Since Old Man Zhou took the initiative to come to ask for cooperation, he always had to get something from it so that he would not lose money.

"Yes, didn't the old man just say that he had people in the Sansi Envoy and the Ministry of Revenue? He himself was the top leader of the imperial finance. So some words came from his mouth, and the weight would definitely be different!"

Thinking of this, Li Yu immediately said, "Old Mr. Jun is the master of financial management in our dynasty. You should know that the troubles and difficulties of the court's finances are not that you cannot collect money, but that you cannot accurately calculate the national income from money and grain."

Zhou Zong was stunned, "Liu Lang's words are good, it's not bad. Outsiders seem to have countless masters in the Ministry of Revenue and the branch. They always feel that they can make the money, grain and finances clear, but where can they do it? In many cases, they can only seek approximation."

This is also a problem that Li Yu only understood after traveling through time. He thought that the data calculated by so many people in the Ministry of Revenue would be fine.

But this is not the case. Due to the lack of computing tools, the calculation work of the Ministry of Revenue during this period often simply sums up the numbers reported below, and has no spare time to review and random inspections.

This is also the disadvantage of the lack of unified currency in ancient China. China has lacked copper since ancient times, but there are many people and large lands, and the number of products produced is far away from the number of currency banks. This situation was not until a large amount of silver was imported in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and the entire imperial monetary system became a silver standard.

Before this, various copper coins were used as base currency, and daily large-scale circulation was measured by silk and silk. When collecting rent, there were also physical items such as cotton, squid, silk, corn, etc.

This is also the reason why Zhou Zong was afraid that he would directly invest the gold and silk from Dechang Palace into the circulation market and cause large-scale price fluctuations.

The prices in between are converted to measure each other, which is crazy.

Therefore, the central agencies have never had the idea of ​​doing paper summaries and sending inspection teams to the grassroots for sampling and statistical review.

It was only after the emergence of the Song Dynasty's abacus that the computing power was greatly improved. Only then did Wang Anshi have the spare time to develop the "Qingmiao Method" based on currency as the tax base.

According to Li Yu's previous life's view, a series of practices such as the "Qingmiao Method" are very advanced on paper, and also include ideas similar to KPI assessment in later generations. All of this is based on a large amount of calculation work.

Let's try it before Song?

I am afraid that the Ministry of Revenue, from the Minister of State to the head, would collectively hang themselves to protest.

It is impossible to calculate if one person has a bunch of small sticks until he dies. Unlike the European political system, all of which are independent city-states. They are nominally known as a country, but in fact they are equivalent to less than a province in China. The difficulty of management is of course different.

China has always been known for its vast territory. From the Qin Dynasty to the Republic, the number of county-level administrative regions has not fallen by 2,000!

During the prosperous times, the central government had a strong dominance, and the number of counties across the country fluctuated back and forth between 2,200 and 2,500.

When encountering troubled times, the number can reach 3,500 dynasties!

Just relying on calculations, it would be a damn if you can thoroughly clarify it.

Since the central government lacked random inspection methods, in the early dynasty, officials of the emperor and the emperor were cautious, fearing that they would be arrested in the wrong place. In the middle and late stages, officials became slick and became as they wished for reporting various numbers.

In this way, can the huge centralized system be maintained?

Even the most basic income and expenditure cannot be fully understood, how can the central government take overall responsibility?

Wrong basic numbers can only lead to wrong decision-making processes and wrong administrative results!

Once the conversation is opened, I can no longer hold it back.

Whether it is an emperor or an important minister, it is not that I don’t know the mystery inside.

But insufficient computing power is a stumbling block in front of them.

A huge empire not only needs to calculate the income and expenditure of money, grain, cloth, silk, tea, salt and iron, daily river construction repairs, disaster relief, military mobilization, and military farming, border guards. Behind it, a large number of numerical calculations are required as the basis and assistance of decision-making.

These were not a problem in Li Yu's previous life. Exce1 came out, ess.

It can be said that a person's computing power in his previous life was enough to surpass that of this era.

Especially in complex operations, such as factorials, there are completely different game modes with computers and without computers. The former is easy, and the latter is the third power of he11...

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Zhou Zong also sighed: "The most sad thing about these things is that no one can say, even Dingchen and others are lacking in interest in this. Yes, they are famous officials and literati, so naturally they have no interest in the affairs of the turbid officials who are working hard on the documents."

"Oh... it's difficult." Zhou Zong frowned.

"Old Jun, do you know Pan Chenghou?"

"Well? Pan Tiechou from the Escort Province? I used to deal with him when I was in the Secretariat. He was the one who took the budget in the palace every year. He was the general newspaper. This person was very talented in arithmetic."

"If someone gives something, ordinary Guizhou people only need to train for one tenth, and then one table can surpass the five Pan Tiechou's plan, what do you think?!"

Li Yu originally wanted to say that an abacus was better than ten people who played the game, but this was not a big deal.

Maybe one abacus has no winning rate against ten plans, but it is hard to say that 5 abacus is against fifty plans. If you reach the level of twenty abacus, don’t play with the calculations. After all, it requires a huge venue. People run back and forth between them, they are afraid that they will be exhausted first.

But I suddenly said it so exaggeratedly that I was afraid of scaring the old man, so I gave it a discount.

"What!" Zhou Zong's face was already a little red. When he heard this, his eyes widened, and his entire face instantly turned purple and red!

"If this thing can have half the effect of Liu Lang's words, then the offering is wrong. The person who presents the treasure will make contributions to the country. I will lead the list to protect him by a seventh grade, no! The fifth grade! No matter how high it is, it is easy to discuss! As for the rewards of money and silk, it is not a problem."

"Okay! What I want is Mr. Jun's words. I don't have any false words just now. The exquisiteness and ingenuity of that thing is still above the description. Mr. Jun might as well return to Jiangdu a few days later and you will see it."

"That thing has something to do with you?"

"Well, the person who presented treasures has something to do with his servants. Giving this thing is also dedicated to the public. There are still a few treacherous people in the court. If they slander in front of the saints, this person will not be rewarded more, and the tragedy of Heshi Bi offering treasures will be repeated, or if the logistics will be caused to be flown abroad..."

"I understand that as long as this treasure really has such a miraculous effect, I will never let the gift-giving person down!"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Jun. After this matter is completed, let's talk about you and I."

"Okay, the time is almost done, I'll say goodbye now." Zhou Zong stood up and bowed.

Seeing that today's meeting was about to end, Li Yu could tell everything when he saw the old man's medicine.

Then he had the idea of ​​taking something out of his mind. After all, the opportunity was rare, and it was not easy to see him once, let alone the medicine. Besides, the old man is old, and it is not impossible to directly suffer a cerebral hemorrhage if he is too late.

So since that's the case, let's try it out and see if you can still take out some things.
Chapter completed!