There is a special scene in the side hall of the main courtyard of Chengqian Palace. The new crown prince is accompanying him, and the fake bachelor Gao Pragmatic Gao is instructing several palace ladies to clean a few rags, tablecloths, curtains, chair cushions and other stolen goods.
Cleaning utensils are very simple. In addition to a few basins and warm water, there are only a few bars of soap.
Concubine Li, who came from an ordinary peasant family, stood up with great interest and stood on one side to watch the cleaning process. His Royal Highness Prince Zhu Yijun was on the other side studying the soap bubbles that Gao pragmatic taught him to play with.
Zhu Yijun was holding a wooden, odd-shaped keyless spoon in his hand - it was actually a simplified version of the bubble wand with circles used by children in later generations to play with soapy water...
"Huh!" Zhu Yijun blew loudly, and sure enough... not a single bubble came out. His face suddenly fell, and he said angrily: "Why can't I blow it out?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "His Royal Highness, come here, Wei Chen will demonstrate again."
Zhu Yijun still had a good attitude towards him. He obediently handed over the simple wooden bubble wand and just muttered: "It's weird, why can you blow it out but I can't?"
From the corner of his eye, Gao Jingshi noticed that Concubine Li was also looking at her, and immediately said: "Your Highness, the truth in the world is that different paths lead to the same destination. You must have heard a saying called 'Haste makes waste,' right? This truth is blowing.
The same goes for bubbles."
Zhu Yijun was stunned: "Is it still reasonable to blow bubbles?"
Gao Pragmatic, with a scholarly expression on his face, said: "Everything in the heaven and earth has its own reason. The great virtues of heaven and earth are the sum total of their bodies and the foundation of their vitality. Honesty and magnanimity lead to life and transformation, and their origins are endless.
This is why they can be nurtured and nurtured together."
Zhu Yijun looked at him blankly: "Uh...oh?"
Gao Pragmatic ignored him and continued to brag: "The world is filled with only one qi, and it is endless, and it is all like this. Qianyuan, Taiji, and Taihe are all aliases for qi. Since it is divided into yin and yang, it is ever-changing and well-organized.
Detailed, the soldiers cannot be confused, so it is called the principle, and there is no reason other than Qi."
Not only Zhu Yijun was confused at this time, but even Concubine Li Guifei, who was secretly observing the two of them not far away, was dumbfounded and thought to herself: This little guy seems to be really knowledgeable. I have also studied seriously in the past few years.
But he couldn't understand it at all... But judging from his appearance, it should make sense.
It's hard to say whether he has a point or not, but your situation is obvious: you don't know what's going on.
Of course, Gao Pingshi's words must be reasonable, but he has not studied the truth in depth at all - these are all theoretical viewpoints of Shixue Qizong. He just read some of them from Gao Gong's writings.
, taking advantage of the fact that there is no learned master present, just use it to show off. As for the intention... it is really just to make the mother and son not aware of the power.
Zhu Yijun scratched his head: "Do these... principles you mentioned have anything to do with blowing bubbles?"
Gao pragmatic sighed and explained: "Weichen means...well, to put it simply, Weichen wants to tell His Royal Highness how this bubble was generated."
"Oh!" Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up: "Then you try playing it first, and then explain it to me."
Concubine Li seemed to understand Gao Pragmatic's intentions, and began to watch his demonstration with interest.
Gao pragmatically took the "bubble wand" and soaked it in a bamboo tube filled with soapy water, took it out and said: "In fact, not only can you blow it, you can also do this..." As he said that, he gently turned the front of the ring into the wind.
With a wave of his hand, a series of bubbles suddenly appeared in several circles.
"Yeah!" Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and clapped his hands vigorously and said: "Okay, okay, blow... no, you had a good time!" He couldn't help but reach out and fish out a few handfuls, and directly knocked the bubbles back to their original shape and turned them into water.
He felt it with his hand and said, "It seems a little sticky." But he immediately let go of the question and asked, "Then how should I blow?"
Gao pragmatic smiled, and once again put the bubble wand into the soapy bamboo tube to soak it, took it out and said: "Be gentle when blowing, because the water can form blisters only because of the viscosity of the soap, but the viscosity is after all
It's limited, if you use too much force, it won't be able to form." As he said that, he put the bubble wand to his mouth, blew gently in his mouth, and then gently pulled the bubble wand.
Seeing another series of bubbles blown out, Zhu Yijun laughed loudly, turned his head happily, and smiled at Concubine Li: "Look, concubine, Gao Shidu plays so well!"
Although Li Guifei was strict, she was still a mother. Seeing her son so happy made her feel quite happy. She said in a rare doting tone: "Yes, Gao Shidu is indeed great."
But he immediately changed the topic back and said: "But don't just be happy, Gao Shidu just said the truth, you haven't asked for advice yet."
Zhu Yijun said quickly: "That's what the concubine said." Then he turned to Gao Pragmatic and asked: "Gao Shidu, how did these bubbles come about? You just said that the water can form blisters because of the viscosity of the soap.
But...where does the stickiness come from?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "This question is out of scope... No, Wei Chen said that this question won't be clear for a while, so we have to start with more basic things slowly."
"Basic ones?" Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, but he wasn't surprised and just asked: "What are considered basics?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Well... it's like, if we want to study, we must first be literate. The soap bubbles are also ordinary. If we want to know why the bubbles are sticky, first of all, should we know why the water is so sticky?
It turns into a round bubble, why isn’t it square?”
Zhu Yijun also looked a little confused after hearing this: "Yes, why are they all round?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "So, Your Majesty, everything has its reason. To understand these problems, you need to know a lot of knowledge. Now the prince is out of the cabinet to study, just to lay the foundation needed to study things and gain knowledge in the future." Then he continued.
He said: "When His Highness has mastered knowledge in the future, it will be easy for him to govern the world or to study a mere blister."
"Oh, I understand." Zhu Yijun nodded vigorously: "My mother-in-law taught me that everything should start from small things. Although it is not exactly the same as what you said, the truth is similar. In short, I have to study hard to know this.
That makes sense, right?"
"Your Highness has seen thousands of miles." Gao pragmatically nodded: "That's exactly what it is."
Concubine Li looked on with satisfaction and thought: Originally, when this little guy came up with such a thing, I was worried that he had taught the prince bad things and made him only play for fun. I never thought that he could divert the prince's mind.
When it comes to understanding the truth, I have to say that this is a solution. In the future, the prince's studies will be supervised by gentlemen, and there will be high-ranking ministers around him to give advice and guidance. Isn't that enough to reassure people?