Ma Jun was tied by several small officials with ropes, and was escorted to Taixue on horseback, and he was bumpy all the way, and he was about to vomit out the overnight meal. When he arrived at the gate of Taixue, the little official pulled him off the horse, and poor Ma Deheng was directly paralyzed on the ground, but he felt that all his internal organs were displaced, and the Venus in front of him was chaotic, and his breathing sound was like a cow's panting......

The little official was waiting to report the door, but he walked past an official with his hands behind his back, glanced at Ma Jun who was paralyzed on the ground, and asked, "Isn't it a scholar who is a scholar and a master of the wind?" The little official who captured Ma Jun hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Exactly, it was the cashier Zhao Langzhong who sent us to arrest him." ”

The official rank of the Han Dynasty was very coarse, and in simple terms, it can be divided into three major grades: the highest is the three dukes, nine kings and princes, etc., who are important ministers of the state; secondly, the assassin history, the shouxiang, the county magistrate, and the shepherd's side; The third is the clerks of the central and local government offices. The first class is more than 2,000 stones, until the upper public; the second class is more than 400 stones; The third class can be 800 stones, the lowest fighting food - fighting eaters, Yan Shigu notes "Han Shu. Hundred officials and ministers table "cloud: "The year is less than a hundred stones, counting the day and eating one bucket and two liters, so the cloud fights and eats also." ”

There are not many layers, and the distance is very open. For high-ranking officials, the rice can support dozens or hundreds of people, plus the reward of the Son of Heaven and various gray incomes, not only fine clothes and food, but also goods and crops. And because middle-level officials often have to bear the expenses of self-employed subordinates at the same time, on the premise of not being corrupt, Yulu will only be enough to support a family (referring to everyone with more than five people) - political commentator Cui Wei once complained: "The husband is a hundred miles long, the prince of the Netherlands, and the food supervisor is the Lu." "As for low-level officials. It is often only enough for oneself to feed and wear. If you want to support your family, you can't get it. It is almost impossible to prohibit them from infringing on the people in such a situation.

Therefore, when Hongfu set up the official system of the Wei State, he tried to eliminate this chronic disease, on the one hand, he added the rank of Yulu, and on the other hand, he improved the support of low-level officials. The highest level of the new official system is the upper duke - the first three ranks of the civil and military orders are all the upper duke-the second duke, and then the duke, and then the middle two thousand stones, two thousand stones, more than two thousand stones, thousands of stones, thousands of stones, more than a thousand stones, eight hundred stones, eight hundred stones, and eight hundred stones...... Up to the hundred stones, that is, the fighting food of the past. In fact, there were precedents in the Han Dynasty for all ranks. It's just that it's not at the same time, at most it's fifteen or sixteen levels, and he suddenly increased to twenty-four levels.

Moreover, most of the ranks of lower-level officials have been improved.

In addition, certain changes have been made to the uniforms, so that the differences between them can be seen at a glance. Unlike the original Han Dynasty, the seal is only divided into three kinds of gold, silver and copper, and the ribbon is divided into five kinds of green, purple, blue, yellow and black.

For example, the three officials who captured Ma Jun were all fighting for food. Now the leader has hundreds of stones, wearing scarves and soap shirts. As for the front of the Duanli Taixue Gate. Drinking and asking if the catcher was a member of Ma Jun, the same soap shirt wore a single-beam crown, a variegated seal on the waist, and no ribbon, and at a glance it was a prefect of two hundred stones. Separated by three levels, how can there be a reason not to hurry up and salute?

When the official heard that it was Ma Jun, he immediately shouted: "The captain has a will, remove his restraints, and see you in the hall." Immediately, a few more low-level officials came, untied the rope that bound Ma Jun by dividing them by two, and then carried him left and right—there was no way, Ma Deheng couldn't stand up at all—and went to the door.

The little official of hundreds of stones hurriedly smiled and asked, "We are here on orders, and if we don't give an order, we don't dare to go." The official who was more than 200 stones glanced at him: "Wait." "Go back and go inside.

The first thing he said after entering the door: "How can you see the captain like this?" He immediately ordered someone to reorganize Ma Jun's clothes, and brought a basin of cold water to wipe off the dirt on his face, and then he was erected again, straight into the main hall, and pushed on the ground.

Ma Deheng was dazed, raised his head and looked up. I saw a noble official sitting cross-legged on the high couch behind the middle of the case, wearing a seven-beam crown, a jade cicada on his head, an ochre yellow court dress embroidered with cloud patterns, a jade belt at the waist, and a purple ribbon with gold thread - what grade it was, he couldn't recognize it as a village corporal, and he felt more noble than the Fufeng Taishou he had ever seen. There is another servant next to him, wearing a three-beam crown, the crown is decorated with silver cicadas, the ochre yellow robe is slightly lighter in color, and there is no fancy, the waist is inlaid with a silver belt, and the silver thread ink ribbon is similar to the county order of Nazheng County.

As for the appearance of these two people, he is still staring in front of him, and he can't see it clearly at all.

I saw that the noble official on the couch leaned forward slightly, and asked, "You are the wind and Ma Deheng?" Ma Jun let out two long breaths, and then stammered and replied: "The little and the little man is the ...... Ma and Ma Jun" For the first time in his life, he even stumbled when he said his name.

The two officials looked at each other with a slight look of disappointment.

The reason why he was disappointed was that he looked at the Ma Jun in front of him with an ordinary appearance, and he was shrunk as an ordinary country boy - is this the most famous inventor in the Han and Wei dynasties? I think that when I disguised myself as a scholar and took a boat from Lelang to the Central Plains, I was more decent than this one, right?

