"Prince, why don't you answer me?"
Zhu Youtang had a bad look on his son, "Looking at these figures, you are clearly counting the money collected from your two uncles. How much is left?"
"Ah"
Zhu Houzhao was shocked.
My father can find out what I do so secretly
What should I do?
Lai
Just say it’s not the case , anyway, my father had no evidence of guilt, and all his money was kept outside the palace.
"Father, do you have any evidence?"
Of course Zhu Houzhao had to seek verification before denying it.
He remembered that he had promised in front of his father that he would be a good boy in the future. < /p>
Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that he was digging his own grave.
I dug a hole and jumped into it myself.
If I had known earlier, why were I so show off just now and talking so much to my dad?
This is good, I have to settle the accounts with my dad before the money is confiscated.
Zhu Houzhao quickly complained, "Father, that's the money I earned with my own ability. It's my first time making money. You can keep it for me to cover the expenses of the East Palace." ”
Zhu Youtang said in a cold voice, “Have I ever treated you badly? What do you want, and I haven’t given it to you, so what do you want to make up for the lack of your food and clothing?”
< p>Zhu Houzhao was speechless for a moment.As a prince, there seems to be no need to supplement expenses.
I didn’t say I was too poor to eat.
But his mind was quick, and he immediately thought, "But if you want to win people's hearts, for example, to give people something, you need some money. Besides, this money is not given by the father. Why did the emperor confiscate the emperor? The father is unreasonable and the sons and ministers are disobedient."
"You"
Zhu Youtang was almost furious to death.
This kid
He is very good at cheating and abducting. He was able to extort more than 6,000 taels of silver from his two uncles. But the problem is that these more than 6,000 taels are not enough. Squeezed out from between my teeth
Your two uncles cheated me first, then you cheated your two uncles, and others cheated you again
I will confiscate it from you and give it back to you after everything is done. Are you not convinced?
"Okay, don't say I didn't give you a chance. Didn't you say you learned arithmetic? Then I will give you a debut question. If you can calculate faster than Chen Kuan, I will let you stay." Save those coins."
"Father, this is unreasonable. No matter how quick my son is, how can he be faster than someone who often settles accounts?"
Of course Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to compare.
He didn’t know whether he was fast or slow.
Chen Kuan, who was beside the emperor, always kept good accounts. Whenever there were memorials involving auditing and other matters, Chen Kuan would do the final audit by pulling the beads on the abacus.
Your son, I am a fledgling child who has just learned arithmetic. You, a father, think it is fair for me to compete with an old accountant.
"If you don’t want to compete, then I have nothing to say. So someone gave me 6,500 taels of that batch of silver. In more than a month, it was spent until there were only more than 3,000 taels left. You are really "
In the emperor's tone, if you spend If you have to be slower, or if the people around you try to trick you more gently, maybe I will keep this batch of money for you.
The result is good for you.
An ordinary official who serves as an official for 30 years after passing the Jinshi examination may not earn 6,500 taels of silver in his lifetime. You have only worked half of it in just over a month
You actually have the nerve to say that this batch of money will be kept for you
You don’t feel sorry for me, but I still feel sad for you
Although this money was stolen by Li Guang, Bingkuan got it back for me Yes, but before giving it to your two uncles, this is not your father’s private money
It’s good to give you a chance now, what else do you want to ask for
"After all the competitions, I still don't believe it. Then Chen Kuan settles the scores quickly? I have the arithmetic method given by Zhang Zhou and I will definitely win." Zhu Houzhao is now willing to take the risk.
Some things cannot be hidden.
Extending your head is a sword, and shrinking your head is also a sword.
Anyway, the worst is to lose, a childish person doesn’t want dignity
Chen Kuan was originally helping to sort out the Ministry of Revenue’s memorandums about Jingcang and Jingshu, and was doing an audit outside the Ministry of Revenue. On short notice, I took the abacus to the Wenhua Hall to meet the saint.
Chen Kuan didn’t know what to do.
When they arrived at the Wenhua Hall, they saw Zhu Houzhao sitting there with a feather in his hand, glaring at him with a menacing and almost murderous look.
Chen Kuan’s heart skipped a beat.
I haven’t offended the prince recently. Why would the prince look at me like this?
“That’s right, I’ll ask you an arithmetic question. Prince, you don’t use barns and millet. Can you use the quantity as an analogy? This is it, but the number is larger. If you can calculate faster than Chen Kuan, I will keep that batch of silver for you."
When the emperor finished his words.
Chen Kuan knew that he was representing the emperor to compete with the prince.
The competition is about settling accounts, which is his specialty.
