Zhang Anshi finished the drawing and began to teach the clerk and other officials how to fill in the forms.
These people looked at it very seriously, and when they looked closely, they all looked shocked.
This thing... is actually... compared with the money and food book, it is really different.
Especially a civil servant like him who has been dealing with money and food for a long time knows the benefits of this thing.
Not only is it easier to calculate, but most importantly... it is more intuitive.
Intuition is the most important thing, and this official understands it very well.
Because not everyone is an old official who is good at money and food. If you can take a book and flip through it, you can know everything about the money and food situation.
In fact, the officials he served knew almost nothing about it.
This requires you to explain it patiently, and the other person can barely get a rough idea of it under the fog.
But now...with this...
It's clear at a glance.
It's okay to see it clearly at a glance, but you can actually directly compare the numbers from last year, the year before, and even other prefectures, and this...
In an instant, the official felt as if he was enlightened.
For people like him, this thing is nothing more than a boatman making a living on the water, who suddenly changed his gun and sailed on a steamboat.
At that moment, he became excited, and Zhang Anshi began to make other tables, while patiently reminding him: "The most important thing is the ruler. For example, there is this kind of table, called a columnar table. Look, it is drawn like this. And this one
…”
Zhang Anshi became more and more detailed as he spoke, but there was nothing he could do about it. Now the stall he was in charge of was getting bigger. If the stall was bigger, administrative efficiency would become the biggest problem.
It is impossible for Zhang Anshi and other officials to spend a lot of time reading various money and food books.
But now, it is enough for a layman to instantly understand the current status of various money and food items in the mansion.
"This thing can not only be used for money and food, but can also be used in other places, such as the number of schools in each prefecture and county, as well as the status of enrolled students, and... in short, as long as it involves numbers, you can use this
Several ways to list. Come on, you can draw one and let me take a look."
"Yes Yes."
The official was eager to try, so he took a long ruler, imitated the pattern, and started drawing seriously.
Zhang Anshi smiled slightly, of course... the administrative efficiency improved by this thing is amazing, because it not only makes various numbers clear and intuitive.
The most terrifying thing is that it is an explosive involution tool.
What is so-called efficiency? Efficiency is KPI, which is the key performance indicator.
Before the New Deal, the political achievements of local officials mainly came from the so-called official reputation, and official reputation was a very illusory thing. Moreover... this official reputation was almost always in the hands of the rural sages and gentry.
Only then can they organize effectively to send you the Ten Thousand People Umbrella, and only then can the word-of-mouth they spread spread.
But after the New Deal, it became clear that official voice was no longer reliable.
At first, Zhang Anshi governed Taiping Mansion. Because the place was small, almost all officials were under his nose. He had an intuitive and clear understanding of who was willing to use his life and who was shrewd.
It's just that as Zhang Anshi governs more and more places, there are more and more officials below him, the organization has expanded, and the number of personnel has increased, it is no longer possible for Zhang Anshi to know all the officials.
At this time, performance appraisal has become a crucial thing.
All issues affecting local governance are turned into certain factors of various performance, and finally based on financial contributions, the number of school students, commercial taxes and local material output, as standards. Between prefectures and counties
In between, you can even compare your performance this year with last year's performance as an important basis for your merit examination.
Then... Zhang Anshi, the right commander, can sit back and relax.
Of course...the most important thing is...Zhang Anshi also plans to spread this method widely.
Doesn’t the government want to establish a left governor? Then press the left governor’s head and have people post this stuff every day to disgust you.
All the bullshit official claims are invisible when faced with real data.
"Yes, it seems to be working. This method needs to be promoted. I think you should not be in a hurry to take up the post. I plan to hold a tabulation class for civil servants in Qixia, and let each county civil servant choose three people.
If you want to learn, a few of you will be the lecturers. This thing is simple, you can learn it for three to five days, and then... ask all prefectures and counties to promote it."
