In the huge Fengtian Hall, it seemed that the only sound at this time was the sound of human breathing and heartbeat.
When many people heard that teachers and students Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang were invited by the emperor to attend the court meeting, they planned to make trouble, and pioneers like Zhao Shilang and Chief Chen really jumped out and asked them to do so.
He made a powerful speech, and those who didn't catch up in time naturally beat their chests secretly, feeling that they had missed a great opportunity to become famous.
But at this time, these people who had regretted it before were all grateful for their caution! Look at Mr. Chen, his pale face is like a dead person. His words will throw water away, and he is still in front of the emperor. He has no chance to default on his debt.
Got it!
Even Weinan Bo Zhang Kang himself couldn't help showing an expression of surprise when he saw that the emperor did not take anything out of the box, but instead ordered Chu Kuan to get a pair of gloves. Even though he felt that Zhang Shou's hope of unlocking the box was really high.
Da, he didn't expect it to be so fast and successful at the first time! In the silence around him, he suddenly heard a harsh voice and became furious.
"Your Majesty, how could I know that this was not a collusion between Uncle Weinan and Zhang Shou's teachers and students to switch this box..."
Finding that the person speaking was Minister Zhao of the Ministry of War, the emperor interrupted casually: "You may not know that when I was a child, the late emperor gave me this box as a toy. He probably expected me, a naughty boy, to play with it casually.
I can open this box. It's a pity that I didn't open this box for three whole years from the time I was playing with it when I was five years old to the death of my late emperor when I was eight years old."
When he said this, there was a sarcastic smile on his lips: "So, I know the lines, shape, and even scratches of this box clearly, because Uncle Weinan must regard this thing as a treasure and will use it casually.
The one who made the trouble was me, the naughty boy in the palace back then. So, I don’t want to hear the word “swap” again, because it means that I am blind.”
Minister Zhao immediately blushed and did not dare to say another word. Chief Chen was even more confused, standing there alone, as if he would faint in the next moment.
But Lu Sanlang looked arrogantly at those guys who had just jumped out to accuse their teachers and students. Before Chu Kuan came back, he said sincerely: "Your Majesty, this time I can unlock the box.
The ideas proposed by the teacher, and then the principles explained to everyone, I led other people in Jiuzhangtang to check the calculations over and over again, and completed the first half..."
As Lu Sanlang spoke, he raised his head and glanced arrogantly at the officials around him, and talked endlessly about the principles that were not actually very complicated: "The teacher thinks that these fourteen-ring text locks may be simple poems.
Shifting processing, the original text is shifted backward or forward in the thousand-character text according to certain rules, and finally the shifted ciphertext is formed. What we have to do is to find the corresponding mapping relationship..."
However, what he sees as uncomplicated sounds like a book from heaven to people who have never been in contact with it. They understand, what the hell is mapping? Especially when all kinds of things they have never heard of begin to appear later.
When it comes to terminology, although some people can pretend to be confused and understand without showing emotion or anger, there are still more people who are very honest and express confusion.
And these confused people soon rejoiced in their honesty, because those who were thoughtful and even nodded slightly to show that they understood were immediately named and asked by the emperor - no one knew why the emperor could understand those complicated questions.
The terminology was used so fluently that when the emperor revealed that he did not understand it at all, those who did not pretend to understand were extremely embarrassed.
Only Zhang Shou knew that the emperor should have bought all the twenty new volumes of Gurdjieff's arithmetic a long time ago. Otherwise, the third and fourth princes would not have secretly told him that the emperor was teaching them personally. Therefore, the emperor could have exposed it.
He was not surprised at all by the ability of those who pretend to understand. Instead, he felt that the emperor was really willful.
Seeing that many people had made a fool of themselves, the emperor said lazily: "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, it is knowing. Since someone spoke on behalf of the world's scholars before, and thought that I promoted Zhang Shou, it was a disgrace to the world's scholars.
If you have a strong heart, then this book "The Analects of Confucius: Weizheng" should not have been read."
Although Zhao Shilang was not on the same level as those who pretended to understand, he was still embarrassed when the emperor used his exact words. But at this moment, Chu Kuan had already brought out the gloves. The emperor put on the gloves one by one.
Silk gloves, and then said without raising his head: "I still remember that someone just couldn't stand the provocation of Lu Zhu, the head of Jiuzhangtang, and said that he wanted to give up his official position to him?"
If Zhao Shilang was just ashamed, then it can be said that Chief Chen was really on the verge of collapse. He was worried, gritted his teeth and was about to take off the black gauze hat on his head, but at this moment, he unexpectedly heard a soft sound.
laugh.
"Master Chen is such an old man, why should he take it seriously just because he made a bet with Lu Zhu, a kid with a dirty mouth?"
As Zhang Shou spoke, he glanced at Lu Sanlang and warned him not to get carried away. When he saw the person, he immediately lowered his head obediently. He had just teased the person with the four words "huge mouth child" in Master Chen's original words, and he said lightly: "Skill industry"
Although they have specializations, Zhao Shilang and Chen Chen have read a lot of sages and sages, but they are laymen in arithmetic. In this case, it is not surprising that laymen speak layman's language."
Chief Chen was finally provoked to anger by Zhang Shou. He subconsciously pulled out the hairpin that held the black gauze hat in place and threw the official hat he valued most on the ground. However, at this moment, the emperor was suddenly surprised.
