0p0 Chapter 442: Debate in the Imperial Study
Chapter 442: Debate in the Imperial Study
Looking at the graceful Gu Fu, who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Compared with the portraits taken a few years ago, she has become even more graceful and has become a grown-up girl.
Her skin is plump and delicate, her eyes are bright, and she looks soft and sweet. You can tell at first glance that she was brought up in a pampered home.
There is wisdom hidden in his clear eyes, and he seems to be a man with a beautiful mind.
The Gu family is really great. Their children and grandchildren are so well-educated.
The emperor nodded in satisfaction, smiled amiably and said, "Not bad! Not bad! Get up quickly!
I often hear Ajing mention you. He has been in the valley for the past few years, and it is thanks to you that he has been taken care of.
If you don't mind, you can call me Grandpa Huang like A Jing, okay?"
Although both families were well aware of the relationship between the two.
But after all, there is still no clear path to take, and there is a distinction between the ruler and his subjects, so how can one overstep one's authority?
Everyone in the hall had different thoughts, but they were forced to not say much due to the emperor's majesty.
Gu Fu kowtowed to His Majesty and continued with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but there is a difference between the monarch and his subjects, and I cannot break the rules. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
"It doesn't matter. This is my request and my oral order. No one dares to say anything." The emperor smiled and waved his hand.
Seeing that the emperor insisted on doing so, Gu Fu, as a general in his previous life, had attended many meetings with top leaders.
He no longer refused and responded generously: "Then Fu'er would like to thank the Emperor for his kindness."
"Okay, okay! Get up quickly, no need to be so polite."
"Thank you, Grandfather Emperor!" Gu Fu stood up obediently.
He looks calm and composed, unperturbed by praise or criticism.
There was a natural sense of being worthy, as if all this was supposed to be so normal, with only calmness and no arrogance.
The more the emperor looked at it, the more satisfied he became.
After taking care of Gu Fu, the emperor did not neglect other members of the Gu family.
I asked them one by one about what they had learned in their daily lives, and found that they could answer fluently.
Moreover, each question can be explained from different perspectives.
The more the emperor pondered, the more surprised he was.
I have to say that the Gu family is really good at education.
If he understood correctly, none of the children in the Gu family, including the eldest son Gu Ji, had ever taken the imperial examination.
And there has never been any elder in their family who is an official.
Even if he married two noble ladies, given the women's upbringing and knowledge, they probably wouldn't be of much help in politics.
But now, they can offer such profound opinions and suggestions on politics.
Although what the two granddaughters-in-law said was shallow, the fact that they dared to speak out on such an occasion shows the tolerance and magnanimity of the Gu family, which is rare.
This is enough to show the success of their education.
He had been shocked once before when his grandson behaved like this when he came back.
Today, I found that all the boys of Gu family are like this. I thought that they have trained hundreds of talents for Daxia.
If all of them were as good as the Gu family boys, even if only one third of them were good, then Daxia would have no worries about not having anyone to use! Why would it not prosper?
Thinking of this, the emperor raised the questions in the memorial he received today.
He had already made up his mind about some of them, but some of them made him worried.
As the Emperor asked questions one by one, the Gu family boys gradually calmed down. Even Song Renjing couldn't help but join in.
After letting go completely, they all cherished this opportunity very much.
It is such a rare opportunity to be able to express what is in my heart in front of the Lord of Daxia and receive timely corrections.
They began to discuss the issue as intensely as if they were discussing academic matters in the valley.
When encountering different opinions, they all hold their own views and constantly throw out data, examples, academic research, etc. to support their own ideas.
Whenever the situation was about to reach a stalemate, the little girl from the Gu family would always be able to bring up a point of view or a sentence at the right time and seemingly unintentionally to ease the deadlock and draw out other thoughts and inspirations from the boys.
The emperor listened attentively, and whenever he heard a new term, a point of knowledge he did not understand at all, or a novel idea, he would quickly write it down on paper.
Time passed quickly in the busyness and the morning went by in a flash.
There were three notebooks filled with memorials on the emperor's desk.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" Eunuch Pei was also so fascinated by what he was listening that he only looked at the time after being reminded by a young eunuch beside him. When he saw the time, he was startled and hurriedly reminded His Majesty.
After hearing the reminder, the emperor turned his attention away from the younger generation of the Gu family.
After checking the time, it was indeed time for lunch. He glanced at the Gu family boys who were still arguing heatedly, and then quietly ordered, "Tell the imperial kitchen to go to the imperial garden and pick some vegetables. I want to entertain the Duke of the Guardian and his family today."
"Yes, I'll go and give the order right away." Eunuch Pei responded with a smile, and then called the young eunuch to go down and give the order.
Everyone finally finished the debate on the last question. The eunuchs had been serving tea since the debate began.
So everyone didn't feel thirsty, they just drank a lot of water. Once they calmed down, some of them wanted to go to the toilet.
But it's not convenient to talk about this topic directly at this time.
Fortunately, the emperor saw the boys' embarrassment.
Then he smiled and said, "Ah Jing, the flowers in the Imperial Garden are in full bloom now, why don't you take your brother Gu and your sister Fu'er to have a look.
But it will be lunch time soon, and you can’t stay too long.”
"Grandson obeys your order!" Song Renjing said. "Brothers and sisters-in-law, younger brother, and sister Fu'er, let's go."
Song Renjing greeted the younger generations of the Gu family.
The boys from the Gu family seemed to be pardoned, and the tension they had just had during the debate was no longer there.
After happily paying his respects to His Majesty, he followed Song Renjing away.
Mr. Gu and the others had quietly followed the eunuchs to change their clothes while the children were debating. There was no urgency at this time.
The emperor asked some more questions about education in the valley, and Mr. Gu spoke about what he could.
The emperor asked many more questions, including some knowledge points in the notebook, and asked a few more questions.
The Gu family gave a brief introduction one by one. "Your Majesty, some of the questions are the topics and directions that they are studying independently. We don't know much about them, so we still have to ask them."
"Are the other people in the valley as knowledgeable as them?" Huangdi asked curiously and expectantly.
“Your Majesty, the schools and libraries in the valley are open to everyone in the valley. Anyone who wants to learn can go and study.
Our requirement for them is that they must complete three years of basic courses, and then they can study independently.
Everyone in the valley has his or her own interests and hobbies, and we do not interfere.
Therefore, I do not know what level of learning they have achieved now.
However, if Your Majesty is interested, you can also ask them to test it out."