At noon, after school, Zhao Yao was stopped by Mr. Xiao, and then followed Mr. Xiao to his office.
Mr. Xiao gave Zhao Yao a stack of books, which were neatly wrapped in a clean cloth.
"Your Highness, this is my birthday gift to you."
Zhao Yao looked at the pile of books in front of him and twitched his brows slightly: "Mr. Xiao, what are these books?" Although he has begun to study seriously now, it does not mean that he likes reading very much now.
"These books are The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Doctrine of the Mean, Great Learning, Shangshu, Book of Rites, etc." Mr. Xiao patted the pile of books gently with his right hand and smiled. He said, "I have marked these books. Your Highness, you can take a good look."
Hearing what Mr. Xiao said, Zhao Yao's heart trembled, and he immediately saluted Mr. Xiao solemnly: "Thank you, Mr."
Mr. Xiao stretched out his hand to help Zhao Yao up, and said with a kind smile: "Your Highness, just don't dislike him."
"Sir, the book you personally annotated is rare in the world, how could I dislike it." Mr. Xiao's annotations are very popular. I heard that the fourth brother said before that it seems that literati students highly respect Mr. Xiao's annotations. "It's just that I think it's a bit of a waste for you to send me the book you annotated."
"Your Highness, how can you say such a thing?" Mr. Xiao disapproved of what Zhao Yao said about himself. "With your Highness's intelligence, you will definitely understand my explanation. If there is anything your Highness doesn't understand, you can come to me at any time."
"Sir, can I print these books you gave me and give them to others?" Zhao Yao asked.
"Of course." Mr. Xiao is not like other gentlemen who regard his annotations as treasures and hide them away from others.
"Thank you, Mr. Xiao." Zhao Yao felt that Dingyuan needed Mr. Xiao's annotated books more than him. "Sir, when you take a rest, you can go to the villa in Dahua Village. It is a good place to rest. You can also go and see the students studying, and you can also get together with your friends."
"I am planning on this."
"Sir, have you ever thought about compiling a dictionary?" Zhao Yao only recently discovered the Great Zhou Dynasty, or there was no such thing as a dictionary in the previous dynasty.
Mr. Xiao heard the word "dictionary" for the first time and asked curiously and doubtfully: "Your Highness, what is a dictionary?"
Zhao Yao explained: "A dictionary is a reference book for looking up words or words. For example, when looking up Zhao in the dictionary, the first thing to explain is that Zhao is the name of the country in ancient times..."
After listening to Zhao Yao's words, Mr. Xiao's eyes were filled with shock, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He said with great excitement: "Your Highness, this dictionary you mentioned is really... a great book."
"I think it would be very convenient to have a dictionary that can look up all the words, so that when you see a word you don't understand, you can look it up at any time without having to ask others." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Sir, the dictionary is A reference book, it’s different from other books.”
"Reference book?" Mr. Xiao said with joy on his face, "The word reference book is very appropriate."
"Sir, I think you can compile a dictionary of Da Zhou."
Mr. Xiao felt very excited after being told by Zhao Yao. He wrote many articles and poems in his life and was highly praised, but he was not satisfied with this. He has always hoped that he could publish a book that would benefit students. Now His Highness the Tenth Prince has put forward the suggestion of compiling a dictionary, which is exactly what he wants.
"Your Highness values me so much, I will do my best to compile it."
"Sir, I think you can add some explanations when compiling the dictionary, such as the origin of the word Zhao, and you can also use the word Zhao to create words and sentences..." Zhao Yao told Mr. Xiao in detail about "Zhao" How to make words, how to make sentences, how to use this word, etc. "By the way, I might as well write some idioms about Zhao in it."
Mr. Xiao was very serious when he heard it, and his eyes were filled with tears.
"Your Highness is a great talent." After saying that, he bowed to Zhao Yao with great solemnity, "I would like to express my gratitude to Your Highness for all the students in the world."
"I just made a suggestion. Compiling the dictionary still depends on the teacher. When the time comes, the students all over the world should be grateful to the teacher." When mentioning idioms, Zhao Yao thought of the idiom dictionary again, "Sir, you can compile a dictionary in the future to compile all the idioms in the world." The idioms are included in a dictionary, which makes it very convenient to look up idioms, what do you think?"
Mr. Xiao looked at Zhao Yao in great surprise, and then said with great admiration: "Your Highness, you are really a great talent!"
"I just made suggestions, I didn't write them, so I can't be considered a great talent." Zhao Yao said modestly, "The dictionary and idiom dictionary have to be compiled by my husband."
Mr. Xiao felt very excited when he heard this. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"Your Highness trusts me so much, I will definitely compile a good dictionary and idiom dictionary."
