Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1280 This is an artifact

  As soon as this remark came out.

  Emperor Hongzhi was dumbfounded.

  Originally...he came here because he wanted to give Fang Xiaofan a little hit, but after all, he and Queen Zhang watched over this child, but it would be good if she didn't come to the cabinet to cause trouble.

But…

  It is completely different for such arrogant words to come from the mouth of a young girl.

   This really treats Hubu as a soft persimmon.

   Li Dongyang's face turned dark.

  What a shame.

  Li Dongyang was still gracious after all, although his face was ugly, he just smiled.

Emperor Hongzhi quickly realized that he was overjoyed, and couldn't help thinking that I was worried that I couldn't find a reason to transfer you out of the cabinet, so he smiled and said: "Xiaofan's tone is not small, but what if you lose? "

  Fang Xiaofan said: "Your Majesty, please dispose of it as you like."

"Okay." Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian and others looked at each other and confirmed their eyes. Everyone has changed from being surprised to a little eager to try. Emperor Hongzhi said: "What I take is your newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers." Sharpness."

   "It might as well be like this. You said that you want to compare with the entire household department. I can't deceive you. Li Qing's family, in the household department, who is good at making plans?"

  Li Dongyang said: "Sun Xiao, the head of Qianliang, is proficient in this way."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Order him to come here, and bring two more assistants."

   "Follow the order."

   On the other side, Fang Xiaofan asked people to go to the workshop to pick up the forms.

When Sun Xiao arrived, he heard that His Majesty wanted him and Fang Xiaofan to calculate the money and food. He was at a loss, took a look at Fang Xiaofan, and quickly bowed down: "Your Majesty, my minister... Poems and books are heirloomed, titles on the gold list, and the ups and downs of the officialdom for more than ten years. His Majesty has not given up on entrusting him with the post of head of the Department of Cleaning Up Officials. Received this kindness, his heart is trembling every day, as if walking on thin ice, lest he might fail His Majesty's great trust, it's just...just..."

  He looked at Fang Xiaofan again.

  The implication is that…

  I’m a family heir to poetry and books, and I’ve been on the gold list for more than ten years. I’m a decent person. How can I compare this with a female doll? I, Sun Xiao, have settled accounts for half my life, isn’t this a joke?

Emperor Hongzhi coughed: "I have made up my mind...Come here, see Jiangxi Chief Envoy's account this year, take it in duplicate, let them make their own calculations, I asked you to bring two assistants, let them come to assist How about you. As for Fang Xiaofan, I know you are good at counting..."

  Fang Xiaofan shook his head like a rattle drum: "Your Majesty, I don't do the calculation myself. In the past few days, I have trained a few scribes, so let one of them do the calculation."

   "Pfft..." Sun Xiao was about to spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

  I am a decent person who inherits poetry and books.

  Let the old man be a dignified head, and bring two assistants to compete with a small scribe?

   Besides, the old man is still in the household department, which is the old man's responsibility.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and looked at Liu Jian and others.

   Now it's all right, there is a reason for Fang Xiaofan to go back to be her county head.

  Emperor Hongzhi simply said: "Yes!"

   It's right.

   Then, someone took the copy.

  Fang Xiaofan picked a scribe at random.

  Seeing the emperor by his side, the scribe was trembling. He probably never thought that he would have such a glorious moment in his whole life. He knelt obediently behind the copybook, and what he held up was a charcoal pencil.

   After a while, the money and grain books of Jiangxi Chief Envoy arrived.

   A full stack.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat steadily, looking bored.

  Liu Jian and others also leaned over and sat down, as if they were relieved.

  Fang Jifan and Fang Xiaofan stood behind the clerk.

   Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiaofan took out the form.

   This is a blank piece of paper, with grids printed one by one, with different spaces in the x and y coordinates.

  Fang Xiaofan said: "You don't have to be nervous, follow the method taught you, you fill in the numbers, and then use the formula to convert, remember the different formulas I taught you, you just follow and calculate."

"yes."

  The scribes spread out reports one by one.

  He took a deep breath, then took out the money and food book, and filled in the numbers one by one into different boxes.

  Holding a charcoal pencil in his hand, he looks very delicate, just focusing on filling in the blanks.

   On the other side, with the assistance of two assistants, Sun Xiao quickly dialed the abacus, calculated the numbers one by one, and then continued to dial the abacus.

  The scribe didn't call the abacus from the beginning to the end, he was still filling in the blanks.

  He quickly filled in all the numbers in a notebook, and then... took out the draft.

  Occasionally, he would use the abacus to calculate, but more often, he wrote and drew on the draft for a while.

  Fang Xiaofan was behind, muttering a few words in a low voice, as if giving instructions.

   To calculate the taxes and taxes that Jiangxi Chief Envoy put into the treasury, I am afraid that it will not be calculated in one day.

