The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1348

[1348. Chapter 1281 Long Yan is overjoyed]

is overjoyed. No one should underestimate the power of the report.

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 does not have so much energy to take care of them.

And why does the cabinet bachelor need help from the people of Zhongshushe? Still the same principle.

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

A few cabinet bachelors cannot solve all the problems in the world.

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

Just like when a report comes up, the person above will make a big deal of it and say nothing. Such people are simply mentally ill.

Another thing is that no matter how diligent the emperor and the cabinet’s bachelors are, they still find it difficult to discern everything.

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

As a result, there was deception and endless problems emerged.

But this report is different.

You can tell the quality of a place just by looking at it.

How much has the population increased in this place, and how much has the yellow registration population increased compared to last year… These can all be seen in the shortest time, and after a quick glance, an accurate judgment can be made in the mind.

This is efficiency, which means that in the shortest time, the emperor, cabinet bachelors, 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 means how many bridges are built every year, how many roads are paved, how many people are promoted, how many scholars, and how many children are born in a year.

These are all numbers.

The principle of the report seems very simple, but it has greatly improved the emperor and his parents’ understanding of local people’s sentiments.

Once the emperor and his parents began to pay attention to the reports, the next step was how to form a more scientific statistical method.

Not only that, for the clerks, their work efficiency has also been greatly improved. At least… the clerk in front of him can fill out reports much faster than Yang Xiao, the finance and grain manager of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The numbers were transcribed, calculated using formulas, and finally placed in front of Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi glanced at them and understood them clearly.

Compared with the previous cumbersome and lengthy process, the workload is greatly reduced and the efficiency is greatly improved.

Of course Emperor Hongzhi knew better than anyone else the huge impact this thing could have. He excitedly walked around holding the report and looking at it carefully.

He murmured to himself, and occasionally raised his head.

Finally, the report he had read was circulated to Liu Jian and others. Liu Jian and others couldn’t 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 will probably understand it.

Liu Jian was not an ignorant person. After understanding everything, he couldn’t help but said: “Your Majesty, if all the states, counties, and even the cabinet and ministries promote this thing, then… it will be more than twice the result with half the effort, and the remaining pen and ink will 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 diligent. The emperor, precisely because of his diligence, has just understood the power of this report. He nodded: “Yes, numbers, numbers…”

He murmured: “What if all the political achievements in the world were converted into numbers, and then turned into this report? In this way, I don’t need to look at those It’s useless to report. A few reports can replace dozens or hundreds of memorials. “

Digitalization…

Fang Jifan: “…”

Of course, this digitization is not that digitization.

The digitization that Emperor Hongzhi mentioned was to compile local conditions into statistical data, and then convert this data into reports. In this way…

Fang Jifan sighed inwardly.

Travelers from other families do it all by themselves. To brew wine or make glass, they need to raise the fire or set up the stove themselves.

Well, I, Fang Jifan, have worn it in the wrong place.

None of these ancients had a fuel-efficient lamp.

With just a few clicks, Fang Xiaofan figured out the report.

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

Next, should we summarize these figures into a set of GDP calculation methods to evaluate political performance? After that, science…scientific development…

Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth and said: “Sun Qing’s family, have you done the calculation?”

The scribe had already calculated it, but the chief Sun Xiaosun was still immersed in the calculation. Thinking of the abacus, click, click, click, click…

Sun Xiao suddenly felt the pressure. He must have made a mistake in his calculation. How could it happen so fast? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

He thought so in his heart, but…he was a little anxious.

Even though it’s urgent, it’s useless.

The three people gathered around the documents and continued to make calculations.

so tired.

Tired and hungry.

This is only half of it.

No, I feel a little urgent to urinate. Should I ask Your Majesty for permission to go out?

No, no, it’s insulting to politeness, and it’s still not good.

Just bear with it.

A large amount of sweat oozed from Sun Xiao’s forehead.

His hands were shaking slightly.

The abacus was a bit rushed.

Emperor Hongzhi asked: “How long?”