With that said, Zhang Anshi turned around, looked at Gao Xiang and said: "Gaofu Yin, you set an example... From now on, everything will be tabulated. Everything starts from Taiping Mansion. There is a statistics department here in Taiping Mansion."
Gao Xiang had already stood aside and watched carefully. He was good at money and food affairs, so he could naturally understand the subtleties of this at a glance.
So Gao Xiang said: "Don't worry, Governor, this matter... my subordinates will make arrangements for it, and Taiping Prefecture should take precedence over other prefectures."
Zhang Anshi added: "Also, go to the Ministry of Household Affairs later... Forget it, get the data from each government and make it into a table. You have to work hard and get it for me before noon tomorrow. After noon, I will
Go and see the saint."
After finishing his instructions, Zhang Anshi slept peacefully all night and didn't get up until about three o'clock in the morning.
But the clerk and some civil servants were already paralyzed from exhaustion.
They stayed up all night and finally got a book.
Since he had a good sleep last night, Zhang Anshi is in good spirits today.
At this time, he took the book and opened it, but there were various numbers.
His eyes suddenly brightened a little, and he praised: "Very good! Have a good rest for two days, thank you for your hard work."
Immediately, Zhang Anshi went to the palace to see him.
Zhu Di had known that Zhang Anshi would enter the palace today to thank him, but at this moment, Zhu Di stood on the window sill with his hands behind his back, frowning slightly, and said nothing.
Zhang Anshi came in and saluted: "I... thank you, Your Majesty..."
"No need to be polite." Zhu Di said calmly: "How is it? Are things arranged properly?"
"ah……"
"I ask you, how are you, the right governor, arranged?" Zhu Di said: "Governing several prefectures is different from governing one prefecture."
"I...have...arranged it. Nothing will happen."
Zhu Di suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Anshi.
Only then did Zhang Anshi realize that Zhu Di's face... was very ugly.
He was shocked, it was not the right time to come today! If he had known that His Majesty was in a bad mood today, he should not have come at this time.
Zhu Di smiled reluctantly. After sitting down, he looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "Hey, you, you... look at you like this, will I eat you?"
Zhang Anshi shook his head and then said: "Is there anything on your mind, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Di said: "I don't have anything on my mind, it's just..."
He looked sharply at Zhang Anshi: "You are the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Could it be that... you don't know what happened outside?"
"Ah..." Zhang Anshi said: "I have been busy from yesterday to now, since I was granted the title... I didn't sleep all night with the affairs of each government. When I got up today, I hurried to express my gratitude. Jin Yiwei
I didn’t read the report.”
Zhu Di nodded, which was understandable. Then he looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile: "Yesterday's court meeting... was really thrilling."
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, may I ask..."
Zhu Di said: "Who do you think someone recommended as the candidate for Governor Zuo?"
Zhang Anshi said: "This... I can't guess."
"I wouldn't have thought of it. If they hadn't come up with it, I would have broken my head and I wouldn't have thought of it..."
Zhu Di had long since stopped smiling, and even seemed to be suppressing his anger.
His eyes flickered, sometimes cunning and suspicious like a fox, and at the same time like a hungry wolf, passing through numerous murderous intentions.
Seeing Zhu Di's reaction, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but asked curiously: "Dare I ask who this person is?"
Zhu Di said calmly: "Zhu Chun!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Anshi was confused: "Which Zhu Chun?"
Zhu Di asked: "How many Zhu Chun are there in the world?"
Zhang Anshi said: "That Chun, is it next to the character wood?"
Zhu Di snorted from his nostrils.
The royal family of the Ming Dynasty generally used uncommon characters, and even...maybe even made up characters, often using radicals such as gold, wood, water, fire, and earth to name their names.
This approach is to avoid name collision with others.
After all, in ancient times, it was taboo if an ordinary person had the same name as the emperor, and the royal family solved this problem by choosing uncommon words.
Zhang Anshi asked about the character wood, which actually means the same thing, because there is only one person named Zhu Chun in the world.
Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this...is against the rules."
"It is indeed against the rules!" Zhu Di put his finger on the document and continued: "It can be seen that...someone wants to jump over the wall in a hurry, and they want to teach me to kill."
Zhang Anshi could understand immediately.
Tingtui is a minister of fourth rank or above who jointly recommends ministers to official positions. In the Ming Dynasty, there were about two hundred such ministers.
Zhu Chun was the vassal king and Zhu Di's brother. When the vassal king came of age, he would become a vassal. Without the decree of the court, he was not allowed to enter the capital.
But who would have thought that at this time, someone suddenly proposed to let Zhu Chun serve as the left governor.
This... it is impossible to say that he is not causing trouble.
So Zhang Anshi asked again: "Your Majesty, who is... so bold?"
Zhu Di said: "Li Shimian, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
"how?"
Zhang Anshi was speechless, because... if it were anyone else, Zhang Anshi would still be surprised, how could someone be so bold? Isn't he afraid that Jin Yiwei's knife is not sharp?
But when Zhu Di mentioned this person, Zhang Anshi was impressed.
Because this gentleman... can be said to be the biggest gangster in the early Ming Dynasty. Historically, this person's achievements were very fruitful.
In Zhu Di's later years, after Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, the three main palaces were struck by lightning. Li Shimian immediately used Dong Zhongshu's theory of "the unity of nature and man" to target Zhu Di's successive expeditions to the north, voyages to the West, and construction of Beijing City, which "wasted people and cost money".
action to impeach Zhu Di.
Zhu Di was so angry that his blood pressure soared in his later years and he almost died of anger.
Of course, although Zhu Di was not angered to death, Zhang Anshi's brother-in-law Zhu Gaochi was almost angered to death by Li Shimian.
After Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, due to poor health, Li Shimian wrote another letter to impeach Zhu Gaochi, saying: "I heard that it is not appropriate to be close to concubines while in mourning, and it is not appropriate for the prince to be his companion..."
On the surface, this memorial was to advise Zhu Gaochi not to be close to women, but in fact it was to scold Zhu Gaochi for being close to women.
So Zhu Gaochi became furious and reprimanded Li Shimian in the Golden Palace, but Li Shimian retorted sentence by sentence on the spot.
Compared with the arguments among scholars with Jinshi background, it was obvious that Zhu Gaochi was no match, and Zhu Gaochi was so angry that he almost fainted.
Soon after, Zhu Gaochi died.
At that time, people said that Li Shimian was so angry that Zhu Gaochi died. When Zhu Gaochi was dying, he still couldn't forget Li Shimian. He took Xia Yuanji's hand and said repeatedly: "Shi Mian humiliated me too much!"
It's a pity that Zhang Anshi, the brother-in-law, was still an honest man after all. He hated Li Shimian until he died, but in the end he did not issue the order to kill Li Shimian.
Such a person... Zhang Anshi would not be surprised by anything he proposed during the court hearing.
So Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, I would like to know...when the court recommended...how many people seconded Li Shimian?"
Zhu Di said solemnly: "Sixty-seven out of ten."
Zhang Anshi already knew in his heart that any ancestral method was just fart.
Although civil servants usually use this to restrain the emperor, once they want to solve a problem, they immediately use it as toilet paper.
Who doesn’t know that it is a big taboo for a prince to be the governor of the capital?
But obviously... if someone does this, they are forced to do so.
The actions of His Majesty and the Prince have put some people at the end of their rope.
In this case, then one thorn in the side proposed the candidate Zhu Chun, and others followed suit.
This not only prevented the emperor and the crown prince from coming to power, but also... also expressed their dissatisfaction with the New Deal.
But Zhu Di fell into a very dangerous situation because of these people's booing and nonsense.
Zhu Di started his career in Jingnan and became what he is today in order to safeguard the interests of his clan and brothers.
Now everyone says that Zhu Di's brother Zhu Chun is wise and can be appointed as the left governor.
