Chapter 759 The more professional tax collector Tiqi
The news that the Ming Dynasty had achieved great victories in Seoul and Inchon had long been sent back to the capital. Regarding the fact that Qi Jiguang led the Beijing camp to another victory, Everyone in the capital reacted indifferently and thought it was natural.
As soon as Qi Shuai takes action, he will know if there is any.
But because there is no news from Di Bao, people in the Ming Dynasty still rely on gossip.
In the gossip, the most outrageous thing is that Qi Jiguang showed his great power, revealed his true body, moved clouds and rain, stirred up wind and waves, flooded Incheon three times, drowned countless Japanese pirates, and became the incarnation of the Japanese pirate chieftain The mythical story of the Yamata-no-Orochi trying to stop him, but Qi Jiguang's golden body chopped off three of its heads, and the Yamata-no-Orochi fled in the wind.
Even the Ministry of Rites is a little helpless about this kind of strange story. The beginning of the strange story is right, the process is outrageous, and the result is right again.
Everyone is waiting for the news from Di Bao, and Di Bao is waiting for the emperor's imperial edict, and the emperor is waiting for the battle report from the front line.
Finally on August 15th of the 14th year of Wanli, the emperor received the battle report from the front line.
"Report!" Tiqi hurriedly ran into the study room of Tonghe Palace and presented the mailbox sealed with fire paint to the emperor.
Zhu Yijun took the mailbox from Feng Bao and opened it immediately. He looked at the good news and showed a bright smile.
"After Mouri Huiyuan fled, Chen Lin led the navy to attack Incheon from Wolmi Island. Hwarang Hyeop only resisted for three hours before choosing to surrender in Kaesong. After Qi Shuai received the Incheon battle report, he immediately made adjustments and sent Toda Katsutaka and others Thirty thousand Japanese pirates besieged Ma Shanguan, wiped out all of them, killed 3,400 Japanese pirates, and captured more than 21,000 people!"
"Toda Katsutaka was captured alive under the car!"
"Seoul! Huge turmoil broke out, and the Japanese pirates After killing Hwarang, Hwarang refused to sit still and began to counterattack. The two sides fought in Seoul, with unknown casualties, but Hashiba Hideyoshi and others led the Japanese pirates to flee to Chungju."
"The Ming Dynasty regained Seoul and Incheon. ! Good! There is a great reward!”
Toda Katsutaka was the Japanese daimyo who led the battle this time. He was captured alive by the Ming army and had been sent to Tianjin Prefecture. He will be sent to the capital soon and thrown into the Jiefuan. It is the ending of Katsutaka Toda.
Seoul was on fire. Not long after the Japanese pirates and Hwarang Hyeop fought, the entire Seoul was plunged into a sea of fire. When the Ming Dynasty army arrived, only ruins were left.
"Your Majesty, all the five major palaces in Seoul were burned down by Japanese pirates." Feng Bao whispered: "Even the tomb of the previous Korean king was dug up. When the Ming army arrived, even the coffin was opened. , all the things buried with him were taken away by the Japanese pirates.”
Qi Jiguang and Liang Menglong's victory reports were mainly concentrated on the battlefield, while Li Yougong wandered around to see if there was anything new to tell His Majesty. Li Yougong actually saw the royal tombs of the Joseon Dynasty near Seoul, from Shinto, Arrow Gate, Pavilions, silk furnaces, and tombs were all destroyed.
Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "Does Li Hao know that their ancestral graves were dug up by Japanese pirates?"
Feng Bao quickly said: "The Japanese captured from the front line Judging from the spies' confession, Li Huo knew everything about it, and even expressed his anger to his surroundings, saying that it would be unkind to not avenge this."
Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and said sternly: "Then Li Huo will work with the Japanese pirates to burn the grain, grass and gunpowder I sent to North Korea? It was Li Huo who had his ancestral grave dug up, not me!"
"Li Haoyi It is said that I forced him to dethrone his throne and destroy the country. Did I really not leave him a way to survive? If I didn't allow him to come, wouldn't he have to submit the petition himself? I personally requested it?”
