I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

In late February, it was getting closer and closer to Li Shen leaving Chang'an City.

Everything in Prince Ji's Mansion is ready, and supplies are fully purchased.

Li Shen himself never went out to spend time with his family. He took his children to play every day.

Go on a field trip to the manor, go fishing and horseback riding, and go to Dongshan for a spring outing to pick green leaves.

Life is so uncomfortable.

All affairs in Prince Ji's Mansion have nothing to do with Li Shen. He is not as busy as Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang now.

The business property accounts of Prince Ji's Mansion were all handed over to Lu Dingniang for verification, and all money entering and leaving the treasury had to go through Lu Dingniang.

These things are somewhat difficult for Lu Dingniang, and even if Wu Meiniang helps, it will take a lot of time.

Looking at Li Shen pushing the third and fourth children, taking the eldest and second child with him, he looked like a full-time nanny.

Lu Dingniang couldn't help but ask Li Shen for help, but Li Shen excused herself by saying that the male was the main one and the female was the main one.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing to the Lord? Are you always at home?"

Lu Dingniang couldn't help but complain.

"That's right, Your Majesty, why don't you help me find a solution? Last month, more than 20,000 strings were mismatched."

Wu Meiniang also echoed.

Li Shen reluctantly took their account books and looked at them for a long time.

"Why is it so messy?"

He looked at it for a while but didn't understand what was going on inside.

"Isn't that the case all the time? Everyone should hand in their entry and exit records."

Lu Dingniang was puzzled.

“Then if there are more industries in the future, you haven’t finished counting this month, and it will be here next month.

I went to the study to think of a solution. The stall in Prince Ji's Mansion is getting bigger and bigger and it is time to become more formal. "

Asking the wet nurse to take care of the child, Li Shen took Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang to the study.

"Go and call Wang Xuance."

Arriving at the study, Li Shen gave instructions.

Although Li Shen was not born as a serious cashier, he was also born as a boss.

He still knows how to form the entry and exit records. Also use Arabic numerals, simple and clear.

I will be going to Qinghai Road soon, and I don’t know when I will be back.

He had to solve the princess's worries.

Thinking of this, Li Shen drew a simple form on the paper with a pen.

Inbound, outbound, purchasing and other common ones.

"Your Majesty, Wang Changshi has arrived." A moment later, a report came from outside.

"Let him in."

After Wang Xuance came in, he saluted first:

"I have met the prince, the princess, and Mrs. Wu."

"Well, please wait for a while, I will be ready soon."

Li Shen said without raising his head.

After a while, Li Shen raised his head and stretched his arms.

"The painting is done, come and take a look." Li Shen greeted.

Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang stepped forward and looked at Li Shenhua's various forms, a little confused.

Wang Xuance did not step forward. This was a rule, and Prince Ji's women were not allowed to approach.

After Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang finished reading, Wang Xuance took a few pages.

"My lord, is this...?" Wang Xuance was a little confused.

"This is a form designed by me to facilitate the accounting of various workshops and branches in Prince Ji's Mansion." Li Shen explained.

"My lord, do you mean to keep accounts like this from now on?"

Lu Dingniang asked.

"That's right, come here and I will show you our daily purchases, sales, and money in and out.

In the future, the palace will also act like this as the general treasury. "

Li Shen casually filled in a few numbers on the form.

The Arabic numerals Li Shen had given to Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang a long time ago.

It's just that Li Shen didn't promote it outside.

Even Wang Xuance has learned some.

"This is the purchase price and quantity, and here is the sales price and quantity."

Li Shen used his only knowledge to show the three people.

Buy one and sell one, Li Shen actually thinks it is that simple.

“It is indeed much simpler than before and clear at a glance.”

Wang Xuance said.

"But your lord, the palace has branches in all states and counties. There are thousands of them, and they don't know how to use this thing.

Could it be that they want to call all their shopkeepers to Chang'an to study? "

Wu Meiniang asked.

"That's not necessary. Thousands of people came to Chang'an, and they don't know what trouble they are going to cause." Li Shen shook his head.

"Xuan Ce, this is why I called you here."

"Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty."

Li Shen thought for a while and then said:

"Xuance, you go find some students who are good at arithmetic and come to the palace.

I want to form an inspection team within Prince Ji's Mansion.

Their role is to cooperate with Princess Ji and Mrs. Wu in sorting out the palace accounts every month.

From time to time, we conduct surprise inspections in various states and counties.

Focus on checking whether branches in various places have falsely reported accounts or embezzled money from Prince Mo's palace. "

Today's Prince Ji's Mansion is a business empire, involving more than tens of millions of money.

There are even more people, thousands of people in management alone.

It is inevitable that there will be some people here who cannot resist the temptation and stretch out their hands.

It's not that Li Shen is short of money, it's that he can't encourage this trend.

Otherwise, if everyone had stretched out their hands, Prince Ji's Mansion wouldn't have been empty.

"My lord, I know some of the arithmetic ministers, and they have all taken the Mingshu exam.

But none of them passed the exam. Even so, if they were asked to work as an accountant in Prince Ji's Mansion, they would not be too willing to come. "

Wang Xuance is also a scholar. He understands this group of students very well.

Of course they would not be willing to act as a bookkeeper to settle accounts for others.

“Hmph, their hearts are as high as the sky and their lives are as thin as paper.

If I had the ability, I would have passed the calculation long ago. "

Li Shen snorted, a little dismissive.

This is what people who have read books always feel that they are superior to others.

They don't want to do things that ordinary people do.

They don't have the ability to do extraordinary things.

"Your Majesty, I know a few outstanding arithmetic students. They come from poor families, so there is no need to recommend them."

"Oh? If so, I can give them a chance.

In this way, you can find more people who are good at arithmetic. We need a lot of people.

A team of at least fifty people is required.

You can tell them that as long as they are talented people, I can give them an official position.

Don’t there still be many vacant positions for officials in the palace?

It's of no use anyway, so giving them a few won't do anything.

As long as they can pass the test, the top ones can give them seventh- and eighth-grade officials.

The treatment given by the palace without officials can also make them live better than those who are officials. "

Li Shen also knew that he had to give them a little sweetness.

Otherwise, these people really can't come here obediently.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it now."

Wang Xuance immediately took the order.

"Well, you have to move quickly, I still need to train them on this number.

After that, they need to go down to various places to teach shopkeepers in various places.

This takes a long time, so there's no time to delay.

Also, these people are directly under your control and have nothing to do with Wang Hongfu and have no right to transfer them.

do you understand? "

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand."