The "Calculation" is divided into nine chapters, including Fangtian, Corn, Decay, Shaoguang, Shanggong, Average Loss, Surplus and Deficit, Equation and Pythagorean, which are very practical basic arithmetic for both officials and craftsmen. The exam questions are not separated from these practical skills, because it is said that it was Hongsuke who said: "The national elector, used for the present, after the reserve, empty words, useless." If you can't use it right away, what's the benefit of trying it? ”

It is the Hongfu official Ju Taiwei, in fact, this is a meritorious officer, with a respected status, but there is no actual subordination, only an advisor to the Son of Heaven and a temporary dispatch. Because the previous imperial examination of Wei was not only initiated by him, but also presided over by him, so this time the Son of Heaven ordered the general again, and it was Hongfu as the main examiner. It's just that Hongfu is the director, Jingyi, and literature, don't look at his "First Words of Physics" has raised a lot of questions related to arithmetic, and has also made some answers, which may not be really my own credit, for arithmetic, there is actually very little knowledge. And for the three subjects of Ming Law, Drama Management, and Knowing Soldiers, he may not be able to hold it up.

So I have to find someone else's help, it's Hongfu Naijuan, who asked Mao Yu and Mao Xiaoxian, who were dismissed not long ago, to be in charge of the Ming Law Department and the Drama Department, and to be in charge of the Ming Law Department and Jia Wenhe, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, to be in charge of the Zhibing Section, and to be in charge of the Ming Arithmetic Department in Zhao Shuang, the cashier of the Ministry of Rites, and Ren Zhaoxian, to assist him in investigating the Ming Classics - and for the deputy examination.

Although Mao Jue is white, he also served as the prime minister in the Wei State before, and his qualifications are quite old; Although Ren Yi is young, he is the tall foot of Zheng Kangcheng, a scholar of scripture, and he is the brother of Hongfu, and he is famous; Only Zhao Shuang, regardless of age, fame, and rank, is much worse than the others. So why did you pick him? Because this Zhao Junqing is a famous scholar of "Zhou Ji", he went back to the imperial examination of the Wei State last time. There are very few applicants for the exam. As a result, he came out on top - to put it bluntly, he was a top science student. Therefore, Hongfu deliberately simplified and made a heavy responsibility.

The exam questions were written by Zhao Shuang alone, but after the questions, he specially showed them to Zhuge Liang, the squire of the military department, and asked for guidance. Since taking office for more than half a year, Zhuge Kongming has taken care of the collection, storage, and transportation of relevant military rations, as well as the design and manufacture of weapons and equipment. The whole of the children and the future generations of the total rear plus the general assembly of the double material minister. There are a lot of arithmetic problems involved in his work, and he doesn't understand it very well, so he went to Zhao Shuang for advice, and the two became friends - they are also good comrades in arithmetic research.

At that moment, Zhuge Liang looked at the exam questions made by Zhao Shuang, and he first pulled the abacus and answered it once, and the accuracy rate of the result was only eighty percent. So he questioned whether the topic was too difficult. Zhao Shuang said with a smile: "It's easy to calculate, the boy can do it; It's hard to calculate, and I don't dare to say that I am proficient. Today, for the country's talents, we must seek good luck. Two or three horses, it is okay to abandon them. Why not? "What's the point if I make the question simple and can be answered by one person?

"It is based on Kong Ming's answer as a balance, and those who reach it can go up to the middle, seven percent of the middle can go up and down, six percent of the middle and upper, five percent of the middle, four percent of the middle, and less than forty percent, and there is no need to take it." It's a full score on the top.,It's impossible to give it.,It's a good talent in the middle school.。 What, you ask, what if someone has an accuracy rate of more than eighty percent and is stronger than Zhuge Liang? Isn't that going to be close to my level? How can it be!

Zhao Shuang is still quite conceited about his attainments in arithmetic.

As a result, as soon as the exam questions were sent, the candidates took a rough look, and the content did not take off the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which should not be difficult. Almost all the questions are mixed with several question types in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and there are several more turns, and the numbers given are huge, and absolutely incomplete, full of fractions. This、This is too embarrassing, almost all the candidates blew up on the spot.。

It took a long time for the invigilator to make everyone quiet. Since it is impossible to change the exam questions, there is only a boring calculation, even if there are not many correct answers, as long as they are better than others-can it be possible to not give one of them this time? Wouldn't it damage the face of the court?

Kao Ming was allowed to bring calculation tools into the venue, and Ma Jun immediately pulled out the abacus in his bag. In an instant, the sound of "crackling" sounded outside the four places, and it was endless. However, there are also a few people who don't know how to use the abacus, and still use the abacus, but the result is not only the place is narrow, but it is impossible to put such a large calculation formula, and finally say that the invigilator will open up a separate empty field to calculate, but find that a bag of 270 calculation chips is not enough at all!

Even if you take all the entry and exit account books of the whole month, that's just it, but if you really want to calculate the money and food, it is impossible to do it alone, and it is impossible to answer the entire twenty questions in just three pillars of incense!

The exam time is set by the main exam, and the rest of the subjects stipulate that there is a full half a day to answer the paper - even so, it is Hongfu who estimates that he has no talent, and if he really wants to take the exam, he may not be able to get high school, and it is good to be able to mix in middle school - only Zhao Shuang stipulates that the Ming Arithmetic subject only gives Sanzhuxiang time. Without him, because Zhuge Kongming took almost a long time to complete it, for Zhao Shuang, it was a "balance", that is, a benchmark.