“This, this… I’m afraid it will be tomorrow.”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly, seeing Sun Xiao’s anxious and fearful look, he said to Xiao Jing: “Get his account, Let’s see if there are any discrepancies between the accounts he calculated now and the statements.”

Xiao Jing understood.

To know if there is anything wrong with the numbers in the report, just compare some of the numbers.

But when he compared it, Xiao Jing knew why His Majesty was so excited.

If he wanted to find a number, he could easily find it in the report, but if he wanted to find the number in Sun Xiao’s account, his eyes were dazzled. It took him a long time to find the number.

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

They match…

Emperor Hongzhi finally understood.

This report is accurate.

What he calculated in the shortest time was as accurate as Sun Xiao’s procrastination.

“I will die.” Sun Xiao was speechless. He was completely disgraced and shameless.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “Get up.”

“Yes, yes, get up.” Sun Xiao quickly 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. The treasury will allocate money and food. Don’t be stingy. Give the Statistics Department as much as it needs. First of all, What needs to be formulated is a new statistical regulation. There needs to be a standard for how to count, what to count, and how to count. Fang Xiaofan, this is up to you.”

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

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said: “I will put more burden on you.”

After a pause, Emperor Hongzhi said again: “The Statistics Department needs six departments and two capitals and fourteen provinces to assist. Therefore, this Statistics Bureau… can call… …”

After thinking for a while, Emperor Hongzhi said: “You can call on the personnel from the Factory Guard and the Household Department. Sun Xiao, you are still the head of the Cleaning Department of the Household Department, but from now on, your duty station will be in the Statistics Department. “Okay, just follow the Fang Qing family’s orders.”

Sun Xiao: “…”

This time, he seemed to have been greatly insulted.

In the end, he said dejectedly: “I obey the decree.”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: “The reason why we need to call in the personnel from the factory guard and the household department to assist is because… I want to first find out how many cattle and sheep there are in this world. The amount of money and food, the actual registered population, the number of fields, the number of railways, the number of warehouses…these are all included in the statistics. The digitization I want is to make the entire world, all people, animals, property, and things. , Those who can count are among them. If the Fang Qing family comes up with a plan, no matter how much manpower and material resources are used, the cabinet will support it, right? Liu Qing’s family’s

eyes are bright, and he looks very excited.

This is nothing more than compiling a “Huidian”. Although it certainly cannot reach the scale of the Yongle Dadian, the significance is extremely important.

If the emperor doesn’t know how many people, cattle and sheep he has, how many soldiers there are in the world, and what the world is like. So, how could the will he sent out be consistent with the real situation?

In the past, the so-called understanding of the people’s sentiments was just to let the censors from various places turn it into words through their ears and eyes. Finally, it was sent to the emperor, who made judgments based on these ears and eyes.

There are not enough censors.

The emperor used factory guards as his eyes and ears.

But now, the Statistics Department is actually responsible for the responsibilities of factory guards and censors.

This is why His Majesty requires factory guards to be called upon at any time.

With first-hand statistical data, it will be easier to handle in the future. On this basis, we can continue to collect statistics every year, and use the month-on-month and year-on-year data to understand roughly what is happening in the local area.

Eyes and ears are, after all, unreliable.

In comparison, the 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 superiors and subordinates. Anyone who conceals reports or obstructs statistics will be caught and investigated to serve as a warning to others.

” After that, Emperor Hongzhi breathed a sigh of relief: “Of course, Xiaofan, this report of yours needs to be more detailed. After all, you are young and need to go to the ministries more often to ask for advice from those uncles and strive for this report.” Be perfect, do you understand?”

Xiao Jing stood aside, feeling quite sad.

The Bureau of Statistics can call the factory guards, then… this… could this be the West Factory that was superior to the East Factory and Jinyiwei when the late Emperor Chenghua was there?

………

Chapter 3 has been delivered. I will send it to my dad for a review tomorrow. I have to go to bed early today. I will make up for it the day after tomorrow. If it is said to be four, it will be four. If it is less, there will be more.

(End of chapter)