Next.
Fang Er gave the children in the school a holiday.
It was also a reward after the assessment.
In the school, Fang Er was teaching instead.
The teachers in the school had become students.
They held paper and pens, diligently recording what Fang Er taught.
The next day, an uninvited guest arrived at the school.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun came together.
Even the nine-year-old Li Chengqian followed, along with Li Tai and Li Ke.
At first, Fang Er did not know that Li Shimin and the others had come.
Li Shimin was also quite cunning, standing in the courtyard.
Listening to Fang Er inside constantly making "ah ah, oh oh" sounds, he felt a bit awkward.
Empress Changsun's face turned red.
So, Li Shimin could not listen any longer.
He directly pushed open the classroom door and walked in.
Fang Er was very surprised to see Li Shimin.
Why was this guy not in the palace working for the whole country, but skipping work and running here?
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Ma Tongyuan and others sitting below attentively listening were greatly shocked.
"His Majesty has actually come to the school?"
They quickly stood up and saluted.
Li Shimin was very surprised.
Several grown men, with the door closed, making those "ah ah, oh oh" sounds in the room.
This?
Hiss!
The more he thought about it, the more fearful he became!
But then he looked again, and all of them were properly dressed, not like what he had imagined.
So he asked.
"What were you doing just now?"
Fang Er was very frank.
"This child was teaching them pinyin, and they will teach it to the children in the village later."
Li Shimin asked with some confusion.
"Pinyin? What is that?"
Fang Er, too lazy to answer, called Ma Tongyuan out.
Ma Tongyuan was very excited.
"Has this counted as my reaching the ears of the emperor?"
So, he explained his understanding of pinyin to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin completely dispelled his somewhat unhealthy thoughts from earlier.
He turned and walked out of the classroom, calling Empress Changsun and the three princes over.
Before Fang Er could greet the Empress and the princes, Li Shimin said.
"You continue teaching, and I will bring the Empress and the Crown Prince and princes to listen in."
Li Shimin was truly moved by Ma Tongyuan's explanation.
What a great achievement it would be to unify the languages within the country!
It was so incredibly difficult to communicate with officials from smaller regions!
Sometimes they even had to find an intermediary to relay messages.
Especially the officials in the capital from the southern regions.
Their dialects were simply maddening!
Fang Er picked up a small stick and pointed at the "a o e" written on the blackboard, starting his explanation.
From the pronunciation of pinyin, to combinations, and then to tones.
Since Ma Tongyuan and the others were all adults, although they felt a bit awkward, as educated individuals, their ability to accept was very fast.
Fang Er taught very quickly.
After a morning, he had taught all twenty-four vowels.
Fang Er patted the chalk dust off his hands and threw down the teaching stick.
"We will continue in the afternoon."
But at this moment, Empress Changsun walked up from below.
"Marquis of Liaodong, I have something to discuss, and I ask the Marquis of Liaodong to agree."
Fang Er was a little surprised, so he said.
"Your Majesty, please speak."
Empress Changsun looked at Fang Er with a very sincere gaze.
"I heard that Your Majesty has already appointed you as the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince yesterday. Since that is the case, I intend to have Chengqian study at your Fang Family Village. What are your thoughts, Marquis of Liaodong?"
Fang Er was dumbfounded.
He was dumbfounded that, with so many renowned ministers and great scholars in the palace, Empress Changsun wanted to send her child to study at this humble village.
Ma Tongyuan and the others were also dumbfounded.
They were dumbfounded not only that the Crown Prince would come to study, but also when did the Earl of Liaodong become the Marquis of Liaodong?
This speed of promotion, had it ever been seen before?
How many levels had he jumped in a year?
Seeing Fang Er愣住了 (stunned).
Empress Changsun looked at Li Chengqian beside her.
"Cheng'er, Mother wants you to study with the Marquis of Liaodong. Are you willing?"
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up.
"Studying with Fang Er is much more interesting than studying with those pedantic old men."
He quickly nodded in agreement.
"Mother, your son is willing."
Li Tai and Li Ke also looked at Empress Changsun with longing eyes, their intentions self-evident.
Empress Changsun smiled and looked at Fang Er.
She wanted to see his opinion.
"Heaven, earth, sovereign, parents, teacher. Becoming a disciple is not a trivial matter."
"Such matters cannot be forced."
"Otherwise, if the tree is not pruned well, and it is ruined, it will be troublesome."
Fang Er thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, this subject does not oppose the Crown Prince studying here, but I hope that the Crown Prince can join as a child of a commoner."
"Otherwise, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble."
Empress Changsun was a person of great intelligence.
She immediately understood Fang Er's meaning.
"The dignified Crown Prince studying at a small village, where would that put the faces of those great scholars?"
"Especially those from the Confucius family of Qufu."
"Kong Yingda is still Li Chengqian's teacher now."
"Also, the children who originally studied here, upon learning that the Crown Prince is by their side, might also cause trouble."
"At that time, it might spoil the atmosphere of the school."
Empress Changsun nodded.
"I agree. Starting from tomorrow, Cheng'er, Tai'er, and Ke'er will come to study together."
"At that time, I will trouble the Marquis of Liaodong and the teachers to take care of them."
After speaking, she actually retreated to the classroom door and bowed deeply to Fang Er and Ma Tongyuan.
Fang Er was indifferent.
"It's just a mother bowing on behalf of her son. Why would I not dare to accept the ceremony of becoming a disciple?"
But Ma Tongyuan and the others immediately became extremely nervous.
"Should they go forward to help?"
"They did not have the courage."
They quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Empress Changsun as well.
"We are not worthy of Your Majesty's bow like this! We will definitely teach the Crown Prince and the two princes well."
Li Shimin watched from the side throughout.
At this moment, he spoke.
"Teachers, there is no need to be polite. Also, this is a school, and they are your students, so you can call them by their names from now on."
Ma Tongyuan quickly waved his hands, saying he dared not.
Fang Er said, "Just do as they say, there's nothing wrong with it."
Li Shimin thought for a moment and said.
"An Zhi, what you taught today is indeed of great use."
"I want to send two doctors from the Imperial Academy to learn. Is that alright?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Er quickly waved his hands.
"Your Majesty, this will not do. It's not that I am unwilling to teach."
"They are all great scholars. You want them to come here and study with these scholars who have no reputation, I am afraid it is not very appropriate."
Li Shimin pondered for a while.
What Fang Er said was not unreasonable.
But if they were to rashly grant these scholars some minor official positions.
If it were too low, it would not serve its purpose.
If it were too high, they would not be able to convince the public.
So, he could only give up.
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