The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The last sutra feast in the first half of the year was hosted by Yan Chengjin, and it may not be held again until after March.

Yan Chengjin selected twenty lecture topics and humbly asked Cheng Minzheng for advice.

He also predicted various possibilities such as Emperor Hongzhi might come to listen, Li Dongyang would ask questions, Zhu Houzhao would cause trouble, etc., and prepared many countermeasures, hoping that it would end successfully.

In the Wenhua Palace,

Before the lecture began, Yan Chengjin bowed slightly to the Hanlin bachelor present, the other lecturers at Jingyan, and Zhu Houzhao, and then began to lecture.

He is talking about Saint Meng.

Yan Chengjin and Cheng Minzheng had an in-depth discussion, and the two parties exchanged opinions on Mencius's lectures. It can be said that they completely mastered Kung Fu.

"Abandon your armor and follow your soldiers and walk away, maybe stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps. The profound meaning is that..."

The Hanlin scholars listened with great interest and nodded in agreement from time to time.

Zhu Houzhao on the side was sleeping soundly with his head propped up.

Yan Chengjin gushed: "A gentleman has three kinds of happiness: parents and brothers, brothers for no reason, just the same happiness. Your Highness the Prince... Your Highness the Prince?" This bitch was actually sleeping.

Zhu Houzhao woke up slowly, opened his eyes, and saw Lao Gao standing in front of him, confused: "Lao Gao, did you call me me just now?"

Li Dongyang and others sighed. His Highness the Crown Prince was insatiable for such in-depth knowledge and could not help but shake his head in despair.

Yan Chengjin said: "I would like to ask Your Highness to answer. What did Cai Chen mean when he said that a gentleman has three joys?"

Zhu Houzhao was not happy: "You said that there is no need to ask questions during the Sutra banquet, so I fell asleep!"

If I don't ask any questions, will you just sleep?

Yan Chengjin really wanted to take a piece of tofu and die together with Zhu Houzhao, and die cleanly.

Zhu Houzhao was also secretly angry. Lao Gao, this bitch, wanted to find trouble with me when I wasn't paying attention. Yan Chengjin winked at him and said, "Look at the window." Zhu Houzhao turned his head disdainfully. The next moment, he immediately Sit up straight.

Father is here!

Emperor Hongzhi, with his hands behind his back, appeared at the door of Wenhua Palace at some unknown time, with only half of his body exposed.

Zhu Houzhao said honestly: "Lao Gao, what did you ask me about just now? If I know, I will definitely answer your questions."

Could it be that I don’t know about my own problems? Who are you insulting, Zhu Houzhao?

If His Majesty wasn't watching...

Yan Chengjin said nonchalantly: "What I'm asking is, what does the sage mean by the three pleasures of a gentleman? Also, during the Sutra banquet, please Your Highness not to call me 'Lao Gao', but to call me by my first name, Yan Chengjin." , also known as 'Yan Qing's family'."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

Zhu Houzhao said oh.

After racking his brains to think about it, his eyes suddenly lit up: "I remembered it. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness: his parents exist, his brothers have no reason, the first kind of happiness is one, he can look up to heaven and be worthy of it, and he can't bow down to others. The second kind of happiness is obtained. Educating the talented people in the world is the third kind of happiness, am I right?”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded again, showing a smile of relief like an old father.

Li Dongyang stroked his beautiful beard with a smile on his lips.

Yan Chengjin nodded: "Your Highness is right."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said something, which almost made Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang so angry that they went to heaven.

"But I feel that what the saint said is wrong!"

"My father's pleasure is to govern the country. This joy is not included in the three joys of a gentleman. Everyone in the world calls my father a king and father. A king's father is naturally a gentleman. Lao Gao, do you think the saint made a mistake somewhere?"

What a black hole!

Zhu Houzhao showed a triumphant smile.

Yan Chengjin inadvertently flashed a sneer. There was no point in beating Zhu Houzhao himself.

Just listen to the next moment, Emperor Hongzhi walked into the hall at a snail's pace and said coldly: "I think you are itchy! The Yanqing family has good intentions. Do you know that the three pleasures of a gentleman contain the royal way to govern the world? You How dare you treat me like a child's play!"

Yan Chengjin is as stable as an old dog, so why would he talk about Meng Shengren's Three Joys of a Gentleman for no reason.

It contains a broad and profound way of governing the country.

It is a pity that Zhu Houzhao did not understand its deeper meaning.

After the three joys of a gentleman, there is another sentence: A gentleman has three joys, but the king of the world does not keep them.

Meaning, with these three pleasures, what does ruling the world mean?

As Zhu Houzhao said, the three joys of a gentleman do not include governing the country. On the contrary, it means teaching the people of the world to be an honest gentleman and not to think about making fans all day long. The throne is meaningless.

This is the royal way contained in the three pleasures of a gentleman!

Zhu Houzhao still refused to give up and retorted: "Er Chen asked Lao Gao. You let Lao Gao answer. Er Chen guarantees that he will definitely not be able to answer."

Emperor Hongzhi felt as if smoke was coming out from all his orifices, but he laughed instead.

Okay, Zhu Houzhao, he didn’t even listen to what I said.

"Thank you for your help, sirs. Please retreat. The prince will stay."

I still have a lot to say...

