324 Disaster relief, sharing the worries for the Holy One
Gu Qiancheng is the best!
Gu Chengyi's evaluation was not wrong. At least at this moment, Gu Qiancheng was the best. She would never lose to Mr. Cheng San.
Gu Qiancheng and Qin Jiyan had roughly calculated the military supplies needed by Da Qin to send troops to attack Northern Qi. Although they did not list the specific data, they were very similar. It would not be difficult for Gu Qiancheng to calculate it again.
The only difficult thing is that Gu Qiancheng doesn't know how to make an abacus!
With convenient calculators and even convenient accounting systems, who would still need an abacus?
Gu Qiancheng looked at the abacus at hand and had the urge to cry. She had always thought that abacus was something only accountants would use. Last time she heard Qin Jiyan talk about the errands of the Ministry of Revenue, she learned that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue also had to
Make a good calculation.
It's okay if he doesn't know an abacus. Gu Qiancheng can calculate small numbers mentally and calculate large numbers with a pen. However, the paper provided by Donglin Academy is limited. Even if he writes with the smallest brush, he can't write several formulas on a piece of paper.
I really want to cry!
It was so depressing that Gu Qiancheng's face showed some unconsciousness, making everyone present think that Gu Qiancheng didn't know how to do it, and this was also reasonable among them. Only Gu Chengyi was not worried at all.
, he believed his sister would definitely do it.
If my sister dares to challenge Mr. Cheng San, she will definitely win. His sister Qiancheng will not fight an unprepared battle. Today, she will definitely let the bully Cheng Huan see clearly that the children of their Gu family are not that easy to bully!
Time passed slowly, the sun had set, and the afterglow of the setting sun was gradually fading away. Darkness enveloped the earth, but Gu Qiancheng and Mr. Cheng San were sitting in the field motionless, immersed in calculations.
As soon as it got dark, several oil lamps were lit around the two of them. However, outdoors, these soybean-sized oil lamps were not very effective. Gu Qiancheng's eyes hurt from looking at them.
completed work.
People who didn't like Gu Qiancheng at first saw that Gu Qiancheng had a serious face and kept writing and drawing, but did not change the calculations around her. They even thought that she didn't understand anything and was just pretending to be here because it hindered Yu Xian's seclusion.
Here, these people dare not say harsh words.
Gu Qiancheng and Mr. Cheng San have been at Donglin Academy all day long. Unbeknownst to them, there has been a huge quarrel outside about the competition between the two of them.
Ordinary people are not those scholars and scholars. They did not see that Gu Qiancheng was not content with his family, and did not think he was capable of provoking the emperor. They only saw a man with a great reputation, but he could not beat a woman in the six arts of a gentleman. It was simply
Useless.
After the idle people in the capital heard about the results of the competition, they all said that Young Master Cheng was really useless. If he didn't want to win all six arts, he would have to win at least three or five games, right? But what was the result?
It turned out to be a tie at the beginning, and only counting was left in the six arts, and the content of the counting competition was related to war. If Mr. Cheng San, who came from a family of military generals, could not win, it would be shameful.
In the eyes of these people, Cheng Sangong either won or lost.
The servants of the Cheng family reported outside news in real time, including rumors on the streets. Old Mrs. Cheng didn't have anything. No matter how difficult the news came, he would sit there calmly without even raising his eyelids. But General Cheng didn't.
Such a good attitude.
"Where did my son lose? It was obviously a tie. This does not mean that my son is not good. It only means that the sister from the Gu family is as good as my son." General Cheng hated it when others said that his son was not good.
It seems that his seed is the best.
"Also, why would it be a shame if someone from a family of military generals fails to count military supplies? I have led troops to fight, and even if I have been on the battlefield, I can't count the food and grass needed by an army of 200,000 for six months. This
It's the business of those brats from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. What does it have to do with us soldiers?" General Cheng walked around the room, and the floor was flattened by his steps.
The rumors outside are not good for the Cheng family!
"Dad, please keep talking. What should we do about this? We can't watch the third child being bullied. His uncle's Gu family dares to bully my son. If I had known, I would have beaten that kid Gu Chenghuan to death."
General Cheng was so furious that he wanted to kill someone, so Mrs. Cheng had to say, "What do you want me to say? This incident has alarmed the emperor. Do you think our Cheng family can do whatever we want?"
Mr. Cheng really wanted to give his son a good beating with a cane, so that he would be smarter and stop beating and killing all day long.
"Your Majesty?" General Cheng frowned, "What does this have to do with the Emperor? What is the complaint filed by that woman, Concubine Gu? I know that the Gu family is not a good thing, and women are nothing."
Old Mrs. Cheng gritted his teeth in anger, "Can't you think about it with your brain? Does the brain on your neck look good? His Highness Qin Jiyan came forward in this matter. Do you think the emperor doesn't know about it?"
Concubine Gu? That self-righteous woman still expects the Gu family to support the fifth prince. How dare she file a lawsuit against them and even try to please them?
I have to say that Jiang is still very old, and Mr. Cheng is very accurate in his judgment of people and things.
"Dad, I forgot about it. What do you mean by King Qin? Could it be that he really thinks that we are too close to King Zhou, so he uses the Gu family to beat us?" Although General Cheng is stupid, he should have political acumen.
There are still some.
Mr. Cheng finally showed a satisfied smile, "It is not easy to think of this step. I originally thought so too, but the last question of the wise hermit made me think a little more."
General Cheng quickly approached the old man and said with a shy face: "Dad, what are you thinking of?"
Knowing that his son was stupid, Mr. Cheng did not hide it, and said bluntly: "The King of Qin is using the Gu family to compete with our Cheng family, so that those who clamor to attack Beiqi every day can see clearly that fighting is not just words.
If we really want to attack Northern Qi, the benefits we, Da Qin, can gain are far less than the price we pay."
"By doing this, King Qin, isn't he afraid of the emperor's dissatisfaction?" General Cheng was puzzled. You must know that the emperor has recently had the idea of attacking Northern Qi.
Is Qin Jiyan afraid?
If he was afraid, Qin Jiyan wouldn't do this.
Faced with the old emperor's questioning, Qin Jiyan presented the military supplies such as soldiers, horses, grain and grass calculated by the household department. At the same time, he also included the pension required for the soldiers killed in the battle calculated by the household department based on the proportion of those killed in battle.
One by one, it doesn’t look like much individually, but when added together, it can equal a year’s tax revenue for the national treasury.
The common people have worked hard for a year just to fight a meaningless war, just to let the emperor vent his anger. Is this really interesting?
Qin Jiyan could not understand the vanity of the old emperor, nor did he intend to watch the war break out regardless of the life and death of the people for the sake of the old emperor's vanity and the interests of the generals.
Therefore, Qin Jiyan took advantage of the competition between Gu Qiancheng and Cheng Sangong to put this question in front of the people of the world, asking them to take this account seriously.