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Chapter 275 Separation of Post Office and Guest House
May 23.

Yang Reform hadn't woken up for a long time, and was about to go to court.Today is the day of the court again.

Wang Chengen whispered on the side: "Your Majesty, the small fierce fire oil tank that His Majesty ordered yesterday has been completed, and Fu Mingde from the Military Bureau brought the craftsmen who made the fierce fire oil tank outside the palace. waiting."

Yang Reform was baffled, yesterday it was getting dark and he asked someone to send a letter to the other side, and it was made early this morning?Is this too fast?Didn't wake up?Yang Reform smashed his head.

"No way, big companion, so fast? It seems that I just ordered them to do it last night, and it's ready today?" Yang Reform wondered.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I heard from Fu Mingde that this fierce oil tank was made in a small size in the early years, but it was useless, so it was left aside and no one cared about it. Fu Mingde knew that His Majesty wanted to make a small fierce oil tank , I took the craftsmen to bring the small fire oil tank that I made before, please take a look at it." Wang Chengen explained.

That's weird, has there been a small fierce oil stock before?In other words, there were small pig hair-burning weapons before?Yang Reform wondered.

"Forget it, there is an early court today, let's talk about it after the early court." Yang Reform plans to wait until the early court is over.

"Your servant obeys." Wang Chengen agreed.

……

The eunuchs carried their chariots and headed for the Gate of Supreme Harmony.

The Great Hall of Supreme Harmony Gate.

All the ministers kowtowed, shouted the slogan "Long Live", followed by singing, and only danced, so that they could compete with future pyramid schemes.

Yang Reform hasn't seen this formation for a few days, but he thinks this formation is quite strange. If he has time, he must get a dance for these guys. This is a complete MLM organization.

"Stay flat." Yang Reform said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." All the officials replied in unison, then got up, and fought in order according to their ranks.

"What are you going to play today?" Yang Reform asked.

The chief assistant, Shi Fenglai, first said a few trivial things. He was the chief assistant, and he was the first to speak anyway. Therefore, there was nothing to do, and this rule could not be changed.

Yang Reform yawned when he heard this. These trivial matters don’t need to be discussed in a place like the court council. They can be approved on weekdays. Yang Reform now has a little understanding of state affairs and knows what is important. Which ones are not important, those things need to be approved immediately, those things are nonsense, just look at them.

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Just when Yang Reform was about to fall asleep, an official who Yang Reform didn't know said, "I want to report to Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Just talk about it if you have anything to say." Yang Reform cursed inwardly, isn't this nonsense?You said that you have something to play, and you asked me if I should say it, and if you shouldn't say it, you just don't play it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the criminal department gave a report to Liu Mao in the matter, and I implore Your Majesty to issue an order to rule the post."

"What did you say? The station?" Yang Reform's heavy eyelids suddenly opened.I was taken aback, what kind of fierce man is this!Actually got involved with the station?Isn't this killing yourself?I was so scared that I asked aloud.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, the Criminal Division gave Liu Mao a report on the matter, and begs His Majesty to rectify the post." The minister replied with certainty.

When new things came, something exciting came, and Yang Reform was as excited as if he had been beaten with blood, oh!oh!oh!This station was a famous word in the late Ming Dynasty!But an unknown thing!I just increased the salary of the station a few days ago, and now someone proposes to rectify the station, what is this for?

"Liu Mao? Is that right? The criminal department is in charge?" Yang Reform asked. How did Liu Mao know his name so well?Thinking about it again, it seems that the famous elimination station in the history of the late Ming Dynasty proposed this name!Yang Reform's heart, I don't know whether to be happy, depressed, afraid, or angry. Anyway, I really want to meet the founder of Li Zicheng.

"Report to Your Majesty, yes."

"Is Liu Mao here?" Yang Reform asked, there seemed to be a kind of power in the dark, calling, making Yang Reform want to see this history maker.

