Lao Zhu unusually wore casual clothes today and came outside the academy gate. Seeing Mr. Jin standing in front of the Hundred Questions Monument and frowning, he couldn't help but feel nervous. If he could answer a question, Han Jingyun and he might have a fierce battle.
Unfortunately, Mr. Jin showed no sign of answering the question after looking at it for a long time. Instead, he shook his head and sighed a few times before letting it go.
When Lao Zhu saw this, he suddenly laughed in his heart. He was once the best mathematician in the world, and it was such a shame to throw away my imperial edict like a pair of shoes. But after so many years, isn't it a big joke that even Han Jingyun is not as good as a little girl? In Lao Zhu's opinion, Han Jingyun answered every question, but Mr. Jin couldn't even answer a single question. He could only shake his head and sigh at the Baiwen Monument. Isn't he inferior to Han Jingyun?
Lao Zhu even admired Han Du for asking these three hundred questions.
When the Ming Dynasty was just established, Lao Zhu urgently needed the world to recognize his orthodox status. Therefore, the imperial edict of Guangfa hoped to call famous scholars from all over the world to serve as officials in the court, so as to show to the world that the Ming Dynasty was the orthodoxy of the world. However, the effect of the original decree was not good, and many famous Confucian scholars had Qian Yuan's intentions. Those like Mr. Jin who just refused to accept the order were still considered good, and even worse, there were those who committed suicide for Qian Yuan.
Lao Zhu was very angry at the beginning, and his hatred for scholars started from that time and has not subsided until now.
Now seeing that Mr. Jin was also stumped, Lao Zhu naturally felt happy and felt like he was letting out a breath of bad breath.
"Go, tell Han Du that people have arrived at the gate of his academy."
After Han Du got the news, he took Han Jingyun out and saw an old man wandering in front of the Hundred Questions Monument. He stepped forward and asked tentatively: "Is it Mr. Jin?"
"Oh? Are you?" Mr. Jin gave Han Du a strange look.
"Han Du, this is my roommate Han Jingyun." Han Du introduced each other with a smile.
After hearing this, Mr. Jin suddenly realized and said: "Given your age, you should have never heard of me. Did Liu Lu tell you?"
Han Du smiled without explaining too much.
Mr. Jin didn't ask further questions. He was much more interested in Han Jingyun than Han Du. Originally, when he heard that Han Jingyun was a young woman, he didn't believe it. Calculate
Learning is different from other things. If you don't study hard for many years, it is impossible to achieve anything. But when he heard Han Du's introduction, Mr. Jin had to look at Han Jingyun a few more times.
"Are you Han Jingyun?"
"Yes." Han Jingyun replied calmly, neither humble nor overbearing. Han Du felt that Han Jingyun had changed a lot since she taught her mathematics. The well-behaved sister who liked to cling to her in the past is gone. Instead, she exudes a confident look in every word and every move she makes. Fortunately, when facing Han Du, she could still be gentle. But when facing outsiders, Han Jingyun showed off his sharp edge.
Even though she knew that the old man in front of her was once the number one person in arithmetic, Han Jingyun did not mean to be polite at all. In her opinion, no matter what this man was before, he could not compare to her now.
"Young people are full of energy." Mr. Jin didn't mind Han Jingyun's attitude and said with a smile.
Han Jingyun became a little impatient, glared and said, "You just want to challenge me? Just tell me, whatever you want to compete with, I will do it."
Although Mr. Jin came here for this purpose, Han Jingyun's understatement still made him quite stunned. After a pause, he said with a smile: "Okay, it's straightforward enough. I like it."
Han Du saw the smell of gunpowder between the two, and persuaded him, "Mr. Jin's visit has made the academy full of glory. How about we go inside and talk about it?"
Mr. Jin looked at the more and more people gathering around him and frowned slightly. He did not like letting people watch monkey shows. Then he smiled and said: "Okay, then I won't bother you."
Han Du invited Mr. Jin into the academy.
The people watching the excitement suddenly asked, "Who is that?"
"Who else could it be? They must want to challenge Mr. Han."
"But why was he invited in by Jing Haibo?"
You must know that since Han Jingyun presented a problem at the door, those who wanted to challenge Han Jingyun could not even see Han Jingyun's face, so they were embarrassed and retreated.
For such a long time, no one could answer Han Jingyun's questions, let alone someone who was invited into the academy by Jing Haibo.
There are still some knowledgeable people among the common people. Seeing this, suddenly
He exclaimed: "I'm afraid that old man is a person, otherwise Jing Haibo wouldn't invite him in so politely."
"Not necessarily. What if he is not here to challenge Mr. Han for other reasons?"
This possibility is not impossible.
While the people were discussing and speculating, Lao Zhu stood up calmly, walked straight across the street, and entered through the side door of the academy.
Just as Han Du invited Mr. Jin in and asked him to sit down, he saw Lao Zhu walking over quickly.
"Your Majesty, Han Du, pays homage to the Emperor." Han Du quickly stood up and bowed to Lao Zhu.
"The common people pay homage to the Emperor." Mr. Jin also stood up and bowed.
"No courtesy, please stay flat." Lao Zhu laughed. Lao Zhu was very satisfied with Mr. Jin's respectful visit, and even the bad temper of rejecting his request had dissipated a lot.
"Your Majesty is busy with everything, why are you here?" Han Du really didn't expect that Lao Zhu would abandon government affairs and run into the academy today, and he couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Ahem." Lao Zhu coughed twice but said nothing.
Mr. Jin smiled slightly and said: "Today, the common people have some knowledge that they want to discuss with Han Jingyun. Why don't we ask the emperor to be a witness?"
"Okay." Lao Zhu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Since we met by chance, I will do my part."
After saying that, he walked to the upper seat and sat down.
Mr. Jin and Han Jingyun also sat on the left and right of Lao Zhu, while Han Du sat down facing Lao Zhu.
After everyone sat down, Han Jingyun said without any politeness: "Old sir, you should know the rules of the academy."
Mr. Jin smiled, nodded and said, "I know, I happen to have done some research on various topics in arithmetic. You can take a look."
After speaking, he took out a thick book and handed it to Han Jingyun.
The books are mottled and flat, and you can tell at a glance that they are well protected. Moreover, the edges of the books have rough edges, and it can be seen that the owner of the books is often looking through them.
Han Jingyun took the book and opened it, page by page from beginning to end. From the difference in the old and new ink marks on the front and back, it can be seen that these questions were not completed overnight, but were accumulated over many years.
