As soon as Jiang Yueyang saw the frown on Emperor Yuan's face, he knew that he had seen the drawbacks of using Arabic numerals to keep accounts, so he pretended to be regretful and said, "Unfortunately, this kind of writing is easy to be modified. I saw this disadvantage, so I chose to hide it from Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at her, not believing a word of what she said next.
She definitely didn't hide it because of the disadvantages of that accounting method, but because she was afraid of trouble!
Emperor Yuan nodded in agreement with her words, "You are right, this is indeed a big problem, but it would be a pity to give up just like that."
Jiang Yueyang had a bad feeling.
"I just thought of a solution." Emperor Yuan pointed to the end of the paper, "We can use the existing numbers to record the total. In this way, even if someone tampered with the Arabic numerals above, the total number can still be used to determine whether the account is true or false."
The system said "Oh" in surprise, [The emperor has suddenly become smarter! ]
Emperor Yuan: "..."
He thought that Xiaogua was praising him.
Jiang Yueyang ignored the system and said with a curl of his lips: "Your Majesty is wise."
"Since you think this method is feasible, you can teach people in various departments to learn Arabic numerals."
The smile on Jiang Yueyang's face slowly froze. She knew things would turn out like this.
If she had known she would rather...
Oh...it's hard to undo what has been done...
Seeing her bitter smile, Emperor Yuan asked cheerfully, "Jiang Yueyang, what are you standing there for?"
Jiang Yueyang came back to his senses and said with a stiff face: "Your Majesty, I am not well-educated, how can I teach the various departments..."
Before she could finish her words, Emperor Yuan interrupted her and said, "You are the only one who knows Arabic numerals now. If you don't teach me, who will?
Don't worry, I don't need you to teach everyone, just teach Kong Jijiu and the heads of various departments."
"That would be even more inappropriate. Mr. Kong Jijiu and the heads of various departments are more experienced and knowledgeable than me. How dare I show off my skills in front of them?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan said without question: "I said you can teach, and if anyone is dissatisfied, let him come to me."
Now that things have come to this, there is nothing else Jiang Yueyang can say but to accept his fate and take on this tough job.
She couldn't even imagine teaching a group of knowledgeable high-ranking officials elementary mathematics.
Emperor Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Once you have taught Kong Jijiu and the others, I will have him set up a special class in the Imperial Academy to learn Arabic numerals.
If this accounting method is feasible, I will also promote the use of Arabic numerals. By then, you will have accomplished a great deed! "
Hearing what Emperor Yuan said, Jiang Yueyang immediately bowed and said, "I dare not take credit for it. I did not invent the accounting method and Arabic numerals. I hope Your Majesty will not credit me for the credit."
Emperor Yuan pretended to be puzzled. "Although the words were seen in your dream, aren't your dreams created by you?"
"No!" Jiang Yueyang didn't know how to explain, "I can't explain it clearly at the moment, anyway, please don't take credit for it, Your Majesty."
"No, merit deserves reward!"
Jiang Yueyang tried his best to decline, "Your Majesty, I am still young and I am afraid I cannot bear such a great blessing. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
After saying that, she couldn't help but complain in her heart, "I'm already a first-rank princess and a third-rank official, what else can you give me? Please don't cause trouble for me."
The system laughed loudly, [You haven't received a plaque yet, the emperor may give you one! ]
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Jiang Yueyang said disdainfully: [What's the use of that thing? I find it troublesome to chop it up and use it as firewood.]
Emperor Yuan listened to their conversation and wanted to make a rebuttal, but he couldn't do that.
So, he just said angrily: "Forget it, it's too early to talk about rewards now. You should teach Kong Jijiu and the others first, and we can talk about other things later."
"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."
Emperor Yuan waved his hand and said, "If you have nothing else to do, please leave."
"Yes." Jiang Yueyang turned and was about to leave.
"Within three days, I want to see you teach Kong Jijiu and the others to learn Arabic numerals."
Jiang Yueyang paused and turned back to say "yes" respectfully again.
Emperor Yuan found it a little strange that Jiang Yueyang didn't curse him in her heart at this moment.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yueyang's figure had just disappeared at the entrance of the hall when sarcastic curses were heard from outside.
[Within three days, I want to see you teach Kong Jijiu and the others to learn Arabic numerals.] Jiang Yueyang repeated the words of Emperor Yuan in a sarcastic tone, [Why don't you ask me to go to heaven within three days?]
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Sure enough, the scolding came late but arrived.
The system's voice came, "Host, you should be grateful. At least the emperor didn't ask you to start teaching now. You know, the emperor asked him to start teaching the prince on the day he took office as the prince's tutor. 】
[The Prince's tutor is full of knowledge and can teach people with just his mouth. What about me? I have learned it myself, but I don't know how to teach students! ]
[Your Majesty thinks too highly of me. He is not afraid that I will teach his ministers a lesson and make them lose all their sense of morality! ]
The system laughed...
[The above sentence makes my head explode! Your Majesty, you don’t have to be so cruel if you want to kill me, right? ]
Emperor Yuan suddenly stood up and was about to go out to argue with Jiang Yueyang, but after taking a few steps, his senses returned and he stopped.
System: [Host, it's just elementary school math, it shouldn't be that difficult to teach, right? ]
[Primary school math is not difficult, but I don’t have a lesson plan? Can I explain addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to them just by talking?]
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