Great Wei scholar

"Large numbers are reduced by numbers, borrow if you don't have enough, then this, then this, and finally this."

"The result is 6209 taels."

Xu Qingxiao spent nearly two quarters of an hour explaining the principles of addition and subtraction.

In fact, Da Wei already had the concept of addition and subtraction, and Da Wei has the art of calculation, which can be regarded as addition and subtraction.

The core point of what Xu Qingxiao taught Gu Shangshu was not addition and subtraction, but Arabic numerals.

It is equivalent to simplifying the abacus. After all, once you need to calculate, you use an abacus to calculate, whether it is troublesome or not is a problem.

The most important thing is that you have to do the calculation again after you finish the calculation. A few hundred taels is simpler, but tens of thousands of taels?How much is 10 taels?How many million taels?Even tens of millions of taels, tens of millions of taels?

How many dossiers are densely packed together for a country's expenditure and income?

The household department of the Great Wei is 30 days a month, and [-]% of the people are counting money every day. Is this tiring?Trouble or not?Waste of time?

Arabic can be used instead of numbers, let alone tens of millions of taels, even if it is several million taels, it is nothing more than adding a few extra zeros.

"Gu Shangshu, have you lost your studies?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

If you haven't learned it yet, you can only teach it again.

"Old man...understood."

Gu Yan recovered from his astonishment, and when he heard Xu Qingxiao speak like this, Gu Yan immediately took a brush and started counting directly.

Gu Yan wrote a series of numbers casually, followed by another series of numbers. According to the addition and subtraction method taught by Xu Qingxiao, although there was some lag, the speed was not slow.

After a while, Gu Yan figured out the answer.

Immediately afterwards, he took out an abacus from a side cabinet and began to calculate.

For the same calculation, Gu Yan and Gu Shangshu were proficient in the art of abacus, and they were a few breaths slower than before, but they did the calculation.

Comparing them, the numbers obtained by the two are exactly the same!

hiss!

At this moment, Gu Yan and Gu Shangshu, the head of the household department, completely froze in place.

Xu Qingxiao was very calm, took a sip of tea, and looked at ease.

After a while, Gu Shangshu swallowed hard, looked at Xu Qingxiao and said.

"Great talent!"

"Great talent!"

"Shouren! You are truly an eternal talent!"

Gu Yan firmly grasped Xu Qingxiao's arm, and shouted excitedly, calling Xu Qingxiao an eternal genius.

However, Xu Qingxiao withdrew her hand and said seriously.

"Master Gu, men and women cannot kiss each other, let alone men and men, I will sue you for this."

He doesn't discriminate against Long Yang's goodness, but he can't do it on himself, especially at such an old age.

"This algorithm."

"If it is promoted, the efficiency of the accounting department's future accounting will be greatly improved by at least several times."

"Xu Shouren, you are truly an eternal talent."

Gu Shangshu didn't care about Xu Qingxiao's remarks, but said incomparably excited.

Xu Qingxiao's algorithm is not to say how accurate it is, but it is simple and extremely easy to learn. There is no need to learn the abacus, and there is no need to go back and forth for fear of accidentally making mistakes.

After all, if you accidentally calculate quickly, errors are prone to occur, so generally speaking, five people are required to perform separate calculations for one calculation, and five people must calculate the same answer before recording it in the file.

But relying on the numbers invented by Xu Qingxiao, it is extremely simple. It still requires five people to do the calculations, but there is no need to foolishly keep typing the calculations. It only needs to add and subtract, and the result will be obtained quickly.

In this way, wouldn't it greatly reduce manpower?

The remaining people can do other things, and the efficiency of the household department can be doubled at least.

And what is the household department?It is the department that controls Wei's finances. If the basic accounting speeds up, then other things can be done effectively.

This is simply good news for the household department. You may not feel anything for a day or two, but over time, it will be a year, ten years, or a hundred years.

How much time can be saved in the middle?

Gu Yan really did not expect that Xu Qingxiao not only had great talent in literature, but also had such a terrifying talent in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Who the hell is this motherfucker?

Could it be that he is really a great talent of all ages?

At this moment, Gu Yan couldn't help but think of a sentence.

"Heaven was not born, I promise Qingxiao, Confucianism and Taoism are like a long night"

Gu Yan inexplicably wanted to change two words for Xu Qingxiao.

Change Confucianism and Taoism to Great Wei.

"Gu Shangshu, I have already taught you the method of accounting, so do you want to talk about the business next?"

Xu Qingxiao was not arrogant, but instead mentioned the business. This method of arithmetic is just a small gift to the Ministry of Households, and it is also to strengthen Wei, but he came here today not just for this matter.

"kindness!"

Gu Yan withdrew his mind, and poured another cup of tea for Xu Qingxiao.

"Shouren, you gave such a big gift to the Ministry of Finance, so I'll just say it straight."

