Chapter Thirteen: Enrollment in the Nine-Sequential Solution
Zhao Xi was really not sure about the Nine Chains. He only remembered: go up two and move the next one, then move the next one; move up two and move the next two, then move the next one... This is the general outline of the formula.
I vaguely remember that it took more than three hundred steps, and I also remember that the shortest record in later generations was two or three minutes.
He first looked at the formula and spent almost half an hour step by step. At that time, he seemed to have mastered a certain pattern. Unfortunately, at first he thought it was not difficult, but just too cumbersome, so he did not continue.
If I had known...who would have known that I would come to Song Dynasty to play with this.
I can only try.
Zhao Xi chose Lu Ban Lock to leave a way out for himself. Even if he could not solve the nine links, his reputation for intelligence was lost.
The first link is easy to solve, and the second link seems not difficult, but the third link...
Zhao Xi had to put on the first and second rings again.
Such an operation made Du Yan nod. At least the old man wouldn't think that Prince E was prepared.
"Du Xiang..."
"Your Majesty, this is normal."
The husband also saw Zhao Xi busy and lowered his voice to talk.
"It's really hard to figure out how these links are intertwined. One or two can go up and down freely. It's not easy to figure out the mystery."
"Xianggong Han's words make sense. I have tried it before, and every time I reach the fourth or fifth ring, there is chaos."
"It's just child's play, and the extravagant tricks are of no benefit to the country."
"Brother Yongshu, this is wrong. Children's play is good, but it must not be equated with fancy skills. The solution of the chain involves mathematical deduction and is also a deduction. It is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Children can understand their intelligence by solving it, and teach them according to their aptitude...
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Du Yan was cautious, but he also refuted Ouyang Xiu's arbitrary remarks at length.
"You are young, but old may not be good."
Zhao Xi seemed to be concentrating on the Nine Links, but in fact when he was going up and down the first and second links, he had already remembered the rules he had used when dismantling them. It's just that this thing...how should I put it, I always feel that it still needs some time.
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Just in time to listen to what these gentlemen are talking about...
"Mr. Ouyang, the switch is early and the switch is late. Can the scholar pass the test?"
As soon as Zhao Xi said it, he knew that he was being abrupt. There is a story about Ouyang Xiu in later generations. Who knows if it has been circulated now. I am afraid that there is no reason for him to say it.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Yong made an arbitrary decision. Please forgive me."
This... Zhao Xi was stunned. The old boy was not angry, but acted like this, which made him confused.
"Xiangong Ouyang, I hope my husband won't care about this. It's my fault."
Huh? Why did the queen take over? It's good, so that I don't know what to say.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. What the prince said is absolutely true. Children are not determined yet, and education is the most important thing. Jinxi Zhongyong has set an example before him, and Uncle Yong also learned from his mistakes."
Where are you? Zhao Xi is really not used to the frankness of scholars, which makes people unable to start. What was originally a shameful thing, but he called it out in vain, it has become an example, and it has become an example of great talent.
Looking at the way you and your father look like this, it seems like this is how it should be.
However, Han Qi and Fu Bi were staring at Zhao Xi, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Anyway, I am a child, so I don’t mean to say that children’s words are unbridled. That’s what I said, think whatever you want.
If I don't want to play staring with you, I'll go play with the nine rings.
Being stared at like this makes me feel a little guilty, not from being spied on, but from knowing this story.
He didn't know the turmoil in the hearts of all the gentlemen at this time. It's not surprising to know the story of Ouyang Xiu. This is a story that has been sung. It's just that the three-year-old boy of Prince E can actually find Ouyang Xiu's "you are young, old may not be good".
The most appropriate basis for rebuttal.
This is what surprised all the gentlemen. The level of surprise was even greater than when Zhao Xi unlocked the Luban Lock.
Lu Bansuo is child's play, but Zhao Xi's words clearly express his talent for drawing inferences from one instance and drawing analogies.
There may be a wise emperor, but it's hard to say whether they are good or bad.
Fan Zhongyan, on the other hand, had a look of surprise on his face. The old man had worked hard and devoted himself to the New Deal, but he told His Majesty repeatedly, but Your Majesty still didn't understand.
If Your Majesty had the intelligence of Prince E, then the monarch and his ministers would be of the same mind, how would there be the current situation of uncertainty.
It's just that at this time, Prince E is already dismantling the nine-link chain, and it's not the time for His Majesty to congratulate him...
Zhao Xi was confident that he had solved it at this time, but he was thinking about whether he needed to repeat it again at the fifth and sixth rings, to have a show of sudden enlightenment.
Wouldn’t it be too amazing to untie it like this for the second time?
If you are one foot taller than an ordinary person, you are still a human being. If you are one foot taller than an ordinary person, you are considered a monster. If you are one mile taller than an ordinary person, you will no longer be defined as a human being.
There is no need for him to be intentional. He is not skilled in this stuff. Even if he knows the principles, he still has to concentrate on it. Zhao Xi has something on his mind, and it really gets messed up when he dismantles and assembles it...
Du Yan nodded again, repeatedly agreeing with Zhao Xi's operation.
There was no need to pretend, it was just right. When Zhao Xi put on the nine rings again, his young hands did not stop.
Everyone watched him fiddle with the rings up and down, and listened to the clanging sound of the copper rings, all staring intently at Zhao Xi.
"Wow!"
All the links have been untied...
"this……"
"Don't be impatient, Mr. Rich, and look below."
I saw Zhao Xi playing with the scattered copper rings again... He wanted to put them on.
Assembling and disassembling is the original intention of this game, so it cannot be dismantled and ignored.
"Prince E..."
"Mr. Sir, in fact, the key to solving this problem is to find the correct rules. The rest is just complicated. The so-called rules are only specific in order."
"Except for the first and second rings, all the other rings must be solved from one ring to the next. The order must be from back to front."
Zhao Xi didn't know if he could explain it clearly, but he definitely couldn't explain it in formulas. He could solve it, but summarizing and summarizing the solution was not something he could do at his age. Even these two sentences, he felt
A little too generous.
Who cares what he said? This operation of untying the ring shocked everyone. Everyone was filled with hundreds of emotions, so who else paid attention to his ability to organize words.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty! I suggest that Prince E can enter school..."
"I second the proposal..."
"I second the proposal..."
What does this mean? Don’t you think this is child’s play?
It is already certain that Prince E is intelligent. What is needed next is how to educate Prince E to be what they want... This is the first thing that all the gentlemen think of.
With such intelligence, if he was instigated by a dirty harem in the palace for a long time, he might not know what kind of emperor he would eventually become.
"My dear sirs, Xi'er is not yet four years old. Is there any precedent for entering school at such an age?"
"Your Majesty, the intelligence of Prince E cannot be measured by ordinary people. Xiang Luo became a sage teacher at the age of seven, Gan Luo became a minister at the age of twelve, and Cao Chong became an elephant at the age of five. These are the sages of ancient times."
"In my Chao Jinxi, Zhongyong was able to recite poems at the age of five, and Sima Junshi broke out of a vat to save people at the age of six. Whether each of them became talented or not is all because of the professor. I leave it to your majesty to decide."