"Sir, compiling a dictionary and an idiom dictionary is a very complicated and troublesome matter. It will definitely be too busy for one person. I suggest you report this matter to your father and ask him to agree to your compilation. Then you can choose If you believe me, I will compile it with you." Zhao Yao thought to himself that he could not produce the imperial examination for the time being, but he could produce a dictionary and an idiom dictionary, which would benefit the people.
"Yes, your highness, I will write a memorial to ask for the emperor's approval." This is a great thing that benefits the world and can benefit future generations. Although he doesn't care whether he can go down in history. However, when the dictionary and idiom dictionary are compiled, he will definitely be remembered in history.
"I believe that you, sir, can compile a good dictionary and idiom dictionary." Zhao Yao felt that it was most appropriate for Mr. Xiao to do this kind of thing.
"I will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations." Mr. Xiao now admires Zhao Yao more and more.
"By the way, sir, don't you know people from Sifangguan? You can also suggest that they compile a foreign language dictionary. This will make it easier for more people to learn from outsiders, and also make it easier for people to check the meaning of foreign languages." Sifangguan is a translation center. , the officials there specialize in translating foreign languages, such as Xiongnu, Wusun, Dawan, Annan, etc.
The establishment of the Sifang Pavilion was also originally proposed by Zhao Yao. [Sifang Pavilion] was also named by him. And he took it based on the Sifang Pavilion in the history of Zhao Yao's world in his dream.
Mr. Xiao had not thought of this aspect, but now that he heard what Zhao Yao said, he felt that he really needed a foreign language dictionary.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will speak to someone from the Sifang Pavilion."
"Sir, I will go back to have lunch, so I won't disturb you."
"Your Highness, walk slowly."
After seeing Zhao Yao off, Mr. Xiao exclaimed in his heart: Your Highness is truly a peerless talent. The great scholars of the time would not have thought of compiling dictionaries and idiom dictionaries to benefit the world and future generations, but His Highness thought of these at a young age.
Mr. Xiao was very excited. He ignored lunch and wrote a memorial in a hurry. After finishing writing, he immediately sent it to the imperial study room.
The emperor knew Mr. Xiao's temperament and would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. If there is nothing important, Mr. Xiao will never write a memorial to him.
He did not let Mr. Xiao leave and asked him to wait for a while.
After reading the memorial, the emperor looked very shocked: "It was Xiao Shi who suggested that you compile a dictionary and an idiom dictionary?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Tenth Prince just told me this." Mr. Xiao himself never thought of compiling a dictionary and a dictionary of idioms. He felt that he should not hide it from the emperor, so he told the truth.
The emperor raised his lips and laughed and said, "Okay, okay, he is indeed my son." This brat Xiao Shi really surprised him time and time again. "I agree to the compilation of the dictionary and idiom dictionary. Mr. Xiao, you are fully responsible for this matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"You decide how many people you need to help you and which people you need." The emperor said with a smile, "After you choose the people, tell me directly and I will send them to help you."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Mr. Xiao thought of the foreign language dictionary Zhao Yao mentioned and mentioned the matter to the Emperor.
The emperor felt that compiling a foreign language dictionary was a good thing and agreed.
"I will order Sifangguan to compile a foreign language dictionary." Where did Xiao Shi, a brat, come from so many wonderful ideas.
Seeing that the emperor still had something to do, Mr. Xiao withdrew after saying this.
After Mr. Xiao left, the emperor laughed and scolded: "Xiao Shi, this stinky boy, he actually told Mr. Xiao about such a big thing, but not me."
"Your Majesty, I feel that His Highness is afraid of you, so I dare not tell you." Sun Kui marveled in his heart, how could His Highness come up with such a big thing as compiling a dictionary and an idiom dictionary? His Highness the Tenth Prince is really... The word "smart" is not enough to describe His Highness the Tenth Prince. The word "wisdom" should be used to describe him most appropriately.
"Why is he afraid of me? I won't eat him." The emperor felt a little jealous. Every time Xiao Shi, this brat, does something, he tells others first, not his father. And his father only found out what he had done from others.
"You bullied him a lot."
"I was teasing him." The emperor felt that his old father's heart was hurt, "I must teach this brat a lesson."
"Your Majesty, are you going to invite His Highness the Tenth Prince?"
"Forget it, I'm busy now and don't have time to teach him a lesson. I'll teach him a lesson when I'm free." After the emperor finished speaking, he continued to review the memorial. After reviewing for a while, he laughed again, "How do you think this brat Xiao Shi got so many earth-shattering ideas?"
Your Majesty, it’s not quite right to describe it as earth-shattering.
