The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 27 Kangxi's Test
On the way home from school, Yinyou met Longkodo, a first-class guard who was leading people out of the palace on errands.

"Your servant Longkodo greets the fifteenth master." The sharp-eyed Longkodo had already spotted Yinyou. He ran over in two steps and greeted him in an extremely cordial manner.

"Stand up." Yinyu smiled and raised his folding fan, indicating that Longkodo did not need to be polite.

As far as Yinyou knew, ever since the eldest brother fell from power, Longkodo changed his allegiance and transformed himself into an inconspicuous member of the Eighth Prince's party.

Yinyou secretly thought it was a pity. If his biological mother was not a Han woman, it would be impossible for him to get the support of Manchu nobles. Taking the opportunity to call him uncle at this time would be a huge and extremely cost-effective investment.

Because the fourth brother is still a member of the Second Master's party, and he doesn't care much about Longkodo.

In other words, even though the fourth brother currently respects Longkodo as his uncle, it is only for the sake of his adoptive mother and he does not really mean it.

However, any bad thing that steals the fourth brother's limelight will easily arouse his suspicion in the future.

At that moment, even if he beat Yinyou to death, he could not call Longkodo his uncle!

"Lao Long, I haven't seen you very often recently." Yinyou had just finished practicing horse riding and archery. He was sweating all over and was in a hurry to go back for a shower, so he casually started a conversation.

Longkodo glanced around, bent down, came close to Yinyu, and whispered, "My Lord, I was working outside the East Warm Pavilion just now, and I heard vaguely that the higher-ups want to test your academic level."

There are many eyes and ears in the palace, so he can only say so much!
Yinyou's eyes flashed slightly. Longkodo took the risk to give him the wind in advance, which shows that Yuzhu's position in Longkodo's mind is particularly special.

After Longkodo delivered the message, he did not dare to stay for long and quickly said goodbye to Yinyou.

After returning to the prince's residence, Yinyou soaked in the bathtub and carefully chewed over the inside information handed over by Longkodo.

Before this, Kangxi had always treated Yinyou as if he were air, so why did he suddenly want to test his academic performance?

Well, I guess the fourth brother loves his talent and wants him to go to the Ministry of Revenue to help with the accounting work, right?

Yinyou also wondered if it was the recommendation of the crown prince?

There is indeed this possibility, but the probability is not high.

Unexpectedly, Yinyou had just taken a bath and had not yet changed his clothes when he suddenly received a report that Li Yu, the deputy chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, came to convey Kangxi's oral instructions.

"Hurry up and set up the incense table." Yinyou whispered to Wulin again, ordering him to quickly entertain Li Yu and find an opportunity to give him some silver.

After a short while, he dressed in the prince's formal attire and hurried to the main room to receive the order.

Inside the room, Li Yuzheng stood in the center of the main room with his back to the north and facing south, and said in a clear voice: "There is an order."

Yinyou walked quickly forward, knelt on the mat, and lay on the ground unable to get up.

"The emperor has issued an oral order. There are errors in the account books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The fifteenth prince is ordered to settle the accounts within half a day. This is the emperor's decree." Li Yu announced Kangxi's intention in a strange, drooping voice.

Yinyou understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that the fourth brother was particularly fond of talents, and he couldn't wait to recommend him to Kangxi.

"Your son Yinyu obeys your order." Yinyu kowtowed heavily and formally accepted Kangxi's oral order.

After receiving the decree, Li Yu resumed his status as a dog eunuch. He hurried forward, bowed in a fake manner, and stretched out his arms to help Yinyou up.

After Yinyou stood up, Li Yu quickly bowed and said respectfully: "Your servant Li Yu, wishing you the best of the fifteenth master."

Yinyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Li An Da, I haven't seen you for a long time, get up quickly."

Among Kangxi's many eunuchs, Li Yu was the one who did the worst.

Up to now, Wei Zhu, who has roughly the same qualifications as Li Yu, has become the deputy chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace. The difference in their status is very great.

However, in their early years, Li Yu and Yinyou had some connection.

Because Yinyou was the first son born to concubine Wang, Kangxi was worried that he would die young, so he sent Li Yu to Defei to help take care of him for two years.

