Cui Xiuning locked herself in the bedroom, picked up a charcoal pen, and wrote and painted while thinking.

She wants to design a big data statistical model of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this must not be called big data, it can only be considered a statistical chronology.

Of course, there were also data statistics in ancient times. However, due to methodological issues, the data authenticity was very suspicious, and the sampling elements were too single. They could barely be used at the macro level, but at all cannot be used at the micro level.

She and Li Luo both ignored this issue before. The Tang Dynasty established many new departments, but there were no statistical departments. In such a big country, there is no professional statistical departments, is it okay? No.

"The data is still more reliable than the memorials of officials." Cui Xiuning said to herself, starting to build a model like doing math problems.

During the investigation and monitoring process, the most convincing thing is the collected data, rather than the subjective report of the officials. The data is very cold, but the data can best reflect objective problems. Many data from different dimensions that seem to be unrelated can be combined to see the truth of the problem.

This is the real way to see the big one from the small.

The premise is that the data cannot be distorted.

Cui Xiuning has been the wife of Li Luo, the "calligrapher", for many years, and her calligraphy is much more beautiful than she did back then. In her writing, the two beautiful characters "county" appear first.

That's right, after consideration, she wanted to use the county as the smallest regional statistical unit. Under ancient conditions, it was already the limit to use the county as the smallest regional unit for data collection.

Then, four Arabic numerals appeared in the woman's pen, which were the number of counties in the Tang Dynasty.

Okay, the minimum data statistics are determined. So who will collect the data?

Of course, it must be provided by multiple sources, and local government offices must not be allowed to collect unilaterally.

In principle, professional departments collect professional data accordingly.

For example, the number of newborns and gender ratios in a certain county in a year must be provided by Sifu Temple.

The Ministry of Revenue shall be responsible for collecting the land change data.

The Ministry of Commerce shall be responsible for collecting the grain prices in a certain area.

In this way, different departments collect different data, which not only facilitates professional operations, but also increases data channels to avoid fraud in the whole process.

So what are the local government offices doing? Review data.

The comprehensive data collected by the court will be first distributed to the county and county in the form of a draft. If the county and county government offices think the data is wrong, they can raise objections.

Once an official in a certain place raises an objection to the statistical data, the relevant investigation will be launched. Just hold the accountable accountable and whoever is responsible shall bear the responsibility.

What is the Special Inspection Bureau doing? Spy agencies from all over the country not only provide another simplified version of secret data for reference, but also monitor the behavior of data collectors.

So, who will be in charge of the statistical power? Of course, it is the statistical bureau that is preparing to be established.

The Statistics Bureau has only one performance appraisal: the authenticity and effectiveness of the data.

The quality of the data has nothing to do with the evaluation of the Bureau of Statistics, but only with the authenticity of the data. With this as a guide, the Bureau of Statistics will monitor the authenticity of the data and will send statisticians to check the statistical data of each channel. As long as the error is corrected, there will be a right to speak.

In this way, statistics are for multiple parties to participate, and it is difficult for either party to falsify.

The final statistical data will be used as an analysis basis for the Bureau of Statistics to study, discover various problems in a timely manner, and serve the politics of the Tang Dynasty.

This is the general structure.

After Cui Xiuning designed the structure, he began to add elements for data collection.

What data needs to be collected?

Population, main prices, birth and mortality rates, taxes, schooling rates, service rates, land acres, average life expectancy, food types, crime rates, monk population, number of lawsuits, precipitation, number of days in the dry season, station flow, forest land and fishing grounds, drama performances, copper gui reports, per capita rations, etc.

Finally, Cui Xiuning listed a total of 40 data, covering many aspects such as people's livelihood, administration, education, public security, medical care, public opinion, and customs. As long as the data is in, the current situation of which county will be clear immediately.

Collect once a year and conduct a comprehensive data analysis every year.

This is to let the entire Tang Dynasty have a full physical examination every year to understand the health status in a timely manner.

For example, in a county, there is a lot of precipitation and the water conservancy data are also good. The data shows that there is no natural disaster, but there is little per capita ration, high mortality rate, and low birth rate. That must be a problem with the administration.

For example, in a county, the admission rate is obviously not low, but the number of admissions to the upgrade examination is very low, so there must be something wrong with the education.

A county has a large population of young people, but the number of people serving in the military is very small. Either there is a problem with the administration, or the people are dissatisfied with the government and the court, or the people are not martial.

If the data for the same county differs greatly for two consecutive years, there must be a reason.

It can be said that as long as the data is not distorted, no problem can be hidden from the emperor and the court.

The Special Inspection Bureau cooperates with the Statistics Bureau, this is the real monitoring of the world!

Cui Xiuning's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if she saw the wonderful prospects brought by scientific statistics.

Ancient Chinese politics had developed into the Tang and Song dynasties and had become highly developed and very refined. However, the meticulousness of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties was mainly reflected in the checks and balances of power and talent selection, but the grassroots management design was always lacking in a broad range.

The new Tang Dynasty must make up for this shortcoming and pursue classical "information governance".

Is the draft over now?

No.

Cui Xiuning must also deduce a formula to calculate the cost of "information governance".

First of all, it is the official staffing of the Bureau of Statistics, which requires national finance, and the account must be calculated.

