"Ah Miao, what is this?"
Although Pei Che was used to his lover always having some unique ideas, he couldn't help but feel confused when facing these two little cotton-like things.
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows, smiled mysteriously, and said, "You'll know when you get there."
Pei Che studied the two things all the way until he stepped into the door of the Ministry of Revenue, when he finally understood. Because Jiang Miao took the things as soon as he entered the door, and stuffed the two cotton-like things into his ears, one on the left and one on the right.
Can this really keep people from being disturbed by the outside world
Pei Che turned his head to look at Jiang Miao from time to time and found that he was indeed reading the list faster and no longer listened to other people's conversations like he did yesterday.
The cotton ball filtered out most of the sounds. After all, these adults still knew some etiquette. Although they were chatting all the time, they didn't make loud noises. Jiang Miao stuffed the cotton ball into his ear and couldn't help but recall the headphones he wore in modern times. He immediately felt melancholy.
After being in ancient times for such a long time, his behavior habits have become the same as those of the Lakers. If it weren't for the occasional thought that reminds him that he is a ghost from the present world, he would have thought that he was an authentic ancient man.
Just when Jiang Miao was distracted, a familiar name slipped through his fingers. Jiang Miao blinked. Zhao... Wei? Zhao Wei! Isn't this the person they are looking for
"I found that person!" Jiang Miao almost jumped up with excitement. He didn't expect the effect to be so remarkable. He found him the next day. In this way, he didn't have to look at the other large boxes.
Pei Che was equally excited. He took the list from Jiang Miao, and his heart was shaken. He felt uneasy about facing the truth.
He looked down and saw that the first name on the list was Zhao Wei. But when he continued to read, the passion in his heart was immediately extinguished. Because under this name it was written as dead, at the age of fifteen.
According to the recollections of Master Wu Chen of Tzu Chi Temple, this man named Zhao Wei was about the same age as his parents. How could he die at the age of fifteen
Jiang Miao watched Pei Che's expression change from excitement to sigh, and he also leaned over to take a look. He felt a little embarrassed, blaming himself for being too impatient and yelling without waiting to take a closer look.
Yes, isn't the purpose of modern names increasing from two characters to three characters and then to four characters to prevent too many duplicate names? In ancient times, when people's names generally consisted of two characters, the probability of having the same name was extremely high, and there was nothing special about the two characters Zhao Wei, so the probability of having the same name was even higher.
Seeing that Jiang Miao seemed to be blaming himself, Pei Che said softly, "It's okay, just look for it again."
"Ah?" Jiang Miao took off a cotton ball and stuffed it full of his ears. He could hardly hear the whispers clearly.
Pei Che laughed and said it was nothing, then he took the cotton ball and stuffed it back for him, leaving Jiang Miao completely confused and he had to continue flipping through the books.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another month had passed. Jiang Miao and Pei Che worked together and finally finished reading all the household registration lists.
Looking at the paper full of Zhao Wei, Jiang Miao felt that he almost didn't recognize these two words. After flipping through all the household registrations, there were a total of 56 people named Zhao Wei. Among these 56 people, excluding those who died, those whose ages didn't match, and those whose genders didn't match, there were still three people left. These three people were about the same age as Pei Che's deceased parents, so the person they were looking for must be among them.
Of these three people, one lives in the west of the city, and two live in the east. Their specific addresses are on the household registration list, so it is very convenient to find them by following the addresses.
"It's done. I'll go back today. I haven't cooked delicious food for them for a long time, and they look at me eagerly every day." Jiang Miao stood up and stretched his muscles. He has been sitting here for the past few days. He feels like a machine that is about to be scrapped. It feels like it will fall apart if he moves a little.
Pei Che also stood up and massaged his shoulders: "Go back, you've worked hard these days."
"What's the big deal?" Jiang Miao said nonchalantly, "It's just that the household register is too messy. It would be better if we could separate them by surname, and put an index on each box, so it would be much easier to find people."
Jiang Miao thought of modern books and dictionaries, which all have catalogs, making it very convenient to search for information.
Pei Che's eyes lit up, and he felt that what Jiang Miao said made a lot of sense. Now that he was in charge of the household registration, he might have to cooperate with the government in conducting investigations in the future. If he had to look through all the rosters every time he looked for someone, it would be too troublesome.
After Jiang Miao left, he called several of his subordinates over. These clerks were all from the household registration office, and they usually did some registration and transcription work, which was quite an easy job.
Several people stood respectfully in front of the table waiting for Pei Che's instructions. The other adults also pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the movements here.
"Everyone, I have already checked these rosters. Please move the remaining two boxes back to the warehouse."
Several people claimed that they dared not to, saying that they were just moving some things, so there was no need to bother. Before they could relax, Pei Che spoke again.
"Everyone, when I was looking at the household register these days, I found a problem. The names registered here are in a mess, with no pattern to follow. It is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack to find a person. What are your opinions on this problem?"
Several people looked at each other. After a while, one of them stood up and said, "Please forgive me, sir, for my stupidity. I don't have a good idea to solve this problem." This is how it has been done all along. It is inconvenient, but what else can we do
Another person stepped forward and said, "Why not send a few more people to help? This way, the speed will definitely be much faster."
"This method is not appropriate. Each room has a fixed number of people. How can we increase or decrease them at will?" An older man immediately objected. There are too many people and too few vacancies for such work. If more people are assigned and then have to be laid off, he would definitely have no advantage at his age.
Several people started talking one after another, but no one could come up with an effective solution to the problem. Pei Che sat behind the table and watched from the sidelines. He waited until they finished talking and quieted down before he spoke slowly.
"Since none of you have any good ideas, I have a solution. Please listen to it first."
"Please give us your instructions, sir." Several people bowed, but they felt a little dissatisfied in their hearts.
"It's difficult to find people in the roster because they are arranged in a chaotic manner. It would be much easier if there was a trace to follow."
"May I ask, sir, how can we make this list traceable?"
"There are two ways. One is to set up a table of contents in front of each book and write the name of the first person on each page. In this way, you only need to look through the table of contents to know who is recorded in this book without having to look through the entire book." Pei Che said.
After hearing this, several people nodded and said, "Indeed, this way, we can save a lot of effort. What's the other way?"
"Another way is to split these lists and rebind them according to the surnames of the people. In this way, every time you look for someone, you only need to look through the books that record this surname."
"This method is great!" Several people nodded in praise. Every time the government wanted to arrest someone or confiscate a family, they had to come to the household registration office to borrow the list to avoid omissions. The low-level yamen runners could not read many words, so the task of finding the list fell on them. Every time they looked for it, they had to search through all the boxes. Such a big fuss was really tiring.
If we divide them by name, then only one or two people will be able to find them easily each time, and life will be much easier in the future.
Pei Che noticed their reactions and said calmly, "Which method do you prefer?"
"Of course it's the second option."
“Okay, then I’ll have to trouble you to count and split the list in the warehouse and then rebind it according to the names. This matter is a bit complicated, and I will report to the Minister and ask him to assign a few people to help.” Pei Che smiled slightly, very kindly.
Several people:"… "
It turns out that they already have an idea in mind, and they are afraid that they will complain and shirk responsibility if they are given direct orders, so they come up with this trick. Are young people nowadays so cunning
(End of this chapter)