Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 311

The so-called Neishutang is the place where eunuchs who can read and write are trained in the palace.

In the palace, there are many positions that eunuchs can hold, some of which can only be held by eunuchs who can read and write.

For example, the eunuchs in charge of ceremonies cannot read and write. No matter how good your relationship with the emperor is, you cannot hold these positions.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no system of prime ministers and supervisors, so eunuchs were needed to check and balance. Therefore, as soon as the eunuch system appeared, it was an authority that was not inferior to foreign ministers.

Eunuchs are also officials, and they are also an indispensable part of the political system of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the official legal codes of the Ming Dynasty never recorded this system on paper.

Of course, the literati and bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty were also unwilling to admit the rationality of the eunuchs' intervention in politics in the Ming Dynasty, so they avoided talking about it.

Whether they admit it or not, eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty have indeed become an important part of the political system of the Ming Dynasty.

Neishutang can be said to be a place like Guozijian. As long as the eunuchs can graduate from here, most of them will become the chief eunuchs in the palace in the future, and control some powers of the country.

Zhang Qingfeng is naturally willing to go to the inner school to study, because this is a gilded channel.

As long as he can learn from the inner school, the higher-ups will promote him in the future, and the constraints of his age and qualifications will be much smaller.

"Thank you! Master Wang." Zhang Qingfeng thanked Eunuch Wang sincerely.

Pang Bao recommended him to study in Neishutang, and Eunuch Wang must have asked for it, otherwise Pang Bao would never have thought of letting him study in Neishutang.

Next, Zhang Qingfeng told Concubine Gong about his study in the Neishutang, and when Concubine Gong heard that Zhang Qingfeng had the opportunity to study in the Neishutang, she was also very happy for him.

The higher Zhang Qingfeng's status in the palace, the more helpful it would be to her situation.

The next day, Zhang Qingfeng, led by Eunuch Wang, went to the inner study hall to report.

The Neishutang is located in the northeast of the imperial city, slightly south of the gate on the first floor of the Silijian, where there are more than ten pine trees, that is the Neishutang.

When Zhang Qingfeng came to Nei Shu Tang, the first thing he did was of course visit the lecturer in Nei Shu Tang and bring Shu Xiu.

"You were recommended by Eunuch Pang. You are a little old, but it doesn't matter. You should study hard and strive to succeed in your studies." An old man encouraged Zhang Qingfeng.

Those who can teach in the inner school must at least be editors of the Hanlin Academy, and most of them are Jinshi.

As for letting literati teach eunuchs to read, they are actually looked down upon by folk literati.

However, the literati who really devoted themselves to the officialdom knew that the eunuchs in the supervisor of ceremonies had more power than the cabinet.

As the affiliated school of the Supervisor of Rituals, the importance of Neishutang is self-evident.

In the late Ming Dynasty, whatever decisions and policies the cabinet made, they needed to be covered by the supervisor of ceremonies.

Wei Zhongxian was able to control the power of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is that he can completely control the Supervisor of Rites.

As long as you control the supervisor of ceremonies, you have the power of prime minister, and the cabinet is lower than the power of prime minister, so many civil servants have to look at the eunuch's face.

Therefore, it is naturally very easy for Nei Shutang to find some Hanlin scholars with Jinshi backgrounds to teach.

Moreover, civil servants also have their own little calculations. If eunuchs are all taught by civil servants, then these eunuchs will naturally turn to civil officials after they take power.

Therefore, the cabinet also carefully selects candidates who can teach in the inner study hall.

After Zhang Qingfeng visited the Hanlin lecturer, he was assigned to a classroom.

Most of the lecturers in the classroom were young eunuchs who were much younger than Zhang Qingfeng, and most of them were children of seven or eight years old.

Seeing the big boy Zhang Qingfeng coming, many young eunuchs whispered.

"It must be someone who came through the relationship again."

"He came here to study with us at such an age, someone must have said hello and let him in."

Many young eunuchs guessed that Zhang Qingfeng came to Neishutang through connections.

In fact, Zhang Qingfeng did come in through connections, without Pang Bao's help, he could not have come here to study.

Seeing these children, Zhang Qingfeng also had some headaches. He studied here, just like a junior high school student and a group of first-grade children in class together.

"Today we are going to learn the Three Character Classic..."

After Zhang Qingfeng sat down, the Hanlin lecturer began to give a lecture on the podium.

Although Zhang Qingfeng has long been familiar with these contents, he still has to pretend to listen attentively. He must impress the teachers in Neishutang.

"Zhou Qingfeng, how did you learn?"

After the lecture, Zhou Cheng, a lecturer at the Imperial Academy, brought Zhang Qingfeng to him and asked him about it.

"Sir, in fact, I know the Three-Character Classic, and I have studied the Four Books and Five Classics." Zhang Qingfeng said to the Hanlin lecturer.

"Have you studied the Four Books and Five Classics? Where did you learn it? Why didn't you say it before?" Hearing Zhang Qingfeng say this, Zhou Cheng was very surprised.

After a pause, he asked Zhang Qingfeng, "Where did you learn it? What's the situation?"

"Mr. Hui, the kid was originally from Sandong, because my father was a scholar, so I studied with my father for five years since I was a child."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "Later, my parents got seriously ill and passed away, and the family property was gone, so I lived in the capital. Later, I was tricked into becoming a eunuch in the palace."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Zhou Cheng didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he sighed and said: "I didn't expect you to have such an experience. Since you can read and write, don't learn these basics anymore. I will test you first, and then I will arrange for you to go to the advanced school to attend classes."

"Sir, just take the exam." Zhang Qingfeng nodded obediently.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng said that he had read books for five years when he was a child was mainly because he didn't want to waste too much time.

Learning to read and write with a group of little kids is not only a waste of time, but also a test of endurance, so he wouldn't be so stupid.

"Are you sure you only studied for five years?"

Two hours later, Zhou Cheng looked at Zhang Qingfeng with a suspicious look on his face and asked.

"Yes, sir, because I have a photographic memory since I was a child, so I learn very quickly." Zhang Qingfeng explained.

"You said you have a photographic memory? Then I'll test you again." Zhou Cheng said to Zhang Qingfeng.

Afterwards, Zhou Cheng conducted a memory test on Zhang Qingfeng.

"What a pity! What a pity!"

After a stick of incense, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but shook his head and looked at Zhang Qingfeng regretfully.

He regretted that such a genius with a photographic memory turned into a eunuch.

Next, Zhang Qingfeng was again assigned to a higher class.

When Zhou Cheng took Zhang Qingfeng into a class full of fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys, Zhang Qingfeng once again became the focus of everyone's attention.

They didn't understand why a twelve or thirteen-year-old eunuch would arrange classes with them.

(End of this chapter)