The annual leave passed in a flash, and early in the morning of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Mai lived up to his expectations and put the revised rules of the later debate tournament in front of Kong Yingda's book. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Why are there only four on each side?" Kong Yingda flipped through the paper in his hand and asked suspiciously.

"This ......" Wang Maixin said how do I know, this is how it was stipulated in later generations, "the number of debaters can be discussed, but it should not be too much." ”

Kong Yingda nodded and asked, "Why is there only thirty breaths to speak?" ”

"You can change how long you think is appropriate, but it shouldn't be too long." Wang Mai replied.

Kong Yingda nodded: "Why ......?"

"If you don't see what is inappropriate for the sacrificial wine, you can just change it......" Wang Mai said helplessly, "but the core rules cannot be moved, and the speech must be reasonable and evidence-based, and follow cause and effect." ”

"Well, I'll have some discussion with my colleagues." Kong Yingda waved at him.

Wang Mai hurriedly said goodbye to Kong Yingda. Today is the first day of school for Guozijian, and he is the only one on the arithmetic side, and he has to go back to prepare for class.

When Wang Mai was in school in his previous life, he never imagined that he would one day become a teacher.

What do you say in the opening remarks? Is the attitude a little harsh or kind? Will the student be naughty and not give face to the new teacher?

Walking into the school step by step with excitement, Wang Mai's eyes widened.

There are a total of more than 20 bookcases in the arithmetic school, and there is no one at the moment.

Wang Mai blinked in disbelief. Open it, yes, not even a ghost.

Did you misremember the start time? But I obviously met students on the road just now.

Or is the start time of arithmetic different from other subjects? Wang Mai couldn't sit still, and ran to the Taixue School next door. Looking inside, although the number of people is small, it can be regarded as the official start of the class, and the teaching assistant Lu Deming is shaking his head to teach the students to endorse.

I couldn't help it, so I found yesterday's little official and asked what was going on.

"Oh, Assistant Teacher Wang is asking this." The little official smiled slightly, "Assistant Teacher Wang doesn't know, this arithmetic is a subject taught to the children of officials below the eighth grade...... "The little official told him the cause and effect of the matter.

After listening to this, Wang Mai realized that there were not many people in the country who practiced arithmetic, and after Wang Shichong held a "sealing ceremony" on the first day, all the officials were promoted to the next level. Nine grades become eight grades, and eight grades become seven grades, so there are even fewer students who are not counting in the first place.

As the saying goes, there are seven officials in front of the prime minister. Luoyang is now the capital, and these officials in Luoyang are all serious Beijing officials, and their grades are not low. Most of the officials below the eighth rank are low-level officials, who often attach more importance to the education of their children than those high-ranking officials, and refuse to let their children and grandchildren practice arithmetic. In this era, no matter how good you are at arithmetic, you can't be a high-ranking official, so it's better to study in a private school. Wang Shichong came to such an invitation to buy people's hearts again, so there is a dilemma that there is no student now.

After understanding the situation, Wang Mai really couldn't cry or laugh. Thanks to his enthusiasm, he still plans to train a few Newtons, but now it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. I looked at this textbook that I had worked up for several days and nights, and it was really ...... Alas......

Wang Mai turned his head to leave in frustration, but the little official stopped him.

Is there a turning point for this? This guy is going to help him pull a few students over? Wang Mai looked at him expectantly.

"Assistant Teacher Wang's service has been arranged, let's see what Assistant Teacher Wang's time is...... It's quite sufficient, why don't you take a look at it now, and then change it? The little official looked at him with a wink.

It turned out to be this, Wang Mai nodded unwillingly: "Then let's take a look now." Haven't asked for your brother's surname yet? "This person speaks quite tactfully, what does it mean that there is enough time? It's simply idle and nothing to do.

"Under the surname Chen, it is a record in the temple."

"It turned out to be Chen's memory, disrespectful and disrespectful." Wang Mai arched his hand.

"Wait a while, I'll bring someone right away." Chen Jishi finished speaking and stepped out the door.

After a while, Chen Jishi led a thin young man back: "Assistant Teacher Wang, are you still satisfied?" ”

Wang Mai looked the young man up and down, and he was quite clean, and then asked, "What's your name?" How old is it? ”

The young man was a little scared, and replied timidly: "Liang San, this year is twelve." "Last time, this Chen Ji said that this young man was eleven, I'm afraid it was still said according to last year's age.

Wang Mai nodded: "I heard that your father is a groom, do you know how to raise horses?" ”

"Yes, my father often asks me to help when he feeds the horses."

"Alright, you can come with me." Wang Mai nodded with satisfaction, thanked Chen Jishi again, and led Liang San away.

first took Liang San to recognize his brown horse, told him to feed it on time, and then took him around the Guozijian again, and asked him to write down the road. The boy was quite smart, and he remembered it once he said it. went around and around, and returned to the school, and was surprised to find that there was one more person in the school.

"Student Wang February to meet Mr." When the man saw the king come in, he got up and bowed.

Wang Mai looked at his first student with interest, white and chubby, with a pair of small eyes squinted, really a little naïve.

