The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Master Wei, this is my homework.

In the Wenhua Hall, the young emperor Zhu Yijun of Wanli walked up to him with a stack of paper and handed it over respectfully.

Wei Guangde hurriedly turned sideways and stretched out his hands to take it.

"Your Majesty, just ask the chamberlain to send it over. Where can I get you to send it over?"

Wei Guangde was talking while looking at the homework in his hand.

Different from the teaching of folk masters, the lecturers in the palace generally did not assign homework such as composition to the young emperor. Instead, in order to let him deepen his understanding of the classics he learned, they often assigned him to copy the contents of the book, or write down the results of his study. experience.

These compositions are not required to be written according to any format. They just write whatever comes to mind and what comes to mind.

At this point, Wei Guangde's face turned serious, pointing to the homework handed in today and said: "Today's homework is not up to standard, so I will not accept it. I will rewrite it and copy it three times together with the scriptures taught today."

Today, the Emperor's Holy Cong Sun is open, so it is appropriate to pay attention to governance in a timely manner, pay attention to government affairs, and take the Holy Emperor and Ming King as the law.

After a while, Wei Guangde finally came to his senses and asked with a smile: "Master Zhang really said that?"

However, although Emperor Wanli had extraordinary talent in calligraphy, he was still a child after all, and he liked to show off his achievements and raise his tail.

As for homework assigned to the little emperor, he was mostly asked to copy scriptures.

Thinking about it, Wei Guangde had to endure a lot of hardships in order to develop a passable calligraphy hand.

In March of the second year of Wanli, Gengzi went to the Imperial Palace of Wenhua to give lectures.

There were people in the palace around him. If he said something bad about Zhang Juzheng here, it would probably spread to Feng Bao's ears soon.

He also heard that Wei Guangde was going to assign new homework. Although it was not a good thing, it did not ruin his good mood.

Wei Guang took Zhu Yijun's hand, and the two sat on a chair nearby. The little emperor told Zhang Juzheng what happened in class two days ago.

But things were different today. It was obvious that Zhang Juzheng had reached the limit of his patience with the little emperor's display of calligraphy.

"Now that I have mentioned this, I will give you another question today. You know how difficult Jingkang is."

Wei Guangde looked at the little emperor with a smile and saw him nodding. He must have figured it out.

Wei Guangde still remembered the sixth year of Longqing, when Zhu Yijun had just ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Although he had not officially left the cabinet, he had arranged for the Imperial Academy to teach him how to read and write.

On that day, the imperial letter came out with the characters "Ying Chi", and the assistant ministers Juzheng was called "Yuanfu" and Guangde was called "auxiliary government". The two ministers thanked him sparingly because they praised his writing style for its vigorous and flying style, which resembles a flying luan and a phoenix.

As he said, since Yao and Shun, as well as the Tang and Song Dynasties, those who can be called virtuous have gained their reputations by cultivating virtuous administration and governing the world and bringing peace to the people. It is not just being a calligrapher like Wang Xizhi or Zhong Yao who can be called a virtuous person. Ming Lord.

"Do you feel like you don't know what to do?"

As for the following sentence "directly approaching King Zhong", it should refer to Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi.

This time, the message was sent directly to the cabinet by the chamberlain, so the next day all three of them wrote a memorial to express their gratitude.

To be honest, he was envious of the little emperor's talent.

At this time, one month has passed since the little emperor was slapped on the palm, and the story has long been over.

However, in my foolish opinion, I mistakenly thought that the emperor's learning should be great. Since Yao and Shun, as well as the Tang and Song Dynasties, the so-called virtuous masters were all responsible for cultivating moral administration, governing the world and bringing peace to the people, and they did not know of any skillful skills.

This time, there was no need to give any hints. The Hanlin living officer simply made a note in the daily living record.

