After Zhu Ji finished explaining how to add up the numbers in the table on the blackboard and calculate the average value, he looked out the window and said, "It's not early, so let's stop here today." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoI have two pieces of paper here, with a few questions on them, ladies and gentlemen, bring them back and fill them in completely, and hand them in to me the day after tomorrow. In other words, in the front, Deputy Envoy Xu will look at the questions you have done, and it is possible to ask you to go over and ask. Therefore, don't copy other people's, you must figure it out yourself, otherwise it may affect your career. ”

Below, Zheng Jian and a few people agreed in an uproar, and today's class will be over.

After Jia Xian and Zhu Ji were transferred to the Regulations Editing Institute, they ran in with Xu Ping for a period of time, discussed the curriculum together, and took turns to teach several officials. This class was experimental in nature, so only Zheng Jian and a few pavilion personnel who were transferred to the editing institute participated, as well as Guo Zheng, Li Zhaoshu and Ye Shen, three judges of the three divisions, one in each division.

Ye Shen is Ye Qingchen's father, and he was the judge of the household department at this time. After Ye Qingchen was transferred to the Editing Institute, because he was not yet an official member of the Third Division, he couldn't say whether Ye Shen should avoid it, so he kept dragging it out.

When Zhu Ji went out, Zeng Gongliang said to Gao Ruone beside him: "If it is said to be addition, subtraction, and subtraction, it is not difficult for us to learn." But these numbers are all bizarre, I have never seen them before, and the words optics will take a lot of time. ”

Gao Ruone said slowly: "The deputy envoy said that he learned it from Indian merchants in Lingnan before, and it is very useful. However, the Indians used it more distorted, and it was inconvenient for us Chinese to write, so it was changed to this way. Seeing that the deputy envoy and Jia Xian, Zhu Ji and others all said that it was convenient to write like this, and it was indeed beneficial to think about it, but we were still used to it. ”

Zeng Gongliang muttered in a low voice: "Last year, the envoy sent by the state of Zhu called Pu Abtuo to come and sprinkle the pearl in front of the emperor, and I didn't see them use such strange numbers. ”

Gao Ruone shook his head: "In this matter, Deputy Envoy Xu really said that Pu Abtuoli may not be a native of the Zhuyuan country, but most likely a Persian merchant who came to pay tribute under the name of the Zhuyuan country." The silk, tea, and porcelain we have here are extremely precious overseas, and they are very expensive, and a little bit of them is enough to make a fortune when he takes them back. ”

Zeng Gongliang was shocked: "That's not the crime of deceiving the king?!" ”

"No, his national letter is true. Deputy Envoy Xu said that Persian merchants in Nanyang were accustomed to buying letters of state from the surrounding small countries, and came to the Celestial Empire to pay tribute in the name of their envoys. In fact, he was greedy for my Heavenly Empire's property and came to do business. ”

Zeng Gongliang was amazed when he heard it: "It turns out that there is such a thing, it's really unexpected." Speaking of which, when we see that those small southern barbarian countries are almost the same, and the language is not compatible, we really can't tell which country they are. Alas, Minzhi, how did you say that Vice Envoy Xu was so clear about these things, and he had never been to Nanyang. ”

Gao Ruone slowly sorted out the things on the table, and said: "Deputy Envoy Xu has been in Yongzhou for six years, and he often clashed with Jiaozhi, how can he not understand the geography there?" Most of these Persian merchants were in Champa, and it is said that all the cities in Champa were Persians. They are accustomed to buying and selling letters there, and in the small Nanyang countries that come to our Celestial Empire to pay tribute, I am afraid that only five or six out of ten are counterfeit Persian merchants. Now Pang Yuzhi is raising the cane sugar business, doesn't he also write that there are too many fake envoys from Zhancheng, and it is difficult to distinguish, and there is no official document from the Guangxi Road Transit Envoy in the future, and he is not allowed to enter Beijing. ”

"That's the case, I thought it was just because Champa is now arguing with Jiaozhi, and the court will give it a look."

"There are two reasons."

