Li Yu's arithmetic problems are of medium difficulty, which is a test of the arithmetic level of contemporary literati and a reference for the formulation of mathematics education in the future. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among the scholars and literati who took the examination, most of them were determined to pass the imperial examination of the Jinshi Branch and the Ming Jing Kedengdi to become officials, and these two subjects did not take the arithmetic examination, so they did not study arithmetic.

When Li Yu's five arithmetic problems were completed, many people frowned, or bit their pens to think deeply, or scratched their heads and scratched their ears and were at a loss.

Fortunately, Li Yu annotated the Arabic numerals in the questions on the test paper, and each number corresponds to the Chinese number, otherwise these literati would have to be blind.

Of course, the Arab Empire has only been in existence for decades, and their civilization is still stuck in the barbaric desert nomadic era, and they have not yet fully absorbed the civilization that merged the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Persian Empire, let alone conquered the Punjab region of India, the inventor of Arabic numerals. Therefore, there is no such thing as Arabic numerals.

Li Yu claimed to have learned this simple number from a Tianzhu merchant, and carefully improved and applied it, naming it Huaxia Numbers.

At present, it is only used in arithmetic in the Yanwang Mansion and the Andong Imperial Palace, in order to let more people in the world understand this simple Chinese numerals, Li Yu specially ordered the Royal Weekly to use two pages to introduce the Chinese numerals, explaining the convenience and ease of understanding of their use.

Although the arithmetic questions have stumped many test takers, there are still many people who answer the questions like flying, and the five arithmetic questions can be calculated in a few clicks, with a relaxed face.

Cui Rong breathed a sigh of relief after answering the arithmetic questions, and secretly rejoiced that when he used to study, he not only studied Confucian classics, but also specialized in arithmetic classics such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Zhou Ji Sutra", "Sun Tzu Sutra", "Xiahou Yang Sutra", "Zhang Qiujian Sutra" and other arithmetic classics. Then he glanced at the questions behind him, such as the question, the scriptures, and the Moyi, and smiled slightly. It is not difficult for him to read poetry and books since he was a child, and he writes lightly.

Huan Yanfan and Liu Xiyi, who were sitting on Cui Rong's left and right, also answered the questions quickly, which surprised Lu Han, who was thinking hard about arithmetic next to him, and smiled bitterly, he could meet capable people anywhere.

The literati who would come to Anton to seek official positions from thousands of miles away were generally difficult to get into the imperial examination, and the official status was difficult to hope for. or like miscellaneous studies and don't like the Four Books and Five Classics, and it is naturally difficult for poetry and articles to enter the imperial examination. or talented but not valued by the powerful, they also fail to pass the imperial examination.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system was prosperous, and he invited his name to make a name for himself, and he made a name for himself in Chang'an, and it was convenient to get into the imperial examination in one fell swoop.

After the first day of the pen and ink test, the scholars and literati who took the test walked out of the capital government office in a festive or depressed manner, and went back to prepare for the next day's interview.

Cui Rong planned to go back to the post house, and saw the scholar sitting next to him passing by, looking at his good looks, beautiful appearance, and the pen key was like flying like flowing water when taking the exam, presumably his talent was not shallow.

Cui Rong, who only brought a scholar to Pyongyang by boat, felt that Andong had no friends in a strange place, and suddenly wanted to make friends.

"Ahead, it's Liu Xun and Liu Xiyi?" Cui Rong left the examination room and glanced at the names posted on the other party's copy.

Liu Xiyi, who felt that he had taken a good test and was in a good mood, heard that someone behind him stopped him, and turned around and said: "It's here, I don't know what my brother called me?" ”

"My word Ancheng, my name is Cui Rong, and I am from Qizhou, and I sit on your left side when I take the exam." Cui Rong said with a smile: "I look at Brother Tai's answers smoothly, and I am confident, and I must be a person who is full of poetry and literature." In order to get into the office, we came to Anton thousands of miles away, and if we were alone without friends, wouldn't it be beautiful? Looking at my brother's talent, I want to make friends with my brother, discuss poetry, and discuss current affairs, how about it? ”

"My brother has this intention, and my heart is very happy. It is also a good thing to be able to get to know Brother Tai when he came to Anton to serve the country. ”

Liu Xiyi was overjoyed and said: "My word Yanzhi, my name is Liu Xiyi, and the people of Ruzhou are also ......."

