Chapter 55 Numbers

Xue Chongxun felt that the visionary strategists in ancient China predicted the outcome of major events mainly based on historical experience and summary. For example, after the founding of the Han Dynasty, strategists would summarize the experiences and lessons of the Qin Dynasty and put forward visionary predictions.

Maybe it can be calculated accurately and think that it is fate, but in fact it is just experience.

Xue Chongxun no longer believes in fate. If there is a fate, Princess Taiping will not win the hearts of the people and not follow the historical trend. How could she finally defeat the Xuanzong, which is like a true emperor?

All this is just because of some details. If Xue Chongxun did not get memories of his previous life, if...

There is no if in the past, some accidental subtle things change the big thing.

But subtle things are the most difficult to grasp, but this is also the interesting part of life, it is so interesting that it becomes complicated and subtle.

When he was wearing a linen robe in the carriage, he became more peaceful when he was thinking about it.Because there is no one else in the car, there is no need to be a show, and there is no need to wear a mask of kindness on your face.

He is very afraid of being lonely and lonely, so he is very afraid of becoming a loser and having to escape in an unknown corner; but he is also very enjoying loneliness, loneliness can calm the mind.

People are really contradictory. Are those who are hiding in the city feeling the same?

Gently lifting a corner of the bamboo curtain, a bright ray of sunlight shone into the dim carriage, and you can see fine dust flying lightly in the ray of sunlight, without any rules.

Looking along the gap, you can see the gate of the Inyuanfang. The Inyuanfang is where the princes' mansions are located, and the Crown Prince Li Chenghong also lives in it.

After a while, he saw the cavalry leading the way, and Li Chenghong's ceremonial guard came out.

There were drums and drums, and the people on the street gave in. The vendors and pawns in the stalls hurriedly collected things. The scene was like a modern hawker who saw the urban management.

Xue Chongxun came here just to observe Li Chenghong casually, and didn't want to do anything... It's funny, the person who thinks about the most is actually his own enemy.

As a prince, he would meet many people, including thousands of officials in the court, and all kinds of people.

But no matter how many people you know, the ones you can think about are actually the ones around you. After all, people's energy is very limited.

Among his family, aides and opponents he works with, he thinks the most is Li Chenghong.

The prince occasionally showed resistance, but he has not made any response so far.

This made Xue Chongxun feel that this opponent was too weak, even if he was the crown prince.

But Xue Chongxun was a little uneasy, afraid that something would happen that would not conform to the rules of power.

As Xue Chongxun thought at first, some events cannot be guessed by the way.

In the middle of the road, surrounded by many fully armed guards, Li Chenghong was riding a horse, swaying very calmly.

Although he had no power in the court, when walking on the road, all the officials and civilians around him bowed and made everyone respect him, and they were not someone who could be avenged by anyone.

Xue Chongxun quietly looked at Li Chenghong's expression with interest until they gradually walked past.

He thought about Li Chenghong's psychology and feelings. He had a high status in luxury and wealth, and the current situation was still good. Most people in such a position and in life should think about cherishing everything they have?

The guard of honor has gradually moved away and headed towards the direction of the Daming Palace.There was no longer anything that Xue Chongxun was interested in here, so he knocked on the carriage and said: Pang Er, drive the car.

Where are you going?The slave's ambiguous voice came from the front, and the fat guy was probably eating.

Xue Chongxun paused and said: Go home.

The expansion of the prince's kingdom has begun to take shape, and the layout of the royal palace of Xue Chongxun is actually a bit strange.

Most of the residences of princes and nobles are in the same offices and residences, because the offices of the royal palace mainly manage various affairs in the palace. Just like when Princess Taiping lived outside the palace, the layout of Princess Taiping's mansion in the country was like this, and the inner house was in front of the official office.

Because Xue Chongxun's palace was the former Duke of Wei, the place could not be expanded and the north and south were limited to the depth, so he was unwilling to move the land, so he formed the current pattern: the royal government offices were arranged in parallel next to the residence.

When he stopped in front of the mansion and went to the construction site to look at it, Yu Wenxiao, who was in charge of the expansion, greeted him and said some executives.

Xue Chongxun was absent-minded and suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the topic: What kind of woman does the prince like?

Yuwen Xiao was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little surprised, and he said after a while: As far as the information currently in the factory is concerned, he does not seem to have a particularly favored concubine.However, our spies have not made further progress, and some secrets about him may have not been discovered yet... Xue Lang is very concerned about the prince's affairs?

Xue Chongxun nodded: Underestimating the enemy is the stupidest thing.Last time we framed him for incest, which made the city full of storms, but I saw that he didn't care about it. Haha, don't care about other people's eyes?Something interesting.

