To tell the truth, although these Europeans admired the wealth and civilization of the Eastern Empire, they had their own pride in their knowledge. Even if they are now in front of the emperor of the Far Eastern Empire, they are a little proud while remaining respectful.

These people, standing there, faintly led by three people. Obviously, the knowledge of these three people is the most famous of them.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and said lightly, "Although I have heard that you are famous scholars in Europe, if you want to serve me, you must first pass this level!" Who comes first? ”

This is the interview, and it is also the proper meaning, you can't be a treasure for all Europeans, right?

These Europeans also understand that what status and remuneration they get in this Far Eastern Empire depends on this interview of the Ming Emperor. The stakes are very high, and for a while, many people are a little timid in their hearts, and they want to see other people's interviews.

The three people who were the leader looked at each other, but there was no trace of worry. The younger one, of course, was in his forties, and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, my name is Pierre de Fermat, and I will be happy to serve you. ”

This dialogue, of course, has a translation, so I will skip it here.

To tell the truth, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know much about the European Ming people in the 17th century. In other words, he knew some European Ming people, such as Newton and Galileo, but he didn't know what era or country they were. He hadn't heard of this Fermat.

Therefore, he asked lightly, "What are you good at, let me tell me?" ”

When Fermat heard this, he immediately introduced himself, of course, to his scholarship.

In order to fully express his learning, and to be able to use his knowledge to deter the emperor of the Far Eastern Empire, Fermat talked about his most important achievements. Some of these terms, some of the main points, he did not explain in detail, and spoke a little mysteriously, just to show that he was very learned. In this way, with the attention of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, he can also put forward his own requirements.

He was one of the three most learned of the group of Europeans, and of course he learned by doing. And he has always been an aristocratic class in France, an official, but he admires the Eastern empire in Marco Polo's travels, so he came.

It is also for this reason that in the face of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, he will not be so stage frightened, and he will be the first to stand up.

Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and amateur mathematician. He was no worse than a professional mathematician in mathematics, and he seems to have been most interested in number theory and contributed to the establishment of modern calculus. He is known as the "King of Amateur Mathematicians". For analytic geometry, the study is deepest.

At this time, he was saying to Emperor Chongzhen: "...... An equation determined by two unknown quantities, corresponding to a trajectory, can depict a straight line or curve......"

As he spoke, he used his hand to illustrate the void, and explained the equations of general lines and circles, as well as hyperbolas, ellipses, and parabolas.

Seriously, he said this, although the officials here in Guangzhou, although there are translators relaying, but they still hear it in a fog, and they can't help but peek at Emperor Chongzhen's face, they can't understand it, what is this Xiyi talking about, the emperor will also be interested?

However, they couldn't see what Emperor Chongzhen's psychology was at all, because Emperor Chongzhen's face was very indifferent.

Not only the officials here in Guangzhou were peeking, but those Europeans were also peeking at the face of the Ming Emperor. Many of them thought maliciously, Master Fermat said so profoundly, don't explain the emperor, how many people can understand those kings and queens in Europe or something? It can even be said that many of them don't understand and can't understand it!

This Ming Emperor must have been bluffed. Otherwise, I would have seen that his face was dull, and he couldn't even ask a question, so he could only pretend to listen somewhere.

These Europeans are happy to hear about this situation. As long as the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is bluffed, then the next interview will be much easier and easier. If I go back and make some requests, I will definitely not refuse.

In the past few days, they have also seen the prosperity of Guangzhou City, which is really not comparable to any city in Europe, even Paris. Clean, tidy, not chaotic, rich in materials, it is really a paradise on earth. Not only that, I heard that there are bigger cities in the north than Guangzhou, at least as mentioned in Marco Polo's travels, I haven't seen them yet. It would be great to be able to live comfortably here.

When they were making their own calculations, Fermat finally finished speaking, and then saw that he asked Emperor Chongzhen very gentlemanly: "Respected Your Majesty Ming, these are probably the things I have done, I don't know if you have anything to ask, do you want me to explain again?" ”

After he asked this, everyone, both the East and the West, as long as these people in this hall, looked at Emperor Chongzhen to see how he would reply to Fermat's words.

