The 21st of the twelfth lunar month.

It is getting closer to the end of the year.

In the Forbidden City, even though the snow fell, the eunuchs from the Shrine Prison began to clean every corner of the palace with brooms early in the morning.

In the warm pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi, who was rarely able to take a break, still got up early. This has become a habit for him. Whenever he goes to bed, he will wake up automatically as soon as it is time to Mao.

He was like a gyro that never stopped, and would appear in the warm room on time at any time.

In the warm cabinet, several cabinet ministers often wait here early, and there has been a rare tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister.

Without too much vain, Emperor Hongzhi sat down and looked extremely tired, but when he raised his eyes and saw Li Dongyang, he couldn't help but say with concern: "Master Li, you are old and your body is important."

Li Dongyang is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, but he also serves as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The other ministries and halls will release themselves as soon as the year ends, but the Ministry of Revenue is different. It must calculate the surplus of the year and make plans for the next year's money and grain expenditure. Therefore, in the last few days of the year, Li Dongyang went to the Ministry of Revenue almost all night and urged the Ministry of Revenue to quickly calculate the expenses and inputs for this year.

The purpose is to be afraid of delaying the national economy and people's livelihood after the beginning of spring next year.

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly: "The old minister must be busy, but he will only be busy these few days. When these days pass, it is a pleasure to go home and enjoy the grandchildren during the Chinese New Year."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing.

Liu Jian said: "On ordinary days, the court attaches too much importance to the classics and history, but he does not know that this economic ability is also the foundation of the country. He is usually neglected by his ministers. Now, the Ministry of Revenue has been ordered to cram the Buddha for a moment, and ask Your Majesty to forgive him."

Emperor Hongzhi was quite touched: "Yes. I was the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty to select scholars. However, when scholars became officials, they wanted to govern the world for me. They could not do anything by relying on the articles in the classics. They had to understand the classics and history and be proficient in miscellaneous studies. Such people were rare."

He smiled slightly: "Fortunately, Master Li is meticulous. With him in the Ministry of Revenue, I have no worries."

It’s rare that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there is no big deal recently, so although the treasury balance has not been calculated, everyone’s mood is still relaxed and they all laughed.

Speaking of this, Xie Qian also laughed: "I heard that something really happened in the market. Fang Jifan was beaten by Jie Yuan of Yingtian Mansion."

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Hongzhi was stunned at first after hearing this, and then he became a little angry. A cold light suddenly passed through his casual eyes.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi was an emperor who valued friendship. For Empress Zhang, he was an extremely dedicated husband. For the people, he loved the people and worked diligently. For his ministers, he was particularly polite and generous and never jailed. Even if he was like the Zhang brothers, although Emperor Hongzhi hated the actions of these two brothers and punished them a lot, once someone impeached him, Emperor Hongzhi would protect him.

Fang Jifan is talented, others may not know about this, but Emperor Hongzhi has a unique vision, but he can see that this talent is a bit crooked. This guy's character is very complicated, and he looks a little bit like he wants to teach him a lesson, but no matter what, Emperor Hongzhi regards him as a late generation. Now, the bright world has been beaten up. What's so great?

"Can the imperial doctor visit me?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "That Jie Yuan from Yingtian Mansion is so brave..."

Xie Qian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's strange. Although Tang Jieyuan beat Fang Jifan, Fang Jifan was unscathed and jumped around every day. Instead, Tang Jieyuan has not gotten out of bed for more than half a month. According to the doctor, he is covered in bruises..."

“…”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian speechlessly, and Xie Qian also looked at Emperor Hongzhi with a wry smile.

Liu Jian was a little confused, but Li Dongyang reacted and couldn't help but cough.

This...is a bit embarrassing.

The people in the warm chalet are all very smart people. After a moment of thought, they knew what happened. Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly and suddenly felt like he was kind to feed the dog: "Then the juren, isn't his body hindered?"

"Thank you, your Majesty, you are not in danger of your life, but only a skin injury, but... I heard that they have made a bet."

"Um?"

"Whoever competes for this big game? Tang Jieyuan is the number one talented man in Jiangnan, and Fang Jifan's three disciples... are not bad either." Xie Qian smiled, his eyes shining.

