Chapter 44 Hey...
"No, I...I!" Ji Yingyi wanted to make some excuses.
For example, I am just like Fan Zhongyan in the past, who couldn't stand the bigwigs in the court not giving newcomers opportunities and couldn't stand forming cliques for personal gain. But now Fan Zhongyan has become a "dragon slayer", and he is still an ambitious warrior who is willing to fight to the death with these parasites in the court.
For example, how can the voice in your heart know what you are thinking? Who can get into other people's minds to see what they are thinking?
But he couldn't say anything. His face turned red almost instantly because of what was said about his mental state. He wanted to argue but his tongue was fighting with his teeth in his mouth, and he looked at people with an evasive look.
Young people are so impatient.
Lu Yijian sighed in his heart, but finally tried to make amends. He couldn't let this man lose face completely. What if Su Jinghe found out something?
"It's not that we disagree with the kindergarten expansion, but the name is too monotonous. How about coming up with something that can promote... the court's contribution to the kindergarten?"
"Yes, yes, the money cannot be wasted. If we expand the project, it will definitely not only serve the children of officials. We must let the people know that we are paying attention to their livelihood!" The Ministry of Revenue also spoke out.
Everyone just tacitly left Ji Yingyi there, as if they didn't notice that he was still struggling.
This scene made Ji Yingyi even more angry. He looked at the people in the court and hated everyone!
I hate why Wang Anshi became the top scholar. He should have been the top scholar!
He hated Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan, and Lu Yijian, but he was just born a few years later than him. If he were the same generation as them, he might not be much worse than them!
What's the difference between them just "observing" at the end of the court and giving them a show of power?!
You just want to see them sitting here like wooden men, not understanding anything, and then getting embarrassed, right?
Wait...wait for me...
Ji Yingyi is still thinking about how to turn things around in the future. Even if he can't follow the path of the newly crowned top scholar, he can still climb up from the bottom and make those high up in the government bow their heads and look at him!
But when everyone's attention, including their thoughts, had shifted to choosing a good name for the kindergarten, a eunuch came up to him, accompanied by two guards, gagged him and took him away.
"God is watching what you do. You should use your brain more in the future." The eunuch said to the others and left.
The others who originally thought they were just here to listen, after this incident, tried even harder to act like quails.
Wang Anshi, who was standing in the front row, recalled this "voice" and always felt that there was something wrong. The speaking style was very familiar, just like someone he knew.
Su Jinghe, who had been listening to everyone's literary and artistic naming ideas, thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the connection between "Chunfengsheng Academy", "Baima Academy", "Shanlan Academy" and "Publicity of the Song Dynasty".
Finally, I couldn't help it, stood up and put forward my own ideas.
"I think if we want to add some elements to the name of this kindergarten, we can do this... For example, White Horse National Academy, Great Song White Horse Academy, Bian Jing White Horse National Academy, it will be very clear at a glance!"
Su Jinghe felt that the examples he cited were too authoritative. If there wasn’t any xx system yet, he would have wanted to add them directly!
Unexpectedly, no one supported his idea at all, and everyone was still discussing it until the end of the meeting.
"Why? Isn't this obvious?" Su Jinghe didn't understand, and he expressed his confusion to the two little princes.
"Maybe the name is too long and hard to read." The most excited person was still the one who came to support them. He was playing with sand in his hands and comforting their teacher Su.
"Or maybe they think this is a great idea and want to give it a name worthy of the Song Dynasty or the National Academy?" Princess Fukang liked Su Jinghe's idea very much. "In that case, can other academies be renamed like this? For example, the Imperial Academy?"
"Now that the Imperial College has a country, maybe it will be changed to the Imperial Academy?" Zui Xinglai analyzed enthusiastically following his sister's idea, and didn't even play with the sand in his hands.
"That shouldn't be the case. Imperial College and Imperial University are names that have been passed down from ancient times. If we change them, no one will agree." Su Jinghe also thought along the way, "But if we change it, we can change it to..."
"Let's change the name for Anding Academy first." Hu Yuan came in from outside with a satisfied smile on his face. "We've decided on three versions of the name. Let's see which one you like. Then we can make the plaque and stone tablet."