Yan Chengjin anticipated various possibilities, but he did not expect that the last scripture feast would end in this way.

The civil servants dispersed, and Yan Chengjin also returned to Hanyuan.

After being beaten by Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was unconvinced and dragged his 'sick body' to Hanyuan. He angrily said to Yan Chengjin: "I ask you, why don't you help me?"

"Because I also feel that His Highness deserves a beating."

Zhu Houzhao's butt suddenly stopped hurting and he was ready to have a big fight with Yan Chengjin!

Dare to say this, Yan Chengjin naturally has a way to deal with it.

Zhu Houzhao is not a donkey. If you follow him and reason with him, you will not understand his logic. You have to follow God's logic.

"Your Majesty is the emperor first, and then you are a gentleman. Of course, the emperor has the responsibility to govern the world. From now on, the prince will do the same. Moreover, your majesty said that among the three pleasures of a gentleman, there is a way to govern the country. Your highness may wish to ask your majesty for advice."

What is the royal way? This is the final decision of Emperor Hongzhi, and it is not something he can discuss casually.

Even when he was talking about the Sutra Banquet just now, Yan Chengjin only pointed out its superficial meaning and did not dare to comment on the deeper meaning.

"Your Majesty is worried about the troubles around Liaoyang City. It would be better for your Majesty to avoid getting into trouble with him if he is fine."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes shone with excitement: "I heard from the British Duke, are you going to attack the Haixi people?"

………

Outside Liaoyang City, the wind howled and stirred up waves of loess.

The houses outside the city have long been looted, and there is no one left. A few old trees stand on both sides of the official road.

Zhang Mao stood on the city wall: "Where is Vice General Wang? Let him prepare to send troops quickly!"

The soldier said: "General Wang said that we should take a rest first."

Liaoyang Mansion prepared troops in the Yamen.

The march was inconvenient. At this time, Wang Yue finally opened the book sent by Yan Chengjin.

There is a folded page in the book, the chapter is called Duan Dayi.

Wang Yue read this chapter. This chapter was about a case of official deception uncovered by Bao Gong when he was the supervisory censor. He concealed the truth and caused a catastrophe.

In many dynasties, it often happened that officials deceived their superiors.

Wang Yue himself also wrote a book, and he could tell at a glance that Yan Kesong must have read it in some classic, and then compiled it into a story and wrote it in. He didn't care.

But I saw that there was another letter written by Yan Chengjin.

"Sir, since the Jianzhou Jurchens came to seek compatibility and asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, they should send envoys to negotiate. How could a large army come to threaten the border? There are many unclear things in this. I am afraid that the border guards deliberately concealed the truth, as if It’s the same as in righteousness.”

Wang Yue became more serious. The loss of his title had a lot to do with the border ministers deceiving the enemy.

After reading Duan Dayi again, the best way this kid said was to let him go out of the city to negotiate with Jianzhou Jurchens.

Yan Chengjin was well aware of the causes and consequences of this turmoil. The leader of the Jurchens who came to the city this time was Mengge Temur. His original intention was to punish Shanggu by the court.

Shang Gu was the son of another Jurchen tribe leader. He controlled the issue of Jurchen tribute to the court. He only allowed his own tribe to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and did not allow other Jurchen leaders to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to gain the exclusive favor of the Ming Dynasty, and the border ministers of the Ming Dynasty had relations with him. It's so good that it means being blinded.

Restoring iron tools worthy of trade was only the secondary purpose of Mengge Tamerlane.

After all, the historical materials were written by later generations, and Yan Chengjin did not dare to conclude.

Wang Yue immediately burned the books and notes and asked Chen Yao, the governor of Liaodong, "Who is the leader of Haixi who is suppressing the border outside?"

"Mengge Temur" Chen Yao said.

Wang Yue continued to ask: "Have you sent an envoy here?"

"No." Chen Yao dodges a little.

"Really not?"

Chen Yao insisted: "No."

Wang Yue's eyes flickered and he came to the wall of Liaoyang City.

Zhang Mao urged: "The journey is tiring. If you feel unwell, I can send troops alone."

"Wait a minute!" Wang Yue said: "I will lead the people there first this time. I think there is something fishy about it."

Zhang Mao was a little confused.

Who is Wang Yue? No one has bought it in the previous dynasty, and he is afraid that he will not be able to get a British prince.

Wang Yue was persuasive: "The Duke is the commander-in-chief of this campaign. If we do not lose our troops to quell the chaos, the greatest credit goes to the Duke. Why not let me give it a try. If I die outside the city, it will not be too late for the Duke to send troops again." "

It makes sense, but no matter how you listen to it, it sounds like a daydream.

Chen Yao, the governor of Liaodong, was worried: "Does Mr. Wang want to defeat thousands of people with one and sweep away thousands of troops?"

Wang Yue ignored him and ordered his subordinates to get the green steel sword and carry his beloved bow named Wanshi Gong on his back.

"Give me three days. If you don't pay back in three days, you will definitely die outside. Please ask your father-in-law to settle the funeral arrangements."

Wang Yue's move was so bold that Zhang Mao was stunned. He was not an indecisive person. Seeing his persistence, he immediately ordered someone to open the city gate.

He had originally despised Wang Yue, a civilian official who had been promoted to a military general, but now he began to admire him.

I saw Wang Yue running out of the city with five of his own soldiers.

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