The layout of the rooms in the school was basically the same. Zhu Yijun's room was the same. He said that he was going to see Zhang Jianxiu's room, but in fact, Zhu Yijun just wanted to chat with Zhang Jianxiu.
Zhu Yijun valued Zhang Jianxiu very much. After all, he was the son of Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Jianxiu was a little reserved. After all, he was facing the emperor!
After hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Zhang Jianxiu nodded. He hadn't come back to his senses from the previous matter of the room allocation.
Before coming here, Zhang Juzheng had told Zhang Jianxiu to get in touch with him more and influence him more. However, he was not used to living together.
"Jianxiu, what do you study at home?"
After entering the room, Zhu Yijun smiled and sat on the chair. Seeing Zhang Jianxiu standing next to him obediently, Zhu Yijun said helplessly, "Sit down and talk."
"We will be classmates for a long time here in the future. Didn't I say that in the school, we are only classmates?"
Although he said that, who dared to do that!
Although Zhang Jianxiu cursed in his heart, he still nodded and sat down. "After enlightening, I learned the Four Classics and studied the Spring and Autumn Annals."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Of course, he knew that it was for the imperial examination. The Four Classics were compulsory. Choosing one of the five classics was called learning.
Zhang Jianxiu studied the Spring and Autumn Annals, which was one of the five classics in the future.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Have you learned the six arts?"
The six arts of a gentleman in the Confucian school were etiquette, music, archery, imperial control, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Among the six arts of a gentleman, etiquette was needless to say. Archery was shooting arrows. Imperial control was driving a carriage. In the past, chariots were used in wars, so they had to drive a carriage.
The Confucian school also paid attention to the all-round development of the literary style, but most scholars nowadays were neglected.
In the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Confucian school still paid attention to the cultivation of generals and ministers. It was said that if one could be a good minister in the court, one could be a good general after leaving the court.
However, in the Song Dynasty, the Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu flourished. In addition, the civil officials suppressed the military generals, and the scholar-bureaucrats rose up all of a sudden. After all, the status of the military generals was too low, and they were directly trampled into the mud.
Now that there were no war chariots, they had to ride horses. There weren't many Confucian scholars who could ride horses anymore. Most of them rode in palanquins.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, people still rode horses or rode carriages. It was not advocated to treat humans as animals. By this time, it was already very loose.
There was no need to mention calligraphy. Without a good stroke, one would not even have a chance to take the imperial examinations.
When Zhu Yijun mentioned the Six Arts of a Gentleman, the focus was naturally on mathematics. Compared to the Four Books and Five Classics, mathematics was more important.
However, Zhu Yijun's question made Zhang Jianxiu feel a little awkward. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I've learned a little of everything, but it's just a little shallow."
Zhu Yijun naturally didn't believe it. He didn't have much hope anyway, so he smiled and said, "Our academy teaches the Six Arts of a Gentleman. You can slowly learn them in the future.
In the next few days, there will be a mock test here. "
"Mock test?" Zhang Jianxiu was stunned. What the hell was this mock test?
"We have to understand what everyone has learned so that we can teach them according to their aptitude."
Zhu Yijun didn't want to talk about this anymore. He looked outside and said with a smile, "Let's go. Change your clothes. It's time to eat."
Zhang Jianxiu naturally didn't dare to object. After sending Zhu Yijun off, he went back to change his clothes.
The cafeteria was located in the courtyard at the back. When Zhu Yijun and Zhang Jianxiu arrived, the others had already arrived.
They were in groups of three or five talking about something. When they saw Zhu Yijun come in, they quickly stood up and bowed.
Looking at these people who were wearing the same clothes, Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Alright, you can all rise!
Didn't I say before that in the academy, I'm just your classmate? You're not allowed to bow in the future. "
After hearing Zhu Yijun's words, although everyone stood up, no one dared to sit down.
Zhu Yijun naturally couldn't demand of them like the universities in the future. He still had to show them the respect they deserved. Thus, he smiled and said, "Sit down!"
Looking at Zhang Cheng behind him, Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's eat!"
Zhang Cheng agreed and extended his hand to call the eunuchs and maids to start the meal.
The meal was very simple. There were four dishes and one soup, two meat dishes and two vegetables.
Of course, it only looked simple. With the royal chef's cooking, it was naturally very delicious.
This was the first meal. There would be more styles later on, and people could choose whatever they wanted.
In the next few days, the academy conducted a mock test.
Actually, Zhu Yijun also understood that these little fellows were talking about probing their background. They had basically gone to school already.
They were all literate and had simple enlightenment. Some were better and had learned the four books, while others had just started learning the Analects of Confucius.
However, Zhu Yijun didn't care about this. It was good enough that they could read. He didn't need to teach them how to read, which saved a lot of effort.
Zhu Yijun was busy with the affairs of the academy, and the court also stabilized. However, another thing happened, which was to give the Empress Dowager a title.
Now that the emperor was also stable, this matter naturally had to be put on the agenda.
The Ministry of Rites naturally followed the rules and gave Empress Dowager Chen the title of Benevolent Saint Empress Dowager.
This was according to the rules, so there was nothing to say. However, it would be good if it was really like this.
However, everyone knew that although Empress Chen was the legal mother, she was not the biological mother of the emperor.
If the legal mother was given a title, what about the biological mother?
There had already been news in the palace that Lee Myung-bak would be given a title.
Feng Bao and the other eunuchs also tried their best to promote it. This was an opportunity to please Lee Myung-bak.
There was a foul atmosphere in the court. There were many people who opposed it, but there were also some who supported it.
In a private room on the second floor of the Fortune Tower in the capital, two people were meeting.
These two people were actually a pair of sworn brothers. There were so many sworn brothers in the world, but this pair of brothers was not ordinary. They were prominent figures in the entire capital.
Sitting on the left side of the table was Dongchang's Qianhu, Xu Jue. He was the confidant of Feng Bao, the most powerful eunuch in the court.
On the right side was a middle-aged man with a mustache, wearing a light blue long gown and a square headscarf. At this time, he was playing with a teacup in his hand and sipping slowly. This man was Zhang Juzheng's housekeeper, You Chi.
Xu Jue and You Qi were brothers. They had just become sworn brothers yesterday, and they had burned yellow paper for each other.
"Big Brother, I've brought godfather's words."
Putting down the teacup in his hand, Xu Jue said with a smile, "Godfather said that the title of the Empress Dowager must be given. If the emperor's biological mother does not have the title of the Empress Dowager, the palace will not be happy."
You Chi also put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "Please rest assured, Eunuch Feng. I will report this to my grandfather."
"That's good!" Xu Jue also smiled. He knew that since You Chi said so, this matter was basically almost settled.