Chapter 210 Zhu Yijun’s small arithmetic class begins
“There are indeed many things that are feasible or not, but for some people, it is absolutely not possible; but for some people, it is not impossible. "Zhang Siwen said something to Jiao Hong, which was not so easy to understand and had profound meaning.
The purpose of establishing some regulations is to set thresholds, and then use reasonable means to use the power in your hands to seek personal gain. This fact is too common, even for the imperial examinations that are already relatively fair. included.
Threshold: if you pass it, it is the door; if you cannot pass it, it is the threshold.
Jiao Hong was silent for a moment before speaking: "From the Hongwu years to the Xuande years, officials in the Ming Dynasty were evaluated for promotion. After taking three exams and completing nine years, they could become officials, governors, governors, and governors. , Lingshi, Dianli, Secretary, and scribes can all be given official status, but in the seventh year of Xuande, tests on literary meaning, movement, and writing began, which basically cut off the chance of officials being promoted and obtaining official status. "
"Those who have no merit in the three shall be dismissed from the service of the people."
This is the decree of the seventh year of Xuande. After that, the door to promotion from civil servants to official status was completely closed. Closed.
There is a common ceiling in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Non-Jinshi scholars cannot enter the Imperial Academy, and non-Hanlin scholars cannot join the cabinet. By the Wanli period, only those who became common people were eligible to join the cabinet; Jinshi scholars were also divided into three levels. The top three will enter the Hanlin Academy, the second-tier will be admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and if they fail the exam, they can also find a job in the capital, while the third-tier can only be sent out to serve as officials.
As for Juren, at the time of its establishment, there were still high-ranking officials. By the Wanli period, the upper limit of Juren was the sixth grade.
This test is like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate.
Therefore, Jiao Hong really had no ambition for an official career, so he contradicted Sun Jigao face to face and angrily denounced the Confucian scholars. He knew that a person like him would not be able to find a good place for himself in the officialdom.
Everyone is greedy, are you greedy or not? Everyone is tolerant, are you tolerant? Everyone turns a blind eye to a certain thing, can you turn a blind eye? Jiao Hong was very confident in his knowledge, but he had no confidence at all in being an official.
If he hadn't taken shelter in the Quanchu Guild Hall this time, he wouldn't even be able to refer to it.
"Because of my father, I don't plan to be an official." Zhang Siwen's words were shocking, and he directly raised an explosive topic, leaving Jiao Hong dumbfounded and dumbfounded.
As the eldest son of Zhang Juzheng, isn’t it natural for Zhang Siwen to enter the officialdom and become an official, and he will skyrocket to a career of ninety thousand miles?
Zhang Siwen looked at Jiao Hong's stunned look and said with a smile: "Although my father has never said anything about this, if it is Chinese style this year, I am afraid some people will say that my father will become a powerful minister and become Yan Song. Xu Jie, I better not cause trouble for my father, he has enough troubles."
"I have a place to go if I don't become an official. I plan to learn arithmetic well and then go to Gewuyuan."
"Gewuyuan?" Jiao Hong was full of doubts. What kind of yamen is this?
Zhang Siwen began to explain the various aspects of the Royal Gewuyuan, which is still under construction.
Zhang Siwen longed for the Gewuyuan. He was very good at arithmetic. With the various novelties in his father's Wenchang Pavilion, he was able to flexibly use the eighty-one-level abacus and the measuring steps. He was able to measure the area of irregular land between the two, was able to use the sine table for trigonometric mapping, and even made a 10-minute sine table himself.
At this time, he was fully qualified to enter the Gewuyuan.
Zhang Siwen knew clearly that he had no future in politics. His father, Zhang Juzheng, did not intend to hand Zhang Dang's big stall to Zhang Siwen, which was left to His Majesty.
Zhang Siwen did not think it was unfair. His father had talked about public and private matters. Zhang Dang was a public servant, while the small family was private. If Zhang Juzheng wanted to leave these to his son, there would be no Zhang Dang at all.
Zhang Siwen likes arithmetic. In the past, it was a bit deviant and useless. Now, the Gewuyuan built with arithmetic logic as the core is the temple in his mind and the place he yearns for now.
Jiao Hong and Zhang Siwen chatted for a long time. Jiao Hong was very interested in Gewuyuan, but he had never studied arithmetic at all.
The next day, Jiao Hong entered the Imperial College and became a student of the Imperial College. There were not so many problems with reference.
