Wang Anshi walked on the way to the palace, feeling a little unhappy, because the newly appointed third envoy Song Qi had an in-depth and sincere conversation with him before coming.

Song Qi's words were cloudy, but a smart person like Wang Anshi still understood, that is, when Wang Anshi settled accounts with the emperor, he was more leisurely.

This is really embarrassing for him Wang Anshi, how can he be more leisurely? Is it pretending to be stupid and can't see it? Or do you avoid the important and trivialize? Or how?

The most embarrassing thing for Wang Anshi is that he, Wang Anshi, is not such a person?

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty can be stupid, stupid, and pedantic, but many people are very disciplined and will not do that kind of thing of chickens and dogs.

Wang Anshi wouldn't do these things, even if it was Sima Guang, he wouldn't do this kind of thing. And the more conservative people like Sima Guang, the less likely they are to do this kind of thing, the so-called gentleman, to a certain extent, Sima Guang is conservative, pedantic is pedantic, but he will not do things that he does not agree with in his own values.

Not to mention Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, let's talk about Song Qi himself, he will not take the initiative to do those things of corruption and bribery.

This made Wang Anshi a little worried. However, Wang Anshi has been in the officialdom for so many years, and this is not the first time he has faced this kind of thing, and he can always find some tactful ways. Wang Anshi is not Bao Zheng.

Settle accounts, count it, 100,000 yuan, it's really a lot, and there are several big books when it is recorded in accounts.

With an abacus in hand, there is also a draft paper with a column of calculations, crackling and calculating.

Emperor Zhao Zhen came to take a look from time to time, he was not stupid, he also had to stare at it, and he was afraid that Wang Anshi was a person who did not have a firm position, and in the end he would be in cahoots to fool himself.

Looking at it, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and asked, "Wang Qing, what is your crooked symbol?" ”

Wang Anshi hurriedly stood up and bowed his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the calculation method invented by Gan Daojian, using these symbols to replace numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it is extremely convenient, and the calculation is twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Oh? I knew that Gan Daojian was good at the way of clear calculation, but I didn't know that he could also invent a method of clear calculation, so let's talk to me about it. Zhao Zhen became a little interested.

Wang Anshi immediately took out a blank piece of paper and began to demonstrate: "Your Majesty, please see, this is one, two, three, four...... The number of simple symbols, this is addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, if it is a large number operation, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division have their own methods, called column calculation, the best of which is the way of multiplication and division, can be completely relied on oral arithmetic to calculate huge numbers, the minister demonstrated to His Majesty to see......"

Wang Anshi calculates everything, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, and it is so easy to calculate.

Emperor Zhao Zhen was particularly surprised when he saw it, and said again and again: "Gandao is a genius who is solid!" ”

Wang Anshi replied with a smile: "These methods are all learned from Gan Daojian. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Wang Anshi and asked again: "You have an excellent relationship with Gan Daojian?" ”

Wang Anshi nodded: "The relationship is very good, but whenever there is free time, the ministers will go to Gan Daojian's place to sit down, not to mention this way of calculation, Gan Daojian can always speak amazingly, has great insights on many things, and can always benefit a lot from talking about it." ”

"What a Gandaojian, I can't wait for him to serve the court." The chairman found a very capable employee, probably in this mood.

Wang Anshi also smiled and said: "Your Majesty rest assured, you will take the exam in the next year, and with your Daojian talent, you will definitely be able to go to high school." ”

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll go out for a walk and breathe." For some reason, Zhao Zhen seemed to have trusted Wang Anshi, and felt that Wang Anshi would not pit him, so there was no need to stare here anymore.

How smart is Wang Anshi? After settling accounts, the emperor never came again, what does this mean? Naturally, the emperor was relieved of him. At the beginning, the emperor was almost walking around in front of him, which meant that the emperor was not at ease. At this time, I was suddenly relieved again, why is this?

Wang Anshi naturally knew why, and muttered to himself with a smile: "Thank you Daojian a lot......"

This incident was poked out by Gan Qi, and now that Wang Anshi and Gan Qi have such a good relationship, the emperor naturally trusts Wang Anshi. In the final analysis, it was the emperor who trusted Gan Qi to poke this out.

Perhaps, Wang Anshi's better impression of Zhao Zhen will make his rise faster.

After counting the whole afternoon, it was getting dark, and the accounts of the 100,000 before and after had not been calculated clearly.

Wang Anshi should also go out of the palace, and he will continue to count tomorrow.

Wang Anshi, who went out of the palace, did not return home, but went to the last city gate as soon as possible.

Because Wang Anshi was really embarrassed, the boss's explanation and the emperor's trust conflicted at this moment. Gotta find someone to figure out how to get the best of both worlds. The first person who thought of a way, Wang Anshi's first thought was Gan Qi.

The city gate caught up, and Wang Anshi went out of the city.

When he arrived at Deganqi's house, he also caught up with dinner, and after rubbing a few glasses of wine, Wang Anshi explained the matter again, and then waited for Ganqi's suggestion.

Gan Qi also frowned and thought, this matter is really not easy to handle, on the one hand, the top boss, you can't offend, and on the other hand, the emperor can't be offended.

Gan Qi asked, "Brother Jiefu, when you settle the accounts today, do you think there is anything wrong with the accounts?" ”

Wang Anshi shook his head: "There is no big problem, there is really a big problem, it is not this basic account that can be calculated, the capital is still relatively close, then the matter of Kuizhou, who can know?" You can't send someone all the way to investigate for such a trivial matter, right? ”

Gan Qi said again: "In this case, then the accounts are counted here, and there is no need to count them anymore." Let's ask Brother Jiefu, if it is 100,000 pieces of grain, how many people will be needed to transport it from the capital to Kuizhou? How many days does it take? How much does it consume? ”

Gan Qi has a different way of thinking, it is not difficult to find a problem, if you can't find what others have prepared, then you have to find something that others have not prepared.

Wang Anshi has served in many places, and he is naturally clear about this kind of problem, and after thinking about it, he knocked on the table with his hand, and suddenly realized: "Dao nuts are really smart, how much grain goes out of the capital, how much grain does Kuizhou receive, and the two phases are reduced, that is the fire consumption on the way." It stands to reason that 100,000 guan can buy 128,000 stone grain, from Bianliang to Kuizhou, if you take the north road, you can arrive in more than a month, people and horses, four or five thousand people, more than 200 cars, if the fire consumption is carefully calculated, it should not exceed 12,000 stones. ”

"How?" Gan Qi asked. The so-called fire consumption is the consumption of people eating horses and chewing on the way to transport grain, as well as some accidental losses such as damage and leakage.

Wang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said, "The difference is at least seven or eight thousand stones. ”

Gan Qi smiled slightly.

Wang Anshi also smiled: "Okay." ”

Gan Qi also advised: "Brother Jiefu should hint to His Majesty one or two, no need to explain." ”

Wang Anshi understood this truth, and nodded again and again: "It's not my fault in settling accounts, hehe......"

Gan Qi also laughed "hehe", this time Prime Minister Han can't talk about the shipwreck again, right? The emperor's 100,000 guan audited the difference of seven or eight thousand stones, and a total of more than one million guan was spent, how much is the difference? 100,000 is at least. In other words, tens of thousands of them have gone into private pockets, almost one-tenth, although it is not so shocking, but it is enough.

Who took the money? What did Han Qi do? How is Han Qi regulated?

Gan Qi raised his glass and drank with Wang Anshi, and then sat back and watched the wind and clouds rise.