Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 756 It's Complicated
To be honest, although these Europeans admire the wealth and civilization of the Eastern Empire, they have their own pride in learning.Even if they are respectful in front of the emperor of the Far East Empire, they also have a little pride.

These people, standing there, are vaguely headed by three people.Obviously, the knowledge of these three people should be the reason why they are the most famous among them.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them, and then said lightly: "Although I heard that you are famous scholars in Europe, but if you want to serve me, you have to pass my test first! Who will come first?"

This is the interview, and it should be meant. Can't all Europeans be treasures?

The Europeans below also understood that the status and remuneration they got in the Far East Empire depended on the interview with the Emperor Ming.The matter is of great importance. For a while, many people feel a little timid in their hearts, and want to see other people's interviews.

The three people in the lead looked at each other, but there was no trace of worry.Among them, the younger one, of course, is more than 40 years old no matter how young, he went out with his head up, bowed and played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, my name is Pierre de Fermat, and I am happy to serve you .”

This dialogue naturally has a translation, so I will not show it here.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know much about European celebrities in the seventeenth century.In other words, he knew some European celebrities, such as Newton and Galileo, but he didn't know what era or country they were from.He had never heard of Fermat.

Therefore, he asked lightly: "What are you good at, let me hear it?"

After hearing this, Fermat immediately introduced himself, of course, introducing his academics.

In order to fully express his knowledge and to shock the emperor of the Far Eastern Empire with his knowledge, Fermat talked endlessly about his most important achievements.Some of the nouns and some of the main points, he didn't explain in detail, and the words were a bit mysterious, just to show his very learned purpose.In this way, with the attention of the Ming emperor, he can make his own request.

He was one of the three most learned of the group of Europeans, of course with a solid foundation of knowledge.Moreover, he has always been an aristocrat in France, and he was an official. He just came here because he admired the Eastern Empire in Marco Polo's travel notes.

It was also because of this that he would not be so stage frightened when facing the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he was the first to stand up.

Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and amateur mathematician.His achievements in mathematics are not inferior to those of professional mathematicians. He seems to be most interested in number theory and has also contributed to the establishment of modern calculus.Known as the "King of Amateur Mathematicians".For analytic geometry, the research is deepest.

At this time, he was saying to Emperor Chongzhen: "...an equation determined by two unknown quantities corresponds to a trajectory, which can describe a straight line or a curve..."

While talking, he gestured with the void with his hands, and also explained the equations of general straight lines and circles, as well as hyperbola, ellipse, and parabola.

Seriously, what he said, the officials in Guangzhou, although there were interpreters relaying the story, they still heard it in a cloud, and couldn't help but peek at the face of Emperor Chongzhen. They couldn't figure it out. What would the emperor be interested in?
However, they couldn't see what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking at all, because Emperor Chongzhen's face was very indifferent.

Not only the officials in Guangzhou were peeping, but the Europeans were also peeking at the face of the Ming emperor.Many of them thought without malice, Master Fermat spoke so profoundly, let alone the emperor, how many people can understand the kings and queens of Europe?It can even be said that many of them can't understand, can't understand!
The Ming emperor must have been bluffed.Otherwise, his face was dull, he couldn't even ask a question, and he could only pretend to listen.

For this situation, these Europeans are happy to see.As long as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was bluffed, the subsequent interviews would be much easier and easier.If you go back and make some requests, you will definitely not refuse.

In the past few days, they have also seen the prosperity of Guangzhou City, which is really not comparable to any city in Europe, even Paris is no exception.Clean, tidy, crowded and not chaotic, rich in supplies, it is really a paradise on earth.Not only that, I heard that there are cities in the north that are bigger than Guangzhou, at least the ones mentioned in Marco Polo's travel notes, I haven't seen them yet.If you can live comfortably here, it must be very good.

When they were thinking about their own calculations, Fermat finally finished speaking, and then saw him asking Emperor Chongzhen in a very gentlemanly way: "Dear Your Majesty Ming, these are probably the knowledge I did, I don't know what you need to ask Yes, do you want me to explain again?"

