But it was said that Zhao Yao left He Lianfang's house at the end of Shen Shi.
He made an appointment with the fourth prince tonight to go to Li Mansion for dinner, so he did not stay at He Lianfang's place for long.
After leaving He Lianfang's house, Zhao Yao did not rush to Li Mansion, but went to buy some things first. He didn't buy anything too expensive, but went to the pastry shop and bought some delicious pastries.
Buying cakes is something he can do as a child. If you buy jewelry, it will not only appear too formal, but also appear to have ulterior motives.
"Yao Yao, wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to just buy some pastries and go to the Li Mansion?" Liang Run felt that Zhao Yao should buy some practical gifts instead of a few boxes of pastries when he came to visit the Li Mansion for the first time. It would be a little too rude to visit someone with a few boxes of pastries. "Yao Yao, if you don't think it's appropriate to buy jewelry, then go buy some better tonics."
"No need." Zhao Yao waved his hand and said, "Although this is my first time to visit Li Mansion, I am not visiting as a student, so there is no need to be so formal."
"But, you are a junior, so you should buy some good gifts and visit me."
"It stands to reason, but I am not an ordinary junior." Zhao Yao said to Liang Run as he walked, "If I bring too expensive gifts to the Li Mansion, it will cause misunderstanding."
Liang Run understood what Zhao Yao meant, nodded and said, "Yes."
Zhao Yao pointed to the pastries Liang Run was carrying, and said with an innocent smile: "It's most appropriate for me to bring some pastries for a visit." It should be said that carrying pastries to Li's house is in line with his personality. set up.
"What you said makes some sense, but do the Li family really not think you are rude?"
"No." Zhao Yao said very firmly, "If I really come to the door with expensive gifts, the Li family will not accept them."
Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Liang Run felt completely relieved.
Liang Run personally drove Zhao Yao to the vicinity of Li's Mansion in a carriage, but did not deliver it to the door of Li's Mansion. It stands to reason that when Zhao Yao goes to visit Li Mansion, as Zhao Yao's uncle, he should go with him. However, Zhao Yao felt it was not necessary.
The fourth prince, Taichang Cheng, Shaofu Cheng and others have been waiting for Zhao Yao.
It was almost the time of Unity, but Zhao Yao still hadn't come.
Taichang Cheng couldn't help but feel worried: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Tenth Highness, won't forget it, right?"
Shaofu Cheng thought it was very possible: "His Royal Highness was so happy that he might have forgotten."
"Probably not." The fourth prince said this without confidence.
"Speaking of which, when His Highness the Tenth Prince goes out to play in the palace, are there any guards accompanying him?" Taichang Cheng asked with concern, "Is it really okay?"
"Don't worry, the tenth brother will be fine." The fourth prince said, "Tongxi, who is beside the tenth brother, has good skills. He will protect the tenth brother and will not let anything happen to him."
Hearing what the fourth prince said, Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng were relieved.
While he was talking, he heard Zhao Yao's energetic voice.
"Fourth brother, I'm here."
The fourth prince raised his lips slightly, stood up immediately and said, "Here he comes."
Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng followed the fourth prince and went to welcome Zhao Yao's arrival.
Wei Mian led Zhao Yao in. When Zhao Yao saw the fourth prince and the others, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, two cousins, I'm here."
Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng hurriedly saluted Zhao Yao: "I have met His Highness the Tenth Prince."
Zhao Yao trotted up to Taichang Cheng and the others, stretched out his hand to help them up, and said, "I have already told you that I am not the tenth prince today, so the two cousins should not bow politely."
Taichang Cheng and the others smiled slightly.
The fourth prince looked at Zhao Yao and asked, "Why are you here so late? Are you having so much fun that you forgot?"
"Fourth brother, you have wronged me. I didn't forget to come to you." Zhao Yao said, "I went to buy snacks."
He pointed at the boxes of snacks Tong Xi was carrying and said very seriously: "These are the snacks I bought from the best snack shop in the capital." He patted his chest and assured the fourth prince. He said, "These are the snacks I have eaten before, and they are very, very, very delicious."
The fourth prince asked Wei Mian to take the snacks from Tong Xi.