Jiao Hong had a family background, so it was not difficult to enter the Imperial College.
Sun Jigao immediately did not dare to continue to embarrass him. The reason was very simple. Jiao Hong was from the Quanchu Guild Hall. If he continued to embarrass him, he would not give Yuan Fu face.
If you don’t give Yuan Fu face, you are courting death.
After Jiao Hong entered the Imperial College, he immediately regained his self-confidence. The poor students had many stationery supplies. The etiquette of these prison students was good, but in terms of knowledge, they were not very good.
When Jiao Hong entered the Imperial Academy, he came to study arithmetic, and he was also somewhat interested in arithmetic.
But Jiao Hong soon realized the difficulty of arithmetic.
The arithmetic in the Imperial College is a separate points system.
Jiao Hong just entered the school, and entered the degree hall. There are twelve exams a year, with a ten-point system, the highest is ten points, the lowest is 0 points. Only after getting 90 points in the exam every year can he be promoted from the degree hall of "Arithmetic Enlightenment" He went from hall to hall to read "Baojian of Arithmetic Studies", "Algorithm Tongzong" and "Taiwan Algorithm".
After another year of examination and passing 90 points, you can enter Minglitang. Minglitang is the disciple of the crown prince Zhu Zaiyu, and is responsible for the grading of Dushutang and Byantongtang.
The Imperial College originally had six halls. The three halls of Zhengyi, Chongzhi and Guangye lasted one and a half years. In addition to the original grades, the math score must reach 60 points to advance to the second hall of Xiudao and Chengxin. These two The academic system of Getang is also one and a half years, and students must have a math score of 80 or above before they can be promoted to Suixingtang, obtain the qualification of a child student, and start preparing for the provincial examination.
Mingli Hall and Suixing Hall are the two upper chambers in the Imperial College.
Cultivation, sincerity, and bypassing are the middle equanimity, while justice, lofty industry, wide industry, and degree are the lower equanimity.
The upper, middle and lower houses are three grades.
If you are a Juren student, you will be transferred to the monastery. For students with a Juren background, the Imperial College does not require classes or exams, because most of the Juren students entering the Imperial College are seeking status, mainly for the examination. .
When Jiao Hong started studying arithmetic, he didn't think it was scary at first. Isn't it just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? Then as the subject gradually deepened, Jiao Hong began to feel numb, and then his scalp began to tingle.
He even wondered how he passed the exam and whether his father had used money to clear the way for him without knowing it.
The Enlightenment of Mathematical Studies directly deceived him. Is Mathematical Studies really learned by humans?
Xue Zheng stood in front and said: "I have a jug of wine. I take it with me on spring outings. I double the amount when I meet a shop. I drink a bucket when I meet a friend. The shop friend travels around. I have no more wine in the lake. May I ask? How many buckets are there in this pot? "
This test is about arithmetic and logic. After repeated calculations, Jiao Hong finally got a result, but he made a mistake and calculated backwards. Once in the store, he calculated it wrong, but then he used Tianyuan Technique and walked around again, but he calculated it right.
The answer is: 15/16 buckets.
Jiao Hong found new fun.
On the third day of October, Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall as usual, held a large court meeting, and started the monthly regular court meeting.
After the ceremony was over, everyone looked at His Majesty the Emperor on the stage.
Feng Bao flicked his fly whisk and said loudly: "The envoy of Xuan Ryukyu Kingdom is here to see you."
"I, Zheng Xian, the chief minister of Ryukyu, and Zheng You, the chief minister of the palace of Zhongshan King of Ryukyu, are here to see your majesty. Long live, long live, long live your majesty." Two Ryukyu envoys entered the palace and saluted.
Zheng Xian and Zheng You bowed again. Zheng Xian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the late king has passed away. I beg your Majesty to make the crown prince Shangyong the king."
The Ryukyu envoy came to the court this time. In order to request the emperor to confer the title of King of Nakayama, the crown prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shoei, the old king died and the new king was already in power, hoping to be canonized by the imperial court.
"The Ministry of Rites has reported this matter. I don't understand. Prince Wang is originally Shang Kang, so why should he support Shang Yong as king?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
According to the "Fan Kingdom Rituals Notes", the prince appointed by the old king is obviously Shang Kang, and the prince Shang Kang is still alive. As a result, Ryukyu's ministers gathered around Shang Yong as the king. This must be the case. Ask clearly.
