Now that he is 15 years old, he has had the experience of returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors, plus his father's official transfer, in-laws walking, or making a special trip to play, there are really not many places to go.

This time, Xue Meiren also wrote several pieces of paper confidently.

Immediately afterward, Ying Zheng continued to ask: "Write down everything you know about prices." ”

The concubines all vaguely understood the meaning of the Son of Heaven.

Bow your head and write hard.

Girls of this age, and are all serious backgrounds, if not into the palace as a concubine, will be allowed to be the right family to be the main lady, housekeeper director, favor sent, after a little older, the mother is carefully taught, especially when it comes to money exchanges, account calculation, is the top priority.

Cloth, jewelry, grain, vegetables and fruits, large pieces of furniture, cattle, sheep and livestock, and even many household items......

Ying Zheng waited patiently for a quarter of an hour before he saw someone stop writing, left his seat and went down to watch one or two, but stopped again in front of Xue Meiren.

He was a little surprised: "You still know the price of millet in various places last year?" ”

Xue Meiren's face turned red, and there were some things that were afraid of being laughed at in the past, but now she can say it confidently: "The concubine's mother is the daughter of a grain merchant, and the dowry of the mother and the concubine also has a grain store. ”

Ying Zheng bowed slightly: "I see." ”

After that, he asked a few more questions one after another, and when the palace concubines finished answering, he put away their answer sheets, and another chamberlain approached to present the examination papers drawn up by the bookkeepers.

Feng Lanruo glanced at it and saw that the first page was full of account calculations, and couldn't help but be slightly speechless.

Looking at the second page again, it is to ask about the tax measurement, there are men and women in the family, old and young, referring to the decree of this dynasty, how much land should be obtained, and how much tax should be paid.

At this point, I've started to have a headache.

To the third page: There is now a wall nine feet high. The melon grows on it, and the vine is seven inches long. Under it, the vine is a foot long. Q: How many days meet? What is the length of melon and gourd?

Feng Lanruo: ?????

Flipping through it all the way back, it's all ...... Nine chapters of arithmetic.

Emmm。

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Taiping, the waiter, stood beside Ying Zheng, looking at the beauty full of flowers, and a touch of sympathy flashed involuntarily in his eyes.

I don't know if it's his delusion, but after the test paper was sent, the girls' heads instantly grew a lot.

Except for the one over there......

It seems to be surnamed Xue?

The concubines looked at the test papers in front of them, but they felt that their heads were as big as a fight, as if they had seen a demon, only Xue Meiren was refreshed and energetic, touching the abacus with her left hand, and opening the test papers with her right hand, looking at the familiar numbers, they were all so kind.

Ha ha!

It's finally my home turf!

Chapter 16

In general, Ying Zheng was satisfied with the performance of the concubines.

Especially the beauty surnamed Xue, who is very talented in the way of counting, and she got a full score for the nine-chapter arithmetic scroll issued by the Dr. Jingfang!

You know, with the difficulty of this paper, if you don't know the answer in advance, even the doctors who come out of the paper may not be able to get a full score!

According to Xue Meiren, this is inherited from her mother, as the daughter of a grain merchant, her mother began to feel the abacus at the age of three, and at the age of twelve, she helped the family manage the accounts, the purchase price, the selling price, the net profit, the gross profit, but all the numbers that have been in her mind once, and she can't forget them when she is free.

Isn't that a proper talent?

Xue Meiren is an unexpected surprise to Yingzheng, and the quality of the other concubines is also quite good.

Wu Jieyu's father, Wu Dunnai, is a famous person at home, and she herself is also a well-known talented woman, and she was even summoned a few years ago, and after entering the palace to pay homage to the emperor, she was greatly rewarded.

And this dynasty emphasizes literature and light martial arts, and attaches great importance to talent, although Wu Jieyu's father did not come out, only took on the false name of a doctor of Guozijian, but after she entered the palace, she was also Jieyu, who was second only to Feng Lanruo in the median rank of the concubine.

What's even more rare is that Wu Jieyu is not the kind of nerd who reads to death.

The prosperity of the imperial examination in this dynasty far exceeded that of the previous generations, and the group of scholars swelled rapidly to an astonishing number.

Wu Jieyu, as the daughter of a celebrity, is not very rich, the Wu family has more than a dozen people, and only a few servants serve, and many things have to be handled by the children of the Wu family personally.

Among the eight palace concubines who were selected into the palace, Wu Jieyu's mother's family was the poorest, but on the contrary, she had been to the most places and had the most extensive knowledge.

There is no other reason, Wu Jieyu has a good father.

There is a golden house in the book, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, Wu Dun has a wide range of contacts, friends all over the world, and there is no concept of inconvenience for those daughters to go out, summer and winter two inconvenient seasons to stay at home to teach, and every spring and autumn, is to take the family out to travel.

Everywhere he went, he first learned about the local people's livelihood, and then tested the children of the school, so that they could know the suffering of the world, and finally he would teach one or two earnestly.

As the saying goes, Wu Jieyu, as his daughter, is quite smart and has been exposed to it for more than ten years, how can she not be bright?

With such a thousand words, the whip penetrated into it, after Ying Zheng read it, he also seemed to have a feeling that he had been to the place in person, how could he not praise it.

As for the remaining people, although there have never been geniuses like Xue Meiren and Wu Jieyu, they are also very passable.