"Fourth brother, I have divided them all." Zhao Yao pointed to the boxes of snacks Wei Mian was carrying in his left hand, "These snacks are very soft, suitable for grandpa and grandma to eat, and they are not very sweet."
The fourth prince smiled and said: "The one you recommended must be delicious. I think grandpa and grandma will like it."
Zhao Yao raised his chin slightly and said with a proud look on his face: "That's right, I said it's delicious, it must be delicious."
At this moment, Li Pushe came over in person. Normally at this time, he would be studying in Taixue.
On weekdays, he would stay at Taixue and rarely return to Li Mansion. Today, he learned that Zhao Yao was visiting Li Mansion, so he went back specially.
In addition to Li Pushe, other Li family members, including Taichang Cheng and their brothers, were also in Taixue. Because their elder brothers are teaching in Taixue.
Several of their nephews are also studying in Taixue. In other words, most of the men in the Li family stayed in Taixue.
"I see you, old minister..." Li Pushe had just saluted when Zhao Yao stopped him. He quickly saluted Li Pushe, "I have met my grandfather."
"How does this work?"
"You are Fourth Brother's grandfather, so I shamelessly call you grandfather. I hope you don't mind it." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Also, don't be so polite to me."
The fourth prince looked at Li Pushe and said, "Grandpa, this is in the Li Mansion, not in the palace. There is no need for so many courtesy."
Zhao Yao nodded repeatedly and said: "That's right, I'm just a child."
After hearing what the fourth prince and Zhao Yao said, Li Pushe followed the good advice.
"Your Highness, welcome to the Li Mansion as a guest."
"I'm here to eat and drink. Grandpa, just don't mind it." Zhao Yao said, looking at Taichang Cheng and the others with bright eyes, and asked politely, "Cousin, have you prepared something delicious for me? ?"
Taichang Cheng smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I will prepare a table of delicious food for you."
"Grandpa, I am taking my tenth brother to see my grandmother and the others."
"Let's go there together."
The fourth prince stretched out his right hand towards Zhao Yao, and Zhao Yao immediately reached out to hold it.
As soon as they walked out of the house, they saw Taichang Cheng and his father outside.
Before they saluted, Zhao Yao quickly stopped him: "Don't salute." After saying that, he hurriedly saluted them, "I have met you uncles."
The uncles were about to return the favor, but were stopped by the fourth prince.
"Uncle, there is no need to be so polite. You will scare the tenth brother."
Zhao Yao pretended to be scared, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, it will scare me. You are so polite, I won't dare to come next time."
The uncles smiled slightly and did not salute Zhao Yao again.
The fourth prince led Zhao Yao to the backyard. Mrs. Li, her wife and daughter have been waiting for a long time.
After Zhao Yao, Mrs. Li and the others had seen the ceremony, they were taken to the dining hall to have a meal by the fourth prince.
The fourth prince did not ask Li Pushe and his uncles to have dinner with them, but asked Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng to have dinner with Zhao Yao.
If Li Pushe and his uncles were present, Zhao Yao would be uncomfortable. This was of course the fourth prince's idea. For Zhao Yao, he didn't feel uncomfortable. However, Zhao Yao will eat more happily without the elders.
The Li family moved to the capital from Suzhou. Taichang Cheng and the others specially ordered the cooks at home to cook many special dishes unique to Suzhou.
"Your Highness, these are authentic Gusu dishes." The Li family's cook is a true Gusu native and can only cook Gusu dishes. If you want to eat authentic Gusu cuisine in the capital, you can't eat it in a restaurant, but you can eat it in Li's Mansion.
The Li family has a quirk, that is, they insist on eating Gusu cuisine. Obviously it has been hundreds of years since they moved to the capital, but their taste has never changed. At home they only eat Gusu cuisine.
The Shaofu Cheng said: "Gusu cuisine is a bit bland. I wonder if it suits His Highness's taste?"
"It fits, it matches very well." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "It's so delicious! If I had known that Gusu cuisine was so good, I should have come to your house with my fourth brother!"
Taichang Cheng and the others were very happy to see that Zhao Yao really liked eating Gusu food.
