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1865: Post

The successful development of wired telegraph made Qin Feng very happy. After saying goodbye to the state where traffic was basically dependent on leaving, his Ming Dynasty once again bid farewell to the original state where communication was basically roaring. Even if there were hawks or even carrier pigeons to speed up intelligence communication, Qin Feng still could not tolerate such speed. The emergence of wired telegraph made information fly thousands of miles in an instant, which was of great significance to the court's handling of emergency affairs everywhere and its military application.

"It is not only of great military use, but even among the people, there is a huge market." Qin Feng reminded Geng Jingming: "I think businessmen will definitely see this huge market. Minister Geng, it depends on your operation."

Geng Jingming hesitated, "Your Majesty, can such a powerful military and national weapon be opened to the people?"

"Military uses are not just his side effects. I think he has more space in the civilian use." Qin Feng smiled and said: "The laying of wired telegraphs should be spread throughout the country, building telegraph bureaus in various places, and training qualified telegraph collectors and telegraphers. This requires a huge amount of funds. If civil forces are involved, the court will save a lot of money."

Xu Lai continued Qin Feng's words and said: "Minister Geng, in fact, the method of controlling telegrams is very simple. You only need to strictly follow the transmission and reception technology and those who actually operate."

"Since that's the case, I will discuss it carefully with Minister Wang of the Ministry of Commerce to see how to maximize the benefits of this matter. Over the years, businessmen and our court have become more and more refined in doing business."

Jin Jingnan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the position of sending and receiving radio officers should be presided over by the Ministry of State Security."

Qin Feng nodded. Once wired telegrams become popular, they will inevitably become popular all over the world with their speed and convenience. A large amount of information will be transmitted to all corners of the world through wired telegrams. These massive information also contain various intelligence information. Classification and summary are of great help to the court to grasp the specific situation of the entire world.

"Since the cable telegraph has matured, it can immediately enter the implementation stage. The Chief Auxiliary set up a special telegraph bureau to coordinate this matter. This matter must be gathered in the Ministry of Commerce, the Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Industry, and the local governments. There needs to be a coordinated arrangement and coordinate with each other so as not to argue with each other at any time. If you have any ideas, you can find a specific department to deal with. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is very concerned about it. Just like the Railway Corporation and the Canal Corporation, with these yamen, everyone can find the responsible person if there is any matter, instead of ruling each other. If there is any contribution, they will turn their heads back and become turtles if there is any problem. But Your Majesty, is the Telegraph Bureau a separate deputy ministerial-level unit like the Railway Corporation and the Canal Corporation, or will it be placed under a certain department?" Jin Jingnan asked.

Qin Feng thought about it, "If you want to set up a deputy ministerial-level unit separately, I suggest that the Telegram Bureau and the earlier Post Government Information Office be merged into one unit, and it is called the Post Bureau. What do you think?"

Everyone is accustomed to the establishment of new institutions and likes to give these new institutions a novel name. It’s no wonder. It’s just a name anyway. Even if you call it Amacao and Ago, it doesn’t matter. As you yell, you will be used to it. What everyone cares about is that a new deputy ministerial-level unit has been released, which can create more places to place people. Many people who need to be promoted have also had a channel to rise.

All those present were clear-minded people. The future prospects of the post office in His Majesty’s mouth are unlimited, and the importance is self-evident. Not to mention the latest things of cable telegraph, even the original post office system that was to be merged into the post office is also a golden hen that lays golden eggs.

The Yizheng system was originally a unit that existed based on the railway company that facilitated communications. It was controlled by the Ministry of State Security. Later, it gradually developed to all parts of the country. Even in some places without railways, Yizheng also established one station after another, and now it can connect various counties and towns and villages in the Ming Dynasty. Their business has also developed from the simplest delivery of letters to mailing small goods for customers. The profits earned every year are quite valuable.

If Youxin Telegram is open to the public, it will naturally have to charge a fee. In order to quickly access information, I am afraid that many people are willing to pay for wired telegrams.

The two institutions that can generate profits are merged together, and there is a bright future. Many people have already outlined in their hearts what people are in their bags, and they can enter this department during the establishment of a new department.

All the big guys present, and naturally there are a lot of subordinates following them. If they cannot provide them with a path to ascendance, no matter how loyal the person is, they will have ideas.

