Facing the excited students, Du Ruhui was a little overwhelmed. Not to mention anything else, just the two princes Li Tai and Li Ke being involved were enough to give him a headache.
In the face of Du Ruhui's plea for help, Qin Hao turned a deaf ear. As a teacher, he naturally wanted to stand on the side of the students, not to mention that he did not believe that students would make mistakes in such a simple arithmetic.
At this moment, a cold snort suddenly came from outside the door.
"This is the center of the Ministry of War. What are you talking about?"
When Li Tai and Li Ke heard this voice, they wilted. Everyone followed the sound and found that Li Shimin was standing outside the door at some point, glaring at everyone with a majestic look.
"I pay homage to Your Majesty."
Du Ruhui couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the savior.
Li Shimin glared at his two sons fiercely, then looked at Qin Hao and couldn't help complaining. He came here today just to see the achievements of these students in the academy, but he saw this "farce" as soon as he came, and he
Two sons are also involved.
"Hmph, you two, get here here."
Li Tai and Li Ke were helpless and obediently came to Li Shimin with their heads hanging down. They were in awe of this stern father from the bottom of their hearts.
"Tell me why you are making so much noise here!"
As soon as this was mentioned, Li Tai and Li Ke became upset and explained the situation over and over again.
Li Shimin was amazed when he heard that they had calculated all the accounts of the Ministry of War in the ninth year of Wude in one day.
"Where's the ledger?"
The waiter at the Ministry of War quickly brought it over. Li Shimin took it in his hand and flipped through a few pages before nodding secretly. In the past, it would have been hard for him to imagine that such a neat account book would be written by a group of half-grown children.
"Du Aiqing, what's wrong with this account?"
Du Ruhui quickly asked the waiter to bring over the account books previously calculated by the Ministry of War.
After seeing it, Li Shimin asked again: "Is this the only place?"
"I have only read half of this account book," Du Ruhui said truthfully.
"Half of a year's accounts contain just one mistake. It's not a big problem, right?"
As a result, after Li Shimin finished speaking, the students stopped working.
Xue Erlang stood up, bowed to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Academy always teaches that the investigation of things is the most rigorous, and a slight difference can make a big difference. It is impossible for us to make mistakes in such a simple account. Please ask your Majesty for your clear understanding."
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"Oh? You didn't calculate this account alone, how can you be so confident?" Li Shimin was not angry, but there was some appreciation in his eyes.
"I believe in what I have learned every day, and I also believe that my classmates will not make such stupid mistakes!" Xue Er said firmly.
Li Shimin looked at Qin Hao: "A low-level mistake? Qin Aiqing, you and Yun Ye came up with this word, right?"
"It is indeed what I said during the lecture. I hope your majesty knows that arithmetic is the foundation of the study of objects. Even a wrong number will lead to a huge difference in the final result. Therefore, I and my junior disciples will emphasize it repeatedly during class.
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This is also the style of Qin Hao and Yun Ye's class. For some difficult questions, even if they get it wrong, they will just continue to explain. But if they get a very simple question wrong due to carelessness, they will face serious problems.
Punishment, such as cleaning the toilet or carrying water from the mountain behind.
Over time, students have also formed a habit. If they do simple questions incorrectly and are punished, they will be laughed at by their classmates.
It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of school, many students have been punished for this, including the talented Li Tai. However, Yuchi Baolin, who came last in every exam, has never been punished for this. All his arithmetic questions are
For getting full marks, Yun Ye also praised Yuchi Baolin for his seriousness more than once in class.
Li Shimin nodded, and then looked at Du Ruhui with some interest.
"Du Aiqing, you said they were wrong, but they said they were right. How do you think I should judge this lawsuit?"
Du Ruhui smiled bitterly. He never expected that the people who originally wanted to praise these students would instead be disliked by them.
"I request your Majesty's Holy Judgment."
Li Shimin turned his attention to his two sons again.
"What do you think?"
Li Tai and Li Ke looked at each other and both bowed down: "My son, please allow me to recalculate this account. If the calculation is correct, it means that the Ministry of War has made a mistake in the calculation. Please give me and my classmates a clean slate."
Du Ruhui's face was already as green as a bitter gourd. How could he talk about his innocence? If he had known this, he shouldn't have said anything.
"Okay, that's it, Du Aiqing, you guys will each settle the accounts and check the two at the end to see where the mistakes are." Li Shimin suddenly became interested and was not in a hurry to leave. He just stayed in the Ministry of War office and waited for the results.
Du Ruhui had no choice. Li Shimin had already spoken. What else could he say? He could only ask someone to recalculate the accounts.
