Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhao Yiyi turned his head to look at the twenty or so students who followed Xia Yuqi into the room, saw that they were far away and probably couldn't hear the movement here, so he lowered his voice and said: "It's a long story... Come, Mr. Kou, let's sit here and talk."

In this yard there is a pool for Xia Yuqi to use for his experiments, and there is naturally a set of tables, chairs and benches beside him for his daily writing, drawing, and calculation of data.

Zhao Yiyi brought Kou Zhun to the table, picked a stool and sat down.

Kou Zhun was naturally not polite, and sat opposite Zhao Yiyi.

When he was Tai Fu Lai Guogong, he was not in awe of the emperor.Now that he has resigned from office, his temper remains unchanged.

And Zhao Yiyi is also a person who doesn't like to stick to conventions. Seeing that he is so relaxed, he is relieved.

He and Kou Zhun have been old enemies for many years, if Kou Zhun is also submissive and groveling in front of him, it would be really annoying.

"The canonization of the prince is actually my original intention."

He said to Kou Zhun: "Even if you are no longer in the officialdom, sir, you should know a little bit about the current situation. The court has been in trouble for the past two years, and there is no extra spare money to make a big deal. Like this—"

He gestured to Xia Yuqi in the room with his eyes: "Even the funds for R&D and construction of self-propelled boats are saved by disarmament."

Kou Zhun nodded: "Those wine bags and rice bags, I should have sent them home long ago! It was me..."

He took a meaningful look at Zhao Yiyi: "Otherwise, if the officials don't do anything, the minister will also write a letter asking the officials to disarm."

Zhao Yiyi sighed: "The situation is already like this, and I really don't want to canonize Dan'er as the prince. Moreover, Dan'er is only under three years old. I am afraid that the child's hug will not be able to bear this blessing. Back then, the Empress Dowager The son was established as the crown prince when he was born, and later on..."

Dan'er is Zhao Dan, his eldest son.

"Then the queen mother complained about Dan'er. It is said that after the next generation, the mother's mother is getting older, so she naturally favors her grandson more. Seeing that I have wronged Dan'er, she begged for grace for him. Since she can't be crowned prince, at least she should also be crowned prince. As compensation, it is better to give Xuer a title as well. It happens that they are two brothers and sisters, one from Chu and the other from Qin."

Zhao Dan was named King of Chu, and Zhao Xu was named Princess Qin.

"... Princess Qin..."

Kou Zhun read in a low voice.

Zhao Yiyi smiled: "Sir, what's the matter?"

Kou Zhun asked him, "It's exactly the same as what I've heard these days. But I'm surprised, even the official family is not the queen mother's own son, so why did the queen mother extend her hand to fight for the injustice of His Highness King Chu?"

Zhao Yiyi sighed secretly.Kou Zhun was the only one who was always so rude.

He spread his hands: "Who knows. Maybe when people are old, they like children."

Kou Zhun said: "Compared with the prince, do the officials like the princess more?"

After all, Zhao Dan is the eldest son of the emperor, and he should be canonized as the prince. Now that he knows that he has a prince, it is a compromise.

As a princess, Zhao Xu was also conferred by the state of Qin, which was a blessing.

It is clear at a glance which one the emperor prefers.

Zhao Yiyi thought: "I can't say which one I like more. It's just that the princess looks smarter than the prince. I like smart children."

Kou Zhun said: "If you are smart or not, how can you tell when you are two or three years old. Even if the prince is so smart that he is inconspicuous now, if he invites famous teachers and scholars to teach him in the future, he will always be able to educate him."

Zhao Yiyi clapped his hands: "Sir, you really spoke to my heart. If you can't cut jade, you can't make it. Whether you are smart or not depends on how you educate yourself."

But Zhao Xu's 666 and Zhao Dan's 121 are predestined at birth, and no matter how they are educated, they cannot be changed.

If Zhao Dan is forced to be an emperor, perhaps their Song Dynasty can usher in Song Huizong Zhao Ji, whose artistic level is unsurpassed, 100 years in advance...

This is scary.

Kou Zhun nodded in agreement: "If you want to choose a teacher for the crown prince, you have to be very careful. I heard that the current Minister of Zhaowen, Fan Zhongyan, is a virtuous talent..."

Zhao Yiyi interrupted him: "I have decided that he will enlighten the prince and princess."

Kou Zhun grasped the key point in his words: "The prince and the princess are enlightened together?"

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "Yes. The princess is talented, so it's a waste not to study. It just so happens that the two of them are twins, and the twins do everything together. It doesn't matter if they study together."

Kou Zhun glanced at him: "The government really prefers the princess."

He also said: "Fan Xianggong's talent and virtue are indeed worthy of being the emperor's teacher."

But I couldn't help feeling sour in my heart.

When it comes to virtue and talent, and the qualifications to be an emperor's teacher, is Kou Zhun any better than Fan Zhongyan?

Alas, time has changed and things have changed. A new generation replaces an old one.The world has changed, he is old...

Zhao Yiyi said: "Fan Qing has nothing to lose in his talent and virtue."

He also pointedly said: "But in Bianliang, there is a person who is more suitable to be the teacher of the crown prince than him."

Kou Zhun's heart skipped a beat.

He has always put himself above all people in the world.As soon as he heard the emperor say "there is a person", he immediately identified this person as himself.

Is it meaningful for the emperor to still say these words today?

