[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

"Si elder brother, you should get up."

In his sleep, Xiao Yinzhen heard someone calling him, frowned dissatisfiedly, turned over and said, "I'll sleep for a while."

"Fourth elder brother, you are going to study in Shang's study, and you can't sleep anymore."

Shang study?

These three words immediately "bombed" Xiao Yinzhen who was sleeping, opened his eyes immediately, and then sat up straight like a carp.

Su Peisheng, who was standing by the bed, quietly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the fourth elder brother get up.

Xiao Yinzhen looked at Su Peisheng beside the bed, yawned and asked, "What time is it?"

"Returning to the fourth elder brother's words, at the beginning of Yin Shi."

Xiao Yinzhen sighed deeply and helplessly in his heart, Yinshichu, three o'clock in the morning.Have you ever seen someone get up at three o'clock in the morning to study?

Yes, they, the brothers of the Qing Dynasty, got up at three o'clock in the morning every morning, and after freshening up and breakfast, they would go to the Shang study to study.When we arrived at Shang's study, it was still dark.

He has never understood, why should the brothers study so early? !Although the plan for a day is in the morning, it doesn't have to be so early.

For getting up at three o'clock in the morning every day, Xiao Yinzhen has a hundred dissatisfaction in his heart.He had protested, but it was ruthlessly dismissed.

Xiao Yinzhen stretched on the bed, then lifted the quilt and got out of bed, stood by the bed with open arms, and asked Su Peisheng to help him get dressed.

Su Peisheng was specially selected by Concubine Tong from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Xiao Yinzhen when he was five years old.Su Peisheng has a pleasing appearance and a quick temper.Although he is not very old, he is very stable in doing things.Of course, the reason Tong Guifei took a fancy to him was because of his loyalty to Xiao Yinzhen.

After Xiao Yinzhen got dressed, Nanny Feng came in with a basin of warm water to help him wash up.

After he washed and changed his clothes, he didn't have breakfast in his own room, but went to the yard next door, which was where the third elder brother lived, to have breakfast.

Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother live in the same room, and of course the fifth elder brother.That is to say, Xiao Yinzhen lives between the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother.

Last year, Xiao Yinzhen and the fifth elder brother lived in the elder brother's house at the same time.And the third elder brother lived in the elder brother's house two years earlier than the two of them.

As soon as Xiao Yinzhen walked out of the gate of his yard, he heard the fifth elder brother calling him: "Fourth brother, good morning."

"Four elder brothers are auspicious."

"Fifth elder brother is auspicious."

Xiao Yinzhen nodded slightly to the fifth elder brother, and said with a serious face: "Fifth brother, good morning."

The fifth elder brother walked up to Xiao Yinzhen's side, wrinkled his chubby face, and said with distressed expression: "Fourth brother, what should I do, I am not very familiar with the homework assigned by Mr. yesterday?" The homework is not very good, and the memorization is not very good every time.

When Xiao Yinzhen heard this, his face remained calm, "Did you fall asleep after reciting the book last night?"

Fifth elder brother blushed, and scratched his face in embarrassment: "Well..."

Xiao Yinzhen is used to the fifth elder brother falling asleep every time he memorizes halfway through the memorization,

"Can you recite it intermittently?"

"I can barely recite it..." Although the fifth elder brother is not very good at memorizing, he can recite it every time.

"It's good if you can recite it." Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother didn't have very high demands on the fifth elder brother.

The two came to the third elder brother's house together, "Third elder brother."

The third elder brother saw Xiao Yinzhen and the others coming, and asked, "Can you memorize the homework assigned by the master?" The third elder brother was two years older than Xiao Yinzhen and the others, and lived in the elder brother's house three years ago , Go to Shang's study to study.His homework is the best of the three brothers.He felt that as an elder brother, he had the obligation to teach his two younger brothers to read and study.

Xiao Yinzhen said: "I will recite it."

The third elder brother is more at ease about Xiao Yinzhen's homework, but he is not at ease about the fifth elder brother's homework.

"Where is the fifth brother?"

"Third brother, I'm not very familiar with my back."

Hearing the fifth elder brother say this, the third elder brother was not surprised at all, "Can you recite it?"

