No one despises the power of reports.

Why did the emperor need the assistance of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet? Because there are so many things happening in the world, the emperor does not have so much energy to take care of them.

Why does the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet need the help of the Secretariat? Or the same is true.

The emperor alone cannot solve everything in the world.

Several cabinet ministers cannot solve everything in the world.

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

Just like a report coming, the person who is above is very informed and has nothing to say. Such a person is purely a brain disease.

Another type is that even if the emperor and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet are so diligent, it is still difficult to be able to be clear-headed.

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

As a result, there were endless problems of deceiving superiors and hiding subordinates.

But this report is different.

Just one look and you will know the quality of a place.

How much population has increased in this place, how much has the population increased year-on-year compared to last year's Yellow Book? These are all available in the shortest time. After you can see them at a glance, you will quickly make an accurate judgment in your mind.

This is efficiency, which means that in the shortest time, the emperor, the cabinet minister, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the governor, the prefect, and the county magistrate can all understand the places they want to govern as quickly as possible.

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

If you are more detailed, you will have to build many bridges and pave many roads every year, how many juren, how many scholars, and how many children will be born in the year.

All of these are numbers.

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

Once the emperor and his parents begin to pay attention to reports, the next question is how to form a more scientific statistical method.

Not only that, for the civil servants, their work efficiency has also been greatly improved. At least... the clerk in front of him is much faster than Yang Xiao, the head of the Ministry of Revenue.

The numbers were copied, the formula was used to calculate, and finally placed in front of Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him and clearly understood.

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

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi knew more than anyone else that the huge impact this thing could bring. He was excited to take the report while walking carefully.

He murmured to himself, occasionally, looking up.

Finally, the report he had read was circulated into Liu Jian and others. Liu Jian and others couldn't quite understand it at first, and Fang Jifan was too lazy to explain to them.

But after all, reports are extremely simple things. If you read them carefully, you will probably understand them.

Liu Jian was not a person who knew nothing about goods. After learning everything, he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, if all the prefectures and counties in the world, even the cabinets and various departments and departments promote this thing, then... it's not just twice the result with half the effort, but also the remaining pens, paper, manpower, money and food, and I don't know what I can do."

Efficiency is money.

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

Emperor Hongzhi's face was red. He was the diligent emperor. It was because of diligent that he understood the power of this report. He nodded: "No, numbers, numbers..."

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

Digitalization...

Fang Jifan: "..."

Of course, this digitalization is not that digitalization.

What Emperor Hongzhi said about digitalization is to count local situations into statistical data, and then convert this data into reports, so...

Fang Jifan sighed in his heart.

Other travelers who travel in the house all do their own work to make wine and make glass, and they all need to raise or set the stove by themselves.

OK, we Fang Jifan, have we worn the wrong place?

None of these ancient people could do the best.

Just by giving a tip, Fang Xiaofan figured out the report.

The report was delivered to Emperor Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi immediately thought of digitalization.

Next, should we summarize these numbers into a set of GDP calculation methods to evaluate political achievements? Then, science...scientific development...

Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth and said, "Have you calculated the Sun Qing family?"

The clerk had already calculated it, but the Sun Xiao and Sun were still burying their heads and making plans, having sex...

Sun Xiao suddenly felt the pressure. He must have calculated it wrongly. How could it be so fast, impossible, absolutely impossible.

Thinking of this in his heart, but... he was a little anxious.

Even though it is urgent, it is useless.

Three people gathered around the desk and continued to calculate.

So tired.

Tired and hungry.

This is only half counted.

No, I'm a little anxious to pee. Should I ask Your Majesty to ask me for my respect?

No, no, it is a shame, but it is not good.

Hold on.

Sweat as big as soybeans seeped out of Sun Xiao's forehead.

His hands were trembling slightly.

The abacus was a bit urgent.

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

"This, this...is just a matter of tomorrow."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly, looking at Sun Xiao's anxious and fearful look, he said to Xiao Jing: "Come his accounts, check it out, see if there is any difference between the accounts he has calculated now and the reports."

Xiao Jing understood.

To know if there is any problem with the number in the report, just compare some of the numbers.

But when compared, 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, he had to look at it in a daze. It took him a long time to find the number.

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

It matches...

Emperor Hongzhi finally understood.

This report is accurate.

The things calculated in the shortest time are as accurate as the slow-moving Sun Xiao.

"I'm dead." Sun Xiao was speechless. He was completely disgraced and shameless.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Get up."

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

Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth: "Transfer my will. In the cabinet, we will set up a Statistics Department. This Statistics Department is managed by Fang Xiaofan, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. The treasury allocates money and grain. Don't be stingy. The statistics department will give you as much as you need. The first thing you need is the new statistical charter. How to count, what to count, and how to count, all require 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 Statistics Department requires six ministries and fourteen provinces to provide assistance. Therefore, the Statistics Bureau... can be called..."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi said, "You can call the staff of the factory and the Ministry of Revenue, Sun Xiao, you are still the head of the Ministry of Revenue Qing Office. However, from now on, your duty location will be in the Statistics Department. Please follow Fang Qing's family to send it."

Sun Xiao: “…”

This time, he seemed to have been greatly insulted.

Finally, he said dejectedly: "I obey the order."

Emperor Hongzhi smugly: "The reason I need to call the assistant managers of the factory and the Ministry of Revenue is because... I have to first understand the world, including cattle and sheep, money and grain, real registered population, field, railway, warehouse, etc.... all of these are included in the statistics. The digitalization I want is to make the whole world, all people, animals, money, and things, and all those that can be counted are included. Fang Qing's family must come up with a way to use how much manpower and material resources the cabinet will support, right? "

Liu Jian's eyes were shiny and he looked very excited.

This is like practicing a "Hui Dian". Although it definitely cannot reach the scale of the Yongle Chronicle, it is of great significance, but it is extremely important.

If the emperor didn't know how many people he had, how many soldiers he had, how many people he had, how many soldiers he had in the world, and how could the world look like? Then, how could the decree he issued conform to the real situation?

The so-called understanding of the people's sentiments in the past was just to let the censors go everywhere, turn them into words through their ears and eyes, and finally, they were sent to the emperor, and based on these ears and eyes, the emperor made judgments.

There is not enough censor.

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

But now, what the Statistics Department undertakes is actually the responsibilities of the factory guard and the censor.
To be continued...