenfu Division every day and Xie Zhenfu can't come to the Cui family? Then they have to do their homework again, can't they rehearse the case by themselves
The brothers and sisters of the family were at odds with each other, which almost caused the tragedy that the uncles could not escape their homework. Fortunately, the Son of Heaven, Shengming, did not listen to the Queen's words, and came up with a serious idea: "The two brothers-in-law are too young to go to the ferocious places like Fusi in Beizhen. They are taught by Cui Aiqing, so this matter is not in a hurry, come here. If Ri Xie Ying does any more errands, I will give him a house close to the Cui family when he is rewarded for his merits... It is convenient to teach you when it is convenient.”