If Zhu Di becomes furious because of this, there will inevitably be rumors about the feud between the brothers in the palace.
What's more, the current affairs of being the governor have been made into a joke by these people.
This was obviously a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for Zhu Di, and also a deliberate attempt to turn Zhu Di's implementation of the New Deal into a laughing stock.
Of course, a group of people were so bold as to sacrifice Zhu Chun, which was more like provoking Zhu Di. Doesn't it show that among the clan members, Zhu Chun is the most virtuous, so...who is not virtuous?
As for the king of Shu, Zhu Chun, he was called the scholar of Shu by Emperor Taizu Gao during his reign.
People said that he was filial and kind by nature, well versed in classics, elegant in appearance, good at reading, close to Confucian scholars, and capable of writing.
After he arrived in Sichuan and became a vassal, he launched a great effort to educate people. When Zhu Yuanzhang was still there, he hired Hanzhong professor Fang Xiaoru as his eldest son Fu, who called him "Zhengxue" to educate the Shu people.
Although Zhu Di later killed Fang Xiaoru, he was full of praise for his brother and told people everywhere, "My good brother is kind and filial by nature, smart and knowledgeable, has a well-known reputation, and is respected by the army and the people."
In the past, the ministers were tolerant to Zhu Di, but now they obviously couldn't tolerate it anymore, especially when Zhu Di implemented the New Deal, and a tense situation emerged in the DPRK.
It happened that at this time, Li Shimian jumped out to recommend Zhu Chun, but it suddenly became the fuse of the conflict.
Seeing that Zhu Di was so murderous, Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I think... this is the story of the officials who want to imitate the North and South case of Emperor Taizu Gao."
There were challenges to imperial power in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, there were countless challenges.
But there are so many brave people.
Although they killed batch after batch at the beginning, they still continued to fight one after another.
Now that Zhu Di is implementing the New Deal, he has done everything he can to avoid using it as a fig leaf to attack the White Lotus Sect.
Zhang Anshi didn't find it strange that hundreds of officials gathered together to fight back directly.
Many people have the impression that scholars are weak scholars, but in fact, this is just a created image.
If their fundamental interests are touched, let alone fighting against the imperial power, even if they are killed and bloodshed, they will not blink an eye.
Zhu Di was obviously very angry. At this time, his eyes were like sharp swords and he sneered: "Li Shimian...immediately get off the post. I will kill his three clans."
Zhang Anshi said: "Li Shimian is no match for a mere imperial eunuch, so even if we kill him to death, what's the use?"
Zhu Di looked at him deeply and said, "What do Zhang Qing think?"
Zhang Anshi said: "It is better to kill someone than to kill one's heart. If you kill such a person directly, he will think that he is doing the right thing, that he is sacrificing his life for righteousness, and will be respected by the world. This will actually achieve his good reputation.
, I think...it's not as good as..."
Zhu Di has already said urgently: "How to kill the heart?"
Zhang Anshi thought about it seriously and said, "This actually depends on Your Majesty."
"Huh?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi and raised his eyebrows.
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty...the one the court is recommending is King Zhu Chun of Shu. Your Majesty, why do you think they want to recommend His Highness the King of Shu?"
Zhu Di immediately said: "Of course they are using this to humiliate me and want to praise the king of Shu for his wisdom. Aren't they common methods of using the past to ridicule the present and the king of Shu to ridicule me?"
It is difficult to conceal the full boredom in the words!
Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: "I thought... it was more than that... they were forcing His Majesty to use the King of Shu."
After hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes widened slightly, as if he was awakened all of a sudden.
Zhang Anshi continued: "Although the King of Shu is a clan relative, he considers himself a scholar-bureaucrat, advocates enlightenment, and has an outstanding reputation. Among the clan relatives, many vassal kings have now moved overseas. Only a few people headed by the King of Shu have
Refuse to move the vassal state."
