Chapter 42: The Examination (I)
People who feel like they don't know anything don't know what kind of impact they have had on the entire Great Zhou.
After the winter solstice, the road to Shunyang Pass has basically been closed, and it is completely impossible to transport bulk goods, but it is not difficult to bring out a small abacus.
Relying on the favorable location and people, Ruan Bai Dan whenever he makes a little good thing, he always sends it to the Pingxi Royal Mansion first through the way of Chu Hao. Of course, abacus is the same, first to Xijing, and then to the capital. When it came to the hands of the household, the abacus was no longer so shoddy as the original, even if it belonged to the things made by the craftsmen, the materials and workmanship were very exquisite, and the original version could only be called a solid abacus, which looked almost not the same thing.
The head of the household reached out and played with the abacus with his well-maintained fingers, making a crisp crashing sound. The middle-aged white-faced scholar touched the beard on his chin, and saw the luster on the beard in the afterglow of his eyes, which was simply beautiful!
After getting along all year round, the household officials who can figure out the personality of their top bosses to some extent suddenly reflexively showed admiring eyes. No one in the entire household doesn't know, as long as he is reasonable, even if he scolds Lord Shangshu in person, it's fine, but he must not be disrespectful to Lord Shangshu's hair.
The beautiful beard Shangshu touched two handfuls of his beloved beard, and when he saw the eyes of the people around him, he expressed his satisfaction, and his eyes fell on the abacus again, and said, "Come and tell the official how to use this thing?" ”
The Ministry of Labor who came to deliver the things glared: "Villain...... The villain is an errand runner, I don't know ......"
The beautiful bearded Shangshu waved his hand: "Okay, don't be afraid." The weather is cold, and the concierge drinks a cup of hot tea before leaving. ”
"Thank you, sir."
The beautiful bearded Shangshu put the abacus in his sleeve and went to find the emperor's little old man. He had already reacted to what it was in two sentences, this should be the abacus that I talked about before that can be very helpful to calculations, but the usage is unknown, no matter what, the boss must have it.
Today's emperor is very diligent, after a series of procedures, the beautiful bearded Shangshu was quickly brought to the imperial study, surprisingly, the imperial study is now like a small court, of course the emperor is here, and the other three princes and six departments are all in Beijing, and the prince is also there.
The beautiful bearded Shangshu looked at one or two touching the abacus, the corners of his mouth curved, first saluted, and then glanced at the old man of the Yushitai with a smile, and then sat quietly on the side, like an ordinary student studying in the academy, listening to "Mr." talk about the use of the abacus.
Shao Yushi is in his forties and has a slightly dark complexion. In the words of the beautiful haired Shangshu who has always been at odds with him, he is born with a poor and sour appearance. In the imperial court, the civil and military forces were originally divided into two factions, but Shao Yushi was stunned to lead the entire Yushitai out of the third faction, and he didn't deal with anyone, sometimes even the emperor Xià had to be recruited, and the prince was even involved in a sieve. However, the household department has been ginseng at both ends for three days, if it weren't for the deep heels of the beautiful beard Shangshu and the ability of his own ability, otherwise he would have been involved in vomiting blood.
Shao Yushi saw the smile of the beautiful bearded Shangshu at this time, and his face did not move at all. He sits upright, he is worthy of the country, the people, and the people, and it is wrong for others to do it first, and it makes no sense that he will be afraid of weakness.
The beautiful bearded Shangshu read the sentence "Sample, although let the horse come" from Shao Yushi's face, and with the force of his hand, he tore off a beard, and his flesh hurt + his heart hurt so much that his eyes were about to burst into tears.
Fortunately, the rules of the abacus are very simple, there is still a set of vague memories with Ruan Bai in Xijing, plus the algorithm formula sorted out by Chu Hao, there is basically nothing here in the capital. Therefore, today's teaching is teaching, but in fact, we still have to rely on these best thinkers of Da Zhou to sort out an effective and easy-to-learn method.
This is obviously not something that can be done overnight.
Mei Shang Shu suddenly mentioned yì: "Majesty, the minister has a mention yì." ”
"Li Aiqing, please speak."
"Yes. Since the abacus was presented by Xijing, why don't you let Xijing send someone to explain? "There are people who can use it, what are they thinking about here? Isn't it a waste of time?
Shao Yushi glanced at Li Shangshu, then at the emperor sitting in front of the imperial case, and at the prince who had set up a small table on the side.
As soon as the eyes of the prince and Shao Yushi met, he sighed in his heart:, this old horseman can't get along with him again!
