Chapter 164: The Talents of the Nation

"Don't disturb cooking a small fresh, don't bother governing a big country......" The two scholars repeated a few sentences, looking at King Run, who took out a small fish, his eyes were round.

The original sentence of this sentence should come from Lao Tzu's masterpiece "Tao Te Ching", "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh".

If this was said by King Duan, King Kang, or King Huai, although they would also be surprised, they would not be so shocked.

After all, the three of them are one of the three princes who His Majesty stayed in Beijing to personally train them, and they are the best among all the princes, and they have received the best education from the royal family.

But the one who said what he said just now was King Run, who was only eleven years old.

The two university scholars are responsible for the schoolwork of the princes on weekdays, and they have a clear understanding of their abilities, although His Royal Highness King Run is not stubborn, but he has never studied hard, and he has not even recognized the words, when did he secretly read the Tao Te Ching?

As the teacher of King Run, the two of them can even be sure that His Royal Highness King Run can't even recognize the words "governing a big country, if you cook a small fresh".

And to be able to say "cooking small and fresh can not be disturbed, governing a big country can not be annoying" is not just as simple as reading the Tao Te Ching, it is necessary to read it in the heart, but also need to have a certain talent to link it to governing the country.

Emperor Chen's eyes were even more incredible, his eyes looked at the two scholars, and asked, "Two Aiqing, what King Run said just now, was taught by you?" ”

The two hurriedly shook their heads, "Back to Your Majesty, we have never taught His Royal Highness King Run's Tao Te Ching." ”

Emperor Chen still doesn't believe it, several emperors of Chen State have advocated reform, and the throne has come to his hands, and he has been following the example of the previous emperor, vigorously advocating reform, and in the early days of his reign, a lot of reforms were carried out, and I don't know how many stumbles it has passed.

He reigned for many years, and after many twists and turns, he finally realized the truth that "the people should not be troubled", and such a road to governing the country was actually broken by his eleven-year-old son with the help of a few small fish......

If he had realized this truth in his early years and abandoned those measures to disturb the people in a hurry for quick success, the national strength of today's Chen State would have at least risen to a higher level.

A trace of suspicion appeared on Emperor Chen's face, and he asked, "Yuan'er, who taught you that sentence just now?" ”

If it weren't for the teachings of the two scholars, he would have doubted the intentions of the people behind it.

"No one taught me......" Zhao Yuan had already eaten the last small fish and said, "I heard it myself today." ”

"Where did you hear that?"

"I heard what the person who saved the mother concubine said." Zhao Yuan looked aggrieved and said: "Father, he didn't give me any mixed pots, and that beautiful sister scared my bowl off, so let the imperial chef make it for me again for a while......"

Emperor Chen then remembered that last time Tang Ning saved Concubine Shu, he agreed to King Run's request to come to the door in person yesterday to thank him, although King Run is small, but he is stubborn, he knows that it is a good thing to be grateful, but among them, there are obviously some things that he doesn't know.

Emperor Chen looked out the door and said, "Lingyun, come in." ”

Ling Yun strode into the hall, bowed and said, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Emperor Chen looked at him and said, "You and Yuan'er went out today, what happened, tell me 1510." ”

After Ling Yun was stunned, he nodded and told what happened today.

After a while, Emperor Chen's face softened and asked, "Did Yuan'er hear it while he was discussing with others?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, that's true."

"Yuan'er doesn't like to read the most on weekdays, but she is interested in these things?" Emperor Chen seemed to remember something, and asked again, "He let Yuan'er eat outside?" ”

The expression on Ling Yun's face was a little helpless, and he said: "Back to Your Majesty, that Tang Xie Yuan originally didn't plan to give it to King Run, but His Royal Highness King Run ......"

Zhao Yuan looked up at Emperor Chen, and said sadly while gesturing: "He only gave me half a bowl, that bowl is so small, I haven't had time to drink the soup, the bowl fell ......"