Some people want to see the embarrassment of the Ming Emperor, and they want to see the appearance of the Ming Emperor sighing to himself; Others, mainly from the Ming Dynasty, are also worried. Although they knew that the emperor led the army to fight, he was invincible and invincible. And he also has a high ability to learn about nature, but, at a certain point, for example, the emperor may not understand these things that Xiyi said! What if the emperor is embarrassed?

They were thinking, their eyes staring at Emperor Chongzhen, motionless.

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not speak immediately, and his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, as if he was thinking about what this Xiyi had just said.

In this regard, Fermat was a little proud in his heart, this can be regarded as stumping the emperor of Mingguo, right? It's okay, just think about it, and see how much you can understand what you just said?

Many people in the European crowd saw this, although they didn't dare to speak because the hall was full of majestic soldiers (in fact, it was the brocade guard), but they could communicate with each other with their eyes, and then their expressions became relaxed.

As long as this emperor really doesn't know much about these knowledge, they can easily pass the test.

When they were secretly complacent, they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, so they threw away the distractions in their hearts one by one and went to listen to what the Emperor of Ming was saying?

"You said a little too much, it's quite simple that things are complicated by you, and it took me a while to understand."

Emperor Chongzhen's words are also telling the truth, and the content of what Fermat said is indeed more refined and easier to understand than the content in the textbooks of later generations. Therefore, after thinking for a while, he straightened out what Fermat said, that is, the content of analytic geometry.

As soon as Ferma heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, he immediately became angry. This is the aspect he is most proud of, but in the mouth of this Ming emperor, he said that he was too tongue-twisting, and simple things were complicated, which was not acceptable to him.

You know, there are few people in Europe who can understand these contents better than him. Even Descartes, who was an authority on analytic geometry, probably wouldn't have said that about him.

In addition, he is an official in Europe, and he is not particularly afraid of the emperor compared to the commoners, so he naturally wants to ask for an explanation if he is angry. However, on the surface, he was still polite, and he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I don't know what His Majesty the Respected Emperor means, if you can point out my lack of knowledge, I will gladly worship you as a teacher!" ”

Originally, he wanted to say otherwise, but then he looked at the emperor's guards on the side, and he didn't know what kind of person the emperor was, so he finally swallowed this denial in his stomach and didn't say it.

Maybe he thinks that he is okay with what he said, but when those people in Daming heard it, this Xiyi seemed to be very cunning, and he actually wanted to become a protégé of the Son of Heaven, which was really beautiful!

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it so much, but now he just talked about things, and began to talk about the knowledge of analytic geometry according to the content in his memory. He said this for a long time.

This time, not to mention Fermat, even other Europeans, when they heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, they had to admit that what this Emperor of the Far Eastern Empire said was more logically rigorous, detailed and appropriate, and even easier to understand. For a moment, I was a little stunned.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned his head to the eunuch Fang Zhenghua standing beside him and said, "Go and see, I can bring the book of "Analytic Geometry" that I wrote, give him a look!" ”

In the past, he had written a lot of mathematical, physical and chemical content from memory, and "Analytic Geometry" was one of them.

The hall was quiet, only Emperor Chongzhen was talking, and by the time Fang Zhenghua came over with the copy of "Analytic Geometry", the others had not recovered from the shock.

Emperor Chongzhen took the "Analytic Geometry" from Fang Zhenghua's hand, weighed it casually, and then said to Fermat: "This is what I wrote about analytic geometry, you can read it first." Time relationship, you step back first, next. ”

Fermat came back to his senses and hurriedly went to take the book that the chamberlain had forwarded, but he was illiterate, so he thought about getting a translator to quickly tell him what the book was about.

At this time, he can be sure that this book will be of great help to him! As for the content he likes, I have to say that he is hungry to learn it.

With Fermat's example, the other Europeans became cautious when they looked at the Ming Emperor again. However, in their hearts, they still have a bit of a competitive meaning, thinking that the knowledge of the other two celebrities, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will never be able to suppress him like Fermat, right?

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