Departing from Tongzhou early in the morning, arriving in the capital before noon, and then hurriedly entering the palace, climbing a long live mountain, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying chatted about the past of the capital and the palace, and naturally felt hungry. Therefore, when the emperor Xiaoyan prepared lunch and ate it in the Wanshou Pavilion in the Long Live Mountain, Zhang Shou breathed a sigh of relief.

If he was summoned before noon but didn't eat, he could only rely on the dried meat that Ah Liu had to bring with him on the way out of the palace to satisfy his hunger. Of course, you can only eat it when you hide in the car, otherwise you will be seen, and you will really lose any demeanor!

It's just that when you eat on Wanshou Mountain, the scenery is there, and the mood is also there, but those dishes and dim sum that are packed in the food box with charcoal fire stored in the dark compartment are extremely good-looking, but the taste is ...... It was so ordinary that Zhang Shou couldn't help but think of some of the luxurious decoration, exquisite plating, and thoughtful service...... But there are only high-end restaurants that are not delicious!

And he controlled himself not to show a disgusted expression, but there were two people on the side who were raised by him. After Ge Yong tasted a few mouthfuls casually, his frowning brows never relaxed, and Zhu Ying, after tasting a piece of dim sum, complained directly: "Why is the standard of the imperial dining room in the palace worse than before?" The Queen Mother's small kitchen in Qingning Palace is obviously not bad! ”

The emperor glanced at Zhu Ying, who reacted directly, Ge Yong, who was full of disgust, and Zhang Shou, who was indifferent, and then looked at his two sons. I saw that the third prince and the fourth prince were bowing their heads and honestly taking a bite at a time, not to mention complaining, but they didn't say a word. At this moment, he asked his two young sons, "San Lang, Shiro, do you think these dishes are delicious?" ”

The third prince and the fourth prince raised their heads a little dazedly. The two looked at each other and answered in unison.

"Delicious!"

"It's not delicious!"

As soon as the words came out, the two stared at each other again in surprise. The fourth prince was the first to shout: "Third brother, why are you talking nonsense with your eyes open, this dish is obviously unpalatable, and you complained to me last time that Guanglu Temple is in charge of the imperial dining room, but the food in the imperial dining room is getting worse and worse!" If it weren't for the small kitchen used in Qingning Palace, even the imperial grandmother wouldn't be able to eat delicious food! ”

stubbornly said that it was delicious, but it was debunked by his younger brother, and the third prince suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

Seeing that the emperor did not look angry in his eyes, but seemed to encourage him to tell the truth, he mustered up the courage to say: "My father taught his sons to be content and happy, and the teacher also said before that there are still people in the people who can't be hungry, so it's just not delicious, so the sons want to endure it." ”

He paused as he spoke, and then his voice became weaker again: "Moreover, Father, you have also eaten for so many years, and you have never said anything, and you think that you don't want others to think that you are a picky eater......

Hearing that the third prince actually said that it was because of the emperor's attitude that he said this, Zhang Shou finally couldn't help laughing. Seeing that the emperor shook his head and sighed without speaking, he opened his mouth and said: "Third prince, picky eaters and picky eaters, that's not the same. The imperial dining room is under the jurisdiction of Guanglu Temple, which provides the food and drink of the emperor and other people in the palace, and allocates money every month to purchase ingredients, which is not a small number. ”

"And the imperial chef in the imperial dining room is also known as the top master. In this case, the high sums of money, excellent ingredients, and top masters, but the final dishes and dim sum are not satisfactory, do you think this is normal? ”

The fourth prince was originally a good man, and at this time, he rushed in front of the third prince and shouted: "Of course it's not normal!" ”

At this time, Zhang Shoufang said with a smile: "So, obviously this is a meal before entering the palace, obviously taking a high amount of money to do things, and obviously claiming to buy the best ingredients by a special person, why is it not delicious?" ”

Faced with this somewhat complicated issue, the fourth prince was suddenly a little at a loss. He racked his brains and pondered for a long time before he said with some uncertainty: "They must think that the emperor is merciful and will not be held responsible...... Just like the third brother said, because they felt that their father wanted to be a Mingjun, they blatantly fooled him! ”

Answering like this, the third prince was suddenly surprised. His eyes widened in disbelief and said, "Not really, right?" How could they be so bold...... No, how could they be so bold! Fourth brother, you think too badly of people......"

