Fortunate Young Gentleman

Han Shilang has touched the country's taxes, and it is possible that it is not just Bozhou and other three states. This is to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.

But what Tang Ning didn't expect was that since Fang Zhe had already seen this, he only needed to report to the court and send the censor to check the accounts of Bozhou and the three states. Wouldn't the truth be revealed?

Even though Shilang Han had already colluded with several states, taxes were imposed layer by layer. It was impossible for them to arrange everything. If they continued to investigate layer by layer, they would eventually find out.

In any case, there was no need for him to talk about this to himself.

Fang Zhe closed the account book and said casually: "You are thinking, since I already know about Minister Han's embezzlement of taxes, why don't I report it directly to the court instead of telling you?"

"..."

It was actually very uncomfortable to communicate with Fang Zhe. He always stood from God's perspective, and this position was usually held by Tangning herself.

Fang Zhe didn't wait for his answer, and spoke again: "Nothing can be found in the household accounts. If you want to thoroughly investigate this matter, you must send people to Bozhou and Sanzhou. This will take a long time, and it will be full of information." If there are variables, if you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted.”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "But Mr. Fang still hasn't explained, why did you tell me this matter?"

Fang Zhe said: "I need a method that won't alert the enemy to the situation and find out the accounting problems in the Accounts Department."

Tangning asked, "For example?"

Fang Zhe said: "The accounts of the Ministry of Accounts are fake, and someone has tampered with them."

The accounts of the Department of Accounts are running accounts, with only numbers and no context. The branch office does calculation work. If you want to audit the accounts to see if any officials have withheld taxes or committed corruption, you cannot tell it by looking at the accounts of the Department of Accounts alone. , it is necessary to trace the origin of each payment and find out the source of each payment. This is an extremely huge task, time-consuming and labor-intensive. Perhaps before the court has made arrangements, the other party has already made preparations to kill people, silence them, and destroy evidence... …

Unless there is no audit, it can be seen from the account books of the Ministry of Accounts that someone has tampered with it, and the tax figures of the three states of Bozhou are not that convincing.

Fortunately, Fang Zhe didn't notice. Otherwise, Tangning would have wondered whether he had also traveled from some future era.

Tangning nodded and said, "Some of the accounts are indeed fake."

Although he had evidence that someone in the Account Department was making false accounts, this matter involved too much. The game between the bosses and the bosses, before he became the boss, it was better to stand aside and watch the fun.

Fang Zhe looked at him and asked with interest: "How did you tell?"

Tangning looked at him and asked, "Mr. Fang, in your opinion, among all the accounting data, what percentage of the total data does the number starting with one account for?"

"Of all the numbers, the first one is from one to nine. According to common sense, the first one is one, which should account for more than 10%." Fang Zhe thought for a moment, looked at him, and said: "I'm afraid the fact is not according to common sense. Bar?"

Tang Ning said: "If Mr. Fang can trust his accountant, he can use this method to tally the Fang family's account books. If the account data is more than a thousand, the result will be known."

"There is no need for this." Fang Zhe shook his head and said: "At the feet of the emperor of Gyeonggi Province, there are censors who collect taxes every year. There will be no problems with the accounts. You can tell by using the account books of Gyeonggi Province."

Fang Zhe casually opened the account book in his hand. Each page of this account book had twenty entries. After flipping through a few pages, he closed it and murmured: "Take out hundreds of accounts, and the first one accounts for 30%." More than three times the amount predicted by common sense. Why is this so?"

Downing doesn't know the underlying reason for Benford's law. He only knows that in a bunch of data drawn from real life, the probability of a number with one as the first digit appearing is about 30% of the total, which is close to one-ninth of the expected value. Three times, this is also known as the first law of numbers.

This number law was often used in the field of economics in later generations. Through this law, digital fraud can be detected. In later generations, many listed companies' false financial reports fell on this law.

Although this law seems counter-intuitive and anti-human, it does exist and has been verified under big data. Sometimes science is so unreasonable and unintuitive. For example, who else in Chen Guo It can be imagined that big rocks and small rocks thrown down from the same height actually fall to the ground at the same speed...

"Intuition is sometimes not necessarily correct. Those who make false accounts have such loopholes because they believe in their intuition too much." Tangning looked at him and said, "Master Fang can do more verification."

Fang Zhe nodded, with a strange color in his eyes, and said: "You are so careful and can detect things that ordinary people cannot. You are indeed a monster."