"Can you two think about this? Think about it slowly. This is a rare opportunity for us to make our own decisions!" Su Jinghe handed the paper to the two children without even looking at the contents.
"Yes, let's think about it together." Seeing that Su Jinghe didn't take it to heart, Hu Yuan quickly made changes.
Everyone knew privately about Su Jinghe's "decisive" role. Su Jinghe usually did not interfere, but once he started to complain in his heart, His Majesty would definitely compromise for his sake. Bringing it back was really based on Su Jinghe's intention, so Hu Yuan just said it when he said it.
Fortunately, Su Jinghe and I didn't react. We just thought that this incident involved the two princes and needed their opinions.
"You are so lazy. You do nothing and just expect the two little princes to make decisions for you?" Song Shiyi shook his head, like a rebellious son who was useless.
"Go to hell. When school starts, the little princes have to work hard to compete for positions! They need some experience, right?" Su Jinghe's early rise in the morning court was not in vain, as he got the promises of the big guys.
No matter what, he would definitely make it happen as he wanted school to start on the first day of the eighth lunar month. There would definitely be students to ensure that the two little princes could practice safely.
Now, the personal safety of the two little princes in school will be outsourced.
Su Jinghe was extremely happy.
"Yes, we need to have the experience of making our own decisions." Zui Xinglai agreed with Su Jinghe's words and asked his sister, "Sister, this National Tianshu Kindergarten sounds very nice. Did we learn this word yesterday?"
"Yes, one of the Big Dipper. I think this Bianjing Fenghua Kindergarten is also quite nice." Princess Fukang thought about it and gave a reason, "The characters are easy to recognize."
"Then listen to my sister!" He had no intention of making his own decision. All he could think about was "my sister is always right."
"Huh? Didn't you say you should make your own decision?" Hu Yuan asked the little prince, and got an answer from the prince that made him laugh and cry.
"Sister is going to work hard to become the president of the student union, and I just want to be the director of the food department. I will listen to you in school from now on!" This is also a logical loop. When it comes to listening to your sister, she really listens. She gave the name of "Bianjing Fenghua Kindergarten" to Su Jinghe and started to pile up his little sand again.
We really should set up a kindergarten so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to be his sister's little follower anymore.
After hearing what Zui Xinglai said, Hu Yuan even started to have conspiracy theories in his mind.
He knew that Su Jinghe had said time and again that "a female emperor is great. Being the first legitimate and official female emperor in history would allow the Song Dynasty to be on par with and even surpass the Han and Tang dynasties!" If Su Jinghe hadn't acted a bit... naive, he would probably have wondered whether Su Jinghe had deliberately cultivated her.
Obviously, both children are very smart.
Su Jinghe also seriously let the two children make the decision, but he emphasized it again, "This is your own decision. If you feel uncomfortable with it in the future, it will be your black history, not mine."
"Dark history?" Zui Xinglai, after being briefed on the meaning of this term by Su Jinghe, raised his head from the sand. Just when Hu Yuan thought the young prince had made a new decision, Zui Xinglai's little mouth uttered something that left Hu Yuan speechless. "If everyone finds it offensive, then that's my fault! It's not my sister's."
Um……
Well, who says that the courage to take responsibility is not a virtue of a good emperor?
Hu Yuan comforted herself in this way.
"Okay, let's move on to the next step." Su Jinghe took out two pieces of white paper from behind him.
"There are still more than three months until September. Someone with beautiful calligraphy will write our plaques, but!"
"But?" Hu Yuan also repeated along with the two children. He really didn't know what Su Jinghe was going to do.
"It's your turn to write the words on the stele. You can have the same words on both sides of the stele. If you like, you can make it square and display five sides, or even something odd and more. But you write this word!"
"Hey? Us?" Princess Fukang pointed at her nose in surprise. She had never expected that this task would fall on them.
"We haven't practiced it, so we can't write it." What's most exciting is the big gesture of daring to refuse and give up.
"This is our teacher Hu Yuan's next task. My handwriting is not good either."
After Su Jinghe finished speaking, he looked at Hu Yuan and said, "Teacher... you can do it, right? If not, let's... let's see if we can trick a big shot into coming? For example, Cai Xiang?"
The Four Great Masters of the Northern Song Dynasty! Three of them were still children or even not born yet, but Cai Xiang was in his prime!