Therefore, Yinyou respected Li Yu as An Da according to their old friendship.

Li Yu looked at Yinyu with complicated eyes, because Wulin secretly gave him ten taels of silver. In the palace, the past affection between Yinyu and Li Yu was not worth mentioning at all.

The reality is that Yinyu gave a generous reward according to Wei Zhu's standards.

This has extraordinary significance that is different from the ordinary.

With Li Yu's status, he could only be considered a lower-second-rate position in the Qianqing Palace.

According to the hidden rules of the palace, Li Yu only gave one or two taels of silver. Sometimes, it was even only five hundred coins.

"Fifteenth Master, the Emperor has already instructed that there is no need to count." There was a young eunuch standing beside him, so Li Yu could only give a brief hint. Whether Yinyu could understand the meaning of the suggestion depended on his luck.

When Yinyou heard the word "suanchou", he immediately understood that it must be the recommendation of the fourth brother.

In the palace, the most classic motto is: Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. If you are not careful, you will lose your head.

When people in the palace want to pass on information to the outside world, they often use concise and vague words and it is impossible for them to say it directly and clearly.

Once it is made clear, there is no room for maneuver. If it is exposed, you will lose your head.

What Li Yu didn't say was that this kind of account book would require two accountants to use abacus all day long to figure it out clearly.

After taking the account book, Yinyou did not rush to calculate, but sat down in front of the chair in the study, picked up a pen in his hand, compared the records in the account book, and wrote a string of Arabic numerals on the manuscript paper.

The traditional Chinese numerals, 壹贰３肆五六７８９拾, 佰千萬, 万, not only have many strokes, but also take up a lot of space.

Arabic numerals are different. A row of numbers only takes up one-tenth of the original space at most.

"Huahuahua..." Along with the sound of flipping papers in the account book, Yinyou wrote down dense Arabic numerals on the manuscript paper.

Li Yu did not leave. He stood behind Yinyou as instructed by Kangxi.

Yinyou was too lazy to pay attention to him and concentrated on summarizing the numbers.

Opportunities can only be reserved for those who are prepared. Even for Yinyu, such good luck may only happen once in his life.

Yinyou made up his mind to seize the opportunity firmly.

Li Yu was in charge of the general ledger handed over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he was naturally very knowledgeable about it.

Yinyou's movements were as smooth as flowing water, and he did it in one go, which left Li Yu dumbfounded!
Hehe, as the old saying goes, if you learn math, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid of traveling around the world.

Without any special skills, you can never live a comfortable life even if you just eat and wait for death in the palace!
The eldest and third sons, who had long since moved out of the palace, received an annual salary of 6,000 taels of rice, several thousand acres of imperial farmland, and dozens of guards.

In order to live a more comfortable life and lie down more comfortably, Yinyu worked very hard to display his unparalleled talent.

In less than an hour, Yinwei used his extremely high mental arithmetic ability to recalculate the entire account book three times, and then wrote the final summary number at the end of the manuscript paper.

"Li Anda, I have finished the calculation. Please present it to Khan Ama for his review." Yinyu put down his pen, picked up the account book and his manuscript paper, and handed them to Li Yu.

"Master Fifteen, is it over so soon?" Li Yu still couldn't quite believe his own eyes.

Yinyu smiled confidently and said, "Li An Da, even if you give me eighty courages, I would not dare to deceive Khan Ama!"

This made a lot of sense. Li Yu had no choice but to hold the account books and manuscript paper in his hand and go back to the Qianqing Palace to report, half believing and half doubting.

After Li Yu left, Wu Lin came close to Yin Yu and whispered, "Master, when Chief Li passed by me, he whispered something about great fortune, but I didn't hear it clearly."

The people in the palace, including Yinyu, all had a sense of self-protection that went off the charts. Even if Wulin heard it clearly, he would say he didn't hear it very clearly.

Yinyu smiled faintly and said confidently, "Li Yu will come over soon."

"You are always so good at predicting things, you must be right!" Wu Lin flattered him hastily, but he didn't quite believe it in his heart.

(End of this chapter)