Tang Ning secretly sighed in her heart. How could Fang Zhe have the nerve to call others monsters? He was just relying on the experience and knowledge of future generations. Fang Zhe himself was the monster among monsters and the beast among beasts.

If such a person were to trick someone, the other party might not even know how to die.

How could such a pure and innocent girl like Fang Xiaoyue have such a father? Her family was unfortunate, her family was unfortunate...

Fang Zhe wanted to stay at the Ministry of Household Affairs to check whether the first law of numbers was correct, but Tang Ning didn't have time to stay with him any longer.

They have been in the Yamen for a while. If they don't go back, they will be in a hurry.

There were still some officials from the Ministry of Revenue who had not returned. They watched Tangning open the door and walk out from a distance, with a look of surprise on their faces.

Just now, I saw Mr. Fang summoning Mr. Tang in. They deliberately stayed in the household department for a while, just to see the excitement. After all, everyone in the household department knew about their grievances. Everyone had been waiting for this excitement for a long time. .

However, the imagined fight did not happen. Principal Tang stayed in the room for a while and then walked out. There seemed to be no injuries on his body. Could it be that Fang Shilang was beaten again?

It wasn't until Fang Zhe walked out of the check-in room intact that everyone gradually dispersed, but the doubts in their hearts deepened. The two of them didn't take action. So what happened in the check-in room just now... This matter has temporarily become the topic of the Ministry of Household Affairs. An unsolved mystery in everyone's mind.

…

Imperial Palace, just after the morning court, when Emperor Chen walked back to the imperial study, he saw a figure standing at the door.

Zhao Man looked at him and was about to cry: "Father..."

Emperor Chen looked at her and said helplessly: "Father promised you not to let you go to the grassland to get married. Why don't you believe it?"

Zhao Man shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, unless my father sets a written pledge..."

"Nonsense!" Emperor Chen glanced at her and said, "The rules are becoming more and more unruly. I will punish you to face the wall in the palace for three days. You are not allowed to come out without my permission..."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked into the imperial study.

When Zhao Man heard this, his face turned pale and he immediately said: "Father..."

Wei Jian stopped Zhao Man who was about to catch up, winked at her, and whispered: "Princess, please go back to the palace first. Don't make your majesty angry..."

Zhao Man walked back to the palace gloomily, and then Wei Jian walked slowly into the palace and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Qian from the Ministry of Revenue just handed over a note, saying that the accounts for last season have been calculated. Please take a look at it."

"So fast?" Chen Huang said in surprise, and then said: "Bring it to me to see."

Every time the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts are calculated, the results will not be released until the last day, but this time the number of people was reduced by half, and the time was moved forward a few days, which made him a little unbelievable for a moment.

"It was calculated so quickly, and I was not disappointed." He flipped through it and said, "The taxation has not changed much, but the expenditure has been much less. He has saved me a lot of money this time."

Wei Jian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is another envelope here, which was handed over directly by Minister Fang."

"Fang Zhe?" Chen Huang raised his eyebrows and asked, "You handed it over directly without going to Shangshu Province?"

Wei Jian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, no."

Emperor Chen took the document, looked at it doubtfully, and then said in surprise: "This thing sounds strange. If it is true, the court won't have to worry about auditing the accounts in the future."

He looked at Wei Jian and said, "Have someone bring over some account books from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then find a few people from the Hanlin Academy and ask them to come here."

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the department responsible for palace affairs, including the royal family's finances. It is handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although he did not know His Majesty's intention, Wei Jian immediately followed the instructions.

While several Hanlin officials were sorting out and classifying the accounts, Emperor Chen put down the memorial and asked: "I can't figure out whether this matter is true or false..."

Wei Jian smiled and said: "I can't understand it either, but since it was proposed by Tang Xiuzhuan and verified by Fang Shilang, I guess it can't be false."

Chen Huang nodded and said: "Both of them are monsters that have never been seen in a century, and they will not target without aim."

Half an hour later, Wei Jian stepped forward with a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, several officials have classified the accounts according to what you said."

Chen Huang was reviewing the memorial and asked casually: "What, which number is the highest?"

Wei Jian looked down and said, "Your Majesty, it's five."

Chen Huang paused, threw the folder in his hand on the table, picked up Fang Zhe's letter again, and looked at it.

At the end of the memorial, there is a clearly written sentence.

"Anyone who falsifies accounts will usually be ranked number five or six..."

Emperor Chen slapped his hand on the table and said angrily: "Tell the chamberlain to get out of here!"