[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

Yinyou raised his chin, his face full of pride: "I also think I'm great."

As she spoke, she took another step forward, and the imperial concubine looked at him with a smile: "What do you want?"

Yinyou blinked and said mischievously, "I want a hug, can I?"

"Of course!" Although the son is 13 years old and about the same height as himself, the little guy will still act like a baby and want to be hugged. She must be satisfied as a mother.

After hugging him, the imperial concubine patted his son on the shoulder: "Go, go to the study, and let me have a look at the two questions."

"..."

In terms of mathematics, the imperial concubine can give her son a lot. At least nine years of compulsory education plus three years of high school mathematics can be given to him. She even remembers some advanced mathematics.

Kangxi also left many books here, including several mathematics and astronomy works from Europe. The imperial concubine often read them, and when she saw typical examples, she would extract them and explain them to her son.

Even from the perspective of a modern person like her, her son is definitely a genius.Good memory, have a photographic memory.Strong comprehension ability and high learning efficiency, no matter how advanced the knowledge is, he will understand it once or twice.

"Baby," the imperial concubine summed up some of her experience in studying to him, "There is a truth you must understand."

"What?" Yinyou looked up from a question, "You haven't called me baby for a long time."

"How long has it been?" The imperial concubine patted his head, "Emiang wants to tell you that not everyone has your learning ability, so you must be patient enough during the teaching process."

Yinyou put down his pen: "I don't give lectures, but the third brother will teach them."

The imperial concubine guided him slowly: "The third elder brother also has no experience in teaching and educating people. As a brother, shouldn't you give him some advice?"

"Mathematics is a basic subject. It should start in elementary school, and then go from shallow to deep, step by step."

"These auspicious scholars study hard for more than ten years before they have a chance to pass the exam. Most of them are in their 30s or even older. At their age, it is a bit late to start studying mathematics systematically."

"Ah?" Yinyou suddenly realized after hearing Er Niang's words, this is indeed a problem, "Then what should I do?"

"Education needs to be reformed, abandoning those old ways of selecting talents, and rebuilding a new system. But this is not an easy task, and it will take several generations of efforts. You can realize this and bravely step out At this step, Erniang already feels very happy."

When Yinyou heard that Er Niang was happy, he was also happy: "Then what should we do next?"

"Of course it is to do a good job in the immediate matter. For these good people, it is more important to let them understand the importance of mathematics as a basic subject than to give them the formulas and problem-solving methods. In the future, they will become When one parent is an official, to influence more people."

Yinyou nodded seriously: "I understand, I will convey these thoughts to the third brother."

He is wearing a moon-white uniform today, with a large group of golden thread Ruyi embroidery on the chest, and the collar and cuffs are blue, which complements his broad shoulders and thin waist. He looks like a very energetic young man.

The imperial concubine tidied up his collar for him, and said in a very doting tone: "I have been a fastidious brat since I was a child."

Yinyou straightened his back, stood upright, and said seriously, "Am I handsome?"

"My son is of course the most handsome!"

"Hey, I think so too!"

Yinyou was particularly concerned about this Mengyang Zhai. He contributed a lot during the initial construction process and helped the third elder brother a lot.

The third elder brother wants to select some talents from the general hall, and he has to take an exam first.

The exam questions were written by San Age and Yinyou together. The questions are very simple and closely related to life. They don't test their calculation ability, but mainly examine their problem-solving ideas.

Yinyou has met some sages who read sage books very well, and they also write well, and they speak the words of sages.

However, many people are really only suitable for reading sage books and writing stereotyped essays.Yinyou also couldn't see what it would be like for them to be officials in the future, since they were not very good at mathematics anyway.

In the end, the group of people who stand out, without exception, are relatively young and have a certain foundation in mathematics before.

After the written test, the third elder brother will conduct an interview with them.The topic of the interview was also for Yinyou's sake.He always insisted on what Er Niang said, focusing on examining their logical thinking rather than calculation ability.

Unless there is someone with particularly outstanding mental arithmetic ability, this kind of person is a genius and can be retained, which will be of great use in the future.

