(130) The education level of Zhu Changluo's father and son
Many people like to take the Wanli Emperor, and it is not good to let Zhu Changluo go out of the cabinet to study, proving that Zhu Changluo is semi-illiterate.
Zhu Changluo did not go out to study for the first time until he was 13 years old, and then dropped out of school for a long time. At the age of 19, he was ordered to go out of the cabinet to study, and after that, he read intermittently and was confined to the palace for a long time. Therefore, he did not receive a good systematic cultural education. (Excerpt from Yan Chongnian's "Sixty Years of the Ming Dynasty and QingXing")
The problem is that going out of the cabinet to read and study are two completely different things. The political significance and ceremonial significance of reading out of the cabinet are far greater than its practical significance.
In February of the following year, the ceremony of the crown prince leaving the cabinet was completed, and everything was like the etiquette of the Eastern Palace, and the court inside and outside felt comforted. (Excerpt from "Vernacular Ming Shi Wang Xijue")
From this passage, we can roughly know what it means to go out of the cabinet to read.
As long as Zhu Changluo went out to study, even if he was not crowned as a prince, he began to enjoy the treatment of a prince. In other words, what everyone is fighting with is not whether Zhu Changluo has the opportunity to study, but whether Zhu Changluo can enjoy the treatment of a prince.
As for Zhu Youxiao (Emperor of the Apocalypse), the history books have not said that he went out to study in the cabinet, so many people directly believe that Zhu Youxiao was illiterate.
It is no wonder that the historian Meng Sen said: "Xi Zong is the most foolish to the ignorant tong Meng" (Meng Sen's "Lecture Notes on the History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties"). Some scholars even claim that Xi Guangzong's illiterate son, illiterate, and unaware of state affairs (Zhu Dongrun, Chen Zilong and His Time). (Excerpt from Fan Shuzhi's "Biography of Chongzhen")
If it is said that The education level of His Majesty the Emperor is similar to that of Duke Wei, it seems to be very cruel, but it is a fact, the reason why Tianqi grew up to be quasi-illiterate (not much literacy) is, in the final analysis, it is the disaster caused by Wanli.
Wanli has not established a prince for decades, the prince has not been uneasy for decades, he can't figure it out, even if he can take care of his son, his son can't take care of it, even if he can take care of his grandson's study, he tosses and turns around like this, and tosses the apocalypse into a carpenter. (Excerpt from Mingyue's "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty")
As far as I understand it, people who hold similar views, whether historians or history buffs, are somewhat satisfying the sense of cheap superiority.
Thinking that Zhu Changluo's father and son were semi-illiterate, they didn't want to think about it, the emperor didn't let the prince and the prince read, so what did he let the prince and grandson idle in the palace every day? Let them play games and learn carpentry in the palace every day? The emperor is also too genius!
More importantly, even if the Wanli Emperor did not want the crown prince and grandson to study, how could the empress dowager allow the Wanli Emperor to do this? Wanli became emperor at the age of ten and grew up under the strict requirements of the empress dowager.
The empress dowager taught the emperor quite strictly. The emperor may not read, that is, summon the envoy to kneel. Every time the imperial sermon is served, the order is followed by the speaker to speak first. In the event of the dynasty, the fifth went to the emperor's bedchamber, called "emperor rises", sat on the left and right of the emperor, took the water as a noodle, and climbed out of the emperor. (Excerpt from "Ming Shi Hou Concubine")
Even if the emperor does not let the prince and grandson read, the empress dowager does not let the prince and grandson read?
You must know that the mother of the Wanli Emperor died in the forty-second year of the Wanli Calendar. In other words, when the empress dowager died, the prince was 33 years old and the grandson was 10 years old. More importantly, Zhu Changluo's ability to become the crown prince was achieved under the initiative of the empress dowager.
With the support of such a strong empress dowager, the Wanli Emperor had several heads, and dared not let the prince and the prince receive a first-class education?
The Wanli Emperor dared not let the crown prince and grandson receive a first-class education. The empress dowager didn't have to speak at all, and ran directly to Emperor Taizu's tablet and cried, which would also scare Wanli to her knees. Because you are tossing and turning like this, are you not clearly trying to destroy the family property earned by Emperor Taizu?
