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Chapter 41: The Sage's Mind Is Hard to Guess

"This Zhang Junping is indeed talented. Not only is he skilled in martial arts, but he is not inferior to literary talent!

This folk song, in just a few hundred words, covers literature, history, philosophy, astronomy and geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, righteousness, etc. The most important thing is to integrate loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and sincerity into the nursery rhyme!" Emperor Zhao Heng exclaimed, and admired Zhang Junping even more in his heart.

"What Your Majesty said is that this nursery rhyme is catchy and easy to understand! Zhang Junping is also very attentive!" Liu E is also very talented and naturally can distinguish the quality of the nursery rhyme and echoes her.

Although the queen Liu E was born in a humble background, she was smart and studious. Before Zhao Heng took her into the palace, she hid her in the house of Zhang Qi, the commander of the palace. In the Wang family, Liu E did not indulge in wealth, but devoted herself to studying. She hid in Zhang Qi's house for fifteen years and also read books for fifteen years.

It can be said that Queen Liu E's talent is not inferior to some Jinshi in the dynasty.

"Haha! The Zhang family has produced a Qilin son!

The Zhang family has been loyal and kind for generations, but it’s a pity that his father and his ancestors are all mediocre in their qualifications. Even if I want to use them, I have to think twice!” Emperor Zhao Heng sighed.

The Zhang family was not from a noble family. Zhang Lingduo, the ancestor of the Zhang family, was the commander of the palace's personal guards. He was rewarded for his contributions to the dragon.

Originally, he was a military general, but when he saw that the emperor was afraid of the general, he began to abandon martial arts and follow literature. As a result, his descendants would not be able to become martial arts.

Many powerful and nobles in the Song Dynasty abandoned martial arts and followed the literature, not only the Zhang family, but also did not achieve much.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Junping is so powerful, both civil and military, and he is also loyal. However, just as Your Majesty said, he is reckless and speaks too straightforwardly!"

"My beloved concubine is right! Zhang Junping still needs to be polished to be reused!

I have this meaning to let him be this Zuo Shushou son!" Emperor Zhao Heng nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, the king is here to pay tribute to Your Majesty and the Empress!" The eunuch came in to report.

"I have met my father, I have met the eldest lady, my father is safe! My uncle is safe!" Zhao Zhen walked into Funing Hall and paid tribute to the emperor and the queen in a regular manner.

"What does the prince have to think of Master Zhang? I like the Zuo Shuzi I arranged for you!"

"Thank you, my father. Master Zhang is very good, has a strong martial arts skills and a good knowledge. I like it very much!" Zhao Zhen replied respectfully.

“So great!”

"Father, I learned two nursery rhymes with Master Zhang today. I wanted to sing it to my father and the eldest lady!" After all, I was a child. After learning new things, I couldn't help but want to show it in front of my parents.

"Oh? What kind of nursery rhyme is it? The prince sings it!" Emperor Zhao Heng smiled and said with a smile.

In the Song Dynasty, the royal family was actually the same as ordinary people, who called their son Lang, Dalang, Erlang, and Sanlang.

According to the order, Zhao Zhen is Liulang and the sixth son of Emperor Zhao Heng, but because the first five died, this is the eternal pain in the heart of Emperor Zhao Heng, so he is not called Zhao Zhen Liulang, but is called the prince dryly.

It’s a tough name, but the love in my heart is not a little bit!

"Okay! I will sing the hundred surnames to my father and the aunt first!

Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang·········" Zhao Zhen shook his head and his back shaking.

"Not bad, really good!" Emperor Zhao Heng nodded slightly, his face full of relief. At this moment, he was not the emperor, but just a father, a father who was full of joy for his son's little achievements.

"Didn't the prince learn two nursery rhymes? I will recite another one for me!"

Although the surname of Hundred Family is good, putting the surname Zhao first is arguing for flattery. Of course, Emperor Zhao Heng is very helpful to this flattery. However, Emperor Zhao Heng attaches more importance to the Three Character Classic. The Three Character Classic is a true classic, integrating loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness, easy to understand, and catchy.

"Abide by the order!" Zhao Zhen agreed with a proper manner.

Then he memorized the Three Character Classic again.

"Does the prince know what this nursery rhyme means?"

"I know, Master Zhang has told Erchen everything!"

"Then I will test you! What does it mean to choose a neighbor's place?"

"In the past, Meng's mother chose a neighbor's place, which was the allusion of Meng's mother's three migrations." Zhao Zhen said, shaking her head and saying: "When Mencius was young, her father died early, and her mother was in a ritual. She lived near the tomb. Mencius learned to be funerals, and she cried bitterly. Meng's mother said: "This is really something that can be lived in my son." So she lived here. This story comes from the "Biography of Women" by Liu Xiang, a great scholar in the Han Dynasty." Zhao Zhen's little face was slowly pride.

"My son is really good! These are all taught by Zuo Shuzi?" Emperor Zhao Heng said in surprise.

Emperor Zhao Heng was just happy and not surprised to know the Three Character Classics, but even know the allusions behind the Three Character Classics, and still know the words, which is amazing. You must know that Zhang Junping has only been the only one day as the Zuo Shuzi. If this goes on, why worry about the prince not becoming a talented person?

"When I go back to my father, it was taught by Master Zhang! Master Zhang is really amazing! He speaks kindly and is very good at reasoning! The things he says will be understood as soon as he hears!" Zhao Zhen received praise and did not forget to give Zhang Junping some of his contributions.

Zhao Zhen had a good impression of Zhang Junping. When he talked about Zhang Junping, he couldn't help but look admiring on his face.

"Zhener, I'm so hungry, are you?" Seeing that Zhao Zhen liked Zhang Junping so much and even admired him, Liu E couldn't help but feel sour and started to talk about the topic.

"My son...My son is indeed a little hungry!" I wanted to say humbly, but my stomach was not good enough and made a gurgling protest. Zhao Zhen touched his stomach and said.

"The prince is hungry, I'll pass on the meal!" Liu E followed Zhao Zhen's voice and ordered the eunuch to pass on the meal.

He didn't say anything and didn't say anything. In this way, Liu E interrupted the topics of Emperor Zhao Heng and Prince Zhao Zhen and son, and could not continue to discuss Zhang Junping.

My thoughts on Empress Zhang Junping Liu E are very complicated.

On the one hand, I also hope that Zhang Junping can teach the prince well so that the prince can grow up healthily. On the other hand, I don’t want Zhang Junping to get too close to the prince, and in the end I can win the respect of the prince like those old ministers of Xiang Minzhong, but I feel very bored.

When he got home, the stove that he told yesterday had been ready and the good wine was bought. Zhang Junping came to the backyard and took a look. The pot was cleaned and he was waiting for him to come back to use.

Zhang Junping washed up and prepared to start purifying and distilled wine.

Zhang Lu hurriedly drove all the servants in the backyard out. He arranged a dozen old people outside to watch. No one was allowed to enter the backyard. He and Zhang Gui were the only ones left in the yard to serve him.

Zhang Junping picked up a jar of wine and poured it into the pot. He stopped about seven minutes, covered the lid, and ordered, "Light!"

Zhang Gui was busy lighting the fire there, and Zhang Junping inserted the prepared thin tube made of pure copper into the small holes reserved on the lid, and asked Zhang Lu to find clean silk to plug the small holes tightly.
Chapter completed!
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