The fourth prince looked at Zhao Yao's greedy appearance and said with a smile: "My cousin and I were worried that Gusu cuisine would not be to your liking, but now it seems that we have overthought it."
"Although Gusu cuisine has a light taste, it is also very delicious." Zhao Yao smiled, rolled his eyes, stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, "It doesn't matter whether it is light or heavy, as long as it tastes good."
The fourth prince saw that Zhao Yao's mouth was stained with oil, so he took out a towel and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"If you like to eat, I can bring you to eat often."
"Really?" Zhao Yao's eyes suddenly became bright and he asked excitedly, "Can I really come here to eat often?"
Taichang Cheng said: "Of course."
Shaofu Cheng said: "If Uncle Qing knew that you liked the food he cooked so much, he would be very happy and welcome you to eat every day."
"Cousin, if you say so, I will really come every day."
"Welcome."
In the dining room in the backyard, Mrs. Li was having dinner with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.
Because at home, they were chatting while having dinner. Of course, the person they were chatting with today was Zhao Yao.
Except for Li Houci, no one else had seen Zhao Yao.
Because the fourth prince loved Zhao Yao very much, the Li family was very curious about Zhao Yao. Today they finally met Zhao Yao, and the Li family finally understood why the fourth prince loved and protected Zhao Yao so much.
"His Royal Highness is just a child." Li Houen said, "There is nothing special about him. I really don't understand why His Highness likes him so much." She just looked at His Highness carefully and found that the Tenth Prince is just an ordinary child. , not as good as their nephews.
Li Houci disagreed with Li Houen's words: "It's because His Highness is a child that His Highness loves His Highness so much."
Li Houen didn't understand what her sister said, and asked with a confused face: "What do you mean?"
Li Houshan understood what Li Houci meant and said with a smile: "Little sister, Your Highness is the only child in the palace."
Li Houen still didn't understand, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "His Royal Highness is the only child in the palace, but what does this have to do with His Highness protecting him?" His Highness is indeed very cute, but apart from this, he is not the only child in the palace. No other advantages. "I heard that His Highness Tenth is very stupid in studying. His Highness always teaches him to study. What is there to like about such a person?"
"Our children can basically memorize The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue, and Doctrine of the Mean by the age of six."
"I heard that Your Highness, the Tenth Highness, can't even recite the Analects of Confucius. He is so stupid. What do you like about His Highness? Do you like him for being stupid?"
Li Houen's mother gave her a stern look and said, "Hounen, you must not say that to His Highness Tenth Prince."
"Yes, mother." Li Houen said obediently.
"His Highness said that he likes the eyes of His Highness Tenth the most." Li Houci said warmly, "Because His Highness's eyes are clear and clean, and they are the most beautiful eyes in the palace."
Li Houshan said: "The eyes of His Royal Highness are also very pure and kind, which is something no one else in the palace has."
"The reason why His Highness loves His Highness Ten is because he wants to protect His Highness's innocence." Li Houci's tone was very gentle, "His Highness said that His Highness Ten is the real younger brother."
"Is His Royal Highness the real younger brother?" Li Houen became more and more confused as he listened, "Aren't the other His Highnesses the real younger brothers?"
Li Houshan still didn't understand when he saw his little sister, and he felt a little disgusted that she was stupid.
"Why are you so stupid? Both His Highness and other His Highnesses have scheming and methods, but they don't have the innocence of a child." In order to compete for that position, the princes each have hundreds of tricks.
After hearing this, Li Houen finally understood what her two sisters meant.
"Just because of this, His Highness likes His Highness Ten?" She still didn't understand.
"Yes, for His Highness, this is the most rare thing." It is also what His Highness lacks, so His Highness wants to protect His Highness Tenth. "Your Highness hopes that His Highness Tenth can always be pure and happy, and not be like..." Li Houci said this and did not say any more. What she didn't finish saying was, "Don't be like them and sacrifice the innocence that a child should have in order to compete for that position."
Li Houen muttered: "Your Highness is so strange."
Mrs. Li smiled kindly and said, "His Royal Highness is a good boy."
"Yes, he is a very cute child."
"It's really hard to imagine that His Highness the Tenth Prince is a prince."
