Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 202 The Controversy Between Chinese and Western Knowledge, Math Problems for Six-Year-Old Children

May [-]th, Wenhua Hall.

This was the first day when the emperor ordered the reopening of the sutra banquet, and it was the first time that the Spring Lecture was held, and the etiquette was very grand.

After Ming Yingzong, the Jingyan system was standardized in the Ming Dynasty.In order to avoid the cold and heat, two sutra banquets are organized every year, which are called "Spring Lecture" and "Autumn Lecture".

In principle, the venue of the Jingyan is arranged to be held in the main hall of the Wenhua Palace. Apart from the emperor who wants to "listen to the lecture", there are many officials participating in the Jingyan, namely: Zhijing Yanshi, Tongzhijing Yanshi, Jingyan Lecturer, attendant at the banquet, exhibitor, sermon writer, deacon of the banquet, etc.

Before the lecture, Li Cunming took his seat first, and then King Yongzhu and Princess Zhaoren sat next to him.The Zhijing Banquet leads everyone to perform the ceremony of "five prostrations and three kowtows", and then "go up to the hall one by one, and the east and west are set up in order".

Immediately, the exhibitor came out to unfold the lectures prepared in advance for the emperor. Tang Ruowang, who was today's lecturer, came out and knelt down to the emperor amidst the "praise" of the officials of Honglu Temple.

After the ceremony was over, Tang Ruowang was about to start lecturing when he saw Huang Zongxi, who was attending the feast of the same scriptures, and said emotionally: "Your Majesty, this feast is not in compliance with the rules, and I request rectification!"

In the Kaifeng upheaval, Huang Zongxi made great contributions.Considering that he is a learned man, Li Cunming recruited him into the palace to teach the prince Zhu Cijiong. After re-opening the sutra banquet, he was specially appointed to be the post of Tong Zhijing banquet.

"Huang Qing's family, is there something wrong?" Li Cunming frowned slightly.

Huang Zongxi talked eloquently: "Jingyan lecturers, as those who give lectures to the emperor, have extremely strict selection criteria. Jingyan lecturers must be those who are well-versed in knowledge, correct in words and deeds, mature and profound, and understand the general principles. I would like to ask, Is Tang Ruowang knowledgeable?"

Tang Ruowang said modestly: "Of course I can't be regarded as a person who is well-educated."

"Then what qualifications do you have to be a lecturer?" Huang Zongxi was not polite at all, and several officials also agreed.

Li Cunming asked: "What kind of person is a person who is knowledgeable?"

"Generally speaking, it is the most basic requirement to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and to know the meaning of them. In addition, books such as "University Yanyi", "Zhenguan Zhengyao", "Dijian Tushuo", "Tongjian Compendium" and other books must also be thoroughly familiarized. There are also some experience of governing the country of the ancients. All in all, the lecturers of Jingyan must be erudite Confucian scholars!"

"Tang Ruowang is just a foreign missionary who came to China. Even though he has lived in our dynasty for many years, he still can't master Confucianism."

As soon as Huang Zongxi finished speaking, the few officials who had just echoed him shouted, their words were fierce, their attitude was tough, and they were unwilling to let a foreigner teach the current emperor no matter what.

Someone said: "I have extensive and profound knowledge in China, including astronomy, geography, medicine and agriculture. I have an inexhaustible source of ideas from a hundred schools of thought, brilliant poetry and songs, and a vast land and resources. Why do I need foreigners to teach me?"

Another person said: "The Sutra Banquet is originally a sutra lecture held for His Majesty the Emperor. Not only are foreigners not allowed to participate, but the princes should also avoid it."

Li Cunming frowned deeper, he knew this situation would happen.These old-fashioned, pedantic and stubborn nerds are stuck in all kinds of old-fashioned rules and don't know how to change them at all.

