Is this really sending the country to study?

Although since ancient times, there have been many cases of the major states of the past dynasties sending people to Taixue or Guozijian to study, but Zhang Shou remembers that in the Ming Dynasty in history, although the Li dynasty seemed to be obedient, in fact, there were many people who hid their secrets on the Jurchen issue, and they wanted to establish their own prestige and influence among the Jurchen tribes at every turn, and at the same time resisted the overall Chineseization, so they ......

Therefore, the Korean royal family has been to the capital of Daming, but they have not entered the Guozijian much! Don't look at the period from Yongle to Renxuan, Korean tribute virgins and eunuchs are really popular, but large-scale study in Guozijian is mainly during the Hongwu period, and the children of the royal family do not come out easily, after all, if you take the sea route, there was a boat capsizing incident in the early years of Hongwu, and there were at least dozens of people who died.

As for how many students from Lee's North Korea were after Hongwu, he didn't know very well, he couldn't see the history of his country, and he was not so idle at the beginning, how could he study how many foreigners came to study?

So, at this moment, Zhang Shou couldn't help but stare at the cramped sedan chair that seemed to him to be really shabby to the extreme, and wondered in his heart, who was this so-called Shanjun. However, his Korean dramas are really insufficient, and the history of the Li Dynasty is too long, and the emperor's lineage table is probably only known by experts, so he finally gave up.

Moreover, even if a person is a certain Korean king in history, it is ...... What's the matter with him? Therefore, he glared at Zhang Chen and signaled people to stop talking nonsense, but said indifferently: "It turned out to be the Goryeo Mountain King, who was able to come from afar to study in the country, and he was really thirsty for knowledge." The weather is cold, if you want to get off the sedan chair at the city gate and ride a horse, please dress thicker. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then continued to say calmly: "Just now Zhang Chen argued with the mission, it was not that he was arrogant Meng Lang and was anxious to return to the city, but that he had accompanied the four princes to study abroad for a full month, and we were now in a hurry to send the four princes back to the palace to report to the emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince." The mountain gentleman and the envoy might as well walk slowly, and we will take the first step. ”

After saying this, Zhang Shou glanced at Ah Liu, and then beckoned the other guards to follow, and immediately turned his horse and left, but he didn't intend to continue to waste time on this Goryeo mission.

And Zhang Chen, who had been taking the lead just now, deliberately lagged behind at this time, and said with a smile: "The four princes never sit in a sedan chair, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never sits in a sedan chair, and he is the East Palace, and he once rode a horse from the capital to a certain Zhuangzi in Tongzhou to visit the four princes who were going to the countryside to help study. This Shan Jun, you are too squeamish! ”

Seeing that Zhang Chen left these words and walked away, he couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly. He came to the silent sedan chair, leaned down slightly, and whispered: "Zheshanjun, this eldest prince used to be quite rude to the king, so please don't worry about him in general." This time, my country is a tribute girl, and I will send you to study in the Ming Dynasty, and it is best not to make extraneous branches. ”

There was only a slight sound of breathing in the carriage, but no consent or refusal could be heard, which made him feel a little embarrassed, and then quietly rode away, and ordered the rest of the mission to continue on his way. Not to mention the sedan chair, this mountain gentleman, is himself, and he often rides the sedan chair on weekdays, especially when riding a horse in this cold day, the taste is even more uncomfortable.

And most importantly...... The cost of using a horse-drawn carriage or riding, feeding a horse and maintaining a carriage is much higher than the cost of carrying a sedan chair for those lowly untouchables.

In the cramped sedan chair, a weak young man wearing a heavy fur and about eleven or twelve years old sat cross-legged, although he was holding a hand stove in his hand, his face still looked a little pale.

After each generation of kings ascended the throne, they had to send a child of the royal family to study in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which was the rule set by Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty when he was canonized as the king of Goryeo, and after the generations of emperors, he reiterated again and again, even if the country had already imitated the Ming Dynasty Guozijian to set up the Sungkyun Hall, but still could not carry this Ming ancestral system.

Although the kings of the past dynasties have tried to let the Ming side be able to change the so-called Goryeo country name to Korea, however, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are extremely stubborn, and they are always not allowed, and Liaodong is densely packed with soldiers and horses, and the Jurchens are suppressed at the slightest change, and there are many disputes in the Goryeo Kingdom, and it is difficult for the civil and military ministers to work together, so they can only serve the Celestial Empire cautiously, and dare not act rashly.

