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Seeing Zheng Hai looking at him, Zhu Di thought that Zheng Hai wanted to worship him as a teacher.

Zhu Di hurriedly said: "This king has never liked to teach others, except for this king, you can worship whoever you want as a teacher!"

Zheng Hai was happy in his heart, just as he wished.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" He hugged his fist to Zhu Di and said solemnly: "I want to worship Master Daoyan as a teacher!" Daoyan

is Yao Guangxiao's legal name, his common surname is Yao, and his young name is Tianxi.

Later, after the success of "Jing Nan", Zhu Di wanted to let Daoyan monk return to the vulgar, so that Daoyan restored his surname Yao and gave him the name Guangxiao.

Dao Yan was a famous strategist of Zhu Di and a famous "black-clothed prime minister" in the Ming Dynasty.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu (1380), after Zhu Yuanzhang killed the prime minister Hu Weiyong. Since then, the system of prime ministers in ancient China has ended.

Monk Daoyan can have the name of "Prime Minister in Black", which shows that his credit and influence are very great.

Dao Yan is also one of the very few people who can enter the ancestral temple of Ming Chengzu to worship.

He was the only minister and monk in the Ming Dynasty to enter the Ming Chengzu and Ming Ren Zongtai Temple.

Zheng Hai said secretly: Zheng He is my brother-in-law, if Dao Yan is still my master, then this is the real double insurance. Zhu Di is the boss again, from now on, I think it will be difficult to be underdeveloped!

Sitting on the chair next to him, Monk Daoyan widened his eyes slightly, and he was stunned for a moment.

Originally, he was just sitting and watching the excitement, but he didn't expect that the object of Zheng Hai's apprenticeship would be him.

Glancing at Zhu Di, Dao Yan found that Zhu Di was also looking at him, and Zhu Di's face was full of smugness.

He grinned and shook his head slightly.

A pair of deep triangular eyes looked at Zheng Hai, Dao Yan clasped his hands together, and said calmly: "Master Zheng, the poor monk can't accept you as an apprentice."

In the face of Dao Yan's refusal, Zheng Hai did not respond directly, but kept staring at Zhu Di, the king of Yan, with one meaning: You look at it, I just make such a request! Zhu Di

looked at Zheng Hai and then at Dao Yan.

This old and young are all stinky tempers.

However, Zhu Di still prefers Zheng Hai.

After all, he had made a promise before, and besides, he also wanted to calculate the old monk Daoyan.

"This thing is really difficult to do," Zhu Di pretended to be embarrassed, "One wants to apprentice, but the other doesn't want to accept apprentices, what can I do?"

Turning his head to look at Princess Xu beside him, Zhu Di secretly winked at Princess Xu.

He asked solemnly: "Concubine Ai, what should you do about this?" This king has promised Zheng Hai, how should this be good?"

Princess Xu smiled knowingly, looked at Master Daoyan and said, "It's not that there is no way to do this. "

Ai Concubine, what can you do? You might as well say it and listen to it!" Zhu Di was serious.

"This Ma He is already a closed disciple of the master, so it is not good to accept other disciples.

"However, Ma He is Zheng Hai's brother-in-law. Ma He's master should also be Zheng Hai's master.

"Since Master Daoyan is already Zheng Hai's master in name, then there is no need to accept Zheng Hai as a closed disciple, it is better to count it as a registered disciple!"

After that, Princess Xu looked at Monk Daoyan with a smile and asked softly: "I don't know the master, what do you think?"

The princess is worthy of being a female student, and her intelligence is very incomparable!" Monk Daoyan touched his beard and said with a smile, "Poor monk, listen to the princess's words and accept this registered disciple."

Zhu Di laughed and said: "Concubine Ai, you are really the king's lucky general!" "

Hehe, lord, this is Master Daoyan giving you face." Princess Xu pursed her lips and smiled.

It was rare to see Dao Yan defeated, Zhu Di hurriedly reminded: "Zheng Hai, don't you meet your master soon!" Zheng Hai

is in a good mood, this pair of insurances has been put on well, and he feels that the future is bright.

He hadn't done the great bow of apprenticeship, and he was thinking about whether to do it.

Dao Yan said with a serious face: "This apprenticeship will be exempted."

Zheng Hai hesitated whether to make a big salute, but heard Dao Yan say:

"The poor monk accepts you as a registered disciple and only teaches you the way of vertical and horizontal strategy." When I teach Ma He, you just listen

!" "Master Xie!" Zheng Hai still bowed deeply to Dao Yan, secretly happy in his heart.

Ma He stood aside and hugged his fist to Zheng Hai and whispered, "Senior Brother Zheng."

Zheng Hai happily returned the salute.

Xiao Diyun felt a little foggy.

He asked in a low voice, "Brother Hai, this silver is gone like this?"

Hearing Xiao Diyun's words, everyone burst into laughter.

Seeing everyone like this, Xiao Diyun was embarrassed.

After a burst of laughter, Zhu Di suddenly asked again: "Zheng Hai, tell me, why don't

you worship Lu Zhen and them as a teacher, but you want to worship this Daoyan monk as a teacher?" Xiao Xu Miaojin also echoed: "That is, why do you want to worship monks as teachers, but not worship them as teachers?"

The two brothers Lu Zhen and Lu Xing didn't care about this, but they were embarrassed to leave immediately.

They didn't say anything, just looked at Zheng Hai coldly.

