Chapter 50: The Joy of Parenting
Regardless of poverty or nobility, raising a child of one's own is a very proud thing, of course, whether poor or noble, people will always unreservedly give what they can to their children.
Liu Mengli has been staying in the palace during this time, and she is already very familiar with Li Er's family, and she also has a little understanding of Li Er's intricate harem.
However, she always remembered what Xu Yang told her at the beginning: "Listen more, watch more, talk less." Therefore, she is a gentle and elegant woman who does not like to talk in the eyes of everyone. It was this kind of initiative of hers that was also liked by the eldest grandson queen, after all, people like to listen.
Xu Yang didn't expect that the eldest grandson would suddenly summon Liu Mengli into the palace, and when she was confined, the woman's body was very weak and she was particularly susceptible to wind and cold, so Xu Yang was also very concerned about Liu Mengli's confinement.
When he showed this plan to Li Er, he was amazed, Li Er never thought that Guigu would even study this kind of thing, and Xu Yang finally had to prevaricate on the grounds that the predecessors of Guigu knew astronomy and geography.
But Li Er didn't care who invented these things, what he cared about was the efficacy of this thing.
Empress Eldest Sun is no longer in trouble, after all, she is a mother who has given birth to two children, and she is already familiar with this kind of thing, Liu Mengli is also a smooth child under Xu Yang's careful care, and the only thing to worry about is the two newborns.
In the first month, although there is no snow in Chang'an, the temperature is still very low. Xu Yang is well aware of the importance of suitable temperature for newborns. I haven't seen the nursery box of the future. Xu Yang can be regarded as living in vain.
The Tang people did not have a thermometer, even if the glass factory had the right to build thin tube glass, but there was still no result, and the process would lead to too large an error every time.
Since an accurate thermometer cannot be made, but a rough thermometer can also be made, Xu Yang got a glass catheter according to the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction. Put a basin of water underneath, mark the tick mark at room temperature that you feel is just right, and order the maids to keep an eye on this tick mark, and once it falls, add coal to the honeycomb coal and charcoal stove, and stop adding charcoal when it is higher than the tick line.
When Li Er heard that the room temperature should be maintained, he specially ordered the craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering to build a larger honeycomb coal stove, and also sent several newly built iron honeycomb coal stoves to the Lizheng Palace.
Although the level of science and technology in the Tang Dynasty was insufficient, it can be said that human resources cannot be compared even in later generations, Li Er ordered twelve ladies, each of whom stared at the thermometer for an hour. Once there is a change in temperature, the eunuch next to you should be notified to make the change. By the way, Liu Mengli also enjoyed the top treatment of Datang.
Because it is a premature baby, Li Zhi's little baby has congenital deficiencies similar to those in history, small in size, thin in face, and Xu Xingtang in Xu Yang's family seems to be as big as two of him.
But after all, it is the future generation of Gaozong, Li Zhi, this kid still showed his strong vitality, the first day he fed him sugar water, this kid ate very energetically, and there was no vomiting, the second day to change to milk, once this kid's mouth was sucked, he couldn't pull it out, it seemed to be a long-starved hungry ghost reincarnated.
After spending the 'three days of death' peacefully, Li Zhi's complexion seems to be much better than when he was born, Li Erlong Yan Dayue, at that time, rewarded Liu Mengli with the identity of Jieyu, and at the same time added the reward of Xujiazhuang, rewarding 100 taels of silver and 300 horses of silk......
When Li Er and Xu Yang were intoxicated with the joy of the birth of their son, Nanshan Academy also made a big move, that is, the women's college was opened, the establishment of this women's college has been proposed for a long time, and several princesses in the palace made a lot of noise, especially the little girl in Qinghe, since she heard that she was going to marry Cheng Chumo, the bearded son of Cheng, she wanted to hang herself, and later heard that she would not marry so early after going to school in the academy, and immediately encouraged the sisters to study together, asking that women can also have a place to study.
In fact, Li Er has always been dispensable for this thing, this kind of thing that has no pros or cons for the empire is not within the scope of his thinking, but Xu Yang is very active in this matter, and the concept of the Tang people is gradually becoming more and more open, from allowing women to go on the street, to allowing women to open shops, women's abilities are more and more reflected, rather than just hiding at home.
Xu Yang's original idea of founding a women's college was discovered when he was wandering around Nanshan Academy, where the crowd was full of men, and it was even more scientific and engineering than the polytechnics of later generations.
However, Xu Yang's idea was greatly hindered, because several old gentlemen in the academy objected, and Lu Deming even shook his head and accused: If a woman is allowed to read the book of a saint, it is simply an insult to the gift of a saint.
"Datang News" also published this news, forming two completely different public opinion storms in Chang'an, the scholars and the nobles were arguing, and the common people were strong onlookers.
In fact, from the interests of the two sides can be seen from the point of view, the scholars are all through the guò imperial examination to ascend to the sky, but the educational resources of the Tang Dynasty are not enough, and now there are women to rob, this is definitely not agreeable, but the aristocratic faction has a different point of view, Nanshan Academy has many noble children, like Cheng Chumo, Yu Chi Baolin and other Chang'an princes, once they can look at their daughters, the whole family will climb a big tree, and the soaring will be just around the corner, so they also try their best to want Nanshan Academy to open a women's college.
In the end, after more than two months of discussion, the dean, Mr. Li Gang, agreed to the establishment of the college to open a women's college, but the first batch of female students was only 50 people, and these people had to be selected by the college before they could enter the college.
When they heard the news, the princesses in Li Er's harem all clapped their hands and celebrated, and the daughters of the big families in Chang'an were also very happy, who said that only men can get ahead, this time, women finally have a chance.
The establishment of the women's college also suppressed the limelight of Xu Yang and Li Ershengzi, and became a topic of conversation on the streets for a while......
Overseas gold and silver have never stopped the transportation of the Tang Dynasty, as Xu Yang predicted, this is a trade surplus without cost, plundering brought endless wealth to the Tang Dynasty, and those overseas natives, with dozens of catties of gold and silver, only exchanged a few glass balls made by the Tang Dynasty, in their narrow thinking, there is no concept of zài value, let alone what the meaning of the golden dragon flag planted by the Tang people on their land, until many years later, their descendants will pay for the ignorance and ignorance of these ancestors.
As soon as Qiē was already on the right track, Xu Yang looked at his son waving his little hands in the cradle, his face was full of excitement and joy, Daddy has paved the way for you, in front of the powerful Sheng Tang, you are the masters of this world......
"The last general will see His Majesty! Long live Majesty! ”
"Li Aiqing is flat."
"Xie Majesty. I don't know why His Majesty summoned the last general this time? Li Jing asked with some trepidation, he had a great Turkic achievement, and every time he felt like a man.
"I summoned Aiqing this time, I want to discuss this Tuyuhun matter with you." Li Er said with a deep look in his eyes.
Li Jing was also stunned when he heard this, isn't a small country like Tuyuhun far away in the Liangzhou area? Could it be that something has happened in this small country recently?
Sure enough, Li Er paused for a moment and said indignantly: "Little Tuyuhun, I have repeatedly violated my Tang border, I got the news today, this Tuyuhun Fuyun sent troops into Koulan Prefecture and Kuozhou again, I don't want to spare it this time!" ”
Since Li Er was angry, Li Jing naturally didn't dare to be disobedient and knelt down on one knee, Li Jing asked: "The minister is willing to personally send troops to fight!" ”…… (To be continued......)
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