Chapter 63 The gentleman's six arts and five rituals take the lead
After the meal, Li Yuan's eyes softened a lot when he looked at Changsun Wugou. Fortunately, she was there before, otherwise Fang Chen, this brat, would definitely continue to fight with him.
To be honest, Li Yuan does not lack this feeling of being cared for, but people are different. In the past, Li Shimin and Changsun Wugao were the two people who asked each other for welfare, which contained guilt.
And the other children he gave birth to have countless desires in their eyes.
Fang Chen? The only thing this kid wants is probably to leave Chang'an, right?
No wonder Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou both love and hate him. They seem to like this seemingly "daring" boy.
"Boy, we've finished our meal. Let's continue the lecture."
A chamberlain came forward to clean up the "mess", and Queen Changsun sat aside, apparently planning to listen.
Li Yuan straightened up, and the feeling of being a role model emerged again.
"I told you about etiquette, justice, integrity and the family tradition of my Li family before. Next, I will tell you about the Six Arts of a Gentleman. This is also the course you will learn in the next period of time. Listen carefully."
The Six Arts of a Gentleman? It sounds very interesting. Fang Chen quickly raised his hand.
"Huh?" "Yu'er, what's wrong?"
Li Yuan and Empress Changsun spoke at the same time. Seeing Fang Chen raising his right hand inexplicably, they thought something was wrong!
Fang Chen smiled awkwardly and hurriedly explained: "The teacher is teaching, and the students don't dare to interrupt easily. I can only use this method to tell the teacher that the students have something to say."
Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead."
Fang Chen scratched his head and said, "Sir, can you send someone to get pen and paper for the students so that they can record what the teacher said so that they can review it day and night?"
"Very good, I will arrange it for you!"
Empress Changsun also had a look of admiration on her face, thinking: My son is so eager to learn, he will definitely be extraordinary in the future!
It's just that his words...
You know, both Changsun Wugou and Li Shimin had seen Fang Chen’s calligraphy, and they were wrong about 70% of the time, and they didn’t know whether it was good or bad!
"Yu'er, you are not literate yet, will it be bad if you make a mistake in writing?"
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Pingyang didn't ask you to read?"
Fang Chen was also stunned and said quickly: "Sir, please replace the brush with charcoal. The students will have their own way to record all the content taught by the teacher, exactly!"
Just kidding, can simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese characters be the same?
To you, that is a typo, but to me, that is correct!
It's just...how did the queen know that he was illiterate? It probably had something to do with Aunt Liu. If I'm right, Aunt Liu was not a person close to her mother, but a female official of the queen's side, right?
Now that he understood, Fang Chen felt some regret in his heart. If he hadn't been too naive and directly chose to trust Aunt Liu, he might have escaped from Chang'an long ago.
If you have time, come up with a big plan to escape from Chang'an? Yes, it is feasible.
It's just that the Queen and Your Majesty are so kind to me, and the Emperor has also become my husband. If I leave like this, will...
Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, just take it one step at a time!
"Your Highness, I have brought you the paper and the charcoal you asked for."
Fang Chen looked at the chamberlain in front of him in surprise, "Eunuch Liu Sancheng, aren't you the steward of His Majesty's side? Why can I still see you in the Supreme Palace?"
Liu Sancheng smiled and said: "I have been ordered by the emperor to take charge of your affairs for a period of time. As for Your Majesty, I have my apprentice to look after you."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, Yu'er, are you ready?" Li Yuan was obviously a little impatient.
Fang Chen quickly shook his head and asked Liu Sancheng to follow his instructions and cut the charcoal blocks into several small cylinders.
"Your Highness, do you think this is okay?"
Fang Chen nodded quickly, "Thank you, Eunuch Liu."
He looked up at Li Yuan and said, "Sir, the students are ready."
Li Yuan nodded again, and then said loudly: "The six arts of a gentleman are divided into etiquette, music, archery, chastity, calligraphy, and arithmetic. Today we will talk about etiquette first, which is different from the etiquette I told you before noon. This etiquette is
Good luck, bad luck, Bin, Jun, Jiaye..."
Fang Chen's movements continued unabated, and he would look up at Li Yuan from time to time.
This made Changsun Wugou even more curious. He walked to the side to check and couldn't help but frown.
The characters are not written from the top right, but are written sideways?
When I read what Fang Chen wrote before, I noticed something was different. Changsun Wugou felt that he had to ask first, so he asked someone in a low voice to summon Aunt Liu.
After investigation, it was discovered that the content last time was actually Fang Chen teaching them how to read, and even taught them several weird words.
"My dear, Master Yu said that charcoal pens are better for writing than brushes, but writing from right to left tends to smear the paper. It is more convenient to write one line and one paragraph at a time. And there are some dots, Master Yu said.
It’s a punctuation mark. At first, the slaves thought it was Master Yu who did it on purpose!”
Punctuation? Paragraph? Line?
Changsun Wugou squinted his eyes out of habit again, and he didn't know whether Fang Chen's habit of squinting came from Li Shimin or her.
Returning to the palace again, Li Yuan seemed to be tired of talking and was drinking tea and taking a rest.
Fang Chen gently blew on the paper. The quality of Datang's paper was really average. In order to prevent the words from becoming blurred after being stored for a long time, Fang Chen planned to make a few fountain pens after a while.
To be honest, the results of the pen should not be too simple, just have a little general knowledge and then find someone to arrange it.
"Yu'er?"
"Ah? Concubine?"
When he found the queen walking toward him, Fang Chen quickly stood up.
"Can you let me see your brushwork?"
"Just see it, ma'am."
Changsun Wugou first picked up what Fang Chen had written down. After a cursory look, his expression suddenly changed.
"Father...Father?"
He was even a little panicked and looked at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan was shocked and walked over quickly, "But Yu'er's font is really ugly?"
Ugly? Fang Chen almost cried. This is standard block letters, very easy to read, right?
After Li Yuan saw it, he immediately grabbed Fang Chen and asked, "Who taught you this?"
Fang Chen shook his head, "I thought of it myself. Sir, is there anything wrong with the word student?"
Li Yuan said angrily: "I'm not just asking about this word, but also these dots and this way of writing!"
It is clear at a glance, regular and clear, and every sentence and paragraph is extremely detailed. Except for a large number of typos, it can be said to be the best in the Tang Dynasty.
"It's all just what I thought. Is there any problem?"
It's not that Fang Chen doesn't want to tell the truth. If he says it's someone else, how can he prove it? If he is asked to find the person, what should he do?
"Queen, go and call the emperor over to me."
Li Yuan knew that the problem was extremely serious. This was simply a reform. If successful, it could change the entire Tang Dynasty.
Fang Chen was puzzled, and did not consider the shock to the Emperor and Queen caused by this writing method that was passed down from later generations.
Chapter completed!