Two hundred years ago, Chengzu ordered the construction of Beijing City and built the Ten Princes Mansion in Dongcheng District for the residence of underage princes, and it still plays a role today.

Today, there are three princes and one daughter. Except for the prince, the other two princes and one prince live in the tenth prince's mansion.

After renovation, the Ten Kings Mansion has now become an important place for the Beijing camp to prepare for heavy troops. The factory and the factory guards are also one post in ten steps and one post in five steps.

After all, it is the place where the royal dragon heir lives, so it has to be focused on guarding.

Now, in February of the 18th year of the Apocalypse, everyone in the palace was preparing for a major event, and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was about to become an adult!

Seventeen-year-old Zhu Ciran was about to celebrate his 18th birthday in a month. He held a crown ceremony in the Forbidden City Supreme Hall and moved from the Ten Princes Mansion to the East Palace to live.

This means that the Ming Dynasty will have a small court and begin to formally cultivate its own crown prince.

With the crown prince's crown, he can start assisting the emperor in political affairs, so he needs to select officials from the court and go to the crown prince's mansion to take a shift.

These officials may have low official ranks and poor voice, but these people are the pillars of the country in the future.

Simply put, once the prince succeeds to the throne and takes power, these people will be the new imperial party, and their power also represents the prince's right to speak after he succeeds to the throne.

This matter may be a free topic among the people, and the people do not understand anything, but both in the court officials and in the palace understand it.

From this point on, the Apocalypse entered the next stage, that is, the last stage, "cultivating the Chujun", which is a stage that every healthy dynasty must go through.

It is said that the Ming Dynasty was usually twenty years old when it was young, but Zhu Youxiao came from later generations and his concept of becoming an adult at the age of 18 was deeply rooted, so he decided to hold a crown prince after his 18th birthday.

The emperor's will does not need to explain anything to others. Most people around him are used to obedient things, and no one talks too much about asking around.

Zhu Youxiao returned to Qianqing Palace from the warmer pavilion. He had just sat down. Before the mat under his butt was warmed up, a little eunuch came in and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has submitted a memorial to the Chief Secretary Huang, which is related to the crown prince's crown."

Zhu Youxiao was picking up and watching. At this time, Zhang Yan led Zhu Ciran over, sat aside, and asked with a smile:

"Master, are you trying to persuade me to win another two years?"

Zhu Youxiao threw the memorial aside and snorted coldly: "I have told him this Huang Daozhou, and I have decided, but he just wants to persuade him."

"Forget it, stay."

The little eunuch dared not stay in Qianqing Palace for too long. After receiving the order, he quickly took the memorial back.

After the eunuch left, Zhang Yan, who was sitting on one side, also approached, gently pinching Zhu Youxiao's shoulders while saying:

"I will do whatever I should do, but I am the protagonist today is our Ran'er."

Zhu Youxiao was stunned and turned around and found that Zhu Ciran was standing crisply in place. He laughed and said, "Yes, in a blink of an eye, Ran'er is so big."

Pulling Zhu Ciran in front of him, Zhu Youxiao quickly noticed the boy's dark circles, touched his nose, and smiled:

"To be honest, are you reading books in the dark again at night?"

"I know my father, I won't watch it at night in the future." Zhu Ciran lowered his head and murmured: "But my father, I don't understand."

"The original text of the Three Rites and Mr. Zhu Xi's "Comprehensive Interpretation of the Book of Rites and Rites" both say it is a book of peace in the world, focusing on transforming people into customs, rejecting Buddhism and Taoism, and considering the friendship between ancient and modern times, and using etiquette to save customs."

"Today, great scholars in China also abide by the etiquette order of the crown, wedding, funeral and funeral ceremony set by Zhu Xi, and the township and shooting court, and integrate the Neo-Confucianism into the ritual study. The laws of nature and human ethics, and the Three Bonds and Five Constant Permanences still exist."

"But I have read the records of the great etiquette in the inner palace and the related classics of the Confucian scholarship case in Huizhou, but I found that the laws and morals of heaven and humanity should be applicable to the people, while the Three Bonds and Five Constant Permanences are necessary for the stability of the court."

"Does the father think that's the case?"

It seems that these words have been held in my son's heart for a long time.

Although Zhu Youxiao has read a lot of classics over the years, he has really not studied Cheng and Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. When he heard these, he was instantly serious and his face turned solemn.

After thinking about it, Jingjing said, "Your idea is good. You can think about this now. I am very happy for you."

"You must remember that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is only used to assist the royal family in stabilizing the imperial power. No matter the Three Bonds and Five Constant Persons or the Heavenly Rules and Human Relations, it should not be a saying that binds you."

"In the years since I succeeded to the throne, I have found that the biggest disadvantage of Confucianism is that I like to talk about my heart and mind on weekdays, but in fact it is useless!"

"Empty talk will ruin the country, and hard work will help the country. You must remember this sentence firmly."

Zhu Ciran nodded in a vague way, not knowing whether he could listen.

After the father and son finished speaking, Zhang Yan came up and squatted in front of Zhu Ciran, patting the ash falling from his shoulder, "Ran'er's hair grows so fast, so good, so shiny."

Zhu Youxiao was lying on the couch, "Well, tomorrow's crown ceremony will be given, and the net scarf will definitely be able to be covered. From now on, he will be a man."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan turned around and said, "Master, I ordered the Ministry of Rites to make net towels smaller, and add crowns to the net towels. There will be no problem with the net towels."

Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Don't worry, the Ministry of Rites will do these small matters."

The six ministries are no longer the ritual ministries that Zhongzhengying celebrated in the early years of the Tianqi period. After several groups of people, it is still reassuring to do things.

......

The Ministry of Rites did take all the possibilities of the crown prince's crown ceremony, including the possibility that Zhang Yan was worried about the possibility that the net scarf could not be kept in the hair.

The crown ceremony ended successfully, and since that day, Apocalypse has officially entered a new stage.

Zhu Youchao had high hopes for his son whom he taught, and personally selected a group of officials to recruit him into the prince's mansion to assist the prince in political affairs.

On this day, the matter is reported: Your Majesty, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the former Chief Li Zheng, Wei Zhongxian, will leave the capital today and live in Hangzhou.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the West Warehouse, hiding in the shadows, making people unable to see any fluctuations in their expressions, and their words were emotional.

"I understand, go down."

He was careful to retreat, but Zhu Youxiao got up, put on a regular dress, and went straight to Wei Mansion.

Since his resignation was approved, Wei Zhongxian's life has become more and more leisurely.

Wei Zhongxian had imagined his ending countless times, of course there was this one now, but this one was exactly what he dared to expect the least.

He never thought that this day would actually come.

Although the title of Duke of the Kingdom was not hereditary, this represents the best affirmation of Emperor Tianqi for his half-life of working for the royal family.

The day Wei Zhongxian received the imperial edict, he cried and grew ten years old overnight.

Since then, he often joked that in the world, he was not only the first eunuch to be crowned as a duke, but probably the last one.

Unprecedented, well, the word Donglin Party used to describe himself to be used correctly.

It is indeed unprecedented. Our family is worth it in this life, worth it!

It was late at night, Wei Zhongxian finally went around in Beijing where he had been for most of his life and walked back to the main hall alone.

Before the door was closed and before the lights were ignited, he suddenly noticed a person sitting in front of him.

Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in regular clothes, gently ignited the lights on the table in front of him, looked up at him, picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of it, and said lightly:

"Changchen, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Chapter completed!