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    Seeing that Fang Jifan had exposed himself, Zhu Houzhao blushed slightly: "Why are other people's fathers so good?"

    Fang Jifan said in surprise: "I wonder who the father your Highness is talking about is?"

    "Your father!" Zhu Houzhao glared at him again, then shook his head: "Father is becoming more and more violent. He is obviously so kind to all the officials, but he is becoming more and more severe towards me. I will not be able to live a good life."  Yes."

    There was another sigh.

    Fang Jifan hurriedly said: "Your Highness has another scar on his body. It's remarkable. This is the mark of a true man of iron and blood."

    Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes, still not seeming happy.

    It seems that I have become immune to this.

    Fang Jifan sighed and mourned for him: "Your Highness, getting beaten is a common thing for soldiers. It can strengthen the muscles and bones, and also strengthen the body."

    ""

    Fang Jifan suddenly laughed, uh a little embarrassed then he lowered his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao's papers. There were stacks of densely packed manuscripts. Fang Jifan became suspicious. He had never seen His Highness the Crown Prince working so hard: "What are you doing, Your Highness?"  ?¡±

    "Counting!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly bared his teeth: "Do you know why you were beaten yesterday? It's because of this counting thing. Isn't it the end of the year? At the end of the year, the treasury has to convert money and grain, and the Ministry of Accounts needs to check the accounts. I am here yesterday.  Accompanying the driver in the Nuan Pavilion, I heard my father and Master Liu talk about this matter. I thought to myself, this is a good relationship. I am also interested in arithmetic, so I told my father to let my son do the calculations.  , when my father heard this, he was not happy and said that if I don¡¯t study the Four Books well, what will I do if I study the classics and arithmetic?¡±

    Fang Jifan couldn't help but frown, that's not right. Although the status of a mathematician in the Ming Dynasty was not high, it was still better than an ignorant one, and he was still not at the point of being beaten.

    When Zhu Houzhao said this, he couldn't help but patted his face gently, and said with a depressed look: "I am confused" He became heartbroken and said: "I actually made a mistake and answered my father that this march  In war, there is no way to understand the principles of arithmetic. Otherwise, how can we calculate the number of bandits from the marching pots? How can we calculate money and food, and how can we reasonably match the horse and infantry? I told my father that the method of generalship is actually a matter of arithmetic.  The method, arranging troops and formations is also the method of arithmetic the result"

    "This is because of low IQ." Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully and wondered in his heart, maybe His Highness the Prince also suffered from cerebral palsy.

    ¡°Hmm¡­it¡¯s possible!

    ??In addition to the great martial arts achievements of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Wen of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Tumubao Incident, it has become taboo for the emperor to go out to fight.  However, the emperor does not think about the art of the emperor, does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, and learns the principles of the saints, but is full of thoughts about fighting and killing. This is even more disrespectful.

    The current trend is like this and cannot be changed.

    Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "I must figure it out, even if I get beaten, I will figure it out."

    At the end of the year, when it was time to do the accounting, the Ministry of Household Affairs had specialized personnel to do the accounting. Fang Jifan curiously took out a book and browsed through it ten lines at a time.

    "It's probably like this: 'In March of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, 110,000 catties of silk, 330,000 pieces of cloth, 93,423 taels of silver, and 540,000 shi of grain were put into the treasury"

    This dense data made Fang Jifan¡¯s scalp numb.

    The so-called taxes of the Ming Dynasty were mainly based on physical objects. Therefore, those who study history have taken a look at the annual silver that the Ming Dynasty put into the treasury every year. They probably only amounted to several million taels. Compared with other dynasties, it can be said to be very low.  People point their fingers.  But in fact, tax money is just a small part of the small part. What is really put into the treasury on a large scale is silk, tea, grain, and even porcelain, as well as countless materials. These various materials are important to the Ming Dynasty.  of financial resources.

    It¡¯s just that the calculation methods of cashiers and accounts in this era are really primitive and excessive. The verification personnel of the Department of Accounts are just adding, subtracting and subtracting from each account.