Do you understand now? "

The character given to Lu Tiaoyang is Cardinal Keshen. Cardinal is also a confidential department of the central government. Keshen should refer to the idiom of self-restraint and caution, which means to restrain yourself and do things carefully.

"The Jingkang crisis began when the Song and Jin Dynasties united to destroy the Liao Dynasty and capture Yanjing."

Following the little emperor Zhu Yijun's narration, Wei Guangde also knew what happened.

The character for Wei Guangde is Ruzuo Zhouji, and Zhouji here is also a metaphor for the ministers of the Prime Minister and Fu.

This kind of writing actually requires a lot of talent.

When the attendant read it, Ju Zheng said: "For several years, the emperor has paid close attention to calligraphy and admired the large books given to his ministers. The writing is powerful and the body is majestic. Although the previous generations were good at calligraphy, they could not be surpassed."

"Well"

In the early days, when I was free from various affairs, I was busy writing and writing. I often personally wrote the twelve words "Learn the Great Sutra of Two Emperors and Three Kings to Rule the World" and hung it in the Wenhua Palace.

The meaning of these three characters, the character given to Zhang Juzheng is Erwei Yanmei, which is an idiom, which means that you can be entrusted with important tasks.

He is a person with poor talent, so his handwriting is very average, which can only be said to be fairly neat.

"That's right. Fortunately, today is my homework. If it were yours, Master Zhang, it would be another lesson."

From the sixth year of Longqing to the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli practiced calligraphy and gave calligraphy to ministers. At first, he only did it occasionally. But later, he seemed to be really addicted, and he often performed calligraphy in public.

At that time, the talent of the little emperor Zhu Yijun gradually appeared in front of the officials.

In order to ensure the value of the "Fu" character, Wei Guangde even quietly hinted to the Hanlin living officials to record the incident as material for future "Records".

"Your Majesty, let's sit down and talk about what's going on?"

Two years ago, Wei Guangde discovered that the little emperor's calligraphy was really good. Although he was just writing for the first time, saying that iron painted silver hooks could penetrate the back of the paper was definitely flattering, but his writing skills seemed to have a master's bearing. .

The two of them also put it away as if it were a treasure. This was the handwriting of Emperor Wanli.

When Wei Guangde said this, he couldn't help but reach out and tap his feet.

When the little emperor Zhu Yijun heard Wei Guangde's lesson, he lowered his head and rubbed his hands, and did not answer for a while.

At one glance, Wei Guangde couldn't help but frown and said.

The little emperor also nodded cooperatively. He had already heard the lecturer say this and naturally knew it.

"Then I won't practice calligraphy specifically from now on. I'll practice while copying books."

If you say so, Your Majesty really did something wrong. "

"If the words you wrote today were handed over to you, Master Zhang, you wouldn't be able to escape rewriting."

Feeling something was wrong, Wei Guangde immediately asked: "But what's the matter? The words were not written well this time. You can rewrite it, but why are you acting like this?"

Immediately, he took out the words written by the little emperor a few times from the book box next to him and took them out for him to read.

If writing is just a matter of putting your mind at ease, what good will it do if you expend all your energy and energy and approach the King of Bells? "

He also told his assistant minister Zhang Juzheng: "I would like to give the palm seals to you, sir, and the nine ministers, and a big book on each of the official posts every day, to express my wishes. Sir, you can come and see my writing on the 25th."

It turned out that just the day before yesterday, after Zhang Juzheng gave a lecture to Emperor Wanli in the Wenhua Hall, the teacher and student sat down to rest in Xinuang Pavilion.

Only Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty knew the music and could play Xiaodu music; Emperor Yuan of Liang, Houzhu Chen of the Six Dynasties, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty were all good at writing and painting, but they were all in vain.

At this time, the little emperor Wanli lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong.

After Wei Guangde read the record, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Haha."

How should I put it? Zhang Juzheng once again stood on the moral principle. He cited Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Chen Houzhu, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty as all kings who lost their country. He was really right.

