Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1281 Long Yan is overjoyed

  The power of reports is not underestimated.

  Why does the emperor need the assistance of a cabinet scholar, because there are too many things happening in the world, and the emperor simply doesn't have so much energy to take care of them.

  As for the cabinet bachelor, why do you need the assistance of Zhongshu Sheren? Still the same reason.

  The emperor alone cannot solve all the problems in the world.

  A few cabinet bachelors can't solve all the things in the world.

  Even if they have infinite energy, even if they have unparalleled enthusiasm, this problem is still unsolvable.

   It's like a report comes up, and the people above know everything about it, and there is nothing to say. Such a person is purely mentally ill.

  There is another kind, that is, no matter how hardworking the emperor and cabinet scholars are, it is still difficult to see clearly.

  The fundamental reason is that they cannot intuitively understand the situation in the world.

   Ever since, there has been deception, and there have been endless problems.

  But this report is different.

   You can tell whether a place is good or bad just by looking at it.

  How much population has increased in the area, and how much the population has increased compared to last year's yellow book... These can all be seen in the shortest possible time, and after a glance, an accurate judgment can be quickly made in the mind.

   This is efficiency, which means that within the shortest possible time, the emperor, cabinet scholars, household ministers, governors, prefects, and county magistrates can all understand the general situation of the place they want to govern as quickly as possible.

  Governing the world is nothing more than population, money and food.

   If it is more detailed, it is how many bridges are built every year, how many roads are paved, how many juren, how many scholars, and how many children are born in a year.

   These are all numbers.

  The principle of the report seems to be very simple, but it has greatly improved the understanding of the local people's conditions by the emperor and his parents.

  And once the emperor and the parents began to pay attention to the report, the next step is how to form a more scientific statistical method.

   Not only that, but for the clerks, their work efficiency has also been greatly improved. At least... the clerk in front of him can fill out the form much faster than Yang Xiao, the head of the Ministry of Finance and food.

   The numbers were copied, calculated using formulas, and finally placed in front of Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi glanced at it and it was clear.

   Compared with the tedious and lengthy process in the past, the workload is greatly reduced and the efficiency is greatly improved.

  Emperor Hongzhi certainly knew better than anyone else the huge impact this thing could bring. He excitedly paced around with the report and read it carefully.

   He muttered to himself, and occasionally looked up.

  Finally, the report he had read was circulated to Liu Jian and others. Liu Jian and others could not understand it at first, and Fang Jifan didn't bother to explain it to them.

  But after all, the report is a very simple thing. If you read it carefully, you probably understand it.

Liu Jian is not a person who doesn't know the goods. After knowing everything, he couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, if states and counties all over the country, even to the cabinet and ministries, promote this product, then... it will be more than half the effort. The pen and ink that can be saved, Paper, manpower, money and food, I don’t know what to do.”

  Efficiency is money.

  He paused: "What's more, if this is the case, the ministers will be much more relaxed, and it will be of great benefit to the world, enough to make mediocre officials have nowhere to hide."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was red, he was a diligent emperor, and it was because of his diligence that he understood the power of this report. He nodded and nodded: "Yes, numbers, numbers..."

He murmured: "What if all the political achievements in the world are converted into numbers and then into this report? In this way, I don't need to read those useless reports. A few reports can replace Dozens of hundreds of memorials."

Digitizing…

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Of course, this digitization is not that digitization.

  The digitalization mentioned by Emperor Hongzhi is to collect all the local conditions into statistical data, and then convert this data into reports, so that...

  Fang Jifan sighed inwardly.

   Travelers in other people’s homes do it by themselves. To brew a wine or make a glass, they need to raise or set up a stove by themselves.

   Okay, I, Fang Jifan, did I wear it in the wrong place?

  These ancients didn’t have any fuel-efficient lamps.

  Fang Xiaofan figured out the report just by dialing.

  The report was sent to Emperor Hongzhi, who immediately thought of digitization.

   Next, should these figures be summed up to a set of GDP calculation methods to evaluate political performance? After that, science... scientific development...

  Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth, saying: "Sun Qing's family, have you calculated yet?"

  The scribe had already figured it out, but this head, Sun Xiaosun, was still burying his head in his calculations, snapping...

  Sun Xiao suddenly felt the pressure, he must have miscalculated, how could it be so fast, impossible, absolutely impossible.

  I thought so in my heart, but...he was a little anxious.

  Although I am anxious, it is useless.

  Three people surrounded the copybook and continued to crackle and calculate.

so tired.

  Tired and hungry.

