Yuan Gongyu sat down with other people who were seeking the election. When he learned that one of the two young nobles later was Li Xiu and the other was Changsun Wuji, he could not help but look shocked and his face showed an excited look. He was twenty-two years old this year, while Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji were already famous all over the world at his age, and they were also the most favored ministers of His Majesty the Emperor, so he has always regarded each other as his idol. It is naturally very excited to be able to meet him today.

Li Xiu came in with a piece of white cloth covering it, and then lifted the white cloth on it with his own hands. As a result, there was a wooden board under the white cloth, and there were several large pieces of paper on it, with several test questions written in big words. At this time, Li Xiu smiled and said to the person below: "This is today's test question. You just need to write the answers on the paper in front of you, and then I will score them personally. As for the results, the results will be announced in three days!"

Li Xiu actually wanted to write these questions on the paper and send them to the applicants to fill in the answers. However, after he finished the questions, he discovered that in this era, not to mention printing and copying, there was not even printing movable type, but there were engraved printing, but generally they only printed some Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues. So if he wanted to produce the paper, he had to copy the questions one by one. However, now the financial management supervisor cannot find someone to do this, so he simply wrote the questions on large paper and asked the people below to write the answers directly.

Yuan Gongyu heard that he could just write the answers to the questions, which was similar to the imperial examination, which made him feel hot, especially the financial management supervisor who was actually a prominent figure like Li Xiu, which made him more determined to enter the financial management supervisor. If he could perform well in the future, he might be able to climb Li Xiu. If he could submit the exam to Li Xiu and get his recommendation, he would definitely be able to go to high school. It is said that Shangguan Yi, the previous new top scorer, was recommended by Li Xiu.

Thinking of the above, Yuan Gongyu felt even more excited and even felt that his future was promising. He focused on those questions and found that most of these questions were math questions. Although the Six Arts also included numbers, math studies have never been highly valued by scholars. Although these math studies are not difficult, it is difficult for ordinary people to answer.

Yuan Gongyu was born in a poor family and had no book collection at home, so he could only borrow books when studying. The books in this period of the Tang Dynasty were very rare, and most of them were in the hands of aristocratic families. Therefore, Yuan Gongyu was rare to borrow books, which made him develop a very serious reading of any book he saw. It happened that he had read some books related to mathematics. After all, compared with Confucian classics, mathematics and other books can only be regarded as miscellaneous books and are easier to borrow.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Gongyu is much better at math than ordinary scholars. Moreover, when he came to Chang'an, he had read "Li Gongzi Arithmetic" written by Li Chunfeng on behalf of Li Xiu. After all, this book was distributed to officials by the court, and almost every official had one, which also led to a lot of it flowing into the people. Yuan Gongyu once borrowed one from a friend, so he was very clear about the new arithmetic using symbols. At this time, when he saw the question Li Xiu gave, he immediately decided to use new arithmetic to answer it.

Among the people who came to apply for the election were scholars who failed the exam like Yuan Gongyu, and ordinary people who had been to private schools for several years and could read and write. However, in comparison, Yuan Gongyu's math was indeed far superior to others, and he also knew new math, so he naturally had faster calculations. When others had not done half of it, he had already finished the question.

Yuan Gongyu checked the answer he wrote again. After confirming that there was no mistake, he looked up and looked around. He found that the people around him were still answering hard. Many people were stumped by these questions, and they bit the pen and thought hard. This also made Yuan Gongyu smile contemptuously and feel a little proud in his heart.

Seeing that no one was preparing to hand in the paper, Yuan Gongyu suddenly felt aroused the heart. If he was the first to hand in the paper, it would attract the attention of many people. What's more, the answer he wrote with new calculations should be more favored by Li Xiu, saying that he could leave a good impression on the other party. In this way, before he even entered the financial management supervision, he already had more advantages than others.

Thinking of the above, Yuan Gongyu couldn't help but feel an impulse, and quickly turned this impulse into action. So he stood up first, then he had a little time to do it, and then he came to Li Xiu and others with both hands and said respectfully: "The student is finished!"

"Oh? So fast?" Li Xiu saw that this very young student was the first to hand in the paper, and he looked at the other party in surprise. Although Yuan Gongyu was born in poverty, he was pretty good. He was tall and tall, but his face was not very good. After all, Yuan Gongyu was hungry and full during this period, so he naturally had a good face and his Confucian shirt was quite worn. At first glance, he knew that he was a scholar from a poor family.

