The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

Yu Ruyue quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't! This gentleman is also thinking about the country. Don't be angry! Let me talk to him."

The Minister of Revenue knelt on the ground, wondering where this woman had come from? How could she be so fearless that she dared to stop this killer?

When this guy goes crazy, he really doesn't care about his relatives and will even stab himself.

He shook his head secretly. It seemed that this kind-hearted girl would also die before he did.

Just when he was feeling hopeless and waiting for Shen Chou to become furious and kill the two men, he heard the sound of a knife being put back into its sheath.

"Okay! It's up to you."

"Don't think he says that now, he'll be begging you to get involved in politics in the future."

The Minister of Revenue had never expected that this woman would be so powerful. She had even subdued this killer. Her voice was so gentle that it could make water drip out of it...

However, he didn't think he would be so eager to let a woman in the harem interfere in politics and take care of accounts. But for the sake of his own life, he was still honest and prepared to cooperate with these two lunatics.

Yu Ruyue asked the Minister of Revenue to get up, took some paper and a charcoal pencil, and started writing and drawing on the paper.

After writing, he pasted the paper on the wall and brought in a small stick from outside, as if he was going to teach.

“Before you learn to keep accounts, learn these numbers first.”

"From now on, use Arabic numerals for accounting."

"It says 1 to 20. I heard the Minister of Revenue was a top-scoring scholar. I should have figured out the pattern. I can write all the way up to 100, 1000, right?"

Although the Minister of Revenue found the Arabic numerals very strange, it was not so strange that he would come to learn them in person.

However, the things written below, such as assets and liabilities, are quite interesting!

After Yu Ruyue learned the Arabic numerals, she took a small stick and pointed at the following lines of words.

"The first thing we learn when we enter the accounting profession is that every debit must have a credit, and the debits and credits must be equal!"

"You must follow this rule to avoid mistakes in bookkeeping."

"Then the six elements of accounting are divided into assets, liabilities, revenue, profit, owner's equity, and expenses."

"There are three more equations for these six elements!"

“Assets = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity?, Revenue - Expenses = Profit, Assets + Expenses = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity + Revenue”

"When we keep accounts, everything revolves around these items."

After Yu Ruyue finished speaking, she took a sip of water to moisten her throat. At this time, the Minister of Revenue had already heard everything. He stared at all the words on the paper with sparkling eyes, as if he wanted to nail a hole in the paper.

"Your Majesty, please continue. I understand assets, liabilities, and income, but what does owner's equity mean?"

Yu Ruyue looked at the Minister of Revenue's eagerness to learn and laughed inwardly, "Old Deng! I can't get you!"

Shen Chou also looked at Yu Ruyue with admiration. When he saw Yu Ruyue's smug little expression, he thought she was so cute that he really wanted to kiss her hard!

Yu Ruyue cleared her throat. "Owner's equity, that is, the equity ultimately obtained by the person who holds the transaction, is also known as net assets!"

"Attention! Net assets and profits are not two different concepts!"

After Yu Ruyue finished speaking, she took out the templates of the three major financial statements she had drawn long ago, namely the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

"Next, I will tell you about this village!"

"For example, grain can be classified as an asset, but there are several major categories of assets..."

Yu Ruyue used Zhuangzi as an example, then filled in all the tables and gave them a few examples, explaining that there must be a borrowing for every credit, and the borrowing and lending must be equal, and how this sentence should be used!

The lecture lasted until dark.

Liang Shulan knocked on the door outside, "Ruyue! It's time to eat, come out and eat together!"

Yu Ruyue finally stopped, but the Minister of Revenue was still reluctant to leave. He seemed to have returned to the time when he took the imperial examination. At that time, he really neglected sleep and food in order to read a few more books. But now he just wanted to learn this new way of accounting thoroughly.

"Your Majesty! This method is truly amazing. With this accounting method, there will be no mistakes in the future, and no one will exploit loopholes in the accounting to embezzle money. We can even, as you said, conduct an audit every month and have Your Majesty cultivate a group of confidants to audit the accountants below."

"We can also conduct cross-audits! This greatly reduces the possibility of collusion!"

He stood up after he finished speaking and bowed to Yu Ruyue with a sincere student's greeting. "Empress! I apologize for my arrogance just now! I have benefited so much from learning from you in just half a day. I don't know... I don't know..."

The Minister of Revenue seemed to be at a loss as to how to start.

Shen Chou frowned, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't dilly-dally here and delay my meal!"

The Minister of Revenue was secretly complaining, "Eat, eat, eat, all he knows is eating. What merit or ability did this God of Death have to deserve the favor of this unprecedentedly talented woman?!"

He had completely forgotten how he had secretly scolded Yu Ruyue at home when Shen Chou announced that he had chosen a queen...

But in order to avoid angering Shen Chou, he gritted his teeth and said, "I wonder if this humble official can have the honor of becoming your disciple!"

Yu Ruyue had just picked up the teacup and took a sip when she almost spit out the tea when she heard this.

"No~ You want to take me as your master!?"

"Actually, I'm not as powerful as you think, nor as smart as you think. This thing wasn't invented by me. I'm just a proponent of others' efforts, and I'm fortunate to have learned this."

"In terms of performance, you are still more powerful."

After hearing Yu Ruyue's words, the Minister of Revenue became even more resolute in his determination to become her disciple. "Your Majesty, please stop being so modest. The more modest you are, the more I feel that I was short-sighted and arrogant!"

"Please take me away!"

After he finished speaking, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times.

Yu Ruyue was so frightened that she quickly stepped aside, waving her hands repeatedly, "No! You really don't have to be like this. I really can't teach you anything. If you learn it, maybe you will be even better than me."

"No! Get up quickly!"

The Minister of Revenue didn't listen at all. He just felt that the person in front of him was of too noble character. Not only did he teach him such important knowledge for free, but he was also so low-key. He was simply a role model for men and the pride of women.

In the end, it was Shen Chou who made the final decision and let the 16-year-old Yu Ruyue accept this nearly 50-year-old disciple!

In the next few days, as soon as the Minister of Revenue came back from court, he would ride his horse to the farm and learn from his young master.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he also greeted the people at home and asked them not to think too much.

But they stopped thinking about it. Yang Jiaojiao, who had been guarding the door, started playing crickets with her old father as soon as she got home.

"Dad! You didn't see it! The old man couldn't wait to ride over here every day, stayed here for half a day, and when he came back, his face was so smiling that it almost broke. He looked tired and satisfied at the same time."