Chapter Seventy-Four: Suggestions for the Prince's Education

When Sun Xiangfu came to the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin was holding his copy of the concert and reading it with relish, which recorded almost all of Ma Zhou's original words, Sun Xiangfu also analyzed Ma Zhou's words from his own perspective, whether the strategy Li Shimin will use is not easy to say, but Ma Zhou, a talent, will definitely come into Li Shimin's sight.

"I didn't expect that one of my retainers also came to recommend me as an official, but the recommendation is good, this Ma Zhou is really as you said, through the rare news, I thought of the three strategies in the chapter, it is indeed a great talent, and when the project of the reservoir is completed, I will definitely summon and reward." Li Shimin said with joy on his face.

"Then dare to ask Your Majesty, but do you want to act according to this person's policy?" Sun Xiangfu asked.

"When it comes to reservoir construction, let's do it! As for the Turkic captives, Rong Zhen consulted with his ministers before dealing with them. In addition, didn't I let you concurrently serve as the deputy supervisor of the middle pastor, since you have withdrawn from the construction of the reservoir, it is time to go to the yashang to do some work in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"Well, after Weichen goes back, I'll go to report to Li Zhongmu." Sun Xiangfu saluted Li Shimin depressedly, this is to squeeze all his labor!

"Well, you go down first!" Li Shimin nodded and said, for Li Xian's uncle who doesn't like to take care of things, Li Shimin has no choice but to add a burden to a capable person like Sun Xiangfu.

"That, Wechen still has a report." Sun Xiangfu hesitated for a moment before he said.

"Say it!"

"This, when Wechen was waiting for the decree in the yafang just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down to find Wechen, saying that he wanted to learn music from Wechen······"

"Nonsense, it's time to go to school in the afternoon, how dare the prince leave the East Palace without permission." Sun Xiangfu's words are not finished yet! The eldest grandson queen was angry first, she was not only angry with Li Chengqian, but also angry with Sun Xiangfu, and told Li Shimin about the matter regardless of the occasion, if it affected Li Chengqian's status in Li Shimin's heart, then Sun Xiangfu would be guilty of ten thousand deaths.

"Weichen has the courage to dare to ask Niangniang, when is it not time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to school?" Sun Xiangfu learned from Wei Zheng's appearance, bent down and arched his hand, but his tone was not at all to ask the eldest grandson Wuwu.

"Uh······"

It's really hard to answer this question for the eldest grandson, because Li Chengqian doesn't seem to have time to go to school except for three meals a day.

"His Highness is just an eight-year-old child, his thinking is not mature, how can he withstand such a large amount of learning? Those who have learned a belly only know what it is, but don't know why it is, is it useful? Chen Dou dared to suggest that His Majesty and Niangniang cancel part of His Royal Highness the Prince's studies, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can grow up like a normal child, and it will not be too late to teach. Seeing that the eldest grandson was speechless, Sun Xiangfu continued.

"The bold Sun Zhengming dared to criticize the crown prince's studies, is he really impatient?" Li Shimin's loud shouting suddenly sounded, and the frightened palace attendants knelt on the ground, and even Sun Xiangfu almost couldn't help kneeling.

Almost, just no, so, Sun Xiangfu was still in a posture of clenching his fists and bending over, but he said in his mouth, "This matter is not about Weichen, Weichen just kindly reminded him, I am afraid that the improper education method will ruin the prince of the Tang Dynasty, since His Majesty does not like it, then Weichen will not mention it in the future." ”

"Tell me, how is the prince's education method inappropriate?"

Li Shimin's voice just now was not really angry, he just wanted to try Sun Xiangfu's style, after all, this was the first time that Sun Xiangfu took the initiative to admonish irrelevant things, who expected, as soon as he was angry, this guy immediately retreated, learned Wei Zheng's form, but did not learn Wei Zheng's god.

"Well, Weichen dares to ask Your Majesty, when you were eight years old, did you go to school except for three meals a day?"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't speak, and continued to stare at Sun Xiangfu.

"Then Your Majesty, if you are now asked to play in front of the music except for three meals a day, how would you feel?"

"Uh······"

I may not remember the things when I was young, but if Li Shimin has a personal feeling about the things in front of him, then I am afraid that he will go crazy!

"Guanyin, why do I suddenly feel that what this kid said makes some sense, whether Cheng Qian's studies are too heavy, I ······ when I was a child?"

"Ahem······"

When Li Shimin said this, the eldest grandson Wuwu interrupted him with a cough, turned his head to look at Sun Xiangfu and said, "Whether it is too heavy, you don't count if you say it, Mr. only counts if you say it." ”

"That, the minister will dare to say again, what Mr. said, is it all right? The prince's teacher is a scholar of Li Gang! The minister heard that the first disciple of Li Daxue was Yang Yong, the crown prince of Emperor Wen of Sui, and his second disciple was the late rebellious prince Li Jiancheng. ”

As soon as Sun Xiangfu said this, the tea bowl in the hand of the eldest grandson queen fell to the ground in shock, this Li Gang was called the ruthless man of the prince killer in later generations, but in this era, people have no habit of statistics, and when Sun Xiangfu said this, the eldest grandson queen was shocked to realize that the two students taught by Li Gang before ended up badly.