Should be able to work, right?
He also wrote a poem praising Fan Zhongyan, the famous "Four Sages and One Unworthy". History says that envoys from the Liao Dynasty bought it, but Su Jinghe didn't pay attention to it at the time.
"Cai Xiang?" Hu Yuan actually had some connection with this person.
As the saying goes, a friend of a friend may not be your friend, but at least you know him!
"If you want..."
When Hu Yuan saw Su Jinghe nodding frantically, she knew whether this person wanted to or not. Of course, he could invite him!
"Then what about our time after school..." When Zui Xinglai thought about reducing the time he spent petting cats, he felt like the sky was falling. He stopped playing with the sand and stared blankly at the "illegal transaction" between the two teachers, wanting to fight for himself.
"You can pet the cats during breaks. If you behave well, we can keep cats in the kindergarten!"
What does it mean to win with one move? Su Jinghe said this, and he was very happy and had no complaints. He was even happy to be able to play with cats more often, or even raise cats.
Princess Fukang wasn't easy to fool, but her attention wasn't on that either. She looked at Hu Yuan and said, "Teacher, if you change to kindergarten, you'll come with us. Will the calligraphy teacher come with us too? What if the results of our calligraphy practice are different then?"
This is indeed something to worry about, but...
"In fact, when you first start practicing calligraphy, you don't need a teacher. You need to keep practicing and find the direction that suits you. However, a good calligraphy teacher usually knows different fonts, but they also have their own direction now."
When Su Jinghe finished the first half of the sentence, he was afraid that Hu Yuan would misunderstand him, so he quickly added the rest.
He himself probably had no chance to meet Cai Xiang, but as Su Shi's brother, he had the opportunity to meet the other two of the "Four Great Calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty", but it was not certain about this one.
To be successful in stamp collecting, you must work hard to succeed!
"Yes." Hu Yuan also understood that Su Jinghe really wanted Cai Xiang to come, but Cai Xiang's calligraphy skills were indeed good. "But I will find a way to see if he can squeeze out time to teach."
Hu Yuan felt that Cai Xiang was similar to himself, and the positions he held were not core. Unlike Fan Zhongyan and others, if they squeezed out time and did not spend it on official duties, they would be accused of slacking off and not doing their job.
They are just sinecures. If Your Majesty agrees and I am willing, it would be very easy for me to teach two classes.
"What? I'm going to teach?" Cai Xiang put down his pen. "I'm going to teach the princes? What to teach? I don't have the ability to do that!"
"You know calligraphy. If you wish, you can also teach Your Highnesses how to paint." Hu Yuan said easily.
Cai Xiang was relieved after hearing this. "Then I'm fine. Do I have a fixed schedule like you? By the way, are you still working at your original job? Is it just a nominal position now?"
"Yes, His Majesty has given me two salaries, one for a nominal position and one for a real one." Hu Yuan thought for a moment, "If you don't want to go, it would be nice to come here and be a resident teacher."
"Of course I want to go. Wait, I have to teach in kindergarten? That's too early..." Cai Xiang heard that Su Jinghe's family had a happy education. "It's too early to formally learn calligraphy before the age of seven. Is that happy? I was not happy when I was a child."
"Don't worry, we don't expect you to teach well. Our kindergarten is planning to hire a chef to work as a part-time cooking teacher." Hu Yuan was going to tell this to every teacher they were going to invite. They couldn't wait until they joined their kindergarten and started teaching to know the news.
"Then I can give it a try." Cai Xiang was interested. "Put me in front of the cooking class, so that after I finish teaching calligraphy, I can join in the shovel-wielding."
You're a little crazy too.
Hu Yuan didn't expect that his "friendly reminder" would become an attraction.
Cai Xiang arrived at his post very quickly.
He is a person who really wants to make progress, and he will not miss this opportunity to interact with the two princes.
But when he was teaching the first class, he discovered a problem.
"Huh? Why do you have no strength in your wrist? It feels so soft." Cai Xiang had also taught children and knew how strong a child was.
"It's okay, teacher. We just moved some dirt that we liked..." Princess Fukang stepped forward to explain, "Maybe giving us ten minutes to rest and relax will be enough."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's take a break. We have a long class period, so there's no need to rush." Cai Xiang quickly told the two to stop writing, then looked around the classroom curiously, "Where's the soil? What's its use? Did your teacher, Xiao Su, come up with something new?"
