Chapter six hundred and thirty seventh one hundred thousand why
Not all civil and military officials attended the greetings in the East Palace - after all, the main hall of Ciqing Palace is slightly smaller than the Wenhua Palace, and the Wenhua Palace is several times smaller than the Fengtian Palace, so there is simply no room for too many people here.
.The only people who can come here to pay their respects are the civil and military ministers who are also officials of the Eastern Palace, and the royal family.
As for the civil and military officials, there was another process of writing a note to congratulate the Crown Prince of the East Palace on his honor.
However, in most cases in the past, the princes of the younger brother congratulated the eldest brother, the crown prince. However, the third prince was not the eldest brother at all, and the younger brother only had one and only the commander-in-chief, the fourth prince. So when the clan congratulated, Jiang Du, as the elder,
There was no need for the king to attend, so the kings were left with only two or three puppies and kittens.
That's right, in order to avoid things going wrong, the emperor specially selected a clan member who was of the same generation as the third prince and the fourth prince to come to the East Palace to congratulate him, and they were even younger than the fourth prince!
At this moment, six seven or eight-year-old children were kneeling on the ground. The fourth prince led them in a serious manner and shouted loudly: "My little brother Zheng Jing, I am very angry when I meet my elder brother, the Crown Prince, who has been awarded the treasure. I would like to lead all my brothers."
Your Highness, congratulations!"
Academician Kong Da, who was awarded the title of Crown Prince Tai Tu because of Jiang Ge Lao's resignation, felt his mouth twitching. But Wu Ge Lao, who had always been the Crown Prince's Tutor, was all smiles and nodded in approval.
Next to him, Zhang Yu, the Crown Prince's Taibao, had all kinds of emotions in his heart, and his face was stiff and stiff. Several others also held official positions such as the Third Young Master of the East Palace, the Young Master of Zhan's Mansion, and so on. Even the one who had just been stuffed by the emperor
It was very difficult for Liu Zhiyuan of Zhan Shi to keep a straight face and not show too much expression. Regardless of the small person, they are all members of the clan, no one can laugh at them!
And when the neatly dressed East Palace attendants lined up to pay homage, they saw the mighty team of dozens of people and thought about the rumors that the emperor would select a group of East Palace attendants to serve the prince in Ciqing Palace and study.
How many people are wondering in their hearts whether they want to object, and if so, how to summon others to oppose it together, but this is too difficult.
Because as far as they know, not to mention that the emperor spread the news and first selected people in Suixingtang of the Imperial College, so Suixingtang, which was originally one of the six halls of the Imperial Academy, instantly became popular. At first, he thought that studying in the Imperial Academy was useless.
Now that the academic officials have made such a big joke again, the officials suddenly became entangled.
We obviously know that the Imperial College is in ruins, but just because outstanding people from Suixingtang can be selected as attendants of the East Palace, they flock to it? Isn't this too embarrassing?
Even the Banshan Hall, which was about to be moved out of the Imperial Academy and had been abandoned by countless people, had four additional places allocated because the emperor was ready to encourage people to study and improve. It is said that there are already more than a dozen well-informed families planning to send their children and grandchildren to
past.
As for Jiuzhangtang... the eccentric Jiuzhangtang has already occupied a lot of seats in the East Palace. After all, the third prince tried his best to get into it, studied under Zhang Shou, and even worked with many people.
They are classmates. But even if there is someone in your family who is really talented in mathematics, the next enrollment will have to wait until next year. If you have the ability, you won't be able to get in!
At this moment, Lu Sanlang and Qi Liang, who were the first to salute, were from different backgrounds, but their excitement and excitement were exactly the same. Ji Jiu, who was slightly behind him, also had tears in his eyes. As for the others, whether they were from decent backgrounds or from humble backgrounds.
Regardless of whether they had spoken to the third prince in the past or had never dared to communicate with anyone, all in all, their movements were as stiff as a puppet on a string.
If Zhang Shou wasn't standing next to him, and he could see this teacher when he raised his head, I don't know how many people would be confused and kowtow more, or kowtow less...
So, after the ceremony was completed, Scholar Kong almost fled out of the main hall of Ciqing Palace, which made him very uncomfortable. Most of the other officials in the East Palace also walked quickly. In an instant, the place that had just been crowded was filled with people.
, there are only five clan children left led by the naughty boy, the Fourth Prince, and the rest of the Jiuzhang Hall.
