Happy Little Scholar

Li Yi was flipping through the account books at home, and Li Xuan stood in front of him with a haggard look.

The Academy of Sciences is about to open, but he hasn't even solved the problem of military rations. It's strange that he's not in a hurry.

"take it."

Li Yi took out a book from the drawer and threw it over. He paid the price of an acne and stayed up late to write it. It was full of modern military ration ideas and specific production methods. As for the issue of sealing, there were also details. describe.

Some modern methods are impossible to achieve, and the available methods are very limited. Fortunately, it is not impossible. Just find the right direction and overcome one or two technical difficulties.

This is not a difficult task for Li Xuan, who has a lot of skilled craftsmen.

Not long after, Li Xuan walked out of the room with a relaxed expression, but was pulled over by the tsundere loli guarding the door.

"Brother Xuan, I want to ask you something. You are not allowed to lie to me." She glanced inside the room and whispered.

"What's going on?" Li Xuan looked confused.

The tsundere loli pulled him to the corner and asked, "Sir, was he snatched back by sister Ruyi to get married?"

Li Xuan looked at her and said, "Why do you ask this?"

"Just say it, right?" Tsundere Loli twisted her body and said.

Li Xuan nodded and asked again: "Yes, what's the matter?"

"It's really a robbery..."

The tsundere loli's eyes widened at first, and then she glanced into the room again, then narrowed her eyes, looking thoughtful.

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In recent days, the atmosphere in the court has been somewhat depressing.

The information revealed by the Imperial Medical Office shows that His Majesty's health is deteriorating and the situation is not optimistic.

Emperors are terrible, and an emperor who is about to reach his end is even more terrible.

This fear is directly reflected in several iron-blooded measures taken by the Secret Service recently.

The last corruption case involving the Minister of Punishment involved one hundred thousand taels of silver. It was a rare major corruption case in recent years. Zhao Guangyuan, the Minister of Punishment, is still imprisoned in Dali Temple, and these days, confessions have been made from his mouth There were quite a few of them, including two fifth-grade officials, who were all purged one by one by the Secret Service. For a time, everyone in the court was in danger.

Of course, there are degrees of self-danger.

The most frightening among them are of course the Shu kings.

Zhao Guangyuan, the Minister of Punishment, has always had close ties with the King of Shu, and his friends are naturally officials from the King of Shu's line.

But after he was arrested for corruption this time, His Majesty issued an imperial edict that if he confessed to someone, his punishment would be reduced by a few points. It is said that the punishment Mr. Zhao deserves has changed from beheading to 530 years in prison. If we work harder and confess a few more national worms, we may have a chance to see the light of day again in our lifetime.

As a result, some officials of the King of Shu's family had their homes confiscated and those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned. All their property was returned to the national treasury. According to a rough estimate, in a few months, there were at least hundreds of thousands more taels in the national treasury.

His Majesty is obviously not satisfied with this. This time, he seems to be determined to track down the corrupt people in the capital. This time, the Yushitai was ordered to inspect the account books of various government departments in order to pick out the moths one by one. This order Out, countless officials in the capital panicked.

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"Three hundred thousand taels is still far from enough." Emperor Jing took a sip of the pear soup and said with a frown.

Qin Huan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, sighed and said: "Like Zhao Guangyuan, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, who was greedy for one hundred thousand taels of silver but dared not spend a penny. In this case, the few people he confessed had already squandered the money they had earned. After everything was wiped out, what is left is just the number obtained by calculating their property when the Secret Service raided their homes under orders."

"Father, the accounts of the inner government are correct." Li Han, who was sitting aside and had been fiddling with the abacus, suddenly put down the abacus and stretched his body and said.

"So fast?" Emperor Jing asked in surprise.

Li Han smiled sheepishly, rattled the abacus, and said, "The abacus made by Mr. is easy to use. The accounting regulations of the inner government are clear, and it doesn't take much effort."

Emperor Jing nodded. The inner government is the department that manages the palace and royal expenses. The accounts are under his supervision, so it is indeed unlikely that there will be any major mistakes.

Before checking the accounts, it would take the three of them at least five days to check all the accounts. As for Han'er, it was less than two hours since he turned the thing called the "abacus", right?

I wanted to ask a few more questions, but there was a eunuch reporting outside the door. The censor, Ma Zhongcheng, asked to see him.

The Yushitai had just received his order yesterday to check the account books of the large and small yamen in Kyoto. Ma Zhongcheng should have come for this matter. Emperor Jing waved his hand and said: "Xuan!"

Ma Zhongcheng walked in from the outside, first saluted Emperor Jing, and then said: "The Yushitai is ordered by His Majesty to check the account books of various yamen in the capital. However, the arithmetic skills of the Yushi are not high. In order to complete your Majesty's task as soon as possible, I I would like to request a decree from His Majesty to borrow some students from the School of Accountancy to assist the Yushitai in checking the accounts."

A certain dean once said that if the court is useful to get a place to count the students of the college, it can speak out. Things like auditing accounts should be left to people who specialize in studying arithmetic. As for the Yushitai, it can only play a supervisory role. .

"That's right." Emperor Jing glanced sideways and said, "Han'er, please select some students from the School of Calculation to assist the Yushitai."

Li Han raised his head and said, "Father, if the students of the academy go out for internship and help the court to get credits, they must be signed by the dean himself."

Jingdi heard this and waved his hand to Ma Zhongcheng and said, "In that case, then you can go find Li Yi yourself."

Ma Zhongcheng heard this and could only retreat helplessly.

The reason why he came to see His Majesty first was that he was worried that Li County Bo would ask for a huge reward from them. The Censorate is a low-income government office, and the censors are all poor. How can they be paid?

He sighed. Since His Majesty said so, he could only try his luck first.

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"Borrowing people?"

After listening to what Ma Zhongcheng said, Li Yi nodded and said, "How many people do you need?"

Ma Zhongcheng looked at him and asked tentatively, "Dean Li, how should the students' remuneration be calculated?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It is their duty to contribute their strength to the court. What remuneration should they talk about..."

Ma Zhongcheng was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at Li Yi again, he immediately felt a strong sense of guilt.

Li County Bo is the real gentleman. He actually guessed about him like this before. He really judged the gentleman by his own meanness. It's wrong!

"Only ten people are needed." Ma Zhongcheng said with a bow.

"It's not good to leave one. I'll make it an even number and give you eleven." Li Yi thought about it and said.

"One left?" Ma Zhongcheng looked at him in confusion.

"It's not important." Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Anyway, I'll give you eleven people."

Ma Zhongcheng felt even more guilty, and with a guilty face, he said, "Thank you, Dean Li. I will definitely speak well of Dean Li in front of His Majesty..."

"Ma Zhongcheng is too polite..." Li Yi smiled and said, "Eating the salary of the emperor and sharing the worries of the emperor are what we should do."

[ps: Six chapters are owed. 】