Sun Kui did not dare to correct the emperor's choice of words. He flattered him and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness is extremely intelligent. His ideas are not what ordinary people think of, just like the stirrups and movable type printing before."
The emperor said proudly: "The old Taoist priest is right. This brat Xiao Shi was born to benefit Dazhou."
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Tenth Prince is most like you." Sun Kui was a good flatterer.
"When I was a child, I was not as smart as this brat." Ever since the emperor heard the words of the old god Baiheguan, his thoughts changed. He originally wanted Xiao Shi to live freely, but for the sake of Da Zhou and the people, he couldn't let Xiao Shi do what he wanted to do.
Sun Kui continued to flatter him and said, "Isn't this the emperor's gift to you?"
"Xiao Shi, this brat..." The emperor didn't say anything further. He smiled and shook his head, his face full of pride and pampering.
"Your Majesty, the day after tomorrow is His Royal Highness's birthday, have you not forgotten?" Seeing that the emperor had not mentioned preparing a birthday gift for Zhao Yao in the past few days, Sun Kui felt that the emperor had probably forgotten, so after thinking about it, he decided to remind the emperor.
The emperor raised his eyes and glared at Sun Kui: "Do you think I will forget my precious son's birthday?"
Dear son?
Your Majesty, you finally personally admit that His Highness is your precious son.
"This slave is talking too much." Sun Kui raised his hand and slapped himself gently, "Your Majesty, what gift are you planning to give His Highness the Tenth? It won't be another book, right? If you give His Highness a bunch of books, His Highness will really will hate you."
"Do you want to tell you what I'm sending you?"
"This slave deserves to die."
"Humph." The emperor snorted coldly and was too lazy to talk to Sun Kui anymore and continued to read his memorial.
Sun Kui looked at the emperor and was very curious about what birthday gift the emperor would give Zhao Yao.
Before, the emperor even gave the jade pendant to His Highness the Tenth Prince as if nothing had happened.
What "shattering" gift will the Emperor give to His Royal Highness this time?
The emperor happened to see the memorial sent from Lingnan, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and his expression became a little cold.
When Sun Kui saw this, he felt nervous and quickly lowered his head to reduce his presence.
The emperor looked at it for a while, with a thoughtful look on his face, and then he picked up a cinnabar pen and wrote something on the memorial.
"Sun Kui."
Hearing the emperor suddenly calling him by his first name, Sun Kui's heart skipped a beat, and a look of fear appeared on his face. He responded tremblingly: "My slave is here."
On weekdays, the emperor called Sun Kui "grandson" and rarely called him by his first name. Every time the emperor calls Sun Kui by his full name seriously, it is not a good thing.
"How many years has your apprentice Sun Doudou been with you?"
When Sun Kui heard the emperor ask this, his heart suddenly rose in his throat. Did that bastard Sun Doudou do something and let the emperor know about it?
"It's been almost six years since I returned to the emperor." Sun Doudou was with Sun Kui when he was ten years old, and now he has just reached adulthood at the age of sixteen.
"What do you think of him?"
The emperor's question seemed a bit puzzling to Sun Kui. He didn't understand why the emperor asked. He could only answer cautiously: "To answer the question to the emperor, Sun Doudou is smart and conscientious in his work, but because he is too young, he is not steady enough in his work."
The emperor asked: "You raised him as your successor, right?"
Sun Kui couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts. He said with a horrified look on his face: "Your Majesty, I saw that he was destined to be a slave, so I accepted him as a disciple, but I didn't train him as an heir. Besides, the slave has a low status. What kind of successor do you dare to cultivate?"
"I'm not asking for guilt, what are you afraid of?" The emperor glanced at Sun Kui with disgust.
Hearing what the emperor said, Sun Kui's heart suddenly fell back to its original position.
"My slave thought that Sun Doudou did something wrong and angered the emperor."
"I see that this apprentice of yours is a bit clever, but he is not as smart and stable as you."
Being so praised by the emperor, Sun Kui couldn't help but smile happily: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
The emperor's expression suddenly became very serious: "Tell me the truth, can Sun Doudou learn even five points of your skills if he stays with you for another ten years?"
Sun Kui was a little nervous, but when he saw that the emperor's face was a little serious, he didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell the truth: "Your Majesty, I don't have much ability, but if Sun Doudou stays with me for another ten years, I can make him more stable. "
"You served me very well, that's what you're capable of."
Unexpectedly, he was praised by the emperor again. Sun Kui was filled with joy: "The emperor does not dislike his slaves."
What happened to the emperor? He suddenly praised him twice?
"Since Sun Doudou is your apprentice, you should train him well. I don't require him to be as capable as you, but at least five points." The emperor tapped his fingers on the royal table, "The most important thing is that he must be as good as you." Loyalty, understand?”