Don't say that Wei Guangde doesn't appreciate other people's good calligraphy because he is not good at handwriting. On the contrary, because his handwriting is somewhat poor, he prefers to see other people's good calligraphy. Occasionally, he will copy two paintings if nothing happens. .

Because it's really good, it's natural to praise it.

At this point, Wei Guangde's heart moved, and he continued: "Don't blame Master Zhang, this is all for your own good.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, did not praise his calligraphy this time. Instead, he told him that being so obsessed with calligraphy was actually playing with things to lose one's ambition. It was a form of playing with things to lose one's ambition.

The vertical strokes of the writing are as fast as flying, and there are one big calligraphy each of "Zhaikui Baoheng" and "Tongxinjiafu", nine pictures of "Zhengyi leads the subordinates", five pictures of "Criticize Chen Shan", and two pictures of "Awe". The characters are all more than a foot long and can be finished in an instant.

Emperor Wanli was addicted to writing. Wei Guangde, Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang also talked about it during the cabinet's leisure time. However, Wei Guangde and Lu Tiaoyang praised the young emperor's extraordinary calligraphy skills and would definitely become a famous figure in the Ming Dynasty in the future, but they did not notice it. Zhang Juzheng's reaction at that time.

"Hey, Your Majesty, your handwriting has deteriorated."

Of course Wei Guangde would not make enemies everywhere, that would be extremely unwise.

Of course, he will also express his understanding.

Perhaps because this gift of words was highly praised by Zhang and Wei, on the third day of December, the little emperor wrote three more paintings. The one for Zhang Juzheng was "Er Wei Salt Plum" and the one for Wei Guangde was "You Make a Boat". At that time, Lu Tiaoyang also joined the cabinet as counselor for machine maintenance, so the gift was "Cardinal Keshen".

In the eleventh month of the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Renchen went to the imperial study to give a lecture.

At this time, the little emperor raised his head and looked at Wei Guangde and asked: "Mr. Zhang said that I am a little obsessed with calligraphy and will lose my mind by playing with things."

One wants him to write well, but the other wants him not to write well. This will make him unable to do his homework in the future.

The content of "Shang Shu" is inherently obscure and difficult to understand, so Wei Guangde mostly explained the meaning between the lines in class, and let the little emperor guess by himself.

Seeing the little emperor's reaction, Wei Guangde more or less guessed what he was thinking, and smiled casually again.

However, he still had to memorize the words in the book repeatedly to avoid making mistakes and making jokes when using them.

He said: "Sir, what you said is true. I understand."

As for writing a few blessing words to send to ministers if you have nothing to do, try not to write them in the future. Use those times to read books and think about the great principles in the books.

Therefore, there is such a record in "Wanli Daily Record":

Seeing the little emperor nodding vigorously, Wei Guangde couldn't help laughing.

Wei Guangde said.

Wei Guangde believes that as long as this painting is preserved, it will be worth a lot of money as a cultural relic in the future.

On the 17th day of the intercalary month of the second year of Wanli, Dinghai went to the Imperial Wenhua Hall to give a lecture. He summoned his assistant minister Zhang Juzheng in front of the Nuan Pavilion and personally showered Chen Han with the words "Bi to one person, and he will forever protect the destiny of heaven".

Therefore, you should write the assignments taught by the teacher as if you are practicing calligraphy, and make sure that your handwriting continues to get better.

Two big characters, it is not easy to say that it is good, but for the Wanli Emperor who has just learned it, it is already very valuable.

In the twelfth month of the sixth year of Longqing's reign, on Yimao, three large-character imperial letters were given to the assistant ministers.

Of course, the smoothness of the article is still important.

"Master Wei."

In fact, Wei Guangde noticed that Zhang Juzheng's expression was somewhat unnatural, but he didn't think much about it.

Well, maybe because of this, Zhu Yijun is a little in a trance.

People with good talents can write this word beautifully.

