The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

When it comes to accounting, the concept of Arabic numerals is naturally indispensable.Liu Tao remembers that someone said on the Internet before: "In fact, lowercase numbers can be used, there is no need to borrow Arabic numerals, after all, the habit is the same."

For example, '88888' is replaced by 'eight eight eight eight eight', followed by uppercase numbers and marked 'eight thousand eight thousand eight hundred eight hundred eight', which is actually good.

Liu Tao also accepts this statement. The "number" does not refer to Arabic numerals, but the concept of "capital number".

After accepting that statement, he investigated lowercase numbers and uppercase numbers, and found that uppercase numbers did not appear until the Ming Dynasty.Traveling to this era confirms this fact: In this era, capital numbers have not yet appeared!

In other words, first of all, he must first popularize capital numbers, so as to better avoid problems with the accounts.

"Speaking of..." Liu Tao seemed to have another situation in mind, so he took out a piece of paper, wrote a few groups of numbers casually, then handed it to Jian Yong, and asked, "Here is a comparison of two numbers. Better?"

"Of course it's this kind..." Jian Yong pointed to the Arabic numerals.

"Why?" Liu Tao didn't understand, and pointed to the lowercase numbers, "Isn't it more used to here?"

"If you often write or calculate, it is obviously more convenient here." Jian Yong replied unceremoniously, "Besides, after getting used to it, you can use these numbers very familiarly... In other words, these numbers were created by the lord. of?"

"No, it is said that it was invented by Shendu (India). Because it was popularized by people in the Arab region, it was mistaken for the invention of the Arabs, so they are called Arabic numerals." Liu Tao explained.

"If it's for daily writing, it's not a big problem to use the traditional number method, but in actual work, it's more convenient. Of course, this is the meaning of the subordinates, and it doesn't represent the thoughts of other people." Jian Yong replied.

There is indeed a saying that in the early days, because seal script writing was too troublesome, local officials invented official script for the convenience of recording, mainly for the convenience of work and quick copying.

Official script replaced seal script in the Han Dynasty, largely due to its "convenience".Liu Tao couldn't help thinking that in the end, Arabic numerals replaced the traditional lowercase numerals and became the mainstream. Maybe it has something to do with the promotion, but the convenience is beyond doubt.

"In this case, there will be another kind of number to promote..." Liu Tao said with emotion, then wrote the uppercase number again, and continued to ask, "This is the uppercase number I plan to promote, what do you think? ?”

"Writing is a bit troublesome, but it can indeed avoid many problems in the accounts." Jian Yong looked at it, and then praised.

The promotion of paper has brought about changes in many fields. This is also the main reason why Liu Tao first thought of making money as a means of making money in Luoyang.

Papermaking here in the north may cost too much, so if you want to make paper in the Central Plains, if possible, you can even make paper in Jiangnan.Luoyang is not safe yet.After all, according to history, Luoyang will be set on fire by Dong Zhuo once more.

So some time ago, I made a calculation with the scribes under my command. In Yingchuan, everyone bought shares together. By the way, Liu Tao took out the concept of the board of directors and the chairman, and established a joint papermaking workshop in Yingchuan. The scale must be larger than that in Luoyang. .

Through this method, tentatively, the families of Yingchuan were initially tied to his chariot.

With paper, it means that printing can be done; a large number of books means that there can be elementary school and evening schools; a large number of scholars means that the imperial examination system has appeared in advance.

In another field, paper also means a tabular system. Compared with those written account books like journals, tabular account books are more convenient, which is difficult for wooden and bamboo slips.

It also means that the government's dependence on paper will further increase.Just in case, earlier, he sent the technology to Zhang Yan to see if he could build a paper-making workshop in Taihang Mountain.

"That's good..." Liu Tao saw that Jian Yong agreed with these two numbers, so he took another piece of paper, listed the table, and then told him how to use it.The latter can also be regarded as the old master of one-year resumes, and he almost approves of this method with both hands and feet.

"Two kinds of numbers, the teaching of the table, and the corvee are carried out simultaneously, can it be done?" Liu Tao asked further.

"Of course no problem!" Jian Yong nodded, "After all, this year, the county mainly dispatched officials to supervise to ensure that everything goes smoothly. According to the original method, the problem is not too big, the big deal is to change it to the table mode for review after winter.”

"It is estimated that there will be a lot of problems at that time." Liu Tao joked.

"But you have to trust the people we send down." Jian Yong reminded, "We have no choice but to finish everything. And it's the first time we do it, many people are not used to it, so the black hand The possibility is very low, and at the same time there are not many methods, and the part of corruption is very limited. Find out the problem and warn once, so that the work will be smoother in the future.”

After all, the degree is small, and the simple punishment can make the officials not think so much next time.At least it can guarantee the integrity of the vast majority of officials, and the few who have problems can be directly dealt with.

If it is officially promoted next year, then the number will be huge, and the warning is obviously inappropriate. This will kill chickens and monkeys, and the effect will probably be much worse.

"It's just..." At this point, Jian Yong couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "If we continue like this, we will run out of people. There are obviously too many generals, but there are still not enough civil servants."

