I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 72 Arithmetic Talent
With the poem "Reclining Spring" as a foreshadowing, and the two lower couplets just published, the scholars present already recognized Zhan Feiyu's talent in poetry.

Zhang Xiucai's eyes distorted a bit, and Zhang Tianhao, who was unconvinced and wanted to make trouble, was frightened by his terrifying expression.

"Don't be embarrassed!" Zhang Xiucai's warning voice was gloomy and cold, and then he got up and walked towards the back of the lobby as if he drank too much tea to change clothes.

Not wanting a little girl in Zhan Feiyu to be in the limelight, a young man in his twenties stood up and bowed his hands to the people present, "I also ask you to give me some advice. I will come out of the first couplet: drinking and drinking restaurants are the same as drunk."

Everyone pondered for a long time, and a scholar smiled and continued: "I say to the second couplet: Poets are good at reciting poetry."

A few [-]- or [-]-year-old Mengtong stared at it with admiration and envy. There are very few people like Zhan Feiyu, who are a few years older. People are right.

Zhao Jiaoyu stroked his beard, glanced at it and said with a smile, "I'm out of the first couplet: watch the door Zhongmu leisurely."

This first couplet is much simpler than the split-character couplets made by Zhang Xiucai and the round-faced teenager before. The people present knew the elegance after hearing the song, and the years make people grow old. They were also such youthful youths back then.

Several little Mengtong's eyes lit up, and one by one they quickly thought about the next connection,
"I've thought of the next couplet!" Zhang Tianhao, who couldn't hold back his desire to express himself, stood up and looked at Zhao Jiaoyu with pride, thinking that he would be praised by Zhao Jiaoyu after he said the next couplet.

"I haven't thought about it yet." The fat boy said in disappointment.

The young man looked at only ten years old and came with the elders in the family. At this moment, he had a bitter face. He finally came across a simple upper link, which was written by Zhao Jiaoyu.

Zhang Tianhao, who finally turned over from the salted fish, laughed and said wildly: "That's because you are stupid and time waits for no one. In the future imperial examinations, do you want the chief examiner to give you more time to answer your papers?"

The little boy was originally depressed, and was ridiculed by Zhang Tianhao in public, and his face blushed in shame.

Zhan Feiyu silently looked at Zhang Tianhao, who was overwhelmed. He had to be blind to see everyone's contemptuous eyes. What is there to be proud of when bullying a child.

"I have to say to the second couplet: the heart is on the field." Zhang Tianhao raised his voice and said the second couplet aloud, and then looked at Zhao Jiaoyu eagerly, waiting for his praise.

When he enters the county school in the future, maybe Zhao Jiaoyu will accept his closed disciples, and then he will kick the dead girl Zhan Feiyu out of the county school!The more Zhang Tianhao thought about it, the more proud he became.

Zhao Jiaoyu didn't even look at him, and drank tea leisurely with a teacup.

"I..." Zhang Tianhao couldn't help but wanted to remind Zhao Jiaoyu, but he was interrupted by Zhan Feiyu.

"I'm out of the first couplet, do you dare to pick it up?" Zhan Feiyu looked at the young man across the two tables, and said crisply, "It will appear when there is less water and sand."

The little boy was stunned for a moment, and his eyes lit up and quickly took the next link, "It's Tudi Fangcheng."

"A gust of wind and thunderstorm." Zhan Feiyu's first couplet came right away.

The little boy was stumped this time, but a little Mengtong next to him got up and took it, "Sanguang Sun Moon Star."

A few more scholars came up with a simple first couplet, which made the young Mengtong get it right, and the atmosphere in the lobby became lively again.

"The young phoenix is ​​clearer than the old phoenix's voice." Zhao Jiaoyu praised with a warm voice, looking at Zhan Feiyu more satisfied.

The imperial examinations are held every three years. How many champions and second places have the Hanlin Academy gathered?How can the treacherousness of the DPRK be able to stand on the basis of poetry, songs, four books and five classics?

In the final analysis, in addition to talent and learning, it is necessary to strategize the city.

