Qin Hao straightened his back and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, this thing was developed by Xue Erlang, Li Sanlang and others. I just learned about it, let alone participated in it."
Seeing Qin Hao's solemnity, Li Shimin no longer had any doubts, and instead asked solemnly: "Qin Aiqing, tell me honestly, are these children in the academy worthy of use now?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not expire. If these students are transferred to the prefectural and county governments at this time, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the country and the people. However, if they are allowed to serve as officials and do auxiliary work, it will not be a problem."
"Oh? Qin Aiqing, I have nothing to say before you."
"I'm just telling the truth."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Du Ruhui: "Du Aiqing, haven't you always said that a hundred thousand troops are about to leave, and the Ministry of War does not have enough manpower? Why not let these children help you."
Du Ruhui frowned when he heard this. Yes, he recognized the teaching level of the academy, but these children have only been in school for more than three months. What can they learn? You must know that the Ministry of War is one of the six departments of the imperial court and is in charge of the world's military affairs.
, from grain, grass and baggage, to soldiers and horses, there are so many things to do, even an insignificant official in the Ministry of War only has the opportunity to be promoted after serving in the local area for many years.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is against the rules, isn't it?"
Li Shimin waved his hand: "Rules are dead, people are alive. This battle is related to the fate of our country, the Tang Dynasty. We are just asking these students to temporarily help with some chores. There is nothing against the rules."
Rules? When has he, Li Shimin, ever followed the rules? For him, achieving his goal is the most important thing.
Seeing that Li Shimin had said this, Du Ruhui couldn't object anymore, so he could only bite the bullet and cup his hands at Qin Hao: "This will help the Qin County man."
"Du Shangshu is too polite."
Li Shimin picked up the small cloth bag again, pondered for a moment and then said: "Xue Erlang and other students are dedicated to serving the country and have made great achievements in developing new military rations. They will be rewarded with 500 guan and 100 acres of land. Qin Aiqing will come back and report the list."
"promise."
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After Qin Hao returned to the academy, he did not tell the students directly about the news, but instead found Li Gang.
Originally he thought Li Gang would object, but Li Gang just smiled: "Anyway, the academy will be on vacation soon, so it's good to let them have something to do, so as not to go out and run wild."
As a result, a notice appeared in the academy. Posted on the left side of the notice board was Li Shimin's reward for Xue Er and others.
The students gathered in front of the bulletin board looked envious and envious, while Xue Erlang and the others looked like generals returning from victory, their pride palpable.
Each of these students' families are from aristocratic families. The reward is really nothing. The key is that this reward was decided by Li Shimin himself. This also means that their names will enter Li Shimin's field of vision. This is supreme.
of glory.
Even Li Tai felt a little sour. He had never received such a reward.
Soon, after the students' excitement wore off, they were immediately attracted by the announcement on the right side of the notice board.
"Your Majesty is allowing us to participate in politics?" Li Sanlang said incredulously.
Not just him, most of the students did not expect that they would have the opportunity to participate in court affairs so soon. In their subconscious, they also felt that they had just enrolled in school for less than three months.
"Xue Er, do you think we can do it?"
Xue Erlang snorted: "Since Mr. Qin has no objection, he naturally thinks that we can do a good job, and we must do a good job. Otherwise, it will not be our own face that will be shamed, but Mr. Qin's face and the college's face."
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"Yes, this is a good opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves. How can a man be so timid? We must make His Majesty look upon us with admiration."
The academy students have high morale and are not depressed at all because they are forced to work as coolies during the "summer vacation".
But completely opposite to the academy students, Du Ruhui was quite depressed.
When he thought about those lawless nobles entering the Ministry of War, he was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep after returning from the palace. The Ministry of War was already very busy, and now he had to serve these little ancestors.
What made Du Ruhui even more alarmed was that judging from Li Shimin's arrangement, he had expectations for the students of the academy.
"Oh, I don't know where these two evildoers appeared!"
Tracing back to the source, it turns out that the academy's problems still lie with Qin Hao and Yun Ye, especially Qin Hao's proposal to reform the official system, which has really cut into the main artery of the aristocratic family.