The crown prince's throne looks majestic, and when he first became the prince, he was naturally majestic, and then he was slapped countless times by this old horseman, so that he almost didn't even find the north. But how peaceful he has been lately, it's so cold, he's coming in winter, he goes to school every day plus works part-time in the imperial study, he doesn't have anything to do, right? Is it because there is an extra dish added to the meal, or is there an extra fur collar for the clothes?
Shao Yushi's gaze looked away very calmly, completely unaware that the crown prince had begun to bow his head and start self-examination.
The emperor took over the conversation: "Li Aiqing doesn't know anything. The person who invented this abacus was an ordinary person from Shunyang Pass, named Ruan Bai. I don't know if you still have an impression? ”
"But that Ruan Lang who ventured into the grassland, killed dozens of Huns, and rescued the people of my Great Zhou?"
Folk rumors are in full swing and many are exaggerated, and they naturally know the most authentic version. But even if the real thing was in front of them, they couldn't believe it. A young man who is not even fifteen can do such a feat, which is comparable to ...... Prince of Pingxi.
Thinking of that prince and looking at the emperor and the crown prince again, these ministers shook their heads in their hearts. Now that the emperor is strong, the one in Xijing has been in Taoguang again; But what about the next generation? The prince can still say that he is inexperienced, young and rough; But the son of the family is a few years younger than the prince. If there is no comparison, they may still be able to reluctantly nod to the prince, but once there is a comparison...... Speaking of which, everyone in the world was scared away by Princess Min, and they don't know where they went, it's been almost a year, right?
"Yes, it's him!" The emperor was also very happy to mention that there were such promising people under his rule, and his eyes narrowed, "If the public is not beautiful today, if there is a chance, I would like to meet this Ruan Lang." ”
Ruan Bai is now young, and he is already amazing in martial arts, and now he has sent someone to give lectures, not seeking civil and martial arts, at least he can't be a bad person. If it can really be cultivated, it can be reserved for the prince as a team. As for Xijing's small actions, he didn't pay attention to it, a Tian Kaifu was just a lot, and he could still turn out the flowers? This world belongs to his Zhou family, not to mention just one Ruan Bai, even the entire Pingxi Royal Mansion is also their Zhou family!
The emperor glanced at the prince who looked down and didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't know if the prince would be able to have this understanding in the future. The Chu family can not be suppressed, obviously if Chu Hao can marry his family Amin this time, it would be the best, but Chu Hao escaped...... He also escaped without a trace.
Several ministers did not find out that the emperor's thoughts began to run away, and Li Shangshu suddenly spoke: "I heard that Lord Tian is teaching Ruan Lang, Lord Tian is a famous talent, and now that I think about it, I must have learned how to use the abacus, why don't I let Lord Tian come to the capital?" As for Ruan Lang's teaching, why don't you transfer someone from the household department? It just so happened that Lord Tian's previous recital about the auxiliary army was also very meaningful, and the minister admired it very much and wanted to exchange it. ”
Shao Yushi replied stiffly: "Shunyang Pass has been closed. ”
Li Shangshu raised his eyebrows and said yes. He just said hello to the old horseman, he wants to dig people, and see the real chapter in the spring!
As a real sesame mung bean official, Nguyen Bai didn't know his name at all, and he was lucky enough to go around the office of the country's top leader. He is now gearing up to be an examiner.
The invigilator is great, and it's finally my turn to catch others cheating!
Chu Hao, the specially invited invigilator, didn't understand Ruan Bai's unusual excitement at all, pinched his waist and carried the person back to the kang, stood on the side and rearranged his clothes for him, and put shoes and socks on his lap, and counted: "Do you wear socks like this?" It's all on the soles of your feet! ”
Ruan Bai pouted. The socks are not tight, so of course they are easy to slip on. He has beaten two pairs of wool socks, the handmade wool is too thick, and the socks are too thick to fit into the shoes. The pair given to Chu Hao was put to good use, and this person slept in socks, which was said to be a health preservation. Of course, no matter how healthy he is, he doesn't sleep in socks, and he can't sleep at all.
"Let's go, let's go to breakfast, I have to go to the invigilation after eating, Xu Er, they must be so nervous that their legs and stomachs are turning!"
Chu Hao seemed to have found something that made Ruan Bai excited, although he didn't understand, he still connived: "Don't worry, it's still early." Aren't you an invigilator? At this time, you have to take it easy, you have to put pressure on the candidates......"
His Royal Highness did not feel that he was conniving too harshly at all, which would cause an indelible psychological shadow on the candidates.
Ruan Bai felt that it was very reasonable, nodded very teachable, wrote down the main points one by one, and created an image of an examiner before going out, and after Chu Hao nodded his head, he walked out very majestically.
Candidates, the invigilator is here~