My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 18 Xu Miaoyun's Sweetheart

For some reason, when Zhu Gaoyu saw the numbers "5", "12" and "13", he felt a sense of perfection.

Only those who have studied the Pythagorean theorem will understand this feeling.

Zhu Gaoyu's sudden action of giving the answer attracted a lot of attention for a while.

However, compared to the previous competition between Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Gaoyu took advantage of his younger age. Not to mention his uncles, even Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, did not intend to suppress Zhu Gaoyu deliberately.

After all...how old is Zhu Gaoyu?

He's just a five-year-old kid. Even if he has some talent in arithmetic, so what?

Neo-Confucianism flourished in the early Ming Dynasty. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give room for mathematics in the imperial examinations. This led to the fact that mathematics was regarded as nothing more than a side path in the eyes of some scholars.

If you want to become the top scorer in the imperial examination and enter a scholarly family, you still have to read the Four Books and Five Classics diligently. As for mathematics, it is at most something used to entertain and relieve boredom.

Besides, Zhu Gaoyu's boastful character made him look like a lack of composure in the eyes of everyone, and at most he was just a clever little brat.

Although Zhu Yunwen disliked his uncles and felt that they would become a serious threat in the future, he was not so cruel as to harm a five-year-old child.

In the Wenhua Hall, although the princes and grandchildren of the emperor reacted indifferently to Zhu Gaoyu's "talent", it was a big surprise for the mathematics teacher Yang Zhong.

Yang Zhong was also good at mathematics, especially this type of geometry problems, and he had also been instructed by Yang Siyi.

Yang Siyi was a famous mathematician during the Hongwu period. He was originally a minister of the Secretariat of the Yuan Dynasty and had always had a "virtuous reputation", but he was not valued by the court for many years.

Later, because of his reputation for virtue, he was employed by Zhu Yuanzhang and eventually became the Minister of Revenue.

As Yang Zhong looked at Zhu Gaoyu's chubby face and bright eyes, he became more and more certain that this kid was smart.

His feeling of cherishing talent suddenly surged in his heart, and he quickly picked a few mathematical problems to test Zhu Gaoyu. However, he did not expect that Zhu Gaoyu really gave him a big surprise.

When discussing these issues, Zhu Gaoyu not only gave correct answers, but also made sense. It did not seem like he had read the answers from somewhere and was trying to show off.

In short, this kid is the real deal!
Yang Zhong looked at Zhu Gaoyu deeply. When the get out of class was about to end, he took out the book he had compiled, stuffed it into Zhu Gaoyu's hand, and gave him a gentle instruction, as if he was facing a great treasure:

"Your Highness, if you have nothing to do, you can look through these books. However, although mathematics is exquisite, Your Highness must combine work and rest, relax your body appropriately, and do not overwork yourself."

As for any additional compliments, Yang Zhong did not say anything.

Obviously, he was also afraid that Zhu Gaoyu was young and unsettled, and would become complacent when hearing other people's praises, and would stop striving to make progress, thus wasting his talent.

But... no matter how much I don't praise him, I can't let Zhu Gaoyu have all his talent but not be valued and cultivated...

As Yang Zhong thought about it, an idea came to his mind.

Seeing Mr. Yang walking away, Zhu Gaoxu, who had been acting lazy and yawning, immediately came back to life.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoyu was carefully flipping through the book in his hand. When he saw the familiar questions in it, he couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic expression.

It's so easy!

When he was enjoying the show, Zhu Gaoxu reached out his hand and poked him.

Zhu Gaoyu ignored his naughty second brother.

But if he ignored him, Zhu Gaoxu would become more excited and start pulling at the belt of Zhu Gaoyu's clothes the next second.

What's more, because Zhu Gaoyu was young and had good food, his belly was slightly protruding, so the belt on his waist was pulled open and then bounced back.

The sound of "pop" is very crisp.

It doesn't hurt.

But it's shameful.

Zhu Gaoyu put down the book and said angrily: "What are you doing?!"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "I'm telling you that you are too fat." "What do you know! Just wait! Wait until I get back..."

Zhu Gaoxu had already anticipated this move.

He turned around, still looking nagging, with his legs crossed on the desk, like a second-rate guy:
"It's no use telling Dad when you get back."

Zhu Gaoxu is the son who is most like his father. He will not be punished for such a small matter.

Zhu Gaoxu was absolutely sure about this.

He raised his eyebrows at Zhu Gaoyu in a mean manner.

At this time, Zhu Gaoyu calmed down and smiled, showing his white teeth:
"Who said I was going to tell Dad? I'm going to tell Mom!"

Don't even say it.

The youngest son, the eldest grandson, the lifeblood of the old lady.

Xu Miaoyun is not an old lady at the moment, and her eldest grandson has not yet been born, but her youngest son Zhu Gaoyu is truly her favorite.

Even Zhu Gaochi could not compare to him in this respect.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard the fourth brother bring up Xu Miaoyun, he immediately fell silent.

I actually forgot that I have this powerful weapon called mother!

Zhu Gaoxu felt sour in his heart.

Why is it that when it’s my turn, the Emperor looks down on me, and I treat him equally?

But when it came to Zhu Gaoyu's turn, my mother was partial to him, the emperor looked at him differently, and even my father... although he always called him a bad boy, everyone could tell that my father was actually satisfied with his youngest son.

If I'm really not satisfied, I'm afraid I won't even have the chance to mention it.

Zhu Gaoxu was depressed.

He turned his head away, looking like he didn't want to talk.

The fourth brother is still so annoying.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui, who were eating melons nearby, watched the whole process. They looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

What is the second brother trying to do?
Every time he "provoked" the fourth brother, he would be suppressed by him. But the more this happened, the second brother seemed to have no memory and would provoke him even more next time. In the end, he would end up getting pissed off.

This is really... hard to describe...

That compartment.

Zhu Yunwen had a panoramic view of the interaction between the brothers.

Huang Zicheng saw that he was silent and thought that Zhu Yunwen was worried about the power of Prince Yan, so he could not help but whisper to comfort him:

"Your Highness, don't worry. Judging from this scene, the Yan Wang family is obviously not a monolithic entity. Your Highness only needs to break them down step by step, and you can disintegrate the Yan Wang family from within..."

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, it seemed to be quite true.

But looking at the expressions of Zhu Gaoxu and others, he felt something was wrong.

Is there really a conflict within Prince Yan's family?

What Mr. Huang said about breaking through from within... can it really be done?
Zhu Yunwen didn’t know how true brothers should get along with each other.

As he frowned and thought, he saw a eunuch coming towards him. This eunuch was none other than the chief eunuch beside Zhu Yuanzhang.

I only heard him speak:
"Your Highnesses, His Majesty has summoned you."

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