Chapter 10 Learning
Riding a car was really boring, so Ah Zheng couldn't help asking his maid, A Yan, to invite Li Si, who was riding a horse outside, into the car, and asked him for advice with a half-volume book that he hadn't finished reading before: "Li Lang, can you teach me how to do it?" Is the following content?"
Li Si took the bamboo slips in the young master's hand, glanced casually, and found that it was "The Six Secret Secrets of the Grand Duke", he laughed dumbfoundedly: "Of course, young master. But I only know a thing or two about the art of war, young master. If you are interested, you might as well ask General Meng for advice when the convoy is repaired. He is the post-general, and he is more familiar with these military tactics than I am." Ah Zheng nodded: "Then please
Li Lang to explain the general idea to me first."
Li Si said Although Xun Qing's proud disciple didn't know the art of war, it was no problem for Xiao Ahzheng to understand the sentence reading of "The Six Secret Teachings of the Grand Duke" and sort out the main idea.
It's just that he is a little strange. "The Six Secret Teachings of the Grand Duke" mainly tells the methods of governing the country and the army and the thoughts of good thinking through the dialogue between King Wen and King Wu and Jiang Taigong. And the volume in Azheng's hands records part of the content of the "Mouth".
Who will let children learn to read with this kind of book? Is it the sudden rise of the prince or the Lu Buwei standing behind him?
Thinking of this, Li Si smiled. He spread out the letter on his knee and asked, "Young master, besides Zhao's writing, how much do you know about Qin's writing?" It was written in the characters of the State of Zhao, and the characters of the State of Zhao and the characters of the State of Qin are very different in shape and font. Princes and politicians live in the State of Qin, and they must be familiar with the characters of the State of Qin.
Ah Zheng froze slowly, fell into silence, and didn't say a word.
Why did this happen, Lin Ju whispered into Ah Zheng's mind: "Cub, don't you know Qin's characters?"
Ah Zheng explained to her: "Well, because I have been living before, so Lu Aweng taught I have always known Zhao Guo’s writing.”
“Wouldn’t people from different countries have different languages?” Lin Ju was a little strange, obviously, the writing of each country is different, but Zai Zai and Li Si and others communicated. There seems to be no obstacle.
Ah Zheng explained: "The upper-class nobles of various countries speak elegant dialects. Even if they can bring some vocabulary unique to each country, there will be no major problems in communicating with each other. But when I was in that village before, except for the wet nurse And very few people, I can't understand the slang accents of those villagers."
So when Zai Zai was in that village before, was he always in an environment of language barriers? Lin Ju suddenly felt a little distressed.
Seeing that Gong Zizheng hadn't answered for a long time, Li Si knew his answer. He rolled up the scroll in his hand and said with relief: "My lord, don't worry. Although the languages of different countries are different, they are generally similar. You are talented and intelligent, so it shouldn't be too difficult to learn." Ah Zheng raised his head and looked at Li Si
. "Li Lang, how long will it take us to travel from Handan to Xianyang?"
Li Si thought for a while and replied, "It will take about three months. Two months."
Two months is enough to melt the snow in winter and make spring buds sprout early.
Ah Zheng settled down, took a deep breath, and said: "Then please teach me the characters of Qin State within these two months, and I will definitely learn it with my heart.
" Just do your best." Li Si put the slips in his hand into Gong Zizheng's arms, "Then the rest of the slips, do you want to continue studying?"
Ah Zheng nodded, his eyes were firm: "You can never give up halfway."
"Well then, please don't complain about hard work in the next few days."
Teaching in a carriage is not a convenient thing. Although Ah Zheng and his party are taking the official road, the road is not smooth. There were many bumps in the middle, so Li Si couldn't teach Ah Zheng how to write Qin's characters in detail, so he could only tell him slowly from the history of Qin.
The convoy didn't stop to rest at noon, the soldiers ate dry food on the horse, and Ah Zheng and Zhao Ji just ate the thick naan with dried meat in a hurry.
The convoy moved forward until the evening, when the sun turned west and the sky became dark and unable to continue moving, the general Meng in iron armor ordered the soldiers to set up camp. And Ah Zheng finally had a chance to jump off the carriage to relieve his bumpy buttocks.
