Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 223 Three Questions in Mathematics
Chapter 223 Three Questions in Mathematics
The morning sun shines on the earth, and after the east gate of Xianyang is opened, people come and go in an endless stream, and danger is everywhere.Compared with the war-torn Guandong, the land in Guanzhong can be described as a true paradise on earth.

"Give way, everyone, give way."

A small official holding a notice came to the gate of the city and pasted a white cloth on the notice board.

Then he turned around, looked at the people passing by and said loudly: "His Majesty the Emperor has a decree that one of the eight academies of the Taixue Academy has a vacancy for the first place. From the perspective of fairness, select suitable talents from all over the world. Those who pass the test can enter Zhangtai Palace to take the re-examination. Those who pass the re-examination can be admitted to the School of Mathematics, and those who are excellent can be directly appointed as the dean of the School of Mathematics."

Taixue is no longer a secret in Xianyang. Everyone from the ministers to the traffickers and pawns already knows about it.

But they didn't expect that such a thing would happen to them one day.

After all, among the Eighth Academy, Master Guowei, the Confucian master Xunzi, and the Mohist giant are all the world-shattering deans of the Eighth Academy. If anyone can enter the Taixue, they can directly keep pace with them and become the best in the world.

No one can resist this temptation.

The common people rushed forward to join in the fun, and the passing businessmen and scholars also stopped and looked sideways.

In an inn not far from the city gate, several scholars were pondering over the topics they had copied from the city gate.

"What do you think Tai Xueling's head is made of? He can think of such a weird topic."

"Yes! Look at this question. Xiao Ming is carrying two buckets to fetch water from the river. Now he wants to fetch six catties of water from the river, but one of his buckets can only hold four catties, and the other can hold nine catties. Hit six catties?"

"Tell me, is this Xiao Ming stupid? Wouldn't it be better for him to just do four or nine catties? Thirteen catties are fine, so why do he have to do six catties?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking about it for a long time and haven't figured out how to do this. Have you figured it out?"

Several other scribes also shook their heads.

"It's over, so it seems that the position of dean has nothing to do with us."

The few scribes were originally from the old Korea. They went to Xianyang to avoid the chaos because of the war in the Central Plains. Now they thought they would have a bright future, but they didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

The few of them were still discussing there, but the shopkeeper next to him figured out the first question first.

The waiter next to him was wiping the counter and looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, is this question difficult?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "It must be difficult for you, but for me! It's not bad, but the third question is really tricky."

The buddy asked: "What's the question, maybe I can help you with ideas."

"You?" The shopkeeper glanced at the shopkeeper. He wanted to ridicule him at first, but after thinking about it, it doesn't mean that others can't, so he said, "Okay, let me tell you. Liu Da and Liu Erliang The brothers chatted, Liu Da said, when I was your age, you were only four years old; Liu Er replied, when I was your age, you were already 46 years old. Ask Liu Da how old Liu Er is now. "

The clerk was stunned, looked at the shopkeeper in front of him, and frowned. After thinking for a long time, he could only smile awkwardly: "This... I'd better go clean the table!"

The shopkeeper immediately laughed when he saw his retreat in spite of the difficulties, and then counted again.

Princes and generals are kind, no matter whether they are princes, nobles or traffickers, no one wants to just hang out at the bottom all their lives, and everyone wants to look like a person.

And the boss believes that he is not far from this goal.

Inside the Meng Mansion, two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi are sitting in the study, and in front of them are the three math questions that have driven the people of Xianyang crazy.

"Brother, can you solve this problem?"

Meng Tian shook his head: "It seems simple but not simple."

Meng Yi suddenly showed a frowning look when he heard the words.

"what happened?"

"Such a difficult topic, I'm afraid those of us who can only wield knives and sticks will not be able to figure it out."

Meng Tian laughed out loud when he heard this.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

"My Meng family was originally born in the military, why should I get involved in this Taixue?"

Meng Yi lowered his voice and replied: "Didn't you hear?"

"What did you hear?"

"Li Si has gradually lost His Majesty's trust."

Meng Tian frowned.

The Meng family has become the top military generals of the Qin State since Meng Ao. With the efforts of Meng Wu and Meng Tian, ​​the Meng family is now ranked among the two military families of the Qin State alongside the Wang family.

During the Warring States period, unless it was a royal family, there were almost no families that could last for a long time.

But the Monsieurs did.

Several generations of kings of Qin State had great trust in them.

And the key to all this is not only the outstanding military achievements of the Meng family, but also because they know very well what to do and what not to do.

They never like to get involved in the battle of the crown prince and the chaos in the court, because they know that once they get involved there, it will be a disaster for the whole family.

Have you forgotten what your father once said? "

"I haven't forgotten!" Meng Yi looked at Meng Tian in a daze, and then said: "But this is already known by the government and the public, and I was thinking, if we can win the position of dean of the School of Mathematics, we can suppress him." Head to Li Si."

Meng Tian put the three questions in his hands aside, looked at Meng Yi in front of him and said: "Your Majesty will not allow us to do this."

Meng Yi was stunned for a moment.

He was not convinced, after all, in terms of time, his time with His Majesty was far more than Meng Tian's, and his understanding of the Emperor was naturally better than Meng Tian's.

"Why, don't you believe it? Then let me ask you, why does Your Majesty know that Li Si is the No. Teacher? I don't think so. If I'm not mistaken, His Majesty is suspicious of Li Si, fearing that he will continue to grow and endanger the rule of the empire."

"Impossible, Your Majesty is so powerful, how could this be possible."

Meng Tian asked, "Have you forgotten how Old General Wang Jian reassured His Majesty over and over again when Father led the army to conquer Chu?"

Meng Yi fell silent for a moment.

Because this matter is not a secret, almost all the senior generals of Qin State know about it.

"Your Majesty's suspicion has never been dispelled. In addition, what happened to Zhao Gao before, even the people around him can do things behind his back, let alone Li Si, a foreign minister. So, no matter we Mengshi children If you can answer these questions, don’t go there. We have our own way, defending our home and country, and dying in battle is the mission of our Montessori descendants, understand?”

"Little brother understands."

(End of this chapter)