At this moment, a flash of light flashed in Sun Kui's mind. He seemed to know what the emperor's inexplicable order meant, but he didn't seem to understand it.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this slave will definitely train Sun Doudou well." The Emperor would not order him to train Sun Doudou for no reason. The Emperor must have some place where Sun Doudou is needed.
"I still believe in you when it comes to training people." After the emperor finished speaking, he said nothing more. He lowered his head and looked at the memorial from Lingnan that he had just reviewed. Maybe he should prepare in advance.
The emperor took out a secret book with no content, and immediately wrote something on the secret book. Then he handed the written secret book to Sun Kui and said, "Give it to Lao Yan." The old Yan mentioned by the emperor was Yan Huarong who was sent to guard southern Xinjiang a few years ago.
"Yes." Sun Kui took the secret fold and stepped back, then handed the secret fold to an ordinary-looking man wearing a guard uniform.
Originally the emperor was reluctant to let his youngest son go to such a far place when he grew up, but today when he saw Zhao Yao proposing the compilation of a dictionary and an idiom dictionary, the emperor once again understood what the old deity Bai Heguan said about letting his youngest son go far away. Many shocking things happened.
Oh, what should I tell Xiaoxiao?
If Xiaoxiao knew that I was going to send Xiao Shi to such a far place in the future, I'm afraid she wouldn't want to and would resent me.
This brat Xiao Shi is too smart. If he stays in the capital or near the capital, I am afraid that he will not do anything to benefit the country and the people of the Zhou Dynasty in order to protect himself.
Besides, leaving Xiao Shi in or near the capital will only put Xiao Shi in danger. When his father was alive, he could protect Xiao Shi, but if he was gone, who could protect Xiao Shi?
For the sake of Xiao Shi's safety and the future of Da Zhou, Xiao Shi must be sent away to that distant place.
The emperor then ordered: "Go and call Lao Song and the four of them."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After a while, Song Dekang and the four of them came to the imperial study room.
Song Dekang asked respectfully: "Boss, did you have any orders when you called us here?"
The emperor didn't waste any time and said directly: "Didn't you clamor to accompany Lao Yan before?"
When Song Dekang and the others heard this, they said with surprise on their faces: "Boss, I am willing to go to Southern Xinjiang."
"Boss, I am most suitable to go to Southern Xinjiang."
"Boss, Lao Yan and I have a tacit understanding. It is best for me to go to southern Xinjiang to accompany Lao Yan."
"Boss, I have been to southern Xinjiang to quell chaos. There is no one more suitable than me."
Seeing the four of them rushing to go to southern Xinjiang, the emperor only felt funny: "I am not asking you to go, but you choose one of your sons to go to Lingnan."
"Lingnan?" Chu Ying and the four of them looked shocked, and then they exclaimed, "Boss, are you going to send our son to Lingnan?" Lingnan has been a place of exile since ancient times, and there are all sinners there. . Furthermore, Lingnan is remote and miasmatic, making it a very dangerous place.
The emperor glared at Shen Hu and the others, and then said angrily: "Your sons have not made any mistakes. Why did I exile them to Lingnan?"
"But, boss, didn't you just say that you wanted our son to go to Lingnan?" Zhang Gong asked in confusion, "Isn't Lingnan the place of exile?"
"I want your son to go to Lingnan, not to be exiled." The emperor said, "Your son will first go to southern Xinjiang to find Lao Yan, and then go to Lingnan. The ministers in the DPRK will not know about this, and they will think that your son My son is going to guard the southern border."
Song Dekang and the others still didn't understand, and asked with confusion on their faces: "Boss, what exactly do you want our son to do in Lingnan?"
But Chu Ying understood clearly: "Boss, do you want our son to guard Lingnan?"
The emperor nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I only need two. The four of you will discuss it and tell me who to send."
Chu Huan first said: "Your Majesty, let your second son go. He has experience in quelling chaos over the years. It is most suitable for him to guard Lingnan."
Shen Hu also understood the emperor's plan and hurriedly continued Chu Huan's words: "Your Majesty, please also let your second son go to Lingnan. He also has experience."
Song Dekang and Zhang Gong still didn't react. Seeing that Chu Ying and Shen Hu had already made up their minds, the two of them did not interrupt.
"Then let your second son go, let them clean up, and go to southern Xinjiang to find Lao Yan in a few days, and then go to Lingnan." The emperor said meaningfully, "Let your second son recognize Xiao Shi as his master! "
Hearing the emperor's words, Chu Ying and Shen Hu were not surprised. However, Song Dekang and Zhang Gong were surprised. They finally understood the purpose of the emperor's decree.
"Boss, you..."
The first update is here, and there will be a second update in the evening.
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