Without waiting for the third prince to finish speaking, the emperor said slowly: "Actually, what Zhang Shou said and what Shiro said are most of the right. In the past, those Sons of Heaven who lived in the inner palace didn't know what the so-called people were doing to support the Son of Heaven, but whether it was Yingzong, who had been a vassal king, or Ruizong, the father of the immortals, they all knew. ”

"For example, the tribute to the palace will never be the best, most of them are high-grade, or even middle-class, but it will be more troublesome for the local government to take gifts to please Shangguan. Because once the top treasures are paid to the palace, if the quality of the tribute is different in the future, then the chief has to worry about being held accountable. But this is tolerable, and I will not be angry that the tribute is not top-notch. ”

"However, falsely reporting expenses and making a lot of profits, cats and dogs can all be imperial chefs, and they have been doing it for so many years, fooling people with things of that quality, I have endured it for so many years, but I don't want to endure it anymore!"

"The palace spends twelve months a year on food, that's a lot of money. If it is publicized, all the officials and people in the world will scold me for extravagance behind their backs, after all, those wealthy businessmen who are known for their luxury can only be stunned. However, Saburo Shiro, you have been eating for many years, you should know what I am and you have actually eaten! ”

"A few cents a few cents a person, an egg worth more than a dozen cents a day, and when you get to the palace, you want dozens or hundreds of dollars...... Oh, this is thanks to Emperor Taizu, because he once cited the story of the emperor being deceived by traitors, but an egg for a few pennies costs thirty times, so he didn't dare to be so blatant, and because I like to go out of the palace for nothing, those people have to be more restrained. ”

"If you really live deep in the inner palace and rule the world by hanging the arch, it is really coarse tea and light rice, and it can also be distorted into a dragon liver and phoenix marrow!"

Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly paused, and then said casually: "So, I asked you and Zhang Shou to eat these bad craftsmanship of the imperial dining room today, I did it on purpose." Guanglu Temple is in charge of the imperial dining room, and after so many years of corpse vegetarian meals, it is time to take care of it. Otherwise, if I and the people in the palace continue to eat like this, I am afraid that we will eat all the inner libraries. ”

The emperor deliberately emphasized the word Neiku. Seeing that Zhang Shou's face was stunned, he said earnestly: "You must know that every penny of these high-quality things I eat is the money taken out of the inner treasury. ”

The money of the treasury and the inner treasury, as far as Zhang Shou knew, there was a certain distinction between this as early as the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the so-called division was actually very blurred at all. In the Song Dynasty, the minister openly excused the treasury to borrow money under the pretext that the treasury was not enough, and the emperor could only agree. Of course, this kind of borrowing is not strictly speaking, because most of the money in the inner treasury is also allocated in additions to the annual taxes.

Because with the royal family's little estate, it is actually impossible to maintain that huge family expenses. Even if those emperors in the early Song Dynasty claimed to be thrifty, in fact, it was the same, how could the emperor's thrift be compared with the thrift of the misers among the people? What's the use of eating more economically, from serving to daily furnishings, what doesn't cost money?

And Zhang Shou heard Zhu Ying say that Emperor Ruizong and Emperor Renzong, that is, the emperor's grandfather, father and son are very good at farming and managing the feudal kings, so the industry is huge, and now the emperor's private property includes two maritime fleets, hundreds of shops in the best locations in Guangzhou and Ningbo, as well as a continuous grange, so since Ruizong ascended the throne, the inner treasury has been separated from the treasury.

Of course, this kind of thing is known to the Zhu family, who are relatives of the royal family, the top ministers, the officials and businessmen, and the ordinary people...... Of course I don't know.

The biggest reason why Emperor Ruizong separated the inner treasury and the national treasury was because although the national treasury claimed to allocate huge sums of money to the inner treasury every year for the emperor's huge family expenses, but in fact, the inner treasury was managed by the household department, and the real expenditure account book was also determined by the household department.

Since Ruizong, the inner treasury is not under the control of the household department, and the money bag is in the hands of the emperor, and the person who holds the money bag on behalf of him is naturally the master of ceremonies. Now listening to the emperor's tone, the expenses of the imperial dining room are allocated to Guanglu Temple by the inner library.

However, Zhu Ying revealed this to him in private, but Zhang Shou would never say it in front of the emperor in a daze. Therefore, at this moment, he looked at Zhu Ying first, and then asked with a puzzled face: "Isn't the money in the inner treasury and the money in the treasury the same thing?" ”

If Zhang Shou hadn't glanced at him first, Zhu Ying would have almost been exposed. When the emperor also turned his head to look at her, she deliberately blinked innocently and said, "Of course it's different!" The inner treasury is the inner treasury, and the treasury is the treasury. In addition to the tributes paid by Fanbang, the emperor will pick a part to honor the queen mother or for his own use and reward, and the rest will be auctioned once a year, and the money will be put into the treasury on the spot. ”

Zhu Ying hadn't mentioned the matter of auctioning tribute before, so Zhang Shou's surprised expression this time was fake.

