The household official saw His Majesty and called them over.
Everyone knew in their hearts that nine times out of ten it might be about money.
This time everyone probably also knew that the matter of asking for money must be about the Lantian County College that His Majesty has been preparing recently.
Regarding the preparation of funds for Lantian County College, everyone decided that this money must not be provided.
If His Majesty insists on investing money in the national treasury, this matter should be discussed carefully.
When I saw the eyes of this group of people, they seemed to be questioning themselves.
As for Xiao Jiujiu in the hearts of this group of people, Li Er said that he had already figured it out.
Then he waved his hand.
"Okay everyone, I came to you today not to scare you by giving money to the treasury."
Hahaha.
The ministers below smiled slightly. With His Majesty's words, everyone felt calm.
"I just heard that at the Ministry of Accounts, several bills were calculated incorrectly. Is this true?"
Upon hearing His Majesty's inquiry about this matter, the minister of household affairs stepped forward to salute.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the people below miscalculated, please punish me."
Of course, everyone also knows that the so-called punishment here is just talk.
After all, no matter who is in this position, some mistakes will inevitably be made.
Even if this matter is left to His Majesty, such problems will still arise.
Of course, as long as you don't make mistakes on some key issues, such small things are not harmful.
After hearing what they said, Li Er thought for a moment.
"Everyone, I paid a private visit to Chang'an City incognito a few days ago and took a look around.
I discovered in Chang'an City that there are several shops in Chang'an City, and the shopkeeper actually asked his daughter to come to the shop's accounting room to do accounting calculations.
At that time, I was curious, how could this woman manage money?
I asked about this matter.
Later, the shopkeeper said it.
Although my daughter is a female prostitute, her daughter is naturally very cautious and delicate in her work.
In fact, I also have two sons at home. The matter of settling accounts was originally left to my sons to manage.
Who knew that the two of them were careless and made miscalculations on several occasions.
They are small households, and if their calculations are wrong, it will cause very big losses to them.
Therefore, he arranged for his daughter to come over.
After my daughter came over, she not only settled all these accounts.
I also calculated all the previous accounts again, which made me very satisfied.
Although he said that his daughter was already married, he still arranged for her to be the accountant in his shop." After hearing what His Majesty said, several people were confused for a moment.
By the way, what does Your Majesty mean by saying this?
"So I thought, if the Ministry of Finance calculates some numbers.
If we could arrange for some women, wouldn't these women work very delicately?
So when it comes to calculations, you won’t be as careless as men, thereby reducing calculation errors?”
Ah, this?
After hearing what His Majesty said, the minister of household affairs shook his head and refused.
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely forbidden, it is absolutely forbidden for a woman to be an official. It is unheard of."
"Yes, Your Majesty, how can this woman participate in the political affairs of my court?
Just a woman, with long hair and short knowledge.
If they are allowed to participate in the affairs of my court, it will cause a fatal blow to my court.
No matter what, this must not be done!"
Li Er shook his head!
"Everyone, I did not say that I would allow these women to come to my court to participate in political affairs.
I plan to arrange some women under you to go and calculate.
In this way, we will avoid any further calculation errors on the part of our household department.
By then, even if it does happen, the probability of such a mistake will be greatly reduced.
I'm just here to act as a bookkeeper, and I don't do anything else."
Regarding this matter, Li Er also had his own thoughts.
Although I heard Brother Xian say these things, now that I think about it, I can listen to some of his suggestions and arrange some manpower.
And today’s temptation is just a suggestion.
After hearing what His Majesty said, all the ministers tried to dissuade him.
"Your Majesty must not do this. Since ancient times, no matter how big or small our court is, there has been no reason for women to serve as officials in the court.
Therefore, it is better not to set a precedent in this matter."
"Dear ladies,
You are all important ministers of my court.
Presumably there are women in your family who have such ability.
If there are any, you can recommend some to me, and I will arrange them in some positions."
"Your Majesty, are you still talking about the accounting department of the Ministry of Accounts?"
Li Er nodded.
This person is always like this. If other people are involved, he will definitely dissuade him.
