The prince only allowed me to have a baby, so the pressure is a bit high!

Chapter 78 Is this rule reasonable?

Even after entering Qingxi Book House, the twins were still confused and didn't understand why the emperor had sent someone to wait for them.

Yes, wait, the timing of Wei Zhu's appearance was too coincidental. No one believed that this was a coincidence, especially since almost everyone in the Shangshufang knew that Hongye had made Master Shen faint yesterday, but the emperor did not take any action and just summoned the prince over.

Although the princes and their companions in the Shangshufang were studying seriously this morning, they were still gossiping. Especially when the crown prince arrived at noon, their gossip reached a climax.

However, at that time, the prince directly refused their permission to watch and sent them away to have their meal. Now they were still in the dining hall guessing and worrying about what punishment Hongye would receive, and had no idea that Hongye was having a happy meal with Kangxi in Qingxi Study.

Yinreng knew it very well. The fact that the Emperor did not call Hongye directly yesterday meant that he also thought that the fault was not Hongye's. However, Master Shen did faint in the Shangshufang, in full view of everyone. If Hongye did not say anything, then his future reputation would be tarnished.

Entering Qingxi Book House, the three of them hurriedly bowed and said goodnight: "Greetings to the Emperor Father/Emperor Mafa, may the Emperor Father/Emperor Mafa be blessed with good health."

Kangxi called out, "Everyone, get up. Jingyi is here too. Let's have dinner together. We can talk about anything after dinner."

Having meals with Kangxi was nothing unusual for the twins in recent years, so the two children behaved very calmly and took their seats directly according to Kangxi's request.

They don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping. Although there are many people at a meal, there is not much noise. The only sounds on the table are the sounds of setting up the dishes and eating.

After eating and drinking, Kangxi took the father and his two sons to Taoyuan Bookstore, where a large "Kunyu Quantu" was already placed on the desk.

Kangxi took Yinreng to sit aside to drink tea, and gestured to Hongye and Jingyi to look at the things on the desk.

The two children approached and realized it was a map. However, Hongye noticed something wrong at first glance. He turned to Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, why is this map different from the one the masters taught us? There are many places on it that I have never seen before. And why is this map round instead of square? And what are these straight lines?"

Kangxi smiled slightly and said, "Yinreng, didn't you go to the Imperial Observatory today? Explain to Hongye what this is."

Yinreng sighed slightly in his heart, he knew that none of his actions could be hidden from the emperor's father. What happened just this morning was known to the emperor in an instant, and even the conversation between the supervisor and himself was clear to him, which showed how strong the emperor's control over him was.

Yinreng stood up and walked over to the twins. "This is the 'Complete Map of Kunyu,' also written by your Imperial Mafa's Western-style master, Ferdinand Verbiest. It's a spherical projection map, with the Beijing meridian as the prime meridian. The Eastern Hemisphere is specially placed on the left, so that the Qing Dynasty appears in the center of the map. It uses the longitude and latitude method to depict the geography of the five continents and four oceans. The map is centered, surrounded by explanations and illustrations. Famous mountains and rivers around the world are all depicted in the map.

The entire picture of the earth is drawn on it, and the capital city where we live is just a small dot, so you feel unfamiliar when looking at the map.

As for why it's round, that brings us back to the question you asked yesterday: is the ground we're working on round or square? You should have understood the answer when you saw this "Complete Map of Kunyu," right? Our current Qing calendar is the new one revised by Ferdinand Verbiest himself, and it's been in use for years without a single mistake.

Hongye: "Hongye understands. The Queen and Father wanted to tell me that everything I said yesterday was true. But I still have a question. If this is true, why do so few people know about it?"

Kangxi continued, “This is true, but up to now there is no more convincing evidence to convince people that it is true.

The land we're on is too vast. No one can shrink it down to a size visible to the naked eye. Even if we know it's round, how can we get everyone to witness it with their own eyes? If those people haven't witnessed it with their own eyes, given the people's ignorance, what's the point of even telling them about it?

After a pause, Kangxi continued, "Hongye, you are the eldest son of the Crown Prince. The burden on you is not just to know the shape of this piece of land. These are just minor matters. Even if you become an expert in this field in the future, what good will that do?

It's remarkable that you've simply replaced the calendar with a more sophisticated one, or made the maps clearer. However, as long as I give the order, professional personnel will quickly arrive to do these things, and they'll be able to do more and better in a short period of time.

As the grandson of the emperor, is this all you need to do?"

After all, Hongye was still young, and Kangxi did not expect him to realize his status and position so early, so he just gave him some pointers. His main purpose today was to make the prince alert and realize that as the eldest son, Hongye's education was not only about being studious and hardworking, but also required his father to guide him well, just like he had done in the past, and teach Hongye seriously to study imperial studies.

The study of emperorship encompasses a wide range of topics, including the art of political strategy, operational research, management, the art of judging and employing people, the art of diplomacy, and so on. Kangxi's teaching to Hongye today is specifically about employing people. "A ruler knows people; a minister knows affairs." "A wise ruler works hard to recruit people, but is at ease in governing."

Seeing Hongye thinking there, Kangxi didn't say anything else, but turned around and waved to Jingyi.

Jingyi quickly came to Kangxi's side and said, "Tell the Emperor, how are your studies in the Shangshufang recently? Is anyone bullying you?"

Jingyi sat obediently on the small stool prepared by Liang Jiugong, looked up at Kangxi, and answered seriously: "Sir, no one bullies Jingyi. Jingyi is very happy to study in the Shangshufang. The teachers in the Shangshufang are really great. No matter what the question is, they can always answer it in time. But I don't quite understand the truth. Why do the teachers always ask Jingyi to continue reciting the article even though Jingyi has already memorized it? Isn't it enough for Jingyi to just review it frequently on weekdays?"

Yinreng was not surprised at all when he heard Jingyi's question. His daughter was smart and strong-willed, but she also didn't like wasting her time on useless things. To put it bluntly, she was a pragmatist.

If a boy had such a personality, he would definitely be an excellent man. However, based on the world's view of women, Jingyi's personality would make more people think that she is heartless and ungrateful, because the world has always required women to be gentle and tolerant.

Fortunately, Jingyi was born as a twin, a boy and a girl. Such an auspicious birth would directly alleviate the shortcomings of her character, making people think that she was calm and arrogant.

In fact, he had discovered two days ago that Jingyi was very impatient with the constant recitation. At first, he considered whether to comfort Jingyi, but later he gave up because the emperor's requirement of reciting 120 times was really inhumane and he had suffered greatly from it back then.

If Jingyi can get the emperor to change the rule this time, it will be a good thing for Xiaman's younger brother and future children.

Even if she can't change, it doesn't matter. Jingyi is still young. Even if the emperor really feels offended, he won't get angry at Jingyi. He can also let the emperor be the bad guy and make Jingyi give up and stop worrying about this issue.

Kangxi didn't expect Jingyi to ask this question. Glancing at Yinreng and seeing he was also surprised, he knew Jingyi had come up with this idea herself. "I wonder why you think this way? Even if you've memorized something, isn't it good to review it and learn something new? Besides, haven't you noticed that the more you memorize, the clearer your memory becomes. Even if you want to forget something later, won't your speed decrease?"

Jingyi thought about it and insisted, "But why does my granddaughter have to memorize the article a hundred and twenty times when she can memorize it a few times? Besides, my granddaughter has the habit of reviewing. Even if she has memorized it, she will still review it frequently according to her study plan after a few days.

I heard from the uncles in the Shangshufang that when it comes to writing large characters, the same process is followed, and each new character is basically written 120 times. These things can be fully mastered in a short time, but they take a lot of time to complete. Wouldn't it be better to use this time to preview the content to be learned later or to practice riding and shooting?

