Chapter Thirty-Three: An Xi made the number of ninety-nine to match the way of heaven!
Winter season.
It was early in the morning, and the city was bitingly cold.
In the markets on both sides of Changyang Street, under the eaves of every house hangs a long, as thick as an arm, crystal clear, and as sharp as a sword.
It shows the cruelty of winter.
However, even when it was so cold and unbearable, the streets in Xianyang City were already filled with cars and horses and people hurrying about.
The officials rushed to the official office in cars and horses.
Hundreds of workers in Guizhou Province who were working at sunrise also left their homes, either running to the city, to the workshops, or to the farmland in the suburbs outside the city.
Everyone was in a hurry.
After seeing Bo Shu off, Qin Luoheng rubbed his hands, looked at the sky, and hurried towards his classroom in Zuoshi, Changyang Street.
Changyang Street is located in the middle of Xianyang.
This street also divides Xianyang into two halves.
One left and one right.
The left city is the national city.
This is the place where the old Qin people used to conduct business and transactions. Most of Xianyang's official residences and markets are also located here.
The right city is the outer city.
This is a newly built urban area specially ordered by the First Emperor to accommodate the powerful nobles of the six kingdoms of Shandong. It is currently a gathering place for Shandong nobles and merchants.
There are several pavilions and courtyards inside, with copper doors, copper cabinets and fine stone paving. It is luxurious and spacious.
but.
The outer market is now in a state of solitude.
Various sounds of mourning, crying, and sobbing have been heard continuously since the rooster crows, and the entire outer city has become a miserable place.
It just has nothing to do with the old Qin people.
In the school room.
There was the sound of reading constantly.
Some read "The Way of Being an Official", some read "Yushu", and some read "Cangjie Pian". Of course, the people who read it the least emotionally were undoubtedly people like Lang.
What they read was the Nine-Nine Formula in the Book of Numbers.
The Jiujiu formula originated very early in China. The Jiujiu formula was already said in the Spring and Autumn Period by Duke Huan of Lu, but the specific form of the book had to wait until "Guanzi" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
""Guanzi": An plays the number ninety-nine to comply with the way of heaven."
The ancients liked to calculate from big to small, so the arithmetic formula was also called the Jiujiu formula, but the Jiujiu formula at this time was different from that of later generations.
No one gets one.
Lang and others read the Nine-Nine formula without any soul, "Nine-nine eighty-one, nine-eighty-one, nine-eighty-seventy-two, ninety-seven sixty-three...Twenty-two is like four."
Qin Luoheng entered the room.
He put his things away, took out the two bamboo slips inside, and went out again.
He is going to return the book.
Go to the third room on the left side of the school room.
The doors and windows of the house were closed. Only through the window sill could one see the fire burning inside, and a vague figure could be seen inside.
Qin Luoheng stood outside the house, bowed to the inside and said: "Shizi Qin Luoheng has finished copying the books and came here to return the scrolls. Thank you very much for making the history complete."
The house is quiet.
a long time.
Only then did a voice come out.
"come in."
"Just put the bamboo slips back in their original positions."
Qin Luoheng entered the house.
He walked to the bookshelf with light steps and put the two bamboo slips back to their original positions. At this time, he also looked at the bamboo slips on Ling Shiku's bookshelf.
Most of them are laws and regulations!
Taking a closer look, there are various official laws and regulations such as "The Law of Thieves", "The Law of Catching", "The Law of Thieves", etc., followed by the official literacy textbooks "Cangjie Chapter", "Erudition Chapter" and "Yuanli Chapter".
"wait.
There is not a single volume of miscellaneous books on the bookshelf.
At this time.
Ku, who was currently at his desk, suddenly raised his head and said in a cold tone: "Those six laws are what you will learn in the future and will be used as an official in the future. Although there are many Qin laws, each one has its own use.
"
"The six chapters you read are the six most basic chapters of Qin Code."
