Prince of the Qing Dynasty

The coming out of the pavilion to give lectures scheduled for May of the following year was getting closer and closer, and Yinfeng no longer had the mind to care about other things.

Such days of focusing on hard work without distractions always reminded him of the time when he was preparing for the third year of high school and defending his graduation thesis.

Kangxi already had a will to find a suitable speaker for him.In the first month, he gave lectures in Yuqing Palace.In March, under the gathering of Jiuqing, he gave lectures in Wenhua Hall.In May, the book was taught in the presence of the officials, Jiuqing and Kangxi.Later, he selected a Manchu and Han master who taught him knowledge.After that, every other month, he would give lectures in Yuqing Palace.After the Changchun Garden was completed, he took his Manchu and Han masters to study in the Changchun Garden Wuyizhai.

Time flies like running water. After the completion of the Wenhua Palace, Yinreng performed the ceremony for the crown prince to leave the pavilion to read, and then entered the Wenhua Palace to give lectures as scheduled.

Afterwards, Kangxi appointed Dahata, Tang Bin, and Geng Jie as lecturers for the crown prince.It's just that the Changchun Garden has just been finalized and is about to break ground. Kangxi ordered the crown prince to study in Maoqin Hall temporarily, and then move there after the Changchun Garden is completed.

When Yinreng was lecturing in front of everyone in the Wenhua Hall, he always had the feeling of a graduation defense.He has already understood the meaning of the Four Books and Five Classics, and it doesn't take too much effort to explain it. Seeing the astonishing eyes of the ministers looking at him, Yinfeng felt a little pride and satisfaction in his heart.

Looking at Kangxi again, his eyes were so proud that it was almost impossible to ignore them. The eyes he looked at Yinfeng were full of pampering and admiration, and they also shone with water that could be seen by all the officials.

After the lecture, Kangxi announced the audience of the three Manchu and Han masters selected by Yinfeng as usual, and he also kept Yinfeng, and said to him: "These three are specially selected for you. They are all People with a straightforward personality and a gentle personality are the most suitable to assist you in your studies. Today I announce them to come, one is to test their knowledge; the other is to let you see them in advance."

Yinfeng stayed as he said, and stood by Kangxi's side, ready to see the teacher Kangxi prepared for him.

The three of them came in one by one to greet the emperor and the crown prince.

As Yinreng expected, at a glance, these three people are all over [-] years old, Yinreng couldn't help complaining in his heart, how can a veteran at this age not be kind-hearted!

Kangxi cried out and said with a smile on his face: "I chose Yi and others as the teachers of the crown prince, and I really have great hopes for Yi and others. The crown prince is my direct son, and he has the position of imperial prince. He has been smart since he was a child." Clever, he was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics when he was nine years old, and he was familiar with the principles of the Manchu and Mongolian. Prince, you should teach the crown prince carefully."

The three of Dahata knelt down tremblingly to thank him, and said in unison: "I will do my best to assist the Crown Prince!"

Kangxi raised his hand and asked the three of them to stand up. In the gap, he glanced at Yinfeng, and Yinfeng knew that Kangxi was about to start the examination of the knowledge of the three of them.

To be honest, Yinfeng could understand the questions that Kangxi asked the three of them next, but he didn't know the answers to them all.Even when he heard Kangxi's question to Tang Bin and Geng Jie, Yinreng only vaguely understood it. As for the answer, he had no idea what it meant.

To Dahata, Kangxi asked questions in Manchu. Yinfeng saw Dahata thinking about it for a long time, sweating anxiously, and when Kangxi got a little impatient, Dahata agreed He hesitated and answered.Looking at Kangxi's appearance, Yinreng seemed dissatisfied with Dahata's answer, so he just nodded reluctantly.

But Tang Bin and Geng Jie didn't have such good luck.He couldn't answer the two questions he asked Kangxi.Although the face is not as blank as Yinreng's, it looks like he is thinking hard and can't find an answer.The two of them paused longer than Dahata, and they still didn't say the answer in the end.

The two were terrified, and they both fell to the ground to plead guilty: "The emperor forgives the sin, and the questions raised by the emperor cannot be answered by the ministers."

