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This is Zhao Yuan's eldest daughter, named Zhao Yan.

Ordinary and bland, nothing new.

Zhao Yuan shared the same idea.

I hope my daughter has a peaceful and ordinary life.

All I need is a happy smile every day.

Yan, meaning a charming smile.

Faced with her daughter's childlike words,

Zhao Yuan actually thought about it seriously.

"Making thick clothes for elephants would also be fine,"

"But firstly, using too much material is unnecessary,"

"Secondly, elephants might not like it."

Zhu Yan asked, "Why wouldn't the elephant like it?"

“Because elephants don’t wear clothes,” Zhao Yuan said.

Zhu Yan then asked, "Elephants have never worn clothes."

"How do you know, Father, it doesn't like wearing clothes?"

"Um......"

Zhao Yuan said,

"When we have baby elephants in the future,"

“You can make a garment,”

"Try wearing it."

Zhu Yan asked again, "When will this elephant give birth to a calf?"

Zhao Yuan said, "This elephant is male."

"I need to find a female elephant in the future."

"Wait for the imperial court to send troops to conquer the Dali Kingdom,"

"Then you can bring back a female elephant."

"Oh."

Zhu Yan seemed to understand but not quite.

Stepping out of the elephant house,

A cold wind blew by.

Zhao Yuan was so cold that he tucked his hands into his sleeves.

On the open ground not far away,

His wives, concubines, and children

They were laughing and having a snowball fight.

It's rare for us to get together like this all year round.

Zhu Yan after feeding the elephants

They also happily joined the battle.

He rolled up a snowball and ran around on the ground.

Zhao Yuan asked, "Have you finished reading Xiao Chu's 'Chunqiu Bianyi'?"

"I've roughly finished reading it."

"How does it compare to Hu Anguo's manuscript of the Spring and Autumn Annals?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"The subject matter is different,"

"Hu Anguo is a proper and serious author of the commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals,"

"And Xiao Chu's book is essentially a collection of essays."

"He extracts a major event or viewpoint,"

"Then write a paper based on this,"

There are dozens of these papers in total.

"A small number belong to purely academic papers,"

"Most of them are taking the opportunity to express their political views."

"How did you feel after reading it?" Zhao Yuan asked.

Zhao Yuan said, "The core idea of ​​those dozens of papers is centralized power and the concept of inner sagehood and outer kingship."

"For example, he said there were hundreds of incidents related to the Spring and Autumn Annals,"

"And the chapter on the alliance of feudal lords occupies the most space,"

"So they discussed why Confucius paid attention to alliances."

"The conclusion drawn was that the feudal lords of the Spring and Autumn Period were vying for supremacy."

"What they're fighting for is the position of alliance leader,"

"And the position of the leader of the alliance represents the power over the world."

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, alliances were presided over by the Zhou emperor,"

"Gradually evolving into a situation where a hegemon presides over alliances,"

"In reality, it represents the loss of power."

Zhao Yuan was somewhat disappointed: "That's all?"

"Of course not. There are quite a few interesting viewpoints,"

"For example, this person supports foreign wars."

He said only a pedantic scholar would think that way.

"Spending a fortune to forge strong weapons and armor,"

"Driven his people to their deaths in barren lands,"

"It would be better to use culture and education to bring the barbarians under control."

"His view is that barbarians should be attacked,"

"If it poses a threat to China,"

"No matter how much money and resources are spent,"

"No matter how far the troops are deployed,"

"No matter how many civilians are killed or injured, we should still fight."

As for the basis,

"Hehe, the debate between Chinese and barbarians."

"You seem quite satisfied with this person?"

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Some of his ideas are very much to my liking."

"And he's not one-track-minded."

"Take the discussion of war, for example,"

“Supporting foreign wars is not because he is belligerent,”

"They also discussed the gains and losses of the war."

“Some of these statements,”

"It subtly satirizes Emperor Huizong of Song's campaigns against Western Xia and Liao."

"It roughly means there's still a lot of mess to clean up in China,"

"Don't go out and fight, you'll only embarrass yourself."

"Do you have an idea?"

Zhao Yuan said, "I plan to appoint him as the chief examiner for the first imperial examination."

Chapter 1838 Serious Illness

Zhao Yuan had already stated his position.

Cabinet ministers have too many official duties.

The chief examiner selected a vice minister to serve as the examiner.

But among the vice ministers...

There is no one who can convince the public at the moment.

Xiao Chu's knowledge is sufficient.

He was another great Confucian scholar who refused to be recruited into the government three times.

Conferring upon him the title of Grand Scholar would be sufficient for him to serve as the chief examiner.

"Woooooooo..."

Zhao Kang, the eldest son of the emperor (by a concubine),

She ran crying to Zhao Yuan.

He pointed to the distance and went to complain to his father.

His forehead was red from being hit by a snowball.

Zhao Yuan turned his head and looked.

The culprit, Zhao Yan, was grinning mischievously.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but chuckle and urged,

“You were thrown away by your sister,”

"Don't you know how to throw a snowball back?"

Zhao Kang said, "My sister is stronger."

"You should stay away from it."

"Why is a man crying?"

Zhao Yuan didn't feel sorry for him at all.

Zhao Kang pouted and went back, feeling wronged.

He picked up a snowball, intending to throw it...

He was hit in the face again.

She burst into tears and cried even harder.

While wiping away tears and crying,

They retaliated with snowballs.

Zhe Yanxiu couldn't stand it any longer and shouted with a laugh.

"Brother, come here, I'll teach you!"

Zhao Kang is learning throwing techniques.

After bullying her younger brother, Zhao Yan

But they didn't give him a chance to get revenge.