"Actually, giving you all the files is not for suppressing, but for two purposes."

"First, I hope you can truly understand Da Wei's current situation."

"Secondly, I want you to be quiet for a while. You just killed the county king with your forefoot. The entire Wei Dynasty is staring at you countless times. If you make a wrong step, it will be an abyss."

"It is precisely because of this that I will let people do this, and you should not be jealous."

Gu Yan told the truth, he didn't mean to disgust Xu Qingxiao, and he didn't mean to wear small shoes, there was no need for it, it was just a misunderstanding by the people below.

"The officer knows."

Xu Qingxiao nodded, he understood Gu Yan's thoughts, if he were Gu Yan, he would probably do the same.

After all, too rigid will break.

But the problem is, the current Dawei, you are not good at all, Xu Qingxiao also wishes that Dawei is in the prosperous stage, and he can read a few poems and win the beauty, isn't it good?

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

"You just understand."

Gu Yan nodded, and then continued to speak.

"Then let me ask you, what are you going to do next?"

"to be frank."

Gu Yan said seriously.

Now that everything has been said here, there is no need to hide it.

"Taxes! Taxes! Taxes!"

Xu Qingxiao didn't intend to hide anything anymore, the other party was the Minister of the Household Department, and what he had to do was what the Household Department did. Naturally, there was no need to hide anything, it was better to say it directly.

As soon as these words came out, Gu Yan's face changed, but he held his breath, looked at Xu Qingxiao and said.

"Whose tax?"

Gu Yan asked.

"Fanbang foreign race."

Xu Qingxiao said firmly.

"Fanbang foreign race?"

Now Gu Yan was a little surprised. He thought that Xu Qingxiao would say that he was from the royal family, and he couldn't speak for a moment when his stomach was full.

"Master Gu, from your position, should their taxes be paid?"

There was a trace of coldness in Xu Qingxiao's eyes.

Gu Yan is the Minister of the Household Department, once Xu Qingxiao said this, he instantly understood what Xu Qingxiao was thinking.

"Should!"

After a while, Gu Yan nodded, and he answered from the perspective of a minister.

"What do you mean by paying taxes?"

Gu Yan asked, he was a little puzzled, he could understand tax collection, but what is the meaning of tax payment?

"Gu Shangshu, the amount of silver earned by these foreign races in the Great Wei every year can be regarded as astronomical figures. In the past, it was the prosperity of the Great Wei that allowed them not to pay taxes, which was regarded as the survival of these foreign races."

"But now that the Great Wei is gradually declining, how can they be allowed to lie on the Great Wei and suck blood?"

"To make up the tax is to make up all the taxes they paid three years ago, and they have to make up [-]% of each tax."

Xu Qingxiao expressed his thoughts.

"Thirty percent!"

"Shouren, will they agree?"

Gu Shangshu almost called out, he is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he naturally understood how terrifying Xu Qingxiao's words were.

Make up [-]% in one year, and [-]% in three years.

In other words, they earned 1 taels of silver in three years, and they will have to make up 3000 taels this year, which is equivalent to earning nothing this year.

Who can promise this.

No one can agree to change.

"Don't agree?"

"If you don't agree, let them get out of Dawei. Now that Dawei is waiting for prosperity, it's good to lose this group of people. At least the people of Dawei can do business by themselves, which can be regarded as increasing the employment rate."

Xu Qingxiao said casually.

And Gu Yan didn't understand what the employment rate meant, but it sounded a bit novel, but he was not thinking about it for the time being, but looked at Xu Qingxiao and said.

"There are many forces behind these foreign races. If they pay [-]% of the tax, they will definitely cause trouble."

When Gu Yan opened his mouth, he still had some scruples.

"Gu Shangshu!"

"At this time, it is no longer the time when the Great Wei was at its peak. If you are afraid of this, then you are also afraid. I dare to ask you a question."

"Can Da Wei take out 5000 million taels of silver?"

Xu Qingxiao looked at Gu Yan firmly, and Gu Yan was speechless after saying a word.

"But... this!"

As a minister, Gu Yan needs to consider many things carefully. He is indeed not as passionate and daring as Xu Qingxiao, but this is not to say that he is not good.

"Gu Shangshu, I'll only say one sentence, and you can decide for yourself after you finish speaking."

"If you offend these foreign races, Great Wei will still be Great Wei! If Great Wei is gone, these foreign races will not show mercy to us."

Xu Qingxiao said word by word, these words were a bit outrageous, but in Gu Yan's ears, these words were inexplicably deafening.

He was silent.

Xu Qingxiao didn't urge her, but sat in front of her, drinking tea cup after cup.

Three quarters later.

Gu Yan took a deep breath, and he looked at Xu Qingxiao with firm eyes.

"how do you want to do it?"

Gu Yan asked.

"Gu Shangshu, please forgive me for not being able to say anything about the specific methods, but there is one thing that I must do in a proper way."