Li Tai and the others were also gearing up, and both sides started accounting at the same time.
Li Shimin had originally planned to leave the side hall and go to Du Ruhui's office to work, but when he saw the students in the academy holding rectangular wooden trays and playing with them skillfully, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Qin Aiqing, what is this?"
"Your Majesty, this thing is called an abacus. When I was a child, my junior brother and I found it inconvenient to use abacus, so my master made it specially for us." Qin Hao said casually. Anyway, when we encounter such things,
They all blamed it on "Master", but no one could find him.
When Li Shimin heard that it was another masterpiece of the mysterious "Xiaoyaozi", he cast a cold look at the deputy commander of Baiqisi behind him. The latter only felt a chill on his back and cold sweat on his forehead.
"Oh? What is the principle of this thing?"
"Your Majesty, please see, these beads actually represent numbers. One of the two beads at the top is 5, and each of the five beads at the bottom is 1. If it reaches five, it will be advanced. This way, calculations can be saved when doing a lot of calculations.
The trouble of different calculations can avoid mistakes and omissions."
Li Shimin became interested, walked behind Li Tai, watched his fingers rapidly playing with the abacus, and nodded secretly.
"Well, this thing is good. It is indeed simpler than calculating."
Afterwards, Li Shimin did not interrupt the students' calculations, and went directly to Du Ruhui's office, handling government affairs while waiting for the results.
By the time of application in the afternoon, which was around three o'clock, the academy had finished the calculation, but the senior officials at the Ministry of War had only calculated less than one-third.
Li Shimin took the account book and compared it. The result where Du Ruhui pointed out the omissions remained unchanged.
"Du Aiqing, this abacus is so efficient, do you think it should be promoted in the court?"
Du Ruhui was not a stickler for the past. He bowed deeply to Qin Hao and said, "Please give me some advice from the man from Qin County."
"Du Shangshu is so polite. It's all for your Majesty's service." Qin Hao returned the salute lightly.
At this moment, a waiter from the Ministry of War came in, leaned over and whispered a few words in Du Ruhui's ear.
Du Ruhui's face suddenly became very ugly.
"Why is Du Aiqing like this? Could it be Turks..."
Seeing Li Shimin's misunderstanding, Du Ruhui quickly bowed down and explained: "It's not the Turks, it's just that they recalculated the number of ordnance in the treasury in the ninth year of Wude. The academy students were indeed right, but they calculated it wrong before."
After saying that, Du Ruhui almost buried his head in his crotch. It was so embarrassing. He even said that he was wrong. It turned out that the Ministry of War had made a mistake. Among a group of senior officials, none of them had enrolled in the academy for three months.
The students can calculate accurately and quickly, which is a slap in the face.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he looked at Qin Hao.
Before, Qin Hao said that academy students could be qualified to serve as local officials. He thought it was a bit exaggerated. Now it seems that Qin Hao is not only not exaggerating, but also a bit modest. Students who have been enrolled for three months can achieve this level. If it takes three years
After graduation, wouldn’t everyone be a pillar of talent?
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more excited he became, and he could not help but feel the heroic spirit of "I have all the talents in the world."
"Du Aiqing, do you think these students in the academy are still worthy of use?"
Du Ruhui said with an embarrassed face: "It's worthy of use, it's worthy of great use."
"In that case, let's arrange something for them to do. If the Ministry of War doesn't use it, Fang Aiqing will be very short of people." It was rare for Li Shimin to see Du Ruhui, who was so clear-cut, being so frustrated, so he couldn't help but make fun of him.
"My lord, let's make arrangements."
After Du Ruhui finished speaking, he bowed to all the students in the academy: "I wrongly blamed you all before, please forgive me."
Seeing that Du Ruhui had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, Li Tai and others also understood the principle of accepting the situation and did not embarrass Du Ruhui again.
The crisp sound of the beads hitting each other sounded again in the side hall.
"Qin Aiqing, you really gave me a surprise." Li Shimin said quietly.
At this moment, Li Shimin really felt the pressure. In three years, how high will this batch of students grow? Are the small official positions in the court not enough to match their abilities? Moreover, this is only the first batch of students.
, every year after three years, a group of students will graduate from the college.
Li Shimin never thought that one day he would worry about having too many talents.
At the same time, after this incident, the academy's status in Li Shimin's mind also rose to a level far exceeding that of the Imperial College.
"Qin Aiqing, if the academy is lacking something, you can report it."
Qin Hao bowed to Li Shimin and said, "I obey your decree."
To be honest, Qin Hao was also impressed by Li Shimin's broad-mindedness. Most emperors of feudal dynasties would basically choose to seek stability after they established themselves in power. They would only want to carry out reforms when the situation was hard to come back and they had to change.