As soon as Cai Xiang said to take a break, Zui Xinglai stopped immediately. He felt that his hands were shaking more than usual when he was holding the pen to write!
Although his hands were shaking when he was "pre-studying" with his sister two days ago, it was definitely worse this time!
The soil was just ordinary soil, and Cai Xiang lost interest after seeing it.
However, Princess Fukang said that the teacher would have some ideas about this in the future, so they stopped paying attention to this matter. After the break, they felt like they could write again, so they started the first calligraphy lesson, writing their own names.
This will have to be compared at each stage in the future~ Cai Xiang felt that he was really thoughtful and would definitely be able to leave a sense of presence in the hearts of the two young princes.
The "soil" was delivered and the two little princes were asked to choose it themselves. Where is Su Jinghe, who was so tired at the end?
After finishing his morning classes, he went to supervise the work in the afternoon.
Su Jinghe didn't plan to move the original teaching building, which was already very charming. However, the expansion building next to it was built from scratch, so Su Jinghe had some ideas of his own.
It looks like the excavated soil, but it is not the foundation of the new building, but a reservoir, which is prepared to raise some small animals nearby. After all, they want to raise a cat, and having a reservoir can also attract other small animals.
"If you don't want to do it, don't do it!"
Accompanied by a loud "bang", the sound spread at the same time. Su Jinghe walked towards the sound and saw a very angry young man and a dull middle-aged man.
"What's wrong?" Su Jinghe didn't understand. "Why are you throwing things?"
There was a shovel that had been thrown next to it, and no one knew who had thrown it.
"Master Su, this is what happened. I don't know who hired this old man. He can't do anything. He was asked to move soil, and he took an hour to come back. What a waste of time."
The younger one saw Su Jinghe, smiled widely, and came forward to explain, glaring at the man as he spoke.
Hmm...what a familiar plot.
Su Jinghe looked over and found that this was one of the three people he arranged to transport soil.
"I arranged it. The others just came back. Let them do their work."
"Ah? Yes, yes." Unexpectedly, Su Jinghe would say that. The young man glared at the middle-aged man again and said, "You're lucky. Mr. Su will speak for you. Do your best next time."
The middle-aged man was as dull as he looked. Whether he was misunderstood or rescued, he had no expression or movement. He just listened blankly. However, when he walked to Su Jinghe's side, he still whispered thank you.
I guess he's a social phobia.
Su Jinghe originally thought that this matter would just pass.
In the evening, when it was almost time to get off work, Su Jinghe had someone deliver some mung bean soup, which was specially chilled. He had actually delivered it once at noon, and he delivered it again this evening, thinking that they could take some with their families.
"How dare you take a public box?" It was the familiar voice again, and the familiar person being scolded.
Su Jinghe saw it again and came to the rescue again, "It's arranged. If you don't bring your lunch box, you can just use the boxes we gave you. We'll have more tomorrow, so just bring them and continue packing."
What was sent was actually just a wooden box, very ordinary. Su Jinghe wouldn't say anything even if he didn't bring it back.
"Mr. Su is just too kind-hearted. Some people are used to taking advantage of others. They won't appreciate your kindness and will take advantage of you again next time."
The young man seemed very dissatisfied with the wooden man, or perhaps he had already figured out Su Jinghe's good temper, and now he dared to point fingers at him directly.
The middle-aged man still didn't say a word, just listened, holding the lunch box in his hand, looking uneasy.
"Okay, it's okay. Everyone can go. You can go too. Just bring it back when you go to work tomorrow. It's okay." There were people watching nearby, so Su Jinghe quickly dispersed the crowd.
The news of his coming to supervise spread, and when he got off work, Mo Yanxiao and Mo Yanda came to pick him up.
"Why you?" The two siblings certainly knew what Su Jinghe was thinking.
"He didn't come. He didn't even know we were coming." Mo Yan laughed, his laughter was cunning, but his face still looked simple.
"We said we were going home early, but he was still working hard." Mo Yanxiao also smiled.
