The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Wu Liangye on the side hurriedly put out four more stools, and Li Fu sat down with the children.

Xiao Tao took the water bag from the carriage, which was specially used for washing hands.

After washing her hands, Xiao Tao took down other food from the carriage and handed them the water bag filled with boiled water.

Li Fu took it, unplugged it, and drank several big mouthfuls in one breath.

The three children also held the water bag and "ton ton ton".

After drinking the water, Li Fu and the three children all made a refreshing sound.

"Comfortable." Li Fu burped.

The old man in the field was still working with his family. In the hot summer, the farmers were most looking forward to a suitable rain.

Not too big, too big will cause waterlogging, and not too small, too small will not irrigate the land thoroughly.

A suitable rain can save them a lot of trouble.

"It's tiring. Compared to farming, studying is more comfortable." Li Fu said with emotion: "If you can't bear the hardship of studying, you have to bear the hardship of farming. In short, everything in life is bitter, and you can only find joy in suffering."

"Just because of farming, His Royal Highness Jingyang King expressed such emotion?" Lu Deming asked with a smile.

"How can I not be emotional? Dr. Lu is seventy years old this year. Do you know how old the old man who works in the field with a large family is?" Li Fu asked: "He is seventy-two years old, two years older than you."

Lu Deming was shocked. He opened his mouth slightly and stared at Li Fu in a daze.

In Lu Deming's eyes, the age of seventy is the time to enjoy the old age at home with grandchildren...

"But the work in the field cannot be done by no one. Although it is summer, it has not rained for a long time. If the crops want to have a good harvest, they cannot lack water at this time. The family can only work from dawn to dusk." Li Fu said.

Then, he looked at Li Chengqian.

"Chengqian, do you know how much grain can be produced from one mu of land?"

Li Chengqian shook his head.

"This field, one mu of land, produces between one stone and five dou and two stones." Li Fu said, "Last year, there was no canal, but the harvest was pretty good, producing one stone and seven dou. Now that there is a canal, it is more convenient to irrigate the land. In addition, the rain this spring is also good. I estimate that it can be around two stones."

"Two stones, it is already a good harvest." Li Fu sighed.

"Two stones?!" Li Chengqian couldn't believe it.

So hard work, one mu of land, two stones?

At this moment, Li Chengqian thought of Li Fu's words "Every porridge and every meal should be appreciated as it is not easy to come by", and he had a deeper understanding of this sentence.

"That's right, two stones. In this way, you will know a thing or two about the farmland." Li Fu said, "The more you know, the more you know. In the future, the slanderers will not be able to deceive you. So, Chengqian, you have a lot to learn and experience. Of course, you only need to understand many things, not master them. Your schoolwork will be much heavier than your brothers and sisters, because the burden on your shoulders will be heavier in the future."

Li Chengqian nodded seriously.

"Okay, the work is over, don't talk about such heavy topics. Let's eat, drink and have fun today. Work hard when you should, and rest when you should." Li Fu handed the cakes to the three children while speaking: "Come, eat something and replenish your energy."

Lu Deming watched Li Fu interact with the three children, thinking in his heart that he had to report to His Majesty so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have another teacher.

After Li Fu sat down, he did not pay attention to Lu Deming, and he did not know that Lu Deming had set his sights on him.

At noon, he returned to the house. Because he had done so many things in the morning, the children slept particularly well during their lunch break.

Li Fu was also a little tired, but he did not sleep in the house. Instead, he came to the courtyard of the study and sat on a recliner under the corridor at the door of the study to have a good rest.

Now there are many people in his courtyard. At least when the children are asleep, he wants to be quiet for a while and does not want to see so many people.

The courtyard of the study is much better.

Xiao Tao sat on the side, gently shaking the fan to fan Li Fu.

Li Fu swayed on the recliner, thinking about how to spend the afternoon.

In the afternoon, it should be the time for Lu Deming to give lectures to Li Chengqian and others. After the class, it will be evening.

At that time, it will not be suitable to go out at that time.

Another day has passed, which is good.

Li Fu was thinking and fell asleep.

When Li Fu woke up in the afternoon, Xiao Tao told him that Dr. Lu was already giving a lecture to the three young princes in the pavilion. If Li Fu woke up, he could go and have a look.

Li Fu strolled to the pavilion in the backyard and heard Lu Deming talking to Li Chengqian and others about diligence and thrift.

When Lu Deming saw Li Fu, he bowed and saluted, indicating thatHe came to the pavilion.

Li Fu walked into the pavilion.

"Just now, I was talking to the three princes about diligence and thrift, and it was also because I saw the princes taking the three little princes to do farm work in the morning, and heard the two sentences that the princes said." Lu Deming said: "Therefore, I have extended more."

"I see." Li Fu nodded slightly: "Please continue, Dr. Lu."

He just came to take a look.

"The "Ten Mistakes" in Han Feizi mentioned just now records that Qin Mugong asked You Yu: I would like to know why the wise kings in ancient times often gained or lost their countries. You Yu replied that they often gained their countries with thrift and lost them with extravagance."

Lu Deming said to Li Chengqian and others: "You Yu's words have been verified for several generations. There are often people who lose their countries due to arrogance, extravagance and debauchery, such as Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Huan and Ling of Han."

Li Fu listened on the side.

In fact, the reasons for the fall of the country cannot all be attributed to the emperor. It is not ruled out that Yang Guang himself had moral problems and was extravagant. The main reason was that he lost the game with the aristocratic family. Under the accumulation of contradictions, the aristocratic family turned the table and refused to work. After Yu Wenzhi killed the emperor, various anti-kings came on the scene.

As for the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty fell due to Wang Mang's usurpation of power, and the Eastern Han Dynasty fell due to Cao Wei's coercion.

Whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were finally destroyed due to intensified social contradictions, political chaos, and national division.

With the interweaving of internal and external factors, how could there not be chaos?

In the late Western Han Dynasty, the bureaucracy was corrupt, the problem of embezzlement and theft was serious, the people's livelihood was difficult, there were border wars, and the struggle for power was divided.

The emperor was extravagant. These four words are not big among so many reasons.

As for the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the protracted war against the Qiang, the annexation of land, the successive famines, the plague, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Emperor Ling’s selling of official positions…

The Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Kindergarten plus Emperors Huan and Ling, it is indeed…

“Your Highness?” Lu Deming was talking, and when he saw that Li Fu was distracted, he asked.

He called Li Fu two or three times in a row, but Li Fu did not respond.

It was not until Li Lizhi, who happened to be sitting next to him, pulled his sleeve that Li Fu turned around.