If it involves his own interests, his little face will burst into laughter.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen's family does have a daughter who just turned 17 this year.
I got married two years ago and gave birth to two sons. Now I am raising my children at home.
Weichen has also let her read poetry and books since she was a child. Now if she serves your majesty and the Tang Dynasty, Weichen will arrange for my daughter to come here."
After hearing what they said, Li Er glanced at him with disdain and asked.
"If this is done in this way, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?
Now that this person is married and not at home, what if he shows up in public?"
Although in the Tang Dynasty, there were not particularly strong restrictions on women.
But Li Er still asked these questions.
"Oh, Your Majesty, if you can serve me in court and serve my people all over the world.
What if we sacrifice our small family for everyone?
When Yu the Great was controlling floods, he passed through his house three times without ever entering.
Wei Chen feels that if a man or a woman can work for the court and the people, it will be a blessing to the Tang Dynasty."
Listen, listen, this thought, this realization, once again cast him a disdainful glance.
If some women from other families are arranged to enter the household department for calculation, it will not match.
If they arrange their own children to enter the household department for calculation, will these things be reasonable and reasonable?
This double standard really sounds a bit excessive, but it still seems justified.
Suddenly I saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and the household official looked embarrassed for a moment.
I could only sigh helplessly. How come I was so excited when I said this? His Majesty tricked me into it?
As the saying goes, only state officials are allowed to set fires, but ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps.
"Your Majesty, forgive me."
"Okay, I'm not joking about this matter.
If you have such women in your family, you can recommend them all to me.
Bring them to the court, and I will personally test them. Anyone who passes the test will be assigned to some positions.
For the use of my court."
After hearing what His Majesty said, several ministers saluted repeatedly.
"It is His Majesty and his ministers who have taken the order."
"Okay, you all should leave first.
If anything happens, I'll call you."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the Ministry of Revenue official left, Li Er glanced at Changsun Wuji and waved his hand, asking him to go back first.
There is nothing else going on in the court now.
Let's just arrange things like this for now, and we won't have time to talk about other things until they develop to that point.
After finishing all these things, I rested for a night.
In the morning of the next day, Li Er told everyone about the incident.
When I heard that the court wanted to select some women to serve below, I received strong opposition from the officials.
When Li Er said the following sentence again, priority could be given to the heirs of ministers in the court.
But everyone also has to arrange for someone to conduct personal testing and select the best from the testing.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned around and shouted His Majesty's Holy Wisdom.
Li Er thought in his mind to curse a few words, these people are really realistic.
But no matter what, it is true that we can arrange some women according to Xiandi's words.
After all, there are many women who are very powerful.
After thinking for a moment, he asked someone to go and arrange for the girl who had passed the high school disguised as a man to go to Chang'an City.
She was placed in the Ministry of Revenue, and at the same time, some women were selected to serve in Chang'an City.
The news spread, and the whole city of Chang'an was boiling.
This is so unreasonable. When can this woman become an official?
That's it.
Everyone felt unconvinced that this woman was an official.
Although the court also gave an explanation, these people were not officials, but just accounting rooms under the household department, used to settle accounts for the court. Even so, many people scorned them.
Even if it is given to the court, he is not only a member of the official family, but also enjoys the salary of the court.
Moreover, during this period, several women from merchant families caught Li Er's eyes and directly made an exception and arranged to come in.
There are government decrees in the court, and the descendants of merchants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, nor are they allowed to enter the court as officials.
After all, if government and businessmen collude, it will have a very bad impact on the world.
But I have to admit that I really deserve to be a professional in this field.
After all of them are brought in, prepare these new household files and recalculate them.
The newly arranged people were settled step by step according to His Majesty's request.
It was exactly what Li Er thought.
They are not asked to engage in high-strength physical labor, but to engage in these mental labors.
The answer sheet they handed over to him was very good, which made Li twenty-fold satisfied.
The people on the court side gained benefits, and everyone supported their side's approach.
Everything unfolded step by step.
Li Er whispered in his heart.
If this group of clans had not seen that these women could not achieve anything, they would not have agreed so easily.