Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Yinshi, go to the study.

Everyone has arrived, and the emperor was also invited to the main seat by Mr. Qin. He looked down at all the children who were pleasing to the eye and did not dare to show their breath, and said calmly: "Yao'er, come forward. "

Ming Yao didn't feel surprised at all, and didn't seem to be nervous at all. After answering, he stood up conveniently, and Shi Shiran walked to the center of the hall.

He had a calm demeanor, even under the eyes of many brothers and sisters, he was still calm and composed, and he saluted the emperor generously: "The scripture governed by my son is the "Shangshu", please ask my father."

The emperor nodded, and he didn't need to turn the pages of the book. He just thought for a while and asked directly: "'When you are full, you will lose, but you will benefit from humility. Time is the way of heaven.' Do you know where this sentence comes from?"

The cross is short, but it has to be searched in more than [-] chapters of "Shangshu" from ancient to modern times - not only Ming Xuan who ruled "Book" with Ming Yao gasped, but even Mr. Qin himself who stood beside the emperor, They couldn't help frowning slightly.

However, Ming Yao did not appear to be in the slightest panic, and only thought about it for about three breaths before he said with confidence: "I report to my father, this sentence should come from the chapter "Da Yumo" in "Book of Yu."

"Shangshu" is divided into Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, and each part corresponds to the corresponding dynasty. "Yu Shu" records the affairs of the Yu Dynasty.

but……

Ming Yao thought for a while, hesitated for a moment, and then continued to add: "Also, "Da Yumo" belongs to the "Guwen Shangshu", and it is a fake article presented by the Mei family from Jin."

Throughout the ages, "Shangshu", as one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, has always been recognized as the author of the pre-Qin philosophers.

However, due to the burning of books in the Qin Dynasty and the endless wars in the past dynasties, the original, manuscript and oral versions of "Shangshu" were lost several times.It was not until the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that an official named Mei Zhe presented a "Shangshu" to the court, which included 25 "false works" of ancient Shangshu—that is, chapters not written in the pre-Qin period.

"Oh?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows, then turned to Mr. Qin and asked, "Have you even taught this?"

The latter shook his head, and Su Rong denied it: "The fifth prince has not yet finished studying the complete "Shangshu", so I have not taught His Highness the theory of 'false writing'."

So the emperor turned back to Ming Yao, and said with great interest, "How did Yao know about it?"

"Reporting to Father Emperor," Ming Yao's face showed a trace of complacency, "Second Emperor Brother also wrote "Shangshu", and he taught it to my son personally."

——The second prince Minghui, and the fifth prince Mingyao are both born of Concubine Wan, and they are brothers of the same mother.

"Oh, yes, the second child also cured "Book" back then." The emperor nodded suddenly, and said with a smile, "I ordered him to go to Qianzhou to do business two months ago, and it has been a while now... "

There are actually not many older princes in the palace.

The former crown prince Mingyan was the eldest son of the emperor, with exquisite seven orifices, gentle and moist as jade, and a talent for mastering the world.It's a pity that although he was blessed with great fortune, his fate was poor. Unfortunately, when he went to Jiangnan at the age of 16, he was killed by an assassin and died without enough guards.

The second prince, Ming Hui, is the eldest son of Concubine Wan, and now he is close to the age of the weak crown. He needs talent, talent, foresight and foresight, and is almost the same as Ming Yan back then, so he is secretly regarded by many people as the best prince. Candidates.

As for His Highness the Third Prince...

Hearing the emperor mentioning the second prince who was away, Ming Tan lowered his eyes and sighed softly from the bottom of his heart.

The third prince, Ming Jing, is also the son of Empress Gu Ying, and is also Ming Tan's second biological elder brother.

Back then, after Ming Jing was born, countless people thought that the emperor would make another son-in-law as the crown prince—but gradually, as the years grew, Ming Jing became weaker and sicker for some reason, and almost stayed in bed all year round. sorry...

None of the imperial physicians in the palace could do anything. The emperor also sought out famous physicians for his son, but they never succeeded. No one was able to cure Mingjing.

As time went by, perhaps because he had been lying on the couch for too long, Ming Jing finally suffered from leg problems, he couldn't even stand firmly, and he could only rely on a wheelchair to move, and finally lost the qualification to compete for the crown prince.

No one would make a half-disabled prince the heir apparent.

