Special gift to the shoulder, this is the Son of Heaven's honor for the old ministers, this dynasty has such a treatment since Taizu, there are only about one or twenty, and to the current emperor, there is only Ge Yong, the former Shoufu Jiang Pavilion elder did not have this treatment. Of course, according to Jiang Ge Lao's own claims to outsiders, even if he gives it, he will definitely insist on resigning, how can he be said to be old?

However, Jiang Ge always didn't have this treatment but wanted to boast of honor to show his youth, but Ge Yong was not interested in showing any courtier's character when the emperor respected his teacher. Although the emperor's carriage is indeed special, but after traveling for so many days, as soon as he arrives in the capital, he will come non-stop to face the saint, and the old man is still tired, not to mention that he will have to climb Banzai Mountain in a while!

Therefore, Ge Yong went directly to his shoulder without humility, and saw the bamboo sunshade umbrella propped up, he was familiar with the steps of these palanquin men in the palace, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and simply squinted his eyes directly and planned to take a nap.

And Zhang Shou saw that the four of them were steadily raising their shoulders and moving forward, with steady steps and very little shaking, so he turned his head and glanced at Zhu Ying and said, "It's quite far from here to Banzai Mountain, Yingying, do you want to go back to the house and wait for me first?" ”

Since he entered the palace, he found that the layout of this palace was almost no different from the Forbidden City in later generations, and it was obviously done by Emperor Taizu, who had reached the full value of the map ability. In this case, the so-called Long Live Mountain is obvious, isn't that the Jingshan Mountain behind the Forbidden City?

According to the map he is familiar with, it is not far from the Dong'anmen Gate of the Outer Imperial City to the north to the foot of Jingshan, but it still takes a little effort to climb that mountain, so why bother Zhu Ying to accompany him on this hot day?

Zhu Ying glanced at Zhang Shou with disgust, but did not speak, but looked at Chu Kuan with a smile. Under her gaze, Chu Kuan immediately smiled and said, "From Dong'anmen to Wansui Mountain, it is indeed necessary to walk for a while. If you want to go, why don't you ride a horse? Without waiting for Zhu Ying to answer, he bowed slightly to Zhang Shou and said, "Dr. Zhang's trip to Cangzhou has been hard, and the emperor has specially given you a horse to ride in the Imperial City." ”

Take a carriage all the way, even if he has to walk to Banzai Mountain at this time, although Zhang Shou feels tired, he can only admit it, and now he can save effort, of course it is the best. Therefore, he thanked the emperor for his thoughtfulness in front of Chu Kuan, and when Chu Kuan waved his hand, the two sergeants who looked like the forbidden army led two horses, and he turned over on the horse, but immediately after him, he found that someone had snatched the reins.

Chu Kuan saw that Ah Liu took the initiative to lead Zhang Shou's horse, obviously to accompany him into the palace, his eyes were slightly condensed, and then he just didn't see it, and then ordered a little eunuch who followed him to lead Zhu Ying's mount, and then he got on his horse vigorously.

As for Lu Sanlang, who was sent all the way to Dong'anmen, the emperor didn't see him, he wouldn't take the initiative to join in the excitement like Zhu Ying - he didn't have such a big face - so, after sending the ancestor teacher Xiao Shiniang into the palace, he took the two future juniors and the little peanut Guantao and directly packed the people and luggage and sent them to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Shou has entered the palace, but it is the first time to go to Wansui Mountain, and the route he took at this time is different from visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, and then going out from the back door and entering Jingshan Park. And his tourist-like behavior also attracted Zhu Ying, a part-time tour guide, to explain along the way.

"After the east to the north gate, along the river, is the six departments and the major governor's mansion of the straight room, if there is any emergency at night, you can send it to the Qianqing Palace through the Donghua Gate from this side......"

"Ah Shou, you see, the one on the east side is the inner carrier, in fact, the word "carrier" is generally omitted, which is the inner warehouse. There were many good things in it, gold and silver, precious jade, rhino horn, pearls, agate, feather yarn and satin...... All of them were obtained by royal ships that went to trade in the South Seas. When I was a child, Mingyue and I followed the emperor in, and the emperor said that as long as you like it, you can take it, as long as you can take it. ”

No matter how picky a tourist is, if there is such a beautiful and beautiful tour guide by his side, most of them will be a little more tolerant, not to mention that Zhang Shou is now equivalent to visiting the palace, which is a satisfying character with a tour guide. At this moment, he listened to Zhu Ying's introduction with great interest, and when he heard that Zhu Ying deliberately sold Guanzi, he naturally asked questions knowingly.