"Barely able to recite it."

"That's fine." The third elder brother doesn't have high requirements for the fifth elder brother, as long as the fifth elder brother can barely recite the book.However, he has very high demands on the fourth elder brother. "Breakfast first."

Ever since Xiao Yinzhen and fifth elder brother lived in elder brother's house, the three of them had meals together every day.

Today it is the turn to have breakfast at the third elder brother's house, tomorrow it is the turn to have breakfast at Xiao Yinzhen's house, and the day after tomorrow it is the turn to have breakfast at the fifth elder brother's house.

At present, only four elder brothers live in the elder brother's house.In addition to Xiao Yinzhen and the three of them, there is also the elder brother.However, the elder brother did not live with Xiao Yinzhen and the others.

The elder brother in the palace has two places, one is in Qiandongsuo and the other is in Ganxisuo.

Elder Brother lives in Ganxisuo, because Ganxisuo is relatively close to Yanxi Palace.Xiao Yinzhen and the others live in Qiandongsuo, which is relatively close to Jingren Palace.

The house Xiao Yinzhen and the others live in is definitely not as big as Jingren Palace, but it is not small either, and they are all three-entry houses.It is very spacious for Xiao Yinzhen and the others to live alone in it, even if they get married and live in it later, it will not be crowded.Just like the elder brother got married some time ago, he and Fujin still live in the elder brother's house.

In the elder brother’s office, each elder brother’s yard will have its own small kitchen, so that instead of eating “big pot rice”, it is to eat meals made by the imperial dining room.It's not that the food made by the Imperial Dining Room is not delicious, on the contrary, the taste of the food made by the Imperial Dining Room is excellent, but the Imperial Dining Room is a bit far from Elder Brother's place.If you take food from the imperial dining room, it will be more than half cold when you arrive at elder brother's place.

Xiao Yinzhen and his group of elder brothers all lived in elder brother's house when they were six years old. Their intestines and stomachs are very fragile, and they are prone to diarrhea when eating cold food, so they directly arranged a small kitchen for their yard.

The chefs of the small kitchens in each elder brother’s courtyard are carefully selected by their mother and concubine from the imperial cooks, just like Xiao Yinzhen, the cook in his courtyard is the cook of Jingren Palace.Concubine Tong was worried that Xiao Yinzhen would not be able to eat well, so she simply gave him the cook from Jingren Palace, and then she found a new cook herself.

The cook in San Age's house is also the cook in Zhongcui Palace's small kitchen, and his skills are a little worse than the cooks in Xiao Yinzhen's house.

Brothers breakfast is very rich and very nutritious.

Xiao Yinzhen and the others got up at the beginning of Yinshi, and they could not have lunch until noon.In order not to be hungry while studying, they usually eat more for breakfast.

Japonica rice porridge, steamed buns, sesame seed cakes, steamed buns, crispy fire, sauced meat, etc.And of course, goat milk.

A few years ago, Concubine Tong Gui made Xiao Yinzhen drink goat milk sooner or later.Xiao Yinzhen not only grew taller, but also became stronger, and rarely got sick.Concubine Rong learned from Concubine Tong, and also arranged for the third elder brother to drink goat milk.Since the third elder brother drank goat milk in the morning and evening, his body is getting better and better, and the cough problem left over from childhood has been cured.If it wasn't for the cold, he basically wouldn't cough.As for the fifth elder brother, he was fed goat milk by the queen mother when he was still in his infancy.

The fifth elder brother is the fattest and the healthiest among the three brothers.From childhood to adulthood, the number of times that the fifth elder brother fell ill can be counted on the fingers.

After breakfast, the three brothers went to Shang's study together.

On the way to Shangshufang, the third elder brother inspected the fifth elder brother for endorsement.The fifth elder brother really stumbled and stumbled, but fortunately he recited all of them in the end.When the fifth elder brother finished reciting the book, they had already arrived at Shang's study room.

At present, the three brothers are studying in the Shangshufang.The sixth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, and the eighth elder brother are still too young, and they have not yet reached the age to study in Shangshufang.As for the elder brother, he graduated from the Shangshufang after he got married, and now he goes to court every day, learning how to deal with government affairs.

San Age came to Shangshufang to study two years earlier than Xiao Yinzhen and the others, so naturally it was impossible to study and study with Xiao Yinzhen and the others.His classroom is next door to Xiao Yinzhen and the others.Of course, he was the only student in his class.Xiao Yinzhen and fifth elder brother are in the same classroom.

Whether it is the third elder brother or Xiao Yinzhen, there are only two gentlemen at present, and one is a Han man who is responsible for teaching Xiao Yinzhen and others the Four Books and Five Classics.The other gentleman is Mr. Manchu, who taught Xiao Yinzhen some Manchu things.

In Shangshu's room, they only have two gentlemen.Outside the study room, they have other gentlemen, such as the one who taught them riding and archery.Xiao Yinzhen and the others studied and studied in the Shangshufang in the morning, and went to the school yard to learn riding and archery in the afternoon.

The Manchus are a nation on horseback, and they fought down the Qing Dynasty from horseback. Therefore, since Emperor Shunzhi, they have paid great attention to the education of riding and archery for princes.Of course, Kangxi also attached great importance to his sons' riding and shooting skills.Let's put it this way, if the elder brothers are not very good at reading, Kangxi will teach him a few words at most.However, if the brothers are not good at riding and archery, Kangxi will scold them.

When Xiao Yinzhen and the others arrived at Shangshufang, the husband hadn't come yet.Xiao Yinzhen and the fifth elder brother read for a while by themselves.At [-] o'clock, the teacher showed up in class on time.

The husband first spot-checked Xiao Yinzhen's endorsement.First call the fifth elder brother to endorse.Hearing the fifth elder brother hesitating in the endorsement, the husband did not have any dissatisfaction.Like Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother, the husband has very low requirements for the fifth elder brother. After all, the fifth elder brother stutters even when speaking Chinese.

From childhood to now, the only language Fifth Prince can speak fluently is Mongolian.Both Chinese and Manchu are stuttering.

After the fifth elder brother finished reciting, the teacher praised him a few words and encouraged him to make persistent efforts.Next, it was Xiao Yinzhen's turn to endorse.

Xiao Yinzhen's endorsement is very fluent, and the words are good, which makes the fifth elder brother admire and envy him very much.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are both very smart in reading, which puts a lot of pressure on the fifth elder brother who is the younger brother.He wanted to be like the two brothers, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't.

After the two elder brothers finished memorizing the book, the teacher asked them to write silently.

Brother Wu is not very good at speaking Chinese, let alone writing Chinese characters.His Chinese characters are very...horrible.Every time I read the words written by the fifth elder brother, my husband's heart will become very heavy.Fortunately, the fourth elder brother's handwriting is very good, and my husband will feel better after reading it.

After silently writing what he learned yesterday, the husband began to test the meaning again.For Xiao Yinzhen, who scored six yuan in the last world, the meaning of the Four Books and Five Classics is very simple.To be honest, Xiao Yinzhen's Four Books and Five Classics are even better than Mr.

The Shang Study Room is on the left side of the Qianqing Palace. Kangxi often came to the Shang Study Room to see how his sons were studying.

Kangxi was a little tired from reviewing the memorials and approving the land, so he decided to come to Shang's study to have a look.

Liang Jiugong followed Kangxi, and walked lightly to the outside of Xiao Yinzhen's classroom.

In the classroom, Xiao Yinzhen was called up by his teacher to read, and what he read was the content of "The Analects of Confucius".

"The Master said: The Tao is based on government, and the same is punished, and the people are free and shameless..." Xiao Yinzhen, who lacks front teeth, will have some leaks when he is studying.

After listening to Xiao Yinzhen's reading, the gentleman nodded in satisfaction, and then asked him what he meant by this sentence.

"Sir, this sentence means to guide the people with laws and prohibitions, and to restrain them with criminal laws. The people only want to avoid punishment for crimes, but they lose their sense of shame. To teach the people with morality..." [This sentence The meaning of the words is to save my mother. 】

The husband was very satisfied with Xiao Yinzhen's explanation, and praised without hesitation: "The fourth elder brother is right."

"Mr. Xie for your compliment."