The official of the silver cicada three liang crown standing next to him is Zhao Shuang and Zhao Junqing, the cashier of the department. He thought that he could count ninety percent of his questions, even if he was not an old official, he should be a middle-aged scholar, and it was impossible to be younger than himself and Zhuge Liang - Zhao Shuang was a former Hanguang and a five-year-old man, one year younger than Zhuge Liang. As a result, he is still a half-grown child, can he really have such talent and skills? I can't help but feel suspicious and reborn.

It was Hongfu who casually threw down a few pieces of paper and asked softly, "Ma Jun, is this what you answered?" Ma Jun trembled and walked forward on his knees, picked it up with both hands, and before he had time to take a closer look, he heard Zhao Shuang shout and ask: "And look carefully, is it really the one you answered?!" ”

It was Hongfu who waved his hand at Zhao Shuang, that means, it's just a child, don't scare him. immediately looked at Ma Jun, and saw Ma Jun look at the answer sheet, so he raised his head and replied: "Indeed, it is indeed the villain's ......."

I choked on the last word "answer", but I couldn't spit it out.

Hongfu couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart Did this Ma Jun scare his soul, or was he born to stutter? The history books only said that he was not good at words, but they didn't mention that he actually had a problem with Deng Shizai. He continued to ask gently: "This question is very difficult, I see that you are still in the weak crown, and An can do this?" Zhao Langzhong is suspected of having cheats. But let's be honest, Shuer is not guilty. ”

Cons? Ma Jun was confused, and said that this is indeed a question I answered myself, although the difficulty is indeed not small, but if I am given half a day's time, after verification, even if I get a full score, how can there be any disadvantages? When I was anxious, I stammered even more when I spoke: "No, no, no harm, yes, yes...... Villain, villain ......"

It's Hongfu who has to pretend to be the prime minister, Zhao Shuang is much younger than him, and his official position is also low, so he can't listen to it for a long time, so he grabbed a pen from the case and threw it in front of Ma Jun: "Even if you stutter, you can answer it immediately." Immediately reacted, his official position was small, and he took Shangguan's pen on his own initiative without saying hello, but it was too rude, so he quickly turned to face Hongsuke, bowed and apologized.

It was Hongfu who didn't think he was angry, but beckoned to his subordinates: "Discuss the case with him, paper and pen, and take warm water." ”

The subordinate officials responded, and soon brought a small case, placed it on the side—the seat was ready-made—and prepared a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then dragged Ma Jun over and sat down, and stuffed a glass of warm water into his hand. Ma Jun's throat was smoking, so he quickly drank it in three or two sips, and almost choked on coughing, gritted his teeth to endure himself, and then picked up his pen and wrote a few lines of text.

There are small officials who take it, and it is Hongfu and Zhao Junqing. But seeing that the paper is a neat structure, the brushstrokes are slightly trembling Lishu: "Jun Xian Kao is good at ingenuity, is to inherit his will, for the township to place waterwheels and other things, rules and ropes, can not be separated from the number of calculations, so I asked Zhou Ji, nine chapters and Zhang Pingzi's essays, etc., a glimpse of the door." Those who answered today are all self-made, ruthless, and the officials will investigate clearly. ”

Ma Jun also understood, I guess you see that I am young, and I don't believe that I can answer all the questions - depending on the situation, it seems that the accuracy rate is not low - so I suspect that there are drawbacks. Then I have to make it clear, why do I like the way of counting - building water wheels, making machines, I am not an ordinary craftsman, I don't want to follow the cat and the tiger, then it must be inseparable from the calculation, so I asked for many books of counting from the clan, and I learned it to the point where I am today.

It was Hongfu who saw Ma Jun's defense, glanced at Zhao Shuang, and immediately asked, "Do you dare to try?" Ma Jun hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes...... Dare. "Don't beat around the bush, it's better to just say one word.

Zhao Shuang first bowed to Hongfu, then took a step forward, looked directly at Ma Jun, and said Then I will ask you a simple question first: "Today, there are three hundred stones, seven buckets, three liters, and sixteen liters. ”

With a "bang", I saw Zhao Shuang and Ma Jun take out their abacus almost at the same time. It's Hongsuke listening next to him, it's just a simple multiplication problem, although the numbers are really fragmentary...... However, the question is, I don't know the exchange rate between corn and rice, but how to calculate it?

He has not carefully read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", in fact, it is clearly written in the book: "Shu said: Seek rice with millet, twenty-seven, fifty and one." That is, one serving of corn is equal to twenty-seven (0.54) parts of rice.

The sound of the abacus sounded for a while, and almost stopped at the same time, Ma Jun raised his head and replied: "He, ......" After thinking about it, he simply wrote it by hand, and immediately picked up the pen and came up with the answer: one stone, six buckets, two liters, two thousand five hundredths of a liter, one thousand three hundred and twenty-three.

The little official presented it, and it was Hongfu who took a look, and was frightened, this number is really fragmentary, and it is estimated that there are four or five decimal places behind it. turned to Zhao Shuang and inquired with eyes. Zhao Shuang nodded slightly, meaning that the answer was right - it can be seen that this Ma Jun is indeed familiar with "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and the speed of pulling the abacus is also quite fast. Okay, so I'm going to have a conundrum.

"Now there is a yi, the south and the north is a semicircle, each opens the door, there is wood in the north gate thirty-two steps, and the south gate turns seventeen steps to the east, to three thousand six hundred and twenty-one to see the wood, ask the east and west geometry?" (To be continued......)