Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 242
The Ming Dynasty was too deeply influenced by the atmosphere of party struggle, so that whenever there was any trouble in the country, they often liked to move towards a complicated situation. This was the thing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't like the most.

If everyone's attention is focused on intrigue and scheming, then who should shoulder the burden of governing the world and handling government affairs?
Those who are close to Zhu are close to those who are black.

If the ethos of the court can't be contained, let alone the local officialdom, if you want to solve Daming's chronic illness and reverse the momentum of corruption, you must make changes from the source.

"Li Qing, I have something here that I've been thinking about for a long time." After sending Wang Zaijin and the others away, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Li Banghua to express his views on the rectification of the courier.

"Liu Mao in the military department, since he was in charge of the rectification of the post, I found that many of the things he did were completely different from the memorials he submitted earlier.

Li Qing has been in the Ministry of War for these years, and he also knows the importance of the post to the country. Originally, I wanted to call Liu Mao to clean up the post for me, abolish some bloated vassals, and streamline the post.

But what Liu Mao did was purely one-size-fits-all, using a sharp knife to cut through the mess, and completely eliminated the entire post delivery system. "

Li Banghua, who was still secretly wondering why he was summoned by the emperor at this time, heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Your Majesty, many ministers in the previous court raised all kinds of doubts about Liu Mao's actions." Li Banghua said to Emperor Chongzhen with a serious expression.

"To be in charge of rectifying post delivery affairs is by no means to abolish the entire post delivery system. The impact on Daming is really too great.

Whether it is submitting urgent military affairs from various places or sending various official documents, it is inseparable from the support of the post station, but Liu Mao misinterpreted His Majesty's intentions for his own official career, and even put forward some fallacies to make His Majesty trust what he did.

However, since Liu Mao rectified the affairs of post delivery, it has brought a lot of troubles to the country. Even in Shanshan and Shaanxi, many postmen who were dismissed, lost their livelihoods, and became angry and defected to the rebels.

According to what I have learned, many official documents from the imperial court that need to be distributed cannot be delivered in time..."

Listening to what Li Banghua said, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but let out a soft cry, and cut off the tentacles in the extension of Daming for only a few 10 taels of silver. The east wall complements the west wall is really thorough enough.

Even though he hadn't come to this world at that time, since the incident had already happened, he had to bear the blame, but solving the problem now is the fundamental point.

"Since the matter has already happened, it is useless to talk about it. What we need to do now is to make corresponding remedies." Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, looked at Li Banghua and said.

"The matter of post delivery is very important to my Ming Dynasty. It is the foundation of stabilizing the country. It cannot be cut across the board and all post stations will be abolished. Liu Mao has gone too far in this matter.

I intend to ask Li Qing to be in charge of the restructuring of the post office, and Li Qing will come forward to stop Liu Mao from doing unreliable things. Take a look first. "

Admitting mistakes to the minister is absolutely unacceptable, even if the abolition of the post station earlier caused a lot of harm and hidden dangers to Daming.

But since things have already happened, what we can do at this stage is to actively make up for it and try to minimize this harm.

Speaking of which, Emperor Chongzhen was really moved by the ability of some civil officials in Ming Dynasty to fool around and figure out the holy will.

Regardless of what harm he did to Da Ming in the future, the key is to solve the immediate matter first and gain the trust of the emperor.

As for any problems that arise in the future, it is enough to find a way to get rid of the blame. Officials like this kind of retreat, talkative, and unrealistic scrutiny can be said to be everywhere in the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom.

"Reformation of post pass?"

Li Banghua, who took over the document, looked through it under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chongzhen. Originally, he thought in his heart that the restructuring of post delivery proposed by the emperor was essentially the same as Liu Mao's rectification of post delivery. After a while of remonstrance, it is really impossible to abolish the inn.

But when he saw the contents of the document, the expression on Li Banghua's face began to change slightly, from dignified, to stunned, to surprised...

Emperor Chongzhen saw all the changes in Li Banghua's demeanor, and it seemed that Li Banghua did not directly object to the post-transmission reform he proposed.

"Li Qing, what are your views and ideas on these plans I have conceived?" After seeing Li Banghua read the documents for the reform of the post office, Emperor Chongzhen lifted up his robe sleeves and said, "If you think there is something wrong We, the monarchs and ministers, can discuss it first, and then Li Qing will make specific revisions and promote the restructuring of the post office."

The important channels related to the extension of the Ming Dynasty must be handed over to practical officials like Li Banghua to handle and take charge. Otherwise, if they want to do a good job in this matter, I am afraid that the progress will not be too significant.

Earlier, Liu Mao, the talkative guy, made a very bad start and tossed the Ming Dynasty's post system, especially the northern provinces adjacent to Gyeonggi. It was abolished, and the degree of promotion in the south is uncertain because of the distance.

Now Li Banghua is called to take over the restructuring of Yichuan. If the mess of Yichuan that has been tossed can be restored in the shortest possible time, the situation will be much better.

"Your Majesty... completely independent the post offices of the Ming Dynasty from Chengxuan and the Department of Political Envoys, and set up post offices at all levels. Wouldn't the pressure be transferred to the Ministry of War?"

Li Banghua thought for a while, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "It's not that I shirk it on purpose, but I just don't understand how to make the Post Bureau independent and be responsible for my own profits and losses.

The so-called 'stamp', what is it used for?

There is also something that really needs to be called post-transmission, and if it becomes independent from the local area, how will the grades of the post-transmission bureaus at all levels be determined? "

Contrary to what Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, Li Banghua did not directly object to this matter, but only put forward some of his own opinions. After all, this is fundamentally different from the previous post-transmission system of the Ming Dynasty.

If I can solve these problems one by one with Li Banghua, and really promote the Daming Post-Branch system, and go in the direction of independent operation, then in a few years, the post-post field will not only be able to get rid of the deficit, but even earn corresponding profits. silver.

(End of this chapter)