Although there were disputes in the Ming Dynasty, every time he seized the throne, it ended too quickly, so fast that Goryeo didn't have time to take the opportunity to make a gain. And from Yingzong to Ruizong, the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to sweep the Mongols and Jurchens on the border. Faced with that kind of situation where the army was pressing, how could Goryeo dare not continue to send the royal family into the country's prison? After all, studying for three or five years is not a lifetime.

Although this situation has occasionally been an exception to this situation in the past hundred years due to the internal strife of the Ming Dynasty, most of the time, this situation has continued. And the most stringent thing about this proton rule is that the emperors of all dynasties have made it clear that as long as they have concubines, they don't want concubines. The king's concubines and nephews, and the rest of the side branches cannot be used to fill the number.

I think it's also the spread of the law of confinement in the country, and even the Ming knows about it.

After all, although all the concubines of noble civil officials are unable to access power because of their mother's law, there will also be cases where the royal family cannot give birth to a son or even loses an heir. Therefore, sometimes even when there is only one sister-in-law left, that is, the prince, he has to be carefully escorted to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and stay in the Guozi Prison for more or less a few years.

Like his uncle who is now the king. Even if he stayed in the Guozijian for less than a year and was reprimanded because of the sedan chair dispute, and then returned to China in disgrace, but at that time, his grandfather, the king of the ancestors, only had one son left his uncle, could he still abolish his uncle for this? That is, on the one hand, he wrote to ask for his uncle's guilt, and on the other hand, he sent tribute to apologize.

Even his uncle, who was once resentful of being humiliated in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, how could he dare to offend the Ming Kingdom after he ascended the throne? The disputes between various nobles and civil officials in the country, the struggle for power cannot be resolved!

But even if there were more troubles to solve, he still didn't forget to send his nephew over quickly.

So, on the one hand, he had to endure the pain of being separated from his most respected mother, and on the other hand, he had to worry about how long he would stay in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and whether he would really be able to go back in three or five years.

As for the throne that should have belonged to his father, he did not expect to return to his line. Although the uncle died of the eldest son, he also had a second son before, and he was less than twenty now, and there will be more sons in the future.

In contrast, even if his nephew is lost in this Daming capital for a lifetime, it doesn't matter if he thinks about it.

Moreover, even if his father can survive until now and successfully ascend to the throne from the throne of the prince, maybe his son will still have to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, will it be difficult to let his eldest brother, who is even more frail and sickly, come?

Thinking of this, thinking of Zhang Chen, who had provoked his uncle before, who regarded the Goryeo mission as nothing, and thinking of comparing the prince of the Ming Dynasty with another prince and himself when he left, the little one in the sedan chair couldn't help but sigh deeply, and then hugged the hand stove in his arms.

The carriage he set out in was repaired several times because of the bumps and wear along the road, and when it was not much away from the capital, it simply fell apart, so the original spare sedan chair was taken out. After all, it was too difficult for him to walk this way, because he was afraid of the danger of the sea route, so he came by land this time.

Once the ship is downwind, although it is very fast, once it is sunk, it may not even be able to find the body. A few decades ago, more than 100 Goryeo scholars who went to study in Guozijian ended up drowning 39 people on the road. And not long ago, the second prince of Daming who went south by boat was also not without bones?

On this cold day, he was accused of getting off the sedan chair and going to ride a horse, and he didn't think that he could hold on to it after being bumped all the way. He still has his mother, and his weak eldest brother, and he can't gamble like this with his body, and it is enough to insist on riding for a while after changing horses at the city gate.

Anyway, my uncle was once accused like that, and now even if he is scolded like this again, it is just the same treatment as his uncle, and if he can be thrown back, it is not necessarily a bad thing, so he just needs to be able to guard his mother and eldest brother!

However, when the Goryeo delegation arrived at the city gate, they were greeted by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

After a few polite words, he was just about to invite the sedan chair in the sedan chair to get off the sedan chair and ride the horse, but he saw the official of the main and guest division say with a smile: "I said this when Mr. Zhang and his party came before, and the mountain gentleman is young, and in this cold day, it is better not to ride a horse, take the carriage." ”

Just as he was looking embarrassed, however, before he could explain that there was a problem with the carriage in which the mission's special offeror, Shanjun, was riding, the chief of the main and guest divisions had already waved lightly, but it was a carriage surrounded by red oil cars that drove over.