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu... to a certain extent, is like a mirror of His Majesty, so... scholars all over the world highly respect him. His great enlightenment in Shu is also in line with the appetite of the scholars. In addition,
...I thought they wanted to use His Highness, King of Shu, to control me."
There was something flashing in Zhu Di's eyes, and his pupils were wandering. At this time, he was pacing slowly with his hands behind his back: "Ah..."
Although His Majesty would definitely be unhappy after hearing these words, Zhang Anshi still thought it would be better for His Majesty to understand.
So Zhang Anshi said again: "The question now is, how does Your Majesty plan to solve it? If you are furious, then the people of the world will have to say that Your Majesty will not tolerate his brothers, and will kill ministers if they disagree. But what if you change the angle? If Your Majesty is
They summoned the King of Shu to Beijing, and they used the power of His Highness the King of Shu to contain the Taiping Mansion. So no matter what His Majesty chooses, they are essentially doing it for the New Deal."
Zhu Di nodded and said angrily: "I have no unkind love for them! They were given high officials and generous salaries, and their children and grandchildren were protected by their favor. But they blocked the New Deal at every turn because of their own selfishness. They are so bold and reckless, which is really hateful."
Zhang Anshi lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said: "Then why not... His Majesty just summon His Highness the King of Shu to the capital, so what?"
"What?" Zhu Di's eyes suddenly opened and he said angrily: "Isn't this fulfilling their wish?"
Zhang Anshi said: "I think that since His Highness the King of Shu is truly wise, then...he can distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil."
Zhu Di obviously did not agree with this. There was a deeply tangled look on his face, and he frowned and said: "My brother... you don't understand."
Who says I don't understand?
Zhang Anshi thought to himself, looking at the King of Shu, basically, Zhang Anshi can conclude that he is a good person.
It can be said that the New Deal has not damaged his interests, so whether the New Deal is good or bad... at least for the King of Shu, his attitude should be fair.
Even if he is influenced by scholars, don't these scholars... also pay attention to worrying about the world's worries first, and rejoicing after the world's happiness?
So Zhang Anshi advised Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, people's ideas can be changed. Didn't many of my subordinate officials also change back then? And Your Majesty, did Your Majesty really support the New Deal without any hesitation back then?
?Isn’t it also because... this method is effective and for the sake of the country and the country, I strongly support it?"
Zhang Anshi continued calmly: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu's visit to Beijing... is really the best thing. Your Majesty can just have a good talk with him about the brotherhood. I will leave the other matters to you."
Zhu Di glanced at him, pondered for a long time, and finally concealed the murderous aura in his body, and finally made a decision, saying: "Then I will listen to you, but... you have to be clear... once he is allowed to enter the capital, he will cause trouble.
Now that I know what is right and wrong, then I..."
Zhu Di did not continue, but the meaning was already clear.
For him, this involves a face issue, and as an emperor who was born in Jingnan, he still needs to face it.
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have a good thing here... for Your Majesty to see."
The topic changed a bit suddenly. Zhu Di took a long breath, his face finally softened a little, and said: "What is it, bring it to me and take a look."
So Zhang Anshi stretched out his hand and took out the memorial he had prepared from his sleeve.
The eunuch waiting on the side quickly delivered the memorial to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di took a closer look and saw that the memorials were unfolding layer by layer, and then... icons appeared in front of him one by one.
"this……"
This time, Zhu Di actually understood.
Because it's so intuitive.
He was in a bad mood, and his whole person was a bit gloomy.
But when he looked carefully, his gloomy eyes suddenly lit up.
His frown finally relaxed, and he couldn't help but said with surprise: "The commercial tax of Taiping Mansion has increased several times?"
Zhang Anshi said with great enthusiasm: "Exactly, thirty times that of Yingtian Mansion."
Zhu Di took a deep breath and exclaimed: "I saw it, it's really unbelievable, there is so much money..."
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I'm a little uncomfortable today, so the second update will be later. You don't have to wait, go to bed early, and get up early tomorrow to watch.