In the end, after three elder brothers' selections, only Mei Juecheng, Chen Houyao, He Guozong, Ming Antu, and Yang Daosheng were finally admitted.

Kangxi saw that their work efficiency was so high, and it also attracted a group of people from the Imperial Academy and the Shuchang Pavilion to discuss heatedly.

Therefore, he picked a day to issue an edict and officially set up a "mathematics school" in Mengyangzhai.It also announced the teachers of the School of Mathematics - he will personally guide the study of Western mathematics, and will also send Western missionaries to teach. The daily teaching affairs are in charge of the third elder brother.

Although only five brother students are accepted, Yinyou is already very happy that this math school can be set up.In the process of growing from scratch, he is also constantly learning and thinking, and often asks questions from the imperial concubine. After a few months of busy work, he has grown a lot.

After finishing the work in the Mathematics Institute, it is already autumn.Immediately after the grain harvest, the fourth elder brother ordered people to plant some corn.

This thing came from the south. Shandong started to plant it a few years ago, and then Zhili also started to plant it. This year, the fourth elder brother also wanted to try it, so he planted some.

After the wheat is harvested in July and August, corn is planted, and it will mature in October.

After the harvest, the fourth elder brother sent someone to send some to the imperial concubine, so that Er Niang could try something new.

He stopped by Chengluxuan again, Yinyou had just finished his class with General Zhang Yong and sent him to the door.

Coincidentally, the fourth elder brother told him about the first time he planted corn, and the harvest was not bad, and he added: "I sent some to Jifengxuan, so that Er Niang can taste it first."

When Yinyou heard this, he was excited, and pulled his brother out of the courtyard: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

The two brothers came to Jifengxuan, opened the curtain and entered the room, Yinyou couldn't wait to ask: "Is the corn cooked? I want to taste it."

The fourth elder brother looked at him with a half-smile: "You are impatient."

The imperial concubine called them to sit down first, and the maid brought tea cups.

When Yinyou was 14 years old, he still liked scented tea and fruit tea as he did when he was a child, with some rock sugar, honey and so on. Sweet and sour, it was simply his favorite.

The fourth elder brother is much more particular than him. He loves Pu'er, and it must be Pu'er from Yunnan.Altitude, temperature, soil quality, rainfall, and sunlight are all indispensable.

Even by tasting tea, Si Age can get a general idea of ​​the climate in Yunnan that year.

However, this kind of understanding has a lag and has no reference value.

After a while, the maid brought up the cooked corn.Yinyou couldn't wait to take one, screamed from the heat, threw it back into the plate, and quickly pinched his ear.

"Slow down, no one is going to grab you." The fourth elder brother hurriedly stuffed the towel handed over by the maid at the side into his hand, "Why is such a big man still the same as when he was a child?"

Yinyou wiped his hands with a towel, and said with a smile, "You are the same as when you were a child." Speaking of this, he felt that something was wrong, and then changed his words, "It should be that when you were a child, you are the same as now."

The fourth elder brother will be eighteen years old next year, and Kangxi has already selected him as a concubine Fujin. He originally wanted to marry him early, but the imperial concubine disagreed.

The imperial concubine was not very satisfied with this Fujin. The reason for her dissatisfaction was not that Fujin's background was not good enough. On the contrary, Fujin was born very noble.She is the daughter of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Feyangu-Ulanara.

Fei Yanggu received the favor of the emperor since he was a child, and was raised by Huang Taiji in the inner court.His wife Aixinjueluo is a descendant of Nurhachi.

This blood relationship has been separated by five generations, which is actually very thin.Even in modern society, it is not considered consanguineous marriage.

But the imperial concubine was still a little worried, but Kangxi insisted that she was the most suitable among the noble girls in Manchuria, whose age and family background matched the fourth elder brother.

He is a child raised by the imperial concubine, so naturally he has to choose the best among girls of the right age.

That being the case, the imperial concubine didn't say anything, but there was only one request - at least wait until her younger brother turned eighteen before getting married.

Speaking of it, even if the fourth elder brother is eighteen, the girl is only 15 years old.

Kangxi had already made concessions, and if the imperial concubine asked again, he should be impatient, so he had no choice but to do so.