As a prince, at the age of six or seven, he must start reading. It's not a question of whether they want to read or not, it's that they have to read. Because within the court, there must be a strict education system that binds them.
In fact, don't say that the prince and the grandson, that is, the eunuchs and palace women in the palace, also have the opportunity to receive systematic education.
The young eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, when they reached school age and performed well, would be singled out to attend school. And once they have this opportunity, these little eunuchs will certainly be very happy. Because it means that they don't have to do chores later. Knowledge can change their fate, although it cannot change their fate of continuing to be eunuchs, but it can make them sit in the office later.
Not all little eunuchs will get this opportunity. Can a little eunuch get this opportunity without showing a joyful appearance?
Watching the little eunuchs happily go to the academy to study. Grandchildren, but can only stand outside the door of the academy, poor Baba fantasy, if one day, I can also go to the academy, then how good! What is this scene called? Isn't that challenging human intelligence?
So usually the situation is that the little eunuchs who do chores every day will be blind and look at the little eunuchs who can go to school with envious eyes. Because everyone is a eunuch and people have the opportunity to study, why don't I have the opportunity to study? People can sit in the office later, why can we only do chores?
What Zhu Changluo is 39 years old and Zhu Youxue is 16 years old, but he has never received a formal education, that is the genius imagination of some people.
Many people look at history in order to satisfy a sense of cheap superiority. So I always feel that those big historical figures are like fools. So I always felt that if I traveled back, I could do the same. Actually? You really have this kind of ability, directly in the real world, you can show your fists and feet.
It is safe to say that Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxue both received first-class education.
It was not a question of whether they wanted to be educated or not, nor whether the emperor wanted him to be educated. Rather, the basic management system of the court determined that when they reached school age, they had to be educated. Because they are not born ordinary people, they have more responsibilities than ordinary people.
The point is that the emperor's family is not bad for these tuition fees, so it will never delay the study of the emperor's grandson. In other words, the children of ordinary people's families began to go to school at the age of seven or eight; when the eunuchs reached the age of seven or eight, they all began to go to school; how could the age at which the emperor and grandson received education later than them?
These princes and grandchildren have received first-class education since they were young, and no one dares to guarantee that they can become qualified emperors and princes. Therefore, Emperor Taizu naturally institutionalized the relevant education.
In other words, the education of the crown prince and grandson must be highly valued, because even so, no one can guarantee that the empire can be passed on forever for the first, second, and ten thousand generations; if even this kind of thing is not highly valued, then the demise of the empire will certainly be counted down.
Many of us always feel that the emperor's sons and grandsons can be eaten with white-faced rice and egg stew, and they will not worry about employment problems, so the emperor will certainly not care about their studies, and they will certainly not study hard. Actually? This is the standard genius imagination. Because in the real world, which rich and powerful child have we seen grow up like this?
In the real world, which parent does not want their child to win at the starting line, so the child has just been able to walk, and he has begun to learn early and greedily. It is by no means the children of poor families who will not be able to show up like this, and even the rich and powerful children will not be able to show up like this.
When the Wanli Emperor was ten years old and needed to go to the court, at four or five o'clock in the morning, the empress dowager urged him to get up. The school schedule is full every day, and if he is a little lazy in reading, the empress dowager will punish him for not being able to kneel.
Which parent does not want the child to lose at the starting line, ordinary parents hope that the son of the empress dowager has become a dragon, but the empress dowager's requirements for him are not slack. Because the emperor was in charge of such a large family business, he did not have enough ability and willpower to take care of it. The emperor and the empress dowager have always strictly demanded them, and they may still lose the family, if they are not strictly required, then what will be the reward?
There is no doubt that the crown prince and grandchildren will certainly receive a first-class education. If anyone doubts this, they may wish to think about it, in the real world, there are only conditions, which parent does not let their children receive the best education?
More importantly, the royal family has many institutionalized and ceremonial things, urging the prince and grandson to learn every day. For example, when seeing that the prince's grandson was obsessed with playing, the eunuch would recite Taizu's teachings in time. All in all, study well and improve every day; if you don't study for three days, you can't catch up with Liu Shaoqi.
If the eunuch did not recite the relevant teachings in time, the emperor, empress, and empress dowager would hold the eunuchs responsible.
