In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, at noon, in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, in the Imperial Palace and Ganlu Hall.
The doctor of arithmetic selected by Li Shimin, after these days, has already regarded Qin Ming, who wrote "New Arithmetic", as the greatest arithmetic master in the dynasty, and admired him very much.
Moreover, at first these math doctors, who were in their thirties, were not willing to let the two little palace ladies, Xiao Tao and Xiao Xi, teach them math knowledge.
It was not until later that they learned from His Majesty that these two little palace maids were taught arithmetic by the author of "New Arithmetic" personally, then they accepted the teachings of the two women honestly.
After these days of study, they have generally mastered the basic formulas and double-entry accounting methods in Qin and Ming's arithmetic books.
After Li Shimin learned that these math doctors had mastered this knowledge, he immediately asked the eunuch to summon Shangshu Zuopu Shefang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling can be said to be very proud of herself these days. The reason is very simple.
Because he brought back a box of soap to Mrs. Lu a few days ago, which made Mrs. Lu famous among the ladies in Chang'an.
Even the direct descendants of Fan Yang's Lu family came to see her with heavy gifts, just to buy a few bars of soap from her.
Lu, whose vanity was greatly satisfied, naturally became obedient to Lao Fang, and became more and more gentle.
Lao Fang is thinking that there is a high probability that his Lao Fang family will have another baby next year, which makes Lao Fang feel light when he walks now.
Thinking of this, he had arrived at the entrance of the Manna Hall. After the eunuch informed him, he straightened his clothes and walked into the hall.
"My lord, Xuanling, pays homage to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin smiled and said to Fang Xuanling:
"I love you, no courtesy, please come and shoot a seat for the house servant."
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, a young eunuch moved a chair and placed it in front of Fang Xuanling.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After saying that, Fang Xuanling sat on the chair. Li Shimin picked up "New Arithmetic" on the table and handed it to Wuyu:
"Wuyu, give this book to the servant to shoot."
Wu Ji took the book, walked a few steps and handed it to Fang Xuanling with both hands.
As the prime minister of the dynasty, Fang Xuanling's arithmetic skills were naturally not weak. He took the book and first read the notes on the Arabic numerals in front of it. Then he spent some time looking through the various formulas and formulas inside. topic.
Although he didn't have time to verify it for a while, he was shocked just by looking at the question.
After he read through it, the hand holding the book trembled a little. Then he stood up and bowed to Li Shimin and said:
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty. It is indeed a blessing for this dynasty that such a shocking masterpiece can be produced in this dynasty. Only in the prosperous times in the past dynasties can such masterpieces come out, and only a son of destiny like your Majesty can meet such a great talent. "
Li Shimin laughed loudly when he heard this and said:
"Xuanling, don't you want to know who wrote this book?"
Fang Xuanling nodded and said:
"I was about to ask Your Majesty, I wonder which mathematician from the Imperial College wrote this book?"
"You may not believe it, but that boy Qin Ming wrote this book."
Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't help but exclaimed:
"He is only fifteen years old, but he can actually write such a masterpiece?"
Li Shimin nodded and said:
"Not only that, Qin Ming also used this book to train several maids who worked in the accounting department. I feel ashamed when I say it. The math doctors in my Imperial College have started to call the two in Qin Ming's house these days. This maid is called "Sir"."
Fang Xuanling was even more shocked when he heard this. Writing books and educating people are two different things. He didn't expect Qin Ming to have such a great talent. If he could drag him into his Shangshu Province, wouldn't he be able to save a lot of trouble.
Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling said:
"Your Majesty, I think that Qin Ming's kid is very suitable to serve in the Shangshu Province. Do you think you have given him a decree to let him enter the Shangshu Province? As long as he comes in, I will train him well, and he will definitely become our Tang Dynasty in the future. Another good minister."
Li Shimin was so smart. He knew Fang Xuanling's little plan as soon as he heard it. But he still hadn't figured out how to arrange Qin Ming, so he coughed twice and said:
"Xuanling, let's talk about Qin Ming's affairs later. I asked you to come this time because I want to discuss with you the accounts of various ministries at the end of the year."
When Fang Xuanling heard this, although she remained calm on the surface, she was really shocked in her heart. He had just seen some skills and methods about auditing accounts written in Qin Ming's book.
And according to His Majesty, it seems that some PhDs in mathematics have been trained.
"Hiss" Fang Xuanling took a breath. If someone finds out at the end of this year, I don't know how many officials will be implicated.
"Xuanling, what do you think about this matter?"
Fang Xuanling stood up quickly and thought for a while before replying cautiously:
"Your Majesty, I think it is feasible to audit the accounts, but we have to find a safe way, otherwise I am afraid that some people will jump over the wall."
"Xuanling, I leave this matter to you. I will ask Baiqisi to cooperate with you. You must check the accounts of each department before the end of the year. Report the results to me as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling could only complain secretly in his heart, but he still bowed and responded:
"Old minister, I obey."
"Well, okay, I will ask those math doctors to report to Shangshu Province later. If you have nothing else, just go down and make arrangements."
"Yes, I am resigning."
After saying this, Fang Xuanling exited the hall.
Li Shimin leaned on the chair with a smile and took a sip of tea comfortably.
While Li Er was thinking about which concubine he should go to celebrate tonight.
Wuji took small steps and hurriedly entered the Ganlu Hall, saluted Li Shimin, and then whispered:
"Your Majesty, the secret guard has secret security."
Seeing Li Shimin nodding, Wu Shi walked up to Li Shimin and whispered a few words.
Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and after a while he said:
"Let the secret guards block the news and lock up everyone for me. Anyone who dares to leak the news will be killed. In addition, send all the secret guards out to find me."
"Yes, I obey the order."
After saying that, Wu Shi left the hall.
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In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, at the end of Shenshi, Lantian County, Qin Mansion.
Qin Ming, who had been running around all day, finally returned to Qin Mansion before dark.
As soon as he got off his horse, he saw Qingwan and Yang Zijun waiting at the door.
Qin Ming greeted him with a smile and said:
"Qingwan, Zijun, have you been waiting for a long time? It's cold, please go inside, next time..."
Qingwan didn't wait for Qin Ming to finish speaking, then took Qin Ming's hand and said:
"Sir, you are back. My mistress, your grandfather, has been waiting for you for a long time."
Qin Ming froze on the spot after hearing this, and stammered and confirmed:
"Ah...Wan...er...who did you say was waiting for me just now?"
"Your grandfather."
