"Since the establishment of the Ordinance Editing Office, officials in the Lai Yamen have worked together to compile a new Regulations. Now it has been a few days to be tried, and the effect is quite satisfactory." Xu Ping tried to say in a gentle tone, "There is another important thing now, which is that the accounts that have been accumulated for many years need to be sorted out. This is not difficult, but because we have to do it according to the new Regulations, everyone is a beginner and can't do it in a hurry, so things are a bit difficult."

Zeng Gongliang said: "The three departments are in charge of the world's money and food, so things are naturally difficult to handle. The deputy envoy asked us to come. If you have any questions, just say it clearly. As long as you can help, the subordinates and others will naturally spare no effort!"

"Well, it's good that you can think of it this way. That's right. Liu Han, the earliest person in the Regulation Editing Office, came to the Salt and Iron Department as the judge, and Wang Gongchen went to Dongming County to manage the field affairs of the camp. Now, except for some officials in the Third Department, there are no officials who are on duty on a daily basis. Recently, some people are going to be transferred from the museum and the Pavilion. I think about it, you are the most suitable ones. I'm asking you to come today, just to ask, transfer you to the editorial office, are you willing?"

After hearing Xu Ping's words, Ye Qingchen smiled and said, "The deputy envoy wants to transfer us to come. Just submit a memorial and ask the Political Affairs Hall to issue an imperial edict. Why ask us? We all do things for the court, so how could we not listen to the commemoration and publicity!"

"That's not the case. Recently, the three departments are busy with everything. The officials have been transferred here and have no spare time to compete with other yamen. Although there are some achievements, not all officials are willing to come. I don't want to force others, so I must ask you, if you are willing to come, after you come, you have to do things with peace of mind."

Ye Qingchen, Zeng Gongliang, Gao Ruonen and Ji Ying looked at each other and bowed together, "Let the deputy envoy be dispatched!"

"Okay! Since you have no objection, I will submit a complaint to the Secretariat!" Xu Ping said, and picked up a pen and filled in the empty place for the documents on the table. "Your pavilion and pavilion still have the ministry, and all the editorial work will come here to serve. The Regulation and Editing Office of the Sansi Department will pay 10,000 yuan a month, and the milling and survey will be reduced for half a year after one year."

After writing the names of several people on the application, Xu Ping looked up at the faces of several people and said, "These are treatments that are not documented. You only need to receive money every month. I will transfer it to the Court of Literature and Trial. Don't go out to publicize it."

The four of them agreed together.

It’s okay to spend ten cents a month, but the consumption level in Kaifeng City is just a good restaurant and a one-year discount on grinding and surveying for half a year is quite affordable, which is equivalent to being promoted to an over-investment.

According to the Maojian system, officials were transferred to officials in order, and officials with military backgrounds were transferred to the office. These people were from Jinshi and enjoyed the treatment of being relocated to the two-way transfers. In addition, the reduction of Maojian in the editorial office was equivalent to the fourth rank of super-level transfers, which was quite attractive to lower-level officials.

Of course, like Xu Ping, who combines the conditions of attendants, Jinshi and military merits, the only civil and military officials in the court, and he will immediately reach the official rank of Mojian stops. This treatment is not attractive. The Xu family has a population withered again. When he is promoted to the official position, Xu Ping can only give him a reply to Xu Zheng, and everything is cheaper than his father.

After sealing the letter, Xu Ping called the miscellaneous officials to come and sent them to the government affairs hall immediately. He had already discussed the transfer of people with the magistrates, and all he lacked was a specific list, and now it was decided.

After finishing all this, Xu Ping asked the miscellaneous officials to take the stool and let the few sit together.

Everyone sat down and Xu Ping said to Zheng Jian: "I asked you to come today because the accounts of previous years not only need to be re-created, but also need to be hooked one by one. I have already talked about this matter with Kou Sheng, and the gouyuan of the Salt and Iron Department will not participate in the gouyuan of the other two departments. You have a lot of business and insufficient staff recently, so I borrowed the people from the editing office."

Zheng Jian bowed: "I obey the orders of the deputy envoy."

"Although the three departments have done the accounts of the school over the years and the public officials are familiar with them, the results are unbelievable. You are all people who have served as general judges and magistrates in the local area. Not to mention anything else, just like the leap year records that we are going to make this year, most local prefectures and counties copy previous year's accounts and make records of the three departments. It is not that the three departments do not pursue the accounts, but because the three departments cannot tell whether the numbers on the accounts are new. So what if they don't record them? This time, the editorial institute not only needs to make records of the past accounts, but also let the officials and officials who do this to learn how to distinguish the authenticity of these numbers."

Zheng Jian said: "How to distinguish this? If the Gouyuan feels suspicious, he will go to the prefectures and counties for inspection. The three departments do not have so many people. If the local government conducts self-inspection, it will be a waste of effort!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "If you don't need to go down to audit, the numbers will naturally speak. Although it is not necessarily 100% true, it is not a problem to capture most of the ills of love."