"Return to Your Majesty, Liu Maoguan is young, waiting outside the hall." Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice.

"Call Liu Mao into the palace." Yang Reform's curiosity was greatly inflated, and he was ready to see what this Liu Mao looked like. It can be said that history was created in his hands!A small move, so that he can also leave a name in history.

"Call Liu Mao into the palace." Hearing that the emperor wanted to summon someone, the eunuch next to him immediately issued an order loudly.

After a while, someone led a small official in green robes into the main hall of the Supreme Harmony Gate.

Yang reformed this man carefully. He looked about 50 to [-] years old. He was wearing a green robe and a black gauze on his head. He was slightly fat.

"Long live, long live, long live, long live my emperor, Liu Mao kowtowed to my emperor during the matter of Wei Chen's Criminal Division." Liu Mao tried his best to calm himself down.

Yang Reform looked at it for a long time. Is this 50-[-]-year-old "master" the creator of the famous Li Zicheng?After a while, he said: "Get flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Mao then stood up respectfully, lowered his head, and waited for the emperor to ask questions.

"Liu Mao? What year were you a Jinshi?" Yang Reform has now developed a habit of first asking others about their backgrounds.

"Return to Your Majesty, I am a Jinshi in the 41st year of Shenzu." Liu Mao carefully agreed.

"The 41st year of the ancestor of the gods?" Yang Reform knew that the ancestor of the gods probably meant Wanli, but it was still a bit difficult to calculate how many years had passed since the 41st year of Wanli.

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Wang Chengen said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it has been 41 years since the 15st year of the ancestor of God...Your Majesty, you may remember Zhou Yanru, the deputy imperial envoy for disaster relief. He was the number one scholar back then."

In the same class as Zhou Yanru?I have been an official for 15 years, and I am still a seventh-rank official?Zhou Yanru is now a deputy imperial envoy for disaster relief, a servant, and Zhang Jiude, who is also a deputy imperial envoy like him, has the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry. This Liu Mao's official fortune is not ordinary!Yang Reform remembers that Jinshi starts with seventh rank!It seems to be from the seventh grade in the matter. Doesn't this mean that this guy has been working for more than ten years and hasn't moved half a step?Thinking of this, Yang Reform looked curiously at this wealthy and petty official in his 50s or [-]s.Who must this be?Either he is too honest, or he is too ignorant of the world, or he is a two hundred and five idiot.

It is estimated that it is impossible to be an idiot to pass the Jinshi examination, then it can only be too honest and ignorant of the world.

"Liu Mao, let me ask you, the memorial you posted was about the post station? What do you plan to do with the post station?" Yang Reform didn't talk nonsense, and asked the most important thing directly. If you said to eliminate the post station, then simply, you Don't be an official anymore, go home and take your grandson, Yang Reform dare not touch that string now.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that seven or eight out of ten people in all states and counties in the world are trapped in post stations, and only two-tenths of post stations are used for public affairs, and eight-tenths are used for private affairs.... In my opinion, Your Majesty, it's time to clean up the station..." Liu Mao replied calmly.

"You mean, it's the rectification of the station, not the elimination?" Yang Reform was afraid that he had misheard the word, and he heard the elimination as the rectification. This is different from the history!

"Returning to Your Majesty, yes, there are a lot of malpractices in the post station, wasting money and food... Didn't Your Majesty allocate a lot of money to the post station a few days ago? Your Majesty's original intention was to allocate the money and food to the postmen in the post station to reward the postmen. The hard work of conveying military information and official documents was specially rewarded by His Majesty for the hard work of the postmen. However, as far as I know, most of the money was not used by the postmen, and most of it was swallowed up by whales. For the private matter of welcoming and sending, most of your majesty's money was used before it even left the capital, and it was not used for what your majesty thought, so I implore your majesty to issue an order to clean up the post station." Liu Mao Continue to answer attentively.The words were not loud, but the information revealed here made Yang Reform feel cold.