"Yingying, what did you take at that time?"

"I used to like all those shiny things, but my grandmother told me since I was a child that you can't be greedy." Zhu Ying smiled with crooked eyebrows, but still said Princess Yongping first, "Mingyue's girl is holding a string of pearls with a big head, what about me...... I chose a few beautiful colorful feathers and asked the craftsmen in the palace to make me a shuttlecock. ”

Zhang Shou was left to guess, and at this time he was also shocked by Zhu Ying's magical thinking when he was a child. Princess Yongping, who is still young, chose a string of pearls, which is already very modest, but for Zhu Ying, who likes beautiful clothes and beautiful jewelry, she will choose feathers that seem beautiful and rare, but are actually not so valuable, and make shuttlecocks?

"Once upon a time, when I went to another house with my grandmother, there was a girl who bullied me for not having a mother and showed off her shuttlecock. Moreover, every time the shuttlecock was broken, the emperor sent someone to choose a new feather for me. I will not lose a chance to use the inner library to choose things in exchange for the most beautiful shuttlecock in the capital. ”

Even if Chu Kuan was by his side, when talking about the old things, Zhu Ying still talked eloquently and did not shy away from them, as if there was nothing inhumane about his childhood thoughts.

And Zhang Shou thought about Zhu Ying's age at that time, and felt that it was not surprising that the little girl at that time did not love gold, silver, jewelry, and shuttlecock. There is no doubt that the shuttlecock that has always been the most beautiful in the capital should make Zhu Ying very long in childhood.

After introducing the inner carrier, Zhu Ying, a conscientious tour guide, introduced Zhang Shou to the middle study and the north flower room, and even the moat around the inner city, she also explained a lot.

It's nothing more than that Emperor Taizu thinks that such a thing as a moat is completely unnecessary for Miyagi - if there are really any rebellious soldiers and horses crossing the outer imperial city to hit Miyagi, then the emperor will hang himself directly. I don't know if it's a prophecy, anyway, the palace was occupied, once when Yingzong was in time, once in Ruizong, and it has happened twice.

As for Zhu Ying's comment that this moat didn't come in handy during the two palace riots, Chu Kuan didn't seem to hear it, and didn't say anything at all, but quietly observed Zhang Shou's reaction on the side.

However, Zhang Shou did not have superfluous emotions and comments from beginning to end, most of the time he just nodded, sighed, shook his head, and smiled, without exposing his true emotions to others at all. It wasn't until he entered the imperial garden at the east gate of the north and went around to the middle of the long live gate that Zhang Shou got off the horse, and then went to the side of the shoulder and helped Ge Yong, who had been sleeping peacefully.

On the next trip to climb the mountain, even if Ge Yong, who received the honor of the imperial shoulder, would not really sit on this shoulder to climb the long-lived mountain named by Emperor Taizu, because the implication was too taboo.

Now in the solar terms has entered the autumn, the weather is not as hot as the real summer, coupled with the long live mountain grass and trees everywhere, the road opened up on the mountain is all paved with bluestone, the trees on both sides are planted from the Taizu years, now it has long been pavilion like a cover, people walk in it, the mountain breeze blows, and finally it is still shaded.

Ge Yong has been exercising a lot on weekdays, and with Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying supporting him left and right, although he walks slowly, his feet are also steady. But just climbed all the way to the halfway up the mountain, the old man was a little unbearable, and after opening his mouth to signal to stop, he stood there panting: "Old, this mountain climbing is really not good, let me rest." ”

"The teacher came back from Cangzhou in a hurry, and I summoned you immediately without letting you rest, which is really inconsiderable."

Hearing this sudden words, Zhang Shou looked up, and saw a few familiar figures appear above the mountain road, but he saw that the emperor walked quickly here, and the three princes and the four princes followed hand in hand, and then there were several guards with knives, and in addition, there was no eunuch or palace maid.

Hurriedly came to everyone, the emperor picked up Ge Yong, who bowed and saluted, with one hand, and then bowed his head slightly to Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying to excuse himself, and then glared at Chu Kuan and said, "Didn't you give it to your shoulder?" Why do you still let the teacher climb the mountain on foot? ”

"If the minister sits on his shoulders and goes to the Long Live Mountain today, tomorrow the impeachment book will be full of the Secretary of the General Administration, why bother?" Ge Yong smiled angrily, and when he saw the third prince and the fourth prince, he said meaningfully, "Just like the emperor today only brought two little princes to climb this Banzai Mountain, this is a truth, tomorrow there are people who want to inquire or even advise on this matter." ”

"What do I care about them? It's easy to invite Old Man Jiang, the immovable Buddha, can't I relax a little? The emperor raised his eyebrows and complained angrily, "There are people who speculate about my words and deeds all day long, and they don't bother me!" ”

Ge Yong smiled, but this time he didn't persuade again, just stood there quietly.

