"Cough!" As soon as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, a middle-aged man standing in front of him coughed dryly, then glanced at Li Zhang and said, "Are you the prince's companion? Why did you come so late?"

"This...sir, the student lives far away, and it's the first time he's here, so he's been delayed on the road!" Li Zhang really didn't know how to call him, so he could only call him "Mr." at the moment. In addition, he felt that he had arrived early enough today, and his breakfast shop had just opened at this time.

"My surname is Hu, I'll tell you. I'll let you go today when you first commit. But if you're late tomorrow, I'll try to hit the ten ruler first!" The square-faced and black-bearded Hu Zhishe said seriously again, and he is worthy of being a role model. When Li Zhang saw him, he thought of the director of the teaching in middle school in later generations. Both of them had the same temperament, that was harsh!

"Student understand!" Li Zhang nodded immediately and responded, then quickly came to the desk next to Zhao Zhen and wanted to sit down, but there was only one cushion on the ground, and Zhao Zhen also knelt on the cushion, which made Li Zhang kneel on the cushion. In addition, he found that there was no book on his desk, but there was an open Zhouyi in front of Zhao Zhen, and Hu Zhishe was also telling him the contents of the Zhouyi.

"Aren't you reading with your companion? Why don't you even have this book? Did you just let me sit like this?" Li Zhang muttered in his mind at this time. Zhou Yi was known for being obscure and difficult to understand, and Li Zhang had no foundation, so he was naturally like listening to a heavenly book.

There are too many rules in the palace, and Hu Zhi said it was not that easy to mess with, so Li Zhang did not dare to speak randomly. After all, Hu Zhi said that there was a long bamboo board on the table next to him, and Zhao Zhen could not be beaten, so this ruler was specially prepared for unlucky guys like him.

Hu Zhi told Zhao Zhen about Zhou Yi for nearly half an hour, then closed the book and asked Zhao Zhen to recite it himself. Then he turned to Li Zhang and asked him to ask, "What books have you read?"

"Ah? What book?" Li Zhang hadn't woken up from his daze at this time, and asked in accordance with his words.

"Have you finished learning the Analects of Confucius? Where have you learned the Five Classics?" Hu Zhishen saw Li Zhang's slow reaction, he asked again with some dissatisfaction. In his opinion, those who could be favored by the queen and sent to study for the prince must at least have a certain foundation. If you don't say anything else, you should have finished learning the Analects of Confucius.

"I know most of this... I know most of the words, but I can recite a few sentences of the Analects of Confucius. As for the Five Classics..." Li Zhang smiled embarrassedly at the end of his speech.

Later, he studied it for more than ten years, but in the Song Dynasty, Li Zhang became a semi-illiterate person. He learned many traditional Chinese characters during this period, and only read the first few sentences of the Analects of Confucius. As for the Five Classics, he could not even explain which Five Classics were, he knew the Four Books. However, there was no such thing as the Four Books in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was not until Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty that he put these four books together that the Four Books were said, and the Five Books were proposed in the Han Dynasty.

"You...you are older than the prince, why haven't you even learned the Analects of Confucius?" Hu Zhishe couldn't help but get angry when he heard Li Zhang's words. He didn't expect that Li Zhang's foundation was so poor that even the newly enlightened children were better than him.

"Hu Zhi didn't know what he said. My cousin's family has been wandering outside, and the family is relatively poor. In order to make a living, my cousin opened two stores alone, which delayed his studies!" At this moment, Zhao Zhen defended Li Zhang.

"Hu Zhi said, my foundation is indeed a bit bad, but I believe that under your guidance, I can definitely make up for it in the shortest time!" Li Zhang also spoke at this time, and also gave Hu Zhi said a high hat.

I don’t know if it was Zhao Zhen’s words or Li Zhang’s words. Hu Zhi’s expression finally calmed down at this time, and he said helplessly: “Forget it, just pretend that I have accepted an enlightenment student, I’ll find you a book of enlightenment. You can memorize this book first!”

After Hu Zhishe said that, he turned around and went out. After a while, he came over with a book in his hand and handed it to Li Zhang. This was a book called "Thousand Characters" for enlightenment, and the corners were wrinkled. It was probably because Hu Zhishe took out a pile of them. This is not surprising. After all, Zhao Zhen had enlightened him when he was four or five years old, and there were no other princes in the palace, so naturally he didn't need such books.

The beginning of the Thousand Characters is very big, and the first sentence is "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, and the universe is vast." Hu Zhizhang also explained the content of the Thousand Characters to Li Zhang, and then asked him to memorize it within three days and be able to write it down. After all, Li Zhang has a certain foundation and cannot really treat him as a child who has just been enlightened. Li Zhang also thinks it is not difficult to remember and write it down. After all, this book only has a thousand words, so it is not difficult to recite and write it down.