The ground yelled.
"What's this?"
Because Zhang Shou had just stood up to confront Zhao Shilang and Chief Chen, his position was no longer as far back as before. At this time, he looked up and was shocked by the thing in the emperor's hand. If he was not dazzled, it seemed that
A... watch? Then, his first reaction was that Emperor Taizu might have come directly in his true form back then, otherwise how could there be such a thing?
The emperor curiously took the watch and looked it up and down, left and right, and even shook it a few times. Finally, he put the thing down with some disappointment, and then carefully took out a piece of paper from the box.
What caught his eye were words that he had seen many times in the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, but they were like words from heaven. Then the second one, the third one... all in a stack were like this.
At this moment, he no longer had any doubt that the box came from Taizu.
But he couldn't understand what he had tried so hard to find, so he was naturally a little uninterested. However, facing the ministers with different expressions, he still smiled and said with a relaxed expression: "Zhang Qing, the teacher knows that you are better than your predecessor."
And Sheng Yulan, I will always be grateful. You have been able to lead them to overcome such difficulties in just such a short period of time in Jiuzhangtang, and you have really lived up to my expectations."
As he spoke, he smiled and glanced at Lu Sanlang, who straightened his chest and had a smug look on his face, and said lightly: "As for Lu Zhu, he scolded the second prince in the street for his ridiculous behavior. His courage is commendable. In addition, he helped your teacher solve the problem."
After opening this box, the chief of the restaurant did a good job. Not to mention that I gave you a picture when you were newly married, it would not be a bad idea for me to come and be the guest of honor for you."
Before all the ministers below could burst into an uproar, the emperor changed his words and said: "But if I go, your father, teacher, and grandmaster will all lose their limelight to me, so this excitement is
I will not join in for the time being, so as to save others from admonishing me endlessly! I got a good white jade paperweight before, so I rewarded it to you! The supervisors of Jiuzhang Hall will each reward you with an ingot of ink and a knife of white paper.
During this period, we will give you rice and six stones per year."
"I would like to thank you, Your Majesty. I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty on behalf of the supervisor of Jiuzhang Hall." Lu Sanlang was ecstatic and quickly saluted and thanked him. After he stood up, he happily saluted Zhang Shou, who was standing beside him, and expressed his sincerity.
He said in a very serious tone, "Thank you, teacher!"
Zhang Shou had never regarded Lu Sanlang as a good boy who followed the rules. Seeing him showing such respect for his teacher in public, he smiled and said: "Lu Zhu, you should thank your father."
. He gave birth to you and raised you, and also made a good marriage for you. You should not forget such a loving father."
After the fat son thanked the emperor for his kindness, he hurriedly went to thank his teacher. Lu Wan felt angry and disappointed, and felt extremely uncomfortable. But when he heard Zhang Shou put a lot of high hats on himself, Lu Sanlang quickly turned around and stood in the main hall.
He thanked him profusely again, and he finally felt at peace, and couldn't help but reflect on whether his previous attitude towards his youngest son was too biased.
But immediately afterwards, he almost lost his temper and twisted his nose. Because all he saw was Lu Sanlang, with a smile on his face, sincerely apologizing to Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Industry: "Liu Shilang, last night was all because of my impulsiveness and careless words and deeds.
There is room for outsiders to question you and your daughter. It is all my fault, and I apologize to you."
Although the marriage with the Lu family had been almost finalized, Liu Shilang was not without his worries - in order to prevent his obsessed wife from getting involved in the royal affairs, he had to cut the knot quickly - but
The story of how his daughter endured the humiliation and told him when she returned home last night made him feel a little more favorable towards his future son-in-law despite being frightened and angry.
And today, Lu Sanlang's eloquence and ease when he talked in the court completely dispelled his last doubt; just be fat, as long as you are healthy, but things like character and temperament are not.
It couldn't be changed! So, when he saw his prospective son-in-law acting respectfully, he couldn't help but feel so relieved that he almost said that a good son-in-law doesn't need to be polite.
The emperor laughed when he saw Lu Sanlang fawning over his teacher and then rushing to fawn over his father-in-law. He looked down at the box in his hand and suddenly had an idea. He said with a smile: "As for Zhang Qing, I just gave you a promotion.
But it’s hard to promote you anymore. Since this box is an object left by Taizu, and it was opened by you, and it is destined to you, I will give it to you!"
Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment, then quickly calmed down all his emotions and saluted and thanked him. But when Chu Kuan came to Zhang Shou with the box in front of many officials who looked either surprised or envious, the emperor suddenly asked: "Just now, Lu
Sanlang has roughly explained your idea, so can you tell me what the two lines of the poem Emperor Taizu wrote back then are?"
"The first sentence is, Xuanfu is still afraid of future generations." Zhang Shou paused and then said calmly, "As for the second sentence, everyone in Jiuzhang Hall tried their best but still couldn't match it. I
Then I had an idea and asked Lu Zhu to ask Uncle Weinan. He found a lot of poems that were only one character short of being able to fit into the Thousand Character Classic. In the end, I and Lu Zhu luckily derived it based on this."
"So, the second sentence is, I am born with talents that will be useful! It is not the material of wood in Li Taibai's original sentence, but the talent of talents."
I don’t know if Taizu’s hand slipped when he set the password, or if he deliberately used a typo!