Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 378 The Deer Hunting Game
When Jiang Liuyun came out of the room again, he had completely detached himself from his previous state.

His attendant stepped forward: "Your Highness, the carriage to Cangxianglou is ready."

In the past, after arguing with Jiang Yunhe, Jiang Liuyun would always go to Cangxianglou.

Over time, the servants began to prepare the carriage in advance each time.

Jiang Liuyun boarded the carriage without hesitation.

Just when the driver thought the destination was the same as usual, Jiang Liuyun spoke up:

"Go to the residence of Zhou Chongzheng, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review."

The Lin family, Shuqing Pavilion.

"Qing-meimei, you called Shi'an and me over here, is there some plan you have?" Lin Yangyang asked excitedly.

“Not bad.” Lin Zhiqing replied while glancing outside.

"Qing-meimei, are you looking for that flower butterfly?" Lin Yangyang seized the opportunity to complain:

"When I passed by his yard, I saw him fast asleep. He sleeps until noon every day, he's even lazier than me!"

"Sister, criticizing guests is not the way the Lin family treats its guests," Lin Shi'an reminded her.

Lin Yangyang pursed her lips, about to speak, when Yan Yu's voice came over.

"Not bad, not bad. There are still some polite people in the Lin family. Who would disturb someone's sleep so early in the morning?" He was still yawning.

"Stop joking around." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lin Zhiqing began to get down to business:

"In the past few days, the news about Li Jinzhi has spread throughout the capital, and it should have been settled by now."

"But I heard that a woman killed him, and I haven't heard anything about Jiang Liuyun," Lin Yangyang said.
"This Minister of Justice is too cowardly. Even at this point, he still doesn't dare to fight against the Marquis of Zhenyuan's mansion."

"I don't think so," Lin Zhiqing shook his head.

Lin Shi'an asked with some confusion, "Zhiqing, what do you mean by this?"

"Do you remember the game theory I talked to you about before?" Lin Zhiqing asked.

Lin Shi'an and Lin Yangyang nodded, while Yan Yu seemed completely unaware.

"What game theory? I've never heard of it."

"Only smart people can understand this. As for you, forget it." Lin Yangyang made a face.

Yan Yu tapped Lin Yangyang on the head with his fan: "I will sew your mouth shut one day."

He then turned to Lin Zhiqing and said, "Tell me quickly, what is game theory? It sounds quite interesting."

Lin Zhiqing cleared her throat:

"To put it simply, game theory is about two people in a relatively equal game, each using the other's strategy to change their own in order to win."

"To put it simply, when people play chess or gamble, there will inevitably be winners and losers."

“These things can be studied using game theory, but in these recreational activities, we need to further consider an individual’s actual behavior and potential behaviors.”

“I understand. In Qing’s words, it’s about anticipating other people’s predictions,” Lin Yangyang replied.

“Yes.” Lin Zhiqing affirmed first, and then added:

"After we predict other people's behavior, we need to analyze it and then optimize it. This is the general content of game theory."

In fact, true game theory is much more complex than the one Lin Zhiqing explained.

It is a new branch of modern mathematics, an important discipline of operations research, and has wide applications in finance, economics, biology, and other disciplines.

Even Lin Zhiqing only had a slight understanding of it and could not be said to have fully mastered it.

That's why it was much easier for her to explain.

Lin Yangyang nodded: "Qingmei, I understand the reasoning, but what does this have to do with the Minister of Justice and the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion?" Lin Zhiqing slowly explained: "We set up a scheme to make Jiang Liuyun the one who killed Li Jinzhi. This is a very basic act."

"Based on this behavior, the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion and the Ministry of Justice's Mansion engaged in a power struggle, and the result we are seeing now is the outcome of this power struggle between the two sides."

"Then things have come full circle. The Ministry of Justice's mansion couldn't outmaneuver the Marquis of Zhenyuan's mansion." Lin Yangyang's understanding was rather superficial.

Yan Yu shook his head: "I have a different opinion. The Minister of Justice is a man of importance, he won't suffer such a great loss."

"So they must have found a solution that is beneficial to both sides."

"Not bad." Lin Zhiqing nodded.

"This is the optimization they made on the basic behavior; to put it simply, it means that both parties reached a certain consensus."

"A consensus?" Lin Shi'an frowned. "So, they've formed an alliance again?"

Lin Zhiqing shook his head:
"No, the process is actually the same. In other words, Jiang Liuyun still killed Li Jinzhi, and the Ministry of Justice and the Marquis of Zhenyuan broke ties."

"They only reached a consensus on the outcome, but that was only to protect their own interests."

"In game theory, this should be called the deer hunt game."

"As long as there's no renewed alliance, that's good." Lin Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief, but was somewhat puzzled:

"Last time it was a cockfighting game, this time it's a deer hunting game, what's the difference?"

"Cockfighting game, what is cockfighting game?" Yan Yu asked, as if he had a million questions in his head, like a child.

Lin Yangyang explained the meaning of cockfighting to him with great enthusiasm, and then the two of them stared at Lin Zhiqing expectantly.

Clearly, everyone is very interested in this deer hunting game.

Lin Zhiqing began to explain:

"Suppose there are two hunters in a village, and their main prey are only deer and rabbits..."

Two hunters together are needed to catch a deer.

If each hunter works alone, they can only catch four rabbits.

Four rabbits can keep a person from going hungry for four days.

One deer can feed two people for ten days.

At this point, Lin Zhiqing asked, "In this situation, which approach would you choose?"

Lin Shi'an and Lin Yangyang answered in unison: "Let's hunt deer together."

Although Yan Yu did not speak, he agreed with the idea of ​​hunting deer.

Lin Zhiqing nodded: "That's right, everyone understands that cooperating in deer hunting is more profitable."

"The Zhenyuan Marquis's residence and the Ministry of Justice's residence also made the same decision regarding Li Jinzhi's matter."

"They chose to cooperate without compromising their own interests, achieving a delicate balance."

"But note that this game only concerns how to handle the death of Li Jinzhi, and does not involve the alliances we just mentioned."

Lin Yangyang understood: "Qing, you mean they just chose a solution that benefits both sides?"

"Yes." Lin Zhiqing nodded.

"But it's just a solution, not involving any other love, hate, or grudges. So even though a balance was reached on this matter, their breakup was inevitable."

"Do you understand?"

Lin Yangyang and Lin Shi'an nodded in unison.

Even Yan Yu, unusually, became serious and kept thinking about Lin Zhiqing's words.