"Your Majesty, Shang Kangbo is not the concubine." Zheng Xian bowed again and replied very respectfully.
After Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, bowed down after leaving his duties, he turned to look at the Ryukyu envoy and said, "Is this really the case? But the Shang Yong you are crowding around is not the daughter of a royal concubine."
In the sixth year of Longqing, the old king passed away. The reason why the Ming Dynasty has been reluctant to canonize the title must be due to the fierce struggle in the court. On the other hand, it is because the Ministry of Rites decided to appoint the crown prince because of the old king. Ryukyu's bureaucrats supported another one, which was inconsistent with etiquette.
So until the fourth year of Wanli, no new king was canonized.
Recently, the coastal defense inspectors of Zhengjiupin are driving hydrofoil sailboats on the sea. It only takes one day from Songjiang Prefecture to Ryukyu, and it only takes two days from Yuegang to Ryukyu. Information The speed of transmission has been greatly improved. After a recent visit, I found that the problem in Ryukyu is not just that it is not the fault of the princess.
The mother of the new king who is surrounded by Ryukyu is a Japanese, while the mother of the crown prince Shang Kang is a Ming Dynasty.
Ma Ziqiang did not make it clear, just to give the envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom a chance to make it clear directly that he wanted to jump left and right in the Ming Dynasty and have both sides, without even thinking about it. In the decision-making against the Japanese, he needed a stance. firm.
Cold sweat broke out on Zheng Xian's forehead immediately. The court already knew.
"Your Majesty, I have given you detailed information. It is not the military and civilians of Ryukyu who have betrayed the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese pirates from the Japanese country who have caused endless harm to the Ryukyu Islands. I sincerely request your majesty to send the Ming Dynasty Army to help Ryukyu pacify the Japanese." Zheng Xian didn't make his words too clear, but explained the reasons clearly.
As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu had to be canonized by the Ming emperor. However, the reality was that Ryukyu was repeatedly invaded by Japanese pirates. As the suzerain state, it was never able to help eliminate Japanese pirates.
The Japanese were fierce, fighting everywhere, occupying fertile fields in ports, and Ryukyu envoys came to the Ming Dynasty. They complained every time, but the court could only say a few nice words.
The Ming Dynasty has the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and Ryukyu also has the national conditions of Ryukyu. Ryukyu has been deeply penetrated in all aspects. In fact, there is no other way. We can only play this kind of trick of sitting on the wall. On the one hand, we must obey Satsuma Shimazu. On the one hand, the order of the family must also seek the canonization of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Let's declare the decree." Feng Bao came out, flicked his fly whisk, and said with frustration: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
" I have been appointed by heaven to rule the world, and all political decrees are announced in accordance with the constitution. In the country of Ryukyu, far away from the sea, the teachings are gradually being practiced and fulfilled. Therefore, the king has been in the Yuan Dynasty for a long time. The person who has passed away has passed away, and if he belongs to the country, he will be granted the title. He will still be given a hat, a hat, and other things. It is advisable to observe the etiquette and be loyal and diligent. "
"This is it."
The interesting thing about this imperial edict is that although it was given Pi Bian and a crown, it still did not recognize Shang Yong as the king. It only allowed Shang Yong to temporarily take charge of state affairs, and there was no corresponding Yin Shou did not send canonized officials to Ryukyu to preside over the canonization.
The Ming Dynasty has not fully explored the situation in Ryukyu. The speed of the Ming Dynasty's navy is much lower than that of the Beijing camp. This is not because Yu Dayou is inferior to Qi Jiguang, but because the navy needs ships, and building ships takes time. , without ships, cannons, and muskets, it was really difficult for the navy to go ashore to fight.
Yu Dayou gave a clear time, that is, around the seventh year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty's navy would have the ability to attack.
So Ryukyu has to wait, and so does Ming Dynasty.
"I thank you for your kindness." Zheng Xian sighed heavily. This result was not very good.
Zheng Xian was actually unwilling to do so. Either the imperial court would send troops to quell the Japanese, and Ryukyu would be directly attached to it, so hello, me, and everyone; He refused to swallow it, refused to send troops, and refused to confer titles, which made Ryukyu unable to advance or decline, which was very uncomfortable.
Zheng Xian has no choice but to give up his claim to Ryukyu. It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to give up its claim to Ryukyu. It would not have done so in the past, and it is even less likely to happen now due to the opening of the sea. However, the Ming Dynasty’s navy has not yet recovered enough to attack. The level, it takes time to accumulate, so it can only be so good or bad.
