Chapter two hundred and ninety-four false accounts of the Ministry of Accounts
Shilang Han had tampered with the country's taxes, which may have affected more than three states including Bozhou. This was a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
But what Tang Ning didn't expect was that since Fang Zhe had already seen this, he only needed to report to the court and send the censor to check the accounts of Bozhou and the three states. Wouldn't the truth be revealed?
Even though Han Shilang had already colluded with several states, taxes were imposed layer by layer, and it was impossible for them to arrange everything. If they went through the investigation layer by layer, they would find out one day.
In any case, there was no need for him to talk about this to himself.
Fang Zhe closed the account book and said casually: "You are thinking, since I already know about Minister Han's embezzlement of taxes, why don't I report it directly to the court instead of telling you?"
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It's actually very uncomfortable to communicate with Fang Zhe. He always stands from God's perspective, and this position is usually held by Tangning herself.
Fang Zhe didn't wait for his answer, and spoke again: "Nothing can be found in the household accounts. If we want to thoroughly investigate this matter, we must send people to Bozhou and Sanzhou. This will take a long time, and it will be full of information."
There are variables, and if you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted.”
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "But Mr. Fang still hasn't explained, why did you tell me this matter?"
Fang Zhe said: "I need a way to find out the accounting problems in the Accounts Department without alerting others."
Tangning asked, "For example?"
Fang Zhe said: "The accounts of the Ministry of Accounts are fake, and someone has tampered with them."
The accounts of the Department of Accounts are running accounts, with only numbers and no context. The branch office is doing calculation work. If you want to audit the accounts to see if any officials have withheld taxes or committed corruption, you cannot tell it by looking at the accounts of the Department of Accounts alone.
, it is necessary to trace the source and find out the source of each payment. This is an extremely huge task, time-consuming and labor-intensive. Perhaps before the court has made arrangements, the other party has already made preparations to kill people, silence them, and destroy evidence...
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Unless there is no audit, it can be seen from the account books of the Ministry of Accounts that someone has tampered with it, and the tax figures of Bozhou and three states are not that convincing.
Fortunately, Fang Zhe didn't notice it, otherwise Tangning would have wondered if he had also traveled from some future era.
Tangning nodded and said, "Some of the accounts are indeed fake."
Although he has evidence that someone in the Account Department is making false accounts, this matter involves too much. The game between the bosses and the bosses, before he becomes the boss, it is better to stand aside and watch the fun.
Fang Zhe looked at him and asked with interest: "How did you see it?"
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Master Fang, in your opinion, among all the accounting data, what percentage of the total data does the number starting with one account for?"
"All numbers, the first one is from one to nine. According to common sense, the first one is one, which should account for more than 10%." Fang Zhe thought for a moment, looked at him, and said: "I'm afraid the fact cannot follow common sense.
Bar?"
Tang Ning said: "If Mr. Fang can trust his accountant, he can use this method to tally up the Fang family's account books. If the account data is more than a thousand, we will know the result."
"There is no need for this." Fang Zhe shook his head and said: "At the feet of the emperor of Gyeonggi Province, there are censors who collect taxes every year. There will be no problems with the accounts. You can tell by using the account books of Gyeonggi Province."
Fang Zhe casually opened the account book in his hand. Each page of this account book had twenty entries. After flipping through a few pages, he closed it and murmured: "Take out a hundred accounts, and the account number with the first number is one actually accounts for 30%."
More than three times what common sense predicts, why is this so?"
Downing doesn't know the underlying reason for Benford's law. He only knows that in a bunch of data drawn from real life, the probability of numbers with one as the first digit appearing is about 30% of the total, which is close to one-ninth of the expected value.
Three times, this is also known as the first law of numbers.
This number law was often used in the field of economics in later generations. Through this law, digital fraud can be detected. In later generations, many listed companies' false financial reports fell on this law.
Although this law seems counter-intuitive and anti-human, it does exist and has been verified under big data. Science is sometimes so unreasonable and unintuitive. For example, who else in Chen Guo
It can be imagined that big rocks and small rocks thrown down from the same height actually fall to the ground at the same speed...
"Intuition is sometimes not necessarily correct. Those who make false accounts have such loopholes because they believe in their intuition too much." Tangning looked at him and said, "Master Fang can do more verification."
Fang Zhe nodded, with a strange color in his eyes, and said: "You are so careful and can detect things that ordinary people cannot. You are indeed a monster."