Zhang Yu, who was sitting next to him, was more interested in Zheng Hai, looking at Zheng Hai with a smile, waiting for Zheng Hai's explanation.

Zheng Hai explained: "The ancients said: those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people.

"I joined the army to fight in the war, the purpose is to make meritorious achievements, and I dream of one day being able to worship the general.

"If a person only knows force, then he may be a soldier for the rest of his life.

"But if he knows strategy, then he may become a general who leads the army.

"I don't want to be just an ordinary soldier..."Zheng Hai's

explanation won praise from everyone.

Only the Lu brothers did not say a word, and the two of them turned a deaf ear to Zheng Hai's words.

Zhu Di was very satisfied with Zheng Hai, in addition to rewarding Xiao Diyun with silver, he also asked Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng to teach Zheng Hai some knowledge of the army.

Zhu Di also instructed Ma He to allow Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun to live in the palace courtyard.

Zheng Hai did not fall into the pit dug by the Lu brothers, but successfully entered the Yanwang Mansion and became a guard of the Yanwang Mansion.

Since he was a newly entered guard, Zheng Hai did not need to be on duty and patrol like other guards, but first learned and familiarized himself with the relevant systems and regulations of the palace.

What's more important is that Zhu Di specially explained to Princess Xu and asked Princess Xu to arrange for Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun to study in the palace governor's history department.

In the morning, Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun followed Ma He to learn cultural knowledge in the Changshi Division

, and in the afternoon, he followed Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu to learn the basic skills of marching and fighting, familiarize themselves with weapons, and practice riding and archery.

The Imperial Governor Shi Si was an official agency set up in the Ming Dynasty to manage the affairs of the royal palace.

The Imperial Mansion Chief Shi Si was a special organ in the Ming Dynasty, and it was a bridge between the vassal king and the emperor. Its highest officer is Changshi, and the official rank is five grades, with one person on the left and one on the right.

The history of the royal palace is a relatively special identity and status of the Ming Dynasty, which has the nature of both local government officials and state officials.

Changshi was responsible for reporting to the emperor on the various situations of the vassal king, and the vassal king had asked Changshi.

To put it bluntly, the chief of the royal palace is the informant of the emperor to spy on the vassal king.

The most famous long history of the Ming Dynasty should be the long history of the Yan Wangfu who was killed by Zhu Di at the beginning of the Battle of Jingyan - Ge Cheng.

Zheng Hai followed Ma He to the ceremonial hall where the chief of the palace was in charge of etiquette and learned the corresponding palace etiquette.

"Sanbao, is this Yanwang Mansion

Changshi surnamed Ge?" "Xiaohai, why are you asking this? As far as I know, Changshi is not surnamed Ge. Ma He looked at Zheng Hai with a strange expression.

Zheng Hai sighed and smiled: "It's nothing, just ask."

Ma He took Zheng Hai to visit the main management institutions of the Yanwang Mansion Governor Shi Si one by one, such as: the Ritual Office, the Trial Office, the Good Doctor Office, the Jishan Office, etc.

The ceremonial office is the institution that controls the guard of honor, and Zheng Hai is the guard, but he may enter the royal honor guard in the future.

Therefore, Ma He first took Zheng Hai to familiarize himself with and learn some relevant etiquette.

The Inquisitioning Institute is the body of the Government responsible for criminal proceedings.

Previously, Ma He asked Princess Xu for help and asked Zhang Si, the deputy of the trial office, to help Zheng Hai fight the lawsuit.

Ma He brought Zheng Hai to familiarize himself with the rules, and by the way, he thanked Zhang for coming to the door.

The Good Doctor Institute, as you know by its name, is in charge of medicine, which is equivalent to a small hospital in the palace, equipped with a good doctor and a deputy person.

As Zheng Hai's brother-in-law, Ma He is no matter how big or small, and he thinks about Zheng Hai everywhere.

Thinking that Zheng Hai would be a guard, he would inevitably have some injuries in the future, so he took Zheng Hai to visit the good doctor's office.

After leaving the Good Doctor's Institute, Zheng He took Zheng Hai and Di Yun to the Jishan Institute.

Ji Shan is an institution in the palace to teach and teach etiquette, and there are two Ji Shan.

In addition, there were also official positions such as attendants and professors in the royal palace, who were responsible for educating and tutoring the young sons of the feudal kings.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated: "All clans over the age of ten years are enrolled in the sect, and the professor is the teacher of Ji Shan." Ma

He brought Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun to Jishan Institute in order to solve the problem of Xiao Diyun's reading and literacy in the future.

"Little beggar, why are you two here now?"

Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun were stopped as soon as they walked into Ji Shan's house, and it was Xiao Xu Miaojin who stopped them.

Just as he was about to answer, Zheng Hai saw a chubby little fat man who walked out of it slowly.

"Auntie, Gao Xu (xù) and Gao Sui (suì) jumped out of the window and ran away!" the little fat man shouted at Xu Miaojin.

The boy was about twelve or thirteen years old, taller than little Xu Miaojin.

After being stunned for a while, Zheng Hai reacted, this fat man is

Zhu Gaochi!

[Note]

: Zhu Gaochi: (1378-1425) Zhu Di's eldest son, the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Renzong, his mother was Empress Ren Xiaowen Zhu Gaochu: (1380-1426) Zhu Di's second son, his mother was Empress

Ren Xiaowen Xu

Zhu Gaosui: (1383-1431) Zhu Di's third son, his mother was Empress Xu of Renxiaowen