“Teacher, teacher!”
Seeing the Fourth Prince rushing in through the door curtain like a wild horse, Zhang Shou, who was covering his face with a book and closing his eyes to rest, couldn't help feeling helpless.
Sure enough, the next moment, the clear voice of the naughty child came to my ears: "Teacher, I found out that the bow of Emperor Taizu is in the hands of those people who have not yet entered the capital! And what to eat, those people taught those six guys..."
"Well, I know everything." Zhang Shou said casually, and found that the voice beside his ear stopped abruptly. He took off the book on his face and said with a smile, "Think about it, if I didn't ask these things, why didn't I go with you when you went to ask just now? Eunuch Chu and Master Hua Qi are gone, right? And then they left you here, and called it handing everyone over to you?"
The fourth prince was speechless. The facts were exactly as Zhang Shou said. He was too excited to think about it. Now that he thought about it, wasn't it just that people were trying to fool him, so they said a few nice words to coax him? It would be better if Zhang Shou had asked him to be a servant before, and he had somehow found out the news, and then Zhang Shou figured out the truth. At that time, he really played a role!
He immediately raised his mouth high: "I am not a child anymore, why do you look down on me!"
Seeing the Fourth Prince's momentary indignation, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand to let the naughty child come closer, then habitually rubbed the two pigtails, and then patted them gently. This kind of intimate action, like stroking a kitten's fur, was quite effective in calming the Fourth Prince. The naughty child, who had been provoked by his two words, quickly calmed down.
At this time, Zhang Shou said slowly: "How do you think of me? Are you going to intercept and capture those daring guys, or rush to Shanhaiwei to check the ship of unknown origin? Everyone has their own duties. For example, if I can identify the origins of these so-called envoys, my mission will be completed. The same goes for you. Didn't you complete the task assigned by the emperor very well?"
"After you have done what you are supposed to do, don't try to take credit from others, otherwise others will have nothing to do."
After instilling a bunch of twisted ideas into the Fourth Prince, Zhang Shou saw the little fellow tilt his head to think about it, as if he understood, but also as if he didn't understand. Zhang Shou motioned for someone to sit next to him on the Luohan bed, and he said earnestly: "So, whether you want to be a virtuous king or an idle king in the future, you don't have to think about it right away, but you can choose according to your own heart. But there is one thing you must remember..."
"Don't be too hardworking, because if you do too much and know too much, it will make others look incompetent, lazy, and idle. As the saying goes, the way of civil and military affairs is to alternate between tension and relaxation. You see Zhang Chen and others are now so idle that they want to do things, but when they are like wheels turning every day, they may miss the leisurely time in the past. What do you think?"
"For example, I was originally only in charge of Jiuzhang Hall and Banshan Hall. As long as I taught well every day, everything would be fine. But look, teacher, how many messes have I got into now? Of course, it's because I can't sit still and always like to think about random things and make things happen. But isn't it also because the emperor thinks I have some abilities that others don't have, so he always pushes the messy things onto me?"