He didn’t even know the ropes. In such an unequal competition, the prince didn’t even have an abacus or a writing brush in front of him. He just sat there with something like a goose feather, and then asked me to use an abacus to follow. He's better than
There's no glory in winning. The prince will definitely hate me to the core.
If you lose
It is impossible to lose.
Why did the emperor set such a strange competition?
Zhu Youtang said, "Prince, if you lose, don't think about messing around."
Zhu Houzhao said lightly He hummed, "Who do you think your father is looking down on? But my father, let me say it before. If I accidentally win, in addition to the three thousand nine hundred taels of silver, you must give me something else."< /p>
"You"
Zhu Youtang was so angry that his hands were shaking.
Who dared to bargain with me? Has Bingkuan been led astray by someone?
"Okay, if you win, I will no longer care about you by the end of the year. You love It’s up to you whether you want to learn or not. You want to leave the palace, don’t you? I’ll let you go out and let someone follow you.”
“It’s settled, let’s come up with the question”
Zhu Houzhao is full of confidence.
This is not only a battle to defend one's own small treasury, but also involves a test of whether to spend the next 20 days studying or being free and happy, so there is no room for slacking off.
Zhu Youtang said, "One hundred and twenty-six barns. There are two hundred and thirty-three stones of millet in one barn. How much is the total?"
Chen Kuan had already laid it out posture.
After hearing this, I remembered that this was actually a competition.
What happened to the prince?
I actually wrote it on paper, so I have to hurry up
The abacus calculates multiplication, but it is actually a variant of summation. It is equivalent to doing multiplication at the back and addition on the other side of the abacus. It is essentially the same as the multiplication rule. Use formulas, etc. to calculate the numbers in batches first, and then calculate the numbers one by one on the superimposed abacus.
The multiplication of three-digit numbers does not take much effort if we switch to ordinary daily calculations.
But the problem is that Chen Kuan is usually used to auditing the numbers on paper. No one asked him to calculate how quickly. But now it was the emperor who gave the question orally. Two three-digit numbers were calculated in such a hurry. In a tense situation, he may not be able to write it down at once, and if he has to calculate it immediately, he seems to be at a loss.
On the other hand, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be writing like flying.
Because the emperor said two numbers to be multiplied, he directly recorded them with a few Arabic numerals, and then immediately started calculating without stopping.
More importantly, he used a hollow quill pen, which is very useful for writing small characters and Arabic numerals. This kind of thing, which is almost like a dip pen, was also given by Zhang Zhou His "gift", then
He spent almost his whole life to complete an arithmetic test.
"It's calculated, twenty-nine thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight"
After Zhu Houzhao finished the calculation, he immediately raised his hand and told his father the correct answer.
Looking sideways at Chen Kuan again, he saw that Chen Kuan was still pulling the abacus beads.
"Yeah"
Zhu Youtang didn't have any expectations for his son's arithmetic level.
Obviously, how could his son settle accounts faster than his old accountant Chen Kuan?
He frowned even more when he saw his son calling out the numbers not long after the competition started.
Where is Hu Meng
How can it be calculated correctly in such a short time
Even if I am not good at using an abacus, I can still calculate it logically. It must be a miscalculation.
"Okay" Zhu Youtang didn't deny the result, "just wait"
That means, since you just wantIf you don’t seek accuracy, just think of yourself as Hu Meng, and maybe you’ll get lucky.
There are probably tens of thousands of numbers, and you’ll get one, and the rest are all mine. , I have almost no chance of losing.
But after a while, Chen Kuan finished pulling out the abacus beads in his hand and raised his head to look at him.
Even Zhu Youtang felt that something was wrong with Chen Kuan's expression.
"What's going on?" Zhu Youtang asked.
Chen Kuan hesitated and said, "It seems that the prince is right."
"What"
Zhu Youtang was still sitting there as a referee. , stood up immediately after hearing this.
Zhu Houzhao sat there and continued to yawn, looking very careless and saying, "Chen Kuan, your calculation is too slow. I have already done the calculation and found that the number is correct. You have just finished the calculation." For the first time, if my father leaves the settlement of accounts to you, it is better to leave it to me. You will not do a good job."
Zhu Youtang almost vomited blood after hearing this. .
Not only did this kid win, but he was still making sarcastic remarks after winning. He looked so sharp that he really deserves a beating.
But what reason did I use to beat him this time?
Zhu Houzhao said, "Father, you came up with the question. The competition was conducted at the same time. You witnessed it in person. I did not rely on others." , just rely on your own calculations to win the beauty."
Zhu Youtang's face was dark, and he said coldly, "Are you sure there is no problem?"
Xiao Jing was also helping with the calculations. He came over and whispered, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the number."
