Chapter 1137: Night of Rise

Only the couple were left at the dining table. Even the youngest Little Leopard and Baozhu followed their brothers to the study to join in the fun.

Seeing the group of people rush into the study, Little Treasure woke up from his thoughts and realized that he was extremely hungry.

Fortunately, they had come just as he had finished thinking. Hence, he helped his younger brothers set the table with a smile on his face. The group of children started eating by themselves.

Still concerned about Little Treasure taking in a handmaid and secondary consort, Little Bear and Little An worriedly asked, “Have Royal Uncle and Royal Aunt agreed to postpone it?”

Little Treasure smiled and nodded. “Of course, after all that alarmist talk from you guys. For the sake of my health, Royal Father and Royal Mother have agreed to postpone it.”

Little Bear and Little An heaved a sigh of relief and said, “This isn’t alarmist talk. There are real-life cases.”

Little Lion nodded as he took care of his younger siblings. “Tiger Head and I have made notes. If Brother Crown Prince doesn’t believe us, I can lend you the notes.”

Thinking of Little Lion and Tiger Head’s barely-legible handwriting, Little Treasure was embarrassed and hurriedly shook his head. “Forget it. I’ll ask Imperial Physician Wang and Fourth Aunt for a lesson plan.”

Other than the Little Lion and Tiger Head, Little An was probably the only one who could read their handwriting. It’d take a great deal of effort to make out what they had written, so he might as well ask Imperial Physician Wang and Mu Yangling for a lesson plan.

Not minding it, Little Lion continued to make sure his younger siblings were eating well. Then, he lowered his head and ate.

As Tiger Head put food into Little Lion’s bowl, he stuffed food into his own mouth. Thus, he was also extremely busy.

Little Treasure turned to Little Bear and Little An and said, “Sleep with me tonight. I have something important to discuss with you.”

Little Lion and Tiger Head looked up. “What about us?”

“Me too!” Qi Wensu quickly raised his hand to remind everyone that he was there too.

Little Treasure turned to the three of them and said, “When you can memorize ‘The Great Learning’, I’ll let you join the political discussion.”

When the three of them heard that they were gathering at night to discuss political matters, they lost interest. Tiger Head even added, “We’ll never be able to memorize ‘The Great Learning’.” Therefore, don’t look for us regarding such things in the future.

Little Bear was shocked by its younger brothers’ lack of ambition. Just as he was about to beat them up, he heard Little An smile at them and say, “It’s okay if you can’t memorize it. You can just repeat your grade when the time comes and can attend class with Little Leopard.”

Stunned, Tiger Head and Little Lion turned to look at their younger brother, who was holding a spoon and trying his best to eat. They said in disdain, “How can we attend class with him at our age?”

“Well, it can’t be helped since your standard is equivalent to the kids in the junior class.” Little An said calmly, “The teacher can’t always accommodate you. When the time comes, you’ll naturally have to repeat your grade.”

Equally shocked, Qi Wensu was the first to turn his coat. “I’ll definitely study hard. Perhaps I’ll be able to memorize ‘The Great Learning’ in two days.”

Little Lion and Tiger Head glared at him. Little Treasure stroked his second brother’s head and praised, “Not bad. If there’s anything you don’t understand, feel free to come and ask me.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion, who had wanted to go play after dinner, hesitated for a moment. In the end, they went to the small study room with Qi Wensu to revise and do homework.

After the boy-girl twins were sent back to Mu Yangling’s side, Qi Haoran hugged the two of them and enjoyed their family time together.

Meanwhile, Little Treasure, Little Bear, and Little An locked themselves in the room to discuss major matters.

Under Fourth Aunt’s influence, Little Treasure began to plan seriously. First of all, what kind of Great Qi did he hope to build?

And what about Little Bear and Little An?

As it was a very calm night, Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling didn’t even notice that the three children chatted until the third watch before falling asleep.