Faced with such a teacher who didn't eat oil and salt, the emperor couldn't help but tug the short beard of the spirit on his chin boringly, and then beckoned the third prince and the fourth prince to step forward: "San Lang, Shi Lang, haven't you seen your ancestor and teacher yet?" ”

The third prince and the fourth prince just heard Ge Yong say that his father should not take them to Wanshou Mountain alone, and they were all a little aggrieved in their hearts. But when they heard that the emperor asked them to come to see the teacher, the two immediately came forward honestly side by side and saluted respectfully. But when they saw Zhang Shou, the outspoken four princes saw Zhang Shou coming up to support them, so he grabbed Zhang Shou's sleeve.

"Teacher, can't you really come back to teach me and the third brother?"

Zhang Shou was suddenly a little stunned, especially after seeing that the third prince also looked at him with eager eyes. He didn't expect that he had only taught the third and fourth princes for half a year, and he would get such recognition and expectations.

After thinking about it in his heart, he didn't look at the emperor's expression at this time, but just gently touched the head of the fourth prince, and then, when he saw that the third prince also showed anticipation, he also rubbed the little head of the third prince by the way.

After the two strokes on the head, he smiled and said, "There are not many things I can teach you." ”

Without waiting for the Fourth Prince to object, he continued: "Recently, I have been helping the teacher compile arithmetic and physics textbooks, so that more people can come into contact with the world outside the Four Books and Five Classics. And I will soon recruit the second batch of inmates of Jiuzhangtang, so that more talented people who could not see the way forward because they only took the four books and five classics in the imperial examination in the past have another hope. ”

"So, I'll be too busy to teach you wholeheartedly. What you need is a wholehearted gentleman, not a half-hearted person like me, who sometimes writes books, sometimes tinkers with interesting inventions, and sometimes, like this time, is sent by the emperor to see if there is anything he can help...... You can come to me at any time if you have any questions, and you don't have to be a teacher. ”

The eyes of the fourth prince with strong expectations finally gradually dimmed.

He hung his head deeply and said in a strong and unwilling tone: "But teacher, you are different from other gentlemen. ”

Is it different...... Because there is only one me in the world now, but if there are many teachers like me in the world every day, then the world will really undergo earth-shaking changes. Europe is about to end the dark and long Middle Ages and usher in an era of vigorous development, and if the people of the world cannot change their thinking at this time, then this backwardness will be hundreds of years.

Zhang Shou squatted down so that he could look at the two little princes in front of him with very good qualifications, and then said word by word: "If you want me to become your teacher, there is actually another way." That is to pass the entrance exam and be admitted to Jiuzhangtang. ”

At that moment, the eyes of the four princes, which had already dimmed, burst out with an incomparable light. Not only him, but even the third prince who had just let the four princes take the lead. The latter, who has always been well-behaved, even got carried away and shouted: "Is this true, teacher? ”

"Naturally, take it seriously!" Zhang Shou stretched out his fingers with a smile and said extremely calmly, "If you don't believe it, you can pull the hook!" ”

Before the words came out, he suddenly realized that these were two princes raised in the deep palace, and they probably wouldn't know about this kind of folk trick like pulling hooks. But before he could take his little finger back, he saw that the fourth prince did not hesitate to stretch out his little finger and hook him, followed by the third prince also hurriedly joined.

The two little ones also shouted in almost the same rhythm: "Hook and hang, you must not change for a hundred years!" ”

Ge Yong, who had been quietly watching from the sidelines, only at this time did he glance at the emperor and quipped in a low voice: "Should the minister say that if there is a father, there must be a son?" ”

I think when the Queen Mother handed over the emperor to him to teach, God knows what kind of skin monkey it was! He didn't know how much he had to think of to put such a creature in front of his desk to read well, but he still couldn't pull the hook with him at every turn, for fear that he would be fooled by nonsense—and he didn't want to think about whether such a child's thing as a hook would be useful if he was really fooled?

Zhu Ying noticed that the emperor hurriedly helped Ge Yong to go up the mountain, so she stepped forward and pulled the third prince and the fourth prince one by one, and then said with a smile: "Since the agreement is made, then remember to study hard in the future, Ah Shou must be looking forward to seeing you in Jiuzhangtang!" ”