“Big There are many retro-reformists in the Ming Dynasty, and they like the Rouyuan people the most. In order to destroy the Japanese, I can reluctantly agree. Did he do it? No, he didn't even think about joining forces with the Japanese pirates. Come on, now Li Shun is He deserves to be killed!”
In the battle of Seoul and Inchon, the Ming Dynasty solved two troubles. The main trouble was the Japanese pirates. Seoul fell into the hands of the Japanese pirates, and the front line was unable to enter. There was a lot of discussion. Everlasting.
The secondary trouble is the trouble of the Joseon royal family. For this trouble, it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to solve. Zhang Juzheng has shouted more than once that the Joseon royal family will fall into the water, but falling into the water will still have consequences.
The royal family and the civil and military classes of the Joseon Dynasty were all killed by Yi Sun-shin. In a physical sense, all the ministers were trampled on by Tianjie. If Yi Sun-shin wanted to kill Li Ao, he had to kill all the civil and military classes. No one would be left, because they were interests. Community, this is rebellion. Rebellion is violence, not playing house.
Li Huo refused to attach it, now it’s better, he can’t die anymore.
"Your Majesty, Li Huo knows very well that once he submits the report and your Majesty agrees, he will no longer be the king of Korea. Even if he wants to, the civil and military classes will not allow him to think." Feng Bao I do have my own views on this issue.
Li Huo is not His Majesty. Li Huo has never controlled the situation of the court at all. He is just a puppet on strings, even until the last moment of his life.
Zhu Yijun said with emotion: "It's really such a pity!"
"I am issuing an edict to Uizhou. The court has proven that Li Huan is alive. Let the civil and military squads bury him on the spot. Also, I sternly reprimand Li Sunchen! No matter how big the conflict is, you can't kill the king. Let's see how much trouble this has caused." It’s honorable to be demoted, it must be demoted! Let’s demote him to the garrison of Yizhou, for General Xinwu’s sake, and let him serve his purpose.”
Feng Bao counted the numbers on his fingers and said in a low voice: "This is a promotion, right?"
Yizhou Guards is a fifth-rank officer, and I believe that General Wu is a fourth-rank officer. In the army, he is about It's the deputy general. The biggest problem here is that Yi Sun-shin changed from a military attache of North Korea to a military attache of Ming Dynasty.
Is this really punishment?
"I said demotion means demotion." Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and said with certainty: "Yi Sun-sin was originally the third-rank military envoy of North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, but now he is just the garrison of Uiju. , do you mean demotion? ”
"Yes, yes, I obey the order." Feng Bao obeyed the order of the leader. In fact, there were two different voices in the Ming Dynasty court about Li Shunchen's killing of Li Huan. One was that Li Shunchen was deceived and the other was Zhong believed that Yi Sun-shin should be rewarded for his contribution in quelling the rebellion.
The following offense is not valid, because the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has clearly abolished the king, abolished the country, and withdrew the vassal vassal, so Li He’s identity is a criminal under custody. If the following offense is said to be above, doesn’t it mean that the emperor’s imperial edict is fart?
But the reality must also be taken into account that Li Xin is indeed the king of Joseon. This time, in order to avoid future troubles, Yi Sun-shin did not have any survivors in the royal family, civil and military classes. The emperor's decision, and Xini, Yi Sun-shin became the official of Joseon. After being lowered one level and becoming a great official, it can be said that he was demoted openly and promoted secretly.
And the North Korean soldiers who fought with Yi Sunchen also followed Yi Sunchen and became the Ming Army. This is the reward given by the Ming Emperor. For Yi Sunchen and his troops, this is a huge reward. Gifted.
These days, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to become one of Ming Dynasty’s own people.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, His Majesty King De, invites you to go to the Gewuyuan to offer you an auspicious gift." Feng Bao reminded His Majesty of the itinerary, and it was time for your Majesty's favorite auspicious link again. The Gewuyuan was not secretive this time, it was the Ming Dynasty's 72-horsepower Good luck with the successful test run of the iron horse.