"The student had the honor to read the "Li Gongzi Arithmetic" by the Prince Consort before, so he had some experience in arithmetics. He also used the new arithmetics of the Prince Consort, so he was naturally faster than others!" Yuan Gongyu said secretly in his heart when he saw Li Xiu's surprise, but it was the first time he was facing a big figure like Li Xiu, so he looked very nervous.

When Li Xiu heard that Yuan Gongyu had actually read his "Li Gongzi's Arithmetic", he couldn't help but nodded in appreciation, and then looked down at the questions he answered. The new arithmetic use of arithmetic symbols and Arabic numerals were very simple and clear. Li Xiu glanced down and found that almost all the answers written by Yuan Gongyu were correct, but there were a few simpler methods, but he answered them very complicatedly, but this was not surprising. After all, he had never really listened to his own class.

"It's well written, your name is..." Li Xiu praised first, and then saw the name on the other party's paper again, but this made him pause and a look of surprise appeared on his face. After a while, he looked up and looked at the other party again, "Your name is Yuan Gongyu?"

"It is the student. The student was the student of the previous year, but he was just absent from Xueqian and unfortunately failed. He was planning to study hard for a few years before taking the imperial examination, but he didn't expect to see the recruitment list of the Financial Management Commission yesterday, so he came to apply for the election!" Yuan Gongyu did not dare to look directly at Li Xiu, so he did not notice Li Xiu's abnormality and answered carefully.

Seeing that the young man in front of him was indeed Yuan Gongyu, Li Xiu couldn't help but secretly look at Changsun Wuji and Xu Jingzong next to him. Because Changsun Wuji lost power in the future, he was exiled. Finally, he was sent by Xu Jingzong to force Changsun Wuji to hang himself to death. The person sent was Yuan Gongyu in front of him. In other words, Yuan Gongyu in front of him was the murderer who killed Changsun Wuji.

"Is it really that enemies are not gathering?" Li Xiu said to himself at this time that it would be fine if Changsun Wuji and Xu Jingzong met, but he did not expect to meet another Yuan Gongyu. Although Yuan Gongyu was not as famous as Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu in history, he was also one of the minions under Wu Zetian, and secretly colluded with Xu Jingzong and others. For a time, the power was overwhelming, and famous officials like Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were all in their hands.

"Well, Gongyu, you can be recommended to participate in the imperial examination at a young age. You will definitely be a national talent in the future. This paper will be put here first and then see the results in three days!" However, Li Xiu quickly woke up and said with a dry cough.

"Thank you, the prince consort, the student will leave!" Yuan Gongyu also felt excited when he heard Li Xiu's praise, but he was very eyebrow-like and knew that he had already shown it just now. If he stayed there, he would be a little ignorant of politeness, so he took the initiative to leave. After saying that, he planned to leave the room and leave.

However, before Yuan Gongyu left the room, Li Xiu suddenly called him and said, "Wait a minute, I'm late today, so I've been wasting everyone's time. Now it's already noon. I've asked someone to make a meal at Zuixianglou next to me. You can pick up a sign at the door and you can go to the restaurant for lunch. I'm also apologizing to everyone!"

Originally, the selection should have ended in the morning, but because he went to the palace to discuss matters, he wasted time. Not only did he ask so many people to wait for him, but the weather was also hot, so Li Xiu felt guilty and came up with such a solution.

"This... thank you, the son-in-law!" Yuan Gongyu refused, but at this time he was indeed hungry, not to mention that he was penniless now and could only go hungry after returning. Now he had a ready-made meal in front of him, which made him unable to refuse anyway, so he finally thanked Li Xiu with shameless face.

When Yuan Gongyu left the room, there was indeed a minor official at the door who issued a sign for eating. He took one into the restaurant next to him. The guy immediately called him down and delivered the prepared meals. Of course, Li Xiu could not invite these people to eat delicacies, but he also had two meat, two vegetables, four dishes, plus one soup, and steamed cakes and rice were eaten casually. As a result, Yuan Gongyu ate four large steamed cakes in a row, and he drank no drops of soup after the dishes, so he left with satisfaction.

In addition, Yuan Gongyu discovered that it was not until he left after dinner that other people began to hand in the papers, which made him feel a little more confident. Maybe in three days, he could work in the financial management supervisor, and he also left a little impression on Li Xiu. Maybe it won’t take long to make a comeback.

However, just when Yuan Gongyu dreamed of becoming a leader and rising, Li Xiu in the room was in trouble. Although Yuan Gongyu performed very well, in history, Yuan Gongyu and Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were colluded with each other, so there was no need to ask that they were also a scammer. Moreover, he was the murderer who killed Changsun Wuji, but he had a good relationship with Changsun Wuji, so whether it was reasonable, he should keep Yuan Gongyu out.
Chapter completed!