Chapter 60: Arithmetic
In the evening, in the Taiji Hall of Chang'an, Li Shimin ate another grape handed by the eldest grandson, turned his head to the eldest grandson and said: "Guanyin, I'm afraid your idea is about to fall through, but Qian'er didn't even enter the door, which is normal, even I haven't entered Ye Lin's door much, and I am often turned away by him." ”
The eldest grandson said: "Your Majesty, Zhi'er and Lan'er have just returned to the palace, and the concubines are worried about Lan'er's illness. ”
Li Shimin frowned slightly, and said to the eldest grandson: "Don't worry, Guanyin, the medicine king is just returning to Chang'an today, I have already asked someone to pick it up, Lan'er's illness will be treated by the medicine king, and it will get better."
"The Medicine King is going back to Chang'an?"
The eldest grandson was overjoyed, grabbed another grape and handed it to Li Shimin, after Li Shimin ate it, he nodded and said, "Yes, Guanyin, do you know where Lan'er and Zhi'er went today?" ”
The eldest grandson shook his head and said: "The concubine hasn't asked yet, I'm afraid I don't know where to go, I really should have gouged out the eyes of the guards, and I can't even look at the two children!" ”
Li Shimin said: "You really can't blame the guards for this, they followed the prince's convoy out of the palace gate, hid in the box containing clothes, and then followed the convoy to the duckweed courtyard, Guanyin, they went at noon, and came out in the courtyard in the evening, and the Qian'er gate did not enter, but the two children stayed in it for an afternoon. ”
The eldest grandson stopped and fell into deep thought, Li Shimin looked at the song fold and opened his mouth to see the grapes for a long time, so he put down the fold and touched the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson came back to his senses and pinched a grape and sent it to Li Shimin's mouth.
Li Shimin asked, "What are you thinking?" ”
"The concubine is thinking, the two of them can enter the courtyard for an afternoon, it is estimated that the Taoist priest surnamed Ye is afraid that he does not hate children, if a few young princes can contact Ye Lin more, they will definitely learn a lot, Your Majesty, do you say there is any way to make Ye Lin teach them willingly?"
After the eldest grandson said, Li Shimin shook his head and said: "No, Guanyin, you don't know, it's impossible for a stinky Taoist priest surnamed Ye to teach his true talent to a few children casually, he didn't know our identity at the beginning, and it cost dozens of taels of silver just to control the water, and then I asked him for advice on how to deal with the locust plague, and it took a lot of effort, it can be seen that this person will not pass on the knowledge so easily."
The eldest grandson said: "The concubines know, but Your Majesty is worth it, the strategy of controlling the water is not something that can be measured by dozens of taels of silver, the locust plague can be said to save countless people, Your Majesty's concubines have a bold idea, if Ye Lin can accept a few princes as apprentices...... Alas! It's also difficult to think about, this surnamed Ye is stubborn, and it's impossible to agree."
The eldest grandson said with a bitter face, and a feeling of no way to start came, after the eldest grandson finished speaking, even Li Shimin had a feeling of being unable to start when he heard the word Ye Lin, this person was like the jade seal of the country fell into the pit, Datang couldn't do without him, but the taste before him was very disgusting.
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Si, a bachelor who is over half a hundred years old, is dressed in a black robe, holding a cane in one hand and a book in the other, and two big characters are faintly visible on the yellowed book cover: "Counting the Scriptures".
Li Siben came to the student prison, the student supervisor as the name suggests, for the students to stand, but here is not an ordinary student, but the royal heir, after the clan, and he Li Si is naturally not an ordinary bachelor, as one of the three superintendents of the student prison, the prince reads with him, and the fourth grade of Li Si is the master of the fourth grade, and he will start teaching the students to study from today.
Entering the hall, Li Si nodded to the prince Li Chengqian on the east side, and Li Chengqian hurriedly got up and said, "Shi'an!" ”
After Li Chengqian finished shouting, on the dozens of tables and chairs in the calculation hall, King Wei, King Jin, and many clan relatives, he also hurriedly got up to greet Li Si.
Li Si put down the book and replied: "Wu'an, sit down!" Then Li Si sat down on the bookcase headed by Li Si, opened the yellowed book cover, and the students sat down one after another after Li Si sat down.
Li Si opened his mouth and said: "Arithmetic is a university question, second only to Confucianism, and there is no place where there is no need for arithmetic......"
Soon it was noon, Li Zhi, who was in a daze to listen, got up, and saw Li Si now in front of him, and the old bachelor said: "King Jin, this is today's coursework, every student's is different, King Jin will finish half of these questions in the arithmetic class tomorrow." ”
After the old bachelor finished speaking, he handed Li Zhi a piece of rice paper, Li Zhi took it, he was stunned, the old bachelor turned around and took out another piece of rice paper and handed it to King Wei next to him, Li Tai.
The little fat man Li Tai took it and hurriedly saluted: "I'm tired of the academics, the students must work hard to complete their schoolwork."
Li Si nodded, and sent down a few more pieces of rice paper.
In the afternoon, Li Zhi, who had finished lunch, looked at the title on the rice paper, Li Zhi was like listening to the book of heaven in the morning, and the old bachelor was blunt, and he was about to fall asleep several times.
"Zhi'er? What's going on? Sad"
The eldest grandson came to him with his maid at some point, Li Zhi hurriedly got up and saluted, and then took out the question: "Queen Mother, today is Bachelor Li's arithmetic class, the child listened to it all morning, and really felt that he had no talent in arithmetic, the question given by the teacher, the child couldn't do it, the child was dull, and he failed to live up to the expectations of the queen mother, and asked the queen mother to punish him!" ”
After Li Zhi finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson took it, looked at it roughly, raised his eyebrows, and said with a plan: "If you should be punished, then you will be punished if you can't do these questions before tomorrow, you will not be allowed to leave the palace in the future!" ”
"Ahh You are not allowed to leave the palace in the future! Queen mother, the child is wrong, you spare the child! ”
After Li Zhi heard what the eldest grandson said, he immediately pleaded, but the eldest grandson said coldly: "Do you think that you went out of the palace with Qian'er's carriage yesterday, and no one knows?" No one is worried? The Queen Mother almost gouged out the guard's eyes for you! You are not allowed to ask the people in the palace for these questions, since it is so fun outside, you can go outside to find the answers! ”
"The child knows that he is wrong, please calm the anger of the queen mother!"
After hearing this, Li Zhi hurriedly admitted his mistake, and the eldest grandson turned around and left without looking back: "If you can't solve it yourself, just go and ask!" Get out of the palace early and come back early. ”