This is also the reason why everyone is not disgusted with Qin Feng's establishment of one new department after another. It seems that power has been divided, but in fact, everyone has gained more or less benefits from it.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Hou, the first Minister of Personnel, carried out drastic reforms in the administration and eliminated a large number of former officials. For a long time, there were a shortage of internal officials in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone had to do the work of several people. It can be said that during that period, being an official in the Ming Dynasty was an extremely hard task.

With the development of the Ming Dynasty, there were more and more new departments and more officials. After statistics, the Ministry of Personnel found that even in the local area, the number of officials in the Ming Dynasty was several times higher than that in the predecessor era. But surprisingly, everyone still felt that there was not enough staff. It was not that there was no one to be overdoing things, but more than 90% of the officials were still busy. Fang Dazhi did not understand why this was for, or because there were too many new things in the Ming Dynasty over the years, or perhaps the Ming Dynasty refined all matters and tried to do professional people to do professional things and specialized people to manage specialized things. Although there were more officials, the efficiency was improved. It was high efficiency and fast operation, so there was no sign of redundant officials.

The reform of the official system in the western region has been basically completed, and the Chu region is in progress. When all these places are completed, the number of officials in the Ming Dynasty will usher in a new peak.

"This is a major event that will affect the whole country. The Academy of Sciences must organize technical forces, and the Political Affairs Hall must complete the creation of the post office as soon as possible, and merge the post office system and lay the wires and telegraphs at the same time." Qin Feng ordered Jin Jingnan to say: "The chief assistant should pay more attention to this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Jingnan nodded repeatedly.

Qin Feng attaches great importance to the construction of wired telegraphs. This thing will only take dozens or hundreds of years before wireless telegraphs will truly appear in this world. Of course, now he can look forward to when the telephone will be incubated from the science and technology incubator of the Ming Academy of Sciences.

During the conversation and laughter, a major event that might affect the future situation of the Ming Dynasty was decided. Everyone walked out of this three-story building in a happy mood. It was already at noon, so Xu Lai had naturally arranged food. After the meal, Xu Lai wanted to apply for more funds from the court again in this good atmosphere.

The research funding of the Academy of Sciences has never been too high, because when they spend money, they are like flowing money.

Just as I was walking to the cafeteria, bursts of sudden sound of horse hooves suddenly came, and everyone's faces changed slightly. Racing horses were forbidden in the City of Power, and the City of Power was even more vigilant. It was impossible for anyone to have eyes to do anything here. Everyone who stayed here underwent strict political review. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this place is more strict than the palace security.

Under such circumstances, an abnormal situation still occurs, which only means that something big may happen.

Several galloping horses appeared in everyone's sight. When they saw the knights on the horse, the people present changed their colors, because the knights on the horse were not a group of people, including the knights in black uniforms from the Ministry of State Security and generals from the Ministry of War.

When Qin Feng and his group were still dozens of meters away, the knights immediately turned over and dismounted, handed over the horse and threw it aside, and ran towards Qin Feng and others.

The kitten immediately met.

"What's wrong?" he shouted loudly.

The general of the Ministry of War took out something from his arms and handed it to the kitten. At the same time, the black-clad knight of the Ministry of State Security also took out something and handed it to Tian Kang who was coming.

The two of them quickly spread the two fingers wide paper in their hands. When they saw it, their faces changed drastically. Tian Kang handed the thing to Qin Feng. Qin Feng glanced at it and snorted: "It's really a hurry to jump over the wall!"

He tightened his hand, held the note in his hand, looked back at Xu Lai and said, "Director Xu, I originally wanted to disturb you, but it seems that it will not work. Some urgent military affairs need to be dealt with. You should discuss the funding issues here with Minister Geng. I think Minister Geng will be happy to allocate funds for you after seeing your results."

Xu Lai nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty walk slowly."

"You can't walk slowly, you have to walk quickly!" Qin Feng smiled. "The enemy is anxious to jump over the wall, and we have to hit the head-on."

The guards quickly brought the horses, and Qin Feng, with the kitten and Tian Kang, left quickly. As for the chief minister Jin Jingnan and other literati, they could only ride back slowly in the carriage behind.
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