Zhu Yijun held a red satin-covered memorandum and said solemnly: "I feel that the emperor is deceiving me. I remember that the 48-horsepower iron horse was mass-produced at the end of last year. Today, it is 70 Two horses. In just half a year, I have Are you such a happy person? "
The red silk satin memorial is a special memorial for auspiciousness. This time Gewuyuan gave the emperor a great surprise, and the horse power increased faster than Zhang Juzheng's proposal of doubling in one year. , doubled in half a year.
Feng Bao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the maximum horsepower of this iron horse is only ninety-six horses, but it cannot be maintained for a long time, so I took the lowest horsepower report and the middle horsepower is eighty-four horses. King De Your Highness is already very conservative."
Zhu Yijun felt that King De was exaggerating to suit his needs, just like when Zhao Gao deceived Hu Hai and called a deer a horse.
But Feng Bao was very sure that King De was very conservative and set the maximum, minimum, and middle horsepower for the iron horse. The middle horsepower shall prevail, and the minimum horsepower shall be used for the report.
Maximum horsepower will waste the life of the iron horse. Metal is also fatigued. If it is always running at the maximum horsepower, it is easy to cause problems. The maximum and minimum are not objective. Only the stable output power of the maximum life span can be used to measure the standard of the iron horse. , to be objective.
"Then go and have a look." Zhu Yijun stood up and took a look if he didn't believe it.
Dewang Zhu Zaiyu, Doctors of Gewu Huang Zifu, Li Kaifang, Jiao Hong, Zhang Siwen and others were already waiting in front of the gate of Gewuyuan. They hurriedly greeted His Majesty when they saw His Majesty's guard of honor.
“Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty.” Zhu Zaiyu brought more than 30 Doctors of Gewu to the ceremony. There are 107 Doctors of Gewu in the Royal Institute of Gewu of the Ming Dynasty. These more than 30 people are the Gewu doctors of the Iron Horse Project. Doctor, they are responsible for this 72-horsepower acceptance.
"No gift." Zhu Yijun came here on his legs. Tonghe Palace and Gewuyuan were both in the Forbidden Garden. They were less than five minutes away. He saw the face of a young man and smiled.
In the 14th year of Wanli, Xu Guangqi took part in the examination and successfully passed the Jinshi examination. He was also admitted to the Institute of Gewu and became a Doctor of Gewu.
"Dr. Xu, where is Galileo now?" Zhu Yijun asked about Galileo, a Panyi talent who had met before.
Xu Guangqi quickly bowed his head and said: "Galileo is now going to Fujian to inoculate the Fujian people with cowpox. He will not come to Jingtang until the beginning of next year to take the Royal Institute of Technology exam."
Enter. Gewuyuan There are two ways. Only those who have passed the imperial examination and are among the top fifty in arithmetic can be qualified to take the examination of the Gewu Academy. Just like the Hanlin Academy absorbed the Hanlin, the emperor specially created an additional fifty Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli, which is For the purpose of talent selection for Gewu Academy.
If these fifty Jinshi are not admitted to Gewuyuan, they can still go to the Polytechnic to serve as Xuezheng.
The other way is to enter the Royal Institute of Technology. After completing the course, you can stay in the institute or enter the Institute of Technology.
The relationship between the Gewu Academy and the Royal Institute of Technology is somewhat similar to the relationship between the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, especially after students from the Institute of Science and Technology also have the reputation of being scholars.
Galileo was a Fanyi, so he naturally failed to pass the Jinshi examination, so he could only follow the route of the Institute of Science and Technology and the Institute of Gewu.
Zhu Yijun walked into the Gewuyuan and saw two iron horses that had been assembled. They were two feet and one foot long, nine feet and three inches wide and seven feet and three inches high. They were also huge beasts. All the outer surroundings have been removed so that His Majesty can view the internal structure. Another iron horse is already being warmed up and ready for trial operation.
Zhu Zaiyu introduced the various parts of the iron horse bit by bit, and then led the emperor to a long table and said: "Your Majesty, this is a model made by Gewuyuan. Although it is small, it also has three horsepower."< br>
There is a model on the table, but it cannot be regarded as a model. It is another direction of the Iron Horse's research on the Iron Horse. It is weight reduction and miniaturization. It is too heavy to be transported and is a waste of raw materials. The miniaturization is to allow the steam engine to have More scope of application.