Suddenly, Liu Jian smiled bitterly.

Xie Qian's words had a different meaning, and he even gave Liu Jian a special joking look.

Of course, we are all old friends who have been with each other for decades, and this kind of joke is just a joke.

Among the people here, there are two southerners, one northerners, such as Li Dongyang, who came from Changsha Prefecture. In the eighth year of Tianshun, he passed the first place in the second grade Jinshi, which is among the top.

Xie Qian was from Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was the top scorer in high school in the 11th year of Chenghua.

Among these two people, they are representatives of the Southern Testimonials. They have very strong combat power and very high level. As long as they dare to set questions, they can get a flower in the article.

But Liu Jian is from Henan, and he participated in the Northern List. Liu Jian was once the second in the Henan Provincial Examination, but when he arrived at the imperial examination, he was not satisfied. Not to mention ranking first, he was second, but he just caught a small tail. Just this... he was already on the Northern List and was considered a leader.

The situation is the same now. Tang Bohu is Jie Yuan, who is from Nanzhili, the hometown of the southern list, and is the top three students in the southern list. He looks like the same ranking as Fang Jifan’s three students in Northern Zhili, but in reality, they are like a slap.

Fang Jifan was too heartbroken and dared to fight such a bet. Isn’t this uncomfortable? Not to mention Jie Yuan from Nanzhili, I am afraid that the juren who ranked ten outside the Nanzhili provincial examination could be able to rub against his three disciples.

Xie Qian was quite happy about this matter. He was originally from Jiangnan and was very happy to let people see the strength of Jiangnan's test tyrants.

Liu Jian smiled bitterly, but he just laughed it off.

Emperor Hongzhi said, "How can they let them play like this in the Great Ceremony?"

After scolding him, he didn't continue to delve into it.

The three great masters have always known Emperor Hongzhi. Although they scolded him and expressed their position, they think that His Majesty must be very curious, and naturally hope to see the ending.

"By the way." Li Dongyang smiled and deliberately changed the topic: "Today, the Ministry of Revenue received a letter from Fang Jifan, saying that he wanted to teach the Ministry of Revenue's money and grain accounting method."

Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi was immediately amused and couldn't help but laugh: "He also wants to teach the Ministry of Revenue to calculate money and grain? Where is the letter, I'll take a look."

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly: "I didn't read it. It was received by Wang Wen'an, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Revenue. He only opened the beginning of the letter and was so angry that he smoked his orifices, saying that this prodigal son was bullied by the Ministry of Revenue. He was so bold that he... tore the letter...."

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "Young people are just having fun, I will scold him next time."

In fact, they didn't know that this letter was indeed sent by Fang Jifan. Fang Jifan calculated the money and grain for Zhu Houzhao, but he helped the prince and felt that the Ministry of Revenue's calculation efficiency was too low, so he simply wrote down the "Lend and Loan Balance Method" and sent it to the Ministry of Revenue.

The "Balanced Balance Method" originated in Italy in the 13th century and was introduced to China from Japan during the Guangxu period of the late Qing Dynasty. Among the various double bookkeeping methods, the borrowing and credit bookkeeping method was the earliest, and the most widely used in later countries, and the most scientific accounting method. With this, the Ministry of Revenue would be much easier to calculate.

But now, in this warm pavilion, Li Dongyang mentioned this matter to Emperor Hongzhi, and he couldn't help but laugh at it.

As he was speaking, an eunuch hurried in: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty the Crown Prince."

"Oh?" Emperor Hongzhi's brows stretched. In the past, I had called him, so he came reluctantly. Today, he actually came to see him. This... is a rare thing.

In any case, his son still remembered that he had a father, which was indeed a happy event. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't hide his smile: "Call in and speak."

After a moment, Zhu Houzhao came excitedly and said, "Father, Father... I've calculated it."

Zhu Houzhao was furious. In fact, last night, he was so excited that he had not fallen asleep for half a night. He just felt that he had been beaten and couldn't swallow his breath. Didn't Lao Fang figure out the answer now? Humph, just to let his father know that this is nothing rare. Fortunately, the Ministry of Revenue is still there frowning beads.
Chapter completed!