The "grudges" between the Mohists and the Gongshuists have not been resolved yet, but they don't care much about it. They even find it quite fun, especially now that they work together. Bullying someone is even more interesting.
Su Jinghe was happy to hear that there was someone he could cheat at work, which made him very motivated.
As he was laughing, he suddenly thought of something and told her the two things that happened today.
"Do you know if this is just an existing conflict or something? If it doesn't work out, we should just resolve it. It's not going to work if it keeps going like this."
As soon as he mentioned Mo Yanxiao, he knew who it was.
"Oh, the one who's always looking for trouble? His name is Cheng Dongdong. He's always looking for trouble with someone. That person is talkative but doesn't say much. He looks very honest. They were both recommended by the same carpentry workshop. The honest one is called Zhu Yi."
"Recommended by a company? Hmm...could this company be an intermediary that specializes in acting as a recommender?" Su Jinghe was quite skeptical.
"How could that be!" Mo Yan laughed. "They are both quite capable. If they were really recommended in this way, they wouldn't have been recommended together even though they already had a grudge against each other."
"Ah, that's right. They shouldn't look for enemies too... Then what's going on with them?" Su Jinghe felt a headache. "If it's just a conflict, it's fine. But if it continues, it will really affect the harmony of the team."
"Oh, I heard it was a very serious matter, but since one of them didn't mention it, I have no idea how the other one would speak up." Mo Yanxiao shook his head.
Su Jinghe's curiosity was really aroused now.
[System, system, look what's going on? Is there a system?]
What sound?
When Mo Yanxiao and Mo Yanda heard Su Jinghe's "voice" for the first time, they reacted strongly. They looked around and even looked at each other, but they couldn't see any difference.
There was nothing unusual about Su Jinghe. He walked forward as usual and was about to get on the carriage without any suspicious reaction.
"Did you hear it?" If Mo Yan hadn't seen her brother turning his head when she turned around, she wouldn't have dared to ask, for fear that she would hear something messy that she shouldn't hear.
"I heard it. What did you say... huh? Say..." Mo Yan wanted to say something to his sister, but was horrified to find that he couldn't say anything!
This is all the fault of the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry is located in a place where you can hardly hear the "voice of the heart" during normal working hours. In addition, many people have no chance to come into contact with Su Jinghe. Some of the people on duty do not hold any official positions, so they have never done any popular science about Su Jinghe's voice.
The brother and sister were even more terrified when they found that they could not speak.
The more they couldn't say it, the more they wanted to say it. The two of them gestured while saying "air", their expressions becoming more and more frightened, and they even began to look at the people around them.
But there was no one else here. Su Jinghe had already boarded the carriage, and the coachman was still waiting for them in the carriage.
"Let's go! Get in the car!" Mo Yanxiao decided to tell Su Jinghe about this strange thing.
On a tree not far from them, two secret guards watched them making such inexplicable gestures. In addition, Su Jing and his thoughts were already semi-public matters in the court.
Except for the new generation who don’t know that it is Su Jinghe’s inner voice, which was concealed by the older generation, no one is shocked by it now.
The two of them never thought that this was the first time they heard the voice of their hearts.
After all, how could that be possible? I've been working in the Ministry of Industry for so long!
They even have a past relationship with Su Jinghe!
[Hmm... What a strange story. These two are really...]
Su Jinghe was still watching and found that the two Mo brothers and sisters had not caught up. After getting on the carriage, he looked around and waited for someone to catch up.
When the two Mo family members hurried up, they interrupted Su Jinghe who wanted to continue watching.
"I'm so scared, so scared!" Mo Yan asked Su Jinghe as soon as he got in the car, "You know... you know..."
I said it twice but still couldn't say anything.
No way...
Mo Yanxiao thought that this matter would be resolved by itself when it came to Su Jinghe!
Didn't they encounter a ghost?
Mo Yanda was too late. Mo Yanxiao stepped onto the carriage. When he saw this situation, he had already turned around and was about to get off. He was pushed onto the seat by the coachman.
"Okay, sit tight, we're going home~" The coachman happily waved his whip, hitting the cart and urging the donkey to move forward.
This action has been done before. There is a "safety rope" on Su Jinghe's car. There have been cases like this where people were directly tied with safety ropes before, but never did Mo Yanda feel so scared.
Damn, this car is...