"The two brothers are friends, can you add one of them?"

Cui Rong looked at this person, "Aren't you the ...... Huan sitting on my right?"

I didn't remember the young man's name for a while, and Cui Rong was speechless for a while.

"Hahaha, I am Huan Yan Fan is also, Zishi Ze, Runzhou Qu'a people." Huan Yanfan laughed.

Cui Rong recalled that this person had no difficulty in answering the question, and the examiner walked in front of this person, nodding his head on the basis of observation, he must also be a very talented person, and he should be worth handing over.

After the three of them introduced themselves, they learned that each other had an extraordinary conversation, and they were people of the same generation, and they were like friends for many years.

Huan Yanfan made a dashing proposal: "Today's acquaintance, is there a reason not to drink and celebrate? There is a Chunxiang Building in the city, there are a lot of wonderful beautiful women, and there are good wine and food, and the famous wine of Yanwangfu. Why don't we go and drink a drink, drink poetry right? ”

"Shi Ze's proposal is good, I just arrived in Pyongyang and smelled the intoxicating beauty of Chunxianglou, so we won't get drunk today." Liu Xiyi said with a smile.

"Hahaha......" The three of them laughed heartily and went to Chunxiang Building to have fun together.

Li Yu flipped through the list of scholars and literati who signed up for the exam this time, as well as the places of origin they filled in.

To Li Yu's delight, one-third of the candidates were from prestigious families. Especially the Fanyang Lu family, the Zhang family, the Bohai Wu family, the Gao family, and the Feng family have the most children; It is followed by Beiping Yang, Hongnong Yang, Jingzhao Wei, and Du. The rest of the origins are unknown, and they must be from poor families.

Think about it, although the imperial examination does not look at the disciples, but the children of the poor family are poor, and the collection of books at home is limited, which is not as good as the hundreds of thousands of years of inheritance of the wealthy families, and the knowledge is inferior to the children of the wealthy families.

In the imperial examination system in the early Tang Dynasty, the court's attention was not high, and the system was not perfect.

Therefore, there are many people who come to Anton to seek officials.

As for the children of the five clans such as the Fan Yang Lu clan and the Bohai Wu clan this time, Li Yu thought that in addition to the fact that they were close to the water and the building with Andong first, they were also the few high-ranking officials and nobles of the five clans in the court, and their reputation was gradually declining. Xitu did not take the usual path, sought to enter the government with the frontier, re-entered the court as an official with meritorious service, and became famous for the Zhenshi clan.

For example, Fan Yang Lu, one of the five surnames and seven wangs in the world, has only Lu Chengqing been the prime minister since entering the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the children are middle and low-level officials.

To Li Yu's great gratification, there were three famous people in history who were seen in the exam list - Huan Yanfan, Cui Rong, and Liu Xiyi!

Huan Yanfan and Cui Rong are both officials to the prime minister, and they are talented and talented, and they are capable ministers who have left a good name during the government. Huan Yanfan is one of the heroes of the first year of Shenlong's restoration of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Xiyi was a famous genius in the early Tang Dynasty, and wrote "The flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year!" "Singing a famous phrase for thousands of years.

It's a pity that Liu Xiyi was killed by a traitor and died before he was thirty years old. It can be said that talent is jealous of traitors, and he dies because of talent!

Li Yu is quite looking forward to the change of the trajectory of the three people, and the performance of being an official under his command can also save Liu Xiyi, who has a miserable life, so as to leave more famous poems and verses that will be sung through the ages.