Li Tai also spoke: "Father, my son and I are just like Master Chunfeng. We were filled with admiration when we learned that Zhuluhou had solved the problem of the Hundred Chickens, so we came to study. Unexpectedly, we were self-defeating. It is really our fault."
Li Mu also glanced at him and thought to himself, why does this little fat guy call everyone his master? Fortunately, I didn't agree to be your master, otherwise wouldn't it look very cheap?
Seeing that both of them had said this, Li Shimin said to Li Mu: "Li Mu, since you have published your four algorithms in the newspaper, you must also have the intention of promoting this algorithm to the world. I know many learned and famous officials.
I cherish myself, but I don’t want you to do the same. If you are willing to teach, I will let the King of Yue worship you as my teacher. At your age, you are already respected as the prince’s teacher. What do you think?”
The translation of this sentence is, I ask you to be my son's tutor because I think highly of you, so don't be shameless!
This is also true. All the teachers of the prince are great scholars. For example, the two teachers of Prince Li Chengqian were Kong Yingda, the queen of Kong Sheng, who taught him the way of a saint. The other was Lu Deming, a great scholar of Confucian classics, who taught him the meaning of classics. Li
Here in Taiyuan, there is a famous prime minister in the previous dynasty, the leader of the Wang family in Taiyuan. It can be said that if you are not a world-famous person, you are not qualified to be the prince's teacher.
If Li Muruo becomes the prince's tutor at the age of seventeen, his reputation will spread all over the world, which will also be extremely beneficial to his personal reputation. To say it is a compliment is not an exaggeration.
But Li Mu didn't want to accept this love.
Li Mu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I can feel your Majesty's support. But please forgive me, I cannot do such things that are contrary to the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers."
Li Shimin frowned and said, "Aren't you willing to teach my son?"
"No," Li Mu quickly explained, "Your Majesty, I am willing to teach His Highness the King of Yue, but I cannot accept him as a disciple."
Li Shimin snorted angrily and said, "Are those the reasons you just mentioned? Do you think my son is obese?"
"Your Majesty, please allow me to explain." Li Mu took a deep breath and said the reason he just thought of: "Your Majesty, the teacher is also the elder. The age difference between the minister and His Highness the King of Yue is less than ten years. Although the three of them walked together in no particular order.
There is also my teacher, and it is understandable that I should be the master of His Highness the King of Yue. But what I care more about is the courtesy between me and His Majesty. My adoptive father is Cao Guogong Li Ji.
As for the wheel, your majesty and my adoptive father are the same generation. I am one generation younger than your majesty and the same generation as his highness the king of Yue. But if I become the teacher of his highness the king of Yue, I will be one generation above his highness the king of Yue and the same generation as his majesty and his adoptive father.
In this way, I, firstly, cannot fulfill the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and secondly, cannot fulfill the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood. I am not a human being. Therefore, I can teach His Highness the King of Yue, but I cannot be the teacher of His Highness the King of Yue."
Li Mu's remarks were so reasonable and reasonable that people really couldn't find any fault with them. Even Li Shimin himself fell into Li Mu's logic and thought to himself, Li Mu was right, he did the wrong thing when he was in danger. Thinking of that day
In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, my father once threatened to accept Li Mu as his godson in front of important ministers. After the ministers persuaded him, he just accepted him into the Li clan without specifying his seniority. Now if the King of Wei is allowed to worship him
As a teacher, doesn't it mean that I tacitly agree that he is my peer? If this spreads out, how will he be seen in front of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty in the future?
Then I thought about it, the prince's teachers are really not as old as Li Mu. The youngest one is Li Chunfeng, who is called Chunfeng's master by Li Tai. But although he is called master, he is not considered Li Tai's master.
The real teacher only taught him arithmetic. Even so, Li Chunfeng is already twenty-eight years old this year, and Li Shimin himself is only thirty-two, so they can barely be considered peers. And Li Mu is only seventeen this year, which counts anyway.
Less than a lifetime away.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin actually felt a little grateful to Li Mu.
"My dear, what you said makes sense, but I didn't think about it." Li Shimin thought for a moment, and decided to fix Li Mu's seniority in the clan, so that his father wouldn't take advantage of his absence to take Li Mu as a cadre again on a whim.
He has a son, so he said: "Since the seniority is wrong, let's not mention the matter of apprenticeship. I also remembered that on that day when I offered sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple, my father had admitted you into the clan. In this way, you and Qingque can be said to be the same.
Cousins. Although I am the emperor, I will not deny my kinship. You and Qingque will treat each other as brothers from now on. You are much older than Qingque, and it makes sense for the elder brother to support the younger brother. I
I have an explanation from my father."
Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this. He was afraid that Li Mu would not agree, so he quickly bowed to the end and said: "Brother, please accept the bow of my foolish brother."
"Oh, how can this happen?" Li Mu quickly helped Li Tai and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare!"
Li Shimin straightened his face and said, "Your enrollment in the clan was decided by the Emperor Father. Now that you say you don't dare, are you trying to trap me into a disobedient and unfilial position?"
For this reason, Li Mu had no choice but to agree, saluted Li Shimin and said, "Then my nephew has met my uncle."
