Chapter 197: Rock-paper-scissors

As mentioned last time, the three stinkers scrambled to persuade Sima Yi as messengers, and Liu Hou's only one sentence of "Kong Rong let the pear" made them ashamed, and they didn't dare to speak out again to compete for this opportunity that seemed destined to make a great contribution.

Liu Hou talked eloquently, and after gently reprimanding them, he said the solution to the problem: "Draw lots." ”

Drawing lots is the best and easiest way to solve the problem of more monks and less porridge, everyone depends on luck, don't be embarrassed if you win, and don't need to complain if you lose. The key is that for Liu Hou, who is the referee, he will not offend anyone, because the rules are fair, everything is public, and if you can't draw it, you are unlucky, and you can't blame others.

The three stinkers heard the emperor's mention of yì and had no different meaning, they had been fighting for so long, and they also knew that there would be no result if they continued to fight like this, not to mention that the emperor had already taught himself a lesson with the story of "Kong Rong made pears", if they continued to fight, they really didn't know what to do, it was better to use this simple and fair method to quickly end this struggle.

So, Liu Hou asked someone to bring three pearls the size of a dragon's eye, lifted the brush in front of the case, dipped it in cinnabar, and dotted a red dot on one of them, saying: "Whoever draws this pearl with red dots will win." "Of course, the lot drawn presided over by the emperor can't be as petty as a few paper balls, and only with a pearl the size of a dragon's eye can he show his identity.

Mi Zhao came up and personally held a wooden lacquer tray, Liu Hou put three pearls on the tray with his own hands, and then covered the tray with a piece of red silk cloth, and then, Mi Zhao shook the tray a few times, because the edge of the tray is very high, the silk cloth is pushed up, so only the sound of the three pearls dripping and turning in the tray is heard, but the trajectory of the pearl movement can not be seen.

So, unless you have a clairvoyant eye, or a legendary master gambler who listens to dice, it's impossible to know where the pearl is rolling. The props were ready, and Liu Hou said: "Okay, three Aiqing, please." ”

The three of them stretched out their hands to the tray covered with silk cloth at the same time, and seeing that they were about to scramble again, Liu Hou saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped: "Kong Rong let pears!" ”

The three of them stopped at the same time, awkwardly took back the hand that was about to touch the silk cloth, and then arched their hands to each other, barely squeezing out a little smile, and said to the other two: "You first", "You please first"

Liu Hou looked at the insincere appearance of the three of them, he was really angry and funny, didn't he say that the ancients were all humble gentlemen? How do these three Confucian disciples look like hungry dogs who see bones, where is there any ancient style of humble gentlemen, could it be said that the saying that people's hearts are not ancient has been applied at this time?

In desperation, Liu Hou had no choice but to say: "Come one by one, what kind of system do you become like this, since you don't give in to each other, then rock-paper-scissors decide the order." ”

As soon as Liu Hou's voice fell, the three of them first continued to be ashamed, and then they were stunned, and after a while, Guo Youzhi spoke first: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is rock-paper-scissors?" ”

Liu Hou slapped his forehead and thought: Could it be that this rock-paper-scissors hasn't been invented at this time? So he said: "It's just guessing boxing." ”

The three of them also understood as soon as they heard it, and there were games such as guessing boxing and drinking orders in the Han Dynasty in China, but there were various forms of guessing boxing, and the names of various guessing boxing games had different names in different periods and different places, so when Liu Hou said "rock-paper-scissors", they didn't know what it was for a while, and they all understood when Liu Hou said guessing boxing.

Liu Hou explained to them the rules of rock-paper-scissors, and the three of them quickly mastered this simple way of guessing boxing, and after testing each other a few times, Liu Hou announced that the competition had officially begun.

Yan Sù's handsome tent suddenly became a place for children to play at home, and the three important ministers of the court each rolled up one sleeve, exposed one arm, raised their fists above their heads, and shouted together: "Rock-paper-scissors!" Then the three fists swung down and came together, and all three of them came out of stone.

Liu Hou couldn't help but smile when he saw this, according to the research of later psychologists, people who like to come out of "stones" are usually aggressive, and their habits of doing things are challenging. Of course, there is more than one factor, and when people are in a nervous mood, the probability of coming out of the stone is also greater.

The first round was a tie, so the three of them started a new round of guessing boxing, the layman looked at the excitement, the insider looked at the doorway, Liu Hou watched the three of them punch at the same time, and he was also simulating punching in his heart to see if he could win the three of them. Liu Hou is not a real insider, he can only be regarded as a half-insider, and the reason why he is half-an insider is because he watched a news.

This news is to say: Zhejiang University has carried out an empirical study based on the "rock-paper-scissors" model, and this research was selected as the "MIT Science and Technology Review 2014 Best", becoming the first social science field achievement in China to be selected into the "MIT Science and Technology Review".

China's scientific and technological level has been opened from modern times # (why is this also a forbidden word, I really don't understand, is it interesting?) It has lagged behind the West in an all-round way, and it is rare for a few decent scientific research results to appear, and it can be said that this research can be recognized by the Western academic community is quite remarkable. As a fan of pseudoscience, Liu Hou also paid attention to the news at the time, and felt very curious, what is worth studying about a game played by children?

Later, he checked some information and found out that this simple children's game has been studied by many psychologists and game theory experts, and the seemingly simple game contains rich connotations.

At that time, Liu Hou was still very lamented that this game was invented by the Chinese for more than a thousand years, but it was only used to make games and drink for fun, but in the hands of Westerners, there were at least two disciplines of scientists dedicated to studying it, no wonder China's 5,000-year-old civilization was surpassed by the scientific and technological development of the West for hundreds of years, and was far behind.

Soon, the fist guessing game of the three stinkers was over, and Guo Youzhi was the first to be eliminated, and he came out of the cloth, but was cut by the scissors from the other two. Then Deng Zhi and Bu Qi fought alone, and finally Deng Zhi wrapped Bu Qi's stone with cloth and won the final victory.

Deng Zhi was elated, Bu Qi and Guo Youzhi were as depressed as defeated roosters, the common characteristics of the three of them were flushed and disheveled, if they changed the occasion, it was easy to be misunderstood that these three people had just done something bad.

If there is a servant Yushi who is in charge of the court, pickets the manners and behavior of hundreds of officials during the court, and maintains the order and dignity of the court, they will inevitably be impeached for the crime of dereliction of honor in front of the king.

Since Deng Zhi won, no one has anything to say, after all, this is a fair game, Liu Hou waved his hand and said: "Since Deng Aiqing won, then Deng Aiqing will be the first to draw lots, Bu Aiqing will be the second, and Guo Aiqing can only be ranked last." ”

Deng Zhi walked to the tray to grab the lot, Guo and Bu's eyes lit up, and they swept away the previous decadence, and they remembered that this game is not over yet, what's the use of guessing boxing and winning? The key is still in the lot. Drawing lots is also a random process, and there is no difference between the first draw and the second and third draws, which means that they haven't lost yet.

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