Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 382
"This is the end of the discussion on war preparations and Taiwan matters. The cabinet, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry and other relevant departments must formulate corresponding measures according to the actual situation. All those involved in the affairs of the Ministry must come up with a strategy within ten days. , and then deploy it in place as soon as possible. The Metropolitan Procuratorate must strengthen the supervision of these two matters, and send special personnel to the department to supervise the handling, but if anyone finds that they are evasive and slack, they should be impeached immediately!"

All the ministers got up and saluted to receive the order.

Zhu Youjian gave the concept of timetable for the first time, with the purpose of improving the efficiency of officials in Ming Dynasty with a strict and standardized system.

In fact, since the implementation of the new policy of salary increase, the efficiency of the various yamen in the capital has been greatly different from before.

Stimulated by huge benefits for his own interests, and under the strict supervision of the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Jin Yiwei, the lazy atmosphere in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has been completely improved.

In particular, the living conditions of middle- and lower-level officials and low-level book-official officials in various yamens have suddenly undergone earth-shaking changes. Most people have changed from living in poverty to wealthy middle-class people. Change fuels work ethic and attitude in the vast majority of people.

In the past, when people paid great attention to the rewards and loyalty to the king, when others gave you great benefits, but you did not reciprocate, the behavior was despised by the world, and even their family members would not show tolerance for this. and understanding.

Moreover, the cabinet has already issued a document declaring that all local governments, as long as the official documents submitted by each locality are those who have been approved by the imperial court, no matter which side involves people, property, and property, after the reported matter is completed, they must report to the imperial court in a detailed official document and dispose of the matter. A comprehensive description of the process and results will be made, and all these correspondences will be archived for future reference.

After receiving the local report, the imperial court will secretly send censors and Jin Yiwei to check whether there is any concealment of the truth in the information reported by the local government. If there are those who bend the law for personal gain, they will be escorted to Beijing by Jin Yiwei, and handed over to the three courts for trial and conviction.

A new trend in official circles of bringing down, point-by-point and area-wide, supervision in place, and strict handling is gradually beginning to form and spread in the government offices of various places in Ming Dynasty.

Although a considerable number of officials are extremely uncomfortable with this and complain secretly, once a strong trend is formed, it will never be easily reversed.

Whether you like it or not, as long as you are in it, you can only move forward involuntarily and passively under the impetus of this general trend.

Under the dual effects of high income and loss of office, the administration of officials in Ming Dynasty is slowly turning for the better.

"Qi Zou, Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

It was Shoufu Wen Tiren who spoke.

"Wen Qing has something to say, just play it! I am very grateful for the new style of administration in the cabinet, and all these ministers should take the lead!"

Zhu Youjian smiled and praised the old minister.

The cabinet's new policy was actually proposed and led by Wen Tiren.

For this new measure that may offend many people, Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Zhifa adopted an attitude of not supporting or participating, while Wen Tiren's governance plan received strong support from Zhu Youjian.

In order to open up a promotion channel for Wen Kan, Wen Tiren now has no scruples.

He knew in his heart that after he became an official in a few years, his second son's future would depend entirely on the emperor.

Although he has been the chief assistant for ten years, his reputation in the court and the public is not very good. It is impossible to expect others to cover Wen Kan. The most correct choice is to hug the emperor's thigh tightly.

Of course he knew that the emperor had a new mind, and everything he was doing now was using the yamen under his nose as an experiment. After summing up the gains and losses, it would definitely be fully implemented in the future.

Therefore, on the basis of referring to the new policies implemented by the emperor in the capital's yamen, Lao Wen preemptively pushed out the enhanced version of the new policies.

Unsurprisingly, this move of mine has been recognized by the emperor to the greatest extent. Now, when it comes to the status of the officials in the emperor's mind, Wen Tiren is confident that he is definitely ranked among the top three.