The queen herself was not in good health, and she always felt that Ming Jing was the root cause of the disease brought out by her mother, so she always thought that she had harmed the child, and she felt guilty and depressed all day long, and almost brought herself out of depression.

——Fortunately, in the end, there is hope in everything.

Three years ago, the emperor issued an order to seek a doctor to the world, and finally got a response from "the world's number one doctor" Baicao Valley.

Although this Baicao Valley has this name, it is actually not a valley, but the name of a Xuanhu family.They have been handed down from generation to generation and have practiced medicine for hundreds of years. They have a high reputation among the people, and they claim to be "capable of life and death." However, they never accept other people's requests for medical treatment.

The emperor also sent people to look for them, but they never came back.

But three years ago, the current patriarch of Baicao Valley took the initiative to come to the palace to ask for an interview, saying that the third prince's illness was strange and unheard of, which aroused the interest of their family, so he hoped that the third prince could be invited to live in Baicao Valley temporarily, and they would take full responsibility for it. With treatment, maybe there will be some improvement in the future.

This is actually very blunt, like looking for a laboratory mouse.

The emperor was furious and wanted to refuse, but Ming Jing saw the right time and came to Tianhong Hall in person, and said to the Patriarch in person: Even if there is only a chance of survival, he is willing to go to Baicao Valley to heal his leg.

The emperor had no choice but to agree.

However, it has been three years since Mingjing left.During this period, there were only a few correspondences with the palace, and no one knew when he would come back, how his leg disease was, and whether he was about to recover.

And Xiao Mingtan, who was separated from her third brother at the age of five, never saw her biological brother who doted on her in every possible way in her memory until she died.

"..."

Ming Tan quickly raised his hand and wiped away the tears overflowing from the corner of his eyes with his sleeve.

She took a deep breath, raised her eyes, and suddenly found that Ming Zhaodu had already been pulled back, and was turning back to her seat at this moment, and looked at Ming Tan with some worry.

Ming Tan blinked, and was about to give her a comforting smile when he heard the emperor say: "Ming Xuan, Ming Xiao, since you two are brother and sister, come up and answer together."

The two siblings looked at each other and left their seats obediently.

Ming Tan looked at them impatiently, so he yawned lazily, lay down on the table, closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.

The emperor picked out a few difficult sentences at random, and saw that although the two of them had to think for a long time, they both recited them fairly fluently, so he also boasted: "Well, not bad. Especially Ming Xiao, who has made great progress, should continue to be like this. General diligence is."

Ming Xiao was flattered by the praise, and even her steps became brisk.She walked back to her seat triumphantly, and when passing by Ming Tan, she suddenly lowered her voice and cursed in a low voice:

"It depends on how you can win me, you little bitch!"

"..."

Ming Tanli ignored him, only sneered softly, and didn't even give her half a look.

"—Dragon Scale."

Just at this time, the emperor's voice sounded with a smile, "What are you waiting for, why don't you come here sooner?"

Ming Tan got up with a flick of his sleeves, let out an "eh", trotted to stand in front of the emperor, and said with a smile: "Longlin has memorized it well, please test me casually, Father!"

"Oh? You're quite ambitious," the emperor asked. "The classic you have cured is "Spring and Autumn", do you find it difficult and obscure?"

"Longlin has recently learned "Zuo Zhuan". The stories in it are quite interesting, but I don't think it is too obscure."

Ming Tan misspokenly denied something, paused, seemed to remember something, squinted his eyes and added: "I would also like to thank my father, Emperor Long En, for finding a good reading companion for me."

"The eldest girl of Lin Xiang's family is famous far and wide, and she is the best in the capital. With her and Mr. Qin here, I am very relieved of you."

The emperor clapped his hands and smiled, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Since you just said that you are studying "Chunqiu Zuozhuan" recently? Then I will test you on this."

Today's sage, Mingyi, read poetry and books when he was young, and he has been diligent in studying since he took the throne.The Four Books and Five Classics, which are closely related to governing the country, have always been memorized in his mind, and he has to read them again from time to time.Therefore, in terms of erudition, it may not be a little worse than Mr. Qin who is specialized in this field.

Ming Tan raised his head, but he was never timid, he said with high spirits: "Father, please!"

Under Lin Shurong's devil teaching policy... the endorsement has been completely taken down by her!

