Li Xuan originally thought that it would be easy to teach a group of indigenous people to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the most basic knowledge of astronomy and geography.
But what he didn't expect was that when he tried to personally teach these indigenous people to learn modern knowledge, the result would make him collapse.
The first batch of students who studied with Li Xuan and became the emperor's disciples were all selected from the half-grown children in the former Guards. There were fifteen people in total, ranging in age from thirteen to fifteen years old. These people
Because he is smart and studious, he was also the first person selected to study in the literacy class.
After more than half a year of literacy class study, they can already recognize some of the most basic common words. To put it bluntly, their reading and writing skills are comparable to those of future generations of kindergarten children, and they are still in a large class!
I don’t know how much better it is than a group of foreigners who have worked hard to learn Chinese for several years and can’t even pronounce it correctly!
But Li Xuan discovered that while their Chinese proficiency was comparable to that of kindergarten children, he also found that they had as many problems as kindergarten children!
When Li Xuan taught them addition on the first day of class, before Li Xuan could say one plus one to one plus two, a young officer who looked very honest and honest raised his hand to ask a question.
Seeing this honest young man raising his hands to ask questions, Li Xuan nodded with a smile: "Classmate, do you have any questions?"
"Your Majesty, why does one plus one equal two?" The honest young man said as he touched his head, showing a very embarrassed expression. He was obviously because he couldn't understand such a simple question as one plus one equals two.
I feel quite ashamed!
Upon hearing this question, Li Xuan opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth for a long time, nothing came out.
Damn it, are you sure you are an aboriginal boy who has not even learned the simplest addition within ten? To be able to ask such a profound question, you must have traveled through time to embarrass me!
"Why does one plus one equal two? This student asked well!" Li Xuan said, recalling all his mathematical knowledge that he had almost returned to the teacher. It seems that there is a formula that can prove why one plus one equals two.
Yeah, what's the name of Pi?
Damn, the names of these foreigners are so complicated that he can’t even remember what the formula is. It can’t be preserved eggs, right? Although the preserved egg and thin meat porridge is quite delicious, it can’t be solved.
Why does one plus one equal two?
How do you explain the formula that one plus one equals two? Let me think about it!
Li Xuan recalled those formulas for a long time, just like loaches playing hide-and-seek. He thought and thought, and occasionally remembered a little bit, but most of them seemed like smoke and mirrors, and he couldn't remember them.
Li Xuan's face slowly changed after recalling it for a long time and still couldn't remember it.
At this moment, he felt that his pride as a time traveler was broken by a little indigenous boy!
The paralysis cannot be tolerated!
His face straightened immediately: "My dear friend, you must have a correct study attitude and don't be too arrogant. One plus one and other profound issues involving the movement of heaven and earth and the ultimate principles of all things are not something you should be able to come into contact with right now!"
As soon as these words came out, the honest young man who asked the question below showed an expression of panic, with some doubts in the panic. Why is it a profound question that one plus one equals two?
He doesn't understand!
After Li Xuan said these words, he felt that these words were too serious and might dampen the enthusiasm of these teenagers to learn, which would not be conducive to his subsequent plan to train these teenagers into the iron-blooded soldiers and scientists of the 16th century.
Immediately, his expression softened slightly, and he said in a kind grandfather's tone: "You will naturally understand this problem when you grow up!"
After listening to Li Xuan's words, the honest young man showed an expression that seemed to have gained something. It turned out that he was too young to understand!
But how old do you have to be to be considered grown up? I am already fourteen years old this year, and my family has already arranged a marriage for him. The woman is the daughter of another well-known bandit family in the mountains, with a family of swords and guns.
When you turn fifteen next year, you will get married. Will you be considered grown up by then?
In the next few days, Li Xuan discovered that the phrase "you will know when you grow up" was a panacea. Whenever those indigenous students asked some confusing questions, he could use this phrase to deal with it.
They often ask about common sense that seems simple but is actually quite troublesome to explain, such as why the moon and the sun don’t fall in the sky?
Is the ground under our feet round? And it’s still spinning? Then why won’t we fall? Why are dark clouds gray, and why do rainbows have seven colors...
Li Xuan would give them detailed explanations at first, but he would soon find that the more he explained, the more problems he would have.
He explained to them that the sun would not fall because of gravity, and then they would ask what gravity is, who is Newton? Why is the name so strange!
And it often leads to a lot of math problems, which finally made Li Xuan a little angry. Damn, you are still a group of kindergarten children. You haven't even learned addition and subtraction within 100 fluently. Now you want to learn like junior high school students.
content?
Damn, let’s wait until you grow up!
It has to be said that giving lessons to these young officers in the army is the most difficult, troublesome and driving thing that Li Xuan has encountered since time travel. Before that, he led the army to travel with the Ming army for more than a month.
During the battle, I suffered all the hardships along the way without feeling it was a big deal, and I never thought about giving up.
But facing these young officer students, Li Xuan wanted to give up his teaching plan more than once!
But for the sake of the rise of the Tang Dynasty, for the emperor's throne under Li Xuan's butt, and also for the sake of having someone to do it for him in the future and teach more people, he endured it with great determination!
As the saying goes, when heaven entrusts a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so he must stir up his heart and forbearance and gain what he cannot.
God made him the emperor, so naturally he had to suffer a little first. He couldn't just lie down and sleep on his own, as all the benefits would come.
So Li Xuan endured it for half a month, but after half a month he finally couldn't bear it anymore. After another class that made him exhausted, Li Xuan announced a holiday, and he had three holidays in a row.
sky!
He needs to take a break, otherwise if he continues to be tortured like this, his young mind will collapse sooner or later!
But as a teacher, his life was so miserable. Don't expect the students to have a better time during this holiday. He left a lot of homework for these students, enough to keep them busy in the next three days.
From morning till night, from night till dawn!
You're just a kid, how dare you act crazy like this! You have so much homework, you can't do it to death!