The prince was so moved and excited that he just nodded vigorously, almost as if he was about to cry. After he walked out of the study, His Majesty, who was worried about him, even felt that he had been severely reprimanded by the emperor once, so he complained to the emperor dissatisfiedly, saying that he should not say anything serious to the child during the New Year, and the emperor just laughed it off. The first day of the royal gathering soon passed amid the laughter and conversation between the emperor and the concubines.

The next morning, according to the previous instructions, the emperor called several of his older princes to the study room of the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, ready to test their schoolwork.

As the emperor expected yesterday, Zhao Hu, the king of Qi, was indeed unsatisfactory in his homework, but he had only learned some literature and ink, and he had learned some addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and articles, national history, geography, and arithmetic, these important subjects were all very poor in comparison -- although Zhao Hu was the second son of the emperor, and the emperor and the queen did not have as high requirements for him as the crown prince, such poor results still made the emperor quite dissatisfied.

"You...... Do you want to go out with the prince after learning like this? After asking a question at the end and not getting a satisfactory answer, the emperor threw his textbook back on the table, and then solemnly reprimanded the prince, "Don't go anywhere after the New Year, stay at home and let me learn before talking!" ”

Such a stern expression made Qi King Zhao Hu cringe slightly, this half-grown son in his early ten years old was already very tall, almost able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the crown prince, and he was very strong. "Father...... These coursework, it's too difficult. Erchen ...... Erchen doesn't want to learn so many things......"

"Difficult? What's so hard that others can learn but you can't? His words made the emperor so angry that he almost laughed, "Look at your brother, how good his schoolwork is, every teacher praises him for being serious." You, you just don't read it carefully, don't say anything difficult! ”

"My brother is the crown prince, and he will be the emperor to govern the world in the future, and he should be smart and studious." King Qi replied quite unconvinced, "It's good for me to help my brother lead the troops to fight, what to do with so many things." ”

Since the emperor ascended to the foundation of the country, there is only this kid who doesn't know the height of the sky.

"It's just that you've been crooked for so many years!" The emperor frowned, and seemed to be even more angry, "As a vassal king of the imperial court, you don't want to study, don't you want to be a useless waste person for the country and family?" ”

"If you don't read so many books, you must be a waster? Erchen saw that many generals didn't read much, and they were so powerful at fighting! King Qi still looked unconvinced, and pouted, "Father, sons and daughters can also lead troops to fight like those generals, and share worries for father and brother!" ”

This second prince really didn't like to read since he was a child, he liked to dance with guns and sticks, and when he was with his father, he admired those generals who led troops to fight, and he was also very fascinated by their heroic deeds of expeditions everywhere, and he wanted to be able to crisscross the battlefield like these generals when he grew up, and set up new immortal feats for the world of the Zhao family.

"Fighting with troops? Do you think you don't need to study if you lead troops to war? The emperor couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pinched King Qi's face, "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, which one of you who leads troops to fight should not learn military books and strategies?" How can you lead a good soldier if you don't study? ”

"Second brother, my father is right, even if you want to lead troops to fight, you have to go to study." Seeing that his father was a little angry, the crown prince hurriedly salvaged the situation for Zhao Hu, the king of Qi, "How can a well-known general since ancient times not know the art of war?" If you don't know the art of war and go to war, then you can only be a reckless man, and you can only be a general who is forward, and you can't be a marshal who commands countless troops to pacify one side......"

"I'm going to be a forward general, and I'm going to charge into battle with my soldiers! Don't hide in the rear and be a marshal! However, King Qi still didn't appreciate it very much, and still stood up and shouted, "Father, when I grow up, you will let me go to the barracks to be a soldier, don't let me read these difficult things!" ”

Hearing his younger brother's childish words, the prince was half funny, half embarrassed, and looked at his father, but it was not easy to say anything.

"What a no-brainer!" Seeing such a son who didn't eat oil and salt, the emperor didn't know what to do all of a sudden, and finally just patted his head with his hand helplessly, "Okay, you like to be a soldier so much, I'll let you go to martial arts after a while, so that you can understand what it's like to be a soldier!" I'm afraid that when you will complain all day long, no one will respond at that time, see if you can still be a hero at that time! ”

"Really? Are you sure? Father! This sudden good news surprised the child.

"What? Will your father still tell you jokes? The emperor asked rhetorically.

"Thank you, Father! Thank you, Father! Overjoyed, he suddenly rushed to his father, and then hugged him tightly and thanked him coquettishly.