"Zhan Feiyu, you did it on purpose!" Zhang Tianhao, who was ignored by everyone, scolded furiously, "You narrow-minded villain, you can't see me being brilliant, and you can't see others being better than you!"

Puff!I don't know who took a sip of tea, the lobby was quiet for a moment, and then there was laughter.

Not to mention that Zhang Tianhao is fourteen or fifteen years old, and it has been ten years since his enlightenment, but Zhan Feiyu has been less than half a year. With the two split-character couplets that Zhan Feiyu just matched, Zhang Tianhao actually thinks he is smarter. His face is thicker!

Zhang Xiucai, who came back from changing clothes in the backyard, felt that something was wrong, and when he saw Zhang Tianhao, who was angrily pointing at Zhan Fei's fish eyes, Zhang Xiucai almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood.

"The dog is rude, please bear with me!" After apologizing, Zhang Xiucai grabbed Zhang Tianhao's arm and pulled him down, squeezing out words between his teeth, "Shut up and don't look where it is!"

The classmates who were sitting together were so embarrassed that they wanted to hide their faces, but whoever made him the son of the master, they could only bow their heads and act like tortoises.

The Wenhui started with Feihua Ling, and the pair was right in the middle, but because there were many talented people, and they would go to Nanxuanfu to take the township examination in the future, so the county school Dou Fuzi took the lead in answering the questions related to the imperial examination. There are four ways of the gentleman's way, what are the so-called four?"

This is a question of Mo Yi, from "The Analects of Confucius - Gongye Long Chapter No. [-]", a young scholar in his thirties got up and replied: "He is also respectful in his actions, respectful in his affairs, and benevolent in raising the people. It makes people righteous."

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"You can be better than a bird, Shiyun Mumu King." After Laojuren finished the question, all the scholars present were dumbfounded. Did they hear it wrong, or was Laojuren confused?
Zhan Feiyu also frowned and thought, "Master, the first half of the sentence is from "The Great Learning: The Doctrine of the Mean", the poem says: 'A wild yellow bird stops at the corner of the hill.' Better than a bird?'"

The Book of Songs says: "The chirping yellow bird only perches on the hills."

Confucius said: "The little yellow bird perches on the hills. It knows where it should stay. Are people better than birds?"

Master Lin nodded and asked, "Where did the second half of the sentence come from?"

"From the Book of Songs, King Mu Muwen, Yu Jixi Jingzhi!" Zhan Feiyu felt fortunately that he had a good memory, otherwise, let alone answering the question, he couldn't even understand the meaning of the question.

"King Wen, a virtuous man, is bright and upright, and always acts solemnly and cautiously." After Zhan Feiyu finished explaining his interpretation, he raised his eyes to look at the people who were thinking hard, and asked in a low voice, "Master, how should these two irrelevant sentences be put together? answer?"

Not to mention Zhan Feiyu's bewildered face, seeing the students who have already achieved fame in the county school, their brows can be pinched to death by mosquitoes, and I know how terrifying the subject of Laojuren is.

"You can answer this kind of interception question as you like, as long as you have reason and evidence to round up the two sentences." Master Lin couldn't help laughing at the frowning Zhan Feiyu.

Zhan Feiyu couldn't help rolling his eyes, the original smugness had been killed by the perverted interception question.

Don't talk about two lifetimes, even if you encounter this kind of question in three lifetimes, you may not be able to answer it. How did King Wen and Niaofang answer the question together?
The old man was holding a teacup and drinking tea leisurely, and he was able to stun these high-spirited scholars, and it was worthwhile to think about it for months.

The round-faced youth puffed up his face, and said directly: "Madam is not as good as a bird, shame!"

The classmate sitting on the side nodded solemnly, waiting for the boy's next sentence, and then there was no more...

The despised teenager held his head high and glared back, "If you have the ability, take the next sentence!"

As a result, the boys in the lobby saw that the students of the county school were obsessed with each other, shaking their heads and repeating: Madam is not as good as a bird, shame!

After listening to the magic sound seven or eight times, Zhan Feiyu, who had no love for her, let out a long sigh, and finally understood why the little goblin was told by Tang Seng to commit suicide. No one could stand it.

Shame too!Shame too! ...

