Chen Ping is in a very good mood.

The Chinese language exam in the morning is simply a pediatric department for him who has been a Taoist practitioner for many years.

I wrote more than a thousand words on the snow-white paper, and felt very good about myself.

Now, there are ten math questions in total.

The first five questions are all theoretical knowledge in the book of arithmetic and nine chapters of arithmetic. As long as you memorize those two books, you can answer them.

The following five questions are all practical issues.

From calculating taxes to measuring land acres, from calculating population, to daily expenses.

For Chen Ping, who has really made hard work, these are nothing.

There was only one last question, and he thought hard, but couldn't figure it out.

Of course I can't figure it out, because Wang Xiao didn't write this in the book.

This will not appear until later, when the following books of the Ten Arithmetic Classics are published.

Just like the textbooks when I was in school, it was getting harder and harder.

Chen Ping looked around and found that everyone was frowning. He quickly realized that no one would know.

Now he felt at ease.

Although he didn't understand the last question very well, the previous ones were basically fine.

In the end, he simply gave up the last question and silently started from scratch, so that he would never make any mistakes.

Chen Ping had very little ambitions, but his family was poor, and his sister-in-law was very dissatisfied with him spending money but not making money. In his hometown, no girl was willing to marry him.

Even this time, when I came to Xianyang City, my brother sold his property and found a survey.

So for him, there is no choice but to succeed!

When the incense burned out in the incense burner, the examiner shouted to finish the writing.

Chen Ping put down the pen in his hand, got up as required and lined up to leave here.

When they got outside, the candidates gathered in groups of three or five, talking about the questions from the previous exam.

Chen Ping, who was quietly listening to other people's conversations, heard that none of them had done the last question, and even many people had not even finished the last few questions, they were immediately relieved.

This is stable.

On the way back to the workshop, Chen Ping saw a tavern next to the street.

Smelling the tempting smell of meat, Chen Ping, who had been living a hard life for a while, touched the last stack of copper coins on his body and decided to reward himself.

The hard times have passed, and daily meals are all meals from the workshop, and birds fade out of their mouths.

Now, when you smell the aroma of meat, you just want to eat it well, and you don’t even notice that there are many strong men standing outside this tavern.

As he walked over, countless pairs of eyes were staring at him.

When I walked into the store, I saw more than ten tables filled with people, but there was only one young man sitting and drinking on the table beside the window.

As the audience looked at him, Chen Ping felt a little numb, but he still walked towards the table beside the window.

He saw the young man wave his hand slightly, not knowing what it meant.

"Brother, can you Rong sit with me?"

Wang Xiao raised his head and looked at the young man who had not yet prepared his beard in front of him, "Are you a student taking the national exam?"

"yes."

Since he is a worker who is willing to work for himself, Wang Xiao is still willing to give this face.

"Sit down."

Chen Ping bowed to thank him and wanted to greet the store, but he couldn't see him anyway.

"Previous one more." Wang Xiao waved his hand to greet him, and then said with a smile, "Since he is a student of the national examination, I will treat this to you."

Chen Ping didn't know Wang Xiao's identity, but judging from his style and demeanor, he was definitely not a simple person.

He hurriedly stood up and saluted and thanked "Sanchuan County Chen Ping, thank you brother."

Wang Xiao raised his eyebrows, picked up the wine jar beside him and handed it over to pour the wine, "Chen Ping, from Yangwu County?"

"yes."

Chen Ping hurriedly stood up and thanked him, "I am a fellow townsman with Zhang Cang."

In his opinion, Sanchuan County has dozens of counties. Needless to say, the nobles of Xianyang City can know Yang Wu's name because of the famous Zhang Cang.

Wang Xiao smiled but said nothing, drank two bowls of wine, and waited until a portion of meat was delivered to Chen Ping, and then he asked leisurely, "How are the results of this exam?"

Chen Ping put down the chopsticks holding the meat in his hand with some reserve, "It's not bad. I'm confident that I can pass it."

