The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 69

Quan Jiu took out the second copy of Wushu brief introduction and said: "Official, this second copy is also finished."

I looked at it, and compared to the first one, the arrangement was more neat: "Jiu'er, which ones do you think are easy to understand about the content on it?"

"Officials, Jiu'er actually doesn't know anything, but I just think this arithmetic article is quite interesting. Maybe Jiu'er has been sensitive to numbers since she was a child, but she didn't understand it."

"number?"

"Yeah, when Jiu'er was very young, she liked to fiddle with the abacus. When my father was alive, he worked as a government accountant for a while. My father felt dizzy when he saw the numbers, so Jiu'er helped calculate many figures."

With a sudden thought, I wrote down ten Arabic numerals 0, 1,2, 9 to [-] on the paper, and said, "Jiuer, come and see."

Quan Jiu was puzzled, "What is this?"

"This is 1, which means one, this is 2, which corresponds to two, 9 corresponds to nine, and 0 corresponds to zero. Isn't this way of writing more convenient for recording?"

"One, two, nine, what about ten?"

"Ten is written like this, 10, and one hundred is written as 100."

Quan Jiu exclaimed, "Oh my God, this is much simpler. What if there are addition and subtraction calculations?"

I asked Quan Jiu to sit beside me, and began to talk about the writing and calculation of Arabic numerals.

"This represents digits, such as tens and hundreds. This is a carry. It is the same as our original calculation method, but the Chinese characters are simplified to this kind of number..."

While I was talking, I kept writing on the paper.

After hearing this, Quan Jiu said excitedly: "This is much more convenient for the accountant to keep accounts, official, you are really a god."

"Jiu'er, you sort out my writing style. It's not just the accountant, I think everyone in the world can learn this way of writing."

Quan Jiu nodded vigorously and said: "Well, this is not difficult, it is easy to learn, and it should be popularized in my court soon."

"Jiu'er, then I will leave this matter to you."

"Me? Can Jiu'er do it?"

"Even the queen mother said that Jiu'er is a talented woman, why can't it work? In this way, Jiu'er, you can first teach the queen mother, Yang Meiren, Yu Xiurong, Concubine Hu and other people in the palace. If it is feasible, start from the household department. The accounts of the household department are complicated, and they will be carried out to the whole dynasty in the end, and you, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yu, Concubine Hu and others can also have something to do, otherwise you will get sick from boredom if you stay in the palace every day."

"Yes, official, Jiu'er knows." Quan Jiu suddenly remembered the Queen Mother's reminder at this point, and said, "Official, it's time to think about the instructions and a congratulatory poem for the students tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Jiu'er, I will think of it."

During the court meeting, I announced the list of ministers who will accompany me to Kuaiji to funeral the late Emperor Lizong tomorrow. All the main personnel from the various courts and departments will accompany me, including Jia Sidao, Ma Tingluan, Weng Yinglong, Jiang Wanli, Chen Zongli and other important officials in the court without exception. Among them, Ma Tingluan and Weng Yinglong can leave the Gongyuan after today's palace examination, and the marking affairs will be handed over to He Ji and the other examiners.

After I finished reading the list of accompanying ministers, I said: "Li Boyu, is the Ministry of Rites ready to send the late emperor to Yongmuling Mausoleum?"

Li Boyu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was in charge of the funeral because Ma Tingluan was busy with the provincial palace examination in the first year of Xianchun.

"Return to Your Majesty, everything is ready and ready to go at any time."

"Well, very good, Master."

"The minister is here." Jia Sidao sat on the chair and bowed his hands.

"The Privy Council ordered that Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu lead three hundred elite imperial guards to accompany them. At the same time, they ordered the Xiang troops along the way to be on duty as guards. Don't neglect them."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Thank you Daolin."

"The minister is here." Xie Daolin, the commander of the imperial guards, knelt down and replied.

"Xie Aiqing, take care of yourself. I ordered you to transfer three hundred imperial guards to follow me to Kuaiji and escort them along the way. The three hundred guards will be led by the new deputy commander, Yun Zhongfei."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey the order."

"Xie Aiqing, I dispatched three hundred guards, and the young guards and Shen Mo also went to Jinhua to suppress the bandits. Aiqing needs to personally command the task of guarding the palace."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty."

