"This Zhang Junping is indeed talented, not only is his martial arts strong, but his literary talent is not inferior!

This ballad, just a few hundred words, includes literature, history, philosophy, astronomy and geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, etc., and the most important thing is to integrate loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and sincerity into nursery rhymes! Emperor Zhao Heng exclaimed, and admired Zhang Junping even more in his heart.

"What Your Majesty said is that this nursery rhyme is catchy and easy to understand when sung! This Zhang Junping is also attentive! Liu E is also very talented and learned, so she can naturally tell the good from the bad of nursery rhymes, and she echoed it.

Although Queen Liu E came from a humble background, she was smart and studious, before Zhao Heng took her into the palace, she once hid her in the palace commander Zhang Qi's house, in the Wang family, Liu E did not indulge in wealth, but devoted herself to reading, hid in Zhang Qi's house for fifteen years, and also read books for fifteen years.

It can be said that Empress Liu E's talent and learning are not inferior to some Jinshi in the current dynasty.

"Huh! The Zhang family's generation has produced a unicorn!

The Zhang family has been loyal and good for generations, but it's a pity that his father and his ancestors are all mediocre in qualifications, even if I want to reuse it, I have to think twice! Emperor Zhao Heng sighed.

The Zhang family was not from a noble background, and the ancestor of the Zhang family, Zhang Lingduo, was the commander of the palace's personal guards, and was rewarded for his meritorious service to the dragon.

was originally a military general, but because he saw that the emperor was afraid of military generals, he began to abandon martial arts and follow literature, and the result was that future generations could not become martial arts.

The powerful people of the Song Dynasty abandoned martial arts and literature, not only the Zhang family, and they did not have much success.

"Your Majesty, this Zhang Junping is very powerful, both civil and military, and he is loyal, but, as His Majesty said, he is reckless and speaks too upright!"

"Concubine Ai is right! This Junping still needs to be polished before it can be reused!

I asked him to be this left concubine, which also means this! Emperor Zhao Heng nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, the king has come to greet Your Majesty and Niangniang!" The eunuch came in to report.

"I've seen my father, I've seen my eldest mother, my father Wan'an! Big lady Wan An! Zhao Zhen walked into the Funing Hall and greeted the emperor and queen in a proper manner.

"What is the prince's impression of Master Zhang? I like this left concubine I arranged for you! ”

"Thank you father, Master Zhang is very good, strong in martial arts, knowledgeable, and my sons like it very much!" Zhao Zhen replied respectfully.

"That's great!"

"Father, Erchen learned two nursery rhymes from Master Zhang today, and Erchen wants to sing them to his father and eldest mother!" After all, he is still a child, and after learning new things, he can't help but want to show off in front of his parents.

"Oh? What kind of nursery rhyme is it, the prince sings it! Emperor Zhao Heng said with a smile.

In the Song Dynasty, the royal family was actually the same as ordinary people's families, calling their sons Lang, Da Lang, Erlang, and San Lang.

According to the order, Zhao Zhen is Liulang, the sixth son of Emperor Zhao Heng, but because the first five died, this is the eternal pain in Emperor Zhao Heng's heart, so he is not called Zhao Zhen Liulang, but the prince dryly.

The name is blunt, but the love in my heart is not a lot!

"Good! I'll sing the family name to my father and the eldest lady first!

Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang········" Zhao Zhen shook his head and shook his head.

"Yes, that's good!" Emperor Zhao Heng nodded slightly, his face was full of relief, at this moment, he was not an emperor, just a father, a father who was full of joy for his son's little achievement.

"Didn't the prince learn two nursery rhymes? Recite another song for me! ”

The surname of the hundred families is good, putting the surname Zhao in the first place is suspected of being a sycophant, of course, this sycophant, Emperor Zhao Heng is very useful. But Emperor Zhao Heng attaches more importance to the three-character classic, which is a real classic, integrating loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, which is easy to understand and catchy.

"Yes!" Zhao Zhen saluted and agreed.

Then I memorized the three-character scripture again.

"Does the prince know the meaning of this nursery rhyme?"

"I know, Master Zhang has told Erchen!"

"Then I'll test you! Xi Mengmu, what does it mean to choose a neighbor? ”

"In the past, Meng's mother, choosing a neighbor, is an allusion from Meng's mother's three moves." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said as he spoke: "When Mencius was young, his father died early, and his mother [zhăng] kept festivals. The place of residence is close to the tomb, and Mencius learned to be a funeral, 躄 [bì], a matter of weeping bitterly. ······· Meng's mother said: "This can really be a child." And so he dwelt here. This story comes from the "Biography of the Daughters" by Liu Xiang, a great Confucian in the Han Dynasty. Zhao Zhen's little face was slowly proud.

"My son is really good! These are all taught to you by Zuo Shuzi? Emperor Zhao Heng said in surprise.

can recite the three-character scripture, the emperor Zhao Heng is just happy, not surprised, but even knows the allusions behind the three-character scripture, and can recite it, which is amazing. You must know that Zhang Junping has only been working hard for a day as the left concubine, if this is a long time, why worry that the prince can't become a talent?

"Back to my father, it was taught by Master Zhang! Master Zhang is really amazing! He also speaks very kindly and is very reasonable! What he said, the sons and daughters understood as soon as they heard it! Zhao Zhen was praised, and he didn't forget to share some credit for Zhang Junping.

Zhao Zhen had a good impression of Zhang Junping, and when it came to Zhang Junping, he couldn't help but show a look of adoration on his face.

"Zhen'er, it's so good to carry it! Hungry, right? Seeing that Zhao Zhen liked and even admired that Zhang Junping so much, Liu E couldn't help but feel sour in her heart, and opened her mouth to divert the topic.

"Erchen... Erchen is indeed a little hungry! I wanted to be modest, but my stomach was not angry, and I made a cooing protest sound, Zhao Zhen touched my stomach and said.

"The prince is hungry, pass the meal!" Liu E followed Zhao Zhen's words and ordered the eunuch to pass the meal.

Eat silently, sleep silently, in this way, Liu E interrupted the topic of the emperor Zhao Heng and the crown prince Zhao Zhen's father and son, and could not continue to discuss that Zhang Junping.

The thoughts of Zhang Junping's Empress Liu E are very complicated.

On the one hand, I also hope that Zhang Junping can teach the prince well, so that the prince can grow up healthily, and on the other hand, I don't want Zhang Junping and the prince to get too close, and finally be like those old ministers in Xiang Minzhong. won the respect of the prince, but he was very tired of it in his heart.

When I got home, the pot stove I explained yesterday had been made, and the good wine had been bought. Zhang Junping came to the backyard, took a look, and the pots were all cleaned, waiting for him to come back and use them.

Zhang Junping washed up and prepared to start purifying the distilled spirits.

Zhang Lu hurriedly drove out all the people in the backyard, and arranged for more than a dozen old family members to watch outside, and no one was allowed to enter the backyard, and only he and Zhang Gui were left waiting in the courtyard.

Zhang Junping picked up a jar of wine and poured it into the pot, and only stopped when it was about seven minutes full, covered the pot, and ordered, "Light the fire!" ”

Over there, Zhang Gui was busy lighting the fire, and Zhang Junping inserted the prepared thin tube made of pure copper into the small hole reserved for the pot lid, and asked Zhang Lu to find clean silk to plug the small hole tightly.

As the fire under the pot became more and more intense, for more than ten minutes, steam began to bubble out of the copper pipe, and a rich aroma of wine wafted in the courtyard.