"This kid has grown in strength! Maybe it's really good material to be a soldier. The emperor forcibly pushed the jubilant second son away, and then said with a wry smile, "But don't be too happy, martial arts is not accepted by everyone, at least you must know some words." You don't read, you don't understand anything, do you have to rely on me to greet you if you want to go in? Besides, even if you really enter martial arts, you still have to learn arithmetic and culture, don't think you don't need to study! It's just a little less literature......"

"Huh? Do you still want to learn? King Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he was full of loss, as if he was dissatisfied with the bad luck that he couldn't run away from studying.

"Of course you have to learn, do you think that the army of the Han Dynasty is the vegetable field of the reckless men, you can go if you want?" The emperor patted his head again, "After the New Year, you can study hard, I will take the test for you again today next year, as long as you can pass, I will send you to martial arts, how about it?" ”

"Erchen knows......" King Qi shook his head reluctantly, but finally nodded in response.

The martial arts that the father and son are talking about is the martial arts school located on the outskirts of the capital.

The reason for the establishment of such a school is that in the long-term foreign war, the Han emperor and the army felt that there were too few qualified officers at the grassroots level, and the existing low-level officers either did not know how to carry out the orders from above because they were not educated, or because they did not have the technology, they could not lead the artillery and engineering arms, and these arms had a very important position in the Han army.

Therefore, in order to specialize in training this kind of officers, the new dynasty expanded on the basis of the original talent training system as soon as it was established, and established this martial arts school to accept young students to learn military technology. These young students are taught military courses in schools by specialized military officers.

At that time, it was expected that within a few years, this group of children would grow up to become young non-commissioned officers with some basic combat knowledge, and then be sent to the army to serve as junior officers and lead the troops in battle. Some of the elites with the best academic performance were able to continue their studies in the martial arts school and were directly recruited into the artillery and engineering units as midshipmen.

The army of the Han Dynasty respects artillery fire, and the artillery needs to calculate the trajectory and maintain the cannon and other machinery when using the cannon, so the mathematical skills of the artillery are required to be very good, and the engineers have to build bridges and pave roads, build fortifications and fortresses, so they also need extremely high quality, these two pieces are the most eager for talents within the Han army, and at the same time the highest treatment and promotion opportunities of the troops, the promotion speed of officers is faster than other arms, and it is also the most carefully cultivated branch of the Han army.

And these two types of troops are not the soldiers that Zhao Hu, the king of Qi, aspires to become, he feels that the artillery and sappers have been hiding behind the battle, unable to directly enter the battle formation to fight, and can not reflect the heroic spirit of manhood. In comparison, he wants to become a cavalry officer even more, just like the ancient legend of the young general Huo Quai, leading the cavalry athletes under his command to charge and fight against the enemy, adding another luster to the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

Now that the emperor has promised to allow him to enter martial arts as a young student, this is a big step towards his dream, how can this not make him cheer?

He happily ran to the side, and then the emperor continued to take the homework of the other princes.

Compared with the lively and active Qi King Zhao Hulai, the younger Liang Wang Zhao Qi, Zheng Wang Zhao Rui and Yue Wang Zhao Sheng and other princes are generally much quieter, relatively speaking, more able to sit still, and more willing to read, among which Zheng Wang Zhao Rui is also a person as his name, his brain is very smart, his reading homework is very good, although he is very young, he has won the praise of the teachers. However, he did not like to read the righteousness of the sages, nor did he like to read the study of naturalism and evidence, but he preferred to read some mathematics and the study of things, and he also liked to come and do some strange experiments with the teacher himself, and in order to satisfy King Zheng's interest, the emperor also hired two Western missionaries who were proficient in machinery and arithmetic to teach King Zheng to teach him.

Zheng Wang Zhao Rui's mother, Mu Huang Guifei, disliked this child very much, and she, as the leader of the News Xiang Sect, was even more reluctant to let her son be surrounded by Western missionaries, so she often scolded him, but the emperor seemed to be very satisfied with this child and often encouraged him to do his own experiments, so in the past two years, Zhao Rui's studies have made rapid progress.

"Good, well done!" After reading the entire homework book full of numbers, the emperor was very happy, and was swept away by the depression and helplessness brought by King Qi before, and slapped this son on the shoulder and laughed, "It's really beautifully written, good boy!" ”

King Zheng was very happy to be praised by his father like this, but he was introverted and quiet by nature, so he only blushed on his face and was happy, but he was not as happy as his brother Zhao Hu.