One night passed in the blink of an eye, and in the early morning, it was the Forbidden City.
The warm sunshine shone on people's bodies, making people feel more comfortable. Tang Shunzhi was alone, walking on the unusually smooth stone road in the Forbidden City.
At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, his face showed a look of exhaustion that could not be concealed, and he was yawning all the time. Even if his colleagues greeted him, he had no time to pay attention.
Because his entire mind was focused on the arithmetic textbook that had been compiled.
Since the last time Jiajing asked him to delete some of the content to make the arithmetic textbook easier to understand, Tang Shunzhi adopted Jiajing's suggestion. After returning, he worked day and night to revise the content of the textbook.
Tang Shunzhi deleted all the content about circle cutting from the arithmetic textbook, and replaced it with content that was easier to understand and tended to solve practical problems.
"Alas, I don't know if His Majesty is dissatisfied with this edition of the arithmetic textbook!"
Tang Shunzhi thought so, and immediately quickened his pace. Before formally meeting His Majesty, he wanted to go to the Inspectorate and show his face.
As before, there were not many changes in the Inspectorate. In the duty room of the Inspectorate, at this moment, officials were already sitting in their seats and began to deal with the few impeachment memorials.
It is worth mentioning that since the last scandal ended, the government and the public have rarely calmed down.
Correspondingly, the Inspectorate has become extremely leisurely. In recent days, the daily routine of the Inspectorate is to go to work on time, then chat, drink tea, and wait quietly. Just value.
Tang Shunzhi came to the duty room, greeted several familiar colleagues, and sat down in his seat.
At this moment, Zhao Zhenji was seen walking in with his hands behind his back. Seeing this, all the officials in the duty room fell silent and immediately pretended to deal with the affairs at hand.
After looking around, Zhao Zhenji quickly looked back. Just when he was about to leave, he happened to see Tang Shunzhi's unusually haggard face. He suddenly became interested and immediately gave instructions.
"Tang Shunzhi, come here with me!"
"Yes, sir!"
Facing the complicated looks of his colleagues, Tang Shunzhi stood up from his seat, followed Zhao Zhenji's footsteps, and walked out of the duty room.
After the two of them walked out of the duty room, Tang Shunzhi bowed to the ground and asked Zhao Zhenji.
"May I ask, sir, what business do you have with me?"
Zhao Zhenji heard what Tang Shunzhi said, and after looking him up and down, he spoke slowly.
"It's okay. I'm just asking in passing. Didn't His Majesty ask you to compile arithmetic textbooks earlier? How is your compilation going?"
Faced with the inquiry from his immediate boss, Zhao Zhenji, Tang Shunzhi did not dare to hide anything. After organizing the words in his mind, he immediately truthfully informed him of the current progress.
"Your Majesty, the latest version of the arithmetic textbook has been compiled, and I will be preparing to meet with Your Majesty later!"
Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji nodded slightly and immediately gave instructions.
"Now that the arithmetic textbook has been compiled, let's go there now without further ado!"
Before this, Tang Shunzhi obviously did not expect that Zhao Zhenji called him out of the check-in room specifically to tell him about this matter. Then, he came back to his senses and responded tremblingly.
"Yes...yes, sir, I'm going to go right now!"
Immediately afterwards, Tang Shunzhi respectfully saluted Zhao Zhenji and immediately embarked on the road to Qianqing Palace.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji withdrew his gaze from Tang Shunzhi, chuckled, and said silently to himself.
"Heh, maybe this Tang Shunzhi can take over my position?"
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At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes seemed to be closed.
The spirit gathering array that encompasses the entire Qianqing Palace automatically operates, absorbing all the spiritual energy within a hundred miles into the Qianqing Palace.
Soon, the abundance of spiritual energy in Qianqing Palace was greatly improved. The Yi Qi Jue practiced by Jiajing automatically operated and absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy into the body.
After the spiritual energy around him was absorbed into Jiajing's body, it passed through the meridians along the route of the exercise and finally submerged into Jiajing's Dantian.
Since entering the late stage of Qi training, Jiajing's cultivation speed has been several times faster than before. Therefore, the spiritual energy lingering in Qianqing Palace was quickly absorbed by Jiajing.