"Your brother has been stable and sensible since he was a child, unlike you." The imperial concubine picked two corns that were not so hot and broke them in half, giving half to each of the brothers.

Yinyou picked up the corn and started to chew: "What's wrong with me, I was smart and cute since I was a child."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and chuckled: "You are also smart and cute now."

"So, we are all the same as when we were young, nothing has changed."

"Yes!" The fourth elder brother also picked up the corn and took a bite, "We will always be the same as when we were young, nothing has changed."

The taste of the corn is mediocre, but because it was grown by his brother, Yinyou also chewed the filter in his mouth, and he always felt sweet and glutinous, very delicious.

The imperial concubine asked him again: "How is your mathematics school?"

"It's pretty good." Yinyou gnawed the half, and then took the whole, "These selected people have a certain foundation in mathematics, and are interested in it. Now they are mainly studying Western mathematics, so they are quite good." smoothly."

The imperial concubine asked again: "I heard that you, Ama, will also go to teach them in person."

"Yes! He explained the debit root to Mei Juecheng, and taught Chen Houyao the Western positioning method and the virtual analogy method."

The imperial concubine nodded: "That's good. But these are very basic, won't you finish learning soon?"

"It's okay, the third brother talked more deeply." Speaking of this, the little guy suddenly pursed his lips and snickered, "That day, Ama asked me to go to Danningju to write for him, and the third brother came to report to him at the Mathematical Academy I made a suggestion to them."

Yinyou took another after eating one, and was about to agree, but was stopped by the fourth elder brother: "Eat less, it will be perfect later."

Yinyou had no choice but to take his hand back resentfully: "It's nothing, it's not a problem for me to eat ten or eight."

This is by no means an exaggerated rhetorical technique, but seeking truth from facts.

Now his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, every meal is a CD-ROM, and it's not enough after eating.

Yinyou likes to eat at Ningchuntang or Jifengxuan, or even Qingxi Bookstore where Kangxi lives.

The empress dowager felt delicious when she saw him eating, and kept asking him if he had enough, and asked him to add two more dishes to the small kitchen.

The imperial concubine took him for a walk by the lake after eating, for fear that he would overeat like Xiaoshihu.

Kangxi looked at this silly boy and thought to himself that his son has raised more than a dozen, but fortunately there is only one who can eat like this.

Not only did Yinyou eat a lot, but he also grew up so fast that he could no longer wear his old clothes and had to remake them.

The imperial concubine looked at her son, the little brat is taller than her now, in a year or two, it is estimated that after brothers, there will be no one taller than him.

"By the way, what advice did you give your Ama and third brother?"

Yinyou couldn't help laughing when he thought about it: "I suggest that every other month, give them a set of questions to test their learning results. You can keep the questions, change the numbers in it later, and use them repeatedly. .”

After listening, the imperial concubine couldn't help giving him a thumbs up.Unexpectedly, he has already mastered the method of monthly examination to test the success of staged teaching without a teacher.

"You are really a little genius in the education world."

Yinyou accepted Er Niang's praise without humility at all: "It's like the imperial examination, and then arrange them in order from front to back."

The imperial concubine couldn't help laughing, thinking that the last one in the exam should have to invite parents.

So, I heard his son say: "The third brother said that next time, he will select the best from the children of the Eight Banners family and enter the mathematics school. I said that from then on, the one with the worst grades will be brought home by their Ama, and they will reflect on themselves. Send it later."

The imperial concubine gasped, she was indeed a genius in the education field.Not only are there exams, but there are also rankings. Those who are at the bottom of the list don't know how to invite their parents, and they have to go home and reflect.

The fourth elder brother smiled and shook his head: "I don't think this is good."

Yinyou asked: "Why not?"

"Everyone's aptitude is different, so we can't generalize it. If you don't do well in the exam this time, maybe you'll be fine next time?"

"That's right," the imperial concubine also said, "Those who don't have a correct attitude towards study should go home and reflect on it. If you fail a test once in a while, forget it."

Yinyou has always been a child who can listen to opinions very well. He felt that what Er Niang and his elder brother said was right, so he nodded: "Okay."