Ying Zheng determined that these eight people were not incompetent, and turned around and began to assign tasks to them.

"The Queen Mother is seriously ill, and I don't want to disturb her with palace affairs, but the Shang Palace Bureau has different personnel, and the Shang Palace is old, and she is quite ineffective in many things, so she has to make plans in advance-are you willing to share my worries?"

How could the palace concubines let go of the opportunity to brush their faces in front of the Son of Heaven?

No one spoke out against it.

"Good."

Ying Zheng looked around and was quite satisfied: "In this case, you will use the West Pavilion as a basis to work here every day, and as for the hours of daily work, ......"

He frowned, and three points of melancholy suddenly surged in his heart: "Let's be the same as the officials of the three provinces for the time being." ”

This is also a point that makes Yingzheng very unhappy.

He couldn't help but complain to the emperors in the space: "This Great Qin...... It's too lax! ”

Only half a day of work!

After arriving at a certain time, I will have lunch at the government office, and after eating, I can go home!

I still have to take care of the rice!

Five days off!

There are also family leave, mid-term holidays, holiday holidays, and so on!

Zhu Papi was shocked on the spot: "What? Only half a day of work?! What's the difference between that and not going to work?! ”

DNA is moving!

"What are you doing in a daze?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the remaining three emperors in the space: "Such an unbelievable thing, you don't have anything to say?!" ”

Liu Che: "It's okay, when the water is clear, there are no fish, why are you pushing people so hard." ”

Li Yuanda: "It's almost enough, like you, you have three days off a year, Lao Zhu, you are not afraid of being dragged out to hang the street lamp!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "??? ”

Then I went to look at the last one who didn't speak: "Shimin, what do you say?" ”

Li Shimin wiped his sweat embarrassedly: "Oh, I only work half a day a day, that's how we have a holiday." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "????? ”

Liu Che: "That is, Lao Zhu, you are the emperor, and this is entrusted to the landlord, you are the kind who goes out to learn the rooster before dawn." ”

Emperors: "Poof! ”

Ying Zheng set the working time for the concubines, and the next work was a matter of course.

Wu Jieyu is meticulous and skilled, so she led a few talented people and beauties with lower ranks to screen the transfer of personnel in the palace in the past 20 years, whether it is still on an errand in the palace, sick and dead, released by the mothers everywhere, and those who get together to care for the elderly when they are old, they will all be checked.

During this period, who was on what errand, what position he was, what he did during his reign, how many times he was out of the palace, who else was in the family, who he recognized as a godfather, or who was a palace attendant to eat together, they all had to be plated in every detail.

And Xue Meiren is good at counting, and she is a rare good account room, so this time she asked her to lead the rest of the palace concubines who have calculated the accounts.

In the past 20 years, the servants and palace people's fortunes, the purchase of dining rooms, the exchanges between the private treasury of the Son of Heaven, the rewards with the concubines, the accounts of each room of the Shang Palace Bureau, the cultural and antiquities given to the ministers, and the rewards of the palaces during the Mid-Autumn Festival......

Xue Meiren held the abacus and set up a military order for the Son of Heaven, with her here, no one would miss it!

And Feng Lanruo, as the highest-ranking concubine, is responsible for commanding the overall situation, and taking the Son of Heaven and several of her people to spot check from time to time, one is to ensure the accuracy of the concubines' work, and the other is to protect their safety.

In the disaster year, as soon as the imperial court's disaster relief edict was issued, the granaries in various places caught fire, and then the account books were also burned.

Dogs can jump over walls when they are in a hurry, let alone people.

……

The concubines have been in the palace for a long time, and they have a deep sense of loneliness.

The emperor is still in filial piety, and he will not summon them to sleep, except for a special case of Feng Lanruo, he has almost no contact with the rest.

Since there is no holy grace, which is destined to be a contradiction between the concubines, life will be much better.

The food level of the head clothes in the palace is the best, and the queen mother has no reason to be mean to them, and the Shang Palace Bureau is not sure which one will be favored in the future, and she doesn't dare to watch people put down dishes, at most, she flatters Feng Lanruo a few points, and the rest are also supplied according to their position.

The filial piety of the first emperor has not yet come out, there will be no entertainment activities in the palace, those hobbies such as playing the piano and playing music have to be temporarily restrained, as for the palace performances, don't even think about it, except for greeting the queen mother once every five days, the rest of the time can only be spent in the palace boring.

Xue Meiren privately followed the maid who followed her into the palace and complained, saying that she was about to get moldy in the palace!

But that's no longer the case.

They've got serious work to do!

The early days of this dynasty are the fifth watch day - this means that the fifth watch day has to begin, but it is not the fifth watch day.

The courtiers had to get up and change their clothes, have some breakfast, go out or ride a horse or a sedan chair, wait until they entered the palace, and then go to the court on their legs after verifying their identity.

Compared with the ministers, the concubines are much cheaper, after all, they all live in the palace, and the distance is much closer.

Before dawn that day, the concubines were busy in their respective bedrooms, and after changing their clothes and eating, they left for the West Pavilion early.

It's the first day of work, it's fresh!

Besides, no matter how much or how little we do, we have to let Your Majesty know our intentions!

Feng Lanruo hurried and hurried, but when she arrived, she found that she was almost the last to arrive, as the one with the highest median score in the concubine, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.