"Ahem......" Wang Mai cleared his throat, "Are you a student of arithmetic?" He was afraid that he would make another oolong joke, so he confirmed it again.

"The student is exactly."

"Good! Promising! Looking at the chubby young man in front of him with relief, Wang Mai was in a happy mood.

Wang Eryue was a little uncomfortable with him and scratched his head.

"How old are you this year, and is there any foundation in arithmetic?" Wang Mai asked.

"After the fourteenth year of the year, I have some foundation in arithmetic, and I will know some basic calculations." Wang Er replied honestly.

There are some foundations that are better, and Wang Wheat is more satisfied. Let him sit down first, and beckoned to Liang San outside the door: "You also come in and listen to the class together." "Anyway, one sheep is also driven, and two sheep are also herded, this Liang San feeds himself to the horse, and he can't treat him badly.

"Ugh." Liang San agreed.

"February, there is a set of test questions here, you finish it and hand it to me, and I will judge your foundation." Wang Mai took out a wide piece of paper from his armpit and handed it to him, then turned to Liang San and said, "You also do it together, the two of you are not allowed to discuss, and you are not allowed to copy each other." Liang San didn't have a pen and paper, so he gave him a pen and paper to use.

The two of them scratched their ears and cheeks for half an hour, and Liang San counted many times with his fingers. Wang Mai took the answer sheet of the two and shook his head. Wang February's okay, the ordinary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operations are all done correctly, but the complex questions can't be answered. Liang San was even worse, he only did the simplest addition and subtraction, and he made several mistakes in several questions, I am afraid that he counted the fingers just now.

Wang Mai sighed, the difficulty of this set of papers is no more than the fifth grade, but I didn't expect it to make these two teenagers who should be in junior high school so difficult, which shows the backwardness of mathematics education now.

I had no choice but to start from the basics and teach it slowly little by little. Especially this Liang San, I'm afraid that he doesn't even know a few words, so he has to teach him to read and write.

Write Arabic numerals from zero to ninety on the sand table, let them recognize them first.

"Sir......" Wang February seemed to have something to say.

"What?"

"Actually, my father asked me to come to arithmetic mainly so that I could learn how to keep accounts. Don't learn these things, you just teach me how to keep accounts. It turned out that Wang February's family had opened a few grain shops, and he had some family resources, so his father spent money to donate the false title of Jiupin Sanguan. The businessman is very profitable, and his father didn't plan to let his son study and take the top prize, but just wanted him to learn some accounting knowledge used in business to facilitate his succession in the future. Anyway, it costs more money to ask Mr. to teach at home, but Guozijian didn't have to pay the fee, so he sent his son in.

"Learn to keep accounts......" Wang Mai was speechless. Your father regards the highest school in Dasui as Lanxiang Technical School, and the recruiters don't look at it strictly, and everyone recruits inside.

On weekdays, the Guozijian is not someone who can enter if he wants to, first of all, he has to have enough status, and secondly, his academic foundation must not be bad. Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian once saw that Chang'an Guozijian had many teachers and students, but did not send many talents to the country, so he greatly reduced the number of teachers and students in Guozijian. When Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was in power, he felt that the number of Guozijian was too small, so he expanded the number of students to more than 1,000. The current Luoyang Guozi Temple is just an institution set up by Emperor Yang Tong to the throne to meet political needs, but in fact it is not taken seriously, otherwise there would not be only a few teachers and students, and even the children of businessmen such as Wang Eryue were also mixed in.

"That's right, my father said, my family has three rice shops and two grain shops, and it is easy to be fooled by the shopkeeper who doesn't know how to keep accounts, which is not good." Wang Eryue said with his fingers crossed.

His only student turned out to be here to study accounting, Wang Mai couldn't cry or laugh, but as a teacher, he had the heavy responsibility of teaching and solving doubts, and he must be guided on the right path. He cleared his throat: "Wang February, do you know that there is a famous figure named Archimedes in the West, he is very powerful. From an early age, he studied arithmetic assiduously, and finally became a great arithmetician, and even the king admired him. So, in fact, arithmetic is not only about calculating numbers, but also has many other very meaningful functions. ”

Looking at the surprised eyes of the two teenagers, Wang Mai felt that his education was very successful.

"And what happened to him?" Wang February asked with a wink.

"Hmm...... Later...... "Wang Mai said with some embarrassment," he was killed while studying arithmetic...... Not...... But it doesn't matter. We just need to learn from his spirit of hard work...... Aha. ”

gave an inappropriate example, Wang Mai felt a little embarrassed, but the two of them finally began to learn Arabic numerals peacefully. After arranging some homework tasks, Wang Mai stretched his waist and walked out of the school.

After walking a short distance, Wang Mai's eyes widened in surprise.

I saw that the gate of the Guozi Prison, which was originally full of gates, was now full of carriages and horses, and an endless stream of people walked through the gate into the prison. These people are all officials, and there are even a lot of purple robes among them, which are all high-ranking officials in Luoyang. Is it necessary to hold a great court meeting here? I didn't get notice.