When Kangxi heard this, his expression darkened immediately, but seeing Yinreng here, he was not angry, but he didn't immediately wake up Tang Geng and the two of them, but said in a deep voice: "You are a person with profound knowledge recommended by the court. Even if I can’t answer such questions, how can I teach the crown prince? I am good at daily computer affairs, and I can’t put down my books every day. How can you slack off learning when you are old and Confucian? I will not dismiss you, but you must Study hard, in the future, I will not only test the knowledge of the crown prince, but also you, if the crown prince can't improve, or you can't improve, I won't reward you, but you will be punished! Can you understand?"

Tang and Geng hurriedly replied: "The ministers understand. The ministers must study hard according to the emperor's wishes and assist the crown prince in his studies!"

The school tested the knowledge of the three students, but the results of the three students did not perform well.Kangxi also lost interest, he couldn't even answer the first question he asked, and it would be useless to ask any more questions.Kangxi then waved his hand and let the three of them go.

Kangxi turned his head to Yinfeng and said with regret: "Yinfeng, although the three of them are not good at learning, they can still handle it by teaching you. Don't worry, when you get older, you can be a teacher in the world. Now I can teach you too, so I don't need to bother to choose such a lazy person to teach you. I think we are all good, but the Hanchens are self-confident about their profound knowledge, but their knowledge is not as good as mine. This one is full!"

Kangxi thought to himself, if the crown prince had not established rules for leaving the cabinet to be a teacher, he would never have followed those rules to select ministers to teach Yinreng.

I don't know what Yinreng will be like studying with these few in the future.Kangxi was worried, so he decided that even if Yinreng had a master, he should not relax Yinreng's education.

Yinfeng really disagreed with Kangxi's words, but he didn't refute, just nodded and smiled: "Ama is right."

No matter how knowledgeable Tang and Geng are, they are both old scholars over sixty years old, and they have been poor veterans all their lives. Kangxi's merciless reprimand and reprimand in front of him will soon become his master In the end, Yinfeng still can't understand such behavior.

If he is really a nine-year-old child, seeing his father treat his teacher like this, I am afraid that he will have no respect and trust for the teacher, right?

Kangxi was able to get by in everything, but when it comes to respecting teachers and valuing education, what he did was really bad.

Yinfeng was very happy at first, but after he came out of Qianqing Palace, his heart was heavy.After walking for a while, he looked up again, only to find that the three of Dahata were walking slowly in front of him, and they hadn't had time to leave the Qianqing Gate.After thinking about it, Yinfeng realized that the three of them were old and walked very slowly, so they walked a little earlier than him, but they didn't walk very far.

Yinfeng rushed up.

The three of them were walking slowly towards the gate of Qianqing, but they hadn't recovered from the fright at the emperor's place. When they suddenly saw the crown prince appearing in front of them, they were stunned for a moment. After the stunned, they were frightened. I'm about to kneel down on the ground, and I want to greet Yinfeng.

Yinfeng really couldn't bear to see three old men with white beard and hair kneeling in front of him to pay his respects, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Tang Bin who was closest to him, and said with a smile: "The three will be my masters, This salute can be avoided. The three of you are older, so you don’t have to kneel all the time. It stands to reason that the students should salute the teacher.”

Yinfeng hadn't moved yet, but these words startled the three of them, Tang Bin hurriedly waved his hands and said, "This can't be done! Can't be done! The crown prince is really waiting!"

"It is a great blessing for ministers and others with poor education to be the teacher of the prince, and they dare not ask the prince to salute them." Geng Jie was sweating all over his head, and felt that he was going to faint from the heat, so he had no choice but to leave. The crown prince had to speak with vigor, he was under a lot of pressure.

Yinfeng saw that the three of them were really hot, and saw that the three of them did not dare to relax in the slightest, and felt tired for them. He wanted to comfort them because of the matter just now, but he was afraid that the three of them would listen He became more thoughtful, and after thinking about it, he just smiled and said, "The three teachers are too polite. I am young, and I have a lot to learn from the three. No matter how talented I am, I can't compare to the three teachers who have studied for a lifetime." Knowledge. Even Huang Ama’s knowledge was accumulated little by little, and it did not fall from the world, so I dare not be complacent. The three were courtiers in front of Huang Ama, but in front of me , is the teacher, nothing else."