"Qizou Shengshang, feeling that since the implementation of the new policy of the imperial court, there have been more frequent exchanges of official documents from various places, frequent transfers and promotions of officials from various places, and the situation that new academic scholars and Guozijian candidates are about to take office. I suggest that the Huitong Hall be restored in the capital, and the water be restored in the four directions. Ma Yi is used to facilitate the transmission of official documents, the delivery of envoys, the resignation of officials, the transfer of military supplies, and the delivery of letters and articles by people from various industries in the Ming Dynasty. Today, most of the bandits in the Ming Dynasty have been eliminated, and the number of merchants and pedestrians in the four territories has increased dramatically. We should provide them with a suitable place to eat and stay, so as to save them from the hardships of living in the wind and sleeping in the open, so this is what I have discussed!"

The so-called water horse post refers to the post station on water and land transportation, mainly land.

Since ancient times, the post station has been valued by the emperors of all dynasties. After a new dynasty is established, it often spares no effort to celebrate the opening and renovation of a large amount of human, financial and material resources to ensure the smooth flow of imperial government orders and the accurate and timely transmission of local affairs to the central government.

Since the day when Taizu ascended the throne, the establishment of post stations has been regarded as one of the most urgent affairs of the military and state affairs. It has played a major role in military, political, cultural, economic and other aspects, and has become the main channel for the official information dissemination of Ming Dynasty.

When talking about the inn, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but think of a famous figure——Li Zicheng.

In the three years of Chongzhen in history, the owner of this body ordered the dismantling of more than [-]% of the post stations in the country, which led to the birth of the gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng, a post-horseman in Yinchuan, was laid off, so Li Mafu was desperate and defected to the so-called rebel army, and then "struggled and shouted, Kyushu fell apart."

Of course, the current Li Mafu is like a bereaved dog running outside the Great Wall, and is "fighting" with his Mongolian compatriots, and he has no chance to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.

Of course Zhu Youjian knew the importance of post delivery. If the post road is open, the country is strong; if the post road is stagnant, the country is weak.

It is true that the rise and fall of the post office is a sign of the rise and fall of the central government.

In the past history, whenever a country’s political power was unable to support the existence of the post, it meant that the dynasty’s financial resources were almost exhausted, and the day of collapse was not far away.

Daming in history is a typical example of mouth.

Why does the rise and fall of post delivery reflect the rise and fall of the dynasty so accurately and sensitively?
the reason is simple.

One word: silver.

Three words: a lot of silver.

In today's extremely inconvenient transportation, post delivery is too expensive.

To give a simple example, let’s take the delivery of the palace newspaper by the imperial court. From the capital to deliver the palace newspaper to the Xuanhua Post, which is close at hand, it will cost one tael of silver per month for this alone.

It is conceivable how much money it will cost to deliver the Dibao to a place thousands of miles away.

In the third year of Chongzhen, after the emperor issued the imperial decree to abolish the post station, only one year later, Taicang saved 68 taels of silver post delivery expenses, which was the result of the abolition of [-]%.

It can be seen from this, how much is the annual cost of post delivery.

The transmission of the copy of the Dibao is only the simplest item of the things that the post station bears.

But Zhu Youjian knew that no matter how much it cost, the station must exist.

Because in the process of conveying the feelings from the top to the top, the post station and post delivery play a pivotal role, and it can also be said to be an irreplaceable existence.

Wen Tiren's proposal is very reasonable, and it can even be said that it is an old-fashioned plan for the country.

Standing in the high position of the chief assistant, Lao Wen clearly realized that if he wanted to spread the new policy of the imperial court to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, the post station post delivery would be a very important part of it, and it was also the most convenient and direct channel for the imperial court to control the local government. .

Zhu Youjian naturally understands this truth. He even knows that in many post stations in key positions, some postmen are themselves spies of the Jinyiwei. The country contributes its own strength.

　Thanks to book friend Tianwaifeixian, book friend Venus for the graphics card, and book friend Lin Lingsu 2018 for the reward.

　　
　
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