Of course, Du Ruhui did not deny that Qin Hao's system was indeed good. He was afraid that Li Shimin's head would get hot and he would force him to mount the horse. The Tang Dynasty at this time could not withstand such a torment.
"Could it be that the reason why His Majesty is so eager to conquer the Turks is to implement this policy as soon as possible?"
Du Ruhui's body was shaken and he could not calm down for a long time.
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Three days later, the academy officially suspended classes, but the students did not have a holiday. Instead, all students were led by Qin Hao to report to the Ministry of War.
Early in the morning, Du Ruhui was so busy that he couldn't touch his heels. When Qin Hao brought the students, he didn't have time to entertain them. He could only let his subordinates arrange a job of sorting out the accounts, and then went to inspect various treasuries.
Li Ke was a little dissatisfied: "This old man clearly looks down on us."
"Okay, if you want to be respected by others, you don't rely on what you say, but on what you do. If you achieve something, they will naturally have nothing to say." Qin Hao patted Li Ke on the shoulder and said to everyone.
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They are all a group of children who are eager to prove themselves. In fact, they don't even need Qin Hao to mobilize them, they are all very motivated.
Although Du Ruhui did not expect these students to be of any help, the officials under him did not dare to neglect them. After all, half of these students were young masters from the Marquis family, and half of the other half were from the Duke's family.
The worst remaining ones are from the Earl's family, not to mention the two princes inside.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Their immediate superiors have a strong relationship and are highly valued by the emperor. They dare to ignore others, but they cannot afford to offend them.
"You can arrange a room, prepare some tables and chairs, and then send me the account books."
Soon, an empty room was cleared, and not only tables and chairs were arranged, but also many braziers were thoughtfully prepared.
Soon, piles of account books were brought over. Qin Hao flipped through them and found that they were all from three years ago. It was obvious that Du Ruhui was just looking for something to do for them so that he could deal with Li Shimin.
"This old man is really bullying people." Li Ke's fiery temper exploded at the first sight.
Qin Hao pressed Li Ke on the chair again and said seriously: "Although these account books are from three years ago, they are a good opportunity for you to understand the operation of the imperial court, and if one day you enter the imperial court,
As an official, you must first learn one thing: don’t ask the reason for what your superiors tell you to do, just do your duty well, do you understand?”
"I sincerely follow your teachings."
Xue Er and others all bowed to Qin Hao. Although Li Ke was still a little unhappy, it was because of Du Ruhui. He was sincerely convinced of Qin Hao and followed suit obediently.
"Okay, you will work as a group of eight and divide these ledgers."
"Yes, sir."
As a result, the sound of crackling beads was soon heard in the side hall.
Speaking of the abacus, this thing was made by Yun Ye. When teaching arithmetic class, Yun Ye found that these students did not know what an abacus was. At first, he thought it was because these students had never been exposed to it. Later, he asked Grandma Yun and found out,
At this time, the abacus had not been invented yet, and people in the Tang Dynasty usually used abacus to do calculations.
For the abacus, the students resisted it from the beginning, but later gradually liked it. The reason is also very simple. Yun Ye always assigns some "very difficult" arithmetic problems. With their current mathematics level, they really can't understand the abacus without using the abacus.
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Du Ruhui walked around in several treasuries. When he came back, it was already afternoon. He had just returned to the Ministry of War and was about to go to his office to have a cup of tea to relieve his fatigue when he heard a crisp crashing sound.
"What is this sound?" Du Ruhui asked his subordinate curiously.
"Sir, these are the students from Yushan Academy who are cleaning up our old accounts."
Du Ruhui frowned: "How come there is a sound like beating pills when cleaning up old accounts?"
"Sir, that's not Chuiwan, it's something called an abacus. I think they are using it to settle accounts."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Du Ruhui became interested and quietly came outside the side hall.
Since there was a brazier in the house, Qin Hao was afraid of carbon monoxide poisoning, so he kept the windows open. Although the temperature would be slightly lower, it was better than having everyone eat together.
Through the window, Du Ruhui saw that the students were skillfully playing with a rectangular plate, and there were some beads hanging on the strange plate.
The students were flipping through the account books with their left hands and fiddling with the beads on the abacus with their right hands, and they would stop to record something from time to time.
Du Ruhui couldn't believe it. These were the playboys in his memory who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun?