"This problem is not your headache..." Liu Tao complained directly, "The night school and the enlightenment class are held simultaneously, and various books are constantly being improved, but you also know what the original situation in the cloud is. A scholar?"

Most of them are from big families, and there may be some others, but what they represent is more of the interests of the family.

A group came from Yingchuan, but if they spread out, there would obviously be insufficient manpower.Especially if all counties in Yunzhong County are to be restored in the future, more officials will be needed.

"Since my lord knows the future, why don't you consider recruiting some talents?" Jian Yong immediately suggested.

Chapter 280

That's right, since you know the future so well, why don't you enlist more people to come over?

"...Xianhe, I don't know so many talents. In addition, if they can be recruited, I have entrusted the Zhen family to recruit them. Whether they can find someone, and whether the other party is willing to accept the recruiting, are two matters." Liu Tao sighed.

After a pause, he continued: "And at this stage, what we need is not high-end talents. Even if there are a few prime minister-level talents, they can only be used as a talent reserve. What we need are middle- and low-level officials. This is the most urgent thing." of."

Being able to recruit, Jian Yong really thought he didn't work hard?Let’s just say that Tian Feng and Jushou, such as Gao Lan and Zhang Yun, such as Pan Feng and Wu Anguo... those who went south, such as Sun Qian and Mi Zhu, Gu Yong, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, and even Lu Su and Zhou Yu, all sent people to conquer them. Pass.

At this stage, there is either no response or no acceptance of recruitment.Some... are too young, and the family thinks he has ulterior motives.

For example, Lu Su, who is fourteen years old this year, is three years younger than Zhang Liao; Gu Yong is alright, but he is one of the four prominent families in Wu County, and he doesn't want to come to Yunzhong to suffer at all.

Sun Qian has been recommended by Zheng Xuan to the state and has served as a state official, so he doesn't want to come to Yunzhong.Mi Zhu is a big businessman in Xuzhou. Although he also wants to be an official, there is still a younger brother in the family who is not expected to be the head of the family. He is worried that after he comes, the family will be ruined by him.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's respective families stated that the head of the family had already gone to Yangzhou, and his whereabouts were unknown... Well, I have confirmed that the two are indeed not brothers or clan brothers, but the ancestors did have some kinship.

Tian Feng is currently an official in the court, so he should not be evacuated; Jushou is the county magistrate, so naturally he should not be evacuated.No one in Gaolan knew about it, so naturally they couldn't be recruited; Zhang He was serving as the army commander in Jizhou, so he shouldn't be recruited after he had already become an official.

After being hit again and again like this, Liu Tao became less enthusiastic about recruiting historical celebrities.

"There is a solution, but I don't know if the lord will dare or not." Jian Yong thought for a while and said.

"I didn't even listen, how do I know if I dare or not?" Liu Tao rolled his eyes at the other party.

"Although the counties are small, there must be a lot of things in the county. After all, there will be very busy times. At this time, the county officials are too busy and will ask for help..." Jian Yong said slowly.

In the final analysis, it is to let the county officials recommend their helpers to expand the number of county officials.As long as some county officials are properly promoted to county officials, then the problem should not be big.

The disadvantages are also obvious. The Yunzhong branch will grow further, possibly crowding out the Yingchuan branch, or connecting together to do some illegal things.If it is connected in series up and down, it is not easy to find out the problem.

"It's simple!" Liu Tao replied casually when he heard the words, and wanted to say why it was so serious, "County officials recommended by each county will take office alternately, and at the same time, find ways to create a competitive environment for each county... For example, counties that perform well Officials and county officials may be promoted to official officials, and I even personally honor them for their filial piety."

"My lord is indeed powerful, and my subordinates admire it." Jian Yong was taken aback when he heard this, and then agreed.

The decrees were successively issued on the side of the county sheriff's office, which naturally made the counties boil.It is conceivable that the houses of the county officials are estimated to be broken by relatives and friends.

Liu Tao doesn't care about these things. Now he has to arrange for Xun Yue to learn capital numbers, Arabic numerals, and even financial tables, and then teach them to the little officials who are about to be dispatched.

"By the way, these things can be taught to Yingchuan United Workshop by the way, so that it will be much more convenient to check the accounts in the future." Before leaving, Liu Tao had to remind him.

After all, on his side, he can only send someone to supervise, and then copy the account books and send them to him for review.Ordinarily, there is no way to use the manpower of the county for this thing, so it can only be calculated by a special steward at home.

Fortunately, Zhen Jiang was free at home, so Liu Tao entrusted her to be responsible for such matters.She also likes this very much. As a wife, it is her duty to have children, husband and children.

"Can it be passed on?" Xun Yue was a little surprised. After all, there is a saying these days, that is, the law should not be passed on lightly.

The part passed down by the teacher cannot be passed on to others unless permitted.Only by learning, mastering, and forming your own genre, can you pass on what you have mastered.

Otherwise, one teacher will teach one hundred disciples, and one hundred disciples will teach one thousand disciples. If things go on like this, the whole world will be full of scholars. How could it be so small?It's one thing not to be able to learn, but another thing to be unable to teach!