When the emperor saw Zhang Shou's surprised expression, he only thought that Zhang Shou really didn't know anything, so he immediately explained in detail the difference between the inner treasury and the national treasury.

Of course, Ge Yong knew about this kind of thing, but the third prince and the fourth prince never knew about it. So, the two little guys who were too young listened to the big eyes, but the more they listened, the more confused they became. After all, even if a person is very talented, it definitely doesn't mean that he can figure out this subtle difference.

Zhang Shou revisited these old things that Zhu Ying had told him according to the emperor's words, and at the same time groaned in his heart, he only felt that the emperor talked to him about cutting the knife at the imperial dining room and Guanglu Temple through dinner, which seemed to be a bit abnormal.

He is not an emperor like Ge Yong, nor is he a follower of the Six Ministries, or a science and Taoist official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Six Science Corridors, what is the use of this kind of thing to him?

He didn't believe that the emperor had always regarded Zhu Ying as half a daughter, so he regarded him as a son-in-law at the moment. Even if it was a real colt, the emperor didn't have time to receive it like this.

Thinking about it, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately looked up at the emperor, and asked thoughtfully: "I remember hearing Lu Sanlang say that those students of Jiuzhangtang have recently interned in Guanglu Temple in addition to Wang Zongxian and Hubu?" ”

Zhu Ying is not stupid, but she has never been very willing to use her brain, but when Zhang Shou said this, she immediately realized, and immediately slapped the table and stood up and said, "It turns out that the emperor has a premeditated plan, this is to send them to check the accounts?" Your Majesty, you are too cunning! ”

Chu Kuan had been standing quietly beside him, although he didn't expect the emperor to pick out the whole thing to Zhang Shou casually, and by the way, he tore the light veil on the third and fourth princes, but he did know that the emperor planned to use the students of Jiuzhangtang, who mostly had no background and were extremely sensitive to numbers, to check the foundation of Guanglu Temple.

Therefore, for Zhu Ying's obviously unruly behavior, he just didn't see it, not only him, but the reactions of the guards around him were all expressions that I didn't see and I didn't hear.

When the emperor heard Zhu Ying say that he was cunning, he couldn't help laughing, and then he drank the wine in one gulp proudly, and then said slowly: "Yingying, do you know that I am cunning?" If I hadn't made up my mind, how could I have advocated for the reopening of the Nine Chapters Hall last year? Of course, it is an unexpected joy to meet a talent like Zhang Shou. ”

Now that the emperor has already admitted it, Zhang Shou smiled and raised his glass and said, "Shouldn't the minister say, thank you for the emperor's trust?" ”

Raising his hand to signal Zhang Shou to drink, the emperor said with a smile: "I believe in the eyes of the teacher and Yingying. And when I read your lecture and what I did with that group of students, I will believe you even more. But even so, I didn't expect that you would not be able to compete with your future uncle in Cangzhou, but complement each other. ”

As he spoke, he poured himself a glass with some regret, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I thought you were going to fight." Even Zhu Erlang was very surprised by me, I thought that Yingying's eldest brother would definitely be angry and beat him up when he saw his younger brother. ”

"It can be said that anyone who is close to you, this change is too great."

Without waiting for Zhu Yingjiao to be angry, the emperor drank it all again, and immediately looked at Zhang Shou with blazing eyes, and said with interest: "So, I want to give you a task, not only this time, but also the accounts of the inner treasury in the future will also be handed over to you for review, how about it?" ”

Is this treating Jiuzhangtang as an accounting firm or what? Zhang Shou couldn't cry or laugh. He wanted to say that this was actually overkill and unprofessional, however, thinking that the development of mathematics in Europe was actually because the aristocracy needed accounting and auditing, and most of the students in Jiuzhangtang were from the cold now, and no one would refuse this road to heaven, so he felt that it was not good for him to refuse.

So after a rough consideration, he responded: "Thanks to the emperor's trust, I will select talents who are proficient in accounts among the students." However, if such a person continues to be needed in the future, Chan believes that it is necessary to introduce two separate courses in the Nine Chapters, Accounting and Auditing. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou couldn't help but sigh in his heart. You know, he has been in contact with accounting and auditing, but that is only limited to knowing the skin, some elective courses are actually mixed, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all learned from the physical education teacher, these two courses can really only rely on him to provide Ge Yong with principles and ideas, let him make up textbooks he will die!

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