Here again, the unbearable Zhan Feiyu suddenly stood up. He originally planned to sneak outside to hide, but when he got up, he brought the chair and brushed it, and everyone's eyes looked at him warmly and fiery.

Uh……

The frightened Zhan Feiyu widened his eyes, he was still a little Mengtong, they were already talents who would not worship the official!

"Zhan Xiaotong, the prodigy, did you think about it? I'm impressed with such agility!" Zhang Xiucai said with a gloomy smile, this was deliberately roasting Zhan Fei fish on the fire!
Zhan Feiyu sneered while pulling the corner of his mouth, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "Shame, shame, ashamed, Mo Ruo Shi Wang Wen!"

There was a moment of silence in the lobby, and everyone chanted these two sentences together, and they all burst into laughter, "Haha, the second half is back."

"Wonderful!" The round-faced boy slapped the table excitedly, with so much strength that his palms instantly became numb, and he screamed.

Zhao Jiaoyu and Dou Fuzi looked at each other, and they were all delighted. Zhan Xiaomengtong was not a man, and even if he took the imperial examination, he might not be able to get an official position, but with such talent and talent, he could become a great scholar.

Zhang Xiucai twisted his old face, especially when he saw Zhao Jiaoyu's expression of admiration on their faces, he knew in his heart that if he did something to this dead girl Zhan Feiyu in the future, it would be a lot of obstacles!

Although Zhan Feiyu had the name of a child prodigy before, it was praised by the magistrate of Chen himself, but he was also proud of those illiterate mud legs in the countryside, but real scholars did not take Zhan Feiyu seriously at all.

The examination of the imperial examinations is not about quick wit and pairing, nor is it only about poetry and poetry.It's a matter of the world, it's the king, the people, and it's to defend against foreign enemies and internal worries. What kind of vision and pattern does a country girl in Zhan Feiyu have? To say that the imperial examination is simply whimsical!

But now it is different. She even has mastered the Four Books and Five Classics. Zhang Xiucai has stabilized her mind. Fortunately, she has already made arrangements, and she will definitely defeat the majesty of this dead girl!

More than half of the time, Leshanju added tea to each table and sent cakes.

There is nothing to see from the tea in the pot, but anyone with eyes can see that the pastries on Zhan Feiyu's table are the same as Zhao Jiaoyu's, and there is even a plate of cheese.

"It seems that only a child prodigy deserves to enjoy this cheese, and I don't deserve it!" Suddenly, a strange voice sounded sharp and harsh.

Everyone who was having a tea break was stunned and looked up. Unfortunately, many people were standing and exercising, and they didn't see who said this.

Zhan Feiyu was stunned for a moment, the cheese must have been sent by the old shopkeeper, after all, it was his own.

"It's mediocre not to be envied. The ancients did not deceive me! It's not even a piece of cheese to be jealous of." Zhan Feiyu giggled and joked.

The round-faced young man couldn't see Zhan Feiyu being embarrassed, so he couldn't help but say loudly, "This has nothing to do with prodigies and mediocrity. The old shopkeeper must be looking at you as the youngest, and eat more and grow longer."

"Haha, Wenmin, if you think Zhan Xiaomeng is short, just say it directly." Everyone looked at Zhan Feiyu, who was standing a little taller than a table. She puffed up her cheeks and glared angrily at the round-faced boy. Yes, it seems to be about to pounce and bite.

After a moment's stunned, everyone laughed again with good intentions.

The round-faced boy is even more delighted to want to take someone home secretly, to call his brother sweetly, and to hold his arm like a coquettish little sister!

The teased Zhan Feiyu angrily picked up a piece of cheese and threw it into his mouth, biting it fiercely, and then his eyes lit up, delicious!

Master Lin shook his head with a smile. He was used to seeing Xiaoyu who was diligent and self-disciplined, but he was so childish. That's right, he was still a child after all.

Seeing the attitude of Zhao Jiaoyu and the students of the county school towards Zhan Feiyu, Master Lin's eyes flashed with reluctance, he shouldn't have delayed her!

After Zhan Feiyu got the recommendation letter before, Master Lin didn't plan to let Zhan Feiyu go to the county school immediately, but thought that she would go to the county school after she passed the county exam and the prefectural exam in the year after she became a child.