The questions are so profound and difficult that even Ma Jun can't help but have a headache when he looks at them, but fortunately, his foundation is still solid, and his abacus is also fast, so he barely finished answering all twenty questions at the moment before the paper is closed - but he didn't have time to check it. The candidates came out of the examination room in twos and threes, and nine out of ten frowned and shook their heads, sighing, and some people even said: "I thought it was easy to calculate, and I knew today that I should know the scriptures?" ”

Everyone knows that the topic of the Ming Jing is difficult, and there are many references, and it is simply a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops, so many scholars who apply for the Ming Calculation are here to avoid the Ming Jing. If you can get the middle, the Ministry of Degree, the Ministry of Yu, the Ministry of Industry, or the corresponding state, county, and county officials can do it, and the future is not necessarily bad. Even if there is a glass ceiling and the sky in the way, it will be difficult to dominate in the future, but I don't have such grand ambitions, and I can get a thousand stones or two thousand stones after a lifetime of struggle, which is enough to glorify my ancestors.

The more depressed others are, the happier Ma Jun is. He doesn't talk to people because of his stutter, but he always keeps his ears open. Listen to the complaints of fellow examiners. It turned out that the vast majority of people failed to answer all 20 questions. There are even some who directly hand in the blank papers. I've finally finished answering the questions, even if I don't have time to check it, I can always get it right, it's not easy to get it, I get a middle or lower or something, and it shouldn't be difficult to barely pass. It seems that his career will start here, and his mother's wish will be fulfilled......

And as long as you pass the test. Chen Jun promised to lend himself the last few volumes of "The First Introduction to Physics" to read—thinking of this, Ma Jun couldn't help but feel itchy and his eyes lit up.

It's just that there is a bus to see you off when you come, and you have to be on your legs on the way back. He lives in the courtyard of the clan outside the west gate of Luoyang, but the Huangzhuang of Kaoming's calculation is outside the north gate, the distance is quite far, it is estimated that it will be dark when he walks back, and he must have missed the evening food - that is the free food provided by the official family, if you can't eat it, how wasteful? I'm thinking about it. Do you want to speed up the pace and trot. Strive to catch up with the free evening food, or take out the few copper coins you have on your body and buy some scraps of food in Luoyang City? With the win imminent, why not just have a luxury and celebrate?

While weighing the pros and cons, he was walking, but he had just entered the Luoyang City Gate, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and then a person called loudly: "The front has to be Fufeng Ma Deheng?" ”

Ma Junxin said who is this? Is there anyone in Luoyang City who knows him? Or do you mean that Chen Su and Ma Qi have also finished the exam and are here to find themselves? But it wasn't their voice, and they had no horses to ride.

Turning around suspiciously, he replied, "It's Ma Jun." Then he saw that there were three soap-shirted officials who came across the horse, and one of them galloped to the front, hurriedly reined in the horse, and then looked himself up and down, and suddenly shouted: "Take it!" ”

Then the other two officials jumped off the horse, one put his hands on Ma Jun's shoulders, and pressed down hard - Ma Jun's physique was not strong, and he was a weak-crowned young man, so he almost fell down directly - the other person untied the rope from his waist and waited to be bound.

Ma Jun was looking forward to a splendid future after becoming an official, and suddenly fell from the clouds to the dust, and couldn't help but be so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and his hands and feet were weak, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "I, I am not guilty!" Immediately, the little official sneered: "Shangguan sent me to get you, there must be a reason, how can you say that you are not guilty?!" ”

It turned out that these three officials were sent by Zhao Shuang, the examiner of the Ming Arithmetic Department, to arrest Ma Jun. It also shows that the arithmetic department not only gives a hasty answer time, but also shortens the time for judging the paper. Because the arithmetic of these years and months only looks at the results, no matter the process, whether it is "Zhou Ji" or "Nine Chapters", most of the topics in it do not list formulas, and it is very good to be able to guide readers in a basic direction. So Zhao Shuang came up with 20 questions, and at the same time gave 20 standard answers, he didn't need to mark the test papers in person, just find two officials to compare them.

So the exams for the rest of the subjects haven't ended yet, and the results have come out. After Zhao Shuang sat down on the case, there was an abacus on the case, he was pulling and researching new arithmetic problems, and the little official walked in with a thick stack of test papers, placed them on the side of the case, and then bowed down to report: "Shangguan, it has been decided." Zhao Shuang's train of thought was suddenly interrupted, he felt a little unhappy, and then he pursed the corners of his mouth and asked casually: "How many people are combined?" ”

This time, there are quite a few scholars who applied for the Ming Arithmetic Course, second only to the Ming Jing, and there are more than 300 people, which is indeed much beyond the expectations of the examiners. But as soon as Zhao Shuang opened his mouth, it was "a combination of several people", and he estimated that he could get more than middle and lower evaluations, that is, he could count forty percent of them, and ten fingers could be counted.

The official reported: "Those who have more than eight questions in secondary school, 12 people. ”

Ah, Zhao Shuangxin said that there are two more than I expected, it's not easy, the sky has eyes, and there are successors to the school. Immediately spread his hand and said that you take out the combined examination paper and give it to me, and I will report to the chief examiner that the captain knows. However, the little official was a little hesitant, and he couldn't help but stammer: "I was about to ask Shangguan, Shangguan but the sixteen questions in the clouds (that is, eighty percent) take Shangzhong, then, then...... The eighteenth question is given to the upper one? ”

What, there are still people who can calculate eighteen questions correctly, and the accuracy rate is 90% high?! Zhao Shuang jumped on the spot and shouted: "How dare you dare to kill me!" ”

The little official trembled, and hurriedly took out an exam paper and presented it with both hands. Zhao Shuang took it and glanced at it, and sure enough, he answered eighteen questions correctly - the questions and answers were all in his heart, even if he was in a hurry, he would not look away.

"There must be drawbacks in it, bring this person to me quickly!" (To be continued......)

PS: Double watch, I'm talking about it.