Today was supposed to be a day off, and students and teachers should have gone out to take a shower or simply reunite with their families. But this time there was something unusual about the middle of the month, and none of the teachers and students left, all of them were concentrated inside the gate, as if waiting for some important person to arrive.

When Hong Tao and his party appeared at the entrance of Hengjie, there were already a few students who ran back to the Institute of Mathematics to report the news, and they were not waiting for any big person, but Hong Tao, the person who dared to brag to the doctor of the Institute of Mathematics.

Even in terms of learning, in this era, if the teachers of the academy say that no one in the world can match, then basically no one can match. At this time, unlike later generations, there were many scientific research institutions in all countries in the world, and no one dared to say who was the boss. In the eyes of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the Institute of Mathematics is the highest mathematical authority in the world, and there is no one.

Since the establishment of the Planned Academy, I have heard that the great Confucians who used to preach in Taixue and Guozijian in the past, but no one has ever come to the courtyard to talk nonsense. The reason is very simple, there are too few people who study this science, and the slightest attainment is basically in the academy.

"Crazy colt! How could it be him? ”

The two doctors who bet with Hong Tao don't know the horses, it doesn't mean that no one in the academy knows them. The students and teachers here were all court officials, and there were also people who were not only proficient in arithmetic, and soon someone revealed Hong Tao's true identity, which caused a lot of uproar.

"Your Majesty...... Wang Xiang...... "Hong Tao was quite proud at the beginning, but he didn't expect that he would be so attractive that he could make the entire academy look forward to it." But when I got closer, I realized that where was my big attraction, the eldest brother was the real reason, he was wearing a cyan robe and standing with Wang Anshi.

"Excuse me, I heard Qianguang say that someone wants to challenge the arithmetic institute, which is something that has not happened in a hundred years. It happened to be closed today, so I came to take a look with the official family, I didn't think it was Jin Qing, it's very interesting, hahahaha...... "Emperor Shenzong just nodded and didn't speak, but Wang Anshi was not, it was a bit of a bad fun to watch the excitement and not be afraid of big things.

"I don't know the severity of this matter, or forget it......" Hong Tao really doesn't know if it is a violation to play on the field, seeing that things are going to make a big fuss, what kind of shamelessness, hurry up and retract.

"Fuhime, you come and me!" The emperor didn't say anything, but he was a little annoyed when he saw the cowardice of the horse. Why did the girl find such a thing, not to mention the amorous nature, but also to go back on his word, the royal face is about to make him lose everything.

"Your Majesty, Lord Du Wei is indeed good at arithmetic, this thing is an abacus, with my stupid qualifications to learn less than three days, it can also be better than arithmetic." Although Fu Ji had already left the palace, she still made a big gift in the palace after seeing the emperor, and then took out her treasure abacus from a small cloth bag and presented it with both hands.

Before the emperor could reach out his hand, Wang Anshi took the abacus first, turned it over and turned it over and made the abacus beads rattle, and then handed it to the emperor.

"What's the use of this?" This sentence is for the colt.

"Uh...... It's similar to the abacus, but it's simpler...... "How can the abacus be used in one sentence or two, Hong Tao can't say it clearly, and he can't recite the abacus mantra to the emperor."

"Jia Qianguang, compete with me face to face...... The jade belt is a resource, and Hugh should be verbose! "Maybe it's a natural restraint, as soon as the emperor talks to the horse, he is easy to get angry, so don't ask, it's the mule or the horse that comes out to slip away.

It's not a white slip, there is a reward, there is a jade belt all over the body, and the emperor is not ambiguous, so he untied it and stuffed it into the hands of the female officials around him, and it became a prize.

"Lord Duwei, I offended ......" Jia Qianguang is an old man, and he may mean a professor or dean of the academy, and he has been standing behind Wang Anshi's side. Hearing the emperor's call, he stepped forward, still holding a roll of paper in his hand.