Well, the Special Inspection Bureau is a second-rank yamen, which is equivalent to the Ninth Division. But the problem is that the Special Inspection Bureau does not belong to the Outer Court, but to the Emperor's Inner Court, and is not managed by the Political Affairs Hall and Military Instructor Pavilion. It is similar to the Jinyiwei, and is still a little transparent and has not yet appeared in the circle. Many officials do not even know the Special Inspection Bureau, but only know the petition department.

So what about the Bureau of Statistics? What product is it set?

In later generations, the National Bureau of Statistics was actually a senior official (nominal deputy). However, if the Bureau of Statistics was promoted to the second rank and ranked alongside the Ninth rank, it would appear very abrupt.

But if it is set to the third grade, it will be difficult to cooperate with other departments because the level is suppressed.

After thinking about it, Cui Xiuning crossed out the words of the Statistics Bureau and changed it to the Statistics Office of the Zhengshi Hall. It was a third-rank official and became a direct agency of the Political Affairs Hall. The Prime Minister also served as the Statistics Office!

Another executive director will be appointed.

Then, the difference between the Statistics Department and other departments is just like the difference between the departments directly under the State Council and the components of the State Council (divisions) in later generations.

In this way, the other nine departments can be suppressed, and the Zhengshi Hall can also understand the data more, making it easier to exercise the power of the prime minister.

Cui Xiuning is very satisfied with his setting. The next step is to compile it.

There are not many central officials in the Statistics Department, and about twenty is enough, so I can’t get too much salary. The majority of the salary is the statistical commissioner responsible for the execution of each state and county.

There must be at least one county, right? There are 142 counties in the Tang Dynasty now, so more than one hundred staff members need to be prepared to eat imperial grain. In addition, the entire Statistics Office has a minimum of two hundred staff members!

The Queen felt a little distressed. Two hundred officials, the average salary of seven or eight hundred silver dollars per year, is more than tens of thousands of silver dollars... Hey, not much! It's just tens of thousands.

But, there is still office expenses?

It is counted once a year. The office expenses of 200 people in the yamen cost more than 100,000 yuan.

Well, this adds up to 300,000.

The cooperation of other departments and data authenticity monitoring will also increase office expenses. In total, Cui Xiuning roughly calculated that it would increase another 200,000 yuan.

Overall, the cost of "information governance" requires 500,000 silver dollars a year!

Five hundred thousand yuan a year! Cui Xiuning frowned in pain. Is it worth it? Is it worth it?

Cui Xiuning couldn't make up her mind and thought she would wait for the man to come back before talking.

But after thinking about it, the woman decided to... Damn it, I fucked it!

Anyway, based on her understanding of men, Li Luo will definitely do it. Since he will definitely do it, it would be better to do it early. It will take at least one month to wait for him to come back.

Cui Xiuning repeatedly revised the plan until three days later, and did not come up with a satisfactory final case.

"That's it." Choi Soo-ning no longer hesitated and immediately issued an imperial edict on behalf of the emperor in the name of the Regent Queen: establishing the Statistics Office of the Political Affairs Hall.

Officials from various departments were selected to form the leadership body of the Statistics Office. The Statistics Office ordered the three prime ministers to serve together, and the Statistics Office Chief was appointed by a spy named Ji Changgong.

This person was undercover at the side of Fujian's right leader Sapurer, offering plans to buy and sell refugees.

Not only that, most of the officials of the Statistics Department were spies, because no one in the Tang Dynasty was more suitable for statistics than spies, and they didn't need much training. Cui Xiuning just concentrated them together to train statistical methodology and let them take office.

The Statistics Department of the Political Affairs Hall was established like this!

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"Your Majesty the Queen, the Dali Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom north of India, both sent envoys to the court, asking them to be vassal states, and requesting the Tang Dynasty to formally enthrone!"

In this daily dynasty, Wu Zhenlou, Minister of Rites, gave a shocking report, "The two of them came together and have been arranged to be in the inn. Now, they are waiting for the order outside the palace."

The visit of foreign envoys is a major state affairs, and the Political Affairs Hall has no right to deal with it, and it must be handled by the monarch.

What? The ministers were all a little surprised.

Dali and Xiao Liang requested to be enthroned and became vassals? What's the matter?

Cui Xiuning had already received a report from the Special Attack Bureau. She said calmly: "Let them come in. I want to hear what they have to say."

It turned out that the Tang army had been expeditioning south for several months and destroyed the four countries in a row, which had already reached the ears of Xiao Yan and his sisters who were separated by a sea. The two were frightened, fearing that the Tang army would attack them. In addition, the Tianzhu coalition in the central and southern regions became increasingly powerful, so they quickly sent envoys to the court to express their surrender.

There is no way, Li Tang is so powerful now, they are afraid.

Although the two countries occupied the northern part of India and had a firm foothold, they were occupied by the magpie's nest after all, and their energy could only be focused on suppressing the resistance of the natives of India and could not confront the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the territory of the Tang Dynasty has been pushed to their doorstep, how can they still remain calm?

Soon, two men dressed in Han people went to the hall together.

"The foreign minister, Gao Junzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Dali, pays homage to His Majesty the Regent Queen of the Tang Dynasty."

"Wang Xingzu, the Minister of Rites of Liang, visited His Majesty the Regent Empress of the Tang Dynasty."
To be continued...