The first emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 6 Kong Yingda made things difficult for the prince

At this time Li Chengqian had already sat down, and he never thought that in the room next to the Imperial College, there were still a few people watching every move in the Imperial College.

"Is this kid suddenly enlightened after falling from a horse? He even thought of such a deceitful bet." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

"Don't talk about the young Yue King, I'm afraid we old guys will find the way of the prince. But the way His Royal Highness handled this matter, I think it is very decent." Qin Qiong said with a smile.

"Now I have some doubts whether it is right to let him come to the Imperial College. Otherwise, he will make the Imperial College a mess." Li Shimin said with a worried expression.

"Who cares so much about him, those old guys think of themselves as superior, and feel that no one in the world is more noble than them."

"I just took this opportunity to let that kid Li Chengqian make trouble for them." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

While the monarchs and ministers were chatting, Kong Yingda, a doctor of Guozi, walked into the Guozijian.Seeing that all the students in the Imperial College had arrived, he said, "Continue to study the Analects today."

After speaking, he took out the book, shook his head and read it, without looking at Li Chengqian from the beginning to the end.

Every time Kong Yingda read a sentence, all the students present followed.Seeing that even the teacher and the students couldn't help shaking their heads.

Li Chengqian couldn't hold back his laughter, after all, he had only seen this scene on TV before.But I've never experienced it myself.

Seeing Li Chengqian smiling, Kong Yingda put down the Analects of Confucius with a gloomy face.He opened his mouth and said to Li Chengqian: "Why is His Royal Highness laughing? Could it be that what I said is wrong, old man?"

"Of course there is nothing wrong with what Confucius said, but I think this kind of study is a bit ridiculous. In the final analysis, it's just memorizing by rote." Li Chengqian said to Kong Yingda.

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Kong Yingda couldn't help but look even uglier.From ancient times to the present, besides rote memorization, is there any other way to study?

So he opened his mouth and asked Li Chengqian: "Since the method of rote memorization is not good, I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince has any good ideas."

"However, I would like to remind His Highness the Crown Prince that it is not possible to understand the content of the book just by having a book. As the saying goes, a famous teacher produces a high-quality apprentice, so His Highness the Crown Prince should not understand this truth, right?"

Hearing Kong Yingda's words, Li Chengqian naturally understood what the subtext was.That is, he felt very dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's movable type printing in the Tai Chi Hall.

"It is true that a famous teacher produces a high-quality apprentice, but there is also a saying that the master leads the door to practice. If the student is an elm lump, no matter how good the teacher is, it will not help."

"On the contrary, if the teacher is a mediocre person who misleads his students, no matter how good the seedlings are in his hands, they will be ruined." Li Chengqian said without showing any weakness.

Just a few words made Kong Yingda tremble with anger.Because he had already heard that Li Chengqian was saying that he was a mediocre person who misled his children.

So he said angrily: "If His Royal Highness can't come up with a method to convince the old man to study today, the old man will definitely report to the emperor. Participate in the crime of His Royal Highness disrespecting the teacher."

Li Chengqian said to Kong Yingda indifferently: "It seems that Old Master Kong thinks he is a famous teacher. If that is the case, let me test Old Master Kong."

"If the answer given by Confucius satisfies everyone here, then I must apologize to Old Master Confucius. If Confucius can't answer, I don't know what Confucius is going to do?"

"The old man has read poetry and books, and he has memorized the four books and five classics. Are you afraid that His Royal Highness will fail the old man in the exam?"

"If His Highness the Crown Prince is able to stay with me, I will take back what I just said." Kong Yingda said after looking at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian humiliated Li Tai as soon as he arrived at the Guozijian, which made these little princes just find it funny.Now that they openly oppose Kong Yingda, it will be different for these little princes.

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At this time, Li Shimin and his ministers who were sitting next door naturally saw everything in the Imperial College clearly.

Qin Qiong shook her head with a sigh, and then said: "It seems that Kong Yingda is clearly looking for trouble for His Royal Highness. I am afraid that the reason is the printing technique invented by His Royal Highness."

"It's no wonder that Kong Yingda troubled His Royal Highness, after all, His Royal Highness's printing skills have already hurt the foundation of the family." Li Jing said.

"My dear friends, would you like to go out with me to have a look?" Li Shimin stood up and said with a smile.

"The emperor is right, we have to support that kid Li Chengqian so as not to be bullied by that old man Kong." After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he stood up anxiously.

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At this time, in the Guozijian, Li Chengqian was splashing ink.Soon a contract appeared in Li Chengqian's hands.

At this time, Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin and others also walked into the Imperial College.When everyone saw Li Shimin coming, they hurriedly got up and bowed to Li Shimin to salute.

Kong Yingda said after saluting, "I don't know why the emperor came to the Imperial College today. Could it be that I have something to explain to my minister?"

"Calm down, I brought everyone here today just to watch the excitement. I only have eyes but no mouth, so you can do whatever you need to do." Li Shimin said to Kong Yingda.

At the same time, Li Chengqian had handed over the contract to Kong Yingda.And he opened his mouth and said to Kong Yingda: "Can Old Master Confucius read this contract to the students in public?"

After Kong Yingda took over the contract, he looked at the content of the contract, and read: "Noodles are fine without rice; ducks are fine without chicken; meat is fine without fish; only vegetables and tofu are not allowed, not a penny less. .”

After Kong Yingda finished reading, he said to Li Chengqian with a proud face: "His Royal Highness uses this contract to test the old man, do you think that the old man can't read and write?"

"Old Master Kong is a descendant of Confucius. How can he be illiterate if he has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. Therefore, this palace is not to test Old Master Kong's literacy, but to ask Old Master Kong to explain the content of this contract." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"This is a contract among the people. The content of the contract requires food and no shortage of wages. Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince can't understand such a superficial meaning?" Kong Yingda said with contempt for Li Chengqian.

"I think the meaning of this contract is different from what Confucius said." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he added punctuation marks to the contract.

Then passed it to Kong Yingda again, and asked Kong Yingda to re-read it in public.And explain, according to the punctuation point on their own to break the sentence.

Kong Yingda accepted the contract with a look of disdain, and read again: "It's okay to have no rice noodles; it's okay to have no chicken or duck; it's also okay to have no fish meat; only vegetables and tofu are indispensable, and they don't cost a penny."

(End of this chapter)