   This made Emperor Hongzhi realize that he shouldn't take the money and food books of a province, he only needs a county, and now he is fine, but he doesn't know how long he will stay here.

  Liu Jian and others were secretly happy.

  ...

   More than two hours passed.

  Emperor Hongzhi's stomach was already empty, Xiao Jing brought refreshments very tactfully.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "It might as well be like this, let's stop for a while, everyone first use some food."

   "No need." The scribe lowered his head, perhaps because he was too concerned, he didn't look up at Emperor Hongzhi, his eyes were still on the various reports, and he said in a fascinated way: "It's almost over."

   Hurry... it's over... it's over!

  Emperor Hongzhi originally picked up the teacup, but put it down again.

how can that be.

  Fang Jifan stood aside, having fun.

   Sure enough, Fang Xiaofan was enlightened, and he didn't inspire her in vain.

  Reports, in the eyes of later generations, look easy and have no technical content, but in fact, this thing is definitely a big killer of statistics in this world.

  This is the same as when a person using a primitive fire stick meets a killer holding an AK47, the result...

  Fang Jifan mourned for Sun Xiao.

  At the beginning, why didn’t I think of it and make a report?

  If there is a report, the improved efficiency, whether it is for the court or the workshop, is at the level of an artifact.

   At this moment, the scribe stood up, and he let out a long breath: "Your Majesty, the calculation has been made."

  Sun Xiao who was sitting on the side: "..."

  After a short silence, he had a gloomy face. He is a decent person, and he is also in charge of money and food. Three people bullying a scribe is already a matchless victory. How is this possible?

He couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. He must have known the number in advance. I dare to use the black yarn on the top of my head as a guarantee. In less than three hours, the number can be calculated. If it can be calculated, the Ministry of Household Why are there so many scribes?"

  Dare we eat dry food?

  Emperor Hongzhi was also shocked.

  He suddenly stood up: "Come, take the number."

  The scribe didn't dare to be negligent, and when he got up, he was scolded by Sun Xiaoyi just now, and he didn't dare to retaliate, after all, his status was humble.

  He picked up more than a dozen reports on the file, and immediately submitted them to Emperor Hongzhi.

what is this.

  Looking at the squares on the white paper in his hand, there are numbers in the squares.

  Fang Jifan couldn't help but said at this time: "Your Majesty, I'm here to teach you how to look."

  He stepped forward, and Emperor Hongzhi spread the report on the case. Fang Jifan lay down on his stomach, put each corresponding number, and began to explain to Emperor Hongzhi the relationship between the corresponding numbers on different coordinate axes.

   "Your Majesty, look, this report is the situation of the Jiangxi Chief Envoy's money and grain storage. The figures for January are here, February...in the next box, March..."

"And here, the bottom line, isn't it clearly written on the X-axis, here is the word year, which is the total amount of all money and food in the past twelve months. And the grid after that, the corresponding The number is chain ratio. You see, February is 93,000 dan, and January is 74,000 tan. Unfortunately... because there is no data for the previous year, so you see, here on the Y axis, there is a line that says It is the year-on-year ratio, and it is empty here. The number of the ring ratio is..."

  Emperor Hongzhi did not understand X and Y.

  In fact, Fang Jifan was also a little anxious, so he directly used the XY axis from later generations. Knowing this, we can choose another term that is easier to understand.

   But...it doesn't matter.

  The important thing is that my hand is constantly drawing strokes here, and this report itself is actually very easy for people to understand.

   Soon, Emperor Hongzhi understood what it meant.

   Each number, after he understands it, is extremely intuitive, and it can be said to be clear at a glance.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Why, the calculation will be faster than before."

"It's very simple. In the past, the counts were calculated bit by bit, and the data was very huge. But this report is to fill in the numbers prepared in advance, and then use several formulas to calculate according to different numbers. A little bit of addition and subtraction."

  Emperor Hongzhi was thoughtful.

  He took the money and food report.

   Look at the number for each month.

   And after each month, there is a month-on-month number, and I can see the rise and fall of each month at a glance. Emperor Hongzhi was a little crazy.

  This thing... I understand it.

   Not only that, but... very interesting.

  He took out the second report, which is the number of other losses...

  I don't have to look for the number I want to find from the thick stack of numbers, but I just need to sweep my eyes, and the corresponding number will appear in my eyes.

  This...is not the most important thing.

the most important is…

  Emperor Hongzhi gasped.

  In the past, when looking at numbers, you looked at the back and forgot the front, so it was difficult to have a deep impression.

   And this report seems to be tailor-made for myself.

   For example, this month-on-month ratio, February increased by 1.25% compared with January.

   In the past, this number was seen after reading it.

   But now, looking at the growth rate in this report, Emperor Hongzhi subconsciously wondered why February had such an increase compared to January.

  Governing the country and the world, isn’t the simpler and clearer the better?

  (end of this chapter)