From half a room to the size of a large desk, having three horsepower is already an incredible miracle.
“It is expected that this three-horsepower iron horse will be mass-produced in the year after next.” Zhu Zaiyu explained that this thing is still within the scope of craftsmen’s ingenuity, similar to the walnut in the story of the nuclear boat. It is still a bit difficult to carve out a vivid boat for mass production, but we can already see the possibility of mass production.
“Let’s try it out.” Zhu Yijun studied the new model sent by Xiagewuyuan and liked it very much. There is only one of this thing. He will only give it to Zhu Yili and Zhu Changzhi to play with after he has played with it enough. Today’s main topic The purpose is still to verify the 72-horsepower iron horse.
This huge iron horse is expected to be mass-produced by the end of the year, and Wang Chonggu's ambition for the full-mechanical production of woolen official factory fell on this more powerful iron horse.
Zhu Yijun's viewing platform was far away. One by one, strongmen placed iron blocks weighing fifty kilograms on the steel pallet.
Zhu Yijun randomly selected two iron blocks and lifted them. They were indeed fifty kilograms, and each iron block had to be weighed. "The total weight is 10,800 kilograms of counterweight." After Zhu Zaiyu asked His Majesty to review the counterweight, he began the test run.
Although he had witnessed dozens of iron horse trials, Zhu Yijun still felt extremely shocked. The bellows of the furnace increased the wind force, and the ignited coal turned red in the furnace. The water begins to boil, but the high-pressure valve tightly suppresses the steam until the steam opens the high-pressure valve, allowing high-pressure and high-heat steam to enter the pipe.
Under the adjustment of the centrifugal fly ball governor, steam enters the cylinder, pushing the reciprocating piston and valve stem in the bellows structure from slow to fast, and moves forward and backward quickly, while the push rod is connected to the flywheel and rotates rapidly got up.
As the whistle suddenly sounded, the flywheel pulled the 10,800 kilogram counterweight and began to rise. Within half a minute, it rose to a height of about ten feet and stopped. An experiment was completed, and then the counterweight The weight slowly falls, and the cycle repeats.
The entire test drive will be carried out thirty times in total, and these thirty times will take about half an hour. Zhu Yijun's expression becomes more and more relaxed, and the test run of the 72-horsepower iron horse is successful.
When the iron weight hit the ground for the thirtieth time, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Very good, there are rewards for every weight, and everyone in the Gewu Academy will receive a Pepsi box."
The iron horse. There are more than 30 craftsmen in the project. After the 72-horsepower iron horse passes the inspection, everyone from Dr. Gewu to the craftsmen will have established rewards. Even the most ordinary craftsman can receive one hundred silver, and the person responsible for the design Dr. Gewu has five hundred silver.
After Tiema is authorized to be produced by various official factories, there will be a steady flow of royalties and dividends.
Everyone in Gewuyuan has a reward, which is an extra reward. Even if you don’t participate in the iron horse project, everyone has an extra reward. There is fifty silver in the Pepsi box, which is more than what the emperor received when he gave birth to a child. The two taels of silver in the lucky box were much more, and even the officials from the Ministry of Rites in charge of administration had a share.
Zhu Yijun has not injected capital into Gewuyuan for a long, long time. Gewuyuan balances its own income and expenditure.
“Thank you for your majesty’s grace.” Zhu Zaiyu took Dr. Gewu from the Gewu Academy, and Shen Li, the Minister of Rites, took the officials of the Ministry of Rites to express their gratitude.
"Uncle Emperor, I'm curious. In just half a year, the power has gone from forty-eight to ninety-six horsepower?" Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and asked his doubts. It was too fast. .
"Your Majesty, when digging a well, the water will spurt out the moment it hits the water. Made of Iron Horse, we have been digging the soil before, but now we finally drilled the well, so the well blew out. We have solved some problems one after another over the years. Problems, such as adding waste steam to the boiler cycle, cooling it and then releasing it, etc." Zhu Zaiyu explained with a smile.
