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Chapter 864 - Chapter 864 Persuasion (1)

Chapter 864: Persuasion (1) Chapter 864: Persuasion (1) Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Xiuyuan pondered for a long time before saying, “I can’t let my Qi family’s descendants take this risk.

Haoran, if Little Treasure, Little Bear, and the others lag behind others in learning, it might be a disaster for the royal family.” If the ruler matured later than the minister, ultimately, the minister might override the ruler and overtake the country.

“I’ve thought about that too.” Qi Haoran hurriedly said, “But Royal Brother, you and I are healthy.

Unless an accident happens, we’ll still be alive when they grow up.

And it’s impossible for us to give up on growth that’s more beneficial to them to guard against unforeseen accidents.

As long as they have time to develop as a person, it doesn’t really matter if they mature later than their peers, right?” “There are very few Emperors who can live past 60 years old,” Qi Xiuyuan said sadly.

“That’s because they’re either extravagant, overindulgent at the expense of their health, or overworking for the sake of the country.

Royal Brother, take us as an example.

Even if we don’t have our first child until we’re 20 years old, the child will have grown up in 20 years and can then slowly come into contact with government affairs.

After another 10 years of experience, we’ll gradually grow older, and they can slowly take over the country’s affairs.

In at most five more years, we can let goaEUR|” Why did members of the royal family tend to have short lives despite having access to the best resources in the world?

In addition to all kinds of assassinations, conspiracies and scheming against each other, it was due to their habits and attitudes.

When a prince turned 13 years old, palace maids were arranged to serve him and teach him about the birds and the bees.

The original intention was to ensure the royal family’s offspring flourish, and guide the prince to have knowledge in this area so that he would not get into trouble outside.

However, in reality, a child fathered by such a young man would either die prematurely or be in poor health.

At the age of 13, the prince was basically still a child himself.

His body had yet to mature, and his Profound Qi was very little.

Having frequent sex at such a young age would undoubtedly shorten his lifespan, and most members of the royal family do not restrain themselves in this aspect.

Coupled with the habit of drinking and making merry, most members of the royal family did not have long lives.

Very few of them lived past their sixties while most of them died in their forties.

The royal family clearly had access to the best medical resources in the world, but their lifespans were so short.

Mu Yangling did not believe that the imperial physicians did not know the reason behind it.

However, since the imperial physicians did not mention it and the royalty did not ask, it was obvious that everyone actually knew this deep down.

It was just that they kept the status quo out of habit.

At this moment, Qi Haoran outright told Qi Xiuyuan that they could redefine the rules of the palace.

For instance, only sending palace maids to enlighten the prince in this aspect when he reached 18 years old, or to allow marriage only after this age.

Qi Haoran suggested that the imperial physician teach the princes about sex in theory when they were young.

As long as they knew that sex at a young age would lower their sex drive when they grew up and shorten their lifespans, descendants of the royal family could hold themselves back from making this mistake.

If someone went ahead and did it despite knowing the damage it would cause, that would be on them.

If a person didn’t give a damn about dying young, why bother stopping them?

Moreover, this was also an important method to test the prince’s self-control.

If he couldn’t even control his desires, such a person naturally wasn’t worthy of being the ruler of a country.

As long as their lifespan was guaranteed, it would ensure sufficient time for the future generations to learn.

According to Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling’s estimation, if the children had a two-day break every five days of school, they would graduate four years later than they would under the existing system.

Differing from the current education method of being stricter initially, the kids would have a two-day break every five days only before they turn 14.

After they turned 14 years old, the intensity of their studies would increase, taking a one-day break only every ten days.

When they graduate, they would be 20 years old.

In the 15 years prior to that, not only would they learn knowledge from books, but they would also master many other abilities.

That would be enough for them to deal with the work in the Imperial Court.

Qi Haoran said the most important final point in a low voice, “Big Brother, why did the witchcraft chaos happen during the Emperor Wu of Han’s reign?

It’s because he became the Crown Prince too early and for too long.” Qi Xiuyuan’s expression changed.

He sat on the chair for a long time without saying anything.