    But think about it, one Jiangsu government has such a huge amount of calculations, how about spreading it to two capitals and thirteen provinces?  This is not the most frightening thing. The frightening thing is that there will be losses during the transportation of materials. Since there are accounts, naturally there are also cashiers in the process. Therefore the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts at the end of the year are extremely  It is huge, and the algorithms for addition and subtraction may not be accurate, and need to be calculated again and again. Because the amount of calculations is staggering, specialized personnel must work separately to calculate individually, and finally summarize them.

    Fang Jifan squinted his eyes and looked at the stack of books on the desk, and couldn't help but feel numb.

    Zhu Houzhao's eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. Come to think of it, he had stayed up all night just to bet on this breath.Zhu Houzhao actually had a stubborn side, which can be seen from the historical fact that he would sneak to Datong from time to time and screamed that he was going to fight the Tatars.

    But Fang Jifan himself felt numb when looking at these densely packed account books. Even if the household department had to do the accounting, there were not more than a dozen people. They kept doing repeated calculations and spent many days, but they might not be able to get accurate results.  How can you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, figure out the numbers?

    It¡¯s no use.

    With that said, Zhu Houzhao buried his eyes on the document again. He couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "What happened to me just now? It's all your fault, Lao Fang, you took my heart."

    "I'll figure it out!" Fang Jifan couldn't help complaining about this cheating kid, but he still felt a little sorry for him. Although the two were almost the same age, Fang Jifan was a man of two generations, and he was mentally old enough to be Zhu Houzhao's eldest brother.  , seeing Zhu Houzhao like this, Fang Jifan calmed down and said, "Bring the account books and show me them one by one."

    Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan in surprise: "Can you still count?"

    "I am a fortune teller!" Fang Jifan sat down and first took out an account book.

    In terms of arithmetic level, although Fang Jifan is a liberal arts student, he still has enough advantages over people of this era. To put it harshly, just throwing in calculus, Pythagorean theorem or calculus is enough to make him  The ancients improved their arithmetic skills over hundreds of years.

    "Of course Fang Jifan doesn't intend to use arithmetic, because even if he uses his special skills to check the calculations, it will take him at least a day or two to sort out these account books. So how to get the real answer?

    ¡°It¡¯s actually very simple¡­the annual income and expenses of the eleventh year of Hongzhi were already in Fang Jifan¡¯s mind.

    Those who study the history of the Ming Dynasty should not only study the characters. As a scholar, simply starting from the characters is at the level of civil science. In the previous life, materialism was advocated. What is materialism?  That is to deduce the social background based on the level of productivity. This is what it means to say that the economic base determines the superstructure.

    Therefore, to study the Ming Dynasty, we must first understand its productivity. Where can we study the productivity?  Naturally, it is derived from the annual revenue surplus of its treasury.

    Therefore, a real researcher is different from ordinary enthusiasts. Enthusiasts tend to be more partial to characters and make their own judgments about history based on the quality of the characters.  Researchers, however, tend to prefer boring data. The success or failure of Zhang Juzheng's reforms is actually closely related to the vast amount of grain, silk, and silver in the Ming Dynasty records.

    Fang Jifan has a clear memory of these data. On the one hand, he has a good memory, and on the other hand, this is his own job.

    "But knowing the true figures of this year's annual income, Fang Jifan couldn't rush to throw them out. Since he wanted to help Zhu Houzhao, then he had to pretend to be the same.

    So he started to look down at the account book and muttered nonsense words like "one three makes three" and "two three makes six". He looked like an old god.

    Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look a little suspicious, Lao Fangreally knows how to count?

    It looks very professional.

    He looked down at the boring book full of cases and simply handed it to Fang Jifan.

    So, Fang Jifan pretended to check the account books one by one, while Zhu Houzhao happily poured him tea and water: "Old Fang, are you cold or not? Do you want some more coal?"

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