It's not that none of the other officials are willing to stay, but looking at the staffing in the main hall of Ciqing Palace, even Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, who is the prince's Shaobao, Zhang Shou's senior brother, and Zhang Shou
People with good relations with Shou, such as Liu Zhiyuan, followed the etiquette and followed the others in retreating because they felt that if they stayed, they would raise the age level of the entire Ciqing Palace.
After all, even Chen Shangshu, who has always regarded himself as a middle-aged man, feels old when he is with Zhang Shou, let alone hanging with those clan children who are not even ten years old.
Seeing that the annoying elders were all gone, the fourth prince suddenly shouted happily: "Third brother, I just asked my brothers. From now on, they will also stay in the East Palace to serve as students. Although they are not as qualified as they are.
We brothers also have classmates like Jiuzhangtang, but when we were children, we could memorize Jiujiu songs once and for all, and we are all very talented in arithmetic. We can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division very quickly!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Shou and said confidently: "Just before we came in to pay our respects, I took their test myself. Teacher, you have to believe me. I am still competent in the superficial arithmetic test!"
The emperor had seen all the children one by one during his absence from the palace in the past few years. The elders in the family were also law-abiding members of the royal family. Therefore, not only did no one rush to speak and express themselves at this moment, but they all stood there neatly, making it appear that
He was quite calm, which contrasted with the fact that the older Fourth Prince was not stable at all.
But the fourth prince didn't care about this. He only knew that although he didn't have a younger brother or younger sister, with such a group of well-behaved younger brothers, he could finally show off his dignity as an older brother. Therefore, it was very natural for him to take him.
Clan members came forward one by one, introduced everyone enthusiastically, and asked Zhang Shou to question him personally, so as to test his vision.
Among them, there happened to be Zheng Yao, a direct nephew of King Jiangdu. Unlike his direct brothers who did not like to stand out and hold power according to the head of Hailing County, although this child was a bit dull, Zhang Shou took a few casual tests
People can give answers to complex addition and subtraction problems quickly and accurately, and they can even answer casually the chicken and rabbit in the same cage problem in Chapter Nine Arithmetic.
This is not easy. It should be noted that although there is a trick to this question, the person is still younger than the fourth prince after all!
However, after being asked three questions by Zhang Shou, Zheng Yao, who looked ordinary and was very dull except for answering questions, suddenly asked: "Teacher, I have always heard that you are very accomplished in arithmetic, especially Mrs. Ge."
Master’s close disciple. Can you tell me, can the stars in the sky really indicate good or bad luck? If so, why can’t Qin Tian Jian make accurate predictions from the stars?”
"And if it can't predict good or bad luck, and Qin Tian Jian can't even calculate stars, solar eclipses, etc., then what's the use of Qin Tian Jian? Then what's the use of learning arithmetic? Do we just use
Are you here to audit accounts? Or compile secret messages for transmitting military information? If it is only of this use, how can arithmetic convince those scholar-bureaucrats who read classics and history?"
No one expected that on this day when they were going to Hedong Palace, a young clan member who seemed to be following the fourth prince to make up for the trouble would suddenly ask such a question.
Lu Sanlang was frightened when he thought about the impact that this question would have had if he had just asked it in front of Master Kong and others. He didn't care that Zheng Yao was a member of the clan, even though his father was just a general who controlled the country.
, He was not someone to be bullied. He immediately rushed forward and scolded sternly: "How can it be unreasonable? You have only learned so much arithmetic, and you dare to say that arithmetic is useless?"
Seeing Ji Jiu gearing up as if planning to fight back with Lu Sanlang, Qi Liang was persuading other people who were filled with indignation, and the other young clan members around Zheng Yao all hurriedly distanced themselves from others, as if they were afraid of being harmed.
The fourth prince's brows stood upright, and he was furious, but Zheng Yao still had a serious face, but Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh.
"What is the use of arithmetic? This is a good question."
Zhang Shou understands that scholars these days cannot be said to have no questioning spirit, because various classical prose movements that sound like they are conservative and retro are actually intended to oppose vulgar writing and advocate the use of writing to convey the truth and give articles more profound ideological content.
, in fact, what they questioned and opposed was the most mainstream article trend at that time. This kind of questioning existed in the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and historically it also existed in the Ming Dynasty.
But generally speaking, in the academic world of classics and history these days, questioning is not advocated. The classic sage doctrines are unquestionable, and the classics and history that everyone has annotated are also unquestionable. As for students’ doubts about their teachers... then
Sorry.
In most cases, those who deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors, and have no teachers... all kinds of big hats will be slapped on people.