Hearing this little official's words, Yang Reform felt that snowflakes were falling from the sky and his body became cold. This Ming Dynasty was said to be broken by eliminating the station. He was originally sensitive to this area. Now the founder of Li Zicheng is in his Talking about the inn in front of him, Yang Reform felt chills all over his body. Hearing what the founder of Li Zicheng said, his heart was even colder. He said that his good wish to give Li Zicheng a salary increase was shattered, and it was over for this group of bureaucrats.The money was not used on postmen at all, but to fill the hole for private use of public equipment.

"Ah... Qiu..." Yang Reform sneezed.Touch it again, shit, the snot came out cold, Yang Reform cursed inwardly, these bastards are really not doing good things!From the original fear of the founder of Li Zicheng eliminating the inn, now, it has become a hatred of the bureaucracy.

"Your Majesty, is it important?" Wang Chengen asked hastily.

"It's okay, it's okay." Yang Reform felt extremely cold all over his body, as if he had been thrown into the refrigerator. This is May and June!But it's a serious summer!It's a good thing to be left cold by these bureaucratic actions.

"Liu Mao, I'm asking you, you said to clean up the post station, how do you plan to clean it up?" Seeing that this guy didn't mean to eliminate the post station, Yang Reform felt a little relieved, and was going to see what he was going to say. It's too dark. I threw 10 taels of silver down without hearing a sound. Even if I throw more silver in the future, I'm afraid it won't make a fuss. I really thought of it that day and gave Li Zicheng a raise. , Tell him not to rebel, I'm afraid he's stupid and naive!Yang Reform thinks, perhaps, this post station really should be moved, not to mention cutting out, laying off, but also should think of other ways, at least, it should be able to increase the wages of Li Zicheng and his like, otherwise, Even if I want to interfere in history, there is no good way!Yang Reform would never do such a thing as directly giving money to Li Zicheng alone. How to explain this?An emperor sending money to a postman?Seeing that this guy who hadn't made any progress for more than ten years dared to make a knife out of this matter, Yang Reform felt that this guy had some ideas, so he decided to ask.Perhaps, I lack a knife to move the hole in the station.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that the purpose of rectifying post stations is nothing more than to curb corruption and save the court's expenses. Therefore, I suggest that the post and post should be separated. Personnel, the inn that Weichen mentioned is an inn’s inn, not a standing station. Therefore, this inn means to receive people passing by. After the diversion, the inn is still under the management of the Ministry of War, while the inn is managed by the Ministry of Rites. Management. The post has the heavy responsibility of conveying military information and official documents. Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty should still be paid by the court, just like the officers and soldiers, and even higher than ordinary officers and soldiers. As for the warehouse, it will be borne by the local government, and the imperial court will subsidize a part of it every year..." Liu Mao said his plan.

Yang Reform couldn't help nodding. This Liu Mao is very different from what was said in history. I don't know what happened. This character should have appeared in the future, and he was talking about eliminating the station, but now, this guy appeared on the stage The time has come earlier. Although the content of the talk is related to the post station, it is not to eliminate the post station, but to separate the post station. Li Zicheng was born as a postman. However, in the Ming Dynasty, posting and hospitality were not separated. Li Zicheng can be said to be a postman. merged together.In the future, the post office and the guest house will definitely be two units.

Since I didn't even risk a single spend of the money I threw into the post station, then I'm afraid it would be foolish to throw money in.Yang Reform made some calculations. He wanted to stabilize Li Zicheng and his like, and he wanted to stabilize the postal system. Indeed, the post office and the guest house were the winners.

"Everyone, let's talk about your opinions." Yang Reform had some ideas in his mind, and decided to see what the ministers thought.

