Long live Emperor Wu!

When Arthur heard this, he quickly responded with a smile:

"This slave can testify that at first, Madam often looked at the dense handwriting and sighed. Later, she read and practiced calligraphy harder than usual."

Wu Rou was a little embarrassed, her cheeks turned slightly red, and she said:

"Just talk about it."

Li Shan looked at her and liked her in his heart, but he didn't show too much on his face and said lightly:

"I don't know, our brothers have always been like this since we were young."

When he mentioned his brothers and his childhood, his tone seemed to become more melancholy unconsciously, which was heartbreaking.

Several people fell silent.

At this time, the master who was teaching in the room saw someone coming from outside, walked out, and said as he walked:

"It's during class time that so many people are outside, which prevents the children from concentrating on their studies. Get out, get out!"

As he said this, he walked around the house and saw Li Shan and Wu Rou.

He is a Han Chinese. He is very handsome, but he has an extraordinary bearing. At first glance, he is a noble son.

He suddenly stopped, a little frightened, and looked at Arthurs, who had dazzling blond hair next to him, and asked:

"Mrs. Coriander, these are..."

Arthurs quickly took a step forward and said with a smile:

"Oh, these two are my old masters. Because I was curious about what this private school looked like, I took them to have a look."

The master was very old and had a white beard. He changed his behavior from driving people away, raised his hands and said respectfully:

"I'm sorry. My surname is Zhang. I am the master of this private school. I teach these foreign children how to read with a shy face. I wonder which family this young master belongs to?"

Li Shan glanced at Wu Rou, and Wu Rou said:

"My husband's surname is Li. He is an ordinary family. Master, you are too polite."

The old master took a look and knew that the other party was unwilling to reveal his real name, and the young master didn't like to talk to him.

He said "Oh" in disappointment and said nothing more.

But just when he thought that the young master disdained to pay attention to him, the young master asked respectfully:

"I wonder what else Taoist teaches them besides teaching them how to read?"

The master immediately became happy again and introduced enthusiastically:

"Oh, most of the children here are businessmen's children. They definitely don't want to take the imperial examination and become an official. So, the main thing is to be literate, learn a few Confucian classics, and then learn arithmetic, and "Qi Min Yao Shu" and the like Technical and engineering subjects.

I only taught them literacy and Confucian classics. The rest were invited from official schools to attend a few classes occasionally. Not here today. "

"Guan Xue?" Li Shan repeated in surprise.

Arthur was a little nervous.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen have the lowest status. It is not their turn to go to official schools for the children of businessmen. If Your Majesty knew that they paid high prices to let teachers from official schools teach the children of businessmen, would you be angry?

But the master didn't know anything about it, and still explained enthusiastically:

"Since Princess Honghua and Princess Wencheng became famous in Tuyuhun and Tubo, their dowries brought a lot of technology and knowledge from the Central Plains. Therefore, many people in the Western Regions like to educate their children in the Tang Dynasty.

There are so many private schools for barbarians in Luoyang City, but they are not enough. The people they hire are mixed, good and bad. My Tangwen Academy is the best in Luoyang City. "

As he spoke, he looked at Arthurs proudly and asked:

"Don't you think so, Mrs. Coriander?"

Arthurs glanced at the emperor and Wu Rou, twitched the corner of his mouth awkwardly, and whispered:

"Yes...yes."

She hadn't thought of this when she came here. Thank you so much for your boast, old master! The prince is not planning to go to school with you, so what are you talking about?

Unexpectedly, when Li Shan heard this, he just said "hmm" calmly, showing no emotion or anger, and said:

"This is a good thing, and it's thanks to my father..." Li Shan's eyes turned, and then he changed his words:

"We also benefited from Emperor Taizong's policy of encouraging private schools and imparting knowledge. To this end, the imperial court spent many years and a lot of manpower to collect books from all over the world, compile various books, publish them all over the world, and set up official schools in various prefectures and counties. , planned the teaching subjects...

When Princess Honghua and Princess Wencheng left the feudal clan, the books they brought with them were all accumulated over the years. "

Li Shan couldn't help but think that in recent years, Hongwen Library has been publishing new books in volumes, but he only took a glance at it and didn't pay much attention to it. It seems that he should pay more attention to it in the future...

Wu Rou immediately said:

"I know this. Although Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and the knowledge is vast and profound, it has been in the hands of a few aristocratic families since ancient times.

For their own benefit, the aristocratic families tried their best to monopolize the family and control the world.

Emperor Taizong conducted imperial examinations, taught widely to the people, simplified complex parallel prose, and developed poetry and songs, all in order to break the monopoly, stabilize the imperial power, and stabilize the current situation..."

Li Shan glanced at her approvingly, with a hint of fondness in his eyes.

The old master looked at them, a little afraid to talk to them.

Arthurs glanced at them secretly, and finally understood why her top brother felt that being asked by Li Shan was a test for the number one scholar...

If we continue this conversation, won’t we be discussing national policies?

At this time, the students inside, without their Confucian teachings, all left their seats and crowded in the window to look outside. Children with different looks, all with curious and clean eyes, crowded together to watch the fun.

Arthurs' eldest son saw his mother and ran out boldly. However, seeing strangers around him, he did not dare to speak, so he leaned next to Arthurs and watched.

"Why are you running out here? I haven't seen anyone. Go back and study!" The old master waved to the children in the window.

Li Shan smiled slightly and said:

"It's okay, just say a few words and we'll leave."

The old master quickly stopped talking.

Children are best at looking at adults. They are usually scared to death of their master, but when they saw that their master was afraid of this young man, they all immediately ran out, huddled in a group, looked at them, and asked questions in all directions:

"Are you nobles of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Where are you from?"

Li Shan's face was most calm and gentle. The children liked to gather around him and ask questions, so he asked in turn:

"Where are you all from?"

"I'm from Tubo."

"I'm Persian."

"I'm from Tianzhu, where we have scriptures."

"I come from Dashi. We have a Chinatown there. The buildings are similar to those in the Tang Dynasty, but the houses are smaller."

Several children chatted with each other, and when the Tubo children heard this, they retorted:

"Who asked you this? We Tubo even built a palace specifically for Princess Wencheng. What does it mean to have a street?"

"Who wants to compete with you? I'm just talking."

"You didn't compete, so why are you talking about this?" (End of Chapter)