"..." When Li Shimin heard that Li Mu called him uncle instead of submissive, he instantly regretted it. This guy was so slick and didn't say a word of truth. Could it be that this was his idea from the beginning. Could it be that I was tricked by him? In my heart
Although he guessed like this, he couldn't show it on his face, otherwise it would be the same as admitting that he had been tricked by Li Mu. Li Shimin cleared his throat, and said with a serious face: "It's okay to call me uncle a few times in private, but the courtesy between monarch and minister cannot be abolished.
, you have to know it in your mind."
These words are equivalent to warning Li Mu, I already know your little thoughts, don't push your nose and face again.
Li Mu accepted the offer and said, "I understand."
From beginning to end, Li Chunfeng didn't say a word, as if he wasn't in the room. Li Shimin didn't seem to shy away from him, and had no scruples about what he said.
After finishing the gossip, it was time to get to the main topic. Li Mu asked his servants to get paper and pen. There was no table in the lobby, so Li Mu spread the rice paper on the ground and squatted on the ground to calculate for Li Tai and Li Chunfeng.
In fact, the reason why Li Mu was able to give quick answers to these hundreds of chicken questions was actually because he had done this question before. He only remembered it last night because it had been too long ago. He was learning C language back then.
At that time, there was an example question, which was the Hundred Chicken Question. This should be an example question that everyone who studied computer programming at his age had done. Therefore, he remembered it deeply and formed the so-called C language instinct.
He still remembers the standard answer to this question.
【#include int main{ int i,j; for(i=0;i100;i++) for(j=0;j100;j++){if(15*i+9+(100-i-j)==300) printf
(“%d,%d,%d\n“,i,j,(100-i-j));}}].
But at this time, it was obvious that programming was not possible, so he had to use the simplest three-dimensional equation to solve it.
How to make this simple equation simpler and easier to understand? This is the problem Li Mu faces.
Li Mu held the pen and hesitated for a long time, but did not write a word. Li Shimin, who was sitting next to him, couldn't bear the hard work of his fat son squatting and couldn't help but urge: "Li Mu, hurry up."
Li Mu sighed and said: "I really don't know how to explain it. The method I used was my own creation. If you want to understand, you have to follow my method. If you follow the original calculation method,
I really don’t know how to do it.”
Li Chunfeng said hurriedly: "Master Hou, just say it. If you, the official, say something that is not shameful, you will be the best in arithmetic in this world. If you, the official, don't understand, then there is no one who can understand." Suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and he wanted to make up for it.
He said: "Of course, in front of the Marquis, I can only be regarded as a junior scholar. I still ask the Marquis to teach me. If I don't understand, I will ask the Marquis questions."
Li Tai also said: "Brother, even my stupid brother is willing to learn."
"Okay, then I'll start from the beginning. If you don't understand, just ask directly."
Li Mu said, writing the two letters 'a' and 'b' on the paper. He hesitated for a moment and decided to use binary. He was afraid that it would be more difficult to explain the ternary.
Li Chunfeng was indeed a real person. When he saw someone he didn't understand, he immediately asked, "Master Hou, I wonder what these two symbols mean? Why aren't they in Datang Daily?"
"Are these two symbols..." Li Mu originally wanted to say something perfunctory, but then he thought that although English was not used in the Tang Dynasty, the local dialects were still quite difficult to understand. It would be a good thing if pinyin could be popularized, and it could also be used.
In order to make more children literate, he changed his mind and said: "This is another set of symbols I invented, called 'phonetic characters'. If you use them now, just treat them as symbols."
"The pronunciation?" Li Tai asked curiously: "Is it Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu?" He pointed at a and said smartly: "Is this the meaning of the pronunciation of 'Gong'?"
"No!" Li Mu was about to lose his patience and said, "We'll talk about the pronunciation later. Let's solve the problem first, okay? I haven't eaten yet!"
"Oh, this is Yudi's fault. Yudi ate a big bowl of pimple soup at noon, but he was not hungry anymore, but he forgot about brother." The little fat man got up, went to get a piece of beef jerky from his bag and handed it to Li Mu, his eyes filled with joy.
Sincerely: "Brother said while eating."
Li Mu looked at Li Tai and was speechless. You are such a good brother to me. Can't you let your brother have a meal first before we talk?
But under Li Shimin's gaze, he would not dare to say such a thing. He took the beef jerky and stuffed it into his mouth, and continued: "Now let's look at this question. One rooster is worth five, and one hen is worth three."
"Three chickens are worth one. If you buy a hundred chickens for a hundred dollars, what are the male, female, and chick sizes?" He pointed to a and said, "I call this letter 'ah'."
"Brother, why do you call me 'ah' instead of 'ah'?"
Li Mu glared at Li Tai, and the pen in his hand was about to break. Now he finally understood why the teacher always hit people when he was in elementary school. The naughty kid who didn't understand anything was really annoying!
Li Mu turned his back to Li Shimin and gritted his teeth and said: "I invented these phonetic characters. I want it to be called 'ah' and it will be 'ah'. Do you still want to learn it?"
Li Tai didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and said honestly: "I know, this is 'ah'."