Chapter 7 Goodbye to the First Emperor
Until the end of the lecture, Su Xu was still a little surprised. He thought that this barbarian's learning progress was too fast. If it weren't for his inaccurate pronunciation and stumbling in reading, he would have to correct him. He suspected that this person had studied "Poetry" before and was just pretending to be stupid.
After finishing today's teaching, Su Xu was stopped by a chamberlain as soon as he walked out of the palace.
"Dr. Su, the king has summoned me!"
The king has summoned me?
Su Xu immediately realized that the king summoned him at this time. No need to think too much, it must be related to the person he taught today.
He was even more confused about who this barbarian was, who was so valued by the king.
Su Xu followed the chamberlain to a palace.
In the hall, Ying Zheng was handling government affairs. When he saw Su Xu coming, he asked casually: "How did the person you taught today learn?"
Su Xu said: "This person has made progress. It is extremely fast. If it were not for his inaccurate pronunciation and stumbling when reciting, I would think that he has already learned it. ”
"Oh?"
Hearing what Su Xu said, Ying Zheng became interested. He stopped the pen in his hand and said, "Tell me in detail!"
"Yes!"
Su Xu told Ying Zheng in detail about his teaching today. Ying Zheng was also quite surprised and thought to himself: "Is this person still a genius?" ’
After listening to Su Xu’s story, Ying Zheng asked: “When do you think this person can learn my Qin Wen?”
Su Xu thought about it for a while and replied: "According to my opinion, this person can read through "Poetry", "Book", "Li", "Yue", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn" in just one month."
That is indeed not slow. Ordinary people may not be able to read the words of these books in a month, but this person can read through several books in a month.
But what Ying Zheng thinks about is not how long it will take Li Nian to read through these books, but when he can communicate with Li Nian.
Only by being able to communicate can we know the origin of Li Nian.
Ying Zheng would not talk to Su Xu about this, so he added: "Professor Haosheng, if you do this well, you will be rewarded heavily, so step back!"
Su Xu accepted the order and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will fulfill my mission!"
When Su Xu retreated, Ying Zheng asked Meng Yi who was standing by: "What do you think, Qing Meng?"
Meng Yi said: "I thought maybe it wouldn't be necessary to "Moon!"
Ying Zheng looked at him and Meng Yi explained: "What the king wants is to be able to communicate with this person, not to make this person full of knowledge to compare with other doctors. Professor Dr. Su, the king, It’s so that he can quickly learn from me The language of the Qin Dynasty. The month Dr. Su mentioned refers to the time when this person learns those classics, not the time when this person can speak to the king. For example, when I was young, I was not literate at first, but I learned to speak first."
Ying Zheng understood Meng Yi means that literacy and speaking are two different things. Literacy can help you learn to speak, but you can also learn to speak without literacy. It may take a month to learn the words in those books, but if you just want to be able to communicate with him, it is not necessary. used.
On the other side, Li Nian is also working hard to learn the language of the Qin Dynasty. The First Emperor is his biggest supporter in this era. If he learns it as soon as possible, he can communicate with the First Emperor and rely on his supporter.
Therefore, even when there is no time for Professor Su Xu, Li Nian is still learning from the people around him, such as asking the guards, chamberlains, and maids around him for the names of various things, chatting with them, and asking them to correct them. Your own pronunciation and sentence errors.
When Ying Zheng learned that Li Nian was studying hard, he smiled and said: "It seems that this person also wants to communicate with me as soon as possible."
Meng Yi said: "What the king said is true. Yes, the origin of this person may be quite big, and he has a big secret that he wants to tell the king.”
How can a person who can appear in his palace out of thin air have a small secret?
Ying Zheng said: "I am waiting for his secret here!"
I just don't know if this person's origin is what he expected?
More than half a month passed in a flash. On this day, Li Nian had just finished breakfast when Guo Dian came to him and said: "Li Nian, the king has invited you!"
These days, Li Nian has told others about his Name.
Li Nian was not surprised at all that the First Emperor wanted to see him. After all, in the past half month or so, his Daqin dialect had gotten better and better, and he was able to conduct some less complicated exchanges.
Of course, if you want to speak as smoothly as a local and have no communication barriers at all, that’s not enough. You need to practice for at least two and a half years.
During this period, Li Nian also knew which year it was. The First Emperor had just unified the world. That is to say, according to the original historical trajectory, the First Emperor could live for another eleven years.
This is undoubtedly great news for Li Nian. It means that as long as he wins the trust of the First Emperor, he will have the strongest backer in the Qin Dynasty in the next eleven years.
Li Nian has thought about how to win the trust of the First Emperor many times in his mind. Today is the time to implement it. Whether he lives or dies depends on what happens today.
Taking a deep breath and gathering his thoughts, Li Nian followed Guo Dian to the palace he traveled through.
There were not many people in the palace, at least not in public. The First Emperor didn't seem to want too many people to know his existence. The Qin general he saw last time was still there.
Li Nian now also knows the identity of Qin General, Shangqing Mengyi, one of the most trusted and close ministers of the First Emperor!
How close and trustworthy is it?
When he went out, he would ride with the First Emperor, and when he was at home, he would stay with the First Emperor, staying close to his left and right sides. Unfortunately, it ended badly and he was killed by Zhao Gao and Hu Hai.
Li Nian did not dare to look further and saluted Ying Zheng who was sitting on the throne: "Common man Li Nian pays homage to the king!"
"Get up!" Ying Zheng said: "You have learned well and made rapid progress."
Without any nonsense, Ying Zheng got straight to the point: "I have called you here this time. You should know what I am doing." What's the matter?"
Li Nian nodded and said: "The people know it, but before the people say it, I have something to ask the king. This matter is extremely important and useful to the king and the people."
Ying Zheng. I find it interesting that this person did not tell him his origin first, but instead asked him for something and said it would be useful to him.
But out of curiosity, Ying Zheng did not refuse: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Li Niandao: "This matter cannot be stated directly. I also asked General Meng to bring me a writing slip. I will write it to the general. Then ask the general to present it to the king. No one can see it during the presentation. "
Why should it be so secret? You want Qing Meng to submit it in person, why not let others see it?
This made Ying Zheng even more curious. He said: "Meng Qing, follow his wishes!"
Meng Yi said, "Yes!" There were brush and bamboo slips in the palace. Meng Yi took it and brought it to Li Nian. Meng Yi also asked a guard to bring a case for Li Nian to facilitate his writing.
Meng Yi stood in front of the case and watched Li Nian write a line of words on the bamboo slips with a brush. The handwriting was very poor, far behind him, but the content of the words shocked Meng Yi:
Please, Your Majesty, retreat to the left and right, especially those related to Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, Li Si, Chunyu Yue... If the common people have important matters to tell you.
The series of names made Meng Yi feel huge waves in his heart.
Not to mention anything else, just the first three people, Prince Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, the Commander of the CRRC, and Li Si, the Tingwei, are all heavyweights in the Qin Dynasty. They are popular people in the eyes of the king, with overwhelming power and stomping their feet. It can cause an earthquake in Xianyang.
Note: The Hu Hai here is born in 230 BC, so he was already ten years old at this time. If he was born in 221 BC, he was only about one year old at this time.
(End of this chapter)