Emperor Chen didn't understand what he meant after listening to Ling Yun, and he felt a little helpless in his heart, although the other princes and princesses were stubborn, but there was no one like him who was so greedy.

The clan surnamed Zhao doesn't seem to have anyone like him.

Emperor Chen touched his head and said, "Father, the emperor will let the imperial dining room re-cook it for you in a while." ”

Zhao Yuan immediately smiled.

Chen Huang looked at Ling Yun again and asked, "Do you remember what they said at that time?" ”

Ling Yun thought for a while and said: "The minister only remembers that Tang Jieyuan said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, cooking a small fresh food cannot be disturbed, governing a big country cannot be annoyed, annoying people will work, and disturbing it will lead to the collapse of the fish......"

"Annoyance is hard work, disturbance is fish ......collapse" In the hall, an old man thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "Although this point of view is novel, but if you think about it carefully, it is very reasonable, but it is a pity that the ancients could not test the method of cooking fish, otherwise this sentence in the Tao Te Ching would not have been disputed for so long." ”

Another old man pondered for a long time before he spoke: "If you cook a small meal in a big country, although this sentence can be understood as everything is indispensable, everything needs to be measured, but this Tang Jieyuan's explanation seems to be the most in line with Lao Tzu's "rule by doing nothing", if his interpretation is thrown out, it will surely attract countless approvals ......."

The old man next to him gave a salute to Emperor Chen and said: "Last year, when the controversy between the DPRK and China was caused by several policy theories, the old man noticed this person. ”

"Although this son is young, he is indeed extremely talented, and a strategy will save millions of silver for the treasury, and I can't imagine that he is also very insightful about governing the country." Chen Huang wiped his mouth for Zhao Yuan and asked, "Governing the country is like cooking small fish, Yuan'er thinks this sentence is correct?" ”

King Run nodded violently and said, "That's right, I'll just say why the small fish fried in the imperial dining room before were always decapitated and broken, it turns out that they don't understand this truth, this time it's much more delicious......"

Emperor Chen smiled, and after a while, he looked down and said: "The three adult princes of Duanwang, Kangwang, and Huaiwang, as princes, only know how to fight for power and profit, it is better to be a child, spread my will, let them each face the wall for three days, and meditate on their own lives!" ”

When he looked at King Run, his eyes became soft, and he was a little regretful, although Yuan'er was young and greedy, he had a pure heart and could be cultivated, but unfortunately, his age was still a little too young.

After a while, Emperor Chen breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "What is the assorted pot that Yuan'er is talking about?" ”

Zhao Yuan said with some ostentation: "It's just to put everything together and cook it, my father hasn't eaten it, it's delicious......"

Emperor Chen smiled and said, "Then the father emperor will have a good taste in a while......

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Before Tang Goblin came to Beijing, what Tang Ning had to do every day was nothing more than to exchange ideas with Li Tianlan, and occasionally play cards with Su Mei to relax his mood.

After the Tang goblin came to Jingshi, he couldn't do these things as he wanted.

The provincial exam is approaching, and it stands to reason that he should seize the time to review, but for this provincial exam, he actually has nothing to prepare.

The first scene didn't have to think about it at all, rote memorization, he had already memorized all the books, unless there was a clerical error, otherwise there would be no problems.

The poems of the second scene do not need to be prepared.

As for the third session, he has read all the books he can buy on the market, including "Thirty Years of Imperial Examination Policy Essays", "One Hundred Secret Papers on Questions", "Past Champions Teach You How to Write Policy Essays", ...... and so on.

Unlike others, he will not forget what he has seen, so he does not need to review it.

Coupled with the fact that he also has a real champion who is trained every day, he doesn't need to spend too much effort on it now.

Tang Fairy is the first time to come to Jingshi, Tang Ning came a few days earlier than her, and he is also idle, and the work of accompanying him to eat, drink and walk together falls on him.