"The government of a king should not be impatient with thieves. Therefore, its laws begin with "Robbery" and "Thieves". Thieves must be impeached and arrested, so there are two chapters "Prisoner" and "Arrest". He is cunning, crosses the city, plays games, and uses false pretenses. Those who are not honest, who are extravagant, and who exceed the regulations are regarded as one chapter in the "Miscellaneous Laws", and the "Gu Lv" is used to add and subtract them."
"All laws and regulations have legal origins."
"You are a native of Qin and have entered the school. After graduation, you will definitely go in and out of the place, serve as an official, and you should bear in mind the words in "The Way of Being an Official": 'Any way of being an official must be precise, upright, and careful. Be careful and firm, be selfless in your scrutiny, be careful and meticulous, be quiet and not harsh, and judge with rewards and punishments.'"
Hear the words.
Qin Luoheng's mind condensed.
He heard the underlying meaning of Ling Shiku.
Ling Shiku already knew about his affairs and knew that he was not a Qin person in the past, so he specially admonished and warned himself that after becoming a Qin person and entering the school, he must abide by Qin laws, uphold Qin laws, and be a qualified person. The officials of Qin.
Qin Luoheng bowed respectfully and said:
"Shi Ziding will remember the teachings of Ling Shi and will never be a black sheep among Qin officials."
"Qin's law is clear and will not be neglected in its execution!"
Shi Ku slightly nodded his head.
He said nothing more and looked at the bamboo slips.
Qin Luoheng bowed again and slowly retreated.
When Qin Luoheng walked away, Shi Ku raised his head again. He looked at Qin Luoheng walking away with heavy eyes and let out a long sigh.
"Qin officials are fundamental to the governance of the Qin Dynasty."
"In the early years, His Majesty approved the 'appointment of sons' system. Although the children of meritorious officials could not directly enter the court as officials like in the Spring and Autumn Period, they could still go directly to local officials and serve as officials. Although it was against the law, it was still acceptable."
"Nowadays, an unknown person like Qin Luoheng can enter and exit the study room openly. Although he has the ability to protect people, how can Qin officials be so careless as the foundation of the Qin Dynasty?"
"If this bad trend is allowed to spread, over time, the court and the place will definitely be occupied by the flies and dogs from the six countries."
"Are the Qin officials still Qin officials at that time?"
"How can Qin Fa convince the public?"
"If the officials are not straight and the law does not exist, will it still be the Qin Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, why is this happening?"
...
Return to the school room.
Qin Luoheng sat down in his seat and took out the calculation plan he brought.
The counting rules for counting chips are: 'In all counting methods, first know the position, one vertical and ten horizontal, hundreds and thousands of deadlocks, thousands and ten facing each other, tens of thousands are equal; if there are more than six, five is above, six is not accumulated, Five is not a single sheet.'
The calculation uses decimal notation.
Use the criss-crossing method to distinguish the numbers on different digits. If there is a zero, there will be an empty space.
As beginners, the first thing they need to learn is ‘recognizing numbers’, and then ‘splitting’, ‘addition and subtraction’, and ‘advancing and retreating’.
That means learning the four arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
In addition to these, you also need to learn lessons on fractions (comparing fractions), bisection (finding averages), and methods of simplifying numerators and denominators, and the greatest common divisor is also required.
As an ‘infrastructure maniac’ at the same time.
As historians, they naturally also need to learn the area of plane geometric figures and partial solid geometry problems.
Unique level of learning difficulty!
This is also the reason why Lang and others came to the school early to recite the Jiujiu formula.
In the three subjects of calligraphy, writing, and military affairs, as long as you work hard later, you can make up for it. But once you don't understand arithmetic and you fall behind in the course, it will be difficult to catch up.
They all know how difficult it is to learn arithmetic.
So I didn't dare to slack off at all.
In the school room.
Everyone was shaking their heads and reciting the ninety-nine formulas that were difficult to pronounce.
Not long after.
There is one more person in the school room.
The person who came was a thin man with a long beard reaching to his chest. He was wearing a black robe. His cheeks were dark and the wrinkles on his face were like dense ravines, but his eyes were full of energy.