Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 727 The Postman
Outside Chang'an City, Bashang.

In the afternoon, Xu Jingzong was exhausted. When he saw the carriage at the gate of Baqiao Station, his eyes showed surprise.

"stop!"

"Ah Lang wants to rest at the station?" the attendant hurriedly asked.

Xu Jingzong got off his horse, but went straight to the post station.

At the gate of the post station, a team of Qianniu guards stopped Xu Jingzong.

"Xu Jingzong, the new transfer envoy, may I ask if Duke Wei is in the station?"

Qian Niuwei didn't seem to know this man who was dressed in ordinary clothes and looked not too old, but claimed to be the new transfer envoy. Xu Jingzong didn't expect that no one knew him, so he smiled awkwardly and took off a goldfish bag Show up.

The goldfish bag is specially given by the emperor to the ministers of the third rank and above to hold goldfish charms.Being able to wear a goldfish bag means that he is at least a third-rank minister.

The transfer envoy is a third-rank post.

The young Qianniuwei was a lot more polite to Xu Jingzong, "What's the matter with Xu Zhuanyun, the younger one can pass on to Prime Minister Qin!"

The Transshipment Envoy Yamen is known as the Department of Planning, in charge of many affairs such as salt and iron, water transportation, Changping warehouses, monopoly, etc., and has great power. The establishment of the Changping Division has a very heavy authority.

Because Qin Lang, Dai Zhou, and Ma Zhou, the three transfer envoys, all served as prime ministers, everyone used to call the transfer envoys Ji Xiang.

Xu Jingzong got Qin Lang's recommendation as a transfer envoy, and was transferred back to the capital. He was on a fast track along the way. When he met Qin Lang's chariot and horses in the suburbs of Beijing, he naturally wanted to pay a visit.

"Please inform Duke Wei that Xu Jingzong is passing by to see you."

"Please wait!"

Qian Niuwei didn't dare to neglect to offend Xu Jingzong. Although he didn't pay homage to the prime minister, who knows if he would. Even if he didn't pay homage now, the senior officials of the third rank are on the verge of entering the core of the court.

When Qin Lang heard the report, he was chatting with Yicheng.

The Tang Dynasty had a well-developed post-transmission system. There was a post station every thirty miles, and in the heart of the Central Plains like Guanzhong and Henan, there was a post station twenty miles away. Responsible for management.But the postmaster is just a low-level official.

Although there are many welcomes and send-offs, no one really treats the post chief as a dish. It is rare to meet a gentleman who visits and can actively talk to him about the situation in the post, but this little post chief is very excited.

The post stations of the Tang Dynasty inherited the previous generation. After the founding of the country, the post system extending in all directions was restored. The post stations of the Tang Dynasty have three types of post stations: water, land and water and land mergers.There are third-class water stations, seventh-class land stations, and seventy-five post stations alone.

With the two capitals as the center, the station radiates in all directions, which is equivalent to several high-speed information networks of Datang.The post station is under the jurisdiction of Shangshu Province, specifically managed by the Ministry of War, and locally managed by the governor and county magistrate.

The post station in the Tang Dynasty is quite special. As the head of a post station, it is usually served by a wealthy family relatively close to the local area. Sometimes they have to rely on their connections to run for election. Moved into the station and took charge of the management of the station.

The posts are served by nearby villagers, which also have wages and benefits, similar to being a soldier in the government, and they have to compete for posts.

Officials are mainly responsible for management and supervision duties, local states and counties are in charge, while the Ministry of War, Yushitai and other yamen are responsible for inspections.

The main duty of the post station is to communicate information, and the most important thing is to deliver official documents. The administration of the Datang government is mainly based on official documents.

The second is the transmission of Fengyi and the circulation of mansion newspapers.

The second duty of the post station is transportation and reception. It is mainly responsible for the board and lodging of passing officials, and the post station also undertakes the transportation of tribute.

Of course, the post station also had some secret tasks, such as the execution of special prisoners. Sometimes the emperor would kill some exiled criminal officials on the way, and the person who took the task was usually the post chief of the post station on the road.

Sometimes the post station is also ordered to check official documents and road guides.

Even, post stations sometimes have to take on the task of catching thieves.

Generally speaking, Datang’s post station is somewhat similar to a site contracted by wealthy households.Nowadays, next to every official post station, there is also a post station. This is actually a postal service for the private sector. It was Qin Lang who set it up first. He brought together many partners and took the lead in the name of Donggong to spread out a business. .

In essence, it is business. People can pick up letters and send things. Anyway, the official post station only receives officials and delivers official documents, etc., but the post office accepts all kinds of business. The post office is also a road hotel. , restaurants, car repair shops, pharmacies, etc.

