As Changfu posted the notice again, the candidates gathered around immediately let out bursts of exclamation.
"What a concise and easy-to-understand arithmetic song. The prince is the prince after all!"
"Hahaha, I don't obey anyone, I only admire the prince."
"Congratulations to all of you, you are all now guests of the mansion."
"We are all happy together. From now on, when we stay under the big tree in the palace, we will be considered friends of the same family, and we must help each other."
"That's right, we are all our own now."
A group of candidates who passed the written examination gathered together and formed a small circle, while the unsuccessful literati around them could only stare with envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes.
At this moment, Changfu posted a notice again.
"If you want to get an interview, you need to answer an additional question correctly?"
"What's the title?"
"The reason for the star guest in Tianguan."
"ha?!"
"What is Tianguan Xingke?"
"You ask me? I still want to ask you!"
Candidates who can pass the arithmetic written test are already the best among literati, but Zhao Huan's "Tianguan Xingke" still stumped many talented disciples.
Only a very small number of diners showed joy instantly after seeing the title.
"I understand! Only wizards can enter the palace!"
"In addition to literature, you also need to be proficient in arithmetic and astronomy. The difficulty of being selected is simply several times more difficult than recruiting talents in the imperial court."
This time, it was the turn of the guests from outside the mansion to look confused. If they were just taking the arithmetic test, they would all be confident of qualifying for the interview.
result……
Zhao Huan directly asked an astronomy question. The span of this question was too big. How to answer it?!
Half an hour later, Changfu once again sent the answer sheet to Zhao Huan, but there were only twenty answers.
Even Changfu was extremely interested in this question. After all, he only knew arithmetic and knew nothing about astronomy.
"Tian Guan Xing Ke, Fu Guan Ke star appears, its star has a faint light, yellow."
"My lord, what does this mean?"
Zhao Huan put all the completed answer sheets back into Chang Fu's hand, and smiled lightly: "Someone discovered that a yellow star appeared in the sky. It flashed for a while and then disappeared. They called it a guest star."
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"The so-called guest star is just a guest, not a permanent stay."
Not to mention Chang Fu, even Chen Zhao and others who came to join in the fun after hearing the news looked at Zhao Huan in stunned silence.
"Your Highness also knows about astronomy and horoscopes?!"
Zhao Huan shrugged: "Is it difficult?"
This understatement once again made everyone stunned.
Chen Zhao quickly asked: "These twenty people all gave similar answers. Did any of them pass?"
Zhao Huan didn't even think about it and blurted out: "There is not a single correct answer."
"Although they have studied astronomy, it is not deep. What I asked was the cause. They only answered the observation, which is not the answer to the question."
As soon as he said this, Changfu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "So, doesn't it mean that no one is qualified to be a retainer in the mansion?"
Zhao Huan smiled: "Although I didn't answer the question correctly, I still passed it. After all, this question was too difficult for them."
Although astronomy was very developed in this era, it was only relatively developed.
Detailed records of astronomical phenomena do not mean that the causes can be understood, at least until the astronomical telescope is invented in the future.
The so-called "Tianguan Star Guest" is actually a "supernova explosion".
It was already very difficult for them to know that this happened. It can be said that these twenty disciples are already top talents.
Zhao Huan actually had selfish motives for recruiting retainers in the palace.
Nowadays, there is a serious lack of top practical talents around Zhao Huan.
Chen Zhao, Wang Daquan and Chang Fu are all management talents, while Yue Fei and Zhao Kun are military talents.
It can be said that Zhao Huan's talent reserve gap is still very large, and he can just use this recruitment to fill the gap.
Since these twenty top disciples are proficient in arithmetic and astronomy, it means that they are all "research talents."
For example, astronomical astrology can support cross-sea trade and even march and fight.
If you are proficient in arithmetic, you can rely on statistical big data to calculate the optimal approach to business behavior.
The idea of establishing "Tianji Pavilion" has been deeply rooted in Zhao Huan's mind.
If nothing else goes wrong, these twenty disciples will become the basic team of Tianji Pavilion, and they will shine in the future.
But now, Zhao Huan still needs to interview these twenty diners in person.
Choosing the interview location at Hongyan Pavilion will also give free publicity to Hongyan Pavilion’s literary club.
The lobby of Hongyan Hall was completely cleaned and twenty-one square tables were placed.
As long as the diners who passed the written examination were eligible to participate, the entire Hongyan Hall was packed with diners from all over the place.
"The prince is here!"
I don't know who shouted, and the noisy lobby suddenly became quiet, and all eyes were focused in the direction of the door.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Huan, wearing white uniform, slowly appeared in everyone's sight.
After a moment of silence, the scene immediately erupted into deafening cheers.
"It's the prince! It's really the prince!"
"Finally I met my true self, hahaha. Even if I can only be a guest from outside the mansion, this trip is worth it."
"This is King Ding of the Song Dynasty who traveled thousands of miles and killed the leader of the ever-victorious army."
Standing on the second floor, Master Li couldn't help but tremble slightly when she saw Zhao Huan reappearing in front of her. She couldn't even explain why she had a strange feeling in her heart every time she saw Zhao Huan.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Huan strode to the center of the lobby and sat down at the table naturally.
Then with a wave of his hand, the twenty diners who had qualified for the interview took their seats in front of Zhao Huan.
Twenty people bowed and saluted, and said in unison: "Meet the prince."
Zhao Huan pressed his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and the free and easy temperament displayed by his gestures made the diners present admire him even more.
"You are not only literati, but also proficient in arithmetic and astronomy. You are already rare talents."
"Today's interview is your final test. Anyone who can pass will become a disciple of the palace and create great achievements with me."
The four words "together create a great cause" are very tempting to twenty customers.
They are already aloof, if it were another prince recruiting disciples, they would probably ignore him.
But after learning about Zhao Huan's various great achievements, they put aside their pride and came here because of his fame. The facts proved that their trip was not in vain.
Just the two written test questions given by Zhao Huan are enough to prove that Zhao Huan's knowledge is definitely not comparable to that of other princes who are strong on the outside and capable on the inside.
Even King Yun, who was known as the number one scholar in the royal family, instantly eclipsed Zhao Huan.