12dz Chapter 152 I’m good at this!
Chapter 152 I’m good at this!
When Eunuch De came over with Fan Jian and Yang Wei from the Ministry of Revenue, Mu Qingqing saw them outside----and immediately burst into laughter!
This, this, this name given by his parents is so appropriate!
Fan Jian seemed to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a thin figure, soft features, and a small teardrop mole under the right corner of his eye. He was supposed to be a handsome and elegant man, but he had a mean and vulgar look.
Yang Wei has a tall figure, but his chest is short and sunken (which fits his name very well). His eyebrows are raised, making him look quite domineering and arrogant.
The two of them already knew how the incident began from the eunuch who called them over.
When he arrived at Yonghui Palace, he knelt and kowtowed to Emperor Tai'an, and at the emperor's signal, sat next to Lord Yao.
Lord Yao whispered to them for a long time, and they followed Lord Yao's gaze and looked at Mu Qingqing who was sitting next to Prime Minister Mu.
It was this woman who had the audacity to slander her teacher (the two of them were students promoted by Mr. Yao). Let them teach her a lesson together and let her know the price of her outrageous words!
Eunuch De moved two large boxes of account books from ten years ago from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and placed them at both ends of the center of the hall.
There were a hundred account books in a box. Eunuch De asked his men to sort the account books into four piles and place them on the right side of the long table for the two competing parties to use.
It's just that there is a long table on one side and three long tables on the other side.
The long table is equipped with abacus, paper, pen and other items.
Of course, the four officials who were in charge of supervising the review sat about ten feet behind them, waiting for the eunuch to review the account books they had calculated again.
After Master Yao and the other two sat down, they took the abacus and smiled at Mu Qingqing in a friendly manner: "Miss Mu, since the account books for the competition are ready, can we start?"
Mu Qingqing walked slowly to her seat and sat down, then she took out a solar calculator, a black pen and a stack of sticky notes from her bosom.
He curled his lips towards Lord Yao and gave him a provocative sneer: "Lord Yao, it's not too late to admit defeat now! Do you want to consider it?"
Lord Yao's face suddenly turned dark, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Miss Mu, you, you should not go too far!"
Mu Qingqing curled her lips defiantly and raised her chin arrogantly: "Haha, Master Yao, I've given you a chance. If you lose later, don't cry!"
After saying this, he nodded to Emperor Tai'an at the top, indicating that he was ready.
Eunuch De walked to the center of the hall, waved the whisk in his hand, and said in a shrill voice: "The game begins!"
Everyone saw Mu Qingqing staring at the account book, holding down one side of the book with her left hand, and tapping on it with her right hand. As her hands flipped, the book turned page after page quickly, dazzling the onlookers.
Lord Yao opposite was worthy of being the Minister of Revenue, the top official in charge of the financial power of Donglin State. The black beads on the abacus made a crackling sound.
Fan Jian and Yang Wei were not far behind and quickly caught up with their mentor's techniques.
After Mu Qingqing closed a ledger and wrote down the final data on a notepad with a black pen, she said to Prime Minister Mu, "Father, please explain the correct answer to the reviewer later."
"Hey!" Prime Minister Mu responded and prepared to get up.
"I'm good at this! Let me do it." Emperor Tai'an, who had just learned it in the morning, excitedly stood up from the dragon throne and walked to the official who was reviewing Mu Qingqing's account book.
Pointing at Mu Qingqing's sloppy Arabic numerals, he proudly told the officials the corresponding numbers.
The look on his face was so exciting! It seemed as if knowing these numbers was a great thing!
Lord Yao on the other side looked nervous: How come Mu Qingqing is so fast? I have already used all my strength, but I have only finished half of the account book.
Looking at the two tables next to him, he felt more at ease. Fortunately, they both had half a book! In this way, the three of us together were still half a book ahead of her...
Mu Qingqing's ten fingers flew, and the speed of turning the pages became faster and faster. After finishing one book, she put a sticky note on it and then started the next one.
The speed of the three Yaos went from being half a book behind each other at the beginning to gradually becoming more than half a book behind...
When I heard the reviewing official say, "Mr. Zhang, this account book is wrong!"
A little later, the reviewing official was heard to explain: "Lord Yang's account book is wrong!"
The three Yaos were all upset, and the speed of turning the beads in their hands slowed down. In the cold winter, cold sweat oozed from their foreheads...
An hour later, with the eunuch's voice saying, "Miss Mu has completed all the accounts correctly," the competition came to an end.
The civil and military officials sitting on both sides stood up in a bang. This, this is too incredible! There was admiration, worship, curiosity in everyone's eyes...
It looked like each of the three Yaos still had about ten books left on the table that had not been cleared.
Mu Qingqing stretched lazily, walked up to Master Yao and jokingly said, "Master Yao, are you three here to make fun of me?"
After saying that, she raised her index finger and pointed at the unsettled account book on the table.
At this moment, Lord Yao was panicking: I lost! I actually lost! Three of us couldn't beat Mu Qingqing?! My one million taels!
Fan Jian and Yang Wei stopped what they were doing with pale faces and sat in their seats in a daze: We have brought shame to our mentor!
Lord Yao stood up in a panic and shouted, "This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Your Majesty, I want to recheck Miss Mu's account books."
Emperor Tai'an glanced at Lord Yao calmly, "Lord Yao, I'm willing to accept the defeat!"
Lord Yao came to his senses and knelt down in front of Emperor Tai'an. He pleaded sternly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to admit defeat! It's just that this result is too unexpected! I believe that all the adults present have the same guess as me! I dare to check a few of Miss Mu's account books to make me admit defeat sincerely!"
What I mean is that I am afraid that you will team up to cheat me and make me lose one million taels of silver to fill the national treasury!
The adults present cursed in their hearts: Master Yao, if you want to talk, just talk about yourself! What's the point of dragging us all down with this? !
Emperor Tai'an stared at Lord Yao, who was kneeling on the ground with a pitiful and miserable look, with a pale face: You obviously don't believe me! I just found out today that you are such a bad gambler! You refused to admit your loss! You can tell a person's character by his gambling character. If you are a bad gambler, it means your character is not much better? What on earth did I think before? I actually nominated you to be the Minister of Revenue?!
Lord Yao, who didn't know that he had already touched the bottom line of Emperor Tai'an, cried heartbreakingly in order to escape one million taels of silver, as if he was going to bang his head against the pillar if you didn't agree to let me review the matter.
"Okay, okay! Since you don't believe the conclusion of the review officer, I will allow you to review it again." Emperor Tai'an said coldly, "I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer after you finish your review."
Emperor Tai'an's cold words caused Lord Yao to inadvertently offend the two officials who reviewed Mu Qingqing's case.