Speaking of this, Yinyou began to imagine his grand blueprint: "In the future, Mengyangzhai will not only have a mathematics hall, but also a planetarium, geography hall, navigation hall, firearms hall... various disciplines."

"How can we let scholars all over the world learn the same kind of knowledge? We should classify them according to their interests and specialties. It doesn't matter if a person doesn't pass the exam. Maybe he will have great achievements in other fields."

The fourth elder brother said: "Scholars obtain fame in order to become officials."

Yinyou asked: "What is the purpose of becoming an official?"

"For the ambition of governing the country and the world, but also for the benefit of the people, and even more for the glory of the ancestors."

Yinyou shrugged: "But the imperial court doesn't need so many officials. There are only a few who can be officials. Why bother to introvert. It's better to use your energy in the field you are good at. If you do it well, it will also govern the country and the world. , to benefit the people."

"For example, Master Dai Zi, he is good at making weapons, and the mother-child cannons he made played an important role in the Battle of Ulan Butong."

The fourth elder brother smiled and said, "But Dai Zi also passed the scientific examination and became an official, so he has the opportunity to let people see his talent in making weapons."

"..."

The imperial concubine sat across from them, quietly listening to their discussions about talent training and selection.

The fourth elder brother's words left Yinyou speechless.The little guy frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "So you should change Ama's thinking first, the way the court selects talents, and then you can change the thinking of people in the world."

"..."

This time it was the fourth elder brother's turn to be silent. How could it be their turn to talk about Ama and the court?

At this time, the imperial concubine came out in time to interrupt them: "Okay, okay, go wash your hands, it's time for dinner."

The maid fetched the water, and Yinyou put the water into the copper basin.The water is warm, which is just right for washing in this season.

The fourth elder brother looked at him intently, looked at him for a while, and said with a smile: "Why do you always have these weird thoughts?"

"Because thinking makes people progress."

Yinyou's thinking is far more than that, and he has even more unexpected ideas.

Time flies and it is Yinyou's birthday again. He is already fourteen years old, his height and figure do not look like a child at all, and he has already grown into a handsome boy.

The little maid who had just been selected into the palace would unconsciously blush and walk away with her head down when she saw him on the road.

Yinyou also brought this up to the imperial concubine as a new thing: "On the way I just came, I didn't know which maid in the palace I ran into, and when she saw me, she didn't know how to salute, so she ran away with her head down. "

The imperial concubine didn't take it seriously, and said casually: "Maybe there is something urgent."

Immediately afterwards, she heard her son say: "I don't know how hot the charcoal fire is in their palace, and their faces are so red."

The imperial concubine burst out laughing with a "puchi", "You are indeed a fool."

"..."

Yinyou complained in a low voice: "I'm stupid, you were born too."

Before the twelfth lunar month, Kangxi moved back to the Forbidden City with his family.

During the few days of Chinese New Year, the princes did not have to go to the study to study, and everyone rested in their yard.

Yinyou lived in the Compassionate Ning Palace, and had nothing to do every day except chant scriptures to the Empress Dowager and talk with her.

On this day, the fifth elder brother and the fifth princess accompanied the empress dowager to visit the empress dowager.When the fifth princess saw Yinyou, she came up and took his arm, shouting "Seventh Brother Seventh Brother".

Not only does Yinyou want to accompany her in reciting poems and composing Fu, talking freely about the past and the present, but he also has to help her do that, really coaxing her like a little princess.

Taking advantage of the time when the empress dowager called the fifth princess to her side, Yinyou hurriedly dragged the fifth elder brother to the garden.

The two hid behind the rockery and chatted.Yinyou said: "I want to go out of the palace."

"Out of the palace?"

"Yes, I want to visit the third brother's house."

The fifth elder brother frowned: "What are you doing at the third brother's house?"

"Do you still remember that Mr. Chen Menglei?"

"Remember, isn't it the one who came back from Shengjing with us? I heard that he confronted Master Li in front of Ama a few days ago."

Yinyou hooked his shoulders, leaned into his ear and said, "Ama asked the third brother to compile the "Compilation of Ancient and Modern Books", but the third brother is in charge of the School of Mathematics, and Mr. Chen should be responsible for compiling the books. He is a A very learned man, I want to talk to him."