Sure enough, Wei Guangde quickly saw the record.

The little emperor nodded, his face bulging with anger, as if he was a frustrated child.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. Your Master Zhang has a good heart. He hopes that you can become a wise king. He just said that you should spend part of your writing time reading more books and thinking more about government affairs, instead of saying that your writing is good. That's not right, I will have to do it half-heartedly when practicing calligraphy in the future.

Wei Guangde asked with a smile.

When he heard that the homework had to be rewritten, the little emperor's expression turned bitter. He felt that Master Zhang and Master Wei were really difficult to serve.

Wei Guangde still wanted to ask more questions, but it was obvious that the little emperor Zhu Yijun was looking at him for a while, so he stopped asking questions and directly called the Hanlin living officer and asked for the first draft of the daily living records from the previous two days.

During this process, the little emperor's hands were itchy again, so he personally sent Chen Han a message to Zhang Juzheng with the words "Kill one person and forever protect the destiny".

It can be seen that the great virtue of a king does not lie in his skills.

With the current relationship between Feng Bao and him, I think these words will reach Zhang Juzheng and the two empress dowagers again.

However, his understanding is actually based on the gazes of other celebrities, and occasionally he will make some comments from the perspective of future generations.

So what if Song Huizong was a master of both calligraphy and painting? It didn't mean that he had defeated a good country. "

After the content is taught, he will be asked to copy it several times. If there is anything he doesn’t understand or doesn’t understand, he can ask in the next class.

Of course, with his level, he can only hide it at home and "appreciate it to himself", but he doesn't dare to take it out for others to appreciate.

After finishing the lecture that day, I was waiting at the back of the Wenhua Hall, where I saw the ministers holding dozens of gold-coloured papers.

"Know."

On the tenth day of the eleventh month of the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun wrote two large characters after attending a class in the imperial study room and gave them to his cabinet ministers Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde respectively. The title "Yuan Fu" was given to the chief minister Zhang Juzheng. Wei Guangde was given "assistant administration".

At this time, the little emperor was in a good mood. At first, he thought that it was wrong to indulge in practicing calligraphy. After Wei Guangde explained, he realized that what was wrong was not "practicing calligraphy" but "indulging in it".

"Why is Master Wei laughing? Is he laughing at me? I know I was wrong."

Under the puzzled gaze of the little emperor, Wei Guangde smiled and said: "Master Zhang wants you not to spend time practicing calligraphy. It's not that he doesn't want you to write good calligraphy. This is the most important thing.

Hearing the little emperor's reply, Wei Guangde was speechless for a moment and was actually stunned on the spot.

Ju Zheng said, "You are just salt plums", Guangde said, "You are the boat builder", and Lu Tiaoyang said, "Cardinal Keshen". The three ministers expressed their gratitude.

The person with good talent is naturally the person in front of him, the little emperor Zhu Yijun.

The little emperor spoke.

People with poor talent may copy a lot of copybooks, but they just can't write well.

"Later, Huizong made a big mistake, which was to let the Liao surrender general Guo Yaoshi to revitalize the northern army. However, the ambitious and talented Guo Yaoshi transferred the northern Song army to Yanjing for defense, giving the Jin Kingdom a chance to encircle and annihilate the main force of the northern army.

After the battle with the Jin army, a fierce battle broke out between the two armies in Taiyuan. The situation was originally favorable to the Song Dynasty, but because of the random selection of generals and the appointment of the warden Xu Han, who had no military skills and was only good at writing, the reinforcements led by Zhong Shidao were forced to rush to rescue Taiyuan. Let the Song army completely collapse. "

Wei Guangde came politely, and after explaining the causes of the Jingkang disaster, he suddenly looked at him and changed the topic: "If you were Huizong, how should you respond when the Jin army approaches Bianliang?

Go back and think about it carefully, then write down your thoughts and leave them to me next time. "(End of chapter)