The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1347

[1347. Chapter 1280 This is an artifact]

As soon as these words came out.

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

Originally… he came here just to give Xiaofan a small blow, but after all, he and Queen Zhang watched this child grow up, but he just wanted her not to cause trouble in the cabinet.

But…

such arrogant words coming from a girl are completely different.

This really makes Tobe a soft persimmon.

Li Dongyang’s face turned dark.

What a shame and humiliation.

After all, Li Dongyang was still kind. Although his face was ugly, he just smiled.

Emperor Hongzhi quickly reacted and was happy. He couldn’t help but think, I am worried that I can’t find a reason to transfer you out of the cabinet, so he smiled and said: “Xiaofan’s tone is not bad, but what if you lose? “

Fang Xiaofan said: “Your Majesty, please do whatever you want.”

“Okay.” Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others looked at each other and confirmed their eyes. Everyone turned from surprised to eager to try. Emperor Hongzhi said: ” What

I get is your vigor, which is like a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. “

” It’s okay. You said you want to compare with the entire household department, but I can’t bully you. Among the Li Qing family and the household department, there are some who are good at involvement and planning. “Who?”

Li

Dongyang said: “Sun Xiao, the chief of Qianliang, is good at this.”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: “I ordered him to come here and bring two more assistants.”

On the other side, Fang Xiaofan asked people to go to the workshop. Get the form.

When Sun Xiao arrived, he heard that His Majesty wanted him and Fang Xiaofan to calculate the money and food. He was confused, looked at Fang Xiaofan, and quickly prostrated: “Your Majesty, I… heirlooms of poems and books, titles on gold lists, and ups and downs in officialdom for more than ten years. Your Majesty did not give up and entrusted me with the post of head of the Cleaning Department. After receiving this great favor, I feel trembling every day, as if I were walking on thin ice, for fear of betraying your Majesty’s great trust, but…just…”

He looked at Fang Xiaofan again.

The implication is…

I have passed down poems and books, been named on the gold medal list, and have been around for more than ten years. I am a decent person. How can I compare with a girl? I, Sun Xiao, have settled the scores for half my life. Isn’t this a joke?

Emperor Hongzhi coughed: “I have made up my mind… Come and see Jiangxi Chief Envoy Si’s accounts for this year, in duplicate, and let them plan their own calculations. I asked you to bring two assistant officers, so let them come. Let me help you. As for Fang Xiaofan, I know you are good at calculation…”

Fang Xiaofan shook his head like a rattle: “Your Majesty, I don’t do calculations myself. In the past few days, I have trained a few scribes and asked one of them to come. Just forget it.”

“Pfft…” Sun Xiao was about to spit out a mouthful of blood.

I am a decent person who inherits poetry and books.

Let me be a boss and bring two assistants to compete with a small clerk?

What’s more, I’m still in the household department, and this is my responsibility.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and looked at Liu Jian and others.

Now it’s good, there is a reason for Fang Xiaofan to go back and be her county head.

Emperor Hongzhi said simply: “It’s accurate!”

It was accurate.

Then, someone took the paperwork.

Fang Xiaofan randomly picked a scribe.

Seeing the emperor beside him, the clerk was trembling with fear. He probably never thought that he would have such a highlight moment in his whole life. He knelt down obediently behind the desk and held up a charcoal pen.

After a while, the money and food book of Jiangxi Chief Envoy arrived.

A full stack.

Emperor Hongzhi sat steadily, looking bored.

Liu Jian and others also sat down and seemed relieved.

Fang Jifan and Fang Xiaofan stood behind the scribe.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiaofan took out the form.

This is a piece of white paper with grids printed on it. There are different spaces at the x and Y coordinates.

Fang Xiaofan said: “Don’t be nervous, just fill in the numbers according to the method taught to you, and then use the formula to convert. Remember the different formulas I taught you, just follow the calculation.” “

Yes. “

The clerk spread out the reports one after another.

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

He was holding a charcoal pencil, which looked very delicate, and he was just busy filling in the blanks.

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

From the beginning to the end, the scribe did not make any calculations. He was still filling in the blanks.

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

Occasionally, he would use an abacus to calculate, but more often, he would write and draw on the draft for a while.

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

To calculate the taxes put into the treasury by the Chief Envoy of Jiangxi Province, it would take even one day.

This made Emperor Hongzhi realize that he should not take the money and grain books of a province, but only one county. Now that he is fine, he doesn’t know how long he will stay here.