Li Si slowly got down from the carriage, glanced at Gong Zizheng who was jumping around beside the carriage and covering his buttocks with his small hands, and only then did he have a sense of reality that the eight-year-old child in front of him was just an eight-year-old child. It happened that General Meng Wu came over with someone, he bowed to Ah Zheng, and asked: "Young master, can you still adapt to the bumps on the road, do you need to order people to slow down the marching speed?" Ah Zheng quickly put down his mask Putting his hands on his buttocks, he returned a salute: "Thank you, General, for your consideration. Please leave me alone, I can accept this marching speed." Seeing Gong Zizheng's lively appearance, Meng Wu couldn't help but think of his ineffective eldest son, and he smiled . With a sound, Wen Sheng explained to the young master: "It's so good. It's still in the territory of Zhao State, so I ordered people to march in such a hurry. When they arrive in the territory of Qin State, the young master and his wife can have a good rest." Ah Zheng nodded , I said hello. The dinner was eaten in the tent, and Ayan took a few maidservants to get hot soup and barbecue. Although it was not as delicate as the ones eaten in the Handan post station before, the taste was not bad. Zhao Ji seemed to be a little sleepy because of the whole day's driving, and went back to her camp early to rest after dinner. Ah Zheng's tent was separate from Zhao Ji's. After dinner, he waited for Li Si to come to teach him. When Li Si entered the tent, torches were already lit in the four corners and an oil lamp was lit in the middle. He entered the tent with a small sand table and a volume of books in his hand, put the sand table and letter on the small table, and began to teach Ah Zheng how to read. He wrote a word on the sand table, which looked like a pair of hands holding a pestle to pound grain. He pointed to the word and asked Ah Zheng, "Do you know what this word means, my lord?" Ah Zheng shook his head .
Li Sidao: "This is the word 'Qin'. On the top are two hands holding a pestle, and on the bottom are two rice plants, implying that this is a land with rich land and rich products. This is the State of Qin." "I only
know The soldiers and horses of the Qin State are strong, and the style of martial arts is superior." Ah Zheng tilted his head to look at the word on the sand table, a little confused, "So Qin is also good at producing food?" Li Si laughed: "The ancient land of Qinchuan has always
been It is famous for its abundant grain production, otherwise how could Qin State support millions of soldiers?"
Ah Zheng cleared his doubts and nodded, "Please Li Lang to continue."
Li Si wrote another word on the sand table: "This word can be used by a young master." Recognize it?"
Ah Zheng nodded: "This is my name, Zheng." The writing method of this character in Qin State is similar to that in Zhao State.
Li Sidao: "The word 'Zheng' is from Po and upright, holding a weapon, and it is used to conquer and plunder. I dare to ask you, who gave you the name?" Ah Zheng stroked the word "Zheng" on the sand table with his right hand, and
recalled : "Because my mother gave birth to me in the first month of the lunar year, she originally named me 'Zheng'. Later, my father felt that this word was too moderate, so he changed my name to the homonym of 'Zheng'. 'Word."
Li Si nodded, so the blockbuster prince and stranger actually had such high expectations for his son? And what did Gong Lu do during this period? He woke up and continued to explain to Ah Zheng.
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The night was getting darker, and there was silence outside the camp, only patrolling soldiers walking back and forth. Li Si had already returned to his tent to rest, Ah Zheng was lying on the couch, and he could hear the slight breathing of the maidservant who was watching the night outside the screen.
Lin Ju's voice sounded softly: "Cub, so you were born in the first month of the month? Did your birthday pass?" Ah Zheng smiled and
said, "Ah Ju, the day you and I met was my birthday. Birthday."
"Hey! It will take a long time to celebrate your birthday, Zai Zai, what a pity." Lin Ju's voice was full of regret.
"Well, I'll let you know when it's my next birthday." "
Okay, baby, grandma will treat you to a birthday cake then."
"Well, thank you, Ah Ju."
The next morning , everyone used the morning food, and the team set foot on the journey again.
Li Si got into the car as usual to explain the affairs of the state of Qin to Ah Zheng, and gave him a volume of "Book of Songs" as a new tool for literacy.
Ah Zheng adapted well to this, but suddenly thought of a question: "Li Lang, didn't you buy a lot of Qin people who were slaves in the north of Handan before? Aren't they going back to Qin with us?" Li Si explained with a
smile "Don't worry, Mr. Benevolent, I have already left some people in Handan, and they will take these slaves of Qin back to Qin slowly." Ah Zheng knew that a group of hungry and cold people would follow the convoy all the way back to Qin . The country is unrealistic. In recent years, there have been frequent wars among many countries, and horses and horses are precious. Except for the military and the upper echelons of various countries, civilians have a cow and a donkey. Ah Zheng knew that Li Si had already made an arrangement, so he didn't mention it any more. The convoy headed west all the way, but nothing major happened. Occasionally encountered bandits and savages who were hungry and dizzy, and were quickly suppressed by General Meng. Ah Zheng's study progressed by leaps and bounds, and by the time the convoy arrived in Changping, he had almost finished studying the volume of "Book of Songs" that Li Si had given him. The current Changping Township belongs to Shangdang County and belongs to South Korea. General Meng sent people to negotiate with the South Korean officials in Changping, and ordered to set up camp here. When Lin Ju knew about this, she was confused: "Cub, the battle of Changping was so tragic, isn't Changping still the territory of Qin State?" Ah Zheng shook his head: "No, Changping is now For the time being, it belongs to South Korea." "Why?" Ah Zheng explained to her: "Shangdang is a battleground for military strategists. At the beginning, Shangdang belonged to South Korea, so Qin State attacked South Korea and wanted to seize Shangdang. Lin Ju nodded: " Yeah."
