Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 7 School (2)
Guan Xuqing went directly to the study after finishing paying his respects.There, his Chinese teacher Weng Tongsu was already waiting for him.

Weng Tongsu, who is in his early 40s, has benevolent eyebrows and kind eyes, and they are acquainted with each other physically.with a big beard.He used to be the tutor of Emperor Tongzhi, and successively served as Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and Minister of the Household Department in the court.He is knowledgeable and accomplished.Moral articles are enough to be a teacher.

At this time, Weng Tongsu held a brush in his hand and wrote the three big characters "Heaven, Earth, and Man" on the rice paper in vigorous and powerful characters.

"Your Majesty, do you know these three characters?" Weng Tongsu looked at him happily.

"Knowledge. Heaven, earth, and people." Just kidding, I am a talented student who graduated from a famous university in modern society. I may not be as good as you in ancient Chinese. How can I understand other things better than me?Guan Xuqing replied perfunctorily.

"Your Majesty, how can you be literate if you are not enlightened?" Weng Tongsu looked at him strangely.

"Well, Ama taught me. I learned it in the palace." Guan Xuqing never blushed when boasting, and said softly.

"Okay. Your Majesty, write and read." Weng Tongsu took a brush and handed it to Guangxu.

It's been a few years since I touched this thing. Since graduating from elementary school, where have I used a brush to write?But Guan Xuqing himself wrote well, so it shouldn't be too embarrassing.

However, I am still a child who has never read a book and has a pen, so I can't write very well.Guan Xuqing wrote down the three characters "Heaven, Earth, and Man" crookedly.

"Yes, yes. Your Majesty, do you know what this heaven, earth, and people mean?"

Guan Xuqing shook his head.

"The top of the head is the sky, the feet are the ground, and the sky is the ground. Human beings stand up to the sky and the ground. In life, if a white horse passes through the gap between heaven and earth, it will happen suddenly. This is Zhuangzi's words, which means that life exists between heaven and earth, like a horse passing through the gap, very fast All things are flourishing, there is growth and there is also decline. Therefore, if the emperor wants to study and create a great cause, he must hurry up. Confucius also said: One person can do a hundred things, and ten people can do a thousand things. If you can do this, Even if you are stupid, you will be clear, and even if you are soft, you will be strong. That is to say, what others use one point of effort, I use one hundred percent effort; Those who are weak will become wise, and those who are weak will become strong." Weng Tongsu said.

My God, modern education is better.At the beginning of school, the teacher just said that you must study hard and make progress every day.To the stupid students, I will also talk about the allusion of the stupid bird flying first. How can I bring up Confucius and Zhuangzi like this.

Guan Xuqing nodded.

After talking for a while, Jing Shou came to teach Guan Xuqing Manchu.That's what I learned from one head and two big ones.I almost didn't drive Guan Xuqing crazy. In the past, a teacher rarely dozed off and deserted the whole class of more than 40 students.The teacher can't find out, but now it's good, one-on-one teaching.Even if you want to be lazy.

In this way, it finally made it to the afternoon.It was Guan Xuqing's turn to fight for the physical education class.

Dong Liang had already put on a set of strong clothes and waited in an open space in the back garden.Guan Xuqing walked slowly surrounded by a group of eunuchs and court ladies.

"I pay homage to the emperor." Dong Liang knelt on the ground.

"Get up quickly, Master Dong, you are now the emperor's teacher, and you don't need to perform this great ceremony. The student here bows to you." Guan Xuqing said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Dong Liang was not polite and got up directly.

"Master Dong is Han?" Guan Xuqing asked suspiciously. The person surnamed Dong should not be a Manchurian, but how can the Queen Mother, the leader of the Shenji Battalion, who is in charge of the safety of the imperial city, trust her to a Han?
"Returning to the emperor, the minister was originally a Han. Later, his father made great contributions to destroying the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom. He was rewarded by the queen mother as a man of the Yellow Banner." Dong Liang looked serious and serious.

"Oh, where is Master Dong's father working now?" Guan Xuqing asked. It should be Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army that wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.It must be a general who has made great achievements and holds military power.If you can curry favor and let him be loyal to you, then you won't be afraid of that old witch.

"My father died for the country when the British and French allied forces attacked Tianjin." Dong Liang said with his head down.

Guan Xuqing was confused when he heard that, his father has made great contributions to destroying Tianping Heavenly Kingdom!That should be after the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and forced Prince Gong to sign the Beijing Treaty.Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army wiped out the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom!Then why did his father die when the British and French allied forces were still fighting Tianjin?Then how did he destroy the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom?Did he look at me as a kid and deliberately bluff me?
"Master Dong, there is something I don't understand, and I ask Master Dong to enlighten me." Guan Xuqing wanted to ask clearly, he finally found a general, why did he just hang up like this!
"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I heard Mr. Weng say that the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed after the signing of the Beijing Treaty. But your father died for the country before the signing of the Beijing Treaty. Then when did he make a contribution to destroying the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom!" Guan Xuqing asked.

"The emperor is talented and intelligent, and he knows all the details of my court affairs. But the emperor is still too young to know the situation at that time. If the emperor is not bored, I will tell the emperor slowly." Dong Liang obviously liked it. Guan Xuqing looked at him with admiration.

"Master Dong, please tell me."

"Since the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom's uprising in 1851, a branch has been in full swing. In front of the Taiping Army, our Eight Banners and the Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty have been useless and not enough. The Taiping army broke through from Yong'an all the way to Nanjing, but they didn't meet any decent resistance. It was about to go north to Shandong and approach the capital. My father led thousands of Chu Yong in the Battle of Suoyidu, which is the predecessor of the current Yongying. Blocked the attack of a 5-man army of the Tianping Army for a whole month, and severely damaged the Taiping Army. Later, the British and French allied forces went north, and in Tianjin my father fought hard for three days with the British and French allied forces, and finally died for the country." Dong Liang looked at the sky, Said silently.

Damn, it turns out that his father is the founder of Yongying.So aren't all the senior generals in the Yongying Camp now from his Lao Tzu's old department?No wonder the Queen Mother wanted to put him in the capital.The Yongying Army and the Hunan Army are the main defense forces of the Qing Dynasty.If this kid is allowed to go out, Yong Ying will have to change his name to Dong Ying.Then the imperial court will not be able to command the brave battalion.No wonder Ci'an wanted him to teach me, because he wanted me to win him over and make him loyal to me.No wonder Cixi seemed very unhappy that day, but now she understands everything.

(End of this chapter)