"Your Majesty, the Donglin Party has committed heinous crimes and must be thoroughly investigated!"
"This old servant requests Your Majesty to send more men to thoroughly interrogate these people, lest the traitors escape!"
Wei Zhongxian knelt before Zhu Youjian, his face filled with righteous indignation.
"Although I have long known that the Donglin Party are all treacherous officials, I have fought against them several times during the reign of the late emperor."
"But this old servant really didn't expect them to go to such lengths."
Even the lowest-ranking county magistrate has thousands of acres of fertile land and tens of thousands of taels of silver in assets!
"This is absolutely outrageous!"
As Wei Zhongxian was speaking, he suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Your Majesty, in order to completely wipe out the Donglin Party, this old servant plans to slow down the pace in the next few days to avoid alerting them."
"Once this old servant has figured out the list of all of them, then we will strike a fatal blow and not let a single member of the Donglin Party escape justice!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youjian glanced at him lightly.
"Oh? That's what you're planning?"
Wei Zhongxian immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and his mind raced as he thought:
"What does the young emperor mean by that?"
"Did he realize that I was deliberately stalling for time?"
Just as he was breaking out in a cold sweat, Zhu Youjian suddenly laughed a few times.
"That's fine then, let's do it your way."
Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down to kowtow, saying, "Your Majesty is wise!"
But in his heart, he was filled with contempt for Zhu Youjian.
"Hehe, this little emperor really didn't see through my thoughts."
"They fell for my trick with just a few words."
"These past few days, I've been in contact with a few military officers..."
Wei Zhongxian walked out with a heavy heart.
At this moment, Zhu Youjian also revealed a cold smile.
"That old...dog, does he really think I didn't see through his thoughts?"
In fact, Zhu Youjian originally wanted to curse the old eunuch, but he remembered that Cao Huachun was right next to him, so he omitted a word.
Upon hearing this, Cao Huachun shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly.
"If Your Majesty truly saw through it yourself, then that's good indeed!"
It turns out that after being deceived by Wei Zhongxian several times, Zhu Youjian finally learned his lesson.
Not only did they secretly send Luo Yangxing to observe Wei Zhongxian's movements and uncover his secret collusion with the Prince of Fu.
Moreover, the young emperor would often repackage these events as stories from "Dahe Village" and ask Gao Qingyun for advice.
Having watched so many movies and TV series, Gao Qingyun knew these things like the back of her hand.
He immediately guessed that Wei Zhongxian wanted to take the opportunity to delay, and he told Zhu Youjian about it.
That's why Zhu Youjian was so confident just now.
Zhu Youjian said excitedly, "Hmph, Wei Zhongxian is definitely going to take advantage of this time to do something."
"They might even send someone to assassinate me!"
"Mr. Cao, what should we do?"
Cao Huachun had naturally already devised a solution.
But after observing Zhu Youjian's excited expression, he didn't say anything.
"Your Majesty, how would this old servant know about such things?"
"You should ask Master Gao again."
Zhu Youjian laughed and nodded: "Yes, we should ask Master Gao!"
He leaped up from the dragon throne and ran towards the island in the middle of the lake.
Cao Huachun watched his retreating figure and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Alas, Your Majesty is still young after all."
"I think he had planned this all along, and he was deliberately trying to show off in front of Master Gao."
"But his plan is probably a bit..."
"Never mind, Master Gao's skills as a teacher and his ability to fool children are truly remarkable."
"He can definitely see through His Majesty's little schemes. We can just coax him a few times and subtly influence him to change his original plan, and that will be enough."
Cao Huachun also smiled.
"Meeting Master Gao is truly a blessing for our Great Ming Dynasty."
Not long after, Zhu Youjian went to the island in the middle of the lake.
I happened to see Gao Qingyun leading his students in what was supposed to be a "physics class".
Gao Qingyun stood on the top of the pavilion, followed by several deaf-mute eunuchs, all looking at him with terrified expressions.
I was afraid he might accidentally fall and get seriously injured.
Gao Qingyun, however, didn't care at all.
He can't see how high he's standing, so naturally he won't be afraid of heights.
Gao Qingyun smiled at the students below and said, "Ah, it's a pity there's no Leaning Tower of Pisa here, otherwise it would be perfect to do this experiment on the Leaning Tower!"
After he finished speaking, he spread out both hands and flipped them over at the same time, revealing the iron ball inside.
The left side is larger, and the right side is smaller.
Moreover, the one on the left was clearly heavier, making it impossible for Gao Qingyun to place his left hand flat.
He could only bring it back to his side and hold the iron ball in front of his left chest.
Gao Qingyun smiled and said, "Children, I'm back... uh, cough cough cough."
He seemed to remember something, and suddenly coughed. After a moment, he continued speaking:
"Tell me, if I let go at the same time, which iron ball will hit the ground first?"
If this were in later generations, even a three-year-old child would surely understand what Gao Qingyun meant.
But his six students knew nothing about this.
Zhang Xianzhong scratched the back of his head: "Which one could land first? It must be the heavier one!"
He patted Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting in front of him.
"Xiao Zheng, what do you think?"
After spending time together, Zhang Xianzhong also realized that Zheng Chenggong was the smartest kid.
Zheng Chenggong rubbed his shoulder and said irritably:
"Why are you asking me such a simple question? Don't you have any confidence?"
The implication is that they also believe the heavier items will land first.
But Zhang Xianzhong didn't understand.
"What exactly do you mean? You haven't explained yourself clearly!"
Seeing this, Li Zicheng, who was standing nearby, helplessly covered his head and quickly interjected:
"Old Zhang, the meaning of success is very clear, and he agrees with your statement."
Zhang Xianzhong then laughed with satisfaction.
"Why didn't he say that earlier?"
Zhu Youjian, who was walking from a distance, also suppressed his excitement upon hearing this.
"What is Master Gao trying to do?"
His opinion was naturally the same as everyone else's.
I think the heavier object landed first.
Gao Qingyun smiled upon hearing the students' responses.
"Alright, alright, since you all say so, then we'll place our bets."
After he finished speaking, he released both hands at the same time.
A moment later, everyone present was stunned.
"This...how is this possible?"
Zhu Youjian looked at Gao Qingyun in disbelief: "Master Gao, did you use some kind of supernatural magic?"
"Otherwise, how could both balls have landed at the same time?"
The result was naturally as expected.
With the help of the eunuch, Gao Qingyun climbed down the ladder from the small pavilion.
He shook his head and laughed, "Little Zhu, that's not very interesting."
"These kids in your village don't know the law of free fall, don't you know it too?"
Zhu Youjian's expression changed, realizing that this was something that everyone in later generations knew.
So he chuckled and said, "I was just... going along with the kids."
"Otherwise, if they don't know and I'm the only one who does, they'll feel embarrassed!"
Several students standing nearby frowned helplessly upon hearing this.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Youjian was the emperor, they probably would have spoken up and exposed him.
However, Gao Qingyun nodded with a smile.
"I didn't expect you, Xiao Zhu, to be so considerate of their feelings."
He casually began by explaining the principles of free fall.
Then he addressed several students:
"Since you made the wrong bet, you should accept the consequences."
"When you get home today, copy the text five times each!"
Upon hearing this, the students immediately cried out in despair, "No!"
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