Volume 3 Road to Empire_Chapter 829 The Education of the Prince

Just when Chongzhen gave instructions on the stage report on the disaster relief case and asked the cabinet to come up with the conclusion of the case at the end of June, Lu Qi suddenly reminded him: "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Concubine Li came here with the eldest prince, saying that the eldest prince has not seen His Majesty for a few days and is very worried in his heart, and His Royal Highness Concubine Li couldn't bear it, so he took him over to visit His Majesty." ”

After listening to Zhu You, he subconsciously looked up at the sky outside the balcony and found that it was almost two or three o'clock in the afternoon. He felt a little tired at this time, so he couldn't help stretching his body and said, "Then let them go to the next room and have afternoon tea with me, just so that I can change my mind." ”

After Lu Qi went out and took Concubine Li's mother and son to the next room, he turned around and was busy with Zhang Luo's refreshments, seeing that only his mother and son were left in the room, Tian Xiuying whispered to his son, "Zhao'er, your father has been very busy recently, and after a while, just talk about your recent performance in school, so that your father can be happy." As for the others who don't, don't tell your father, lest your father be tired, do you know? ”

Thirteen-year-old Zhu Cizhao did not inherit the good looks of his parents in terms of appearance, but because of adequate nutrition, he was much taller than people of the same age in general age. Because of Chongzhen's free-range attitude towards his children and encouraging them to develop a hobby of sports, the tall Zhu Cizhao does not look obese, and he still looks extremely flexible between actions.

However, in front of his mother, Zhu Cizhao seemed a little slow to do anything, because he knew that his mother couldn't see his unstable appearance the most, especially in front of several younger siblings. Therefore, after listening to his mother's instructions, he did not ask why, but bowed to his mother like an old man, and then replied slowly: "Yes, Mother, the child will definitely obey Mother's teachings." ”

Seeing her son so young and old, Tian Xiuying felt extremely satisfied, although she didn't like to abide by any rules on weekdays, but for her son, she couldn't wait to become a gentleman who behaved in a good way from an early age, after all, this is what the subjects of the world want to see the prince the most.

However, the plan always can't catch up with the changes, although Tian Xiuying always can't help but want to say goodbye to the one in Kunning Palace, but she also understands a bottom line, that is, it is better not to meddle in political affairs, lest she become the second Zheng Guifei in the eyes of the courtiers, isn't that her son pitted.

So she brought her son over today, really just to let her son show his face in front of Chongzhen, so as not to see the father and son for a long time, and the family relationship will be weakened. However, Zhu Cizhao, who is thirteen years old, has some other ideas in his heart, and he is not willing to act completely according to the script designed by his mother.

Although in the first half, he followed his mother's advice, just accompanied his father to drink tea with peace of mind and chatted about what he had done recently. However, when Chongzhen began to ask about his life in school, Zhu Cizhao rolled his eyes and blurted out: "Recently, in the school, several teachers have taught his sons and ministers a lot of ways to behave in the ancient kings, do you want to hear it?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Concubine Li, who had a stiff smile beside him, so he looked at his son gently and said, "Okay, my father is really curious, what is the way of this ancient king, you can listen to it." ”

"This ancient king, our teacher said, first, do not sin by words; the second is not to treat subordinates with severe punishments; The third is to educate the people with morality, and everything starts from oneself..."Zhu Cizhao happily told his father about the teacher's teachings, and every three sentences he had to mention how our teacher was, and he didn't notice his mother who was sitting on the side and had cramps in her eyes.

Zhu Youzhen felt that something was not quite right when he listened to it, because the words spoken by these teachers were basically a comprehensive overthrow of the reform policy of the imperial court for more than ten years. He was originally a little annoyed, but looking at Tian Xiuying's restless appearance on the side, he finally kept calm and listened to his son's words.

"Okay, good, Zhao'er is really good, what your teacher taught, you can repeat to your father in such an orderly manner, it can be seen that you still put your heart into learning." Although Zhu Youzhen felt a little speechless after listening, he still tried his best to praise Zhu Cizhao a few words, but he quickly said again.

"However, learning the truth is learning the truth, and in the end, we still have to use the learned truth in life, which can be regarded as truly becoming our own thing, otherwise it will be just a two-legged bookcase after all.

In this way, my father will also test you on the debut question to see if you really understand what your teacher said. In the past, a forest in the north was inhabited by three animals, tigers, wolves, and deer.