"En." I continued, "When I am not in the palace, the Empress Dowager will listen to the government and supervise the court, and all affairs will be decided by the Empress Dowager."

"Yes, I will obey the order."

Kuaiji Yongmuling Mausoleum is located in the west of Kuaiji, a day and a half away from Lin'an, while Quan Jiu's hometown is in the east of Kuaiji, with a difference of at least half a day's journey.It takes about four to five days for me to go back and forth. Although it is not a big deal, according to the etiquette system of the Song Dynasty, if the emperor is away for three days, he needs to be supervised, that is, to find an agent.I asked the Empress Dowager to supervise the court, and no one wentssip.

When Jia Sidao saw that I had finished arranging the important affairs in the court, he got up and said: "Your Majesty, my minister Jia Sidao has something to say."

"Teacher, please speak."

"Your Majesty, Lu Wende, the Secretary of the Jinghu Division, reported to the Privy Council that our frontier army was in disarray, and there were many troops of various names, which was not conducive to overall planning. He suggested that each division of the frontier army be unified into a township with soldiers recruited by themselves under various names. Border Army."

Since the war between Song and Mongolia, the formation of the frontier army has been very chaotic, but most of the regions are doing their own things, and there are no disadvantages. If one day, the joint military operations of various regions will appear chaotic.Lu Wende is able to make this suggestion, which is considered to be somewhat insightful.

"Master, what is your opinion of the Privy Council?"

"Your Majesty, the Privy Council agrees with Lord Lu's proposal."

I thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'm going to tell you that the frontier troops will be renamed town border troops. In the future, any recruits will also be included in the town border army establishment, so that all localities will report to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War for record."

Among the current frontier armies, Yangzhou Army, Xiangfan Army, and Sichuan Army are the strongest.

The frontier army and the forbidden army were the main force of the Song Dynasty army.Lu Wende, the leader of the Xiangfan army in the army here, followed Jia Sidao's lead. Although the Sichuan army apparently took Zhang Meng and Zhang Jue as the supreme commander, most of their subordinates were men of Meng Shuai back then.

Li Tingzhi of Yangzhou is the only one who is loyal to me as the emperor. Of course, Jia Sidao didn't know this.

Just after You Hour (five o'clock in the afternoon), the chief examiner He Ji loudly announced the end of the exam.

Candidates sat in their seats after handing in the test papers, waiting for the emperor to come to give instructions.

Among these candidates, except for the top ten in the palace examination who can enter the palace, this is the only chance to meet the emperor. Of course, it is a different matter for those who can become officials in the future.

When I sat down on the examiner's table, all the candidates fell to their knees and shouted excitedly: "Long live, long live, long live!" Looking at these students who have gone through the cold window, I was also quite uneasy.

Scholars in all dynasties have inherited the mentality of worrying about the country and the people, and as long as they are used, it is actually the main driving force for change.

I got up and said, "Students, get down."

The examinees stood up, all eyes were on me, the emperor, and the hall was silent, waiting for my instructions.

"All the students who participated in the exam, it was not easy for you to get here. Only you know how much sweat and hard work you have put in. Regardless of whether you can enter the top three in the end, I am proud of you." I moistened my throat. He continued, "In today's world, the Mongols are watching. How should we face it? Give in, just give in? Absolutely not, the land of our ancestors, how can we hand over to others, I will not agree, how about you, you are willing to watch Am I getting smaller and smaller towards the country?"

"We don't want to."

The first voice sounded, then the second, the third, and then all the candidates answered firmly: "I don't want to."

I silenced my voice and said, "I'm very satisfied with your answers. With your determination, our Great Song Dynasty will surely rejuvenate, and the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties will definitely reappear in the Xianchun period. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. , not to mention that you scholars are the elites of our dynasty, you should lead by example and strive for the rise of our Great Song Dynasty for life."

I don't know who took the lead to applaud, interrupting my speech, and then all the candidates applauded, and the applause was thunderous and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" has since spread and became the most popular sentence in the first year of Xianchun.

He Ji suppressed his excitement, waved his hand, glanced at me nervously and said: "All candidates, please be quiet, and I would like to ask the emperor to write a poem for this scientific examination."