However, to everyone's surprise - the emperor didn't just use the original texts in the ancient books to make her shudder like other princes and princesses in the exam.

But he asked as if he had been prepared for a long time: "In the first year of the Yin Dynasty, Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan. According to Longlin, how is Gongshu Duan, the younger brother of Duke Zhuang?"

Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan, from the first article in "Spring and Autumn".This story tells that Duke Zhuang intentionally indulged his younger brother Gong Shuduan who was loved by his mother, making him arrogant and even rebellious. —— Defeated, and his mother was moved to Yingdi after that.

Ming Tan was taken aback by this unexpected question.

But she immediately came back to her senses, quickly ran through the story in her mind, pondered for a moment, raised her eyes and said bluntly: "Uncle Gong is a fool, and he is also a villain."

As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions: the princes and princesses who were not known as "Spring and Autumn" in the audience looked at each other, not knowing why; Mr. Qin frowned slightly, showing a pensive expression.

But the emperor sitting in the main seat raised his eyebrows and raised his chin with interest, signaling Ming Tan to continue talking.

The latter did not hesitate, put his hands behind his back subconsciously, frowned his eyebrows as if thinking, and said slowly: "From ancient times to the present, in the comments of all the critics, there are always people who scold Duke Zhuang angrily and lament at Uncle Gong..."

"However, in Longlin's humble opinion—Mr. Zhuang is a majestic monarch. To protect the great cause, what's wrong with him? What's even more hateful is the rebellious person who dared to rebel!"

"...!"

Mr. Qin couldn't help gasping; all the princes and princesses also held their breaths and concentrated, not daring to breathe out, never expecting Ming Tan to blurt out "rebellion" and "conspiracy".

On the side, in a corner where no one was paying attention, Ming Yao frowned, and subconsciously buried his head lower.

However, even though everyone kept secret, the emperor's expression remained unchanged, but he smiled deeper, and continued to ask: "So what about Mr. Zhuang?"

"Long Lin thinks that Duke Zhuang has not been loved by his mother since he was a child, and his younger brother has a heart of disobedience. As the eldest son and elder brother, how sad it is."

Ming Tan didn't seem to think that he was just uttering surprises just now, and still said lightly: "Old hatred and new hatred, plus the fault was originally in the uncle's section, so Zhuang Gong did not prosecute, indulged in schemes, and then used the arrogant treason The execution of those who are killed is indeed a model of kingly power, and it should be praised by the world."

"Oh?" the emperor wondered, "Don't Long Lin think that Duke Zhuang's act of killing his brother is too cruel?"

"Cruel?" Ming Tan sneered, "Let's not say that Gongshu Duan was the one who conspired against him first, but I just said Zhuang Gong—one who achieves great things should not be limited by emotion, as a king, he must focus on the overall situation— —As long as the result of the matter is correct, even if the process is cruel and ruthless, so what?"

"..."

The emperor lowered his eyes and smiled, stood up, walked slowly in front of Ming Tan, reached out and touched her head lovingly.

"Then...if I were Wu Jiang and you were Zhuang Gong, how could you be 'not as good as Huang Quan, and never meet' with me?"

Wu Jiang is Zhuang Gong's mother.

She pampered Gongshu Duan to be lawless, but she showed no pretense to Duke Zhuang.After her younger brother's rebellion was defeated, Duke Zhuang sent her far away to Yingdi, and vowed to "not see her again until Huangquan".

——But how can such a double-standard Wu Jiang deserve to be compared with her best father in the world? !

Shocked and angry, Ming Tan grabbed the emperor's arm, gritted his back teeth and said, "Wu Jiang is not kind to her mother, father and emperor must not compare her to her!"

"Yes, yes, Father is confused."

The emperor patted Ming Tan's hand reassuringly, his tone slowed down on purpose, and said softly: "But Long Lin, although father thinks most of what you say is good, you must also know that a king should not only be good at There is one more word that should be understood about the choice of tactics.”

"..." Ming Tan pursed his lips, his anger dissipated, and he raised his head in a daze, "What word?"

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Ming Tan quietly.

His eyes are heavy, like a distant ocean, as if he has gone through thousands of sails, and also seems to have experienced the cruelest wind and rain in the world.

He smiled and said lightly:

"This word is what the sages often said - benevolence."