"But..." Brother Wu reached out to catch a snowflake falling from the sky, "That Mr. Chen should go home for the New Year."

"No!" Yinyou said with great certainty, "You forgot, he said that his parents and wife have passed away, and he has no children, so he has nowhere to go in the capital, so he must live in the third brother's house. "

"Then..." Fifth elder brother's eyes sparkled, and he seemed to have been persuaded by Yinyou, "Will Ama agree to let us go out of the palace?"

These princes were all fifteen or sixteen years old, and Kangxi was not that strict with them, and would give them a little freedom when appropriate. Naturally, they were allowed to leave the palace if there were any special circumstances.

But this special situation is usually to help the emperor's father with some things, and he didn't say to let them go out to play.

Yinyou rolled his eyes wide: "Ama will come to greet Mama Ukuma in a while, let's just ask."

Fifth elder brother shook his head: "You can ask, I dare not."

"Okay, okay, I ask!"

While Kangxi was happily chatting with the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, Yinyou made a request to the emperor's father: "Ama, Fifth Brother and I want to go out of the palace."

Kangxi looked at the two sons, Yinyouxu was already fifteen years old, and the fifth elder brother would be sixteen in a few days. He was already an adult, not a child anymore.

Prince Yu and Prince Gong were at their age when they left the palace to build their mansions.

"What are you two going to do?"

Yinyou replied honestly: "I want to go to the third brother's house."

The reason for wanting to go to the elder brother's house is reasonable.In short, the two boys have grown up and can't stay in the palace anymore, so they want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to go out for a walk.Kangxi was well aware of the two of them, especially Yinyou's thoughts.

The fifth princess heard it and ran over: "Ama, Ama, I want to go too."

When Yinyou and fifth elder brother heard the fifth princess' booing, they couldn't help but "click" in their hearts. They looked at each other and saw the word "not good" in each other's eyes.

"No!" Kangxi glared at her, "You are a girl, you are only 13 years old, you are not allowed to go anywhere, and stay with Huang Mamo obediently."

Yinyou hurriedly said: "Then Ama means to allow my fifth brother and I to go out of the palace? I thank Ama for your kindness, and now I'm going to change clothes."

As he said that, he dragged the fifth elder brother's luggage to thank him, and went out to run.

The empress dowager shouted from behind: "Bring more people and be careful on the road."

Yinyou is a person who is used to making troubles, and every time he goes out, he can cause some troubles more or less.

The Fifth Elder Brother has always been honest, and has no discernment. The Empress Dowager is really afraid that they will cause trouble after they leave the palace, and baby Yinqi will suffer.

It has to be said that the empress dowager is very good at predicting things, and she has figured out Yinyou's physique that makes her feel uncomfortable when she goes out without causing trouble.

However, she guessed wrong on one point, this time it was her baby Xiao Wu who caused the trouble.

Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month. There was a little snowflakes in the morning, and it cleared up in the afternoon, and the sun came out, warming my body.

Rushing shoulders and heels on the street can be lively.

The fifth elder brother doesn't go out often, even if he goes out, he does business for the emperor's father.Sitting in the carriage, coming and going back in a hurry.

Since it was hard to come out, of course we had to look around to see the excitement.

I never thought about it, but it was really exciting.

The matter is very simple, two groups of people got into a fight because of a woman.

Fifth elder brother, seeing a group of big men bullying a weak woman, his sense of justice was overwhelming, and he rushed forward to save her without saying a word.

Before Yinyou realized what was going on, he saw that his fifth brother was already fighting with someone.

The fifth elder brother's riding and shooting skills are average among the brothers, and he is okay to deal with one or two small gangsters, but if there are too many, it will be difficult to parry.

Yinyou hurriedly joined the battle, regardless of 21, kicked everyone one by one, and then kicked everyone to the ground.

When it was the last one's turn, just as he was about to kick his foot up, he took a closer look and saw that it was a woman, so he retracted his foot again.

The entourage dispersed the onlookers, and they found out after careful questioning.

It turns out that the woman pretends to be a brothel girl in the alley, and she still knows something about piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry.