The emperor, the empress, and the empress dowager, out of trust, let you take care of the life of the prince and grandson, and you do not fulfill your obligations well, but the prince and grandson do not do their business. What are you trying to do?
Not to mention, you may be punished for it. More importantly, even if the emperor, empress, and empress dowager don't punish you, and let others take care of the prince and grandson tomorrow, you will lose money. Because this kind of opportunity is not available to everyone?
It can be said that whoever gets this opportunity will also cherish it, because if you seize this opportunity, the future will certainly be bright. What catches the jackpot of five million, that's a fart. Even if you seize the 100 million yuan jackpot, compared with this opportunity, it is also too far away.
Therefore, the eunuchs who take care of the prince's grandchildren usually try their best not to be guilty. Everything is obvious, you are bent on pleasing the emperor, the empress, and the empress, and you may annoy the prince and grandson. If you blindly curry favor with the crown prince and grandson, it is possible to make the emperor, empress, and empress dowager think that you are derelict in your duties. Therefore, they will try their best to make the prince's grandson's academic achievements.
Of course, if the prince's grandson wanted to play games and sleep late, the eunuch would tell him to do his studies well. Otherwise, if the emperor, empress, and empress dowager ask me, I can't afford to be guilty, and you will also be criticized. Besides, you are not an ordinary person, and you are responsible for jiangshan sheji. People like us are destined to leave no names in history, you will certainly leave names in history, and you must be responsible for your historical image.
The emperor, empress, and empress dowager occasionally asked about the study of the prince's grandson, and the prince's grandson answered like a stream, and they naturally thought that the relevant eunuchs were not derelict in their duties; the emperor, empress, and empress dowager occasionally asked about the study of the prince's grandson, and the prince and grandson did not know three questions, and naturally thought that the relevant eunuchs were derelict in their duties.
The point is that when the prince and grandson reach the time when the book is used, they will naturally know whether this eunuch who takes care of his own life has dereliction of duty.
Many people always felt that as long as the eunuchs could accompany the emperor to eat, drink and have fun, they would be used by the emperor. In fact, this is pure nonsense. To take the simplest example, if you become a company boss tomorrow, will you let someone who has no professional skills and will only accompany you to eat, drink and have fun, and assist you in managing the company? Or even managing the company for you? You certainly won't. Because, your head has not been kicked by a donkey, the problem is, the emperor's head has been kicked by a donkey?
As for the crown prince's grandson, once he went out of the cabinet to study, it was even more remarkable. Because the teachers of the prince's grandson are not ordinary people.
Their requirements for the prince and grandson will be stricter and more formal. Because they must formulate a systematic study plan for the prince and grandson, and they must plan and package for the prince and grandson. All in all, let anyone see that the crown prince and grandson are also excellent heirs to the throne.
As the concubine of the crown prince's grandson, whether it is a eunuch or an official. Only when they fulfill this responsibility will the emperor, the empress, and the empress dowager be satisfied. More importantly, they will only reuse them after the crown prince and grandson take the throne.
If they cannot do this when educating and assisting the prince and grandson, after the prince and grandson take the throne, they will definitely feel that at their level, they are worthy of going out to play soy sauce. So what future do they have?
Because court life is more mysterious, people see only one more bizarre fairy tale than one. All in all, it seems that the people there have very low IQs, so neither the prince nor the grandson has the opportunity to receive formal education.
What is even more amazing is that some people actually believe that after Zhu Changluo becomes the crown prince, he will not get any love in the palace.
You travel back in time, enter the palace, and see Zhu Changluo's father and son, how will you treat them? I dare say that you will certainly try to get close to them in any way you can. Why? There is no need to explain at all, because it is the individual who will know. The problem was that some people believed that the people in the palace at that time did not even understand this kind of truth. No wonder many people like to fantasize about crossing, because in that kind of society where all fools are, it's too difficult for you to be underdeveloped.
The bureaucratic clique at that time described Zhu Youxiao as a genius idiot (his mind was extremely skillful, but he did not understand anything), which was nothing more than to deny Wei Zhongxian's convenience. Since Zhu Youxiao was a genius idiot, all of Wei Zhongxian's actions were naturally his own tossing and turning.
In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the so-called "castration party" was the legendary imperial party at that time. Because they are all doing things according to the will of the little emperor. In fact, without zhu you's support, the so-called "castration party" became a lost dog at that time.