I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"What's the answer? What's the answer to your question!"

Li Wei didn't expect that Song Tianren's haggardness was caused by a math problem. It was the first time Li Wei saw a play idiot, a martial idiot, and a xue idiot.

"Eight roosters cost 33 Wen, eleven hens cost 81 Wen, and 27 chicks cost [-] Wen.

There is another answer, 84 roosters, 28 Wen, [-] hens, [-] Wen, [-] chicks, [-] Wen. "

"Two algorithms? Two answers? Can there be two answers? How do you calculate it?"

After waving his hand to let the guards let go of Song Tianren, Li Wei smiled and said, "You want to know? Ask me to be your teacher."

When Song Tianren was taken out of the room by the guards, he was still thinking about this problem. Thanks to the high quality of the guards in the palace, he did not make the same mistakes as Archimedes.

Until now, Song Tianren, whose mind is full of numbers, still doesn't know Li Wei's identity. When he heard Li Wei's words, he hesitated for a while, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to his teacher.

Song Tianren didn't know what it meant to be the only disciple of the emperor's mathematics, but he just looked at Li Wei longingly.

"Follow me, I will tell you the algorithm when I go back."

Song Tianren, who had been sitting in the carriage, didn't realize that he was in the wrong place until he got out of the carriage, but he couldn't allow him to ask, so he was taken directly to the imperial study by the guards.

"Song Tianren, what is arithmetic?"

Song Tianren didn't expect that the first sentence of the master who had just paid homage was to ask this, so he couldn't help hesitating.

"Anathematics...is computing."

"Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences. Behind every major progress of mankind is the strong support of mathematics."

Such a lofty rhetoric directly confused Song Tianren, "Anaithology, is it so important?"

"Of course, if it's as small as building a house and making furniture, as big as managing the country and making money, how can it be separated from mathematics?"

"That's right!"

Arithmetic is very important, but no one would care about it. Li Wei's words touched Song Tianren's heart.

"Mathematics is useless for the imperial examination to be an official. No one went to learn it. As a result, he became an official. He didn't even understand the tax of a county. I plan to open a college to teach arithmetic. Do you have any interest?"

Li Wei had long planned to teach arithmetic, but he couldn't teach it himself. Firstly, many of him knew little about it, but because he was the emperor, countless people would work hard to learn arithmetic in order to be the emperor's disciples.

Mathematics is a boring and boring subject. I am afraid that none of these students who come here for utilitarianism will become masters in mathematics.

"Me? I'm a golden man."

"Even if there is no discrimination for the disciples, why should you treat the master harshly? I just ask if you want to."

There is no scholar who does not want to carry forward his academic knowledge, but Song Tianren is still hesitant.

"College graduates, those with excellent grades can be sent to the outside as officials, and they will be sent to the prefectural and county governments as calculation officials to assist the supervisor in governing the local area. Those with the best grades can enter the household department. If you can’t find a job as a teacher in your school, the imperial court will be responsible for placement.”

The southern gentry group is crazy about wanting an official position. Now that there is an extra official, they absolutely support it, and the gentry are willing to work hard and study for an official position.

Chapter 575 Abandoning Two Yuans and Changing Yuan

"Your Majesty, I, my people..."

"how many?"

"There are 860 people in total, including 270 and [-] males. Even young children have learned family arithmetic since childhood. The Caomin family is Han. They had to move to the Kingdom of Jin to avoid disaster just because they offended the powerful."

Li Wei, who was drinking tea, spit it out in one gulp. Originally, he wanted to dig a master of mathematics, but he didn't expect to dig a nest and come back.

Li Wei said excitedly: "With so many people, it is impossible to move out in secret. I will pass the decree that you, Song Tianren, are the mastermind of this kidnapping incident, and ask Fulongduo to escort all your people to Qin and wait for their punishment." , Fulongdo will definitely agree to such a big event.

Don't worry, I will send people to bribe the officers and soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin to escort you, so that your people will not suffer. As long as you arrive in Daqin, everything will be fine. "

Song Tianren, who had no more scruples, immediately knelt down to thank him.

"There are so many math masters, then you don't need to teach. Come on, I will tell you a few things, and you can go back and do the math yourself."

The Chu and Han countries were intimidated by Daqin, and they built cities and fortresses on the border with their lives. Now Daqin can't afford a big war, so they can only watch them repair their own bastards.

If a big battle breaks out in the future, if you push it all the way, you don’t know how many officers and soldiers will die. In the era without artillery, the most effective long-range weapon is the counterweight trebuchet.

According to Li Wei's description, the craftsmen also built two, but these are bulky, difficult to transport, troublesome to load, wear out quickly, and are not accurate.

The only way is to improve the accuracy, which involves the parabola. Li Wei himself has only a half-knowledge, and the calculation formula has long been forgotten.

Now that Song Tianren has solid basic skills and coolies with the spirit of hard work, Li Wei naturally won't waste it.