"He"
Zhu Youtang originally wanted to say, are you incompetent?
It will be slower than this kid
But when I thought about it, when the kid said the numbers, I didn’t believe he could calculate them so quickly. Besides, Chen Kuan’s calculations were not slow anymore. That kid actually calculated it again after finishing it once
It means that the kid's calculation speed is twice that of Chen Kuan
Zhu Youtang said with a straight face, "Prince, is it Zhang?" The Qing family predicted the questions I was going to give in advance, gave you the numbers, and asked you to tell them today."
"Ah"
The emperor's brain circuit not only stunned Zhu Houzhao.
Even the eunuchs nearby were extremely surprised.
Your Majesty, you are still smart.
You can think of all the reasons for denying this kind of denial
Do you really think Zhang Bingkuan is a god? Even if he is a god, I am afraid he can only estimate the will of God, not the human heart. Bar
"Father, I don't quite understand, what are you talking about?"
Zhu Houzhao also looked confused.
"Bring it over"
Zhu Youtang was still unwilling to admit his failure and asked the prince to bring the calculation process in front of him.
Zhu Youtang saw only a calculation formula listed on the left and right sides of the paper. Although he couldn't understand it, it still looked pretty.
"Prince, don't thinkBecause I don’t understand much about these things, I can just talk nonsense. Tell me the principle and let Chen Kuan and the others review the details. If it is indeed you who calculated it, I will definitely do it without making any jokes." Zhu Youtang said.
Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient.
He just told his father the meaning of those Arabic numbers. This time he not only had to explain them again, but also how to calculate them.
It's very perfunctory.
"This is two, this is six. If you don't understand, I will write it down and compare it yourself."
"The algorithm is the top number and the bottom number. To be honest, you know how to do multiplication tables. Do you understand when ten is added to one?"
Chen Kuandao said, "Prince, please continue. ”
Zhu Houzhao said, “After you finish the calculation, add these numbers up and down. Do you think I am talking nonsense? Is it necessary for Zhang Zhou to calculate for me in advance?” I really don’t know what my father is thinking. ”
When talking about the latter, Zhu Houzhao was complaining.
Zhu Youtang’s face was almost green with anger, but he still had patience and pretended to be a city official, because he was afraid The son felt that he could not afford to lose.
After his son finished speaking, he saw Chen Kuan and others summing up, and finally used an abacus to calculate.
"What?" Zhu Youtang was also very happy. Curious.
Chen Kuan lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the prince is right. It was indeed calculated by the prince on the spot. The handwriting cannot be faked. Although the numbers are not in correct form, they can be matched one by one. "
When Zhu Youtang heard this, he wanted to find a crack in the ground.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Father, you have no joke, right?"
" "Cough cough"
Zhu Youtang coughed twice.
This time he didn't really cough, he pretended to cough twice to cover up his inner embarrassment.
Aside. Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good thing. Not only is Mr. Zhang superior in knowledge and knowledge, he even teaches the prince arithmetic so skillfully." Mr. Zhang is a low-key person. If His Majesty had not found out today, he would not have even reported the matter to gain fame. With such good talents, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe in the future. "
Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, Xiao Jing of course wanted to coax the emperor.
Zhu Youtang was very depressed when he lost.
But think about it again.
It’s not like he competed with his son in arithmetic. His son beat the old accountant Chen Kuan under his nose.
He made up the numbers on the spot. , the numbers were calculated by my son on the spot, and they are fair and impartial.
A good thing
Why are you depressed?
"Haha. Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "Same goes for Bingkuan. He stayed by the prince's side for those ten days and taught him not only the meaning of the Four Books but also arithmetic. He is a thoughtful person." Prince, you must learn from him in the future. ”
Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips, “I haven’t seen him for a long time.”
Zhu Youtang said helplessly, “Prince, don’t be anxious. Occasionally, when he enters the palace, he will be asked to do so.” Come over and take a look. If you have time, ask him more.teach. ”
After saying that, Zhu Youtang stood up and left.
“Father, don’t leave in a hurry, you promised to my son”
Zhu Youtang originally thought that if he left quickly, maybe his son would forget about it.
If he forgot, he would be able to default on the debt.
But now
"I will." Did you lie to your child? You can keep the money, but you must not publicize it to the outside world, especially your mother. The other thing is to save some money, I have always been frugal. Furthermore, when leaving the palace, avoid going to crowded places. You are only allowed to leave the palace twice a year ago, and you must report three days in advance each time."
"Alas, Bingkuan missed me."
While complaining that Zhang Zhou made him lose, he was also smiling.
It probably means that even if I lose this time, I will be happy to lose. Keep in mind to collect, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft