Chapter 14 Competition (1)
I became a member of Yingtian Academy very smoothly. After staying in the academy for a few days, I had already learned about the situation of Yingtian Academy. There were enough students in Yingtian Academy, about a thousand people. Among them, most of them were young men who gathered everywhere, who were talented and knowledgeable, and were not rich or noble at home. Speaking of which, the reason why Yingtian Academy has been so famous in recent years is that it has adopted this kind of enrollment method of high-ranking and large-ranking enrollment to recruit more outstanding young people from high-ranking families here. These students who came out of Yingtian Academy were rich and powerful at home, and it was naturally easier to climb up the officialdom than ordinary officials. Moreover, they were all excellent, so the opportunity to "become a talent" was far higher than that of other academies, and naturally the reputation of the academies increased.
There is another unique feature of Yingtian Academy, which is that it has a unique "Lady's Hall". It is said that when the emperor's grandfather and the emperor's grandmother came to the academy to "visit privately", the emperor's grandmother inadvertently sighed: "In this world, you men are allowed to study!" After hearing this, the emperor's grandfather immediately issued an order to set up an additional school for women to listen to and learn in this academy, so that the ladies of officials could study in Yingtian Academy.
If we really want to compare, both men and women in Yingtian Academy have a much higher family background than me, "Zhu Shiqi". Although I am already a great Jie Yuan, in the eyes of the rich young masters of Yingtian Academy, even if I win the top scorer, it is not considered a thing. Fortunately, my comments on the Sichuan bandits and chaos before were fulfilled. After all, the scholars who were powerless were afraid of the most was war, and they were all rich children, so my reputation gradually spread throughout Yingtian Academy. People who don’t know that I have heard that Jie Yuan from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province came from Yingtian Academy. He was very talented and learned. Even Academician Yang praised his remarks.
There is a rare leisure day. Li Ziru, Liu Ziliang and Zhao Yunshan, and I made an appointment to visit near Zijin Mountain. After all, there are several wonderful sceneries in this area that are worth seeing, and I have never been there before. The four of us walked along the mountain road, and from time to time, they recited a poem or two, and they were very relaxed. When we arrived at a small pavilion in the mountains, God changed his face and it started to rain heavily. Fortunately, we were not far from the pavilion, so we ran back to the pavilion to shelter from the rain together.
As soon as we hid in the pavilion, we saw a few people running from the other end of the mountain road. When they ran closer, we realized that those people were all women. Judging from their outfits, they were all dressed in awesome style. At first glance, we knew that they were unique clothes of our Lady Hall.
When the women entered the pavilion, they also saw us. They were a little stunned at first, and then looked at each other and smiled. One of the women took a step forward and said to us: "Are you a few of them from Yingtian Academy? Haven't asked for advice!"
Since they greeted us first, we hurriedly bowed and each gave us their names. While talking, I secretly looked at the woman and saw that she had a duck egg-like face and beautiful facial features. Just looking at her generous expression, she could be regarded as a person who was the leader for a while.
The woman smiled slightly and bowed, "The little woman's surname is Li Lingling. I have met several young masters." When she said that, she introduced the girls on their side. The taller woman standing behind her was called Chang Huaiyu, the woman with a faint shy face on her left was called Xu Yuanchun, the woman with a plump figure on the right was called Mu Hui, and the last woman who seemed to be not yet older was called Liu Rucui.
Although these five women cannot be said to be beautiful, they are all beauties with all kinds of charm. I don’t know if they can meet them in this small pavilion when the rain is pouring. I don’t know if it is God’s favor to the four of us.
Everyone had seen each other's courtesy, but Li Lingling suddenly said: "I heard that the students in the academy all had three treasures, four books, five classics and six arts, and they all had the talent of heaven and earth. They happened to meet a very wise man today, and the little girl was about to ask for advice."
"Ask for advice?" When I heard Li Lingling talk about the talent of Tianwei, she felt that she was really a little open and secretly. At this time, she heard her asking for advice again, and it was "bad intention to come".
When I was thinking this in my heart, Li Ziru saw the beauty in front of me, but seemed to have not thought much about the implications of other people's words, and said, "I wonder what the ladies want to ask for advice?"
Li Lingling thought for a while and said, "The Three Canons, Four Books, and Five Classics are all the words of saints. I can't find anything in this three moments... Well, if the young masters don't dislike it, why don't we come and discuss the Six Arts!"
