The next morning, Li Jue woke up and went to the Eastern Palace as usual to study under imperial decree.
After receiving the homework written for him by Li Zhi, he sat listlessly in his seat, waiting for old man Xiao Yu to come to class.
In fact, Li Jue didn't particularly dislike reading; he simply felt that reading was useless.
After all, he had experienced the knowledge explosion of later generations and found the ancients' pedantic and meticulous approach to wordplay very puzzling.
Putting aside whether the Spring and Autumn Annals is useful or not, just considering whether studying and understanding every single word of the Spring and Autumn Annals can improve the food and clothing of the people of the Tang Dynasty, enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, or improve the productivity of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Jue utterly disdained the teachings of the Crown Prince, he was powerless to resist and had to come to class every day like a dutiful child…
This made Li Jue extremely frustrated, so frustrated he felt like he was about to explode.
Xiao Yu arrived at Chongwen Hall on time as usual, but as soon as he entered, he noticed Li Jue lying listlessly on the table.
Having been a teacher for many years, Xiao Yu understood his students' thoughts very well. As soon as he saw Li Jue's expression, he knew that the child had developed a dislike for studying.
But he didn't have any good ideas. He had tried his best to make the lectures engaging, but no matter how engaging they were, he couldn't seem to capture Li Jue's interest.
What should we do?
Ultimately, it was because my knowledge was too shallow that I was unable to arouse the interest of my eldest grandson!
The biggest difference between Xiao Yu and Li Shimin is that Xiao Yu would reflect on his actions, instead of being as domineering and unreasonable as Li Shimin.
"Everyone, please hand in your homework from yesterday!"
"promise!"
Li Zhi was the first to step forward and hand in his homework, which consisted of ten pages.
Although Xiao Yu already knew that His Majesty intended to depose Li Zhi, he still did not slacken Li Zhi's studies, and made him copy a thousand-word article every day to consolidate his foundation.
He also taught the other ministers' children who accompanied him in their studies with great care. He not only tailored their lessons to their intelligence and personality but also provided them with individual guidance to ensure that each of them learned something truly valuable from him.
Xiao Yu carefully examined Li Zhi's homework, and drew a circle on it with satisfaction, indicating that she had checked it.
"good!"
"You should all learn from the Crown Prince and complete your homework on time and in full!"
"promise!"
After praising Li Zhi, Xiao Yu then checked the other students' homework and criticized some of the mischievous ones.
"Li Jingye, your homework today was too sloppy. You're getting an extra 500 words as punishment!"
"oh……"
"Pei Xingjian, how old are you? Why are you still copying the Thousand Character Classic every day to make up the numbers?"
“Teacher, my family is poor and I do not have the Four Books and Five Classics. I was afraid that I would not recite them accurately, so I only copied the Thousand Character Classic…”
"oh……"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately apologized to Pei Xingjian.
"I'm sorry, sir, I misunderstood you!"
"I have a set of the Four Books and Five Classics here. You can take it back and use it first!"
"this……"
Upon hearing this, Pei Xingjian was so moved that he almost cried. He could only bow deeply to his teacher with boundless gratitude and then accept the book that his teacher handed him.
Study hard!
"The student will certainly live up to the teacher's high expectations..."
When Li Jue saw that Xiao Yu was actually giving books to his students, his impression of the old man improved even more.
In fact, Li Jue never disliked Xiao Yu; in fact, he liked this kind and amiable old man very much. It was just that he didn't like staying at Chongwen Academy and even less liked studying the Four Books and Five Classics.
However, he took Pei Xingjian's predicament to heart and wondered if a scholarship fund should be established in the Tang Dynasty to help scholars who wanted to study.
But he quickly dismissed the thought, realizing that the Tang Dynasty would eventually belong to Li Zhi, and that doing this would surely incur Li Zhi's wrath!
Therefore, in order to save his own life, he decided to coax Li Er and get Li Er to throw him far away, preferably to Dunhuang or the Northeast, so that he could live a carefree life as a prince.
The Prince of Yong is too close to Chang'an; if Li Zhi wanted to attack him in the future, it would be incredibly easy for him…
Just as Li Jue was lost in thought, Xiao Yu banged heavily on the table.
"Eldest grandson, where's your homework?"
"Oh...oh oh oh..."
Upon hearing this, Li Jue hurriedly handed over his homework, which Xiao Yu took and frowned after just one glance.
Did you write this?
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu took out Li Zhi's homework to compare, and found that the handwriting in the two assignments was exactly the same.
"Eldest grandson, are you sure you really wrote this?"
"yes!"
Seeing that Li Jue was still lying, Xiao Yu felt a growing anger.
He could tolerate students' laziness and even stupidity, but he could not accept students who were habitual liars.
"Your Highness, please tell me what's going on!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi quickly stood up and pleaded for mercy.
"Please allow me to speak, sir!"
"If anyone's to blame, it's me. I couldn't resist my nephew's pleas and agreed to do his homework for him..."
"oh?"
Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Xiao Yu immediately smiled.
Although Li Zhi admitted that it was his fault, he clearly explained that Li Jue had asked him to do his homework.
Such subtle schemes naturally could not escape Xiao Yu's notice.
"Eldest grandson, what do you have to say now?"
Seeing that Li Zhi had already exposed him completely, Li Jue stopped trying to deny it and gave Xiao Yu an awkward smile.
"The student is willing to accept the punishment!"
"You're punished by having to stand during class today!"
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