The heavy rain is still falling outside the branch office.
Rainwater dripped from under the eaves and merged into the ditch in the patio. Many craftsmen were checking the ceilings of each house. If water seeped from the roof, the account books storing the writing would be affected.
Now the roof of the important account book warehouse has been covered with a layer of felt.
"This rain is too heavy." Han Jiang sighed.
Then he glanced back at the abacus on the case.
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Han Jiang felt that the abacus could be promoted in the Third Division, so she asked Zhang Yue again: "Besides abacus, what else can be promoted in the Third Division?"
Zhang Yue hesitated slightly.
Han Jiang said: "You used to know everything in front of me and talk about everything, but now that I am your superior, you are very happy."
Zhang Yue thought for a while and said: "I have reported to the provincial governor that I thought it would be too troublesome to keep accounts for the three divisions in writing, so we can make it simpler."
Han Jiang said: "How to put it?"
Zhang Yue immediately picked up a pen and wrote the ten words "one, two, three..." on the paper.
Then under these ten numbers, write symbols such as ‘〡,〢,〣…’ respectively.
Han Jiang and Wu Chong looked at it and were puzzled: "What is this?"
Zhang Yue said: "All the numbers in the world can be made up of five counting chips. I call this character suanchi, which is derived from suanchi."
"Provincial Lord, you see, '〡' is one calculation stick, '〣' is three calculation sticks, '〤' can be made into 'four', and 'six' is '〦', and one calculation stick is
Horizontally, one chip is counted as vertical, which is six, and so on."
"Then what's the use?"
Zhang Yue said: "It can be simplified. For example, 4022 means four thousand and twenty-two. You need to write six characters from top to bottom. If you use the Chinese character Suanchi, you can write '〤〇〢二', which only occupies one space, like this
The characters can be changed from vertical to horizontal."
What Zhang Yue recommended to Han Jiang was ‘Suzhou Mazi’.
In fact, Arabic numerals were introduced to China very early, but they were not used in business. Why is this? Because traditional Chinese account books are vertical account books, written from top to bottom, so it is very difficult to use Arabic numerals for accounting.
Not intuitive.
Suzhou code evolved from arithmetic and is commonly used for accounting, and this account book is generally incomprehensible to non-professionals.
After listening to Zhang Yue's detailed explanation, Han Jiang was still a little confused, but he said to Wu Chong: "It seems that it can be implemented."
Wu Chong said: "Provincial Lord, my son-in-law is just a whim. Don't talk about abacus, just use this calculation to change it. How much inconvenience will be caused to the officials in the department."
Han Jiang said: "There is no fixed law, as long as it is beneficial, you can try it. The abacus like this is ten times better than the calculation, but why don't you fully implement it in Jiaoyin Prison? You have to come from the new people.
try."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Jiang's steps were even greater than his own.
But Han Jiang does have great ideas.
He also had great political achievements in Sichuan and Sichuan. During the Sichuan-Sichuan period, starting from Zhang Yong, the government gave coupons to the poor, allowing them to use the coupons to buy rice in the spring and buy salt in the autumn. However, over time, the coupons ended up in the hands of the rich.
The first thing Han Jiang did when he learned about Shu was to scrap the old coupons and replace them with new coupons, so as not to enrich the people.
Zhang Yue stood up and said, "This official is short-sighted."
Han Jiang motioned Zhang Yue to sit down, and then said to Wu Chong: "Your son-in-law is a useful talent. I remembered that when I was sent to Hebei, I met a father and son on the road who wanted to serve as yamen servants. The father said to the son, if I die, our family will
It's not a double household, and it saves you the suffering of snow, cold and hunger in front of the Yamen. After saying that his father threw himself into the river, his son was crying beside him. This is what I saw with my own eyes on the roadside."
"When I was in the south of the Yangtze River, I saw that some people in the south of the Yangtze River married off their grandmothers and separated from their mothers to avoid being punished by the government. This was really treasonous and unethical. In many places, poor people gave their land to government officials, and the land was returned without service.
His family will be demoted to the same household, so that all the servants will return to the same households as before."
"Chongqing, I know that Shu once told his son-in-law that the worst thing in the world is the Yaqian Prefecture War. This is really harmful to countless people."
"I asked him how to change it, so that the son-in-law and I can be exempted from service, and the people's households and so on can be collected according to the tax, and the officials can be paid to the public officials. This method has the meaning of benefiting the king and benefiting the people. I am in Sichuan and Shu
I once tried this in one county and asked the people to pay to hire yamen to serve, and the people all said it was convenient."
"But it was a pity after coming to Beijing..."
Wu Chong said: "Oh, I dare to ask why this method is not implemented?"
Han Jiang sighed: "I took office as the third envoy this time. I once told Sima Junshi and other officials about the method I was implementing in Shu, but Sima Junshi ridiculed me in front of everyone, saying that now the government officials are holding the palm of their hands."
Official property, the loser has lost ten thousand gold, how can he come to serve for one thousand five hundred gold and two dendrobium grains?"
"All the officials on the left and right are attached to Sima Junshi. I have no choice but to give up."
Zhang Yue felt very strange after hearing this, because Sima Guang had also suggested abolishing Yaqian. He had proposed to Renzong that Yaqian should be recruited for it, but why was Han Jiang opposed by him when he proposed it.
Zhang Yue felt that Sima Guang was very contradictory.
Before the break between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the two men had similar political views, but after the break, it can be described as one in the south and the other in the north.
Wu Chong also advised Han Jiang to talk about the exemption law. Han Jiang shook his head and said: "If Sima Jun really refuses, this matter cannot be done. Let's postpone it for the time being."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that even if he knew it was not possible, he should first go to Shu to let the officials and officials know about the existence of the exemption law. If they could discuss it, it would be better than saying nothing at all.
However, Han Jiang did not agree and did not want to break up with Sima Guang, so the matter ultimately failed.
Zhang Yue sighed when he saw this. No wonder Zhu Xi once commented on Han Jiang and Wang Anshi in history, saying that Han Jiang could not change, but when Wang Jinggong took part in politics, he changed.
But Han Jiang is also commendable. Compared with Lu Gongzhu and Lu Gongbi brothers.
As a child of an aristocratic family, Han Jiang did not protect the interests of vested interests, but was bent on reform, which was already rare among officials and aristocratic families.
But then again, only people who are unkind can achieve great things.
However, Han Jiang still expressed support for Zhang Yue and asked him to implement the abacus and suanchizi as soon as possible, from handing over to the prison to the third department, and immediately cultivate a group of officials who can get started.
Zhang Yue was very happy to see Han Jiang let go of him after just a few words.
Cai Xiang also supported him at the beginning, but he opposed many things he did. He always said that there was no precedent for this matter and you should not move too fast.
Cai Xiang was an official who acted according to the rules, but Han Jiang was more concerned about efficiency.
After Han Jiang and Zhang Yue discussed official matters and walked out of the public hall, they heard an official report: "Provincial Lord, the Bianhe River has overflowed due to heavy rains in recent days, and the houses on both sides of the bank have been flooded!"
Wu Chong took a look at the sky and couldn't help but said: "This rain is really evil!"
Han Jiang said: "Not only is it raining, but the Bianhe River leading to the Yellow River is usually silted up. Although people clear the silt every year, it is still worse than ever. Moreover, many officials from Bianjing have recently encroached on the river. In the past,
Bao Longtu was fashionable among the governors of Kaifeng and no one dared to do it, but now no one dares to control it."
At this time, Zhang Yue came forward and said: "Provincial Lord, once Bianjing is flooded, it will be unthinkable. Please make plans in advance?"