Didn't he force himself to resign?Now I come to him again and sigh "the newcomers are not as good as the old ones"...

Did the emperor intend to use him again?

No, absolutely impossible.

Kou Zhun thought secretly.

Thinking about it in his own shoes, if he is now standing in the position of the emperor, it is already the limit to allow Duke Lai to still live in the capital.As for enabling it again, unless he's really crazy.

Kou Zhun quietly looked at Zhao Yiyi, and regretfully found that the emperor did not show any signs of madness yet.

He said slowly: "What does the official say?"

Zhao Yiyi smiled kindly: "I have been educated by the Duke of Lai for nearly ten years. I personally feel that the Duke of Lai is the best teacher in the world."

Anyway, put a top hat on first.Kou Zhun loved flattery the most in his life, and now that he was praised by the emperor, he couldn't help twirling his beard: "The officials praised him absurdly."

"However, sir is also aware of the current situation. It is already impossible for Duke Lai to return to the palace and become a teacher for the crown prince."

Kou Zhun was silent.

This is true.

Zhao Yiyi continued: "But to be a teacher to the crown prince, you don't necessarily have to come to the palace."

Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows: "What do the officials mean?"

Zhao Yiyi pointed at him and said, "Sir, isn't it just a teacher for others now? When the crown prince is a little older, when he is fifteen or sixteen years old, he will ask her to go to school in the palace and come to Qingbei University to worship Mr. as a teacher, isn't it?" Not exactly."

"It should be known that although the enlightenment teacher has a profound influence on a person, what can a person learn when he is seven or eight years old? He can only learn the most basic principles. When he is fifteen or sixteen years old, he needs education the most. , The teacher I worship at this time is the teacher who truly preaches and teaches karma and solves doubts."

Kou Zhun said: "Then it's just a coincidence. After the official's parents are fifteen or sixteen years old, the minister will not have the honor to teach the official's family."

Zhao Yiyi said: "That's just to make up for the regret. What's more, Mr. is still the grandfather of the crown prince. It is very suitable for Mr. to be the emperor's teacher."

Kou Zhun said: "It's just that most of the students who come to Qingbei University to study now are down-and-out scholars, and even the sons of bureaucrats and rich people are very few. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the officials to send the crown prince here to study?"

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "It depends on man's effort. It will be more than ten years later. It can be said that today's Qingbei University is not the same as when it was first established. Presumably in more than ten years, Qingbei University will be more prosperous than it is today. By now At that time, whether it was a down-and-out scholar, a son of a hundred craftsmen, a descendant of a bureaucrat, or a businessman, they could all find their place in Qingbei University. Even women could enroll and study in the same class as men. The crown prince also came to study, of course not What a fantasy."

Kou Zhun closed his eyes.

He had been the emperor's teacher for ten years, so how could he not understand his off-screen voice.

The emperor has babbled so much, but the main point is——

Women are also admitted.

Women, women!

What else do you not understand?The emperor's intentions were already obvious. Compared to the prince, he preferred the princess to the point where he wanted to pave the way for her and hand over the entire Song Dynasty to her!

He opened his eyes and looked at the emperor.

Isn't it really crazy?

Zhao Yiyi said: "Sir, what do you think of my dream?"

Kou Zhun said slowly, "It's as hard as climbing the sky and picking the moon."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "What's so difficult about climbing to the sky and picking the moon? Drive a ladder to the moon, pick the moon off, and then climb down the ladder with the moon. The moon in the sky is real, and it is better than water." The moon and the flower in the mirror look clear, but they are actually shadows."

Kou Zhun said: "The officials have the courage to pick the moon."

He stood up: "Mr. Xia should have finished explaining the principle of self-propelled boats to them, right? I still have to tell them Zuo Zhuan for an hour today. If I don't take them back to the classroom, I will miss the hour!"

At this time, Xia Yuqi came out of the room with his twenty or so students.

Xia Yuqi walked in the middle, holding a model of a bicycle boat in his hand.There was a spring on the model that could be turned and wound. He twisted it a few times, let go of his hand, and saw the wheels on the side of the model ship start to turn round and round.

He put the model into the pool in the courtyard, and the model boat spun around for a while, then began to move quickly to the other side of the pool, leaving only two waves of water.

The eyes of the students all brightened: "Mr. Xia, you are really skilled!"

Xia Yuqi laughed and said, "I don't dare to be a god. I'm a mortal."

Kou Zhun said: "Okay, I've finished reading it all, why don't you pack up and go back to study? You can't read well, and when the year-end evaluation comes out, you will be inferior in the end-of-year examination. Your Principal Yan scolds you, I won't stop you."

Although Qingbei University had tens of thousands of students, the students who followed Kou Zhun and specialized in classics were all intending to take the imperial examination in the coming year, and they all registered with Yan Shu one by one.The university evaluates twice a year, and Yan Shu always depends on the grades of these people, and whoever's performance is about the same, he will go out to take the imperial examination.

The students all followed Kou Zhun listlessly, even the emperor dared not look at him.

Kou Zhun led them and was about to go back to class.

Zhao Yiyi said loudly behind them: "Sir, after I pluck the moon, do you want to enjoy the Qinghui together?"

Kou Zhun didn't look back: "Reward!"

Aren't all men and women born of his daughter?

If you pick the moon, you pick the moon. It's not like he hasn't done anything more difficult than this.