After that, Jiajing took a rough look at the condition of his body and found that the increase in mana in his dantian was very little, even to the point of being negligible.
"Hey, at this rate, when will I be able to complete the foundation building!"
Immediately, Jiajing suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, exited the cultivation state, slowly stood up from the futon, and sat back on the dragon chair.
"How about I find some time to refine a flying sword. With my current strength, it should be more than enough!"
I don’t know how long time passed. Just when Jiajing was still immersed in beautiful reverie, Lu Fang’s voice came from outside Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
"Well, come in!"
Not long after Jiajing finished speaking, there was only a "squeak" sound, and Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace with silent steps.
When Jiajing saw this, he immediately turned his gaze to Lu Fang and asked.
"Lu Fang, do you have anything to do with me?"
When Lu Fang heard this, she immediately looked stern and said she must be respectful.
"Your Majesty, Tang Shunzhi is outside asking for an audience. He said that he has completed the compilation of arithmetic textbooks!"
When Jiajing heard this, the expression on his face did not change much. He just waved his hand and gave instructions.
"Well, I understand, let him come in!"
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
At this moment, Tang Shunzhi looked at the Qianqing Palace so close to him, feeling extremely uneasy and couldn't help but start thinking wildly.
At this moment, he heard a high-pitched voice, interrupting his thoughts.
"Xuan Tang Shunzhi comes to visit!"
After Tang Shunzhi heard this, he immediately calmed down and stepped on the stairs of Qianqing Palace with steady steps.
After entering the Qianqing Palace, Tang Shunzhi looked at Jiajing sitting on the dragon chair and Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, and knelt on the ground with a plop, and said in a deep voice.
"I bow to your majesty, long live my emperor!"
When Jiajing heard this, he waved his hand quite casually and gave instructions.
"Well, get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After receiving Jiajing's permission, Tang Shunzhi slowly stood up from the ground.
At this moment, Jiajing turned his gaze to Tang Shunzhi and asked.
"I heard that you have finished compiling the new edition of arithmetic textbooks?"
When Tang Shunzhi heard this, he immediately responded without thinking.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Wei Chen has finished compiling the new edition of arithmetic textbooks!"
Tang Shunzhi said, then took out the arithmetic textbook that had been prepared from his sleeve and raised it high above his head.
When Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, saw this, he immediately stepped forward, took the arithmetic textbook from Tang Shunzhi's hand, and handed it to Jiajing respectfully.
"His Majesty!"
"Um."
After that, Jiajing took the arithmetic textbook from Lu Fang's hand and began to browse it carefully.
The above content is very different from the previous one. The content of the first chapter is still simple addition and subtraction. Starting from the second chapter, it involves the multiplication table and some larger multiplication and division.
From the third chapter onwards, all the content originally related to the art of circumcision has been deleted and replaced with content that is easier to understand and tends to solve practical problems.
Soon, Jiajing finished browsing the newly compiled arithmetic textbook. Immediately, Jiajing put it aside, turned his eyes to Tang Shunzhi, and spoke words of encouragement.
"Well, Tang Shunzhi, you did a good job on this matter. I have decided to use this version of the arithmetic textbook!"
"I will next print out a large number of this edition of arithmetic textbooks and use them in next year's imperial examinations!"
When Tang Shunzhi heard this, his heart was filled with indescribable excitement. He bowed three times solemnly and said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live my emperor!"
There is no better news than this for Tang Shunzhi, who worked hard on compiling arithmetic textbooks.
Now, I have finally gained His Majesty's approval, and the arithmetic textbooks I compiled will actually be used in next year's imperial examinations!
For scholars, this is an incomparable honor, unmatched by any reward!
At this moment, Jiajing's rather indifferent voice sounded in Tang Shunzhi's ears.
"Tang Shunzhi, what reward do you want?"
After hearing this, Tang Shunzhi responded without thinking.
"Your Majesty, I don't want any reward. I just hope that you can hand over the printing of arithmetic textbooks to me!"
"Other than that, Wei Chen wants nothing!"
Jiajing saw that Tang Shunzhi was so determined, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately agreed to Tang Shunzhi's request.
"Forget it, I will promise you!"
When Tang Shunzhi heard this, his face was full of excitement, and he immediately responded.
"Your Majesty is wise, I would like to thank you!" (End of this chapter)