The deeper problem is that people like Huang Zongxi represent traditional intellectuals, and their questioning of Tang Ruowang is essentially a dispute between Chinese and Western cultures!
Li Cunming was thinking about how to resolve this dispute, but Zhu Cizhao looked at him timidly and raised a hand, as if he wanted to speak.

"Zhu Cizhen, what do you want to do?" Li Cunming asked.

"I have something to say!" Zhu Cizhao stood up, saluted the emperor in a polite manner, and then bowed to the officials present.

He straightened up, his voice was still soft and tender, but his expression was very steady and calm: "Gentlemen, you are all great Confucians of the contemporary era, you are rich in learning and talented, and your knowledge is admirable. The emperor told me a few days ago I want to ask you gentlemen for a question, how about it?"

Everyone said: "His Royal Highness, please speak!"

Zhu Cijiong said a little timidly: "Before I talk about this question, I... I want to make a bet with you, do you dare? If you are stumped by my question, don't quarrel, let Mr. Tang start the talk earlier ,OK?"

Only then did the officials realize that it turned out that King Yong was standing up for Tang Ruowang.At the same time, I can't laugh or cry, you, a six-year-old child, dare to take the exams against the great Confucianists, and you want to bet, it's too arrogant!

Li Cunming had already guessed Zhu Cizhao's intentions and plans, and praised him in his heart, but said: "Zhu Cizhao, although you are very courageous, you will be punished if you lose, understand?"

"My son understands!" Zhu Cizhao got the emperor's tacit approval, and said slowly while wagging his fingers.

"Three scholars came to Beijing to rush for the exam and lived in an inn. In order to save money, the three of them shared a room, with a total of 30 taels of silver for the room, and each of them pooled 10 taels. The innkeeper said that in order to take care of the preferential scholars. , 5 taels cheaper, so let the buddy refund 5 taels to three people. The buddy secretly deducted 2 taels and refunded 1 tael to each of them. So each person only paid 9 taels, which adds up to 27 taels. In addition, the 2 taels in the hands of the guys are 29 taels. But they obviously made up 30 taels, where did the other 1 taels go?"

Huang Zongxi and the others didn't take it seriously at first, and thought to themselves that the mere issue of accounting was not worth mentioning, but after thinking about it for a while, their brains were not enough.After calculation and calculation, it was true that the numbers did not match up, and I was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"Eh, where did the one tael of silver go?" Huang Zongxi grabbed his beard and broke several.

"That's right, if one person returns one tael, it's equivalent to one person collecting nine taels. The total is indeed 27 taels, plus the taels deducted by the buddy, it's 29 taels, that's right..."

"It's so strange, why can't I figure it out clearly?"

Li Cunming suppressed a smile, while Zhu Cizhen looked at Tang Ruowang and asked, "Mr. Tang, do you know where the one tael of silver went?"

Tang Ruowang smiled and said, "His Royal Highness, how do you know this kind of math trap?"

"My father told me."

"Haha, Your Majesty is truly an eternal genius!" Tang Ruowang bowed to Li Cunming, and said to Huang Zongxi and the others, "My lords, you have been fooled by His Royal Highness Yong Wang, who has dug a trap for you. In fact, the 30 taels of silver is a penny." No more, no less, but there is a deviation in the reference when calculating before and after."

"Everyone should not use nine taels of silver per person to add the two taels of silver deducted by the clerk. Just remember that the innkeeper returned five taels of silver, so the three scholars paid a total of 25 taels of rent. In this way, the amount That's right!"

Zhu Cizhen said: "Mr. Tang, you are really amazing!"

"What's so great?" Some people were not convinced.

Princess Zhaoren said in a milky voice, "I want to ask a question too. Do you know about Virgo, Leo, and Bootes? Do you know Arcturus? Do you know why fruits fall from trees? Do you know hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium boron, carbon Is it nitroxyfluorine neon?"

"What, what is Her Royal Highness the Princess talking about?"

Huang Zongxi and the others looked blank, while Li Cunming laughed loudly.

(End of this chapter)