Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

"Father, if anyone has concerns, I will speak to His Majesty and try it out in the Ministry of Revenue and the Supervisory Department first. Once we see the results, other departments can decide whether to use my accounting method. Father, you must fully cooperate with me at the Ministry of Revenue!"

After saying that, Jiang Yueyang waited for a while. Seeing that her father didn't respond, she reached out and shook her father's arm.

Minister Jiang subconsciously responded with an "OK", his expression dull, as if he had not yet fully recovered.

"Then I'll go find His Majesty now." Jiang Yueyang took the paper from her father's hand, waved to her father and left.

Minister Jiang stared at his empty hands for a while before he finally came back to his senses. He looked up at Jiang Yueyang as she walked away and shouted, "My dear, you took that accounting method away. How am I going to tell my colleagues at the Ministry of Revenue?"

Jiang Yueyang waved her hand without even turning her head, and said loudly: "Dad, I only made this one copy, and I will show it to His Majesty later. I know you have a good memory and you can definitely write one down from memory. I believe in you!"

Minister Jiang: “…”

Duke Su, who was slow on his feet, heard the conversation between the father and daughter and, with only a vague understanding, leaned towards Minister Jiang.

He asked curiously, "Minister Jiang, I just heard you and Master Jiang talking about accounting methods. What are you going to do?"

"It's not me who's planning to do anything, it's my daughter," Minister Jiang explained. "Yangyang feels that the current accounting method is too cumbersome and makes her dizzy. So she came up with a more convenient accounting method and wants to implement it on a full scale. She asked me for help."

Minister Jiang knew his daughter too well. She suddenly brought up this matter, which must have caused her trouble with the existing accounting method.

"What kind of accounting method?" Duke Su asked again.

As they walked, Minister Jiang explained to Duke Su the accounting method that Jiang Yueyang had developed. Duke Su's eyes lit up and he nodded frequently.

The officials passing by them couldn't help but slow down their pace after hearing Minister Jiang's explanation.

Before he knew it, Minister Jiang was surrounded by a group of people.

On the other side, Jiang Yueyang quickly came to Huaqing Palace where Emperor Yuan handled government affairs to ask for an audience with Emperor Yuan.

When Emperor Yuan heard her coming, he was slightly surprised and waved his hand to have her called in.

"Wei Chen has met your Majesty."

Emperor Yuan continued to review the memorials without raising his head, and said softly, "Excuse me, what do you want from me?"

Jiang Yueyang stood up and respectfully presented the paper in his hand, "Your Majesty, I would like you to take a look at this."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan stopped writing and looked up.

Li Fuquan went downstairs and brought the things up. When Emperor Yuan took it and looked at it, his originally calm expression gradually changed.

"What is this?" asked Emperor Yuan.

Jiang Yueyang smiled and replied, "That's a way of keeping accounts. The contents above are some of the recent income and expenditure of the Supervisory Department."

The income is very simple, it is the silver and money that the Supervisory Office applies for from the Ministry of Revenue.

There are many expenses, including the meals officials eat out when investigating cases, the tips they give to people when they ask for information, and the expenses for purchasing daily necessities for the Supervisory Office...

It's a mess, but it's clear at a glance when recorded in the account book made by Jiang Yueyang.

Emperor Yuan pondered for a moment, then stared at Jiang Yueyang with a secretive look and asked, "How did you come up with this accounting method?"

"To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I recently checked the accounts of the Supervisory Office, and they gave me a headache."

Emperor Yuan watched her performance quietly without saying a word.

Jiang Yueyang smiled sheepishly, "I felt miserable. I couldn't understand why reading an account book was so difficult. Then I thought about it during the day and dreamed about it at night. I dreamed about this accounting method."

She continued, “After I woke up, I used my memory to create the accounting method I had in my dream, and even tested it with the accounts of the Supervisory Office.

You won’t know until you try it. Once you try it, you will be surprised. This accounting method is so easy to use!

Therefore, I will quickly present this accounting method to Your Majesty so that everyone can use this excellent accounting method."

As soon as Emperor Yuan saw the contents on the paper, he knew the purpose of her visit, but he always felt that the accounting method in front of him was a bit strange.

So, he asked tentatively: "Jiang Yueyang, are you sure this is the accounting method you saw in your dream?"

Jiang Yueyang's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down. He looked at Emperor Yuan with a firm gaze and nodded, "Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. I swear to heaven."

Emperor Yuan smiled slightly when he saw this. This person always likes to make all kinds of promises when he feels guilty.

Especially Jiang Yueyang, whenever she tells a lie she likes to stare into other people's eyes, as if that makes her appear more sincere.

Little did people know that her sincere look was actually a casual one.

Emperor Yuan looked at her with great interest. "But I feel that this accounting method is inexplicably strange, as if it could be made even simpler."

[Oh my god, your majesty's intuition is so accurate!] Jiang Yueyang swallowed guiltily.

System: [Host, think back to what you just said? When did you swear an oath?]

Jiang Yueyang: [……]

She thought about it and it seemed that she had never said the word "swear", let alone swear to anyone.

It's a bit too obvious...

Emperor Yuan: "Jiang Yueyang, this isn't the accounting method you dreamed of, right?"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Jiang Yueyang had no choice but to answer truthfully. She smiled ingratiatingly, "Your Majesty, I really can't hide anything from you.

That is indeed not the accounting method I dreamed of, but I definitely did not intentionally deceive Your Majesty. I have my reasons."

Emperor Yuan raised his chin towards her and said, "Tell me, what made you choose to deceive me?"

"There is a kind of writing on that accounting method, which has never appeared before or now."

Emperor Yuan frowned and asked seriously, "What kind of writing?"

"Your Majesty, please grant me the gift of writing."

"you come up."

Jiang Yueyang was stunned for a moment, then following Emperor Yuan's gaze, she stepped forward.

She took the pen handed to her by Emperor Yuan and slowly wrote the Arabic numerals from 1 to 10 on the paper.

Emperor Yuan glanced at the numbers on the paper and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Jiang Yueyang took up his pen again and wrote the capital numbers one to ten below the Arabic numerals 1 to 10.

"Your Majesty, these are Arabic numerals representing one to ten."

Emperor Yuan knew what the characters meant when she wrote the first one, and after pondering it for a moment he felt it was marvelous.

He looked at the Arabic numerals and thought to himself that it would be much more convenient if those characters could replace the original numbers.

First, it is easier to write. Second, the accounts will become neat and clear.

There is just one bad thing, it is easy to be tampered with.

However, if the two numbers are used together, tampering may be avoided.

But how can we use them together to avoid disadvantages and make the accounts clear at a glance?

...Yes!