Chapter 563 Don't play with birds
After eating a simple lunch for half an hour, all the food was eaten clean. After finishing the meal, I rested for half an hour. After drinking tea, chatting and digesting food, Chen Xu took Ziying to the study to attend class, and Yu Wuya took out chess to accompany Fusu to kill each other. Mrs. Fusu was also pulled to the backyard by Shui Qingrou.
In the study, Chen Xu asked Ziying to write a few words first, but found that the little guy's words were written very well, and it seemed much better than his own brush calligraphy. It can be seen that the teacher who teaches reading and writing in the palace is still very strict.
Teaching reading and reading is not Chen Xu's task. The emperor assigned him the task was to teach Ziying to govern the country. However, Chen Xu naturally had no theory about governing the country, so he told Ziying a story about Emperor Taizong of Tang suffocating his bird. Of course, Emperor Taizong of Tang only said that he was a legendary emperor. If Qin Shihuang asked about it, he would definitely know that Chen Xu was talking about the contents of the three volumes of heavenly books, so he would not pursue it.
"Ziying, what did you tell me this story?"
After the story was told, Chen Xu naturally had to ask his students what they had learned, just like junior high school students who had to summarize the central idea after reading a text.
"Teacher, this story tells Ziying not to play with birds when she is the emperor!" Ziying answered respectfully.
Chen Xu:...
This answer is absolutely correct, but it's not the correct answer I want.
Chen Xu then tempted: "It's wrong to play with birds, but without Wei Zheng, the emperor wouldn't have suffocated his birds!"
"That's what Wei Zheng is wrong. As a minister, how could he force the emperor to suffocate his favorite bird? So Wei Zheng should be dismissed from office!"
Ziying was born in the royal family. As the eldest grandson of the emperor, although she likes to cry and play, she has a natural royal style. Especially in this era when the kingly ministers were the kings, she naturally thought that it was definitely wrong for the ministers to force the emperor. Moreover, Wei Zheng even forced the emperor to suffocate his bird to death, which was definitely a huge bad guy with unforgivable crimes.
"But the emperor did not punish Wei Zheng? Why?" Chen Xu continued to ask.
"Because the emperor is afraid of Wei Zheng!"
"No! The emperor is not afraid of Wei Zheng, because he is the emperor, the emperor in the world is the biggest." Chen Xu shook his head.
"That's...that's the emperor likes Wei Zheng?" Ziying looked at Chen Xu with a little hesitation.
Chen Xu was full of black lines and felt that he could not discuss this topic with this child, so he said directly: "The emperor is not afraid of Wei Zheng, nor does he like Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng is an upright and selfless person. Although he is a subject, he can point out the emperor's mistakes in person. The emperor suffocates his favorite bird, which also shows that the emperor is an emperor who can speak out in a blunt way. He will not blame his ministers for his likes and dislikes, but will bravely correct his mistakes. He is proficient in his career and diligent in his play, and his actions are accomplished by his thoughts and destruction in his followers. As an emperor, he must set an example for the people of the world, and his words and deeds are all prefaced.
Model, if the emperor likes to eat, drink and have fun, then the ministers below will follow him and eat, and the people will start to eat, drink and have fun, and the country will soon decline. But if an emperor can face up to and correct his mistakes, deal with government affairs and govern the country diligently, his ministers will work diligently and dare not neglect, and the people will work diligently in all walks of life, and the country will become richer and stronger. Whether it is civilians or emperors, we must work diligently and be good at thinking, rather than playing and go with the flow... The teacher said so much just now, which sentence did you remember?"
"The career is good at diligence and waste, and the action is accomplished by thinking and ruined by following!" Ziying said respectfully.
"Very good!" Chen Xu touched Ziying's head for a moment, opened a jar, took out a lollipop and handed it to him and said, "Okay, that's all for today's class. Go back and write down this sentence. Let's go swimming!"
"Teacher, didn't you say you couldn't have fun?" Ziying followed Chen Xu in a daze.
Chen Xu thought for a long time and said, "If you concentrate on playing but don't want to learn and not be enterprising, you are considered fun, but swimming is just a relaxation and enjoyment of life. Some things can make us feel relaxed and happy. Working seriously and enjoying life is the most correct way of life..."
"Oh~" Ziying became even more confused. She followed Chen Xu to the backyard with a lollipop. How far away was there, she heard the laughter of two little girls coming from behind, and the sound of diving and slapping water. When she finally passed through a small door and saw a clear blue and blue swimming pool in front of her, the lollipop in her hand fell to the ground with a slight sound.
"Come on Ziying!" When Yu Ji saw Ziying coming, she immediately shouted loudly in the pool with excitement.
"Go!" Chen Xu pointed to the pool and said with a smile.
"But...but I'm afraid my father scolded me!" Ziying was obviously moved, but she still said a little timidly.
"Don't worry, with the teacher here, your father won't scold you!"
"Thank you, teacher!" Ziying cheered and ran excitedly to the edge of the pool covered with snow-white tiles. Several little maids quickly came out of the water to help him take off his clothes, and finally took off all his clothes and jumped into the swimming pool.
Under the swimming pool, the bamboo tubes are tied with hemp ropes and divided into two parts. The water on one side is shallower, only two to three feet. It belongs to the children's area, and the depth on the other side is four to seven feet, which belongs to the adult area.