The imperial court is in trouble, Ryukyu is also in trouble, so we can only do whatever it takes to maintain the situation.
After the envoy left the palace, Zhu Yijun’s hand touched the memorials. This pile of memorials were all from this month.
"Is Xu Guochong here to review the Hanlin Academy?" Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said with amusement on his face.
Xu Guochong was waiting outside the palace. When he heard the announcement, he hurried to the palace, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "See you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty pays you a holy greeting."
Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said: "I am going to tell you that arithmetic is a delusional art. It is said that numbers have magical principles. They can know the comings and goings, and they can't do anything without thinking. There is a saying: arithmetic is useless, not only economics." Managing the world is a waste of time and useless."
"If I deny it to you, you have to go to the memorial and let me reduce the burden by one or two."
First in arithmetic. This roadblock was exaggerated by Confucian scholars into a monstrous technique.
For example, in the past, when Li Chunfeng was engaged in astronomical calendaring and Wu Zetian ascended the throne, some people said that Li Chunfeng had deduced that Wu Zetian was going to usurp the Li family as early as 40 years ago!
Astronomer and mathematician Li Chunfeng suddenly became a master of prediction.
I don’t know if it was written by Li Chunfeng himself, "Tui Bei Tu", which processed the prophecies of past dynasties and finally became the top among the top in prediction. As long as there is something wrong, this prediction The pictures on the back will be taken out and hyped up.
Things like pushing back pictures actually have very obvious traces of collective creation, and it is not only horizontal, with Li Chunfeng leading multiple people to create, but also vertical, which has been continuously processed by successive dynasties, forcing things to happen. Attached to the pushback chart, it creates the illusion that its prediction is very accurate.
This thing is a lie. For example, something happened in August of the fourth year of Wanli. A Confucian scholar named Ma Dengru started to tinker with some weird things because he was not good at reading. In the Ming Dynasty, he was called a demon.
Shu Ao of the Huai'an Prefecture reported that Ma Deng had no success in Confucianism and martial arts, so he created "Tui Bei Diagram" and "Array Formation Diagram" to confuse the public and prove it.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who spread rumors about prophecy will be beheaded in public, so they were directly escorted to the capital.
The "Tui Bei Tu" was made by myself, which is the only way to cheat.
The current review of Xu Guochong’s point is that the promotion of arithmetic in the Ming Dynasty is to encourage the arrogance of monstrous techniques. This worry cannot be wrong, because everyone in the past dynasties has said so, arithmetic is the help of evil, and arithmetic is monstrous. The ghost of the art.
On the other hand, Xu Guochong also said that this thing is too difficult.
Zhu Yijun asked Xu Guochong for the first time. The second time, Xu Guochong stopped talking about monstrous tricks. Instead, he begged the prison students of the Imperial College to loosen the reins, which was considered to be telling the truth.
It’s too difficult to learn.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Xu Jiaqing and I have different opinions. Xu Jiaqing said it is difficult, but I am also learning, why do I think it is not difficult? I have an idea."
As soon as the emperor said that he had an idea, the ministers were immediately frightened. Your Majesty's ideas are always so unexpected. Your Majesty, please don't come up with any ideas. The entire Ming Dynasty is overwhelmed by your Majesty's ideas. .
Zhu Yijun didn't care whether the ministers were happy or not, and said with a smile: "Then I will go to Yilun Hall tomorrow to talk about arithmetic. How about I talk about recruitment skills?"
The Yilun Hall of the Imperial College was called Chongwen Pavilion in the Hongwu period. In the Yongle period, it was renamed the Yilun Hall. It was the place where the emperor went to give lectures after visiting the Imperial Academy. When the emperor came to this place, he met the officials of the Imperial Academy, and then he was visited by Hongwu. The minister of the temple preached to teachers and students that they should study hard and respect their teachers.
Zhu Yijun felt that since it was a place for lectures, could he, the Master, be the teacher himself and teach arithmetic to the students of the Imperial College?
Zhu Yijun said that he was not bad at reading the Four Books and Five Classics. However, the Four Books and Five Classics Guozijian taught them very well, but when it comes to math, he did not teach them very well.
The master and the master are one, so you should fulfill your obligation as the master and master in the world and speak about it in person.
Isn’t it impossible? Zhu Yijun planned to go into battle himself and teach the tactics.