At that time, there are people who teach that Xiaoyu will definitely be able to pass the academy exam and get the name of a scholar.The main reason for not letting Zhan Feiyu go too early was because she was worried that she would be excluded and bullied, but now Master Lin no longer has that worry.

After the break, the lobby became lively again.

People may have different opinions, so you come to me to argue, citing scriptures, citing others, or arguing about whose poems are better, what is good, what is good?
There are even more scholars who are good at calligraphy, and record the good poems at the literary conference; and those who are good at painting splash ink and brush, and fix all kinds of Danqing today.

Zhan Feiyu was fascinated by what she heard. Although she was familiar with the "Four Books and Five Classics", she was still a layman in the imperial examination. At this time, she absorbed all kinds of knowledge like a sponge.

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"I heard that Zhan Xiaomengtong is a child prodigy born in Nanxuan Mansion for decades. Jin wants to ask him a question, and he also asks the child prodigy to give him some advice. When Jin returns to Nanxuan Mansion in the future, he will definitely make a name for the child prodigy! "The middle-aged man who spoke was wearing a slanted-neck tunic and a tan robe with black piping on the outside, the same as many of the scholars present.

But in his eyes there is a philistine and cunning, not like a literati but more like a businessman who is good at calculating.

Not to mention Master Lin, many people present frowned. Today, there are always people who are targeting Zhan Xiaomengtong. As a scholar, they make things difficult for a seven-year-old girl, which really makes many people ashamed.

Zhan Feiyu didn't seem to feel the maliciousness of the other party's visitors, and said with a smile: "I dare not tell you, there are so many seniors who are full of poetry and books. I'm just a little quick-witted."

The man surnamed Jin didn't talk nonsense, and straight to the point he said the topic: "Today, there are generals who are training soldiers. Every three people are in a row, and the rest are one. Every five people are in a row, and the rest are two. Every seven people are in a row, and the rest are four, and there are 13 people in a row. , there are six more people. May I ask little prodigy Zhan, how many soldiers are there at least in this team?"

"Mathematical problem?" Zhan Feiyu raised his eyebrows slightly, this is to "create a unique way" to bypass poetry and songs, and embarrass himself in mathematics?
The imperial examinations of the Daqing Dynasty were different from those of the previous dynasties. The emperors of the previous dynasties were sluggish and promiscuous, and loved poetry. Therefore, the selection of the imperial examinations focused on poetry and songs, and those with poetic talents were even recommended as officials.

During the imperial examinations of this dynasty, although poetry was also tested, it was only the icing on the cake, and arithmetic was not included in the imperial examinations. Occasionally, in the rural examination, the examiners would give arithmetic questions, but they were generally not too difficult.

A Meng child like Zhan Feiyu has never participated in the county or government exams, and he is not even a child, let alone learning arithmetic, and Master Lin has never taught "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

"It's hard for you to be strong!" Lin Xiuyuan retorted, not to mention that Xiaoyu was only seven years old and less than half a year old, even if he had been studying for nearly ten years since he was first born, Lin Xiuyuan's question could not be counted.

Zhao Jiaoyu and Dou Master did not speak, but their expressions turned a little colder.

Even the county school doesn't have a special arithmetic subject, but Master Niu of the county school is quite proficient in arithmetic. If some students like it, Master Niu can also teach in private.

However, the students all took the imperial examination as their goal, and spent their time on the "Four Books and Five Classics", the Collection of Classics and History, and the books that need to be tested. Every few years, there will be a student who likes math.

"This question is a bit complicated." After Master Niu finished speaking, he picked up the pen and paper and began to calculate.

The lobby was quiet again, because it was a difficult math problem, the students of the county school and other scholars gave up after thinking for a while, and the younger Mengtong didn't count on it.

On the other hand, there was one Juren and three scholars who also liked math and learning. At this time, like Master Niu, he started to write and draw with a pen and paper.

"Little prodigy Zhan doesn't even need a pen and paper, can he do mental arithmetic?" The man surnamed Jin said aloud, with a look of admiration on his smiling face, and even got up and took two steps forward.

