"Master Zhao, you must not lose etiquette in front of His Majesty."
The eunuch next to him saw this and quickly warned him.
Etiquette in court is very important.
If you go to court formally, every move must comply with the etiquette. If there is even the slightest mistake, you will be scolded if it is minor, or whipped if it is serious.
Although discussions in the study are not as serious as those in the court, they still have the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and must not be messed up in the slightest.
Zhao Mian came to his senses and fell to his knees.
"Your Majesty, this humble minister was too excited and got carried away for a moment. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"No problem!" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a good mood and said with a smile: "What is there in this memorial that makes Aiqing so rude?"
He just glanced at it and saw that the writing was still correct, so he handed it to Zhao Mian.
I didn't pay close attention to what was written.
"Wonderful idea, a stroke of genius!"
Zhao Mian was full of admiration: "Whoever can come up with such a wonderful method must be a great talent in managing the world and benefiting the people."
"What I was thinking about before was that after raising the commercial tax, it would be difficult to collect it."
"But according to the method in the memorial, it is not difficult to collect business taxes."
"Not only that, as long as the Ministry of Accounts keeps accounts according to the double-entry accounting method, it will be much easier to clean up the treasury in the future."
"High, high, high...it's really too high!"
He was excited and full of admiration.
"oh?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows danced when he heard what he said. He was deeply surprised. He glanced at Zhu Yunzhen in his arms and said, "Bring it to me and show it to me."
"yes!"
Zhao Mian stepped forward and respectfully handed over the memorial.
Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and looked at it carefully.
As an emperor from a peasant background, he could not even read many words when he was a child.
But later on, when he conquered the country and conquered the world, he put a lot of effort into studying.
It has to be said that Lao Zhu's learning ability is also top-notch.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government has been managing government affairs with a clear view of the treasury's accounts.
For ordinary people, simple accounting is very easy.
But once it becomes as big as the national treasury, it becomes very complicated.
Just like building a one-story building is very simple and does not even require any design. Just find two craftsmen and build it casually.
But if you build a 100-story high-rise building, it will be completely different.
Quantitative changes to a certain extent will lead to qualitative changes.
The treasury accounts are huge, and the accounts are cleared every month and audited every year. On the surface, it seems that the calculations are accurate, but in fact, how is it possible?
At this time, let’s look at the method proposed by Zhu Yunzhen, the double-entry accounting method, which responds to each other, one in and one out, and confirms each other. Compared with the current method of the Ministry of Accounts, it is indeed much smarter.
The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked, the brighter his eyes became.
Slowly my breathing became heavier.
He has personally cleaned up the treasury several times and is well aware of the complexity of accounting.
But the more you understand, the more you understand the genius of double-entry accounting.
As for invoices and tax certificates...
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the end, he couldn't help laughing up to the sky, high-fiving and praising: "Good! Good! Good!"
Yang Jing, who was standing next to him, saw that the two of them looked like this after reading the memorial, and couldn't help but become more curious.
"Your Majesty, can you show me this memorial?"
"Take it."
Zhu Yuanzhang closed the memorial and handed it out.
Yang Jing took the memorial and opened it to read.
Gradually, his eyes became brighter and brighter, his heart beat faster, his breathing became heavier, and his mouth opened slightly, but he forgot to close it.
He used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so he naturally understands the truth here.
"What a genius!"
After reading the memorial, Yang Jing gently closed it and took a deep breath to calm down his excitement.
“I can’t believe that our Ming Dynasty actually has such talents!”
Zhao Mian on the side stroked his beard and said: "That's right! The person who can come up with this method must be the number one scholar... no, he is the talent of the king's assistant or the prime minister."
He looked at Zhu Yunzhen and said, "Your Highness the Fourth Emperor, you don't know what the content of this memorial is. Who thought it was?"
Although Zhu Yunxuan had previously said that he wrote the memorial, after reading the contents, Zhao Mian no longer believed this statement.
In his opinion, he must have consulted a certain gentleman in the household to write such a memorial.
This is also normal.
After all, His Majesty the Emperor personally assigned the homework, so there is nothing wrong with returning home to ask your teacher for advice.
However, Zhao Mian searched his brain and couldn't think of any other minister in the court who could come up with such a method.
Unless it's not a minister, but a teacher who has no reputation yet...
The hermit master always likes to hide among the people, and may not always be in the court.
Besides, Zhu Biao is the prince, so it is not surprising that he has invited some high-ranking officials to his residence.
Although Zhu Biao is dead, the talents in the house have not necessarily dispersed.
It's just that since this person has such a great talent, he can't be allowed to stay in the emperor's grandson's house and bury the talent.
Zhao Mian quickly thought of this section, and Yang Jing also thought of it.
"Such a talent must not be allowed to be buried. We should invite him to serve the imperial court."
Yang Jing smiled and said: "Fourth Emperor, I wonder if the person who wrote the memorial has any fame? If not, I would like to recommend it to Your Majesty and ask him to go to the Ministry of Punishment for some experience. In time, there will be one more person in the court. A pillar of talent.”
"Why are you going to the Ministry of Justice?" Zhao Mian said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, these are masters of accounting. Of course they want to come to our Ministry of Accounts to manage finances for the country."
Yang Jing blew his beard and glared: "Master Zhao, I said this first."
Zhao Mian snorted coldly: "Mr. Yang, it is not a first-come, first-served matter for national affairs. This person must go to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
The two faced each other and actually had a quarrel in the hall.
"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the two of them and said, "How can you two ministers quarrel in front of the imperial court be unworthy?"
The two apologized quickly and did not dare to say more.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunxi and said with a smile: "Zi'er, who wrote this memorial?"
It's not that Lao Zhu doesn't believe him, but the double-entry accounting method is quite complicated, and it's really not something that a seven-year-old child can figure out.
"Just speak up. Grandpa Huang doesn't blame you for bullying me."
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment.
If possible, he really didn't want to admit now that he came up with the double-entry accounting method.
Being too evil will lead to jealousy, which is not a good thing.
As the saying goes, if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.
He is not a pushy person.
But who should we say?
If you make up a random person and ask Lao Zhu to come over and ask him, if he doesn't even know what double-entry accounting is, then he really won't be able to stand down.
Invoices and tax certificates are easy to say, and things like double-entry accounting are simple to say the least.
It’s hard to say that it’s really difficult for ordinary people to understand when they see it for the first time.
Lao Zhu, Zhao Mian and Zhao Jing are both the best among the best, and their IQs are not comparable to those of ordinary people.
They also have experience in managing the treasury and cleaning up account books, so they can naturally understand the double-entry accounting method and understand the benefits of it.
But that's not necessarily the case for ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunzhen said with aggrieved expression: "Grandpa Huang, don't you even believe me? This is really what my grandson came up with!"
The man who invented double-entry accounting was honored as the "Father of Modern Accounting" by later generations.
Most people really can’t imagine it!
I can only bite the bullet and admit it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and Zhao Mian and Yang Jing looked at each other.
"Did you really come up with it by yourself?" Lao Zhu's voice was trembling.
Zhu Yunxuan puffed up his chest, proud and proud.
"Looking at the world today, besides me, who else is such a genius who can come up with such a method?"
One sentence was said with majestic momentum, with the air of looking down on the world and being arrogant to all living beings.
Several people in the room were stunned.
Snapped!
The memorial in Yang Jing's hand fell to the ground.
Zhao Mian's body turned to stone, and he suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground.
…