What about the relationship between these three animals, the deer pack provides food for the wolves and the tigers, the wolves are responsible for maintaining the boundaries of the forest and grazing the deer, and the tigers manage everything in the forest.

In the beginning, the forest was very large, and the number of tigers, wolves and deer was not large, so there was a lot of food in the forest that could allow the deer to reproduce and grow, and the food provided by the deer to the tigers and wolves was far less than the offspring of the deer, so at this time the three groups were in a period of prosperity.

As time went on, the whole forest had been depleted, and the deer herd, which had lost its food source, began to grow in number, but at this time the tiger and wolf herd continued to multiply, after all, in their eyes, the deer herd everywhere in the forest was enough to feed their herd. As a result, the growth of the deer population has stalled, but the tiger and wolf populations are still expanding rapidly.

Time went on, and the deer had to use everything in the forest that could be used as food in order to maintain their population and not kill the tigers and wolves. The problem arises when the weather changes and the drought hits the forest, and the deer are in a life-or-death situation.

In order to ensure the survival of the deer, the leader of the deer pack made a suggestion to the wolves and tigers, hoping that they should reduce the number of deer killed so that the deer herd could save some vitality and prevent the entire herd from being wiped out.

However, the wolves also protested to the tigers, believing that the deer's request was simply unorthodox, and that it was they who defended the borders of the forest so that the deer could reproduce in the forest safely, and it was they who took care of the deer herd, and now the deer herd has such a large number.

However, in exchange for their hard work, the deer herd took the weaker and weaker deer as their food, and these deer were not at all as delicious and juicy as the fat deer of the past, except for the bones and the dregs between the teeth. And the average number allocated to each wolf is also becoming less and less. Many of the wolves who were loyal to the tiger were now so hungry that they had lost their fat that they opposed cutting back on the amount of food the deer could provide them, and instead asked the tiger to increase the reward for the wolves.

Tell me, if you were the tiger who could make decisions, what would you do next? ”

Zhu Cizhao lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally under Chongzhen's gaze, he blushed and replied: "But, but the deer herd didn't do anything wrong, why do you have to give it to wolves and tigers?" ”

Zhu Youzhen watched his son be silent for a long time, and finally smiled and said: "Yes, what Zhao'er said is right, the deer herd is not at fault, why should it be food for wolves and tigers." Well, my father can't find this answer, you go back and think slowly, and when you find the answer, tell your father again, okay? ”

Zhu Cizhao nodded inexplicably, Zhu Youzhen and their mother and son continued to chat for a few words, and then got up to end this short afternoon tea. Tian Xiuying hurriedly got up and sent Zhu Youzhen a few steps, and just as Chongzhen was about to walk next door, she finally couldn't help but ask softly: "What is the answer to the story Your Majesty just said?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced back at Tian Xiuying, who was a little impetuous, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and replied with a smile, "What's the answer, it's just a small story, forget it if you hear it." Go back, you've been here for a long time, and the impact isn't very good. ”

Tian Xiuying watched the door leading to the next door being closed quite stunned, as if she remembered something, turned around and walked to Zhu Cizhao, who was sitting quietly munching on a piece of watermelon, and said coldly: "You have an idea, write me a diary when you go back, if it's less than 800 words, see how I teach you..."

Under his mother's lesson, Zhu Cizhao put down the clean melon skin that he had gnawed, and then cleaned his hands in the basin on the side, and then followed his mother out of Xiyuan dejectedly.

As for Zhu Youzhen, who walked to the office next door, he was instructing Lu Qi at this time: "Go and check, how many teachers in Zhao'er School have ulterior motives."

Since they love education so much, after counting the list, it is good to assign them to Burma, Jiuli Prefecture, Jinghai City, and the Viceroyalty of North America, which are in great need of educational strength. It is much more meaningful to educate the people of those places than to teach my sons. ”

Lu Qi didn't dare to reply slackly: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will handle this matter immediately." ”

Just before Lu Qi was about to retreat, Zhu Youzhen stopped him again and said, "Well, Zhao'er is also thirteen years old, and ordinary middle school doesn't mean much to him." You go and arrange for him to enter the army officer academy to study, don't enroll in the original name, as for his identity, as long as a few people know about his identity.

In addition, starting from Zhao'er, the prince must enter a military academy when he reaches the age of fourteen. Of course, whether to choose the army or the navy, this can be chosen by themselves..."