Prince E's wisdom has spread in Kaifeng City along with the Lu Ban Suo and Jiu Lian Lian, which Du Yan widely publicized.
The wisdom of Prince E was promoted everywhere in the temples, courts, and Goulan wine shops. In addition, the past mistakes were not the fault of human beings, and almost all the people agreed that the Song Dynasty would have a smart emperor.
Of course, traffickers and gentry officials view this matter differently.
The closer one is to the royal family, the less mysterious and less awe they have towards the emperor, and they rarely believe in the words of God blessing the Song Dynasty and blessings from heaven. What they say is inconsistent with what they think in their hearts. Among officials and scholars,
The most common.
The scholars of the Song Dynasty were a very special group and had always been xenophobic. Their xenophobia not only excluded warriors and untouchables, but also the relatives of the emperor and the country were despised by them.
Therefore, the legend of how intelligent Prince E Zhao Xi was was never discussed, and even if the topic was brought up occasionally, it was ignored.
Unlocking the Nine Links? Who are you trying to trick? Social elites like them can’t do it even with all the efforts of the masses, so let them believe in a three-year-old child? Isn’t this nonsense?
There are even many criticisms of the husband in the court. Why bother? For the sake of a new policy, even the integrity of the scholars has been lost.
Sun Fu was in the Imperial College and was the secretary of the Secretariat, so it was natural that he would have this thought. As the only prince, it would not be enough to show his uniqueness and legitimacy if he did not publicize it like this.
God-given imperial power does not even make people feel a sense of belonging to the royal family better than a child prodigy sent from heaven.
As a temporary lecturer, Sun Fu set aside those child prodigies to treat Zhao Xi fairly out of his attitude of teaching and educating people. Just like an ordinary child, he was enlightened by the Thousand-Character Essay.
At this moment, Sun Fu no longer knew how to describe the shock in his heart.
It turns out that Prince E's intelligence is not publicity, but a real and objective fact.
How could he not be aware of the thoughts surging among the scholars? At this moment, he was blushing at the disdain he had experienced.
I have devoted myself to teaching the scriptures and Yi Yi for many years, but I still can't get rid of the fixed thinking. I think that if I have never done it or seen it, then it is untrue.
"Your Majesty, have you ever recited the Thousand-Character Essay in the past?"
Although Sun Fu was already sure of Zhao Xi's intelligence, he still asked this question very carefully.
Uh... Zhao Xi was a little confused when he asked him this question.
I have never been enlightened, and I am only three years old. Whose child of this age is enlightened? This is not the future.
Looking at Sun Fu's expression again, Zhao Xi suddenly understood. It turns out that being too evil will really lead to disbelief. Especially for the special group of scholars, who think they are superior to others!
"Mr. Hui, I have never been enlightened, and I have never recited the Thousand-Character Essay. If there are other enlightenment reading materials, I can also let students recite them."
Zhao Xi is really competitive! What he said is very clear, don’t you believe it? Okay, bring other books, books that you think I will never read, and let me try it.
Zhao Xi felt very confident at this time. He was already knowledgeable and memorized, but he didn't expect that the process of coming to the Song Dynasty would actually make him improve in this aspect.
He himself did not expect that after reading it three or five times, he could actually recite three to five hundred words. Although he had not finished memorizing the thousand words, he felt that if he read it three or five times, he would not have much trouble memorizing it completely.
One thing Zhao Xi overlooked is that he is actually a man in his forties. When he recited, he was not really like a child who memorized by rote. The process of his reciting was the process of understanding the article, which included his own experience.
Knowing the ingredients is what leads to quick recitation.
"Mingfu dare not, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Forgive me! I know I don’t have the ability now, so why do I play Ligeleng?
However, Sun Fu and Sun Mingfu were an upright person. If he had doubts, he would raise them directly. He did not gossip behind his back with doubts.
"Your Majesty, how many times can I recite it and recite it? How many words can I understand if I read it a thousand words?"
"Sir, just five more times is enough. As for recognizing the corresponding characters, you should have no problem consciously."
Since you don't believe it, I will convince you completely.
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Zhao Xi thought that at his age, there were special exceptions to the so-called admission to the academy, for example, it only took a while in the morning. Unexpectedly, he actually had to wait until four or five in the afternoon before he could go back...
At lunch, he was accompanied by the eunuchs and maids who followed him in the sky, which was not much different from those in Ciming Palace. It seemed that even the food was delivered from there.
"Your Majesty, after the training yesterday, they are basically in order. Even when they stand in line and twist around, they are still messy."
Wang Zhongzheng looked very excited. The teenage boy was very excited to play such a game.
"Well, when standing in line, shout to the right and look to the right. Even if the person on the far right doesn't move, it will be based on him, and the distance will be one arm's width."
"If you twist your body and shout to turn back, you must turn to the right. In this way, you can also let them practice turning left and right."
Zhao Xi was talking about the formation training of the honor guard, but he didn't know that there was a huge commotion in the Secretary's Office at this time.
Although Sun Fu was recommended as an official, he devoted himself to education in the past twenty years and gained a great reputation among the scholars.
But what he said during lunch became a target of public criticism.
Originally, there were a few new scholars who were admitted to the roll call at Donghua Gate last year. They were busy solving the Nine Links in the morning. They all had to hold back their childhood milk, and the result was that they couldn't figure it out at all.
During the noon meal time, it was inevitable to say a few words of criticism against Zhao Xi and all the gentlemen, and Sun Fu also casually argued a few words...
"Brother Ming Fu, when scholars study, they must not follow others' opinions."
"Brother Mingfu, study the ancients well, seek truth from facts, and don't spread rumors or listen to the nonsense of traffickers and foot soldiers."
"If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't do it, you can't do it."
Sun Fu is a depressing person. It is not a well-known fact that Prince E studied at Zishan Hall. At least among the people in the Secretary Pavilion, he is the only one who teaches in person.
At this age, one cannot tell the public about this matter out of anger.
He still abides by the way of being a minister and keeping the word.
Just because he didn't say anything, it didn't mean that Zhao Xi could wait for him steadily.
Zhao Xi had finished his meal and was bored. He was originally interested in the group of scholars, so he asked Wang Zhongzheng to take him over here with some coaxing and deception.
"Sir, when will the classes be held?"
When school was over, Sun Fu had explained it. But Zhao Xi was outside the door and heard the discussion inside... The clay figures were very angry. Even Wang Zhongzheng was a little angry, and Zhao Xi felt quite unhappy.
As a prince, he didn't care about them. Zhao Xi Shiran came in and greeted Sun Fu politely.
"Uh... Your Majesty, how can I ask you to move? Mingfu will be here right now."
Prince E did this by himself, not by saying it. Sun Fu really wanted Zhao Xi to show off, to prove that he was not just talking nonsense like what others said.
"Nine-Serial Links, do you guys play this too?"
Zhao Xi pretended to have seen it accidentally, stared at the nine-ring chain on the table, and asked casually.