Wang Xiao said directly, "First memorize what you wrote in the morning."

This makes me feel like a strong man locking a man, and even giving orders directly.

If you change to a ranger with a bad temper or something, it is common to draw your sword directly.

But Chen Ping is not like this. In history, he is good at using conspiracies and tricks. People with this temperament think too much and are cautious.

He realized that Wang Xiao's identity must be extraordinary, so he didn't talk nonsense and directly expressed his articles and reviews he wrote in the morning.

"You are a Taoist master, why don't you write the Tao Te Ching, but instead write the Lu family's Spring and Autumn?" Wang Xiao looked at him, "Do you agree with Huang Lao's statement?"

The so-called Huang-Lao School does not mean the theory founded by an old man named Huang. Instead, it refers to Huangdi and Lao Tzu's art.

Those who study Taoism basically practice the theory of Huang Lao.

"I'm from Sanchuan County." Chen Ping first explained why he wrote about the Lu family's Chunqiu, and then said, "The Huang-Lao technique is indeed good."

The core of Sanchuan County is Luoyang, which was once the place where Lu Buwei's fief was.

When Lu Buwei's disciples compiled the Lu Family Chunqiu, he provided free access to students for his fief to read to promote his academic career.

As a poor student in Sanchuan County, Chen Ping is good enough to learn anything he can, and there is no room for picking and choosing.

After learning Huang Lao's art, of course I will support it.

The Huang-Lao School of Thoughts emphasize Yang and strong, mainly focus on Taoist thoughts and adopted the views of Yin-Yang, Confucian, Legal, Mo and other schools.

Pay attention to one's own cultivation, pay attention to governance through inaction, and advocate technological innovation.

It is based on the metaphysical Tao and combined with physical health preservation, square skills, mathematics, military tactics, strategy, etc. It has strong purpose and operationality.

It can be said that most schools in Chinese history emphasize strong country and self-reliance.

However, at the end, he became the only Confucian scholar.

Those Confucian scholars, reading and writing the so-called words said by the sages and saints, can dominate the world. They can have a golden house to live in and a beautiful woman watch the fireworks together.

Taking technological progress as a strange technique, strongly suppress the people's self-improvement and suppress the martial arts style, and disdain for important mathematics.

Wang Xiao still has some difficulty understanding what happened in the middle.

Why did you choose the worst one among countless good ones?

Why is all this?

Before Confucianism came to power, China defeated all over the world. After Confucianism came to power, the stupid girl thought about marrying the Fourth Master all day long.

Whenever Wang Xiao thinks of these bad things, he feels so angry that his stomach hurts.

He can't control other worlds, but he will definitely not allow this world.

It doesn’t matter which school it is, as long as it is not Confucianism. Because Confucianism is the worst choice, even if you choose with your eyes closed, it will not be worse.

"How was the math exam in the afternoon?"

Wang Xiao signaled Chen Ping with his eyes and signaled him to look at the wine jar on the table. Why is the young man so unsightly?

Fortunately, Chen Ping also understands what it means to eat people's short mouths.

He picked up the wine jar with great eyes and poured wine for Wang Xiao. "Other than the last question, nothing else was wrong."

Wang Xiao picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. "The first question is Pythagorean law, let's talk about it."

"Yes. As the saying goes, three strands, four strings, five..."

"Question 2..."

"yes..."

Wang Xiao asked questions one by one. The reason why he remembered so clearly is that he found these questions himself.

Chen Ping also answered the questions one by one, and he responded until the last question, and then he suddenly realized.

These questions are all questions from previous exams. How did Wang Xiao know about someone who obviously did not take the exam?!

If anyone can know the test questions, it would be too despised by the emperor.

Wang Xiao proudly pushed open the various wine jars and dining plates on the table, and found the empty space, and reached out to dip the wine to write and draw on the table.

"Although this question is a must-try question, it is actually very simple. You just need to do this...that...and this way, and it can be solved."
To be continued...