"The host and guest division just prepared a carriage here, so please ask Shan Jun to get on the car, and the mission will be arranged in the south area of the Huitong Pavilion as usual! Speaking of which, at the age of Zheshanjun, it is indeed time to enter the country to study. You are a little older than my Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and if you are highly qualified, you may be able to enter the Ciqing Palace to study in the coming day, which is a glory that no one in the Goryeo royal family has ever come to the capital. ”

Glory or not, Zheshan Jun didn't have time to think about it for the time being, he got off the sedan chair and wrapped the big coat on his body tightly, but fortunately, the cold wind didn't blow for long, and he was helped into the carriage. As he sat down, he suddenly felt something different as the carriage moved forward.

It's not that the furnishings in the carriage are extravagant, or how big the carriage is, but because the carriage can actually alleviate the jolting sensation when it moves!

How come there is no such carriage in Goryeo...... No, it should be said, there is a palanquin that can travel as long as it is carried by a person, and who else would bother to study how to make a carriage that will not be bumpy? The untouchables like the craftsman don't have such brains, and the noble two shifts don't have such idle time!

And when Shanjun sat on the carriage that was temporarily transferred because Zhang Shou casually mentioned it to the host and guest director of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Shou, who was galloping, had already entered Dong'an Gate directly, and rode his horse all the way to Donghua Gate.

As early as yesterday, the emperor and the third prince learned the news that Zhang Shou was going to pick up people back today, so when they saw this group of people coming, a little chamberlain who had been waiting here for a long time had his eyes lit up, and he rushed forward at a trot.

"Master Zhang, you have finally brought the Four Princes back! The emperor is at the place of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ciqing Palace at this time, and the little one will go to report to the virtuous concubine! ”

recognized that it was a chamberlain in the longevity palace of his mother Concubine Jiang, and before the fourth prince could speak, he turned around and ran away, obviously to report the good news of his return to the palace to Concubine Jiang. Although he also misses his own mother-in-law, knowing that the emperor is in Ciqing Palace, the four princes of course know where they should go first after sighing deeply.

However, just as he was about to enter the palace from Donghua Gate, among the guards behind him, an extremely weak voice suddenly came: "Mr. Xiao Zheng, is this really the palace?" ”

The fourth prince turned around in amazement, and saw that it was Bai Shanshan who was talking with a blank face, and next to him, Bai Xiaoshui, who was a few months younger than a person, seemed to be so frightened that he was about to cry, and he finally realized that because he inexplicably met the Goryeo mission on the road, he didn't pay attention to many things that should be noted, and many things that shouldn't be exposed were exposed.

So, he couldn't help glaring at Zhang Chen fiercely, but he didn't want Zhang Chen to look at Zhang Shou with an innocent face. I shouted that I was the eldest prince of the Qin State Mansion, but teacher, didn't you pierce the identity of the fourth prince with one voice? At this moment, he completely forgot that in order to be quick for a while, he stabbed the matter of the four princes' education assistance to the Goryeo mission.

Zhang Shou finally couldn't help but cover his forehead, thinking that this was really messy! If he hadn't been distracted by the affairs of the Goryeo mission, he would never have forgotten that he had brought two children from Baijia Village with him on this trip.

Thinking of this, he coughed and said: "That's right, this is the palace, Xiao Cheng, little peanut, you pick two people, send these two little guys back to my house first, and talk to them well." ”

Little Peanut suddenly cried and laughed, this is to let them explain to people well, why did they suddenly come directly to the palace when they originally said they would return to Beijing? But if this task was to be done by the fourth prince or Zhang Chen, he felt that it would definitely be simple and rude, so he could only reluctantly agree at the moment.

As for the fourth prince, he didn't say a word and pulled up the weak-hearted Zhang Chen, and hurriedly entered the Donghua Gate, for fear that people would say two more words to Mr. Xiao Zheng and ask something, but he couldn't answer. And Zhang Shou saw that Xiao Peanut and Xiao Cheng resigned themselves to comforting the two little guys who had completed the great achievement of visiting the palace for the first time in the capital, and he knew that he had also made mistakes, so he followed the flash.

And Ah Liu stood there, and saw two children who were too young and too uninformed to stand under the huge Donghua Gate, ignorant and afraid, so he stepped forward and touched their heads. Thanks to the relationship between visiting him a few times and carrying things with him, the two children were not as afraid of him as those people in Zhang Yuan in the capital, and the tears that swirled gradually withdrew.

At this time, Ah Liucai smiled: "Work hard, not everyone can have the fourth prince and the eldest prince Zhang as teachers." ”