After writing down all the parabolic knowledge he could think of, Song Tianren could only study and experiment on the missing parts.

When Song Tianren opened the door to a new world and left excitedly, Li Wei also sat on the dragon chair and was gearing up, imagining the "justice from heaven" that the soldiers of Chu and Han countries faced with the catapult.

What kind of expression will it be.

When Song Tianren's clansmen came, let them calculate the data of the bed crossbow, and use mathematical knowledge to try to improve the Qin country's step crossbow and bed crossbow.

Jin Guo, who wanted to make trouble, had a major event. He held the king of a country hostage. If he didn’t pay enough compensation, Qin Guo would definitely not give up. Li Wei also sent a mission to Jin Guo to argue, and there will be no results for a while. .

The promise of never adding money and Li Wei's hint that he would increase his official position also temporarily calmed down the southern gentry group, and Li Wei also ordered to train a new army of ten thousand people in the south of the Yangtze River. Click on them.

The court has stabilized, but Li Wei is even more worried.

Economic development requires economic investment, but the reason for economic development is lack of money. The hole in the Great War of the Century is too big, and Qin has fallen into a vicious circle.

With so many memorials asking for money, Li Wei lost the mood to go out to play in the palace, and the landlord's house had no food left.

At the meeting of Daqin's core small circle, Li Wei asked with a smile: "Dear dear friends, how about my idea of ​​reforming the currency system?"

The important ministers looked at each other, and finally everyone's eyes fell on Tian Ce. As the chief minister of the cabinet, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Your Majesty, although the abolition of the two reforms you mentioned is somewhat absurd, it must not be implemented. Now that the war is flat, it is time to recuperate and should not be reformed rashly."

"Reforms are needed only because there is no more war. Otherwise, if war breaks out, who would want to make any reforms?"

"Your Majesty, at this time we need to make a long-term plan..."

Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of the ministers, Li Wei said in a fit of anger, "Tell me the truth?"

Looking at the others, Tian Ce gritted his teeth and decided to go all out.

"Your Majesty, abolishing the silver tael and switching to the silver dollar can end the chaotic currency system. It is easy to use and has many advantages, but the more benefits the silver dollar has, the greater the resistance."

"What resistance can there be?"

Li Wei looked curious.

"Does Your Majesty know the fire consumption?"

"What's the matter?"

Tian Ce was not surprised by the emperor's ignorance, and explained carefully: "The so-called fire consumption is the loss of broken silver when it is melted and recast into silver ingots. When the people pay taxes, they use broken silver, and the government collects it. It needs to be re-smelted into official silver, and the silver content of broken silver is different, so there will be losses during smelting.

In order to make up for the loss, when taxes are collected, the government will collect more to make up for the loss. "

At this time, Li Wei had heard something was wrong, and said with a frown, "In this way, the fire consumption added during the tax collection will be greater than the actual fire consumption, and the difference will belong to the officials."

"The Emperor Shengming, the fire consumption in Banzhou County is two or three yuan, or even four or five yuan.

Remote states and counties have less taxes, and the fire consumption is several times that of regular taxes. "

"It's unreasonable! Why don't you stop it!"

Tian Ce didn't answer this time, but looked at Wu You. If he said this, he would offend all the officials in the world. This blame cannot be blamed on my brother.

Coughing twice, Wu You said in embarrassment: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the ban was issued as early as the previous court, but it didn't work, and I will acquiesce in the future.

If the abolition of the two reforms is carried out, the fire consumption will disappear, which is good for the common people, but the officials..."

"I understand that officials can't make money. How can it be reasonable? It's reasonable for them to make money? Can't I stop it?"

Tian Ce smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, all officials in this world suffer from fire."

With such a sentence, Li Wei was so full of anger that he couldn't utter a word. He was the emperor, and he looked high above him, but the world still had to be governed by officials.

It touched the cake of all the officials at once. They were reluctant to be tested and did not dare to rebel, but they had ways to resist softly. Wang Anshi's reform is an example.

Li Wei wanted to strengthen the country through reforms and reduce the burden on the people, but he didn't want the reforms to plunge the country into chaos.

Seeing that Li Wei calmed down, Wu You continued to persuade: "Your Majesty's reform of the currency system has also mobilized the interests of the world's banks. Banks release loan sharks and suck people's blood. They are all doing nothing, but they are indispensable in this world, and some Officials are also inextricably linked with the bank."

Speaking of this, Li Wei naturally understood that the reform of the currency system is good, it benefits the country and the people, and the interest groups that can be offended are too huge, even he, the emperor, cannot bear it.

"Then give up like that?"

Tian Ce and Wu You looked at each other. They both knew that the current emperor is not a person who gives up lightly. If he is in a hurry, he will dare to do anything.

"Your Majesty, why not choose a loyal minister to carry out currency reform?"

"I understand that it is my credit to let my ministers reform and make it better. If something goes wrong and the world is in chaos, push him out as a scapegoat. Hehe, it's a good way. I really thought of my chief assistant." A good idea."

