After pouring a bowl of iced Chinese herbal medicine, Zhao Zhen felt cool in his heart. The cold drink with a slight mint aroma made him regain his consciousness.

When I was drowsy, I only heard someone saying: "How long has the prince been standing under the imperial steps?"

"About more than an hour."

"Absurd! The prince is young and frail, how can he stand under the scorching sun for a long time? How do you servants do things!" The old man's angry shout made Chen Tong, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble.

The status of internal servants in the Song Dynasty was extremely high, and their appointments were even subject to the supervision and management of foreign ministers.

To put it simply, all officials in the imperial city can supervise them, and they will be criticized if they are not careful.

"I have wanted to report this for a long time, but the prince said that it is rare for an official to be so happy and strictly ordered me to disturb you." Chen Tong, who was like an ostrich, said aggrievedly.

Wang Dan looked at the prince on the bed in shock. He had no idea that the prince's filial piety had reached such a high level. He would rather be exposed to the scorching sun than disturb the chat between the officials and himself. This could not be pretentious, but came from the bottom of his heart.

He is pure and filial in his heart. Very few young people as young as eight years old have such kind of character and perseverance.

Slowly walking to the side of the prince, looking at Zhao Zhen who was breathing slightly slower, Wang Dan sighed: "Idiot!"

He turned to the official beside the bed and bowed, saying, "The prince is so kind, I am impressed by him!"

At this time, Zhao Heng stretched out his hand with difficulty and gently put a wet towel on Zhao Zhen's hot forehead. A trace of ripples appeared in his eyes: "My son has a mellow nature. Wang Dan, you must let him understand that a gentleman can bully him."

The truth!”

Wang Dan immediately understood Zhao Heng's thoughts and nodded: "I know!"

But Zhao Zhen, who was lying on the bed, smiled bitterly in his heart: This is a bit over-acted! Dad and Wang Dan regard themselves as gentlemen! But now, aren't I just putting on a good show of a gentleman bullying him?

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Slowly opening his eyes, Zhao Zhen pretended to be confused and looked around: "Where am I?"

Zhao Heng happily took the wet towel off his son's head and said: "Child, you are in my Gyeongbokgung Palace. Don't force yourself at such a young age, do everything within your ability and never act rashly!"

Looking at his father's loving eyes, Zhao Zhen suddenly felt that he was a jerk. The eyes of the middle-aged man in front of him were full of his father's love, but he was deceiving this most simple and sacred emotion.

His previous performance was like a thief stealing the father-son affection of the owner of this body.

He was really moved by Zhao Heng's father's love. He was originally from a single-parent family and had been living with his mother. He had no idea what father's love felt like. In his opinion, his father was an extremely irresponsible person.

But Zhao Heng's actions made him realize what a father's love is like a mountain. This feeling cannot be expressed in words, but it is more real than mountains and more majestic than mountains.

A sour feeling filled the wings of his nose and the corners of his eyes. Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Father, your son and I are much better. It's just that I got into trouble today and I was worried about my father's punishment..."

Zhao Heng said with a smile: "The people are shouting long live, which can only mean that what you have done satisfies them and you are a qualified prince. What kind of trouble is this? What's more, this is a trick of the Liao envoy."

Wang Dan nodded at the side and said: "What the officials said is absolutely true. How can such a clumsy estrangement separate the love between father and son?"

Seeing that his son was almost well, Zhao Heng envied Wang Dan and said, "The boy's body recovers quickly. You can see that Yi'er can even salute you."

After speaking, he turned to Zhao Zhen and said seriously: "My son, Mr. Wang is the crown prince and grand master from now on! You must treat him with the courtesy of respecting a master from now on."

Zhao Zhen quickly raised his hands and saluted: "Students meet the teacher!" After saying this, he raised his hands and saluted from top to bottom.

Wang Dan laughed heartily, touched the white beard on his chin and said, "Old minister, return the favor."

The atmosphere in the hall became extremely harmonious. Zhao Heng sat down on the brocade platform, while Zhao Zhen faced Wang Dan from the side and listened to the first lesson he taught him: "A gentleman bullies his opponent."

Wang Dan looked at Zhao Zhen in surprise and said, "The prince can already recite the entire Mencius?"

Zhao Zhen nodded nervously and said: "I can recite the entire Four Books and Five Classics, but I don't understand all the meanings."

At this time, even Zhao Heng sat up in surprise and said: "When I tested you before, I always selected famous quotes and allusions. Are these all things you have already understood?"

Zhao Zhen nodded shyly: "I thought my father was deliberately asking simple questions..."

Wang Dan immediately interjected: "Your Highness, can you tell me which chapter in Mencius embodies Ya Sheng's benevolent government?"

Zhao Zhen replied without hesitation: "A few people are to the country!"

Just when Zhao Heng and Wang Dan were surprised, Zhao Zhen began to recite the full text and concluded at the end: "The full text is divided into three parts. The first is that King Hui of Liang raised the question that the people will not increase in number, and the second is that Mencius adopted

It discusses the argumentative method of "leading the king into the urn" that he made good use of, and analyzes the reasons why King Hui of Liang did not increase the number of people. The third is to discuss the way to increase the number of people-implementing benevolent government."

Zhao Zhen looked at the two people who were restrained and felt proud. These are the standard answers of later generations. You must know that the Four Books and Five Classics have been analyzed very thoroughly in later generations. This is the accumulated experience of thousands of years, which completely beats the sentence structure of Song Confucianism.

One-sided analysis.

Song Confucianists were very fond of analyzing and interpreting the fragments of the sages' articles. The results obtained in this way were of course one-sided, but later generations interpreted the entire article coherently. The answer obtained in this way was of course more comprehensive and completely superior to Song Confucianists' analysis.

It's like seeing a leopard through a tube and having an unobstructed view, making a judgment.

Wang Dan looked at Zhao Heng blankly and said: "The prince has extremely high attainments in Confucianism! Is this something he was born with?!"

This is to push yourself into the fire pit of the saint!

Zhao Zhen shuddered and quickly explained: "I can't bear the Taifu's praise. In fact, I used a trick. It is too difficult to understand and analyze the article word for word, so I just read the full text and then analyzed the full text. This way

It saves more time and effort.”

Wang Dan was just about to deny this behavior, but was interrupted by Zhao Heng: "Read and analyze the entire film?" After saying this, he began to frown and think hard, and after a while, his eyes lit up and he said: "Wang Gong, try it, this method is indeed true.

What a difference!”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly, "Of course it's different. The sages wrote the article as a whole, there's no reason to think of writing one sentence at a time and finally turning it into an article!"

The monarch and his ministers tried Zhao Zhen's method, and it turned out to be true. Finally, they suddenly realized it and couldn't laugh or cry: "Who was the first to come up with a word-for-word explanation of the meaning of the sutra!"

Wang Dan looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "A child's pure nature will not be constrained by a framework. This is probably why the prince found another way!"

As long as you are a child, adults will always find ways to make up for your own shortcomings.

Just like people often rationalize things that cannot be explained.

It is of course a good thing to have your talents fully recognized, and it is also a step closer to your goal!

Under Zhao Heng's dismissal, Zhao Zhen left helplessly. He really wanted to hear what the two said about him, but it didn't matter. His empire system should be able to detect the situation here.

After leaving the main hall, Zhao Zhen hurriedly slipped towards his carriage. Once in the carriage, he could safely observe the reactions of his father and Wang Dan.
Chapter completed!