If it were in the world of knowledge, Qin Hao is sure that even Emperor Renzong, who is known for his wisdom, would immediately choose to suppress the academy instead of supporting it. This is the limitation of the times. Only those who can break through this limitation will
Only then can he be called the emperor through the ages.
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In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Six Route Army had formed an encirclement against the Turks, but Jieli Khan did not take the Tang army seriously and led the army to garrison Xiangcheng.
But what Jieli Khan never expected was that Li Jing, the head coach of the Tang army, personally led 3,000 knights from Mayi, entered Eryang Ridge, and had already reached the vicinity of Xiangcheng on a snowy night.
As a nomadic people, the Turks did not have the habit of building cities. Xiangcheng has a city in its name, but it is actually just a small town where nomadic people gather.
That night, three thousand cavalry led by Li Jing rushed into the Turkic camp like a god descending, shouting to kill Zhentian. These cavalry were the most well-equipped and elite warriors in the Tang Dynasty. Under the leadership of the coach Li Jing, several
The charge overwhelmed the Turkic camp, and chaos spread rapidly.
In the dark night with heavy snow, Jieli Khan couldn't see the number of enemies at all. He subconsciously thought that the main force of the Tang army was coming. He couldn't think of a counterattack, so he started to flee with a dozen followers.
When Qin Hao saw this battle report, the war on the grassland had entered its final stage. After the main force of the Turks, who were in great power for a while, was wiped out by the Tang army, only a few remnants fled back to the grassland. According to the customs on the grassland, what awaits them,
Only by being annexed and the weak eating the strong, this is the law of survival on the grassland.
"The Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
"Your Majesty is victorious, and the Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
The entire city of Chang'an was filled with cheers. At this moment, no matter nobles, commoners, or servants, every citizen of the Tang Dynasty could not suppress their pride.
In late March of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Jieli Khan, who was captured alive, appeared in Chang'an City. As a prisoner, Li Shimin treated Jieli with great respect and favor. Not only did he not chop off his head, he also named him King Guiyi.
, General Youwei, and gave him a home in the city of Chang'an, where every inch of land was precious. From then on, he no longer had to live a life of sleeping and sleeping on the grasslands.
Jie Li was also very grateful for Li Shimin's "generosity" and cried bitterly, saying that he liked Chang'an very much and was willing to spend the rest of his life in Chang'an City.
The scene was very touching. It would have been even better if Jie Li's acting skills were as good as Li Shimin's. According to the later film and television industry, Jie Li, a third-rate actor, obviously couldn't handle the scene when faced with Li Shimin's "revelation of true feelings".
This made Qin Hao and Yun Ye, who were witnessing this historic moment, feel a little embarrassed, but seeing as Jie Li was not a professional actor, they had no choice but to forgive him.
"Brother, I picked up a woman on the grassland." Yun Ye said quietly.
Qin Hao's hand holding the wine glass paused: "Cheng Yaojin didn't hit you with the military stick?"
"What are you thinking? I didn't do anything to her, I just looked at her for pity."
"Really? If my guess is correct, this woman should be very beautiful, right?"
Yun Ye:..........
Qin Hao patted Yun Ye on the shoulder and joked: "Actually, it's nothing. According to the age of your body, you were old enough to be a father in ancient times. There is nothing to be ashamed of."
"But, what are you going to do about the Tang princess in the palace?"
Yun Ye drooped his head and said dullly: "I figured it out, she is Li Anlan, the princess of the Tang Dynasty, not my wife, she just looks like her."
"If you really figured it out, you wouldn't be like this." Qin Hao picked up the wine glass and touched it with Yun Ye.
"Have you ever watched The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Slaying?"
"I've seen it."
"Do you know who is the most hateful?"
"Zhang Wuji." Yun Ye said with a wry smile: "Senior brother, are you a bit underestimating me by comparing me to him?"
"Zhang Wuji still has unparalleled martial arts skills. What do you have?"
Yun Ye:..........
While Qin Hao and Yun Ye were chatting here, Li Shimin also drank a lot of wine. Queen Changsun beside him suddenly pushed his elbow and pointed in the direction of Qin Hao and Yun Ye.
"Erlang, if I remember correctly, men from Qin County can already hold the crown ceremony this year, right?"
Li Shimin burped: "Mr. Guanyin, what do you mean?"
"When this man reaches his age, he should start a family and start a business. I heard that the Baron's Mansion in Wannian County has been empty for a long time. Without a woman, this family doesn't feel like a home."
Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "What Guanyin said is very true, is there a good candidate?"