However, history later named this night the “Night of Rise.” On this night, the three teenagers determined the direction and general developmental path of an empire in the next few hundred years.

The policies and foreshadowing of Emperor Taichang’s ascension were also based on the tenor set by the three youths that night.

At this moment, the historical plan plotting the rise of a nation was casually written on a few pieces of paper by Little An and left on the desk like a draft.

The people outside did not know what had happened in the royal family recently, so everything was calm. However, there was a considerable commotion in the palace. First, the two palace maids who had just been arranged to go to the East Palace were transferred away. Then, the portraits of the beauties that were shortlisted to become the Crown Prince’s secondary consort were cleared away from the Empress’s table.

In the end, the concubines of the princes in the palaces were informed by the Empress that the princes were not to engage in intercourse before the age of 16, lest they damage their health.

The Royal School officially introduced a new course called “Biology” which evolved from the Yin-Yang theory taught in the Prince’s estate. The contents were no longer just limited to humans, but also included some general knowledge about biology. In particular, emphasis was placed upon agricultural biology, which was viewed as the most important topic in the subject.

For this, Mu Yangling specially wrote a letter to instruct Liu Ting to lead his subordinates to compile some basic knowledge of agricultural cultivation techniques and cultivation of grain seeds. These knowledge were published in a book. Not only would they be used by the royal family for teaching, but they would also be sent to various publishing houses to be promoted outside so that more people could learn about and pay attention to cultivation techniques.

Many people benefited from this book. Applying the knowledge from this book, they cultivated grain seeds with high yield and superior quality, which was a breakthrough considering that previously, grains with high yield tended to suffer in terms of taste.

Liu Ting later became addicted to publishing books. Almost every breakthrough in the experimental fields and the Department of Agriculture would be written into a book and printed out. He would also list some problems that he and his colleagues could not solve. By gathering a wide range of opinions, agricultural development sped up greatly.

Liu Ting also became the famous First Teacher of Great Qi.

It was beyond Mu Yangling’s expectations that a class on Yin-Yang theory teaching the differences between men and women developed into a well-rounded biology class in the palace.

Qi Xiuyuan didn’t expect that either. Back then, he’d wanted the Yin-Yang theory to be taught in the palace in the same way that it was taught in the Prince’s estate. However, Junior Tutor Fang didn’t agree.

Talking about the differences between men and women in class?

Even if the imperial physician were to teach the kids, he would not agree because such a topic wasn’t quite fit for a royal school.

Qi Xiuyuan had no choice but to think of a way. Since Junior Tutor Fang opposed it, he would change the curriculum. Not only would the class teach the differences between men and women, but some basic medical knowledge would also be taught.

After all, everything in the world was related to medicine, plants, animals, and even minerals. This way, the class would cover a wide range of topics.

Qi Xiuyuan decided to change the Yin-Yang theory class to a biology class, mainly focusing on teaching the princes some basic knowledge about organisms.

These organisms included grains and herbs that were commonly seen, and there was also a single section on “humans”.

The section on “humans” was naturally divided into men and women, covering a wide range of knowledge including the “Yin-Yang theory” taught by Imperial Physician Wang.

This way, Junior Tutor Fang had no objections. Unexpectedly, this actually helped to push Great Qi’s agricultural development forward, which was truly a pleasant surprise.

Of course, this effect was only seen many years later. At this moment, the palace was in shock because of the Empress’s new rules.

Concubine Zhao was the most reluctant, because the Second Prince was already nine years old. The children in the royal family were well-nourished, so they naturally matured early. If nothing went wrong, he would ejaculate for the first time in two or three years. At that time, palace maids would be arranged to teach him intercourse, after which he would take secondary consorts.

As the Zhao family did not have a high status, she couldn’t place her hopes on choosing someone from her maiden family to be the main consort. However, she could arrange for her niece to be the secondary consort. With her backing, her niece might be able to give birth to the eldest son. With this relationship, the Zhao family could prosper for another 40 years.

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