"Ji Duan didn't dare to obey ......his fate," Hong Tao took the roll of paper and looked back at Fu Ji, she shook her head like a rattle, and the previous agreement that she had said would come forward was directly abolished.

“…… Come here! Help the officers see what this thing is! "Come by yourself, you will come by yourself, but when Hong Tao opened the roll of paper, he immediately fainted. The ancients not only wrote vertically, but also had no punctuation marks, how could this Nima let himself judge the question! I had no choice, I had to call Fuji for help.

The arithmetic institute gives a very simple application problem, which needs to be calculated as a very daily problem, the principal and interest of the loan.

Hong Tao was very skeptical that this kind of question was Wang Anshi's instruction, but he still took out his abacus, which was one size bigger than Fu Ji, and in front of the emperor and everyone, he started a competition with the fair-skinned and bearded doctor of the academy a few days ago.

A few minutes later, Hong Tao handed in the paper, he really didn't cheat this time, he didn't use the mathematical formulas of later generations at all, he only relied on the abacus to calculate one by one in the most stupid way, and did it twice to make sure the answer was correct. Even so, it's still a lot faster than the other party.

"Lord Duwei really opened the old man's eyes, this time the question was made by the horse, and the pen and ink were ......" Wang Anshi slowly paced to the front from the moment he hit Hong Tao and began to pull the abacus beads, staring at the abacus beads without wrong eyes.

When it was determined that the number given by Hong Tao was no different from the answer, his eyes widened with his beard twisted in his hand, and his appearance was very vicious, if there was no emperor on his side, he would probably have to rob it.

"Fuji, I said you write!" This game is not one, but two. The first game was solved by the arithmetic institute, and the second game was asked by Hong Tao.

Hong Tao looked at the emperor with a brush, then at Wang Anshi, and after gritting his teeth repeatedly, he still didn't dare to put pen to paper, but handed it to Fu Ji behind him. But there was no guilt on his face, and he had to put on a pose that I didn't write easily.

Hong Tao's question is simpler, that is, from one to one hundred, the number is not important, the important thing is the process. Regardless of whether you do mental arithmetic or oral arithmetic, the process of adding the number must be reflected in the calculation chip or abacus, and the difference is lost.

This time, the academy has changed another contestant, and the fair-skinned young doctor just now is already a little dumbfounded, and he can't accept the fact that his best skill is easily defeated.

But the new one was hit harder, this kind of pure arithmetic problem is simpler for the abacus, the speed of the calculation depends on the speed of the fingers to pull the abacus beads, how fast you can pull it, and you don't need too many formulas. As soon as he put the five elements in his calculations, Hong Tao stopped here, and the calculation was over!

"Divine skill! True magic skills are also ...... The official family is gratifying, Jin Qing's position as a professor in the Academy of Calculations does not need to be discussed, and the ministers are willing to advocate! This time, Wang Anshi really couldn't help it, picked up Hong Tao's abacus, pretended to congratulate the emperor, and didn't plan to return it.

"Would the Lieutenant be willing to serve in the Academy?" There was no joy or anger on the emperor's face, as if his mind was not here, and there was a thick melancholy between his eyebrows.

"Thank you for your majesty's grace, I dare not be a professor, it is better to start with a doctor...... "Hong Tao is not happy to be a teacher in the academy, this is exactly what he can't ask for, and in the future, he can justifiably contact the teachers and students here, and there is no need to report his thoughts to the Chinese book or the Privy Council."

However, the title of professor obviously does not sound like a doctor, no matter what others think, Hong Tao is relatively rare anyway. Who let him not even get mixed up with a graduate student in his last life, what is lacking to make up.

"It's okay, I'm a little tired, and the lieutenant will hand it over to the king." The emperor really had something on his mind, and he didn't have the heart to think about Hong Tao's chirps, so he waved his hand and pushed it directly to Wang Anshi, and then floated away with a few entourage.