Chapter 009: First Meeting

"Your Excellency, please take a seat!" Zhao Yu returned the salute and asked Ni Liang, who was 'not long-eyed', to move the stool quickly. It was the 'first time' for him to see Liu Huang, and he also looked at him, only to see that Liu Huang was about sixty years old, of medium stature, with a beard on his face, and he was very neatly combed, but it was difficult to hide the haggard after recovering from a serious illness, wearing court clothes and a Liang crown, and he looked like a formal visit.

"Your Highness!" Liu Huang thanked him before he sat down, but his wife did not sit down, but just stood behind him with her head bowed.

"Are you alright?" Zhao Yu sat down and asked, he was still very satisfied with the first meeting, looking at the respectful appearance of the couple, it was obvious that they were not contemptuous because of their young age, but they were respectful of the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. He knew that Liu Huang was still because of his well-dressed mound near the shipyard in his previous life, and he knew this person from the profile, but who would have thought that he would still see a living person today.

Judging from the introduction, Liu Huang can be called a good minister, saying that he grew up in the autumn of crisis at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, as early as when he was studying in Taixue, he wrote a book to criticize the power and traitor, and was repeatedly belittled and suppressed; Especially when the national capital fell and fell, he resolutely went to the national disaster; gave his life. He closely linked his personal destiny to the survival of the country, showing the loyalty and courage of a patriot. I don't know if the word Yong can take it, but a loyal word can be seen from its line.

"Your Highness, the minister is fine, and this is due to the grace of His Highness." Liu Huang said.

"I don't dare to do it, it's just a coincidence." Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Eh, Your Highness is too modest, how can it be said by accident that the technique of disambiguation is accidental." Liu Huang actually had doubts in his heart that His Highness had cured the epidemic, but now he felt even more untrustworthy when he heard him say this, suspecting that someone was pointing behind his back.

"I ...... It was indeed by chance that when I left Quanzhou and fled, one night I was very sleepy, and someone in my confusion said that there was an epidemic of plague in the army, and that it could be cured by this method, and I wrote it down, but I didn't know what anyone said. Zhao Yu tilted his head and thought about it and said.

"Oh, although it is an occasional achievement, it is also a chance, and I have to thank Your Highness." Liu Huang saw that Zhao Yu said a serious thing and believed most of it, but the epidemic broke out before it arrived in Quanzhou, and the imperial court had offered a lot of money to seek medical treatment, but there was no gain, and His Royal Highness also dreamed of it!

It is not unreasonable for Liu Huang to think so, the reason why the ship gave the sick people rhubarb was because Chen Yizhong, the left minister, said that someone told him in the dream: This year's natural disasters are epidemic, and half of people die, and those who take rhubarb live. And His Royal Highness is young, and he can't sleep and eat on the way to escape, and it is not impossible to tell whether it is in a dream or reality.

"I was thinking that the man must be proficient in the art of disambiguation, but I really couldn't remember what that person looked like...... Alas! Zhao Hao said with great annoyance, as if he was very self-blaming.

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, there will be a day when we meet." Liu Huang knew that Tong Yan was unscrupulous, and he would never lie if he had anything to say, and he had already believed what Zhao Yu said when he looked at his innocent face.

Next, Liu Huang politely asked His Royal Highness what books he had read, food and accommodation on the ship, etc., and then he was cold, thinking that the two were too different in age, and Zhao Hao was worried that he would lose too much, so he didn't dare to say more, and he fell into an embarrassing situation of staring at him for a while, and it was said that the visit of the couple should be over at this moment.

"Your Highness, what are you doing here?" Liu Huang, who was about to get up to say goodbye, suddenly pointed to the messy long table in front of His Highness and said.

"I'm playing! I'm going to make a boat. Zhao Yu said with a wink.

"Your Highness, can you not look at it?" Liu Huang asked again.

"Lord Liu, please." His question made Zhao Hao wonder, this old man wouldn't be also a ship model lover!

"Your Highness, now is the time when the country is ruined, you should learn more about how to govern the country and save the people, and you must not indulge in this clever technique." Liu Huang stepped forward and squinted his presbyopia eyes to take a closer look at the table, although he couldn't see the overall appearance of the ship, but he had already seen the prototype, and after careful cutting and polishing, it was obviously extremely attentive. However, the old man was also quite surprised, such a young child can only rely on imagination and mental arithmetic to make such an appearance, even an adult is difficult to do, if carefully taught, it will be a pillar of wealth.

"Lord Liu, this king also wants to learn the way to govern the country and save the people, expel the Tartars, restore my rivers and mountains, and welcome back the imperial brother, but I only hate that I am still young and cannot kill the enemy with a sword...... I just want to make an invincible warship to send to the Queen Mother and the Imperial Brother, and save yourself from being chased by the enemy! Zhao Yu was silent for a moment and said, of course, he had to do everything, and two tears came out of the corners of his eyes.

"Your Highness, they are all incompetent." Liu Di felt guilty in his heart when he heard this, and said with a gloomy face. Thinking that a little prince who should have been carefree and grew up in the deep palace is now uprooted from his homeland, living in fear of being hunted and killed day and night, so that such an idea was born.

"Lord Liu's words are serious, I am incompetent, I can't keep the great rivers and mountains, I am ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors, and I have caused hundreds of officials, soldiers and civilians to suffer." Zhao Yu said with self-reproach, he saw that the old man's face was full of sadness and did not seem to be fake, and his good impression of him increased a few points, but he did not accept it when he saw it, but played another sad card.

