Kangxi's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything more and asked Mingxiu to teach him the method.
Mingxiu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; her back was soaked with sweat without her noticing.
I don't know if this approach is good or bad.
Mingxiu took out a piece of paper and handed the tabular method to Kangxi. This thing is so clear and easy to understand, I believe the emperor won't be fooled in the future.
“Look at Your Majesty, these places all use the same categories, like rice, millet, silver, and soybeans, but the numbers themselves are the same.”
"The main changes are in these numbers, for example, how much rice was bought this time, and how much will be bought next time; they're all written here."
"Ideally, you could also write down the year and date; it would be easy to read and save a lot of trouble."
"Oh, right, Your Majesty, vertical calculation is also very simple. Just put the two numbers together, one above the other, align them neatly, and then use addition and subtraction to calculate it."
...
Late at night, watching Kangxi holding a form and calling Liang Jiugong to bring several account books, Mingxiu nodded in satisfaction. She refused to believe that even in this situation, the Imperial Household Department could still swindle money.
It would be best to find another opportunity to let Emperor Kangxi know about the prices.
But there's no rush, since there's no opportunity right now anyway.
After finishing her instruction, Mingxiu withdrew, leaving Kangxi staring blankly at the tables and ledgers.
Oh dear, today is another day of doing good deeds. Mingxiu went back and had a delicious meal. She can get a good rest tonight. I'm sure Kangxi won't be in the mood to torment her.
Qianqing Palace
Emperor Kangxi, his face grim, stared at the account book before him, his mind filled with newly acquired knowledge.
He genuinely felt that the new method was very useful for bookkeeping, so he asked Liang Jiugong to find a book. Unexpectedly, Liang Jiugong actually found something wrong with it.
Looking at the blank spaces in the account book before him, Kangxi's face darkened.
a long time
"Liang Jiugong, Prince Xuanyu enters the palace."
Liang Jiugong nodded hurriedly, adjusted his hat, and walked out quickly. It seemed that something big was about to happen in the palace since he had just summoned Prince Yu to the palace at this hour and even brought the account books.
Thinking about Liang Jiugong, he quickened his pace.
After Liang Jiugong had walked away, Kangxi tapped the table.
A dark figure descended from the roof beam and clasped his hands in a fist salute.
"Go and bring over all the account books of the Imperial Household Department. From now on, no one can enter or leave the Imperial Household Department," Kangxi said.
The dark figure darted out in a flash.
If Mingxiu were here, she would definitely be looking at the guards with great curiosity, realizing that there really is such a thing as light-footed skill in this world.
When Prince Yu hurriedly entered the palace, he saw a pile of account books on the table.
Prince Yu was completely bewildered. He was sound asleep, embracing his wife, when Liang Jiugong came to the mansion in the middle of the night, saying that the Emperor was in a hurry to see him.
He thought something had happened and rushed over.
That's it?
Kangxi handed the form to Fuquan and then explained to him the addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and multiplication tables, as well as vertical calculation.
After understanding the whole story, Fuquan looked at the account book on the table and realized why the Emperor had summoned him.
This method is indeed very useful. Once this form and method are used, the situation of falsifying accounts and embezzlement will be greatly reduced. I can't imagine how much trouble this method would save if it were used in the military or the Ministry of Revenue.
In the morning, Mingxiu, who had finally had a good night's sleep, slowly opened her eyes, rolled around in bed a few times with her blanket, and didn't want to get up.
"Miss, you're awake." Green Bamboo heard the noise inside and went over.
Mingxiu sat up, looked at the green bamboo, and asked;
"Your Majesty!"
"In reply to your question, Miss, His Majesty is still in the Imperial Study and has not yet come out," Green Bamboo said, holding a basin.
Mingxiu was surprised
"Still not out? Didn't you sleep all night?"
Green Bamboo nodded
He didn't sleep all night; could it be that he spent the entire night checking the Imperial Household Department's accounts?
She shook her head. Anyway, it had nothing to do with her anymore. She just wanted to weaken the Wuya family's arrogance, and she had already achieved that.
Thinking back to Kangxi's expression last night, Mingxiu had a bad feeling that the emperor might have some doubts about her.
Oh dear, I've definitely let my guard down lately, and my vigilance has dropped. *pats head*
Anyway, the most important thing has been resolved. We can deal with the rest later. There's still Yinreng, isn't there? I wonder what the system has taught him.
Mingxiu sighed, ate breakfast, and continued reading her storybook. It was best not to go anywhere during this crucial time.
Kangxi acted swiftly. By the time Mingxiu received the news, the Imperial Household Department's search and seizure were almost complete. Listening to Lüzhu's report, Mingxiu was filled with trepidation.
The small Imperial Household Department discovered that five million taels of silver were missing, not including those involved in falsifying accounts, but also gold, silver and jewelry, vases, paintings, and precious wood from the palace.
The Imperial Guard acted swiftly, and by the end of July, Caishikou was awash in blood. Half of the officials of the Imperial Household Department were beheaded, and their families were exiled as a result.
The gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and paintings confiscated were countless, which made the emperor a small fortune. It's just unknown whether the emperor was willing to make money like this.
Mingxiu was quite surprised that the Wuya family wasn't deeply involved. Was it because the Wuya family didn't have any concubines backing them up, so they hadn't embezzled too much?
Mingxiu frowned. Although the impact was not significant, she was willing to minimize her own power.
While everyone was still shocked by the Emperor's sudden move to purge the Imperial Household Department, Kangxi had already begun to reorganize the Ministry of Revenue.
By the time the ministers realized what was happening, Kangxi had already completely taken control of the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Ministry of Revenue was one of the six ministries of the court and was in charge of the national treasury, so it could not be cleaned up in a short time.
So by the time the Ministry of Revenue was finally cleaned up, it was already late autumn, and the blood that had been spilling at Caishikou for the past few months hadn't dried yet.
The Emperor was in a state of fury, and no one in the court or the harem dared to offend him. In addition, the Emperor did not enter the harem, so these past few months had been unusually quiet for Mingxiu.
Chengqian Palace
Uyadrou looked at the letter with a pale face. She had originally wanted her grandfather to take her to the Qianqing Palace, but she did not expect such a thing to happen first. Her grandfather and her clansmen were all affected by this incident.
Even the network of connections cultivated within the palace has been reduced by six-tenths.
"Damn it!" Uyadrou stared at the crumpled letter in her hand, her fists clenched, her eyes flashing with malice.
"Hesheli Mingxiu, it's all because of you! I'll never forgive you!"
Qianqing Palace
When Mingxiu saw Kangxi again, it was already August. At that time, Mingxiu was making a very cute panda pillow.
night
A while ago, Mingxiu saw this illustration while looking at a picture book, and thought of making it so that Yinrui could hold it to sleep at night.
The person who had just bathed, dressed in a moon-white nightgown, appeared exceptionally gentle under the candlelight.
"What's this"
Mingxiu looked up
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Mingxiu walked down and hugged Kangxi's waist.
Seeing that something was wrong, Green Bamboo quickly went outside.
"What, don't you want me to come? You heartless little thing, it's been so long since I last came, and you didn't even say you wanted to come see me." Kangxi pulled away Mingxiu's hand, lifted his robe, and sat on the couch.
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