When Mo Yanda and Mo Yanxiao saw this, they became even more frightened, fearing that something might happen to you and they would not be able to return home safely.
Not understanding what was going on between the two, Su Jinghe continued to watch the show.
[Hmm... Cheng Dongdong and Zhu Yi are actually neighbors. They lived together since childhood and learned carpentry. They were both excellent apprentices and were highly regarded by their masters.]
Huh? Why is this voice talking about Cheng Dongdong and Zhu Yi?
This familiar person but unfamiliar story made the two people's hearts slowly settle back into their stomachs, and Mo Yanxiao even dared to talk to Su Jinghe again.
"I heard that Cheng Dongdong scolded Zhu Yi again. He was late, but Zhu Yi didn't call him. Others were wondering if the two were family, otherwise why would they call each other."
"I didn't scream...this...um..." Su Jinghe's answer sounded like he knew something, but Mo Yanxiao was nervous at the moment and didn't realize it. Su Jinghe's normal voice when talking to her made her feel at ease.
Mo Yanda also moved again and again, sitting face to face with his sister, intending that if anything really happened, he would be able to protect his sister in time.
As for why he didn't just sit next to me? It was just like he didn't dare to get off the bus directly...
I really don’t dare to make such a big move!
[At the age of 13, Cheng Dongdong and Zhu Yi's younger sister Zhu Shang got together.]
Huh? Is the story this voice tells normal?
When Mo Yanxiao heard this, she felt that it was just like the love stories written by the author she knew that she had read before to kill time and to read more books to edify herself.
Was she dreaming? Was she remaking a story she'd read before and applying it to Cheng Dongdong and Zhu Yi?
After having this thought, Mo Yanxiao began to try to tell himself, "This is a dream, this is a dream..."
She didn't dare to mutter too loudly, almost in a breath.
This also scared her brother Mo Yan, who was sitting opposite her but couldn't hear clearly.
This sister is crazy!
He tried to reach out and grab his sister's hand, moving tremblingly under the table. Before his hand touched it, the teacup on the table was already moving.
"Oh? Why are your legs shaking..." Su Jinghe felt the table moving. He didn't look at the gossip, but when he looked, it seemed that Mo Yanda was not shaking his legs, but his whole body was shaking a little, and his teeth seemed to be chattering uncontrollably.
"It's too cold?" Su Jinghe took out a cloak from the drawer behind him and put it on Mo Yan. "You should say it's cold. The temperature difference between day and night is quite big now."
I just didn't realize that Mo Yanda's body was so weak.
When Su Jinghe was putting clothes on the man, he saw sweat on his forehead.
You're already sweating and still not telling me! Su Jinghe thought it was just Mo Yanda's pride and didn't care anymore.
Mo Yanda felt a lot warmer after wearing the cloak. His sister had her eyes closed and was still muttering to herself. Mo Yanda felt extremely sad and felt that both he and his sister were likely to die in this carriage. He also closed his eyes silently and waited for death.
Unlike the two siblings who thought they had seen a ghost, Su Jinghe was really amazed by this gossip.
Cheng Dongdong had already saved up the betrothal gifts, and Zhu Yi had also worked hard to save up a dowry for her sister. Both the parents of the two families, as well as her sister Zhu Shang, were very happy with the marriage. However, an accident, a fire that came out of nowhere, destroyed the family.
This ghost who appeared out of nowhere is going to destroy our little Mo family.
Mo Yan was silently sad.
[The fire was very big and burned very cleanly. The only person rescued from the fire was Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi was a big and strong man and was rescued in a daze. When he woke up, he still didn't look very clear-headed.
Cheng Dongdong was making a set of furniture for his family at the time and came back a little late. Unexpectedly, such an accident happened!
Nothing could be gotten out of Zhu Yi's mouth, but from then on, the two became enemies. They depended on each other for survival, but Cheng Dongdong unilaterally provoked Zhu Yi in various ways.
Su Jinghe sighed, this story...ah.
[Zhu Yi's personality changed drastically after the fire. During the inspection, he said the fire might have been an accident and hastily closed the case.
Cheng Dongdong was angry and didn't know what to do...
I don't know whether I should let him know the truth... I guess Zhu Yi doesn't want to tell the truth right now, ah!]
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