"The deputy envoy was joking, how could the numbers speak? Even though some local officials were really stupid and the numbers reported seemed unreasonable, they could only blame the books and let them recreate the books. Can they still see these from the numbers?"

Zheng Jian, the head of the Salt and Iron Department, has been doing some days, and what he does every day is to check the accounts. Of course, he is also motivated to do this. But when it comes to those numbers, he is dizzy every day, and he doesn't see them telling any truth.

Xu Ping looked at Zheng Jian, then looked at the rest of the people, and said, "This is why I transferred people from the Sitianjian to let those numbers speak, and they have to find a way. There is a certain truth between heaven and earth. If the officials who do things are not based on facts, no matter how careful the numbers are, the numbers are not reasonable. It's just that it's difficult for us ordinary people to grasp this principle. Only those who specialize in mathematics who study numbers every day can find out the hidden truths in these numbers."

Zheng Jian kept shook his head: "The subordinates admired the deputy envoy for doing things, but I don't believe in the theory of calculation. I have also learned the study of Yin and Yang Bagua, Liuren Dun Jia in Guange. To be honest, I can't do such a thing."

"Haha, this has nothing to do with Liuren Dunjia, it is only related to math. I will do this with a few people from Si Tianjian, sort out some math tables, and then the check-in personnel will just calculate according to the table. However, what do these math tables mean? You need to understand, and this will be the time when you take the exam in the next one or two months."

Zheng Jian looked at Ji Ying and the others next to him and didn't say anything. He still didn't believe it in his heart. What kind of numbers can speak? Can you tell which one is fake by looking at the numbers? I have never heard of such things.

Xu Ping did not explain in depth. When they figured out a statistical system, they would naturally understand. According to the wide management scope of the three departments and the huge data processed every year, statistical knowledge is urgently needed. But in fact, the current officials do not have this concept at all. Even if they are not used in some conveniences, they have not systematically sorted out the theory. Many things in this era are like this. There are already demands, but they cannot take the critical step in theory and technology.

The more you know about this era, the more you feel dislocation.

Unlike previous generations, after more than 100 years of war in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, various autonomous organizations in the entire society, such as the wealthy clans in the countryside, have disappeared, and cities have grown and grown with the development of commerce. In line with this, the government is also different from the previous generations, and has become in charge of everything, hoping to include every family and everyone under direct governance.

However, the bureaucracy did not follow this and transform it into this convenient way, especially the literati and doctors. Regardless of the differences in social appearance, they always wanted to reply to their ideal political system. One group thought about the great harmony between the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the other group thought about the prosperous Tang Dynasty, especially the latter trend, with the loudest voice. In their eyes, it is abnormal to inherit the system of the Five Dynasties and the chaotic times. Only when the three provinces and six ministries were restored to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it was perfect.

Their reasons have thousands of reasons, but none of them adapt to the development of the times and look forward.

The redundant officials mentioned from time to time are appendixes to this kind of thought. The main reason why I say it too much is that it is compared with the previous dynasty, especially the Tang Dynasty. However, I do not think that the Tang Dynasty does not care about many things that the government is in charge of now. The current system does not allow the emergence of powerful local political entities, nor does it allow the emergence of official economic entities.

At this time, there were only more than 10,000 civil and military officials across the country. Judging from Xu Ping's perspective in his previous life, this number was really pitifully small, and there was no room for layoffs. To lay off officials, some powers must be pushed out. In the fashionable words of his previous life, it is to reduce government functions and make society bear more responsibilities.

The logistics supply of the border was pushed to merchants, and as a result, the Shaanxi Road became a big quagmire and basically lost its ability to support large-scale wars. The war with Xixia has not yet begun. Although Xu Ping cannot remember the time when the war began in history, he knew that with Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi's career, he knew that it would take several years. At this time, Xu Ping had already seen that according to the current situation of Shaanxi Road, if there were no major changes, it would be impossible to support large-scale wars. No matter how much money the court invested, without institutional changes, fighting on Shaanxi Road would be a dead end. As long as the war lasted for a few years, before the enemy was defeated, the people there would rebel first.

How can a war logistics that the imperial court cannot organize cannot be solved by merchants? If the local people on Shaanxi Road are not forced to the brink of life and death, there is no need for merchants to transport food and grass from other places. This is the case with commercial interests.

What Xu Ping is doing now is to clarify the entire financial system clearly and not be a foolish account. Only by calculating the account clearly can the court know where to invest money. Without a clear goal, the amount of money will be wasted.

Looking at the sky outside, Xu Ping stood up and said, "There is no business in the yamen today, so I went out to gather at night. Wang Gongchen and I opened a small restaurant in the north of the city. It was pretty good at night, but we just had less singing and dancing." To be continued.

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