It was only when Qi Haoran felt that his legs were a little sore from standing that he said, “I want to see Ah Ling.

Ask her to come to the palace tomorrow.” Qi Xiuyuan did not see Mu Yangling.

Instead, he sent someone to bring her to the Royal School.

He asked Eunuch Wan to say to Mu Yangling, “If you want to implement a two-day break per five days, go and persuade the teachers.

As long as you successfully convince them, I’ll give my approval.” Little Treasure and Little Bear looked at Mu Yangling eagerly.

Mu Yangling thought for a moment and said to Eunuch Wan, “Go tell His Majesty that I understand, but he has to give me some time.” Eunuch Wan said ingratiatingly, “His Majesty said that Your Highness can use as much time as you want.

Once you convince the teachers, His Majesty will give the order immediately.” Mu Yangling nodded in satisfaction and brought the two children to see the Crown Prince and Junior Tutor.

Ever since Grand Tutor Lu was dismissed, Junior Tutor Fang had become the most highly-ranked official among the teachers in the East Palace, and was now Little Treasure’s main tutor.

Though the Emperor wanted her to convince all the teachers, Mu Yangling felt that she actually only needed to convince Junior Tutor Fang.

With a straightforward personality and profound knowledge, Fang Zhiyuan was highly respected in the scholarly world.

He had never thought that one day, he would have to directly go against a woman face-to-face over a pot of tea on the table.

The Crown Prince and Prince Rong stood at the side with their hands folded.

Unable to sit still anymore, Fang Zhiyuan stood up and said, “Your Highness, why don’t you let the Crown Prince and Prince sit down?

I’ll just stand.” Mu Yangling sat at the table and waved her hand.

“Teacher, just sit.

Right now, the two of them are only students, and you’re the teacher.

It’s only right for them to stand.” Little Treasure hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed.

“Fourth Aunt is right.

Please take a seat, Teacher.” Seeing that Mu Yangling remained calmly seated, Fang Zhiyuan could only sit down cross-legged helplessly.

After pouring him a cup of tea, Mu Yangling took out a book called “Annotations to the Four Books” that she had just asked Little Treasure to retrieve from the study room.

She handed it to Fang Zhiyuan and asked, “Teacher Fang, what do you think of this book?” “The sages’ teachings are, of course, excellent.” “Teacher, do you think Zhu Xi1 can compare to a sage?” Fang Zhiyuan raised his brows.

Most people addressed Zhu Xi as Zhu Zi out of reverence, and very few people directly called him by his name, let alone a woman like Mu Yangling.

However, Fang Zhiyuan was not angry at all.

After some thought, he replied, “Because the ‘Annotations to the Four Books’ is easy to understand, this book can be considered a bible to the children of poor families.” To put it bluntly, this book was Zhu Xi’s notes and lesson plans for understanding the Four Books.

Why was studying difficult for children from poor families?

Apart from the high cost of studying, there was also the lack of good teachers and mentors.

One could not learn from a book from merely reading it; they also had to understand the meaning behind the words.

However, because the Chinese language was broad and profound, one word might have many different interpretations.

Different sentence structures also meant different things.

Some people might not be able to understand the meaning behind the words even after spending their entire lives reading it.

To be able to annotate the contents of the Four Books and benefit scholars everywhere, it was unsurprising that Zhu Xi was highly respected and well-loved in the academic world.

In fact, some poor students did not even need to buy the original texts of the Four Books.

Just by buying a copy of the “Annotations to the Four Books”, they could in a way read all four books.

As Jiangnan was renowned for its educated residents and literary culture, Zhu Xi could be considered a saint among the poor students in Jiangnan.

Fang Zhiyuan’s family background was not prominent, and he had also read “Annotations to the Four Books” before.

Once upon a time, he had even admired this book very much.

However, as he grew more experienced, he inevitably developed a different analysis of the notes in the book.

Hence, he now had a lukewarm attitude towards this book, and he had never recommended his students read it.

Seeing his attitude, Mu Yangling threw the book aside and said, “From a short-term perspective, this is a good book for poor students.

But in the long run, it’s not good for the country or the people.” an ideologist and philosopher in ancient China

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