"His Highness Ten is very lovable. No wonder His Highness likes him so much."
When he met Mrs. Li and the others just now, Zhao Yao's little mouth was very sweet. He praised them for being young and beautiful, and also praised them for being kind, which made them happy.
After dinner, the fourth prince took Zhao Yao to visit the Li Mansion and introduced the Li family in detail.
There are not many Li family members. Li Pushe and Mrs. Li gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
Both sons are currently doctors at Taixue, teaching students how to read.
The youngest daughter entered the palace and is now Li Bin.
Li Pushe's eldest son also gave birth to two sons and a daughter. The second son gave birth to two daughters and a son.
Taichang Cheng, Shaofu Cheng, and Li Houci are the children of the uncle of the fourth prince.
Li Houshan and Li Houen are the children of the fourth prince's second uncle. His second uncle's son was studying in Taixue and would only return to Li's Mansion on holidays.
The Li family did not allow concubines, so they did not have many children.
"Fourth brother, after listening to what you said, I feel that Taixue is your grandfather's home, and Li's Mansion is like a guest house."
The fourth prince was slightly stunned when he heard Zhao Yao's words, and then felt that he was right.
"You are right. For my grandfather and the others, Taixue is their home."
Zhao Yao still didn't say anything. To the Li family, Taixue was like their own academy. Rather than saying that Taixue is the academy of Zhou Dynasty, it is better to say that Taixue is the academy of the Li family.
The Li family became more and more prestigious and influential because of Taixue.
The Confucius family also had its own academy, but the Confucius academy could not compare with Taixue.
Taixue is the highest academic institution in Dazhou, and it has cultivated many talents for Dazhou in the past twenty years. Nowadays, many ministers in the court are from Imperial College. Among them, a small number of people hold important positions in the government or other places.
Although the Confucius Academy also produced many outstanding students, they were still inferior to those from Taixue.
The students of the Confucian academy are no worse than the students of Taixue in terms of talent and learning. They are inferior in their ability to serve as officials.
Taixue teaches students not only to study well, but also to teach them how to be an official who serves the court and benefits the people. The Confucian academy focused on teaching students to read.
Being good at reading does not mean that you can be a good official.
The purpose of the late emperor's establishment of the Imperial Academy was to train officials for the imperial court, not to train scholars, let alone talents. In the past twenty years, under the leadership of Li Pushe, Taixue has sent young and outstanding officials to the court every year.
Many officials in the DPRK came from Taixue, and they were very grateful to Taixue. They are also proud to be from Taixue, and most of the servants and doctors of Taixue are from the Li family. They are full of gratitude to the Li family. This is why the Kong family is now inferior to the Li family.
In the past few years, the Li family has not only become more and more influential in the court, but has also gained more and more status in the hearts of scholars.
Students study not to write good articles and poems, but to become officials.
On the surface, it sounds nice just to reimburse the court and fulfill the ambition in my heart. In fact, it is to be an official, to stand out, to be superior to others, and to honor the ancestors.
In order to become an official, students all over the world wanted to go to Taixue to study. For them, being admitted to Imperial College is only half a step away from their dream of becoming an official.
The Confucius family is very famous, but those who study in the Confucian academy may not be able to become officials in the court. And if you study in Taixue, you have a high chance of becoming an official in the court.
Which one is more important? Which one is good and which one is bad?
Students all over the world are very clear-minded.
The Li family is the mother clan of the fourth prince. The fourth prince does not need to do anything in particular. There are many ministers in the court who support him. This is an advantage that the third prince and others cannot match.
King Dai has always regarded the prince as a strong rival, but he ignored the advantages of the fourth prince.
Compared with the prince, the only difference between the fourth prince and the prince is that he is not the eldest son, but other things are not bad, especially the power of his mother's family.
Zhenguo Gongfu is a family that has been around for hundreds of years. On the surface, it looks more powerful than the Li family, but in fact, being a family that has been around for hundreds of years is also the biggest disadvantage of Zhenguo Gongfu.
No matter which dynasty or generation they belong to, emperors are afraid of families that have been established for hundreds of years, and believe in valuing noble and scholarly families.
The same was true for Emperor Wu of Zhou.
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