The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 15 Students Don't Fight
(In the previous chapter, "zhongju" was changed to "zhongjinshi". At this time, Wang Yangming had passed the provincial examination and was a juren, but failed the jinshi examination. I thought it should be more rigorous, so I changed it to "zhongjinshi".)
The curly-haired man retreated lightly, as if he were a willow.

Zhu Houzhao was dissatisfied and continued to rush forward and punch.

But the curly-haired man was more agile and kept dodging. When he couldn't dodge, he simply blocked Zhu Houzhao's heavy little fist with his hand.

After a round of beatings, the curly-haired man was unharmed, while Zhu Houzhao stopped angrily.

He glared at the curly-haired man and said, "Don't hide. Come and fight this prince."

"I dare not fight with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I hope Your Highness will forgive me." The curly-haired man said with a wry smile.

"This prince does not blame you, just come and fight with me." Zhu Houzhao said immediately.

"I cannot do anything, please forgive me, Your Highness." The curly-haired man bowed.

"It's boring." Zhu Houzhao glared and turned to look at another calm figure, "You, come and fight with this prince."

"Prince, students do not know how to fight." The calm figure smiled and said calmly.

"Can't fight? Do you think this prince is stupid?" Zhu Houzhao looked at the other party with clear eyes, full of disbelief.

"I dare not, but I don't practice martial arts, so I really can't fight." The calm figure said firmly.

"Then what was it that blocked me just now?" Zhu Houzhao still didn't believe it and asked questioningly.

"That's just the self-protection power that students develop after studying." The calm figure said steadily.

"Reading?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes became clearer.

“Yes, reading can make you wise and gather your strength. Books contain everything.

When you read enough books, you will be invincible in the world." The calm figure affirmed.

When Liu Jin and the other two looked at the figure, there was a hint of fear and hostility in their eyes.

The curly-haired man looked in awe.

Enter the Tao through literature.

The only one in the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years.

He knows how hard it is, how amazing it is.

The person in front of me is a true great scholar.

"Invincible!" Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and opened even wider: "Don't lie to me, the prince?"

The calm figure looked at the small figure and clear eyes that came close to him, and he smiled gently and said, "Students dare not deceive Your Highness."

"If the prince reads a few books, he can become invincible in the world?" Zhu Houzhao asked expectantly.

The calm figure and the curly-haired man couldn't help but smile.

"It depends on you, Your Highness. Just like the magical skills of martial arts are out there, how many people can master them?
How many books you read to become invincible depends on you, Your Highness." said the calm figure.

Beside them, Liu Jin and the other two sighed.

My Lord, please don't be easily fooled by this man.

But studying was something the prince had to do eventually, so they didn't dare say anything more.

“Hahaha, this prince understands it. It’s like the Ming Shen Wu Dian, only Taizu and Taizong practiced it. Other emperors were stupid and couldn’t practice it. Only this prince succeeded in practicing it.”

Zhu Houzhao immediately made a childish and proud voice, then lowered his voice a little and whispered: "I'll tell you a secret.

Taizu and Taizong were also very stupid and it took them one or two years to get started with the Shenwu Canon.

It only took me three years, no, one day to get started.

Is this prince powerful or not?"

Before the proud and childish voice could finish, Liu Jin and the other two could not help but cough softly.

The calm figure was no longer so calm, and his and the curly-haired man's expressions were slightly stiff. They lowered their heads, pretending not to hear.

The current crown prince publicly criticized Taizu, Taizong, and emperors of all dynasties, including his own father.

Is this what they can hear?
“The prince is the most powerful, unrivaled in the world.

"Prince, how do we deal with these two?" Liu Jin immediately complimented him, and pointed at the two officials who had fallen unconscious, trying to change the subject.

"Throw it out." Zhu Houzhao said casually, and then whispered to the two people in front of him: "Don't tell anyone, my father said that we cannot criticize our ancestors.

Although my father may not be very reliable sometimes, I think this sentence is still acceptable."

"Cough cough cough." Liu Jin and the other two finally couldn't help but cough loudly.

"Liu Banban, are you sick?" Zhu Houzhao looked over with some concern.

The calm figure and the curly-haired man didn't dare to let the prince continue speaking.

This is really unscrupulous.

The key is that the prince dared to say it, and it was easy for him to say it.

But they dared not listen.

"The old slaves are fine, thank you for your concern, Prince."

After Liu Jin and the other three shook their heads, the curly-haired man said, "Your Highness, Su Bianxiu and Zhang Bianxiu wanted to give lectures to Your Highness with good intentions. You should not treat them like this."

"The two of them?" Zhu Houzhao looked at the two unconscious officials.

"That's right." The curly-haired man said seriously.

“Hmph, they are not even as good as me, yet they still want to teach me and waste my time. Of course I have to teach them a lesson.” Zhu Houzhao snorted twice.

"They are here to teach Your Highness literature. They are not familiar with martial arts, so naturally they cannot compare to Your Highness. But they have good intentions and come here at the Holy Will. I hope Your Highness will show some leniency." The curly-haired man saluted.