"What's more, who can know it from birth? Even Huang Ama, there are things he doesn't know. In fact, the three don't need to belittle themselves. I didn't take the matter just now, so the three don't need to take it to heart either. , we should study or continue to study.”

After Yinfeng finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for the three of them to reply to him.It wasn't that he didn't want to hear what the three of them thought about his words, but it was the first time the teacher and the student met, and they were not familiar with each other, so it would be difficult for the three of them to let go of their guards.He didn't want to listen to those hypocritical and unintentional polite words, so he could only choose to leave.After all, he had said everything he wanted to say in his heart, and that was enough.

The three of them looked at the back of Yinfeng going away in the sun, silently.

After a while, Dahata turned his head and asked Tang Geng and Tang Geng in blunt Chinese: "What did the Crown Prince say to you two?"

What Yinfeng just said was in Chinese, and Dahata couldn't speak Chinese, so he couldn't understand it at all.All his actions were done with Tang and Geng, and he was also very depressed. Tang and Geng were both Han Chinese, and the crown prince took care of Han Chen and spoke Chinese, but ignored that he, a Manchu, could not understand. Chinese...

Tang Bin and Geng Jie didn't understand Manchu either.Hearing Dahata's question, the two of them couldn't explain it to him. In the end, Geng Jie gritted his teeth and choked out a sentence in extremely ugly Manchu: "The crown prince said that I was fine. Nothing else happened."

Dahata let out an oh, and he was relieved.

Tang Geng and Tang Geng were not as lenient as Dahata, they were good friends, some things could not be said in front of Dahata, but after Dahata left, the two of them could whisper.

Tang Bin said: "Jieshi (Geng Jie's characters), tell me, the crown prince came up to say these words on purpose, did the emperor order him?"

Geng Jie shook his head, and said in a low voice: "I don't think so. The emperor won't be like that. From the look of the crown prince, it seems that he came to comfort us on purpose. Listen to what he said, every word is comforting. The words of the two of us. Otherwise, why do you think the crown prince must speak Chinese instead of Manchu?"

Tang Bin pondered for a moment, and said, "I think it's very similar when you say it that way. I was wondering if the rumors that the crown prince was generous, benevolent and filial were exaggerated. I didn't expect to see him today, and he really deserved it." The word benevolence is gone. From my private observation, the crown prince seems to be more lenient than the emperor. I was worried at first, fearing that I would not teach the crown prince well, but now that I see the crown prince like this, I am not so worried."

"Don't say such things, be careful not to be overheard and cause trouble!"

Geng Jie said, "The crown prince is still young after all. He can say those things because he is the crown prince, and with his status there, he can naturally say some things. But Kong Bo (Tang Bin's word) you are Who is it? How can you say such a thing? The emperor has taught the prince himself all these years, and everyone can see his thoughts. He just wants to teach a copy of himself. Do you understand what this means? That is to say, What the emperor is, the prince must be what he is! The crown prince must not go against the emperor's will at all, even if the emperor loves the crown prince, but he is so presumptuous to come to talk to us two like today Son, the crown prince can’t do it again in the future. It’s best if the crown prince understands. If the crown prince doesn’t understand, we have to teach him to understand! This is what the emperor meant, do you understand?”

Geng Jie sighed, "That's why it's not easy to be the prince's teacher. The responsibilities and risks are too heavy! The crown prince just said that learning is just learning. How can it be so easy! So, Kong Bo, you must not be confused. When you are with the prince, you have to be more cautious and cautious than when you were a courtier."

"I understand, I understand," Tang Bin nodded and said, "I just saw the prince's intelligence, and I became interested in talents. Fortunately, when I was selecting the prince's teacher, I recommended you. If you weren't by my side, I'm afraid I still can't see it so deeply. Now that I ask you to tell me, I'm really worried!"

Hearing this, Geng Jie laughed instead: "You don't have to worry too much. According to what the emperor said just now, we are only teaching for a few years anyway. If it doesn't work, you can still beg for retirement from old age, it won't be a big deal. I think the emperor has always had a high self-esteem, and the prince was taught by the emperor himself, so the emperor is not at ease in choosing someone else to be the prince's teacher. Besides, the emperor has already stated clearly that he is not satisfied with us. I want to wait for the prince When you grow up, the emperor will teach you personally."