Wanli Xinming

Chapter 213
At the end of the sixth year of Wanli, the first "Guang Bao" was spread from Nanjing to Beijing.It was said by the Jinyiwei Jiangnan Bureau that "my emperor is wise and martial, and his longevity is boundless". Zhu Yijun laughed at the performance, and rewarded those involved in the route planning of the "Guangbao" and those in charge of construction.

The connection of Guang Bao Bao Road reduced the speed of information transmission between the two capitals from the five days and nights required for the fastest "quick delivery" to six hours.

As a modern man with certain historical knowledge and political literacy, Zhu Yijun knows that the stability of imperial rule directly depends on the speed and density of information transmission.

The so-called "post roads, the veins of the country, cannot be blocked", after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to the construction of post roads and information transmission.By the mid-Jiajing period, there were a total of 250 nine water stations and horse stations across the country; by the fifth year of Wanli, the number had increased to 760 and two.

These stations are managed at three levels.The largest is the hub station, also known as the "crusade", with [-] horses or [-] fast boats; the second is the main station, also known as "the right way", with [-] or [-] horses or [-] or [-] fast boats. Boats; the last time is a detour station. According to the degree of remoteness, there are about five fast boats and three to ten horses.

These more than 700 post stations have built the branches of the empire's information transmission, the nerves that convey the emperor's will, and the blood vessels of the imperial court's policies; at the same time, they also undertake the important function of connecting commercial routes.

For Zhu Yijun, the efficiency of these nerves and blood vessels is still too low: for example, the imperial palace newspaper was sent to Sichuan Dusi, and the whole journey was 5185 miles and 86 stops. According to the "Ming Hui Dian", it took 172 days, a difference of ten days and half a year. .

Secondly, this post road is at most to the place of passage or military fortress. For places outside the county seat, the blood vessels of the empire have not yet grown there.In Zhu Yijun's view, this is precisely the fundamental reason for the low mobilization ability of the feudal state - "imperial power does not go to the countryside", which of course will lead to the failure of the people's hearts and people's strength to be concentrated under the will of the central government.

Therefore, starting from the seventh year of Wanli, with the gradual deepening of the compilation of yellow books and household stickers, the reform of post administration was also put on the agenda.Established for a year and a half, the "Ministry of Post" finally received the first grant of 50 taels of silver and rolled out the network across the country.

If we want to turn this reform into sustainable good governance, we must first solve the source of funds that support the network.As before, relying on local financial subsidies and central funding is not enough to support, so the reform of the Ministry of Posts is divided into three steps:

The first step is to receive the national post stations under the unified management of the Central Post Office; establish Daming Postal Trading Co., which is [-]% controlled by the Post Office.

In the second step, the soldiers who were abolished by the reform of the guardhouse were uniformly issued with the uniform of the green "Da Ming Post Office" and turned into postmen at the local post station.There are two types of part-time and full-time jobs, part-time jobs with land and full-time jobs without land.

The third step is to print stamps, issue the "Administrative Measures for Post Administration", and carry out communications, consignment, remittance and other services across the country.

At this time in the Daming countryside, the above-mentioned needs are very few, but it does not mean that there is no.And between towns, the demand is staggering.

Compared with competitors such as private escort shops and entrusted merchants, the biggest advantage of Daming Yizheng is "fast, stable and secure".

The power of large state-owned enterprises has finally emerged in this time and space. The first is fast, and the slowest is to report the same speed to the imperial palace. If the parties are in a hurry, they can also add money. Yizheng Trading Company provides expedited services.

The second is stability. According to the slowest speed of two days and one stop, the sender can judge the approximate time when his letter or goods will reach the recipient. In this way, many things can be handled through letter exchanges without having to travel thousands of miles. Meet;

Finally, there is guarantee. As the first big state-owned enterprise in this time and space, Yizheng Trading Co., Ltd. insures the price of the items sent - if the letter is lost, the postage will be doubled; if the item is lost, the compensation will be made according to the price.

Finally, the Guangbao backbone network built before the end of the sixth year of Wanli is also open to the public.If the person concerned has an urgent matter, such as informing a court official that his old father is critically ill, you can ask the Guangbao Bureau of the Yizheng Trading Company to send you a Guangbao at the cost of a word of ten taels - this thing is based on this time and space. People's evaluation is: "as fast as lightning".

For the big merchants on both sides of the canal, the service of Guangbao is even more irresistible.Although ten taels of silver is a word, there are often queues at the entrance of the Guangbao Bureau after nightfall.At the beginning, these guys were inexperienced, and at most they simplified it to this: "The ginseng is sold out, and five hundred catties will be sent out quickly."Later, after gaining experience, it became "spent out, five hundred", and 50 taels could be saved at once.

During the seven-year restructuring of Wanli, Lu Guofeng served as the head of the political bureau of Pengcheng Station.His identities are double-crossed - he belongs to the Ministry of Posts and Administration, and he is also the general manager of the Pengcheng branch.

And the officials and people of Pengcheng Mansion finally took a good look at Sir Lu.Although he had a knighthood before, as the head of the inn who was sent to us, his political status was still very low, and he was often angry.For example, if an official with a post ticket picks the fat, it is enough for him to drink a pot.

However, there is no such thing as postage tickets anymore. The imperial court stipulates that officials will be directly subsidized according to the distance and time spent on travel.After Tianxia Station was incorporated into a trading company, the original reception work was charged to the outside world.

That is to say, any official who lives in a post station - now it will be renamed as a certain post government hotel, and it is treated the same as a traveler on the road. If you can catch up with the luxury package, you are lucky. If you can't catch up with the standard room, please stay elsewhere. go.Of course, if you want to save the subsidy, you don't care about your dignity and go to the big car shop outside to squeeze in the Datong shop, and you are free - if you are caught by a thief, it is not a work-related injury.

There are exceptions, that is, the benefits of retired Jingguan Chiyi have not been cancelled.According to the arrangement of the post administration department, the general manager of the post administration bureau will live in a yard at the post station—if he encounters Chi post, the general manager will pour out the house and give it to the retired veteran cadres of Chi post.The rest of the time, you are willing to use this house to earn extra money and feel free, which is a benefit to the general manager.

For Sir Lu, his thousand acres of land are nothing, and Pengcheng has much more land than him; his job is nothing, just his own postmen and waiters; but the luxury package in his hands is powerful—— From the yazhong to the prefect, down to the head, who doesn't have a few good friends?

Someone else's friend came and stayed at Yizheng Hotel.My friend came and stayed at the Tongfu Inn - this is obviously not understood.With this luxurious package, Sir Lu made countless friends in Pengcheng, and all three mountains and five mountains would give him some face.And what made him feel the most comfortable was that his appointment and removal belonged to the Ministry of Posts. Even if the prefect himself came, if he was determined not to give him face, the prefect still couldn't help him.

In this way, in the spring of the seventh year of Wanli, Sir Lu Guofeng, who took root in Pengcheng and became the No. [-] figure, finally got what he wanted - he married the little widow.

　I'm sorry, I spent more time with my family during the small long vacation, so I drove out a chapter.Sorry.

　　
　
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