The husband suddenly asked: "Si elder brother, which do you think is more important, the law or morality?"

Kangxi, who was just about to turn around to visit the third elder brother's classroom, suddenly stopped when he heard what his husband said, and was going to hear how the fourth elder brother would answer this question.

"Sir, law and morality are equally important, but morality alone is not enough to teach the people."

Xiao Yinzhen's answer surprised both husband and Kangxi.The gentleman asked with great interest: "Why is this?"

"Sir, only morality and no laws can't manage the country well." Xiao Yinzhen said seriously, "I don't think everyone has a sense of shame, some people are born evil, have no sense of shame, and no kindness , it is impossible to educate him with morality..."

Kangxi stood outside the window, listening to Xiao Yinzhen talking about morality and laws very seriously.The more he listened, the more startled he became. He didn't expect the fourth son to have such sharp insights on morality and laws at such a young age.

"Fourth brother, how do you think a country can be governed well?"

"Naturally, laws and morals are combined." Xiao Yinzhen talked about it carefully, "Laws are the main thing, and morals are supplemented..."

Regarding the combination of morality and law, Xiao Yinzhen expressed his opinion again, which shocked the husband.Kangxi outside the window was also shocked by Xiao Yinzhen's views.

The fifth elder brother didn't understand very well, but he intuitively felt that what the fourth elder brother said was very powerful.

Although Liang Jiugong did not study books seriously, he served Kangxi since he was a child, and learned a lot from Kangxi more or less.After he heard Xiao Yinzhen's views on the combination of law and morality, he was very surprised, thinking that the fourth elder brother said it really well.

In fact, every elder brother will be asked about laws and morals.The eldest brother and the prince were also asked such questions.The elder brother supports "government by law", and the prince agrees with "government by morality".Only Xiao Yinzhen felt that the two should be combined to manage the country, not just one.If we only rely on one and rule by law, we will very likely repeat the mistakes of the Qin Dynasty.If the government is governed by virtue, the country will become chaotic.

"Si elder brother said it very well." Although the husband was very shocked in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, "Si elder brother, please sit down."

Next, the husband explained the profound meaning of this sentence to Xiao Yinzhen and the others in depth.

When Kangxi heard this, he turned and left to see how the third elder brother was studying.

The third elder brother is very smart in reading, and the gentlemen praise him in various ways.

Before Kangxi felt that Xiao Yinzhen was not as good as the third elder brother in reading, but after hearing Xiao Yinzhen's words, he suddenly found that the fourth son was no worse than the third son.

After watching the third brother's reading for a while, Kangxi returned to the imperial study with a smile on his face.

Liang Jiugong brought a cup of tea to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are really good at reading."

"Both of them are good at studying, but Yinzhen impresses me today." A wise king, in addition to administering benevolent government, must also use laws to restrain the people.

"As expected of the emperor's son." Liang Jiugong flattered Kangxi "blatantly".

Kangxi was very happy when he was photographed: "I was not bad at reading when I was young."

"My servant remembers that you were studying when you were young, and the Empress Dowager praised you for your talent. The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are both like you."

"Yinzhi is good at reading, but his riding and archery skills are not good." Kangxi frowned slightly, then raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Yinzhen is good at reading, and his riding and archery skills are also very good."

Among Kangxi's sons, only Xiao Yinzhen is good at civil and military affairs.The elder brother is good at martial arts but not good at literature, the prince is good at literature but not martial arts, the third elder brother is the same as the prince, the fifth elder brother is the same as the eldest elder brother, only the fourth elder brother is equally good in both civil and martial arts.As for the sixth brother and the others, it is not clear yet.However, Sixth Brother is definitely not good at martial arts, this child has not been in good health since he was born.

In order to let his sixth son grow up safely and healthily, Kangxi specially named him "Yin Zuo". "Zuo" means blessing and emperor.

At the beginning, Kangxi named the sixth elder brother "Yin Zuo", but it caused a storm in the former court and the harem.

Although the sixth elder brother was named "Yin Zuo", his health did not get better because of it, and he fell ill every day.

This is not sick again!

Liu Jinzhong hurriedly walked into the imperial study room, hit Qian'er and said, "Your Majesty, Brother Six is ​​ill."