The art of recruitment was created by Guo Shoujing, Zhu Shijie and others in the Yuan Dynasty. It was widely used in the time-telling calendar and the Four Yuan Jade Mirror. The art of recruitment was named Newton's interpolation formula in later generations.
Hearing what the emperor said, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly stepped out of the queue and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I thought it would be better to talk about the Four Elements Technique. Recruitment is too difficult."
Zhu Yijun was very convinced. Said: "Sir, are you afraid that I can't understand what I'm saying? Didn't I demonstrate the method of calculating the apparent degrees of the sun, moon and five stars for you in the side hall yesterday? I also showed you how to read the theory of astronomical movements."
"I can explain it clearly, sir, don't worry."
Zhang Juzheng is not worried about the little emperor, he is worried about the supervisor.
"Your Majesty can understand, but the supervisors do not. I am not worried that Your Majesty will not understand. I am really worried that the supervisors will not understand. They will be even more frightened by God's calculations and unwilling to learn." Zhang Juzheng did not want to stop the emperor from going to Yi. Lun Tang gives lectures to the supervisors, but His Majesty starts recruiting people as soon as possible. Doesn't this cost people's lives?
Lectures are okay, but they cannot be so difficult, otherwise the students will not be able to understand, and Your Majesty will also think that the supervisors are too stupid, which will damage the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.
"How about we talk about the power and potential of the ancestors being the same, but the accumulation is not different?" Zhu Yijun actually didn't want to talk about the Four Elements Technique, because it was a bit too simple.
"Your Majesty, I think the Four Elements Technique is just right. If it is more difficult, the supervisors may not be able to understand what your Majesty means." When Zhang Juzheng heard that Zu Xun's principle was about to be taught, he immediately made clear his objection. In the Imperial College, Zu Xun Principle, that is something that only Meiglitang can study. If the supervisors are asked to learn this, they will not be able to learn it, right?
Zhenzhen: sincere and patient teaching.
"Okay then, I will go to Yilun Hall on the afternoon of the third day of every month to teach arithmetic." Zhu Yijun listened to his husband's advice and chose the simpler Four Elements Technique to explain.
After Zhang Juzheng succeeded in the compromise, the courtiers all breathed a long sigh of relief. Zhang Juzheng fulfilled his mission as Yuan Fu and successfully sealed the emperor.
His Majesty is really asked to teach recruitment skills. If the students don’t understand, wouldn’t they have to hang themselves to apologize?
The Four Elements Technique is simple and just right.
Zhu Yijun is still a little regretful. In fact, he really wants to talk about this triangulation mapping method. This is Zhu Zaiyu's biggest achievement after entering Beijing, and now he has begun to calculate. The Kantu map, which was previously seriously out of proportion, can finally be Further corrections were made.
Talking about triangulation can effectively respond to the first trend of public opinion, that arithmetic is useless and arithmetic is monstrous.
It's because you don't know how to use it, you don't understand it, and you rely on arithmetic. It's not a problem with arithmetic, it's a problem with people.
But trigonometric mapping is also a cutting-edge arithmetic that only Meilido is exposed to.
"What does Xu Jiexing think of my handling? Look, if you say it's difficult, I don't think it's difficult, so I'll go and tell the students in the Imperial College about this." Zhu Yijun seemed to be asking Xu Guochong, what he wanted To give lectures, Xu Guochong disagreed.
Whether Xu Guochong agrees or not, everyone has to agree.
"I thank you for your majesty's grace." Xu Guochong realized something was wrong. He originally asked the emperor to reduce the burden, but the emperor had to take action himself.
There is a reason why the Confucian scholars in the Imperial College don’t want to learn arithmetic. That is: they don’t know whether the emperor’s arithmetic is really good. When you say you like it, do you really like it?
Now it is a mule and a horse, and it can be pulled out for a ride.
Zhu Yijun showed a sunny smile and signaled that Xu Guochong could leave. Can you explain it clearly? If you explain it clearly, won't you know in the afternoon?
After lunch in the afternoon, Zhu Yijun went to the Yilun Hall of the Imperial College with a lot of tails.
Fan Yingqi, Sun Ying'ao and others, who were in charge of the Imperial College's memorial ceremony, were well prepared and carefully selected 90 outstanding students from Mingli Hall and Byantong Hall to come to study.
Zhu Yijun appeared in the school. After everyone bowed, Zhu Yijun's arithmetic class began.
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