"I've always heard that Your Highness loves the people like his own children, and aren't you two, Editor Su, also His Highness's people?
Your Highness is very magnanimous. Why don’t you send them to the Imperial Hospital for recuperation?

In this way, all officials and everyone can see that your highness loves the people like his own children and has a broad mind. "The calm figure also followed.

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes, slightly pleased: "What you said does make sense.

Liu Banban, just do it.

Tell everyone how much this prince loves the people like his own children and how broad-minded he is. "

"Yes." Liu Jin replied, and the vigilance in his and Er Cao's eyes became even stronger as they looked at the calm figure.

"By the way, what are your names?" Zhu Houzhao asked at this time.

"I am Li Xunhuan, editor of the Hanlin Academy." The curly-haired man glanced at the other person before speaking.

"My student Wang Shouren is just a juren and has not yet become an official." A calm figure followed.

"Li Xunhuan and Wang Shouren, why do they sound familiar to me?" Zhu Houzhao blinked and said to himself.

Wang Shouren and the other two were a little surprised. The Crown Prince was only five or six years old, so how could he have heard of their names?

"Don't think about it anymore. Just tell me which books I should read to become invincible." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and asked impatiently.

He never cares about unexpected things.

Wang Shouren and Li Xunhuan looked at each other. There were rules on how to teach the prince to go to school and what books to read.

"Your Highness should read the Four Books first."

In less than a cup of tea (ten minutes).

Zhu Houzhao held a book in his hands, his eyes were a little confused, and he felt drowsy as he listened to Wang Shouren's voice.

These connected words looked like a dense bunch of little insects, making him dizzy.

"Your Highness!" Wang Shouren's voice became heavier.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly woke up, threw the book away, and said loudly and impatiently: "I don't want to read it anymore."

Li Xunhuan first looked at Wang Shouren. He found that Wang Shouren was indeed the first person in the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years to use literature to gain enlightenment. He was extremely smart.

There are quite a few ways to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Therefore, he did not care about the difference in status between himself, a Jinshi, and the other party, a Juren, and was willing to listen to the other party's suggestions first.

Wang Shouren also glanced at Li Xunhuan and responded with a look of mutual respect between gentlemen.

Then he was neither angry nor anxious, but remained calm and gentle and asked, "Why don't you read it, Your Highness?"

"I don't want to read it anymore. It's boring." Zhu Houzhao said impatiently.

Li Xunhuan smiled bitterly inwardly, it had only been a short while and he already felt it was boring.

"Your Highness, don't you want to be invincible in the world?" Wang Shouren asked calmly.

Zhu Houzhao hesitated again, looked at the book, puffed his lips, and snorted, "Then you separate these words and sentences first. If they are all connected together, how can this prince read them?"

Wang Shouren seemed to be thinking about something, and Li Xunhuan saw this and said, "Your Highness, it is not difficult to break up the sentence.

When Your Highness first starts studying, it is the time when you should cultivate the ability to distinguish between the classics and the truth.

Your Highness will be able to explain the meaning of the book to you, and you will be able to punctuate the sentences yourself.

In the future, it will be easier to quote various articles out of context.”

"No, this prince must read the book with punctuation now. In the future, everything given to this prince to read, all the texts of the Ming Dynasty, must have clear punctuation." Zhu Houzhao put his hands on his hips and said forcefully.

"Hmm!" Li Xunhuan was startled, and instinctively thought that all memorials, articles, official documents, etc. in the future would be clearly marked with punctuation.

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Suddenly, Li Xunhuan frowned. He subconsciously thought that the Crown Prince was being unreasonable.

But I also have a vague feeling that if all articles have clear punctuation, it seems, it seems...

"Your Highness is right." Suddenly, Wang Shouren said loudly, his eyes lit up at this time, as if glowing, with a hint of excitement on his face: "There should be clear punctuation.

All books, memorials, official documents, etc. in the world should have clear punctuation.

In this way, the meaning of the text will not be misinterpreted by those with ulterior motives for their own selfish ends.

Throughout the ages, there have not been so many tragedies caused by thoughts.

Many articles nowadays also have punctuation marks, but this is not enough. The court should stipulate that all articles and official documents need punctuation marks.

Even in ancient books and the Four Books and Five Classics, there should be annotations, so as to better unify thoughts and guide scholars to serve their country.

Wang Shouren thanks His Highness for the enlightenment. "

As he said this, he bowed solemnly to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao blinked, his eyes clearer than ever before.

What is this guy talking about?
Forget it, he seems to be saying that this prince is awesome!
"Hehe, you're welcome. It's natural that this prince is powerful." Zhu Houzhao laughed cheerfully and waved his hand.

"Brother Wang~!" Li Xunhuan looked at Wang Shouren with a frown, those seemingly simple words echoing in his mind, especially the last two sentences.

"Brother Li, isn't it?" Wang Shouren looked at Li Xunhuan calmly, his heart quite excited at this moment.

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