After he asked this question, everyone, including East and West, as long as they were in this hall, all stared at Emperor Chongzhen, wanting to see how he would answer Fermat's words.

Some people wanted to see the embarrassment of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, wanting to see the Emperor of Ming Dynasty sighing that he was inferior; some people, mainly from the side of Daming, were also worried.Although they knew that the emperor led the army to fight, they were invincible and invincible.And he also has a high ability in natural knowledge, but when it comes to a certain point, for example, the emperor may not understand what this Xiyi said!What if the emperor is embarrassed?
They were thinking, staring at Emperor Chongzhen, motionless.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak immediately, and sometimes frowned his eyebrows slightly, as if he was thinking about the knowledge that this Xiyi said just now.

In this regard, Fermat was a little proud, this is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, right?It's okay, just think about it and see how much you can understand what you just said?

Many people in the European crowd saw this. Although they did not dare to speak because the hall was filled with majestic soldiers (actually, they were Jin Yiwei), they were able to communicate with each other with their eyes, and then their expressions became relaxed. stand up.

As long as the emperor really doesn't know much about these knowledge, they can pass the test easily.

When they were secretly complacent, they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, so each of them put aside their distracting thoughts and went to listen to what the Emperor Ming was saying?
"You were a little too convoluted. You made something so simple that it was complicated. It took me a while to understand it."

What Emperor Chongzhen said was true. What Fermat said was indeed not as concise and easy to understand as what was written in textbooks by later generations.Therefore, after thinking for a while, he straightened out what Fermat said, which is the content of analytic geometry.

When Fermat heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, he immediately became angry.This is the aspect he is most proud of. When he came to the mouth of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he said that his words were too convoluted, and simple things were complicated. This was not acceptable to him.

You know, few people in Europe can understand his content better than him.Even Descartes, who is very authoritative in analytic geometry, probably wouldn't say that about him.

In addition, he was an official in Europe, so he was not particularly afraid of the emperor compared to ordinary people, so he naturally wanted to ask for an explanation if he was angry.But on the surface, he still behaved politely, so I heard him say to Emperor Chongzhen: "I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor said, but if you can point out my lack of knowledge, I would be happy to worship you." Be a teacher!"

At first, he wanted to say something else, but then he glanced at the emperor's guards nearby, and he didn't know what kind of person the emperor was, so he swallowed the negative in his stomach and didn't say it.

Maybe he thought that what he said was right, but when those people in Daming heard it, this Xiyi seemed very cunning, and he wanted to become a disciple of the Son of Heaven, it was so beautiful!

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think so much, and now he was just discussing the facts, so he began to talk about the knowledge of analytic geometry based on the content in his memory.It took him a long time to say this.

This time, not to mention Fermat, even other Europeans, upon hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, had to admit that what the Emperor of the Far East Empire said was more logical, detailed and simple, and easier to understand.For a while, everyone was a little stunned.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch standing beside him, "Go and see if you have brought the "Analytic Geometry" that I wrote, let him have a look!"

In the past, he had written a lot of content on mathematics, physics and chemistry based on his memory, and "Analytic Geometry" was one of them.

The hall was very quiet, only Emperor Chongzhen was talking. When Fang Zhenghua came over with the "Analytic Geometry", the others hadn't recovered from the shock.

Emperor Chongzhen took "Analytic Geometry" from Fang Zhenghua's hand, weighed it casually, and then said to Fermat: "This is what I wrote about analytic geometry. You can read it first. The time is related, and you will Back off first, next."

Fermat came back to his senses, and quickly went to pick up the book that the waiter passed on, but he was illiterate, so he wanted to ask for a translator and tell him what the book said.
At this moment, he can confirm with certainty that this book will be of great help to him!Regarding the content he likes, I have to say that he eagerly wants to learn it.

With the example of Fermat, when other Europeans looked at the Ming Emperor, they all became more careful.But in their hearts, there was still a bit of rivalry in their hearts, and they felt that the Ming emperor would never be able to overwhelm him like Fermat did with the knowledge of the other two celebrities, right?
(End of this chapter)