Liu Jian and others looked secretly happy.

………

More than two hours passed.

Emperor Hongzhi was already empty, so Xiao Jing very wisely brought some refreshments.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “It might as well be like this. Let’s stop for a moment. Let’s all use some food first.”

“No need.” The clerk lowered his head, maybe because he was too concerned. He did not raise his head to look at Emperor Hongzhi, his eyes were still on On various reports, he said in a dream: “It’s almost finished.”

It’s almost…finished…it’s over!

Emperor Hongzhi originally picked up the tea cup, but then put it down.

How can this be.

Fang Jifan stood aside, enjoying himself.

Sure enough, Fang Xiaofan was enlightened. He had not inspired her in vain.

Reports, in the eyes of future generations, look easy and have little technical content, but in fact, this thing is definitely a killer weapon of statistics in this world.

This is similar to a person using a primitive fire stick meeting a killer holding an AK47. The result…

Fang Jifan mourned for Sun Xiao.

Why didn’t I think of making a report at the beginning?

If there are reports, the improved efficiency will be at the level of an artifact for both the court and the workshop.

At this moment, the scribe stood up and took a long breath: “Your Majesty, the calculation has been made.”

Sun Xiao, who was sitting aside, said: “…”

After a brief silence, he looked gloomy. , I am a decent person, and I am also in charge of money and food. Three people bullying a scribe, it is impossible to win. This… how is it possible?

He couldn’t help but said: “Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. He must have known the number in advance. I dare to use the black gauze on my head to guarantee that the number can be calculated in less than three hours. If it can be calculated, the Ministry of Household Affairs will Why do

we

need so many scribes?

Emperor Hongzhi was also shocked.

He suddenly stood up and said, “Come and get the number.”

The clerk did not dare to neglect and stood up. He had just been scolded by Sun Xiaoyi and did not dare to talk back. After all, he had a humble status.

He picked up more than a dozen reports on the slips and immediately presented them to Emperor Hongzhi.

What’s this.

Look at the squares on the white paper in your hand. Within the squares, there are numbers one by one.

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but said: “Your Majesty, I’m here to teach you how to read it.”

He stepped forward, and Emperor Hongzhi spread the report on the paper. Fang Jifan lay on his stomach, counted each corresponding number, and began to explain the differences to Emperor Hongzhi. The axes correspond to the relationship between the numbers.

“Your Majesty, you see, this report is about the money and grain storage status of the Chief Envoy of Jiangxi Province. The numbers for January are here, February…in the next box, March…”

“And here, Isn’t it clearly written in the bottom line of the X-axis? The word “year” is written here. This is the total amount of money and food in the past twelve months, and the corresponding numbers in the subsequent grids are month-on-month. , you see, February is 93,000 tons, and January is 74,000 tons. Unfortunately… because there is no data from the previous year, you see, here on the Y-axis, there is a line that says Year-on-year, this is empty. This year-on-year figure is…”

Emperor Hongzhi didn’t understand X and Y.

In fact, Fang Jifan was a little anxious, so he directly used the XY axis from later generations. If I had known this, I could have chosen another term that was easier to understand.

But…that doesn’t matter.

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

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi understood its meaning.

Each number, after he understood it, was extremely intuitive and could 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, counting was done bit by bit, and the data was very huge. But in this report, the numbers prepared in advance are filled in first. , and then use several formulas to calculate according to different numbers, without adding or subtracting bit by bit.”

Emperor Hongzhi thought thoughtfully.

He took the statement of money and food.

Look at the number for each month.

And after each month, there are month-on-month figures. I can clearly see the rise and fall of each month. Emperor Hongzhi was actually a little crazy when he saw it.

This thing… I understand it.

Not only that, but also… extremely interesting.

He took out the second report, which showed the other loss amounts…

He didn’t have to look for the amount he wanted to find in the thick pile of numbers, but only needed to scan the corresponding amount with his eyes. Appear in front of your eyes.

This… is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is…

Emperor Hongzhi took a breath.

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

And this report is as if it was tailor-made for me.

For example, this month-on-month increase was 1.25% higher than in January.

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

But now, looking at the growth rate in this report, Emperor Hongzhi subconsciously wondered why there was such a growth in February compared to January.

To govern a country and bring peace to the world, isn’t it that the simpler and clearer it is, the better?

(End of chapter)