   This is only a small half.

  Not good, I feel a little urgent to urinate, should I ask His Majesty to allow me to go out.

   No, no, it's degrading, and it's not good.

  Be patient.

   Soybean-sized sweat oozes from Sun Xiao's forehead.

  His hands trembled slightly.

   The abacus was a little hasty.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "How long will it take?"

   "This, this... I'm afraid it will be tomorrow."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled wryly, and seeing Sun Xiao's anxious and frightened expression, he said to Xiao Jing: "Take his account, check it out, and see if there is any discrepancy between the account he has calculated now and the report. "

   Xiao Jing understands.

  If you want to know whether there is a problem with the number in the report, you only need to compare some of the numbers.

   When the comparison was made, Xiao Jing knew why His Majesty was so excited.

   To find a number, he could easily find it in the report, but to find out the number in Sun Xiao's account, his eyes were blurred, and it took him a long time to find out this number.

   "Your Majesty, there is probably no discrepancy. The two numbers are consistent."

  According to…

  Emperor Hongzhi finally understood.

  This report is accurate.

  The thing calculated in the shortest time is as accurate as this dawdling Sun Xiao.

   "The minister is dead." Sun Xiao was speechless, he was completely swept away by his gentleness, and he was ashamed.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Get up."

   "Yes, yes, get up." Sun Xiao hurriedly stood up.

Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth: "It is my will to set up a statistics department in the cabinet. This statistics department will be managed by Fang Xiaofan, a member of Zhongshushe. What needs to be formulated is a new statistical regulation, how to count, what to count, and how to count, all of which need a standard, Fang Xiaofan, this, I see you."

  Fang Xiaofan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, have you been promoted?"

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "I have added a burden to you."

   After a pause, Emperor Hongzhi said again: "The Department of Statistics needs six departments and two capitals and fourteen provinces to assist. Therefore, this Bureau of Statistics...can be called..."

After thinking for a while, Emperor Hongzhi said: "You can call the personnel of the factory guard and the household department, Sun Xiao, you are still the head of the department of cleaning up officials of the household department, but from now on, your duty station will be in the statistics department. Follow Fang Qing's family."

  Sun Xiao: "..."

   This time, he seemed to have been greatly insulted.

  In the end, he said dejectedly: "I obey the order."

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his eyebrows: "The reason why we need to call the assistants of the factory guard and the household department is because... I want to find out the bottom of the world first, the number of cattle and sheep, the number of money and grain, the number of real household registration population, the number of fields, the number of railways, Warehouse geometry... All of these are included in the statistics. The digitization I want is to let the whole world, all people, animals, property, and things that can be counted, be included in it. Fang Qing's family must take out Come up with a method, no matter how much manpower and material resources are used, the cabinet will support it, right, Liu Qing's family."

  Liu Jian's eyes lit up and he looked very excited.

   This is like compiling a "Congress Code". Although it certainly cannot reach the scale of the Yongle Grand Code, the significance is extremely significant.

  If the Son of Heaven does not know how many people, cattle and sheep, how many soldiers there are in the world, what is the world like? Then, how can the will that he sent out be in line with the real situation?

  In the past, the so-called understanding of the people's sentiments was just to let the censors go from all over the place, through their ears and eyes, turn them into words, and finally send them to the emperor. With these eyes and ears, the emperor made judgments.

   The censor is not enough.

  The emperor used the factory guards as his eyes and ears.

  But now, the statistics department is actually responsible for the duties of factory guards and censors.

  This is also the reason why His Majesty asked the factory guard to call at any time.

   With the first-hand statistical data, it will be easy in the future. On this basis, we can continue to make statistics every year. With the data of the chain and year-on-year, we can understand what happened in the local area.

   Eyes and ears, after all, are unreliable.

  In comparison, more common numbers are more reliable.

   "Also, the statistics department must be meticulous. No one can take advantage of the loopholes, and no one is allowed to deceive others. Anyone who conceals reports or obstructs statistics will be taken down and investigated to make a warning to others."

After all, Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Of course, Xiaofan, your report has to be more detailed. After all, you are young, and you need to go to the halls of various ministries to ask those uncles for advice. To be perfect, you understand?"

  Xiao Jing stood aside, quite sad in his heart.

  The Bureau of Statistics can call the factory guards, so... this... Could it be that the West Factory was superior to the East Factory and Jinyiwei when the late Emperor Chenghua was there?

  ...

  The third chapter has been delivered, and I will send it to my father tomorrow for a review. I have to go to bed early today, and I will make it up the day after tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)