The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The yard became quiet, but there were still lights outside.

The owner of the house fell asleep peacefully, but the guards in the yard did not dare to slack off. Not only the guards in Li Fu's house, but also the Jinwu guards from the palace, all worked diligently inside and outside the yard, inside and outside the house, on duty and patrol to ensure the safety of the entire yard.

Li Fu, the prince, also enjoyed the treatment.

Early the next morning.

The three children got up earlier than Li Fu, and after being dressed neatly by the maids, they left the room and played in the yard.

Children of this age, free from the strict control of the palace, are still innocent and lively by nature.

When Li Fu left the room, he saw the three children playing happily in the yard, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

This is the color that should be at this age.

Instead of the little adults in daily life.

Especially Li Chengqian, he already has a mature mentality that does not belong to this age.

Children born in the royal family must be precocious. Even if they are not poor children who have to take charge of the family early, in that unusual environment, their minds are not comparable to those of ordinary children.

"Chengqian, Qingque, Lizhi." Li Fu called out.

"Uncle Wang."

When the three children saw Li Fu coming out, they all ran to Li Fu's side.

"When did you get up?" Li Fu asked.

"I got up for a while, waiting for Uncle Wang to have breakfast together." Li Chengqian said.

"Okay, let's go to the front hall and have breakfast." Li Fu laughed and walked to the front hall with the three children.

At this point, Yan Lide had already finished his meal and went to the construction site.

Lu Deming also drank a lot of wine yesterday. I don't know if he woke up at this time.

Logically speaking, at Lu Deming's age, he shouldn't sleep too long.

He gets older and sleeps less.

Li Fu told Xiao Tao to ask the maids in the yard to keep an eye on Lu Deming. If he got up, they should ask him whether he wanted to eat in the hall or in his room.

"Uncle Wang, where are we going to play today?" Li Tai asked curiously.

We can't stay at home all day after coming to the manor, right?

But then again, I have seen the surroundings of this manor in Jingyang County on the carriage when I came here, and there doesn't seem to be anything fun around it.

It's not prosperous, nor lively, and it's a world apart from Chang'an City.

"We won't go out this morning." Li Fu said, "You just arrived at the farm yesterday, so you can't play too much today. Besides, Dr. Lu is still here. Although he doesn't manage your studies as strictly as in the palace, he has shown his attitude. You, as students, should also show your attitude. It's mutual between people."

"Your father also said that the ministers assist the king in governing the world. The king and the ministers can be said to be one body. There is mutual trust between the king and the ministers. This is morality."

"Then will we study in the house today?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Then Uncle Wang will tell you about today's arrangements. In the morning, Uncle Wang will take you to make a meal by yourself. After the lunch break in the afternoon, you will study and listen to Dr. Lu's one-hour course. The rest of the time is rest."

"In other words, our course today is only one hour." Li Chengqian's eyes lit up when he heard this.

This is much easier than studying in the palace in the morning and in the afternoon.

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian has a heavy workload that ordinary people cannot imagine. He must not neglect reading, martial arts, and the six arts of a gentleman.

"That's right, the time for formal class is only one hour, but you must promise Uncle Wang that you must concentrate and focus during this hour." Li Fu said, "No matter what time or what you do, you must not be distracted or fool around. I will have someone tell Dr. Lu to prepare a one-hour course. If you can't finish it within this hour because of your distraction and absent-mindedness.

Then this hour will not be an hour.

As for how Dr. Lu usually teaches and how much you have to learn in one hour, I think you know it better than me."

Li Fu looked at the three children with a serious tone and attitude.

The three children nodded and responded seriously.

It was only one hour, which was nothing to them.

"Okay, since you have agreed, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond. Let's go. Uncle Wang will take you to the kitchen." Li Fu said with a smile.

The kitchen yard in the house is very large. Now that there are many people in the house, the kitchen does not rely on one cook to work. There is a chef and several kitchen assistants. If it is really busy during festivals, people from other yards will come to help.

Today, Li Fu only left two people in the kitchen to serve.

According to Li Fu'sAs he said, prepare everything, he will bring the three little princes to the kitchen and do it himself.

It's not like he hasn't been to the kitchen before. When he was in the Jingyang Wang's house in Chang'an City, he made candied haws by himself.

"Uncle Wang asks you, where does the saying "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen" come from and what does it mean?" Li Fu looked at the three children.

"I know, it comes from "Liang Hui Wang Zhangju Shang" in "Mencius." Li Tai said, "Mencius advised King Xuan of Qi to practice benevolence."

Li Fu nodded.

In fact, he didn't know where this sentence came from, he just asked.

But Li Tai is a good kid, he has a genius in literature, no wonder Li Shimin asked him to build a literary museum in history.

This child has some talent in reading and memorizing since he was a child.

"A gentleman cannot bear to see animals die when he sees them alive, and cannot bear to eat their meat when he hears their cries. Therefore, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen." Li Chengqian also said.

"Well, but what Mencius really wants to talk about is the implementation of benevolent government. He advocates Confucianism, which opposes hegemony. He does not talk about hegemony, but about the kingly way. In other words, he does not talk about force, military power, and war to dominate the world, but talks about using morality, the power of education, and benevolent government to unify the world and make the people of the world submit."

The three children listened carefully and nodded seriously.

Yes, the teacher said so too.

"Don't just nod, what do you think? Chengqian, you are the prince, tell me, is what Mencius said right?" Li Fu asked.

This is the first test he threw to Li Chengqian.

See if this kid has his own ideas.

Whether he dares to reflect on whether the so-called "way of the sage" is accurate.

The words and thoughts of our predecessors have certain truths that can be followed and learned.

However, they are not necessarily all right.

Otherwise, why was it Qin and not Qi that unified the world in the end?

Li Chengqian was stunned.

No one has ever asked him such a question.

Mencius, the second sage, the way of the sage, is it right or wrong?