The heavens are kings, starting with Qing Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 35 Transporter

Don't mention the gossip, when Li Chengqian finished speaking, all the officials in the palace were shocked.

It's only been a few months of silence, what the hell is their prince going to do?

On the dragon chair, Emperor Qing asked with great interest: "Tell me about it."

The trend brought by the new newspaper has not subsided, especially with the emergence of dozens of newspaper offices in Kyoto, scattered people began to set up newspaper offices in various places in Qingguo.

All of a sudden, there are countless channels for people to understand information, and some trends are indeed changing silently.

For example, the rich and powerful in the streets and alleys have much less bullying people and women.

After all, no one wants to be on the headlines of a newspaper the next day.

The consequences of that would be extremely tragic.

Usually, you may be able to rely on your own power to suppress this matter.

But when there are more people who pay attention, it is not so simple to suppress it.

As for asking the newspaper not to publish it, he didn't even look at the people behind the scenes who run the newspaper today.

The prince, the prime minister, the senior officials of the ministry, which one is easy to mess with?
Nowadays, in order to seize market share, brains are almost shot out.

With such a hot topic, who would give up easily for a fool?
What's more, even if this newspaper doesn't report it, why should other newspapers ignore it?
So, leaving aside other things for the time being, the atmosphere in Qing Kingdom has indeed improved a lot unconsciously.

In particular, Emperor Qing had always been very interested in Luo Guanzhong, who wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

He was also very curious as to why his prince could let such a talent work for him.

Of course, for Luo Guanzhong, he naturally asked the inner court to do a background check.

The out-and-out Kyoto people took part in the imperial examination 20 years ago. After failing the exam, they have been running their own bookstore ever since.

It seems that after reading the article about youthful Qingguo in the new newspaper, he was born with the idea of ​​working in the recruiting hall.

Because of this, he couldn't help thinking about the rationality of the imperial examination.

Why did such a talent fail the ranking?
Of course, he was just thinking about it casually. The matter of the imperial examination would affect his whole body. If he was a little careless, the entire officialdom of the Qing Dynasty would be shaken.

Of course he wouldn't move lightly.

But he is really interested in what Li Chengqian wants to do next.

After all, the fact that there is a new report in front of him naturally raises his sense of anticipation to an extremely high level.

However, being able to state openly what he wants to do is probably a privilege only the prince can have.

After Li Chengqian thought for a while, he said in a loud voice: "My son heard that the post of postal route transfer has been vacant until now, which has caused the postal route system to lose money year after year and cannot make ends meet. For this reason, my son is deeply saddened and can't sleep at night.

After all, the ministers once borrowed thousands of taels of silver from their ministers for the internal treasury. It can be said that they were heartbroken. So far, the expenditure of this postal system has exceeded ten thousand taels?
Therefore, to relieve the worries of the ministers in the palace, and also to relieve the worries of our country, I am willing to serve as the postal route transshipment envoy, and I hope Your Majesty will make it happen! "

After the words fell, there was silence in the Tai Chi Hall.

Many courtiers, including Emperor Qing, looked unhappy.

This postal system was created by Emperor Qing alone, and it has been losing money year after year. Although it is well known that money is poured into it like a bottomless pit, it is not a pleasant thing after all, and no one has ever mentioned it.

In particular, many relatives of the courtiers spend their days in it. How can those with vested interests care about whether the country loses money or not?
Under the tacit understanding between the two parties, the matter of the postal system was almost deliberately forgotten by everyone.

As a result, today Li Chengqian tore off that transparent fig leaf in front of everyone in the Tai Chi Hall.

Such a blatant defeat of everything on the table.

Their faces are naturally not good-looking.

However, if you want to refute, the fact of the loss is here. If you want to argue, if today's events are spread through the newspapers, where will you put your face?

Therefore, many courtiers could only remain silent.

Of course, not everyone is dissatisfied with this.

A few people have no objection to this, and are even happy to see its success.

First of all, the power of the postal system is not high, and the so-called transshipment envoys are only four ranks.

There will be no criticism that the prince wants to hold this position.

In addition, if the crown prince can really turn the postal system into a profit, then it would be a good thing for Qing.

Even, even if the loss is less, it is a great achievement.

There is nothing to criticize legally.

So, in the silence, a person who was quite surprised by Li Chengqian stood up and spoke.

"Chen Fan Jian seconded the suggestion!"

Fan Jian was also helpless, because of Fan Sizhe's matter, the Fan family and the crown prince had to be bound for at least ten years.

The contract in black and white is there, and it cannot be cleared up by him with empty words.

As for breaking the contract, it is also very simple, double the liquidated damages, that is, double the 5000 taels of silver that Fan Sizhe dismantled, to 1 taels.

The Fan family is indeed well-off, but if they want to spend 1 taels, they might empty out the Fan family.

After all, most of the family assets of Fan's family are the food and wealth obtained from the fiefdom of Uncle Sinan, as well as the savings of the Fan family's past dynasties.

What's more, even if he took out 1 taels to forcibly terminate this paper contract, he might offend the prince severely.

He was naturally not afraid, but what about Fan Sizhe, Fan Ruoruo?
After his death, what will happen to Fan Mansion?
What's more, with the news report, the prince has already made his mark, so it is definitely not wise to offend the prince at this juncture.

Now that the matter has come to this, he naturally has no choice but to start to move closer to the prince in a measured manner.

In addition, he also agrees with the postal route that the prince said in his heart.

Although he is now called the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department has long since not been in charge of affairs, and everyone in the Household Department respects him, and matters involving money, even the internal treasury, are closely related to him.

After all, they were all doing business for the Qing Kingdom. Whether it was the internal treasury or the household department, they were two of the most important money bags for the Qing Kingdom.

At least, the postal route no longer loses money, and there is more silver in stock, so the pressure on the account department will naturally be much less.

As soon as Fan Jian finished speaking, Guo Youzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, also stepped forward and said, "I also agree with what the crown prince said, the national interests are of great importance, the so-called group of dragons cannot be without a leader, and naturally this postal system cannot be without a transit envoy. "

After all, he was the prince's former teacher, and his own son was still compiled by the East Palace. He said a thousand words and ten thousand words, and he was already firmly bound to the East Palace.

Since the prince wants to do something, he naturally has to give his full support.

Following the appearance of Fan Jian and Guo Youzhi, many officials from the Prince's family also voiced their support.

Although it is not that there are no relatives among them at the station, but compared to the interests of the prince, everything will naturally give way.

What's more, the prince's intervention in the postal route may be an opportunity for some of them.

If this half-dead postal system can also be brought back to life like Xinbao, then it is not an opportunity, but a rare good fortune in life.

Seeing this, Emperor Qing said calmly: "Since this is the case, the crown prince must not disappoint the expectations of the ministers."

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