Yuwen Xiao smiled and said: Even if he is very ambitious now, he is still powerless. Xue Lang should not worry too much.

Aren’t there any officials from the Eastern Palace and the Six-Lead?There are always some simple-minded people in this world who are flattered and forgotten by a person with a high status.

Yuwen Xiao nodded and said: If the prince can win over the people around him first, he will have some ability.

Xue Chongxun smiled and said: If you play with me, you are not afraid of him, so you have to beware of his in a hurry... There is no woman you love?If you don’t care about others, you will always care about yourself, right?

At this moment, Yuwen Xiao suddenly asked: The woman Xue Lang loved is...

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled again: I care about her (Yuwen Ji).After he said that, he let Yuwen Xiao be busy with his own affairs and then went back to his house.

I found a painted letter on the table in the front room of my residence. I picked it up and saw that it was from Luoyang. I could guess it was written by Liu An without Kaifeng. Most of it was about official business in Dongdu.

He threw it on the case casually and had no time to see it.

He actually has a relatively idle life without having to attend court on weekdays. Whether it is the Left Guard of the Southern Ya or the Ministry of Revenue, he holds an official title, but never takes care of things.

Being a prince is obviously much easier than being a general and a minister, and there are not so many complicated matters...

However, it would be very boring to be completely transformed into a life like a prince who can only eat, drink, play and do not do other things.

Xue Chongxun remembered the money method innovation he had been trying to accomplish recently. Some files existed in the study. It was still early, so he walked out of the room to get things.

The yard where the study is located is on the bank of Tingyu Lake, which contains a large number of royal accounts, official documents and other items. Xue Chongxun himself has a key and the other key is in the hands of his mother-in-law Sun.

Those things must be organized and kept by someone who can trust. In the past, Xue Liu, the old housekeeper of Xue Chongxun, was too greedy, but this guy is often seeking personal gain. Now the power of the internal affairs has almost been transferred to the Sun family, and the business situation of the royal family has improved because Xue Chongxun can see the numbers in the account room.

His income from Yongye and land salary was just a small amount, and Xue Chongxun didn't even care about it. However, this time, the money method was changed to be a huge benefit, which attracted his attention.

When I walked into the study yard, I saw only a few servants walking under the eaves, but I didn’t see Sun’s mother and daughter.Xue Chongxun went straight to the study room, opened the cabinet and took out the budget accounts of the staff.

He looked around and looked for the results, which means how much money he could make every year, but he searched for a long time but couldn't find it.

Although there are many people in this group of aides, they are far inferior to modern accountants. The accounts are not clear and detailed at all, and there is not even a budget result.

What made him most was that the numbers above were Chinese numbers. For example, 1352 numbers always made Xue Chongxun feel nothing and had no idea in his mind.

After thinking about it, he called his servants to come in and grind the ink, and personally counted the results with Arabic numerals.

He used to have good grades in mathematics and physics when he was in school. Even if he didn't have a calculator, he wouldn't be able to calculate the formulas and write them very quickly.

Not long after, he calculated the gross profit of fire consumption.Looking at the few draft papers on the table, he exhaled with a sense of accomplishment and stretched.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice at the door saying: I just heard that Xue Lang is here, what are you doing?

In Sun's voice, Xue Chongxun looked up and thought to himself that this elder was really handsome. Last time he was raising money in the court, I calculated the profit results of the money bank.

Xue Lang turned out to be able to settle the score.Sun smiled, walked over slowly, looked at the table, saw only a bunch of strange numbers and formulas, and said curiously, what words are you writing?

Xue Chongxun shouted and hurriedly made an excuse to explain: It is the counting method in the Western Regions. Because it is more concise and intuitive, I have learned a little before, but now it comes in handy.

He pointed to the results and said happily that if the new law was implemented, the fire consumption income obtained from treasury expenditures by printing paper money alone would be one million trump cards per year, and the profits of mortgage loans would not be lower than this amount. As expected, banks are very profitable.

One million coins?Sun was also surprised. I also read the file after it was delivered, but I didn't expect that there were so many in total.

Xue Chongxun said proudly: Someone suggested that I collect money and sell official positions. How many official positions should I sell for one million yuan?The so-called gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, haha.

Sun asked: Did you agree?

Xue Chongxun's smile became a little stiff, and he just said: It should be no problem. There are some supporters in the Political Affairs Hall, some are neutral, and no one is willing to go against me.I met the queen the other day and asked her to help, and the matter was basically done.

Speaking of this, Xue Chongxun remembered the Crown Prince Li Chenghong again. If he hadn't interfered in the temple that day, he would have had even less trouble.

Those in power both party and disagree. Xue Chongxun understands this kind of thing more today. People often make it feel very uncomfortable to have a lot of pain in their throats.