Seeing Old Zhao's shocked look, Old Man Gu knew that he had made the right decision to come here in person today.
It seems that the things written on the paper that I can't quite understand are indeed as good as my granddaughter said.
Old Man Gu said proudly, "Of course it was written by Su Yu."
"Su Yu taught it to the newly hired shopkeeper of his bookstore. After Chang Le saw it, he thought it was good, so he made a copy and said he would give it to you."
"How about it?"
"Old man, I can't understand these, and I can't tell the difference between good and bad."
"If you don't like it, then I can take it back?"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to take the thing back.
Old man Zhao quickly moved his hand to one side.
"Hey, don't..."
Seeing Old Man Zhao's reaction, Old Man Gu couldn't help but feel proud.
Just now I was pretending.
What he said was Su Yu's level, and the articles he wrote were not good enough for him to read.
Now I'm not even willing to give it back to him.
"No more pretending?"
Old Man Gu joked bluntly.
Old man Zhao was too lazy to pay attention to him and looked down a second time.
After reading it, he asked: "You said this guy Su Yu taught the shopkeeper how to keep accounts?"
"Isn't it?" Old Man Gu replied to him.
"You haven't said yet whether it's okay or not."
This is the second time I've asked, and Old Man Zhao can no longer avoid answering.
This time I stopped pretending and replied honestly: "Okay!"
"Very good!"
"This accounting method is more advanced and perfect than the current accounting method."
"I think this accounting method can be used not only by the Account Department, but also throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
There are so many disadvantages to the single-entry accounting method that it is unnecessary to list them all.
Reconciling the accounts at the end of each year is painful enough.
Su Yu's accounting method is much more advanced and perfect than what they currently use.
And he also wrote it out in detail, even the various categories and subjects to be set were completely written down on paper.
In other words, this thing is something they can use directly!
From ancient times to the present.
The perfection of something involves a process.
It has to be continuously improved from the experience of countless ancestors before it can finally take shape.
But now Su Yu was able to skip these steps and directly gave them a complete and perfect accounting method.
When Old Man Zhao saw it for the first time, his hands trembled slightly because he was so excited!
Others may not know how good this thing is.
But as a former Minister of Household Affairs, he definitely knows better than anyone how important the new accounting method is to the economic development of the imperial court!
How could this kid know such a good thing?
Old Man Gu was a little shocked when he heard that he said it could be promoted and used throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Gu Changle told him yesterday that this thing was good, but Old Man Gu didn't have much practical experience yet.
Now that he saw Old Man Zhao's reaction, he realized it clearly.
Su Yu is so good at writing this.
This grandson-in-law is indeed a man with a great future!
Old Man Gu became more and more proud and pretended to sigh.
"Oh, it's just my grandson-in-law who doesn't do his job all day long, and that's why he came up with such a thing."
"If it were any other scholar who only cares about reading books from sages and talks about it, he would definitely not even know how to keep accounts."
Are you here to help Su Yu regain his position?
What Old Man Zhao said yesterday was slapped in the face today.
It does hurt a bit...
Old Man Zhao was soft-spoken, but he still retorted firmly: "I, I just care about the younger generation."
"How many people want my teachings, but if it were anyone else, I wouldn't even bother to say a word to them!"
This is true.
After a pause, Old Man Zhao asked cautiously: "You showed this to me today, so this is something that can be made public to the world, right?"
"It doesn't matter to Su Yu, right?"
Old Man Gu was so proud that he replied normally: "Chang Le has asked him."
"He said if everyone thinks it's good, feel free to use it."
Old man Zhao couldn't help but praise in his heart: "What a boy!"
"This is the pattern!"
He admitted that it was too early to say that Su Yu was not doing his job properly.
This kind of irresponsible work that is useful to the court and society is still worthy of praise.
"I want to write a memorial and send it to the capital, so that the Ministry of Revenue can quickly start promoting this accounting method."
"By the way, I have to give this boy a reward."
"This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people!"
Old man Zhao couldn't sit still anymore as he spoke.
As soon as I get to work, I have to go back to the study to write a letter.
"Are you going to deliver a message to the court?"
Old Man Gu stopped him: "My grandson-in-law, we can't let the emperor know about this."
Once it was known that the two were getting married, the emperor would definitely announce that Gu Changle and her husband would come to Beijing to meet the saints as a show of favor.
When the imperial court was discussing the reduction of vassals.
If he was summoned to the capital at this time, wouldn't he be a proper hostage?
Old Man Gu will never allow this to happen.
Old Man Zhao smiled and said, "You don't need to tell me about this. I naturally know what to do."
"Don't worry, the person I want to commend today is a farmer named Su Yu. He has nothing to do with your Gu family."
Old Man Gu also knew that this old man was a trustworthy person, so he stopped disturbing him.
After the things were delivered, and having had enough ridicule, he left with satisfaction.
Old man Zhao returned to the study.
I couldn't take care of the painting I just finished, so I copied the accounting method sent by the Gu family.
He picked up his pen again and wrote a memorial.
I first wrote about the advanced and perfect aspects of this accounting method, and then mentioned the person who wrote this method.
He also praised it vigorously and asked for a reward.
After finishing all this, it was almost noon.
Old man Zhao didn't feel hungry at all, so he called his servants and asked them to deliver the memorial.
Then he sat down and studied Su Yu's account again.
While researching, he also discovered new problems.
“They all use cash settlement, which seems not perfect enough...”
"The imperial court allocates funds every year. In many cases, summer floods allocate autumn grain in advance."
“Sometimes the national treasury is so empty that next year’s autumn grain is even taken into account.”
"But the price of food during this year's disaster is very different from the price of food during next year's bumper harvest."
"In this case, this accounting method is not enough..."
As the former Minister of Household Affairs, Mr. Zhao naturally has two skills.
After reading it twice more, I saw one of the shortcomings of this accounting method.
Su Yu's small bookstore doesn't have any use for such complicated things, so the writing is not so complicated.
But Mr. Zhao thought about it, and besides adding a few more accounts to record separately, he didn't have much clue how to improve it.
"Old man Gu said that this accounting method was taught to him by Su Yu, the bookkeeper."
"His is a small bookstore, and it basically uses cash for settlement. It does not involve operations such as advances and credit accounts. It is indeed very suitable for this method."
"But if you want me to improve these shortcomings in a short period of time, I can't even do it..."
Old man Zhao thought for a while and decided to leave it alone.
"That's all, I'm at home now."
"It is impossible for a young junior to construct such a complicated accounting method, but the princes of the imperial court cannot perfect it on this basis."
"So for the rest, let's rely on the efforts of the court officials."