"Your Highness, it is the duty of a minister to be loyal to the king and love the people, and His Highness is ashamed to kill the old and decayed." Zhao Hao's words did not mean a word of blame, but took the initiative to take responsibility, a child like this, which made Liu Huang, the old man, feel even more ashamed, after all, Confucianism preached the concept of the death of the king and the minister, how could he not know if he was full of poetry and books, of course he couldn't sit still, and quickly stood up and pleaded guilty.

"Lord Liu, don't blame yourself too much, take care of your body, the court is indispensable to you, the people are indispensable to you, and the Great Song Dynasty is indispensable to you!" Seeing that the old man was trembling with excitement and weeping, Zhao Yu was worried that he would take another breath after recovering from a serious illness, "Ni Liang sent the adult back to rest." He reassured him and commanded.

"The minister is rude, and the minister retires." Liu Huang also felt that he was out of shape, and went out with the support of his wife and Ni Liang after giving a gift.

"I'm fucking tired!" Sending Liu Huang away, Zhao Hao sat down with a sigh of relief and raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead and said secretly, his soul is clearly an adult, but he has to pretend to be a child, and he must always be vigilant about whether he has lost his words and revealed his flaws. Recalling that what he said just now seemed to be too mature and had a modern tone, would this arouse the old man's suspicions......

The days of the escape trip did not end because the epidemic was temporarily controlled, the Yuan army's fleet was still tightly biting behind, and the three quarantine ships floating outside the brigade became the best targets for the enemy. He sent warships several times to approach, but fortunately, it was the navigator who drove the ship and got rid of it in time so that he did not become a prisoner of the Yuan army, but in the process of escaping, he was getting farther and farther away from the formation, but fortunately, a large amount of supplies were stored on the ship, and he did not starve.

Zhao Hao's life has been very fulfilling and boring these days. Maybe Liu Huang saw that His Royal Highness was still doing nothing every day when he was in a national crisis, and as an important minister of the imperial court, a Confucian who had read poetry and books had the obligation to use the teachings of the sages to teach His Royal Highness 'Zufa Yao Shun, Charter Civil and Military', and become a pillar of the country and a virtuous king of the Great Song Dynasty.

So Liu Huang recommended himself as a teacher to take on the important task of educating His Royal Highness. Zhao Yu knew that he couldn't refuse, otherwise he would first fall into a 'notoriety' that he didn't want to make progress. And although he and 'Chen Ranran' were called the 'Six Gentlemen' when they were in Taixue because of the impeachment of Prime Minister Ding Daquan, their discipline is much stronger. He grew up in the autumn of crisis at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, and as early as when he was studying in Taixue, he wrote a book to criticize the power traitor, and was repeatedly belittled and suppressed; Especially when the national capital fell and fell, he resolutely went to the national disaster.

Moreover, Liu Huang studied hard in the monk's house for 20 years since he was a child, and he entered Taixue and received higher education, so he naturally had nothing to say, and then he was a magistrate, a Beijing official, a royal history, and once served as the chief official of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry. There is no problem for Zhao Yu to be a teacher, so that every morning, he will teach His Royal Highness to read and write, and govern the country and the people.

Although the two did not formally perform the ceremony of master and apprentice, Zhao Yu would give a salute before the daily lecture, and Liu Huang would perform the courtesy of the monarch and the minister after receiving it sideways, and His Royal Highness was not allowed to be commensurate with the teacher, perhaps in the name of preventing people from becoming inflammatory. But Zhao Hao didn't think it was a pestle, but secretly rejoiced, there was no name between them, but there was a master and apprentice. The ancients attached the most importance to the inheritance of teachers and students, and they would inevitably protect themselves involuntarily, and he naturally entered Liu Huang's circle. This is not only an extra teacher for the lonely Zhao Hao, but also an extra boost......

Modern people who have gone to school know that the word classical Chinese has multiple meanings, and it is difficult to understand, and no one wants to learn it unless people with special hobbies are willing to learn it. And for people who are accustomed to using hard pens and are familiar with keyboards, it is tantamount to an ordeal to pick up a brush and write traditional characters with many strokes one stroke at a time. But Zhao Yu knew that it was also essential to be included in this era, so he could only go back to his student days.

Another thing that Zhao Hao did not expect was that Liu Huang also interfered in his 'private life'. Originally, he was in a hurry to get on the boat, and the palace maids and chamberlains who accompanied him naturally stayed on the imperial boat, and in this era, the most frying thing for Zhao Hao was combing his hair and dressing, although he came for so long and the cumbersome procedures still made him unable to take care of himself. When he arrived on the quarantine ship, only Ni Liang was by his side, and his family was also a local tyrant, and it was not his turn to do trivial tasks such as cleaning, making beds, and laundry.

In this way, two people are in the same room, Zhao Hao is powerless, Ni Liang is powerless, and what daily life is like can be imagined. And there was an epidemic on the ship, and they didn't dare to let anyone else into their cabin casually to serve, so they had to make do with it. Liu Huang was brought on board with his wife, children and domestic servants, and he discovered His Highness's embarrassment on his first visit, so he intervened strongly in his life. However, out of respect for His Royal Highness, his wife and daughter are all served, but Zhao Yu's 'privacy' is also exposed.

And Liu Huang is also very satisfied with this nominal disciple, a five-year-old child can not only quickly remember what he taught, but also draw inferences from one another to put forward his own opinions, although in his eyes it is still naïve, but it is already commendable, can be called a 'prodigy', so he teaches more attentively. But I don't know that this child's body hides an old and young man who has received higher education in later generations, who has different knowledge and experience from this era, and has extraordinary ability to understand......