In recent years, in addition to the steam condensation cycle to reduce steam heat loss, there have also been improvements in transmission devices. The parallelogram connecting rod has greatly broadened the applicable scope of steam engines; the centrifugal ball speed regulator has improved the overall working conditions. Control; the emergence of the boring machine reduces the smoothness and circular runout difference inside the cylinder; the control of pressure by the steam valve counterweight and other issues.
That’s why there is such rapid improvement.
Zhu Zaiyu continued: "This time, it is due to the improvement of materials. The weight of seventy-two iron horses is one thousand three hundred kilograms lighter than that of a forty-eight-horsepower iron horse."
< br>Zhu Zaiyu once said to the emperor that the basis of everything is materials. Only with huge breakthroughs in materials can technology be realized.
Zhu Zaiyu, dean of the Institute of Geosciences, has a project called a steam turbine. Even if the design is perfect enough, if the basic materials cannot be broken through, the steam turbine will not be able to truly and reliably rotate.
"Our steel is becoming better because we have changed our thinking now." Zhu Zaiyu thought for a moment and said: "Let Li Kaifang explain it."
Zhu Zaiyu did not take the credit, but pushed Li Kaifang out and asked him to explain the changes in the research and development thinking of Gewu Institute.
Li Kaifang scratched his head a little. He was not good at words and it was a bit difficult to deal with this situation. He was silent for a long time before someone brought three bowls and a small ball and said: "This problem is a bit complicated to explain. There are three bowls here, and there is a ball. We stipulate that if you find this ball, your Majesty wins."
"I put this little ball in the bowl."
Li Kaifang blocked the emperor's view, changed the position of the bowl, and said: "Your Majesty, please choose a bowl."
"This." Zhu Yijun pointed to the bowl on the far left.
Li Kaifang reached out and opened the bowl on the far right and said: "Your Majesty, I have eliminated a wrong answer for Your Majesty. Do you want to change the bowl?"
"Will you change the bowl? Yes. What's the difference? Since it's not in the third bowl, it must be in the first two bowls. Aren't the odds the same whether you change it or not?" Feng Bao asked doubtfully.
“No, no, I’ll change it.” Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Kaifang opened the middle bowl and said: "The ball is indeed in the middle bowl. This is not an accident. After we eliminate one wrong answer, Your Majesty's probability of winning without changing bowls is only one-third. Changing bowls The probability of winning is two-thirds."
Feng Bao shook his head and said, "I can't understand."
"It's not your fault." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Not only you, but Uncle Zong is also confused, but what Dr. Gewu said is conclusive, there is a conflict between common sense and laws."
Three bowls and one ball. When a bowl is selected and one wrong answer is eliminated, the probability of winning by changing bowls is twice the probability of not changing bowls.
"If I don't change, I will choose one of the three. If I change, I will choose one of the two. Naturally, the probability of winning will be greater." Zhu Yijun explained to Feng Bao very confidently that this logic In fact, it is really simple, just a typical three-door question.
Feng Bao looked at Shen Li. When he saw that Shen Li was also confused, he smiled with relief. The smartest scholar in the Ming Dynasty didn't understand. He, Feng Bao, didn't understand. Isn't that natural?
"Your Majesty, I have a formula to describe this phenomenon. This formula includes a priori probability, conditions, and posterior probability." Li Kaifang was excited beyond words to see that His Majesty could understand it. !
When he derived this formula, he didn't believe it himself. After repeated verification, he confirmed that it was indeed the case. Then he told it to the doctors of the Five Classics. The doctors of the Five Classics all thought that Li Kaifang was crazy.
But as this formula continued to be verified, everyone finally accepted the counterintuitive but correct formula.
When Li Kaifang explained the formula, Zhu Yijun listened with great interest. Shen Li, Feng Bao, Zhang Hong and others looked confused. Feng Bao even doubted whether His Majesty really understood.
Of course Zhu Yijun understood. This is conditional probability, which uses prior probability and likelihood function to calculate posterior probability. The likelihood function is actually the condition mentioned by Li Kaifang. The probability of phenomenon B occurring under condition A is based on the posterior probability, thus Make the best choice.
Sometimes, mathematics is indeed difficult to understand.
