【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 182 The Queen Mother who picked up the bargain is very upset 28

There are eight rows of houses, each row has five rooms, and each room is 100 square meters. Half of the houses in the first six rows are empty, and the other half are full of students.

Zhou Hong said, "There are six rows of classrooms and two rows of library pavilions. Most of the students who passed the imperial examinations read books in the library pavilions to increase their knowledge."

"That's very thoughtful." Yun Xi was surprised.

Further back are rows of small courtyards, about fifty in total, each only about eighty square meters in size, not very spacious.

"These small courtyards are allocated to the teachers of the academy for living."

It turned out to be the staff dormitory.

"So there are no servants at the academy?"

Zhou Hong shook his head. "No, I have to do everything by myself, and the same goes for the teachers."

"You have a very open mind."

There were some fruit trees on the mountain, but Yun Xi didn't go to see them. She asked Zhou Hong to find some students to test the teachings.

She mainly tested on the Four Books and Five Classics which were not taught.

Looking at the students below, Yun Xi spoke with a malicious look:

"Hundreds of rabbits roamed the camp, and many men and women came to fight over them.

It is difficult for one person to take all of them, and it takes four or three people to stop.

People came and went, making a lot of noise, and everyone caught something and took it home.

If a wise man could calculate clearly, how many people would be able to judge him."

This is a very simple arithmetic problem, which was found in a book written by a mathematician in the Qing Dynasty. People today probably haven't solved it yet.

As soon as Yun Xi finished speaking, the people below had already started calculating. She stood up and walked over to take a look. Everyone had their own method, but no one used multiplication and division, which was normal.

Less than an incense stick of time passed before a student stood up and answered, "There are seventy-five people in total."

Yun Xi smiled and nodded, "Yes, please sit down."

The student was stunned, thinking that the Empress Dowager would ask how to solve it, but she didn't even ask.

People answered one after another, at varying speeds.

"Mr. Zhou, how would you answer this question?"

Zhou Hong pinched his fingers and said, "If we divide the rabbits into groups of four, there will be 25 groups of 100 rabbits, and each group has three rabbits, so there will be 75 people in total."

"Master Zhou is very good at mental arithmetic. Next question."

……

The difficulty of the questions Yun Xi asked increased, from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to square and cube. Some people could still calculate the square, but there were not many students who could calculate the cube, only one.

Looking at the other person's densely written draft paper, Yun Xi remained silent.

Zhou Hong looked puzzled. "Does the Empress Dowager have a better solution?"

Yun Xi nodded, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhou Hong.

Zhou Hong: …

He can not understand.

"These are Arabic numerals."

"Arabic numerals?"

"That's right, from 0 to 9 corresponds to our zero to nine." Yun Xi explained patiently, "There are also addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, and cube."

After patiently explaining for a while, Zhou Hong finally understood.

"Is there such a simple solution?"

"Our ancients also had such algorithms, but scholars often took pride in studying the Four Books and Five Classics, so not many people studied them." Yun Xi sighed softly, "As a great scholar, Mr. Zhou should know the importance of arithmetic, or mathematics."

"math?"

"That's right, mathematics. Principal Zhou should know about firearms. Although the imperial court has many powerful firearms, they also have drawbacks and a lot of room for improvement, and all of this requires the help of people proficient in mathematics." Yun Xi looked at the group of students, "But what can these scholars who only read the Four Books and Five Classics do? If you don't study this kind of thing, other countries should study it. When your artillery can only hit 200 meters, while others can hit 500 meters, the imperial court will only be beaten."

"From the foreigners in the capital and the southeast, we can see that this world is not just about the Lian Dynasty and a few neighboring countries."

Zhou Hong's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground with a thud. "This old minister is ignorant, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"You're not to blame for this. Outsiders can't imagine what progress in mathematics will bring." Yun Xi personally helped him up. "But I'll have to trouble Principal Zhou to open a separate mathematics course in the academy and recruit students with arithmetic talents to teach. The teacher should also find more. Finish teaching these first. I'll give you some more advanced mathematics content, and after you finish, you can serve the country."

"Yes, I will definitely live up to the trust placed in me by the Empress Dowager."

After leaving the main academy, Yun Xi left behind 1,200 taels of silver, had lunch at the women's academy, and conducted a brief inspection.

The Women's College is the same size as the main college, but the difference is that admission is very casual. Anyone with money and a good reputation can come. The tuition fee is one hundred taels a year, and the courses are divided into seven subjects: piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, dance, and the Four Books and Five Classics.

Horse riding, archery and martial arts are elective courses. You can take them if you like, but you are not forced to do so if you don’t like them.

Many girls take equestrian classes, mostly to make it easier for them to play polo in the future, but fewer people take archery and martial arts classes.

Looking at the beautiful young girls, Yun Xi nodded with satisfaction. "I see that few girls participate in archery and martial arts classes. Do they think it's useless or are they afraid of a bad reputation?"

At this time, a beautiful girl stood up and saluted gracefully, saying, "My name is Zhou Qi. To the Queen Mother, archery will make your arms thicker, and practicing martial arts will make your body bulky, which is not good-looking."

Yun Xi smiled slightly, "What you said is a reason, please sit down."

At this time, another timid little girl stood up and said with a blushing face, "My daughter Yi'an, report to the Queen Mother, my father said that we are always protected by others, so practicing martial arts is useless."

"So it's Yian. What you said makes some sense. Please take a seat."

Yun Xi looked at the others encouragingly. After waiting for a while until no one stood up, she said, "Girls, do you know what percentage of all the cases in Beijing are human trafficking cases?"

No one answered, and the children looked at her in confusion.

"30%. Due to limited manpower and resources, abduction cases are difficult and time-consuming to solve. Even if they are rescued, many girls will not be accepted. They will either be offered a white silk or a green lamp and an ancient Buddha. There are many rich and noble girls among them. The idea that there will always be someone to protect them is too naive."

Yun Xi said patiently, "You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. For your own safety, you should practice martial arts and archery well."

She didn't want to say more about chicken soup, it was meaningless.

After staying in the women's college for a few days, Xiao Ruyi and others gave several classes and were very popular. Nanny Yue taught etiquette. As a nanny beside the Empress Dowager, her etiquette was top-notch.

"I heard that you teach, and many noble ladies asked you to come back and be their tutors."

Nanny Yue covered her mouth and laughed, "These noble ladies are really naive and romantic. How could we leave the palace so easily?"

Yun Xi raised an eyebrow. "Why not? I don't want you to be buried with me. No royal family will be buried with me in the future. If I leave you first, you can do whatever you want. But don't chase me into the underworld."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, but I don't want to leave the palace. I feel uncomfortable. I just want to stay with you for the rest of my life."