Chapter 305 "Jingyou Accounting Record"
The cold wind is rising and the slack season is entering again, but Sansi ushers in the busiest time.
In this year's leap year, the leap year will be recorded, and the new policy will be implemented, so the task is particularly heavy. As soon as the winter month begins, Xu Ping stopped the fals of all officials in the Sansi Yamen and made all his efforts to make the leap year record. Although there are a large number of companies and banks this year, the accounts of these institutions are clear, but the accounts are not complicated. The most difficult thing is actually those prefectures and counties that have touched less in the new policy.
In previous years, most prefectures and counties copied the old numbers and then modified them according to their impressions, and then completed them. It cannot be said that the accuracy of this is poor, because traditionally, economic fluctuations are not large, and even if there are errors, they are within the allowable range. This year, it will not work. Local prefectures and counties report to the accounts of the third department. Xu Ping requested that there be some evidence and the audit department will review it later. Once a fraud is found, it will be severely punished. Moreover, it must be filled in according to the format issued by the third department. The previous official document format will no longer be used. The statistical analysis numbers in it must be accurate.
This is the economic census of this era. After completion, it is the "Jingyou Accounting Record" that Xu Ping will submit to the court at the end of the year.
The "Account Records" of the Song Dynasty inherited the "National Economy Book" of the Tang Dynasty, but the content is more detailed, including all aspects of economy and population. Moreover, the "Account Records" of the Song Dynasty not only contains data statistics, but also analysis of data and suggestions on economic policies.
Since the Song Dynasty, Taizu asked to make the "Account Record", but the first part that was actually completed was the "Jingde Account Record" that Ding Wei, who was the envoy of the Three Divisions at that time, gave to the court in the fourth year of Jingde. This was the first comprehensive economic census in the Song Dynasty.
The big moves of making "Accounting Records" were all purposeful. At that time, Ding Wei was on the "Accounting Records" because Zhenzong enfeoffed the east and west sacrifices, which caused opposition from the government and the public. Ding Wei was on the "Accounting Records" to show that the national finance was sufficient to support it. Xu Ping revised the "Accounting Records" naturally for the implementation of the new policy and for the economic survey of the coming wars.
From the beginning of preparations at the beginning of the year to the official start of statistics in winter, the task is beyond imagination for outsiders.
Ding Wei, the documents he had processed were about 150,000, but by this time of Xu Ping, it had already approached 500,000. The three departments and officials included all the officials, and there were nearly 1,000 people working but not working. There were hundreds of thousands of documents in two months, and there were also statistics, analysis, and suggestions, but basically all of them had no spare time.
In the chief's office, Xu Ping handled a bunch of routine documents, took a sip of tea, and sent someone to call Zheng Jian over.
After the Secret Relics sat down, Xu Ping said to Zheng Jian: "The Jingde Accounting Record only records the tributes of households, counties, classes, annual usage and food, and the rest are all classified into miscellaneous notes. This year, we will analyze and analyze them in detail, and you will know the general situation. In addition, there is another thing that our predecessors did not do, and we will do this year, entrusted to you."
Zheng Jian said respectfully: "The emperor is waiting for the provincial governor's orders."
"The data reported by prefectures, counties, three departments, banks, and companies are correct or not, and how much can you believe if there is a right or wrong? You have to give a correct number. Also, with the Accounting Record, you will also be included in the Audit Record at the end of the year. For example, this year, the Beijing Bank was cheated of loans, so there must be a detailed analysis."
Zheng Jian thought for a while and finally shook his head: "The official in the Audit Record is taking people to do it, so he should not be able to make a mistake. But there are still traces to be found if the number reported is correct. As for whether the number of reports is correct, it is enough to check it carefully. However, the remaining time is short and there will definitely be no end to check it. As for how much you need to believe, where should you start?"
Xu Ping said: "You deal with numbers every day in the audit department. There are more than tens of millions of accounts in the world. How can you check them all? Of course, you should check them first and estimate them to be credible, and then decide where to check and where to start. You think it doesn't matter if you can't figure it out now. Just learn it. Do we have people who know it? Jia Xian and Wei Pu from Sitianjian are proficient in mathematics. You can ask them and learn this skill."
Zheng Jian said: "If there are such talents, just transfer the person to the Sansi in the previous chapter, and it will always be used in the future."
After hearing this, Xu Ping couldn't help but smile and said, "If it's an ordinary person, there's no problem with transferring them, but these two are not good. They have unique clever ideas in mathematics. They are so talented that they come to the Third Division to manage money and grain. If other yamen say that our three yamen are all officials of money and grain, I will definitely be angry, but with these two people, it's a pity to be officials of money and grain. Forget it, you can borrow these two people for a month or two, find a few people from the yamen to learn what they should learn. In the future, you have to be an official in the Audit Division, at least you have to understand these knowledge of mathematics. You also have to learn!"
Zheng Jian smiled bitterly. He was in his forties and was middle-aged. Wouldn't it be a torture to learn these? He has been dealing with auditors in recent years. He has learned a lot of knowledge about mathematics, and he is considered a specialist among officials. But compared with the monsters of Si Tianjian, it is naturally far behind. In the eyes of ordinary people, Si Tianjian is all semi-gods, who know astronomy and geography, and can calculate calculations. Of course, these officials would not think that way, but they know the complexity of mathematics knowledge needed.
Xu Ping did this line in his previous life. When he saw the data, he first thought of statistical analysis, and then confidence. In this era, data collection was too random, and these statistical analysis of data may not have the imaginary effect, but it is always good to establish these concepts and make people familiar with them step by step. It is not bad for such a large project as "Accounting Record".
The "Audience Record" was not before. This time it was listed in the "Audience Record" marks an increase in the importance of audit behavior. If there is a account, there is audit. The official behavior has been passed down for thousands of years, but its importance is different. In the past, the Shangshu listed the Bi Department of Caozhong, and the Bi Department of Tang Dynasty belonged to the Ministry of Justice. The main function was audit. After entering the Song Dynasty, the three departments were more professional in the early stages of the Song Dynasty. The functions belonged to the Gou Academy, the Mo Exploration Institute and the Mo Exploration Institute. Xu Ping merged the Gou Academy and the Mo Exploration Institute into the Audit Department.
The reason for this is not because of the influence of the previous life, but because the affairs faced have to be like this. Since the beginning of the new policy, a large number of companies and commercial institutions have emerged, and a large number of them are controlled by the government. A powerful audit department is necessary.
If the new policy is to be implemented and the economy needs to operate smoothly, a competent audit department is indispensable. The intelligence department of a person has an upper limit. When the data exceeds a certain range, no matter how smart a person is, he cannot control it with his own brain. He thought that his own intelligence could be considered a complete plan, but in the end he would be a mess and be cheated to death by the people who follow him to do things.
Ding is called treacherous and wants to hold the national handle in his own hands. No one tells him. He needs to use professional talents to carefully understand the data so that he can hold the wisdom. How can Xu Ping be an exception? He thought that if he didn't sort out these data, he could take advantage of the country as a small workshop. Hundreds of state troops and tens of millions of people in the world, the data involved are always hundreds of millions. Unexpectedly, a large loophole with a needle hole may leak into a typhoon of 12. How could he take it lightly?
After completing the "Jingyou Accounting Record", even if the new policy is truly on the right track, the effect will be on the surface, and everything has data to speak, and opposing or agreeing is no longer just talking.
Chapter completed!