Li Kaifang said very excitedly: "Based on the formula, we have now changed our thinking. When we don't know a certain result, we first subjectively estimate a number, and then use the experimental results to calculate this estimate. The numerical values are constantly accurate, and the result is finally obtained.”
“Dr. Gewu used this method. We have perfected materials science. When we don’t know how many ingredients to add to achieve sufficient hardness and flexibility, we just estimate a value, practice it, and use the results to reduce errors.”
“In short. , the more conditions that support a certain phenomenon occur, the more likely it is that the phenomenon will be true. ”
"Hey." Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and said, "I have thought of the application scenario of this formula, and I can explain this formula through this application scenario!"
Zhu Yijun clapped his hands, attracting everyone. eyes before continuing to speak Said: "I want to use this formula for tax collection."
"In the process of handling cases, the most difficult thing for our tax collection team is never to audit the accounts, but to determine the target and who is the target." That scum who refuses to pay taxes, this is the most pressing problem, this one The screening process will definitely lead to unjust, false and wrong cases, which will make people panic.”
“At first glance, it seems that all the targets to be investigated are law-abiding and loyal, so how can we start from this? How can we find these scum in the vast sea of people?”
“As long as we find out what these tax evaders have in common, and list these common points as conditions, they are the common points that support the phenomenon of tax evasion. That is, the more conditions there are, the more likely this guy is to evade taxes. The bigger it gets!”
Li Kaifang clenched her fist hard and said with great conviction: "Your Majesty, this is what I mean!"
"Dr. Li, you see, the Taxation Institute has been established for more than ten years and has accumulated a lot of files. Just by selecting the keywords of these files and using them as criteria for screening, can we greatly reduce the scope of taxation?" Zhu Yijun said excitedly.
“From a mathematical point of view, that’s it.” Li Kaifang said with great conviction.
Zhu Zaiyu pulled the extremely excited Li Kaifang and told him to shut up quickly. Doctors of the Five Classics do not get involved in politics. This is the guarantee of the transcendent status of Doctors of the Five Classics. It is also the reason why the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government are allowed to keep a close eye on things. The reason for the existence of the hospital, Li Kaifang has crossed the line.
But there is a universal connection between everything. Since the doctors of Gewuyuan lived in the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to avoid politics.
The emperor's uncle was very sure that His Majesty understood it, because His Majesty understood this formula, and even Feng Bao and Shen Li understood it. Zhu Zaiyu said with a complicated face: "Your Majesty, this is a formula. It mainly uses Come to Gewuyuan for research purposes, such as material proportions, not for tax collection.”
“The Taxation Hall is already powerful enough. I have already heard about the power of Taxation Tiqi in Gewuyuan. "Feng."
"The emperor is relieved, this is government affairs and has nothing to do with the Gewuyuan."
"I will secretly inform the Taxation Yuan to reduce the possibility of this matter being known to outsiders. Taxi cavalry also needs to be professional. This formula is also excellent for accounting review." Zhu Yijun said with a smile. He was blocking him in front. If the fire couldn't kill him, it wouldn't be able to burn Gewuyuan's head.
The more professional the tax inspectors are, the higher the accuracy of handling cases, and the stronger their authority. The more people will take the initiative to pay taxes, the smaller the scope of tax inspection. In theory, if it continues to develop, it will not be Tax audits can also collect all the taxes, but that's just a theory.
The 13,000-person tax inspection cavalry is more professional and can effectively reduce the occurrence of redundancy and maintain long-term peace and order in the tax inspection department.
Zhu Yijun quickly had people filter the tax evasion conditions in all the accumulated files in the past, and the seven labels that appeared most frequently were placed in front of Zhu Yijun's case.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea." Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other, and Zhang Hong took a step forward and said.
"Oh? You tell me." Zhu Yijun looked at the seven labels in front of him and said with a smile.
Zhang Hong bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, everything is changing. The cases in the past ten years may no longer have any reference significance for today's affairs. It is better to only select the case files from three years. Screening and selecting conditions will be more accurate. ”
Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Yeah! That makes sense! The files are reviewed every three years and the conditions are screened out, which is more suitable!"
(End of this chapter)