Tang Ning secretly sighed in her heart. How could Fang Zhe have the nerve to call others monsters? He was just relying on the experience and knowledge of later generations. Fang Zhe himself was the monster among monsters and the beast among beasts.
If such a person were to trick someone, they would probably die without knowing how.
How could such a pure and innocent girl like Fang Xiaoyue have such a father? Her family was unfortunate, her family was unfortunate...
Fang Zhe wanted to stay at the Ministry of Household Affairs to check whether the first law of numbers was correct, but Tang Ning did not have time to stay with him any longer.
They have been at the Yamen for a while. If they don't go back, they will be in a hurry.
There were still some officials from the Ministry of Revenue who did not go back. They watched Tangning open the door and walk out from a distance, with a look of surprise on their faces.
Just now, I saw Mr. Fang summoning Mr. Tang in. They deliberately stayed in the household department for a while, just to see the excitement. After all, everyone in the household department knew about the grievances between the two of them. Everyone had been waiting for this excitement for a long time.
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However, the imagined fight did not happen. Mr. Tang stayed in the room for a while and then walked out. There seemed to be no wounds on his body. Could it be that Fang Shilang was beaten again?
It wasn't until Fang Zhe walked out of the check-in room intact that everyone gradually dispersed, but the doubts in their hearts deepened. The two of them didn't take action, so what happened in the check-in room just now... This matter has temporarily become the subject of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
An unsolved mystery in everyone's mind.
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Imperial Palace, just after the morning court, when Emperor Chen walked back to the imperial study, he saw a figure standing at the door.
Zhao Man looked at him and was about to cry: "Father..."
Emperor Chen looked at her and said helplessly: "Father promised you not to let you go to the grassland to get married. Why don't you believe it?"
Zhao Man shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, unless my father sets a written pledge..."
"Nonsense!" Emperor Chen glanced at her and said, "The rules are becoming more and more unruly. I will punish you to face the wall in the palace for three days. You are not allowed to come out without my permission..."
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked into the imperial study.
When Zhao Man heard this, his face turned pale and he immediately said: "Father..."
Wei Jian stopped Zhao Man who was about to catch up, winked at her, and whispered: "Princess, please go back to the palace first. Don't make your majesty angry..."
Zhao Man walked back to the palace gloomily, and Wei Jian walked slowly into the palace and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Qian from the Ministry of Revenue has just handed over a note, saying that the accounts for the last quarter have been calculated. Please take a look at it."
"So fast?" Chen Huang said in surprise, and then said: "Bring it to me to see."
Every time the accounts of the Household Department are calculated, the results will not be released until the last day, but this time the number of people was reduced by half, and the time was moved forward by a few days, which made him a little unbelievable for a moment.
"It was calculated so quickly. It really didn't disappoint me." He flipped through it and said, "The taxes haven't changed much, but the expenditures have been much less. He saved me a lot of money this time."
Wei Jian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is another envelope here, which was handed over directly by Minister Fang."
"Fang Zhe?" Chen Huang raised his eyebrows and asked, "You handed it over directly, without going through the Shangshu Province?"
Wei Jian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, no."
Emperor Chen took the document, looked at it doubtfully, and then said in surprise: "This matter sounds strange. If it is true, the court will not have to bother with auditing the accounts in the future."
He looked at Wei Jian and said, "Let me bring over some account books from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then find a few people from the Hanlin Academy and ask them to come here."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the department responsible for palace affairs, including the royal family's finances. It is handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although he did not know your Majesty's intention, Wei Jian immediately followed the instructions.
When several Hanlin officials were sorting out and classifying the accounts, Emperor Chen put down the memorial and asked: "I can't figure out whether this matter is true or false..."
Wei Jian smiled and said: "I can't understand it either, but since it was proposed by Tang Xiu and verified by Fang Shilang, I guess it can't be false."
Chen Huang nodded and said: "Both of them are monsters that have never been seen in a century, and they will not target without aim."
Half an hour later, Wei Jian stepped forward with a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, several officials have classified the accounts according to what you said."
Chen Huang was reviewing the memorial and asked casually: "What, which number is the highest?"
Wei Jian looked down and said, "Your Majesty, it's five."
Chen Huang paused, threw the folder in his hand on the table, picked up Fang Zhe's letter again, and looked at it.
At the end of the memorial, there is a clearly written sentence.
"Anyone who falsifies accounts will usually be numbered five or six..."
Emperor Chen slapped his hand on the table and said angrily: "Tell the chamberlain to get out of here!"
