[Everyone, this novel will always be free to read!]
Reborn as Wang Anshi's sickly youngest daughter, I use an abacus to wake up the reform movement.
Years later, the entire court of civil officials trembles as they hold my ledgers: This method could determine the fate of the nation!
Before Wang Heng died of exhaustion after pulling an all-nighter on an audit, she was a "data cleaner" at one of the Big Four accounting firms.
When she opened her eyes again, she had become Wang Anshi's thirteen-year-old youngest daughter, a sickly girl who had been coughing blood for three days.
Seeing her father cough up blood after being impeached over the chaotic accounts of the Green Sprouts Law, she forced herself to organize the ledgers that very night. The clacking of her abacus rang through the whole house and woke everyone up.
To test the double-entry bookkeeping method, Wang Heng started a women's arithmetic class in the back courtyard.
The Old Party pounded on the door: Women studying mathematics? What a disgrace!
She blocked the door with her abacus: Can propriety make up thirty thousand taels in losses? If you gentlemen disagree, come prove it on the abacus!
On the first day, Su Zhe secretly helped his daughter climb over the wall to attend;
Three days later, Sima Guang's granddaughter pleaded desperately: Teacher, take me!
One day, she brought her students to set up a stall in the street and demonstrate the new bookkeeping method.
The merchants gathered around: A day's work equals half a month's work? This method is faster than magic!
The Old Party turned green: Witchcraft! Wang Anshi must have put you up to this!
She flung out the ledgers: This method was invented by me, a sickly thirteen-year-old girl. If you gentlemen disagree, shall I teach you "debits and credits must balance" right here?
A secret decree arrived from the palace: Lady Wang, would you be willing to teach the women of the court?
She smiled and entered the palace, setting down her abacus: Today, I'll teach you ladies how to calculate the "surplus and deficit of the state treasury."
Three days later, Empress Cao sighed as she held the abacus: If we'd had this method earlier, our dynasty wouldn't have spent ten years tearing itself apart over the accounts.
[Power struggle arc - Wang Anshi: My daughter is the sharpest blade of reform]
[Reading guide]
1. A work-obsessed female lead who keeps working the abacus even while coughing blood
2. A thrilling legacy between father and daughter, no romance, all about stealing the show
3. Double-entry bookkeeping crushes ancient, muddled accounts. Pure satisfaction!
P.S. The timeline in this story is not historically precise. I mainly used the characters and the general historical setting.
Theme: Knowledge is power.