Jingyi has only been in the Shangshufang for less than ten days, but she already feels tired. She always can't help but feel sleepy in class during the day, but Jingyi is not the kind of child who hates studying. "Oh my God, why is Jingyi like this?"

Hearing Jingyi's voice with a slight cry, Kangxi felt heartbroken, especially when he heard her say that she had not had a good rest recently. Kangxi could not help but glare at Yinreng, and then ordered the imperial physician Liang Jiugongjiao to come and see Jingyi.

Yinreng also felt distressed. Jingyi was his biological child. She was in pain. How could Yinreng, as her father, bear it? However, thinking of what Jingyi had just said, he restrained his actions, but he stared at Jingyi intently, fearing that something might be wrong with her.

Even Hongye was not thinking about his own thoughts at this moment. Instead, he came to Jingyi and looked at his sister with concern.

Kangxi: "Jingyi, tell me, is it your father who forces you to study and not let you sleep?"

At this time, Jingyi Gege was already in Kangxi's arms. Feeling the gentleness of the emperor, Jingyi was a little happy, but she still had to prove to her father: "No, the emperor is not like that. The reason why Jingyi can't rest well is because she needs to recite and read aloud for too long every day. After class in the Shangshufang every day, Jingyi likes to study with her brother until the hour of Si before falling asleep. Day after day, Jingyi just wants to have a good rest, but the class time in the Shangshufang is too early every day. Every day, Jingyi needs to get up and go to the Shangshufang to study before she has rested well. Moreover, it is the content that she had memorized yesterday. She has to repeat it 120 times before she can learn the new content. From entering the Shangshufang to now, it has been almost ten days, and Jingyi has not had a day of rest."

Yinreng: "Why are you so tired? Your mother asked you to take a day off to rest, why didn't you agree?"

Jingyi saw Ama's concerned look and said, "But Jingyi doesn't want to rest. Jingyi wants to study and study with her brother."

Kangxi felt even more upset. Could it be that the rule he set was really the cause of the trouble?

Just then, someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau arrived. On duty today was the familiar old friend, Imperial Physician Liang. Originally, someone else was supposed to come, but when Liang Jiugong went to ask for her, Imperial Physician Liang casually asked about it. Then, knowing it was Princess Jingyi, Imperial Physician Liang became interested and came over directly.

You should know that the boy-girl twins are the healthiest children that Imperial Physician Liang has ever seen. Since the birth of these two children, the Imperial Medical Office has never reported to Yuqing Palace about asking the Imperial Physician for the twins, except for the one time when the two children had a fever due to teething.

This time, the emperor actually asked for an imperial physician for Princess Jingyi, and the order was given personally by the emperor. The problem must be very serious.

When Imperial Physician Liang saw Jingyi, he knew that this was all a big fuss, but Princess Jingyi's face did not look very good at this time.

Taking the prince's pulse, Imperial Physician Liang then looked at him with a blaming look. "May I ask, Your Highness, why don't you let Princess get more rest every day? Princess, you're just running out of energy. Rest is the most important thing for a child this age. If you can't get enough sleep, it will have a huge impact on your future growth."

As soon as Liang, the imperial physician, finished speaking, Kangxi understood the problem. It turned out that it was the rules he had set earlier that made Jingyi so uncomfortable. Jingyi was a healthy child who loved to study and had been complying with the rules from beginning to end without slacking off. But now such a good child was having to sacrifice her health because of this rule. In this case, was this rule still meaningful?

Waving his hand, Kangxi signaled everyone to go out and gave the twins two days off to let them rest up enough before returning to the Shangshufang. As for himself, he needed to think carefully about whether this rule should still exist.

After everyone left, Kangxi called Wei Zhu and gave him a few instructions. After seeing Wei Zhu leave, he walked to his desk and sat down.