When Xu Ping was in Yongzhou, the matter of entering the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty by the Persian merchants of Zhancheng under the guise of envoys from small countries was only a rumor, but now that Langzhou has been stabilized, the sugar business has been pushed to the Fuliang River, and a lot of news is much more accurate.

At the beginning of the year, Pang Ji played a concert and demanded that all envoys from Nanyang countries who did not have the official document of the envoy on the Guangnan West Road were not allowed to cross the Yangtze River, and waited in the nearest state capital, and sent back after receiving the reply from the imperial court.

This is because of economic interests, these small envoys come more and more frequently, and the other is also to fight against the city.

Now the situation south of Langzhou has been reversed, Jiaozhi has completely decayed, and Shangzhan is completely at a disadvantage, and can only rely on the protection of the Great Song Dynasty to avoid being annihilated. Because Yong Lang Road was newly established, its strength was insufficient, and it could not completely swallow Jiaozhi, so it could only help Jiaozhi fight against the city.

Under such circumstances, many of the envoys from Champa would have to be turned away.

When envoys came to Beijing, they usually had a reward, and the Song Dynasty mastered the principle that the value of the goods in return was slightly higher than the tribute. But these goods are extremely difficult to buy overseas, and here in the capital it does not seem to suffer much loss, but the merchants who pay tribute have already gained countless cheapness. In addition, they also paid tribute to Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues and other items, and gave a complete profit, and the number of people who came increased every year. Sending envoys to Kaifeng to pay tribute has always been a major item of revenue for the Champa royal family, and the relationship between the two countries is now such that it is of course among the severe crackdowns.

A few people went out and looked at the sky, the sun was still hanging high, and it was still early before it got dark.

Ye Qingchen said: "Tomorrow is the day of the tenth day off, and we should get together tonight, but I have been in a panic these days!" ”

As soon as the words came out, he turned around and saw his father Ye Shen standing not far away with a black face, and hurriedly closed his mouth tightly.

Zeng Gongliang said: "Receiving grain at the end of the month, this time it's all real money, saving countless efforts, why don't you celebrate!" ”

After speaking, several young officials looked at Zheng Jian together. Among these people, Zheng Jian is the leader, not only because Zheng Jian is the third Jinshi in the second year of Tiansheng, but the most important thing is that he is old and serious, and he has a stubborn temperament, and it is extremely difficult to change the things that he recognizes. Ye Qingchen, as the role model of the year, also mostly followed Zheng Jian's opinions.

Zheng Jian was silent, looked at the house not far away, and said, "I don't know when Deputy Envoy Xu will come out." ”

When they heard this, all the people smiled. Follow Xu Ping to do things, at least he will never treat his own belly badly.

Although Xu Beizhi's home is in the capital, and his wife's temperament is relatively tough, she generally does not participate in women's singing and dancing, but she never treats people badly when she eats and drinks. Most of the young officials present are married for a few years, and their children are still young, so it is not easy to set up a family business in the capital, and they are basically still in the initial stage of satisfying their appetites, which is just in tune.

Li Zhaoshu looked at everyone's appearance and said, "The place you talked about last time to drink fruit wine, I went to eat it once a few days ago, and it was really good. And it's not far from my house, so it's a great place to choose. ”

Li Zhaoshu is an official eunuch family, from his great-grandfather Li Chaoshi was the champion of the Tang Dynasty, his grandfather Li Fang was the prime minister of Taizong, and his father Li Zongge disdained to rely on Enyin as an official. Li Zhao said that he did not enter the Jinshi, but entered the office with grace and shadow, and called for the academy to give the Jinshi background. Their family and Cao Wei's family are the two families with the longest heritage.

The Li family lives in the north of the city, and a large family occupies a lot of space, and the land price has risen after the three divisions opened a new field there, and their family has benefited the most. When it comes to drinking together, Li Zhaoshu's first thought is near his home.

Xu Ping didn't know that the people outside were waiting for him to come out for a treat, and in the room, he and Jia Xian were around a big blackboard, talking about a bunch of geometric figures on it. (To be continued.) )