Therefore, Zhang Shou gestured to everyone not to overreact, and said calmly: "The sunset and the setting stars have nothing to do with good or bad luck, but there is also truth in it. For example, I once gave a speech in Banshan Hall
The buoyancy experiment that everyone has demonstrated seems to be only able to check the quality of gold and silver and whether there is an interlayer inside, but do you know that it has other uses?"
"As we all know, wood can float on the water, but iron will sink to the bottom. Even if the iron is beaten into a thin layer of iron sheet, it will still sink to the bottom when placed on the water. But if it is not an iron block, it is not an iron sheet.
But what about a boxy iron box without a lid, with seamless seams that won’t allow water to enter? Can such an iron box float on the water?”
"It is also well known that if you drop an iron ball and a feather from a high place, the iron ball will hit the ground instantly, but the feather may float away with the wind. But if you drop a very heavy iron ball and a small iron ball at the same time,
If it’s a ball, what hits the ground first?”
"The sky is round and the sky is round, so why do you see the sails first and then the hull when you look at a ship entering the harbor from a distance?"
This kind of question of a hundred thousand whys is not unfamiliar to the third and fourth princes who have stayed in Banshan Hall, and everyone in Jiuzhang Hall was exposed to arithmetic at the beginning, and later joined relatively simple physics.
So I am also very familiar with Zhang Shou's explanations. However, for a group of children, these reasons make them very excited.
To use Zhang Shou's way of speaking just now, that is... As we all know, children like to ask why!
Even if the children of wealthy families learn to read early and have a lot of knowledge, so they become sensible early - this is different from the children of poor people who become masters early. One is that they know that the world is hard, and the other is that the world is vast - so these children of the clan
They were able to suppress their uneasiness and curiosity and behaved like adults when they first went to Hedong Palace, but now they couldn't help it anymore.
Regardless of the fact that this was Ciqing Palace, and their parents were telling them to be respectful, one child couldn't help but ask: "Does the teacher have answers to those questions just now?"
"Of course I know." Zhang Shou chuckled and threw a hook, "But I can only tell you part of it."
Lu Sanlang's eyes were already wide open, and he even started to look around, looking for something that he often saw, but that might be there in Ciqing Palace, but it was probably not there. But he soon discovered that he was shy in the past.
The shy third prince had a slightly cunning smile on his face at this moment. And the next moment, he understood the reason for this cunning smile.
Because just after Zhang Shou asked Zheng Yao why, and then was asked why by a group of clan children, a few strong men moved in something that was very familiar to the students of Jiuzhangtang -
—A few blackboards!
And then, Zhang Shou, who seemed to have expected that the third prince would be so prepared, took the white pen from one of the men with a smile, then nodded slightly to Zheng Yao and said: "You just asked me what arithmetic is about.
Function, then, now I will use mathematics to demonstrate to you how the iron box can float on the water."
Seeing Zhang Shou marking the length, width, height and thickness of the iron box with
The required buoyancy was then preset to the depth of immersion in the water, and the volume of the iron box immersed in the water began to be calculated backwards... Everyone in Jiuzhang Hall reacted steadily, but a group of children from clans were all confused by the calculations on the whiteboard.
I was completely stunned.
Unfortunately, even the children of future generations will never be exposed to such difficult content at the age of seven or eight!
However, Zhang Shou, who wrote a few formulas and then turned to look at the crowd's reactions, found that Zheng Yao, the nephew of King Jiangdu, who had asked the question, was staring at the whiteboard, as if he was trying in vain to understand these things.
It is something unfamiliar, and it seems that whether you understand it or not, you must at least keep these formulas firmly in mind.
Of course, it is also possible that a genius has caught that aura.
When Zhang Shou finished writing on the whiteboard in front of him and roughly derived a formula, he casually handed the charcoal back to the big man beside him, and then said lightly: "In other words, under ideal conditions, in the water
Things that can float are not just light objects like wood, but also giant steel ships! If you add the device I demonstrated at the Wenhua Hall Sutra Banquet..."
On this day, when this group of children from the clan left Ciqing Palace, they were either devastated or inexplicably excited. What Zhang Shou painted in front of them, if they were adults who had already stabilized their three views, would naturally be angry in front of them.
Some people may even denounce it as a witchcraft, but children are born to believe in all the miracles that fly into the sky and into the earth and are omnipotent.
Everyone felt that it was originally just a matter of carefully accompanying the prince to study, but it turned out to be quite interesting! Moreover, their future teacher promised that they could ask why in the future, and if he couldn't answer, everyone could discuss it together!