"As expected of the little prodigy praised by the county magistrate, Jin admired the five bodies!" When the words fell, the man surnamed Jin bowed to Zhan Feiyu to show his admiration for her.

shameless!Lin Xiuyuan clenched his fists angrily, this person deliberately made things difficult for Xiaoyu, but he did so, he clearly wanted to ruin Xiaoyu's reputation!

The most important thing for scholars to pay attention to is reputation. People in today's Wenhui know the whole story, and they won't say anything ugly, but once someone maliciously spreads it out, what will scholars outside Shangsi County think of Xiaoyu?
Is there a fake list?To make a name for yourself?Whether Yelang is arrogant or ignorant, all the malicious and sarcastic insults Lin Xiuyuan can think of will fall on Zhan Feiyu.

Just when everyone was sympathetic or worried, and Zhang Xiucai and the others were sneering complacently, Zhan Feiyu gave the answer crisply: "53."

"Have you figured it out?" The round-faced boy was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Master Niu, who was still working hard. The paper was already densely written, but Master Niu couldn't figure it out. Zhan Xiaomengtong actually had Answered.

Lin Fuzi, Lin Xiuyuan, and a few classmates who had been worried just now were also stunned. They all looked at Zhan Feiyu, but they didn't know whether the answer was calculated by her or nonsense.

"Haha, Zhan Feiyu, didn't you make a random number?" Zhang Tianhao seemed to have caught Zhan Feiyu's handle, leaning back and forth with a smile, full of sarcasm, "Look at Lian Feiyu. The master of the county school didn't even figure it out, but you opened your mouth to report the answer, do you think we are as stupid as you?"

"You deserve to be compared with us?" The round-faced boy snorted, not seeing Zhang Tianhao's arrogant appearance, "Even if Xiaoyu answered wrongly, it doesn't matter if we are talented, we can't answer."

"Wen Min is right, it's just an academic question, if we have the ability, let's compare poetry and songs?" The classmate sitting next to him also agreed, "Shi Wen strategy theory is also fine, what do you want to compare Zhang Tianhao, just let the horse come over!"

After all, Zhan Feiyu is just a seven-year-old child, and Zhang Xiucai and others are doing everything possible to make things difficult for her, because they are jealous of the little girl's reputation as a child prodigy, and they want to suppress people, which is extremely shameless!
Zhan Feiyu glanced gratefully at the round-faced teenagers who were talking for him, and looked at Zhang Tianhao who was indignant and said: "Is it my nonsense answer, you will know if you ask the person who asked the question."

Yup!Only then did Zhang Tianhao react, and he couldn't wait to look at the man surnamed Jin, "Tell me, is this answer nonsense..."

Even Zhang Tianhao found that the expression of the man surnamed Jin was wrong, let alone other people, could it really be 53?But how did Zhan Feiyu calculate it?

His face was extremely ugly. The man surnamed Jin suppressed his shock and asked in a stiff tone: "How did the little prodigy Zhan figure it out? Can you tell Jin? Or is this answer made up by you and just happened to say? That's right."

"You keep saying that I'm a child prodigy, but what you say is full of doubts." Zhan Feiyu squinted and smiled maliciously, and changed the subject: "Then why don't I make a math problem and see if you can do it? You can't come up with a correct answer."

"Today, there is a wall five feet thick, and two mice face each other. The rat is one foot per day, and the mouse is also one foot. The rat is doubled every day (the daily progress is twice the previous day's), and the mouse is half a day (the progress of each day is doubled) It's half of the day before.) Ask when will we meet? What is the size of each?" Zhan Feiyu really opened his mouth and asked an arithmetic problem, which was no easier than the previous one.

The man surnamed Jin was dumbfounded. He understood it, but he didn't know how to calculate it.

The students of the county school, the round-faced boy, were stunned one by one.

Could it be that what Zhan Xiaomengtong is best at is not poetry, but math?Otherwise, how could there be such a terrible problem!They were confused and didn't know what to do.

Although Master Lin didn't know if Zhan Feiyu was talented in math, he could guarantee that this girl had absolutely no poetic talent!It's just good at pairing up!

(End of this chapter)