Since moving in, this swimming pool has become the family's favorite place. Not only has a pool, but a bamboo awning was specially built beside the pool, and a small piece of sand was built. There were several bamboo lounge chairs on the beach. After each trip, Chen Xu and Yu Wuya would lie on the lounge chair and drink herbal tea to watch the two little girls and a group of little maids playing inside. It was so comfortable.
It was after noon, and it was the hottest time of the day. Chen Xu took off his clothes every time, and jumped into the swimming pool in his pair of shorts. He swam back and forth twice. Yu Wuya also brought Fusu, who was abused and was covered with dust. Looking at the snow-white tiled swimming pool and the cool and clear pool of water in front of him, Fusu was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
"The weather is hot, so let's go down to play in the water and make it cool!"
When Yu Wuya spoke, he quickly took off all he had to wear. Then he jumped into the pool with a thud. After Fusu came to his senses, he naturally had no concerns about such a tempting pool of clear water. He quickly took off his brocade robe and took off his head crown and threw it into the awning, and couldn't wait to jump in.
As the eldest prince, he lived in the palace in a regular manner and was also an example. It is impossible to do things that were too outrageous. Occasionally, a few brothers would gather together to shoot pots, archery, and horses to entertain. It is impossible to play in the water without any scruples like this, because there is no swimming pool in the palace. Second, it is not good for a big prince to travel out of the city to swim out in public. It is definitely reprimanded when he reaches Qin Shihuang's ears, because the emperor is very strict in discipline of his children.
But no one saw it today and no one would care about it. This was at the house of Qinghehou.
The three men returned and went back and forth in the pool for a few rounds and backs and finally got together to chat.
"A few days ago, I heard rumors from the Ministry of Works and the Inner Historian Mansion that Qinghe Hou built a playground pool in a villa outside the city, covered with tiles and green waves, which was like a Yaotai Immortal Palace. Fusu didn't believe it. Unexpectedly, when he saw it today, it was more novel and unique than the legendary one. It was the most fun place in the world in this hot summer!" Fusu still had not yet recovered from his shock at this time, and his face was excited and praised.
"Indeed, Wuya never thought that this kind of pool specializing in water play and entertainment was a wonderful idea!" Although Yu Wuya has been swimming in it every day recently, he was still impressed by Chen Xu's idea. Since he moved outside the city, he has to soak in the pool until late at night every night.
While chatting and talking, Shui Qingrou took Mrs. Fusu and appeared next to the swimming pool through the small door. However, when she saw the pool of clear water, Mrs. Fusu couldn't help but stand blankly with her mouth covering her mouth for half a minute. Then, looking at the three men who were only wearing big shorts soaked in the water, her pretty face turned red and turned around quickly.
Shui gently pulled Mrs. Fusu and whispered a few words in her ear. Mrs. Fusu's eyes showed a look of surprise, and the two women quickly turned around and left.
Chen Xu and Yu Wuya didn't care, only Fusu said a little embarrassedly: "I may not know that we are playing in the water here, so don't care about Marquis and Brother Yu!"
"It's okay, Qingrou must have taken her wife to change her clothes for the water, and she will come here in a moment!" Chen Xu said with a smile.
In the Qin Dynasty, it was far from the era of men and women defending each other in the Song and Ming dynasties after the rise of Confucianism in later generations. It can be said that the relationship between men and women was very chaotic and open. Even if it continued until the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between men and women was still very similar. It was far from being a lady who did not go out of the door, nor was it a man who wanted to prove his innocence by looking for death. It was normal for kings, princes and ministers to entertain guests with their concubines. This kind of thing would definitely not happen in the royal family, and it would not happen in Chen Xu's home. But as a later generation, it was normal for men and women to be mixed in the swimming pool. Chen Xu naturally would not think that there was anything wrong. However, for Fusu, it might be a little uncomfortable, but it was just not used to it. If Chen Xu ran to a naked swimming pool, he would definitely not be used to it.
After more than ten minutes, Shui Qingrou and Mrs. Fusu came back together again. They were wearing a large bath towel made of fine linen, and their hair was tied on their heads. Under the awning, Shui Qingrou placed the large bath towel draped on the bamboo lounge chair, wearing a snow-white one-piece silk skirt, with only the hem of the skirt reaching the thighs, which was actually similar to the short skirts on the streets in later generations. In later generations, groups of women on the streets in summer were all wearing this, and even more excessive. However, at present, wearing this is a very bold design. Mrs. Fusu also slightly shyly untied the bath towel on her body, and she was wearing a light blue short silk skirt of the same style.
The two women were about the same height, but Mrs. Fusu was slightly fatter, so she looked plump. Shui gently pulled the shy Mrs. Fusu down to the pool and played in the shallow pool with Xing'er and Yu Ji Ziying. In addition, there were four little maids in spring, summer, autumn and winter in the pool, also wearing short skirts to take care of the three children. So what we saw was Yingying and Yanyan, a group of wet beauties. They were young and teenagers in their twenties, so they quickly started to laugh and play. The entire pool quickly became very lively, and the sound of laughter came from a long distance from the wall.
Chapter completed!