"South Korea surrendered, and the King of Han was willing to cede Shangdang and dedicate the city to Qin. However, the local governor of Shangdang was unwilling to surrender to Qin and dedicated the city to Zhao. He planned to use Zhao's strength to repel the Qin army." Lin Ju continued
: "I know, Zhao State and Qin State fought. Qin State killed many people in Zhao State in Changping. Later, King Zhao surrendered, ceded the city to Qin State, and then repented. Qin State sent troops to fight all the way. Handan is the capital of Zhao State. At this time, your father sneaked back to the camp of the Qin soldiers, and left Zai Zai and your mother in Zhao State." " Yes. But the Battle of Handan was not considered a success for Qin State, it should be said to be a failure. Ah Zheng explained to Lin Ju, "Because Qin State surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao State, all Zhao States asked for help from other countries. Among them, the princess of Wei State married to Zhao State's clan, and Wei State and Zhao State were related, so Wei State Lord Xinling, the prince of the state, saved Zhao by stealing amulets and repelled the Qin army with the help of soldiers from the state of Wei. At the same time, the five countries formed a coalition to counterattack the state of Qin, and the soldiers of the state of Qin were defeated and retreated to Hangu Pass. After Qin returned to Hangu Pass, Shangdang returned Its original owner is in the hands of South Korea. Let me put it this way, can you understand, Ah Ju?" Lin Ju concluded: "I understand, so Qin Guo was lonely, and Zhao Guo didn't get any benefits. The biggest winner is South Korea?" Ah Zheng was stunned: "It seems that it is indeed." Qin Guo wanted to join the party, and Zhao Guo also wanted to join the party, but Zhao Jun was cheated by General Bai Qi in Changping Killed, suffered heavy losses, and then the five-nation coalition formed a counterattack, Qin was forced to retreat to Hangu Pass, and did not take advantage of it. After all these back and forth, Shangdang returned to the hands of South Korea. Thinking of this, rough singing suddenly sounded outside the tent. Ah Zheng walked out of the tent and looked into the distance. It was General Meng leading the soldiers of Qin State to sing mourning songs to commemorate the comrades-in-arms who died in this land. The singing is tragic and loud, and it lingers for a long time. The soul is back! Choose as you please. ... The soul is almost back! Li first only. ... The soul is almost back! Don't be wary. ... The soul is almost back! Dingkong mulberry only. ...
The author has something to say:
Zhao Ren who buried Changping: Qin people, are you polite?
Qu Yuan's "Ultimate Move" is used at the end. (I don't think it's very appropriate. If readers know other Qin battle songs, please recommend them in the comment area)
"Historical Records Han Shijia" records: "In the twenty-sixth year, Qin Xi pushed me to the party." This shows that Changping After the war, after Shangdang was recaptured by the coalition forces, Shangdang and Changping belonged to South Korea, and they were occupied by Qin for the second time eleven years later. To put it simply, Zhao Guo only briefly owned Changping when Shangdang County guarded Xiancheng.
It feels like Qin Guo and Zhao Guo are really lonely.
Lord Xinling steals amulets to save Zhao, and Mao Sui recommends himself. These allusions almost all happened during the Battle of Handan.
About Ying Zheng's birthday.
The Xia Dynasty used the Xia calendar, which is similar to the current lunar calendar;
the Shang Dynasty stipulated that the twelfth month of the Xia calendar is the first month, that is, the first day of December is New Year’s Day, so the time for merchants to celebrate the New Year is a whole month earlier than that of the Xia people; after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, it was changed
. According to the calendar, Jianzi is set as the beginning of the year, that is, the first month of the lunar calendar is November, and the first day of November is New Year's Day; however, some vassal states still use the Shang calendar, so everyone's first month is different.
As for the Qin State, after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he issued an edict to unify the whole country with Jian Hai as the official, that is, the first day of October in the lunar calendar is New Year's Day. This calendar was followed until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
According to this theory, Ah Zheng, who was born in the first lunar month, is born in October of the lunar calendar, when winter just begins.
But I'm not sure what calendar Qin used before it was unified, so the text will blur the time.
I don't know if the cuties are dizzy or not, anyway, the author himself is already dying.