Many ministers also knew about this in advance. Liu Mao is a very out-of-group person, and he even participated in a copy of the memorial. This is taking advantage of the post station to take advantage of the public. Everyone is doing it. People are also very rude, but if you are very rude, you are not welcome, no matter what, others are still from Jinshi, and the seventh rank is already low enough. If others don’t make any big mistakes, why should they still get an eighth rank Jinshi?

Many people were also worried. The money that the emperor gave a few days ago was indeed spent more than half of it before leaving the capital. The money that can be distributed to the hands of postmen all over the world is very small. , I have to be a little uneasy.

Yang Reform looked around, but no one spoke.

"Shi Fenglai, you are the Chief Assistant, you should speak first." Yang Reform hated these bureaucrats for being shameless, dark, ruining their affairs and killing themselves. Well, it doesn't take a day, it's impossible for me to reverse corruption in one fell swoop and make everyone a living slave.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that it is a good thing for the post station to be separated. The post station welcomes and sends it, and it costs a lot of money. It often embezzles the money that should belong to the postmen and horsemen, resulting in ineffective delivery of military information and official documents. If the post station is separated, the management of the post station will be strengthened. , increase the food and salaries of postmen and grooms, presumably, the transmission of military information will be smoother and more timely." Shi Fenglai did not dare to mention the fact that the officials were greedy for the emperor's money, and instead talked about the fact that after the post station was divided, the post station was in the delivery of official documents. With the advantage, it can be regarded as following the emperor's words.

"That's right, Shi Aiqing, what you said makes sense. My original intention was to be sympathetic to the postmen who deliver military information and official documents. The groom, I don't want to fill in the pit, the hole that the post station welcomes and sends to. I know it, but Unexpectedly, it would be so serious. If so, then simply, the post station will be separated, and the post station will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. It is a kind of soldier, and it is an elite soldier. The food and salary should be higher than that of ordinary soldiers. I will make up for what the imperial court lacks. The purpose is to greatly increase the speed of our court's transmission of military information and official documents. In the past few years of my imperial court, the military situation outside the pass and the drought in the north need to be conveyed all the time. A large number of correspondence, the speed of transmitting military information and official documents must be strengthened... As for the stack, I mean the stack of the inn. It will be allocated by the imperial court, part of it will be in charge of the local government, and part of it will be in charge of the lodging personnel themselves, and the post station itself can also be responsible for the part of the post station. In this way, it saves a lot of expenses for the imperial court and local states and counties, what do you think?"

Yang Reform now also sees the benefits of splitting up the post station. What he wants to appease is Li Zicheng, and what he wants is to speed up the transmission of military information and official documents. The establishment of the imperial court has become a public institution, and part of the funds are self-raised, which can be regarded as being in line with the future.

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and I don't know how to answer the emperor's words. This matter, for the benefit of everyone, should be opposed, but the reason for the opposition is very far-fetched. Besides, the 10 taels of silver from the emperor Everyone drifted away, and the emperor didn't say anything about the investigation. If he stood up and the emperor wanted to investigate the matter of the 10 taels of silver, who would bear it?alone?Who is full and has nothing to do?
So, amidst the wait-and-see and hesitation of the crowd, the emperor spoke again.

"Since all the Qing families are silent, then this matter has been settled like this. The post house is separated. I will not bother with the previous matters. Since it is Liu Mao and Liu Qing's family, the post house is separated. If it is proposed, Liu Mao will be in charge. By the way, after the division of the inn, one will be under the management of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the other will be under the management of the Ministry of Rites. Then, Liu Mao will go to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and serve as the Ministry of Military Affairs. The Central Committee and the Rites Department are in charge of the separation of the post..." Yang Reform quickly made a decision, and did not give the ministers time to be wordy. Now he is not the same as before, and now he has a gun , Man Gui, and Zhao Lijiao have all entered Beijing. My waist is much stronger. I don’t need to care too much about the opinions of the ministers. I can do whatever I want, and I can do whatever I want.

【Request a ticket! 】

(End of this chapter)