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Only students of the Imperial Academy could directly be appointed to official positions and participate in the imperial examinations through the Three-Tier System.
However, only a handful of people could directly enter officialdom through the Three Houses system.
There were two thousand students in the outer dormitory of the Imperial Academy.
The number of students in the inner quarters was no more than three hundred.
There were one hundred students in the upper dormitory.
The two thousand four hundred people were further divided into eighty vegetarian meals.
Each meal consists of thirty people.
Each vegetarian meal shall have one head of the meal and one vegetarian instructor.
They were all students.
Essentially, they are the same as modern-day class officers.
Zhao Yuan prepared for this lecture.
Ample preparations were made.
Not only did he review the mathematics he had written beforehand,
They even prepared teaching tools.
The Imperial Academy did not send out many teachers and students to welcome the Prince of Liang.
The head of the Imperial Academy, along with several other officials, greeted Prince Liang at the gate.
This was also Zhao Yuan's request.
In order for the smooth conduct of the imperial examinations,
He severely punished Chen Dong, the imperial college student who led the disturbance.
It's conceivable that most students at the Imperial Academy wouldn't be very friendly towards him.
He also didn't want to cause a great deal of trouble and escalate the conflict.
Accompanied by the head of the Imperial Academy,
When Zhao Yuan arrived at the main hall,
The room was already full of students who had volunteered to listen.
There were also some officials who had rushed over after hearing the news.
I didn't know they came here to study.
They've come to curry favor with King Liang.
There were no seats left.
The aisle was full of people.
There were several hundred people.
There were still some people standing at the entrance of the lobby.
Zhao Yuan smiled at the head of the Imperial Academy,
"The students at the Imperial Academy are more studious than I expected."
The head of the Imperial Academy secretly wiped away a bead of cold sweat and said,
"The more students there are, the more difficult it is to teach."
"There are always people who raise seemingly plausible but ultimately flawed questions."
"King Liang should be prepared."
Zhao Yuan's reputation for being strict with scholars had already spread throughout the literati of Daliang.
Therefore, the headmaster of the Imperial Academy was also very troubled by the fact that the Prince of Liang wanted to come to the Imperial Academy to give lectures.
However, he didn't dare to stop Zhao Yuan.
Moreover, he was well aware of Chen Dong's reputation at the Imperial Academy.
Seeing the unfriendly looks from many people around him,
He knew that many of them must want revenge for Chen Dong.
They deliberately came to make things difficult for King Liang.
The King of Liang's decisiveness in killing also deterred people from speaking ill of him.
However, they could find fault with King Liang's teaching.
This would strike at the King of Liang.
Although this was a blow to the King of Liang, who was known for his military prowess,
There will be no real harm.
However, if the King of Liang becomes enraged because of this...
He might even be implicated.
However, he didn't know which students would cause trouble.
There was no way to defend against it.
We can only remind King Liang in advance.
To demonstrate their innocence.
Zhao Yuan was somewhat prepared for this.
"Quick-witted and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions of those who are less knowledgeable than oneself,"
"This is the proper attitude towards learning."
Walk to the middle of the lobby,
Zhao Yuan then stopped in his tracks.
The guards then distributed the printed books to everyone in the hall.
Several guards carried the blackboard forward.
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
After a crisp sound,
The guards then hammered several iron nails into the wall.
Then the blackboard was hung on the wall.
After confirming the blackboard's sturdiness,
Shi Yongcai led his personal guards to retreat.
The teachers and students of the Imperial Academy saw a dark wooden board hanging on the wall.
They couldn't help but frown and ponder the purpose of the blackboard.
Chapter 1732 This is Real Mathematics
Amidst the puzzled looks of the crowd,
Zhao Yuan walked to the blackboard.
He nodded to everyone and said,
"What I'm going to teach you today is mathematics,"
"It has some similarities with arithmetic,"
"Yet they are not entirely the same."
"You can figure out which is better or worse in your own time."
"I'll teach you numbers first,"
"This is also the most basic thing in mathematics."
As he spoke, Zhao Yuan took out the chalk he had made from a craftsman.
He didn't know whether this was the same as the chalk of later generations.
However, the effect is the same.
As white numbers appeared on the blackboard,
Everyone in the lobby now knew the purpose of the blackboard.
They couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
I don't even know how good or bad the math in my book is yet.
However, blackboards and chalk are excellent teaching tools.
With these two things,
Teaching will undoubtedly be more convenient.
Moreover, it can lower the threshold for students.
As long as the teacher's content is written on the blackboard,
Students can learn even without books.
Moreover, compared to past teaching methods...
Write the professor's content on the blackboard.
It can also improve teaching quality.
The students and teachers at the Imperial Academy were far more capable of learning than the palace maids and eunuchs of the Liang King's Palace.
Professor Zhao Yuan's progress has also accelerated considerably.
Actually, there aren't many new things in mathematics.
Numerous rules have been summarized in mathematical books throughout history.
After a class,
The teachers and students discovered that King Liang had simply introduced a new type of number and addition/subtraction symbols.
Even those with extensive knowledge recognized that these figures originated from the West.
However, the teachers and students also found that using these numbers and symbols was much simpler.
The books are also somewhat different from traditional ones.
In the past, books were all arranged vertically.
However, the book compiled by the King of Liang was arranged horizontally.
Furthermore, some symbols were used to break up the sentences.
The arrangement of rows and columns is just a matter of habit.
The use of symbols to punctuate sentences has proven convenient for everyone.
What was most difficult for everyone to accept was that
The book uses very plain language.
This reminded them of the peddlers and laborers in the marketplace.
One of the scholars turned to the back.
Upon discovering that the entire book was written in vernacular Chinese, he stood up and said,
"The folk tales written in the marketplace are all in classical Chinese,"
"Liang Wang's book, however, is entirely written in colloquial language, which is an insult to literature,"
"This student dares to request that the King of Liang rewrite this book."
Several scholars who were on good terms with Chen Dong immediately stood up and echoed his sentiments.