The expression on Li Shimin's face is also very strange, he grew up in the process of fighting and making friends since he was a child, and when he was governing the country, he rarely used the rotten Confucianism that only cares about others, when choosing a teacher for Li Chengqian, he only took into account this person's reputation and status in the literary world, but he never thought about it, is the student taught by such a teacher suitable to be an emperor?

The scene was a little embarrassing, Li Shimin and his wife were stunned, and Sun Xiangfu didn't say much, and after a while, Sun Xiangfu remembered another point that might impress Li Shimin and his wife, and said.

"Today, when His Royal Highness came to find Wechen, he said a word to Wechen, which touched Wechen a lot, His Highness said that he had never been praised by His Majesty, only the last time he sang a song taught by Wechen, it was praised by His Majesty once, so the prince came to Wechen to learn music, not because he was playful, but because his filial piety was commendable, and he wanted to have fun with His Majesty."

In later generations, there have always been good children who boast of this, although Sun Xiangfu has never raised children, but he still believes in this sentence, because when he is a child, he will be in a good mood when he is praised by his parents, and he will work harder to do things and study, and when he is blamed, he will not reflect deeply like an adult, and most of the time he will give up on himself, because when the child's thinking is not fully developed, the judgment ability is very poor.

Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked ashamed, and Empress Eldest Sun also felt a trace of guilt because she had wrongly blamed Sun Xiangfu just now, and her moved eyes were a little moist and said, "My son is really a filial son!" ”

If Li Chengqian is allowed to follow the trajectory of history, he will be scolded for being unfilial for thousands of years, Sun Xiangfu thought to himself, since he has done good deeds, he will do it to the end! So he said, "Reasonable relaxation can actually better improve the prince's learning efficiency, for example, after His Majesty's singing, dancing and drinking banquet, when he reviews the folds the next day, he will not feel so easy to feel boring." The ancient Confucian sage, didn't they all pass down the six arts of the gentleman, yes, Weichen felt that it was okay for the prince to learn the music art in the six arts. ”

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, "Well, this is reasonable, I know that you are quite proficient in quyi, so I will give you a waist card for walking in the East Palace, and you can go to the East Palace to teach the prince quyi in your spare time." ”

Li Shimin made a decision, and the eldest grandson queen didn't want to say anything more, but what she wanted to do most at this moment was to remove Li Gang, and as for learning music, just control the time.

"In this way, Wechen retired."

Sun Xiangfu didn't want to be too involved with the prince, but since he was involved, let's try to do it well!

"Wait, speaking of qule, I think there's something I can talk to you about."

After that, Li Shimin actually waved his hand and withdrew the guards in the palace.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I just think that since your drama is an old thing of the former Sui Dynasty, and you are still in the officialdom, can you ······?"

All right! Li Shimin's mouth, Sun Xiangfu knew what he was going to do, many people in later generations said that the prosperity of Li Tang Jiangshan was changed by changing history, Sun Xiangfu didn't believe it before, now! A little skeptical.

"This, in fact, Weichen's plot has been designed for a long time, and it will be later on, exposing the corruption of the former Sui officialdom ······and so on."

"Well, in this way, when you are free, you can rehearse this play, and now the Emperor Taishang is also fascinated by this opera, turn around, I will send the singing and dancing artists in the palace to Wangjianglou to learn singing, you have to arrange it." Li Shimin saw that Sun Xiangfu understood what he meant, and nodded.

"Wechen knows." Sun Xiangfu bowed and said.

"In addition, I will send some secret guards to blend into the miscellaneous servants of Wangjiang Tower, that is, among the waiters you are talking about, I have a secret mission to give them, you have to cooperate."

"Wechen obeys."

This may be related to Li Yuan going to Wangjianglou to watch a drama, Sun Xiangfu originally didn't want to have anything to do with some headless things, but these things will always take the initiative to touch him, since it is inevitable in this world, then find a solid boat to stand on, he feels that his butterfly wings should not sink Li Shimin's boat.

Out of the harem, Sun Xiangfu came to Li Xian's yafang for the first time, very good, he was sleeping.

"Sun Xiamu is used to disturbing people's dreams." Li Xian, who was woken up, was still a little unhappy.

"Li Zhongmu forgive me, isn't the lower official still holding the position of deputy supervisor of the middle pastor, today His Majesty ordered the lower officials to go and ordered the lower officials to quickly take care of everything, think about it, there are some things that Your Majesty is not satisfied with."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, Li Xian suddenly fell asleep, it is said that he loves to sleep during work hours and seek joy after work, and there is nothing out of the ordinary! Many affairs in the yamen are going according to the usual practice, and there are basically no mistakes or omissions, how can the emperor be unsatisfactory?

If Li Xian is calculated according to the previous standards, there is indeed no mistake or omission, but now it is different, where is the performance of the Fisheries Division, in a few months, thousands of dollars for the royal profit. And after Sun Xiangfu went to the court once, the imperial court has tacitly accepted that the royal self-produced things can also be sold on the market, so the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Animal Husbandry, and the Department of Forestry should also submit a good-looking performance report to the emperor?