"Does the post station affect the post station?"

"Master Hui, basically it doesn't matter, we each perform our duties. In fact, the postal station is next to us, which is a bit of an advantage, at least we have a companion."

This postmaster is a wealthy local family. After serving as this postmaster, he can get a lot of funds for raising horses every year. In fact, his income is not bad.

The post horses are provided by the imperial court, they are responsible for raising them, and the forage is also paid for by the horses. The post horses are recruited from the local people, and they are also paid according to the standard.

It is relatively easy for postmasters to make money. For example, raising posthorses, etc., they can earn money normally. For example, entertaining officials, there are standard board and lodging, and they can also earn some money.

After the post station opened next to it, these postmasters sometimes use their own post stations to take on some private work by the way. increase cost.

"In my Tang Dynasty, there are 630 and nine post stations in the world, 260 water stations, 290 and seven land stations, and 86 water and land stations. If every station can be operated as well as this Baqiao station, the Ministry of War You can also worry less."

Baqiao Station is a seven-level large post station with 75 stage horses and many carriages. The post station is equivalent to a small castle. It has stables covering a large area and several warehouses, which store various grains and There are several dishes in the living room.

The accommodation area has many courtyards, many rooms, and two canteens. This is probably because it is close to Chang'an City and there are many senior officials passing by.

The postmaster hired hundreds of postmen, with a salary of one hundred a day, and some subsidies.

The most important thing is that they greeted and sent them all day long, contacted many officials, and made good contacts for the post chief, and even got a lot of useful inside information.

Anyway, the postmaster chatted with Qin Lang, the prime minister, without stage fright at all, and talked freely.

Qin Lang chatted with him for a long time, mainly looking at the situation of the grassroots post station staff, and at the same time comparing the development of his own post station, just listening to the report is always not enough.

After chatting for a long time, he found that his postal station was indeed doing well, filling the important needs of the people.The official post station has eight hundred miles to expedite the delivery of official documents, military information, etc., and his post station is the same.

Letters are also divided into ordinary letters and registered letters, as well as urgent registered letters. There are several types of urgent letters. For example, ordinary letters have no time limit. Registered letters are delivered at [-] miles a day, and urgent letters are delivered at [-] miles a day. inside.

The express delivery is [-] miles per day, and the other is the express delivery of [-] miles, which guarantees the delivery of [-] miles a day. It is mainly for those businessmen who sometimes deliver some particularly important business information and pay a lot of money. You can send letters eight hundred miles away.

In addition to sending letters, it can also deliver goods, and even send people.

Anyway, whatever the customer needs, Qin Lang will give it here.The postal station mainly uses four-wheeled postal carriages, which are special large and long-sized caravans. The postal carts are equivalent to passenger shuttles. One cart can carry a dozen people on board at most, although it is very crowded.

It can travel fifty miles a day, and in addition to carrying people, it can also carry many letters and many packages.There is also a kind of heavy carriage specially used for cargo transportation, which can carry a hundred stones, can also travel fifty miles a day, and can be pulled by several cows or several horses.

The post stations of the imperial court are mainly fast, while Qinlang’s postal delivery can be both fast and complete. Along the main line of the imperial court’s post-transmission network, postal stations are all over the prefectures and counties. The most special thing is that there are more than 1000 counties. In every place, there will be a postal terminal station equipped with special postmen who are responsible for receiving and delivering letters, and can even send letters to the village.

The stalls of the post station are very large, and the number of postmen alone exceeds 2. Although the expenses are large, there are really no competitors these years. The imperial court has nearly [-] post stations, but they do not receive private letters, let alone send private letters. thing.

As for the postal station in the name of the Eastern Palace, the name seems to be official of the imperial court, especially where there is a post station, there must be a postal station, like twin sisters, and even further throughout every county, so that the postal station More gold-plated.

Posts, logistics, passenger transportation, board and lodging, car repair, rental, pharmacies and medical centers... this kind of diversified business, coupled with more than [-] interlocking stations, makes the postal station simply It is an invincible existence.

Especially with such a strong relationship behind it, there is no need to worry about this kind of business that spreads all over the country, being screwed locally.

More than 3 postmen, tens of thousands of post horses, and thousands of post cars are walking on the roads all over the Tang Dynasty day and night.
Letter mail to the world, goods to the whole country.

The stamps of different denominations promoted by the postal station have greatly improved the efficiency of the postal station. The postal service can not only send letters, but also send goods. and other consumption.

Stamps are universal and unlimited throughout the country. Although they are only used at postal stations, this thing is simply cross-generational. It is more effective than bank notes and bank notes. After all, there is no bank that can do it all over the country. The scale of more than 3000.

(End of this chapter)