Truth is only in the hands of a few. An outstanding leader has to have a firm mind, a firm thought, a firm course, and cannot be swayed by others.
An emperor has to have the courage to give up his life.
If he is afraid of being wrong, he is afraid to leave the difficult problems to his descendants for fear of trouble. He, then, is not a qualified emperor.
Zhu Yunyun wanted that position, and more than that, he wanted to be the leader to build a brand new Ming and reshape the splendor of China.
Therefore, he looked at the gaze of the ministers in the hall without any timidity.
"Your Highness, King Wu!" The one who spoke first was Zhongshu Sheriff Liu Sango, "Post stations are built by the state to convey military matters. If we open it up to the people as Your Highness wants, will we be putting the cart before the horse? Will it affect the expedited transmission of military affairs, or lose official documents and leak court secrets? Furthermore, the post station is for the exclusive use of passing officials, opening it up to the people will definitely mess up the honor and inferiority!"
What Liu Sango said is the words of an old man.
All dynasties have attached great importance to the post station, the boundaries of the Central Plains dynasties are too large, transportation is inconvenient, the post station is the best means for the court to know the situation of each place.
And this era has a clear hierarchy of respect, food, clothing, housing and transportation is not rich, can be casually wear casually use.
Zhu Yunyun pondered for a moment, laughed and said, "The post station is to pass the military affairs, the people pass nothing more than letters and miscellaneous things, separate to send is!"
Said, Zhu Yunyun slowly walked to the group of ministers, try to say more straightforward, "I make an analogy, just take our Yingtianfu as an example. There are more than 100,000 merchants and students living in the capital, not counting those who work in the capital to make a living, right?"
Fu Youwen, the Minister of the Household nodded, this number was similar to the statistics of the Ministry of the Household.
Zhu Yuanzhang on the imperial throne was again old and relieved, thinking, "The brat did his homework beforehand, and even knows how many guest populations there are in the capital! "
"Alone in a foreign land, I miss my family twice as much at every festive season! " Zhu Yun Yun said two lines of poetry, continued to laugh, "These people, monthly and yearly and home letters, miscellaneous exchanges, is an astronomical number, right? "
Seeing that the ministers were nodding, Zhu Yun Yun continued, "Such a huge exchange of letters and goods is different from the expedited military reports from all over the court. With so many things, it would be impossible to send them with military horses! "
Among the group of ministers, a cudgel appeared in time, Zhan Hui, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said, "What does Your Highness mean, separate? "
"Yes, separate! " Zhu Yun Yun gave the other side a deep look, and laughed, "Our Ming's post stations, in addition to military horses, there are a large number of mules and horses, these animals are prepared for the officials to pull the luggage, but most of the time, they are idle, right?"
"Instead of being idle and eating grain and grass for nothing, it's better to move." Saying this, Zhu Yun Yun smiled, "There are also the postmen in the post stations, the helpers, idleness is also idleness, what should be moved should be moved!"
"Take Yingtianfu as an example, assume the first day of the month as the day for people's letters and articles to be mailed!" Zhu Yunyun stood in the middle of the group of ministers and spoke eloquently, "A few postmen for a team, escorting the mule and horse caravan that carries the letter articles to leave, handing it over to the next post, and then the next post's count by list, and continue to pass it on!"
"With the presence of the postmen, it avoids any outlaws having bad intentions, and the postmen can supervise each other, avoiding theft of fish eyes and pearls. Letter goods sent to the local, by the postman posted a notice, let the people to come to claim, or by the post in the helper run errands to send!"
Said, Zhu Yun Yun and smiled, "Receive letters to receive goods people, which can let people send it for nothing, how not to give some reward money?"
The letter of the family against ten thousand gold, in this era of no other means of communication, a letter of the family is precious and important. The preciousness of it could not be measured in terms of money.
When he said this, the courtiers in the hall laughed.
Zhu Yuanzhang on the imperial throne also could not help but smile.
Folk custom is so, other people give help, can not let people go back empty-handed. This is not corruption, not to mention extortion, is Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite people's folk customs.
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Zhu Yunzhang so said, the group of ministers almost all understand.
Military and state affairs are still transmitted with military horses and horses expedited, and the idle carriages and horse manpower at the post stations are utilized to convey letters and goods for the people.
Many people secretly nodded their heads, if this can really be the case, letters and sundry goods from all over the world will be very convenient and fast.
"As for what Bachelor Liu said, the government and the people living together has messed up the honor and inferiority!" Zhu Yunyun mused, "Take the Beiping Post as an example, the Beiping Post is located in Tongzhou, covers an area of forty-five acres, and can accommodate thousands of people at the same time. Left for the officials to live in, there are still many empty rooms, due to the postmen separating them, it is not considered to have messed up the honor and inferiority!"
"The only people who can live in the stagecoach are the merchants. The people just casually have a safe place to stay, not looking for luxury just shelter from the wind and rain!" Zhu Yun Yun continued, "Besides, the merchants are very stingy, that is, the proprietor and the shopkeeper live, the fellows are still the wind and the goods to stay in a piece!"