After Li Zhang was arranged, Hu Zhishe continued to explain Zhou Yi to Zhao Zhen. It was not until this time that Li Zhang realized that in ancient times, the teaching was one-on-one, that is, the teacher could have multiple students, but each student's learning progress could be different. For example, he was learning a thousand-character essay, but Zhao Zhen had already started learning Zhou Yi, so a teacher could only teach about twenty students at most, and he could not be greeted if there were more.

The morning time passed quickly. Apart from a few times to go to the toilet and drink water, there was no time to play. Zhao Zhen seemed to have been used to this kind of life, but Li Zhang couldn't do it. Especially when he was kneeling, it was so uncomfortable. In the end, he felt that his legs were almost unconscious.

It was finally noon that Hu Zhishe put away the book and left. Li Zhang finally stood up with the table, then moved his numb legs, and then smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Zhen: "Cousin, can I go back now?"

"What are you going back? There is still class in the afternoon." Zhao Zhen said with a look of course at this time.

"There are still classes?" Li Zhang felt that his eyes were dark when he heard this. It was nothing to do in class, but this way of kneeling was really a scam. He usually sat on a chair, but why did he have to kneel when studying? Could it be to show respect for his teachers?

"Yes, I learned the Book of Songs in the afternoon, but if it were another Lin Yishan, who gave lectures, was much more cheerful than Hu Zhi's lectures, and he could tell jokes. I like to listen to his class the most." Zhao Zhen said again at this time. Yishan also has an official position, and his position is similar to Zhishu. They are all the gentlemen in charge of Zishantang's teachings to Zhao Zhen, but they are only different subjects.

"If you want to hear a joke, I can tell you a thousand!" Li Zhang said desperately at this time. He stood for a long time, but felt his legs become more and more numb, which was obviously caused by the lack of blood circulation. When he knelt down, he felt that his legs were going to be ruined.

"Really? Cousin, tell me quickly. I like to hear jokes the most!" Zhao Zhen immediately came to Li Zhang and grabbed his sleeve happily and said loudly. He was in the palace every day, except for studying and reading, and there was no one to talk. He was so bored that he could hear jokes occasionally. It was the biggest adjustment in life.

"It's okay to tell jokes, but you have to promise me something!" Li Zhang suddenly had an idea at this time.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Zhen asked anxiously.

"Can we sit and listen to the class? My legs really can't stand it!" Li Zhang's legs finally regained some consciousness at this time, and he said helplessly while moving.

"Haha, it turns out that's it. I've been used to it since I was a child. Since my cousin doesn't like to kneel down, I'll let someone exchange for tables and chairs!" Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then asked the eunuch to change to tables and chairs. After all, as the prince, he still has this freedom.

Li Zhang didn't expect it to be so simple, but then he couldn't help but sigh that power is such a good thing. The things he had suffered for the whole morning were not the same for Zhao Zhen.

At this time, Zhao Zhen urged Li Zhang to tell jokes again. He happened to feel something, so he smiled and said, "You must have heard of the story of Yugong moving mountains, right?"

"I heard that, wasn't it just that Yugong vowed to dig two mountains, and he also said that he had a son and grandson when he died. Later, after hearing this, the mountain god reported to the Emperor of Heaven, so the Emperor of Heaven asked the mountain god to carry the king's house and the two mountains of Taihang." Zhao Zhen nodded naturally and said.

"Then what is the truth about this story?" Li Zhang asked with a smile.

"I know, Lin Yishan has told us before. This story tells us that when encountering difficulties, we should not escape, but as long as we persevere, we can overcome this difficulty!" Zhao Zhen said confidently again.

"Wrong, this story tells us that no matter what difficulties we encounter, the first sentence will work better than you for several lifetimes!" Li Zhang said in a very sad way. In the era when the Internet was prevalent in later generations, many stories were reinterpreted, and Yugong Moving Mountain was one of them.

"This..." As soon as Li Zhang said, Zhao Zhen felt that his three views had collapsed. He had never thought of this story from this perspective, but when he thought about it carefully, Li Zhang's words were actually very reasonable and even impeccable.

"Cousin, are you making fun of me?" However, Zhao Zhen also quickly reacted and couldn't help but say with a depressed look on his face.

"Hahaha~, just kidding, I'll tell you another story. There are three little rabbits shit. The first one pulls out a long strip, the second one pulls out a spherical shape, and the third one pulls out a triangular shape. Why?" Li Zhang laughed at this time, and then began to tell a real joke.

"Why?" Although Zhao Zhen found this joke a little disgusting, he still asked curiously.

"Because the third little rabbit was pinched with his hands!" Li Zhang immediately gave the answer, but Zhao Zhen also burst into laughter. It was the first time he heard such dirty jokes, so he naturally felt novel and funny.

"I ask you, how many steps do you need to keep the elephant in a box?"

"This..., I don't know." Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out how to lock the elephant in a box.

"Three steps, the first is to open the box, the second is to put the elephant in, and the third is to close the box. I'll ask you again, how many steps will it take to lock the tiger in the box..."
Chapter completed!