The man was fascinated by her, so he thought about it and planned to redeem him with money.

At this time, the old bustard appeared on the stage, and after collecting the money, he said that the girl was raised as a daughter, and that she would be married off in a beautiful manner, and asked the son to come back tomorrow.

The young master felt that something was wrong when he walked out of the alley. Some brothel raised the girl as a daughter, so he went back immediately, just in time to see a nest of swindlers preparing to escape, so he called the boys around him to chase after him.

This is not chasing and chasing for a few streets, and finally there is a hand-to-hand combat here, and a fight broke out.

Coincidentally, the two brothers ran into each other.

Those few people saw that the situation was not good, quickly took out the bank notes, and said repeatedly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, return the money to the young master, don't bother with the villain."

The son has a family and a house, and he bought a talented brothel girl back, but he only planned to buy a real estate in the suburbs to raise him, and he didn't plan to take it home.

Now that the money is coming back, naturally it is better to do less than to do more.The elders in the family are officials in the court, so we can't let them know.

So, he took back the banknote and turned to leave.

Unexpectedly, the fifth elder brother disagreed, and immediately stopped the person: "No, you must report to the authorities!"

The aristocratic sons and liars who had fought a lot just now united the front again and told them not to meddle in their own business.

But the fifth elder brother insisted: "No, the liar cheats on the street, so he should be handed over to the official uniform."

"Young master, I'm a victim, I don't care about it, why are you here to join in the fun?"

The fifth elder brother ignored him and only asked his followers to surround the people and not allow them to leave.

Yinyou looked at his fifth brother with an incredible look.Having been a brother for so many years, he thinks he already knows the fifth elder brother quite well.Unexpectedly, after going out for a trip, he actually had a new understanding of fifth elder brother.

"..."

"The state owns the state law. If you break the law, you must be punished."

The man suddenly said: "Do you know who my father is? How dare you meddle in my business."

When he said this, Yinyou became interested: "Who is your father, tell me."

"Speak out and scare me."

"Mine is in..." He said halfway, as if he realized that he couldn't deceive his father in such a public way, so he swallowed the words back.

The fifth elder brother still looked resigned: "It doesn't matter who your father is, you can't leave now anyway."

Since he insists on justice so much, Yinyou should stand with his fifth brother.

As soon as he stood there, several people were honest, for fear of being beaten again, no one dared to make a rash move.

After a while, officers and soldiers came.The fifth elder brother handed over the man to them.It also clearly explained which group is a liar and how to deal with it according to the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty".

Yinyou said with a smile: "I'm really curious about who his father is."

The fifth elder brother said: "Although he is a worthless dude, he didn't break the law in this matter, at most it was just a gang fight, and it has nothing to do with his father. So, we can't talk back to him or his father because of this. "

After this incident, the personal eunuch did not dare to let the two of them hang out in the street anymore, so he invited the two masters into the carriage and went straight to the third elder brother's mansion.

On the carriage, Yinyou asked: "Why is Fifth Brother so clear about the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty"?"

The fifth elder brother scratched his head in embarrassment: "Just look through it when you have nothing to do."

Yinyou leaned on Fifth Elder Brother's shoulder and said with a smile, "Oh~ So Fifth Elder Brother likes to study laws."

"Where is it?" Fifth elder brother was a little embarrassed, "Just take a look."

"Just looking at it, you can tell the regulations and punishments for cheating in the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty". Brother Wu is so powerful."

Fifth elder brother pushed him: "It's really just a random look. I also read a lot of codes of other dynasties. There are also some cases, which seem interesting."

Yinyou encouraged him: "If the fifth brother is interested, he should read more of these classics. Maybe Ama knows about it, and will entrust you with related errands in the future."

The fifth elder brother was a little happy when he heard this.But he refused to admit it: "The third brother, the fourth brother, and you, the eighth brother, who is not better than me in reading, kung fu, riding and shooting. Even the sixth brother is better than me. Why did Amma notice me?"