Qin Hao naturally noticed that Du Ruhui was peeking outside, but the other party had no intention of coming in, and he was too lazy to expose it.
After watching outside the door for a while, Du Ruhui turned around and left. Although these students seemed quite honest, he did not dare to gamble with the government affairs of the court. If something went wrong, the life or death of a hundred thousand troops would be at stake.
After returning to his office, Du Ruhui forgot about the matter. It wasn't until midnight that he remembered to ask.
"Back to your lord, Nan Youshi from Qin County has already taken him away."
Du Ruhui frowned when he heard this, but he didn't pay much attention to it. The things he originally arranged were just to pass the time for these distinguished young men.
However, just when Du Ruhui was about to continue burning the midnight oil to fight, his subordinate spoke.
"Sir, before he left, the man from Qin County said that the accounts for the ninth year of Wude have been cleared and asked if you would like to take a look."
"What?" Du Ruhui paused, thinking he heard wrongly.
After confirming again, Du Ruhui did not go back and strode towards the side hall.
"Where's the stuff they figured out?"
The subordinate picked up a stack of account books from the table nearby and brought them to Du Ruhui.
Du Ruhui casually opened one of the books and found that although the handwriting on it was a little immature, every stroke was quite serious, and the numbers on it were both zero and round, and it didn't look like they were written casually.
When he opened other account books, they were all the same, and Du Ruhui also discovered that all the entries and transfers in these account books were separate, unlike the previous accounts that were all recorded together, which seemed very messy.
"Did they really calculate the entire year's accounts of the Ministry of War in one day?"
Du Ruhui was shocked.
"Find out the accounting books for the ninth year of Wude, quickly!"
"promise."
Not long after, his subordinates panted and delivered the account books, and Du Ruhui began to check them one by one. To his disbelief, the numbers above were exactly the same.
I checked several pages in a row and everything was correct.
"Hey, is this wrong?"
Du Ruhui frowned, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, he could calculate a whole year's accounts in such a short time, and it was just one mistake, so it wasn't a big deal.
After checking the entire account book, Du Ruhui had a bold idea in his mind.
"When the men from Qin County arrive tomorrow, give them the accounts you have accumulated now."
"What about these?"
"Let's put it aside for now. We don't have enough manpower right now. Let's check these old accounts when we have time."
"promise."
Turning around, Qin Hao led the students to the Ministry of War. As soon as they entered the side hall, they found someone moving the account books on the table.
"These accounts haven't been checked yet, where are you going to move to?" Qin Hao frowned.
A waiter from the Ministry of War accompanied him with a smile: "Mr. Qin County, Du Shangshu said that after everyone comes, these accounts will be put away first. There are a group of more urgent accounts that need to be settled first."
Hearing this, Li Ke grabbed the waiter's collar and said fiercely: "Huh, now you know what's urgent. When he wasted my time yesterday with these old accounts, why didn't Du Ruhui know how to be urgent?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, this... villain is just passing on a message..."
Qin Hao looked at Li Ke and shook his head. Li Ke then let go of the waiter: "Huh, go and call Du Ruhui and ask him to give me an explanation!"
This time Qin Hao did not stop him. There was indeed something wrong with what Du Ruhui did. No wonder the students were complaining. At least he had to come forward to give these students recognition for their work results yesterday, instead of changing jobs without knowing it.
After all, they are here to help in name, and are not Du Ruhui's subordinates.
The waiter's legs were shaking like chaff, and he tremblingly went to report to Du Ruhui.
When Du Ruhui heard that Li Ke, the king of Shu, was angry, he couldn't help but have a headache, so he had no choice but to go to the side hall.
"Mr. Qin County, gentlemen, I have read the accounts you settled yesterday. It is true that famous teachers make great disciples. Except for a few mistakes..."
Du Ruhui originally planned to say a few words of encouragement to appease these students.
As everyone knows, as soon as he finished speaking, the students were not happy.
"Impossible, how could I make such a mistake in calculating such a simple account?"
"That's it, find out what's wrong!"
Facing the seriousness of the students, Du Ruhui was a little dumbfounded. Little did he know that in Yushan Academy, if such a simple calculation is wrong, you will be laughed at. This is not a small problem, but a matter of principle.