Said Zhu Yun Yun paused, "This is the second role of the post, to provide accommodation and food for passing merchants, as well as goods storage!" Afterwards, Zhu Yunyun smiled again, "This is not the same price as passing letters and sundries!"
The officials are all human, Zhu Yun Yun said in layman's terms, it is not difficult for them to understand. Moreover, as soon as money was involved, many eyes lit up.
Fu Youwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness said that these, it is not unfeasible, as the saying goes, the car and boat store foot and teeth, innocent should also be killed, if it can really provide convenience to the merchants and travelers, it is also the court's benevolence. Only, Your Highness said it is open source, I ask, how to open it? "
Said this tired ah! Why don't you just say how to collect money and be done with it!
Zhu Yunyun heart slanders, face laughs, "This is not simple! "Said, walked to the side of Zhu Yuanzhang imperial case," Royal grandfather, grandson dare, please write a few words! "
Zhu Yuanzhang is listening to the attention, the heart meditation, listen to him so ask, laugh, "write what? "
Zhu Yunzhang from the sleeve out of the pre-prepared, the size of a cigarette box of cardboard shells, smiled, "Please write a postal character! "
"Good! " Zhu Yuanzhang answered and lifted his vermillion pen.
To Zhu Yunzhang's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang's characters were not pretty. But it was strong and forceful amongst the strokes, and the force was deep.
"Again, please continue to write, Your Imperial Highness, and live the character! "Zhu Yunzhang laughed again.
Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote down words on several small cards, as Zhu Yunzhang said. Putting down his pen, he looked at Zhu Yunzhang with a smile.
"Gentlemen, please look! "Zhu Yunzhang took the card written with the word post, smiled," This is the imperial grandfather's imperial pen post word, can be pasted on the letter to be used for letter post! "Said, and then turned back to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, "Imperial grandfather, since it is written by your imperial pen, might as well call it a stamp!"
Zhu Yuanzhang froze, then laughed heartily, "Good, listen to you, stamps!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Zhan Hui, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped out on the spot and said aloud, "If this item can really be issued to the world, it will be a story for the ages. I congratulate Your Majesty, I congratulate the King of Wu, and I congratulate the Great Ming!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" The group of ministers also hurriedly followed suit, furiously kissing their asses.
Zhu Yuanzhang usually resents asses, but at this moment, he is smiling so much that he can't see his teeth.
The emperor, more than anything, wanted to remain famous in history. The role of this stamp has been called out, pasted on the envelope is as the official postal letter vouchers.
If you can really issue, regardless of the vicissitudes of life, as long as the world still write letters, will certainly remember him Zhu Yuanzhang.
Remember him as a former cattle herder! Remember the Great Ming he founded!
As the horse's ass recedes, Liu Sango speaks again, "Your Highness King Wu, can this stamp cost money?"
"This is the postage for us to mail letters to the people!" Zhu Yun held up the world's first Daming stamp in the group of ministers and said, "The court sells it to the people who need it, the people put the stamp on the letter, the post station stamps it, and then it can be mailed!"
Liu Sango pondered for a moment, "How much? "
"Not expensive, two Wen Hongwu Tongbao! " Zhu Yun Yun laughed, "Gentlemen do not underestimate the two wen money, my Ming a day's correspondence more than hundreds of thousands, accumulation of less into more ah! "
"Hiss! "Several ministers in charge of finance immediately sucked in a breath.
They were in charge of the world's taxes, and with a slight calculation they knew exactly how much money it was.
One stamp was two cents, ten thousand was twenty thousand, and one hundred thousand was two hundred thousand. Two hundred thousand copper coins converted into silver was more than twenty thousand taels. How much is the tax of a county in a year? Last year, an upper class county in Daming with a large population paid only thirty thousand in taxes and silver, and a state was only one hundred and fifty thousand.
"But this kind of Imperial Grandpa's Royal Pen, you can't buy it for two cents! How also have to twenty taels! "Zhu Yun Yun laughed, \" imperial grandfather, the world has a lot of rich people, they can not wait to buy your imperial pen back for up!"
"Good boy, doing business to our head!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud.
"Bachelor Liu is the world's leading literati, if the stamps modeled after your handwriting, how can they be sold, five taels!" Zhu Yunzhang laughs at Liu Sango, "The literati, all have this hobby, the world's students, who does not want a, Hanlin scholar's ink!"
Zhongshu Sheriff Liu Sango immediately some self-satisfied smile, at the same time there are some expectations in his eyes.
If his handwriting is really used as a model, then he, Liu Sango, is also famous for ages.
"In addition to stamps, there are also delivery tickets, passing goods according to the weight to calculate the price!"
"There are also accommodation tickets, meal tickets, storage tickets for storing goods!"
"The imperial court unifies the invoices, whether it's for the people or the merchants and travelers, you can use the tickets at the post stations with them!"
"All the money goes to the center of the court, and the postmen's helpers will not work for nothing, and they will earn enough to maintain the post every year, so it's a win-win situation." Zhu Yunyun stood beside Zhu Chongba, "Gentlemen, why don't you enjoy it?"