"Why not?" Yinyou sat up straight, bent his shoulders, and let him face to face with himself: "You are Ama's son, and you grew up with Huang Mama, and Ama has always paid attention to you." Yes, and often praise you for being peaceful, kind, and filial. If you do well, Ama will definitely give you the opportunity to do what you are good at."

Fifth elder brother lowered his head, hesitant to say what he wanted to say.

"What's wrong?" Yinyou looked at him, "Is there anything else you can't tell me?"

"I always feel like I'm redundant. My mother-in-law has three sons, and Ama has more than a dozen. I always feel that if I don't appear in front of them, they won't even remember that I have this son."

"I don't want to be like Lao Ba, who will study hard and seize every opportunity to express myself in front of Ama. I just want to live my life in obscurity like this."

"No no..." Yinyou took his hand and said, "You don't have to be like others, and you don't have to please anyone, just be yourself. Whatever you like and what you are good at, just study and study. The breeze slowly Come, the flowers will bloom."

Fifth elder brother looked at him, with strange emotions flashing in his eyes, he grabbed his hand and was about to say something when the carriage stopped.

It turned out that the mansion of the third elder brother had arrived.

This was Yinyou's first visit to his elder brother's mansion, and he looked around the door curiously for a while.

Someone had gone to the mansion to report to the third elder brother before, saying that the fifth and seventh elder brothers would arrive later.

Therefore, there are already people waiting for them at the door.Then lead the two elder brothers to the main hall.

San Age was waiting there with San Fujin and his master.

It was also the first time for Yinyou and fifth elder brother to see Sanfujin, and they called Sanfujin in a polite and thoughtful manner.

San Fujin returned a salute and told them to stay and have dinner together at night, and asked the maid to serve tea, leaving time for the three brothers to go to the backyard by themselves.

Yinyou's guess was right. Chen Menglei didn't go anywhere, but lived in San Age's mansion.

His book compilation work has just started, and he has consulted many ancient books and materials.Yinyou was interested, so he took it out and showed it to Yinyou.

What Kangxi asked to compile was a compilation, that is, to compile all the published books in ancient and modern times, including astronomy, geography, human beings, animals, flowers and birds, insects, literature, rhythm, art of war and so on. , all compiled into it.

Yinyou felt dazzled just by looking at the catalogue. He had never even heard of many books, let alone read them.

It can be seen that to compile such a book, the editor needs to have very extensive knowledge, read many books, or at least understand something before it can be compiled.

Moreover, it will inevitably take a long time from the beginning of preparation to the finalization of this book, ranging from a few years to decades at most. sharp.

Yinyou knew that, as the prince, the emperor's father would leave many things to the third elder brother to do.For example, the Mathematics Academy will take a considerable part of the energy of the third elder brother, and there is not much time he can spare to compile books.

Therefore, the compilation of this book is mainly based on Chen Menglei.

Yinyou would always ask Chen Menglei for advice when he saw something he didn't understand. If there was a book he was interested in but he hadn't read, he would not be polite at all, and just opened his mouth to ask his third brother.

Brother San didn't read many books: "Where can I find them for you?"

"I don't care, you are my third brother, you have to help me find it."

The third elder brother has nothing to do with him: "All right, I will try my best to help you find it. If you can't find me, there is nothing you can do."

Yinyou smiled and said, "It counts as much as you find." He pointed to the catalog again, "If you have any books that you can't find, you can also find me. If you don't mind, I can find them."

"Oh?" The third elder brother became interested, "We can't find it, where can you find it?"

"Then don't worry about it. I have a solution, but I can't guarantee it. Anyway, if I can find it, I will try my best to find it for you."

The third brother patted him on the shoulder: "Then the third brother will thank you first."

Yinyou bumped him with his shoulder: "Add two more dishes tonight."

The third elder brother looked at him in astonishment: "The third sister-in-law is being polite to you, so she really stayed here for dinner."

Yinyou went to pull the fifth elder brother: "Look at the fifth elder brother, the third elder brother used to think of me when he had anything delicious, but now that he is out of the palace, he is reluctant to even give me a meal."

The third elder brother waved his hands as if admitting defeat: "I can't starve you if anyone is hungry. If you are not full, you can go back to the emperor and sue me."

Yinyou chuckled: "That's right!"