Naturally, Tian Ce understood the meaning of Li Wei's words, and hurriedly knelt down to apologize.

"What I want to do is what I want to do. There is no need to let the ministers take the blame. This reform of the currency system must be implemented! I want to see how capable the officials and banks in the world are, and they can force me to bow my head! "

The important ministers who knew their temper well smiled wryly. It's over, the emperor's death has reached a new height this time.

Although Li Wei was determined to carry out the reform of the currency system, his brain was not completely overwhelmed by enthusiasm. The reform of the currency system temporarily took Chang'an as a pilot and tried it out in Chang'an.

The news soon spread to the palace. That night, many mansions in Chang'an City were extremely lively, and countless people were plotting something.

In the past, Li Wei made coins to harm other countries. The leader of the first counterfeit coin gang in Daqin, Li Datian, knew how to make counterfeit coins and naturally knew how to prevent others from imitating them. With a decree, the coin master sent the sample coins to Li Wei the next day.

Originally, Li Wei wanted to print his face on the first edition of the silver dollar, but met all loyal opposition. In the era of imperial power, the emperor was supreme, and even the name of the emperor was taboo. How could the traffickers hold the head of the emperor in their hands? Feel free to play around.

Li Wei also didn't want the silver dollar to have the nickname Wei Datou in the future, so he could only print the currency value and a big "Qin" character on the front, and the national flag drawn by Li Wei himself on the back.

Playing with the sample coin in his hand, Li Wei said proudly: "The proportion of silver dollars is nine silver and one copper. One tael of sterling silver can be exchanged for two silver dollars. If you only exchange one item, the imperial court will get [-]% of the income. How about it, my loves?"

Tian Ce sighed and said, "It's exquisitely made, and it's hard for others to imitate it, but I still don't agree with the reform of the currency system at this time."

Seeing other loyal officials nodding in agreement, Li Wei's interest suddenly disappeared.

"The reform of the currency system is imperative. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be killed!"

Some folks have long labeled Li Wei as a tyrant and a fool. He said he would kill people, but no one thought the emperor was just joking, and the important officials agreed.

Li Wei is the emperor, and the reform of the currency system cannot be done by himself. After some discussions, it was finally decided that Shang Kaiping, a member of the household department, would preside over the specific matters of the reform of the currency system. I have been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and I have only been a fifth-rank official.

Li Wei still hasn't forgotten Wei Yongjie, who loves the people, as the secretary of the Honghe Temple. Taking this opportunity, he was promoted to an official position and asked him to assist Shang Kaiping in carrying out the reform of the currency system.

The reform of the currency system is under great pressure, but the greater the pressure, the greater the profit of the court after the success. It can increase the annual revenue and reduce the burden on the people. Such a great thing that benefits the country and the people, Li Wei must carry it out.

Summoning Shang Kaiping and Wei Yongjie into the palace, the three monarchs and ministers talked for a full afternoon. The next day, the imperial court issued an edict to abolish the two and change the yuan, and a currency reform sweeping the world kicked off.

The silver dollar is exquisite in shape, easy to carry, high in silver content, unable to be adulterated, and fixed in weight. Once launched, it has been widely recognized, and every time the silver dollar is put into the market, it will be robbed immediately.

Chapter 576 It Came So Fast

The good news kept coming, making Li Weilong very happy, practicing martial arts every day, approving memorials, and making some contributions to the prosperity of the royal family's descendants. The small days are beautiful.

It seems that when the emperor is happy, the ministers are unhappy, and it is important to find some way to make the emperor unhappy.

In the early morning, Li Wei, who fought with Lin Ruoying all night, yawned and listened perfunctorily to the flattery of his courtiers. Just when the sixth father-in-law was about to shout "retire from the court", Bi Siqian, the servant of the Ministry of officials, came out with a memorial .

"My minister impeached Shang Kaiping, a member of the household department, for embezzling state funds and taking bribes privately!"

Listen to "Shang Kaiping"

Li Wei immediately regained his spirits and asked Little Six to bring the memorial to him.

"Your Majesty, I have impeached Shang Kaiping, a member of the household department, to oppress the people and rob people's houses!"

"The minister impeached Shang Kaiping, severely abused his subordinates, abused his subordinates, and killed people."

"The minister impeached Shang Kaiping's family for bullying the local officials and annexing the people wantonly!"

At the beginning of Bi Siqian, more than a dozen officials jumped out to impeach Shang Kaiping.

By this time, Li Wei also understood that the resistance to the reform of the currency system was coming, and it came very quickly.

"I know, let's retreat."

"Your Majesty, Shang Kaiping is a criminal, so let him go so easily?"

"When did I say I let it go? You can be convicted after the memorial? Always investigate clearly."

"Your Majesty's words are very true. You are sure that His Majesty will temporarily dismiss Shang Kaiping and accept investigation."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Usually, if Li Wei said such serious words, the officials would have been so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, but today Bi Siqian seemed to be willing to go all out and took off his official hat directly.