Harem Daily Life

No one knew what to say about He Xiaobao's masterpiece. Facing the dejected little parrot, only when Xiaobao was not around could the others remove the clay figurine from it.

Little Parrot: A burden that even a bird cannot bear.

With the arrival of He Jinan, the courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing is filled with more laughter and the sound of reading.

"Fourth brother, I'm still so young, why should I practice reading and do homework with you guys?" He Xiaoliu asked a soul-searching question.

He Yucheng glanced at He Jinan, who was correcting homework in front of him and frowning from time to time, and tilted his head to whisper to the little guy beside him: "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer and his muscles and bones work hard. Xiaoliu, keep going, Fourth Brother thinks you have a good academic material."

He Xiaoliu: "What the hell...what the hardship...what the hell to study..."

"Heh... you've grasped the essence - study hard every day. Xiaoliu, you're so smart." He Yucheng couldn't help but pinch his brother's chubby face. How could there be such a cute brother!

Turning around, He Xiaobao came up to them, covered his mouth and whispered, "Fourth brother, I don't know how to do my homework, can you teach me?"

He Yucheng raised his eyebrows: "Let me see it."

He Xiaobao quickly spread the homework in his arms in front of his brother, and the three heads came together.

"You... actually still have so much left to write?" He Yucheng was incredulous: "Do you want to eat later?"

He Xiaobao touched his round belly and said, "It's time to eat. Mother said that we should not starve ourselves, let anyone else starve."

He Yucheng glanced ahead and sighed, "Then sit next to me and I'll teach you step by step."

He Xiaobao sat up straight in an instant, staring at his brother without blinking.

He Yucheng began to explain the problem, and he had almost mastered it. He Xiaobao frowned for a while, then seemed to be thinking about something, and then suddenly understood, and then frowned again.

"Brother, why do these saints have so many theories? Also, wouldn't it be better for them to pass on the principles they have learned to their own descendants? Why do we have to learn them too?"

He Yucheng thought for a moment and said, "Because the words of sages can inspire deep thought, and the principles they teach can enlighten us, when we encounter setbacks and difficulties in the future, we can draw lessons from these principles, avoid detours, and be more likely to succeed."

He Xiaobao nodded, not quite understanding, and then heard He Yucheng continue, "There's no harm in reading more. If possible, I hope all children in the world can read."

He Xiaobao nodded, thinking that his brother was right. The words of the sage should not be known only to them, but everyone else should learn them.

My mother said that this is called educational equity.

He Jinan looked at the three little ones whispering to each other and He Yunuo drawing alone on the side, so he stood up and walked over to see what the three of them were doing.

Hearing He Yucheng's last words, he was very pleased: "Yucheng's awareness is truly a blessing for the Great Zhou. Back then, your second and third sisters donated 50,000 taels of silver to establish an academy, which has helped many people complete their studies. I think it would be better for the four of us brothers to follow their example and contribute a small amount of our monthly allowance to help. What do you think?"

The three little ones who love money: "..."

"Then, how much do you think is appropriate, second brother?" He Yucheng asked.

He Jinan thought for a moment and said, "Let's each take half, and pool the money together to create the scholarship that Queen Mother mentioned."

He Xiaoliu was the first to agree: "Okay, I'm only in my thirties, so I'll take the monthly allowance for a year and a half."

He Xiaobao counted on his fingers and agreed: "I am six years old. I will give you three years of monthly allowance."

He Yucheng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take out four years' worth." Then he turned to look at He Yunuo and said, "Sister, come join us too."

He Yunuo, who pretended to be deaf, said: "..."

Feeling eight eyes staring at her, she had no choice but to put down the pen in her hand and smiled widely: "Okay, I'll take the four-year one."

He Yucheng raised his eyebrows: "The three of us combined don't make as much as you, Yunuo. You've wasted money." He Yunuo is the youngest daughter, and He Linzhang loves her very much. Not only did he set the highest monthly allowance for her, he also doubled it. Together with the various rewards she received on weekdays, He Yunuo was a wealthy woman in the palace.

She pouted, "Serving the country and the people is something I'm happy to do."

In fact, my heart is bleeding.

Those golden little coins, the days I have left with you are numbered.

He Jinan looked at He Yunuo's reluctant expression and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then I will take out ten years' worth of monthly allowances. When we return to the palace in a few days, we will convert all of our allowances into banknotes and hand them over to Yu Cheng, who will then hand them over to our father."

He Yucheng frowned, "Second brother, why don't you go and tell him yourself? This idea was clearly proposed by you."

He Jinan patted his head: "You and I are brothers, it doesn't matter who goes. It's a good thing if you handle this matter well."

He Yucheng bit his lip. He knew that whatever his second brother did was for his own good. This was a good thing that would be highly praised in the memorials to the Censorate. His second brother gave the most money and had the best ideas, but he didn't want any fame or fortune and gave it all to himself.

He Jinan seemed to see through his thoughts and smiled: "Fame and praise are not important to me. I believe you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders. You need the halo more than I do."

An outstanding prince is the one that everyone believes in, and only when he inherits the throne in the future can he convince more people.

As an older brother, all He Jinan can do is to give support behind the scenes, whether it is academic supervision or other aspects. What he has to do is to work with his mother to firmly support his younger brother so that he can walk more steadily and further in the future.

Three days later, they returned to the palace, and soon He Yucheng appeared in the imperial study with a silver note of 100,000 taels.

"Your Majesty, your son, your second brother, Xiaobao, Xiaoliu, and Yunuo and I are willing to donate 100,000 taels of silver to establish a scholarship to support scholars with both good character and good academic performance." He said as he handed over the packed silver notes.

He Linzhang was very pleased and called Yu Cheng to his side to praise him.

"I am very pleased that Yucheng has come to this realization. You are all good children. I will reward you later."

He Yucheng said calmly, "Actually, the idea came from my second brother, and he gave the task to me. Father, I will learn from my second brother and will not let you down."

He Linzhang smiled and hugged him. "Okay, Jin'an is great. Father will praise him highly. Then, you will be in charge of setting up the scholarship, the rules for receiving it, and how to distribute it. How about that?"

He Yucheng nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust in me. I will discuss a solution with the Ministry of Revenue, draw up a set of regulations, and then present them to Your Majesty."

The whole court knew that the prince was going to set up a scholarship, and had already raised 100,000 taels of silver in the initial stage. He was discussing the details with the Ministry of Revenue. They all wrote letters to praise the prince's achievements, and for a while, it became a good story.