Zhu Yunwen greeted him first, his tone and attitude were respectful, and his polite appearance made people feel good about him.
But Zhu Gaochi did not let down his guard. Now that Zhu Yunwen had already greeted him, he was bound to return the gift, but what should he call him?
If he just replied dryly, "I have met His Highness," it would appear that Zhu Gaochi was poor and not good at speaking, and instead fell behind.
Nowadays, neither of them has been officially canonized, so the title is somewhat inconvenient. In addition, Zhu Yunwen's status is also quite special, which makes it even more difficult to respond.
In front of all the great scholars, Zhu Gaochi took his time and returned the gift with his sleeves, saying: "I dare not accept such a great gift from my brother. As my brother said, there are only teachers and students here, not His Highness. I entered the school late and my qualifications are still junior. , Senior Brother, if you don’t give up, you can call me Junior Brother.”
Liu Sanwu listened to Zhu Gaochi's answer and secretly thought in his heart that this man is very thoughtful and has no leaks!
He calls himself "brother", which is consistent with the age gap between him and Zhu Yunwen and the seniority gap between his teachers.
In this way, the awkward room for address was subtly resolved, and there was no verbal difficulty that prevented Zhu Yunwen from answering.
Great kindness!
Liu Sanwu made an evaluation in his mind. With just one sentence of exchange, his impression of Zhu Gaochi improved to a higher level.
Huang Zicheng, who had been silent behind him, also nodded slightly. This answer was clever enough that no one would be embarrassed.
He smiled and said: "Both Your Highnesses are talented people. We call them brothers and sisters, which makes us closer to each other. It's cold outside, so I would like to invite our two Highnesses to the table."
As soon as Huang Zicheng spoke, it meant that the matter was over. In Wenhua Hall, students naturally wanted to give face to the teacher, so they both walked into the room with a smile.
There are many princes and grandsons studying in Wenhua Hall, but not all of them have the same progress, otherwise there would be no need to teach.
If the progress is consistent, how can those four or five-year-old princes compare with people like Zhu Yunwen who are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics? I am afraid they will be suppressed psychologically.
Therefore, Wenhua Hall is also divided into multiple areas for the princes and grandchildren to study in.
Different from the various teaching contents in later generations, the current teaching content is mostly on Confucian classics, poetry and songs, and other contents such as farming, arithmetic, skills, etc. are rarely covered.
Of course, as the most prominent dignitaries in the world, as long as the princes, emperors and grandsons want to learn, it is quite simple. They can easily gather the most outstanding craftsmen in the world to teach them.
At the time of the division, Zhu Gaochi's level had been recognized by Liu Sanwu and others, so he could no longer conduct assessments and directly study the contents of the Five Classics with Zhu Yunwen.
As for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, when they first came in, they did not make a very good impression on several Hanlin Academy scholars, so they needed to conduct an assessment to determine where they should go.
The two brothers, one twelve years old and the other only nine years old, did not study very seriously when they were in Peking and had no ink in their hearts.
In Peiping, the two of them could act coquettishly with Zhu Di and have fun outside riding horses and shooting arrows. However, when they came to Yingtian, they never had the sense of freedom they had in Peiping, and their words and deeds were much more restrained.
Therefore, when the two test papers were placed in front of them, the expressions on their faces were probably the same: What is written here?
The questions are just simple annotation questions, which are not too difficult. The content ranges from the pre-Qin period to the late Song Dynasty. It tests the ability to annotate ancient texts.
After all, the words of saints have been circulated for thousands of years. If you don't even have the basic ability to annotate, there is no need to study for the time being. It is better to lay a solid foundation first before talking about anything else.
But it was very difficult for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were ignorant and incompetent. They didn't know anything about it before Tang Dynasty, and their eyes were completely dark.
People after the Tang Dynasty were able to guess and roughly understand the meaning. As for whether it is accurate or not, only God knows.
Zhu Gaoxu scratched his head and scratched his head, his tanned face full of eagerness. He wanted to ask the boss to come over for help, but the sound of reading was already heard over there.
Holding the pen in his hand, Zhu Gaoxu wrote crooked words on the paper. The handwriting was only legible, but it was by no means pretty.
In Qi De's eyes, this single stroke of handwriting was simply an eyesore. He had always believed that words were like the person they were written. When he saw Zhu Gaoxu's bad calligraphy, he felt a little angry.
If this was an ordinary student, he would have whipped him with a ruler and then punished him to practice handwriting. However, the person in front of him was the emperor's grandson. Qi De restrained his temper and looked at the answer carefully.
He thought, maybe the handwriting is not good-looking, but at least it must be well-educated. You can't be ignorant of everything.
Taking a closer look, he almost passed away from anger. The annotations written by the two brothers were really a mess!
When Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui really didn't know how to write, Qi De suppressed his anger, collected the examination paper, and quickly went to find Huang Zicheng.
Arriving in front of Huang Zicheng, Qi De angrily thrust the test paper into Huang Zicheng's hands and said, "Zicheng, look at it quickly. This is simply insulting to gentlemen!"
Huang Zicheng knew Qi De's temper and was very stern, so he advised: "Why is this? Just be patient."
As he spoke, he opened Zhu Gaoxu's examination paper. The large black ink marks on it made him frown, and he read: "The characters are unrestrained and rough, unorganized, the writing is too heavy, and the accuracy is lost. The level is very limited, and it is not as good as a novice student." "
After carefully reading the text, Huang Zicheng's blood pressure almost soared, and his color suddenly changed, saying: "How can this be unreasonable? How can it be explained like this?"
"What are you talking about?"
Liu Sanwu walked out of the room with a smile. He was now more and more satisfied with Zhu Gaochi and was in a much better mood.
Originally, he thought that Zhu Di's becoming the crown prince would inevitably plunge the Ming Dynasty into endless battles. Now that he saw Zhu Gaochi, he felt much less worried.
Isn't this the exact replica of His Majesty and Prince Yiwen today? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, there will be someone who can advise him so that he will not do anything ridiculous.
Seeing that it was Liu Sanwu coming out, Qi De said: "Bachelor, come and take a look. This is the examination paper of the two highnesses. It's really a mess... It's hard to describe!"
"Haha, to make you two so angry, it seems that your two highnesses are also wonderful people."
Liu Sanwu happily took Zhu Gaoxu's test paper. The handwriting on it made him frown before he looked at the answers.
The simplest understanding of the sentence "Guarding the window, how can I grow black alone", Zhu Gaoxu wrote with a stroke of his pen: Guarding the window, I am the only one who grows black.
Just this one made Liu Sanwu's heart skip a beat. This was the first time in his life that he had seen such annotations.
Seeing Liu Sanwu's shocked expression, Qi De silently finished his attack: "Bachelor, be patient, there are more to come!"
What? Any tips?
Liu Sanwu suppressed the throbbing in his heart and looked back. After clearing out the sentences that were really unclear, his mentality changed subtly.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Liu Sanwu asked: "What is His Highness's attitude?"
Zide shook his head, obviously not prepared to say anything nice, and said: "It's frivolous and disrespectful, and there are many misdemeanors."
After thinking for a moment, Liu Sanwu waved his hand and said: "Send these two examination papers to His Majesty."
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