"Six Arts?" I began to wonder if I heard it wrong. The Six Arts are rituals, music, shooting, and calligraphy. Although they were passed down by the saints to learn, nowadays, there are really inferior things in this world. Only those who study well, let alone the last five items of the Six Arts, but they have always received rituals. I am afraid that there are not many people in the world, otherwise how could a gentleman who can be praised by others? At this time, what Li Lingling said about competing with the Six Arts made me feel a little confused. No matter what, we men are always stronger in terms of physical strength than these delicate women.
"What do you think of the young masters?" Li Lingling's eyes flashed with clever gazes, and he looked at the four of us with a smile.
No one here, including me, does not have the arrogance of a scholar. However, I will also measure the situation in front of me. The other Li Ziru, Liu Ziliang and Zhao Yunshan are both conceited by nature, so there is no hesitation. So Liu Ziliang bowed slightly and took over the other party's "war letter" for us: "Ms. Li, how do you want to intervene? Please tell me!"
When the other five people saw us agree, they smiled a little on their faces. Then Li Lingling said again: "The word "ritual" among the six arts is apart from the word "Yu and "Shu" and "Shu" currently has no horse pen and ink. It's better not to compare this. The only thing left is "Li" and "Shu" and "Shu" are three of us. We will compete one-on-one, until the "Shu" and "Shu" are finished comparing the three arts."
The rain outside did not slow down, and the storm was coming from the pavilion. Li Ziru and I looked at each other and looked at them indifferently, and then said, "Let's come here, Brother Li, Brother Ziliang and Brother Yunshan, I will hold you on the side!" Anyway, there can only be three people on the side, and I just want to watch from the side, so I let Li Ziru and the others go on.
Li Lingling smiled slightly, thought for a while and said, "Then let me, Chang Huaiyu and Mu Hui, come and ask the young masters for advice!"
Both sides decided on their candidates, and Li Lingling came out first and said, "The little woman asked Mr. Zhao for arithmetic first." After that, she looked up and thought about it, she asked arithmetic question: "Suppose that pound of silk is worth 240 yuan, if the young master is 1,328 yuan, how many pounds of silk can I buy?"
"Isn't this the number in the Jiuzhang Sutra?" I have liked to read these idle books that my husband calls "a side-door" and when I heard Li Lingling's words, I immediately recalled the arithmetic in the Jiuzhang Sutra.
Although Zhao Yunshan is a meticulous person, it is not that easy to calculate the problem at once. He kept drawing with his fingers on the stone table, and he couldn't solve the problem after a while.
When the other five women saw this, they immediately smiled on their faces, with some mockery. I saw their expressions in my eyes. I was unhappy and was also very anxious about Zhao Yunshan, but I was just worried that I could not tell him the solution at this time.
However, Zhao Yunshan thought for a while, and finally looked up and said, "This silk can be bought for about 500% pounds, right?"
Seeing that Zhao Yunshan could calculate it, Li Lingling was not disappointed, so she nodded and said, "This question is exactly five pounds, eight twelve qian, and four of three cents." After a slight salute, she said, "Young Master Zhao, you have solved my question, please give me a question too!"
Zhao Yunshan thought about it and also said a question. After listening to the question, Li Lingling had already explained the question after just a little thought. This time, Li Ziru stared at him and was surprised. I glanced at Li Lingling, who was a little proud, and couldn't help but admire her extraordinary mental arithmetic. Even if I had read these many calculations, it was a little slower than her.
"Mr. Zhao, that little girl will give you another question. Well, this question is a little harder than before, please be careful." Li Lingling smiled and reminded Zhao Yunshan, and then said a calculation question: "Suppose someone is willing to lend a thousand yuan, and the monthly interest rate is thirty. If the young master lends him 750 yuan and then returns it on the nine days, how much interest should the young master pay?"
"Oh, I'm going to lose this time!" I only heard Li Lingling telling the calculation problem, and I knew that Zhao Yunshan would definitely not be able to calculate this time, because this calculation body was much more difficult than the previous one. Just looking at Zhao Yunshan's previous performance, I would definitely be defeated this time.
Sure enough, Zhao Yunshan's face changed. She thought for a long time, and finally sighed a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Ms. Li is extraordinary in arithmetic, Yunshan admits defeat this time."
When we heard Zhao Yunshan admit defeat, the other party all laughed "giggling", making everyone in our area lose their faces. At this time, we finally realized that the other women were obviously prepared.
"So a few young men, Huaiyu will be shooting arrows with you next. I wonder who you are going to send out?" Li Lingling saw our sad face and immediately asked with a smile.
"Arrow?" I knew that the art of shooting handed down by the saint was very different from archery, but when I heard Li Lingling say this, I didn't refute her, and just asked, "Is there any bows and arrows here? I wonder how the lady will compete?"
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Chapter completed!