At least it's much faster to write now.
The official documents of the Ministry of Revenue were mostly tedious numbers. These numbers, written in Chinese characters, would take a long time to write out. Now that we have Arabic numerals, we can save a lot of time.
Recently, officials from the Ministry of Revenue have been arriving at their posts half an hour earlier than usual.
In the past, it was considered good if officials in the Ministry of Revenue didn't work overtime; leaving work early was a once-in-a-century occurrence.
The Ministry of Revenue's unusual actions were noticed by colleagues in other departments within two days.
Now that it has been discovered, it is inevitable to inquire about the reason, and that's how the Arabic numerals spread.
Those who could become officials in the capital were not particularly foolish; they could see that Arabic numerals were indeed very useful. After inquiring further, they discovered that Arabic numerals could also be used in the household's accounting department.
Then Arabic numerals began to be used by the Ministry of Revenue, and then by officials in the capital. The capital was so small that everyone had some relatives or kinship ties.
As the word spread, in the capital, almost everything that involved numbers was replaced with Arabic numerals.
In addition, there were many merchants in the capital who traveled all over the country, so Arabic numerals spread more and more widely. Because they were easy to use, they gradually became common knowledge without even needing to be promoted by the imperial court.
Of course, all of this happened later.
At present, the Arabic numerals are only causing fluctuations in a small area of the capital.
Emperor Kangxi was considering the matter of enlightening the people, as mentioned by Yinzhen. Of course, the pencils had to be produced regardless, but the question was what price to sell them at.
In the inner palace, at the residence of Consort Yi.
Because none of the other concubines of the same rank in the harem were as favored as her, and she also gained face in front of the Empress Dowager, she lived a very comfortable life.
Perhaps she had been living a comfortable life for too long, and her son couldn't stand it anymore, so he started causing her trouble.
The Ninth Prince, Yinzhen, would plead with Consort Yi, "Mother, even if you beat me to death, I will still go into business."
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