Chapter 878 Civil Information Bureau(2/2)
Good guy, Ming’s believers are too unstable. Isn’t this completely different from Europa?
Sure enough, missionary work in the Ming Dynasty was not easy, and we had to work harder.
"Everyone, calm down." Nan Huairen said solemnly: "After experiencing such a disaster, it is also a screening process for the church members. The church does not need too many false believers who are not strong-willed."
Xu You said anxiously: "If things go on like this, not only the false believers, but also the true believers will be unable to bear it. People will inevitably be panicked, and the good situation will be ruined -"
For a moment, Nan Huairen was speechless.
Afterwards, he went to Suzhou and other dioceses to appease the congregations who had been operating for many years, but to no avail.
During the Ming Dynasty, major dioceses were in unrest, believers were panicked, and congregations were dispersed. In some places, magistrates had even begun to close down churches.
Everyone understood that this was pressure exerted by the emperor on the Jesuits, either agree or get out.
Huge pressure swept over him, making Wei Kuangguo collapse from exhaustion.
Unfortunately, the Suez Canal has not yet been opened. From Europe to Asia, we still need to go around the Cape of Good Hope. There is no news for a year or so.
But this was exactly the time to cultivate the autonomous tendencies of the Ming Diocese.
Reality will force them to make a choice.
However, for Beijing and most people, there are so few people who believe in the Catholic Church that it does not affect their lives at all.
What is closely related to their lives is the official recognition of the Civil Information Bureau.
In other words, by borrowing the post system, the Civil Information Bureau, which handles the delivery of letters and items, and handles exchanges, will be widely used.
You must know that there are thousands of water and land stations in the world, located in important transportation areas. The Civil Information Bureau can use their routes to deliver letters, which will soon spread across the country and benefit people all over the world.
In other words, wherever there is a post station, the Civil Information Bureau can reach it.
After years of reform, the inn system is known for its simplicity and has shed its burdens. Expenses have continued to decrease over the years, while income has increased day by day.
At this time, they were not satisfied with running inns and other matters, and tried to meddle with the people's trust, but they were stopped by the emperor.
He doesn't trust bureaucrats.
In addition, if the government is allowed to manage people's trust, Zhu Yixi can almost think of it with his heels, which will inevitably delay the transmission of official letters.
Therefore, it is better to leave it to the private sector.
In other words, as long as the local civil information bureaus submit a small amount of money, they can obtain the qualifications to stay at the inn, hire camels and horses, hire ships, etc.
After all, sometimes in the wilderness, only the inn has transportation and can hire ships, mules and horses, which is already pretty good.
This is extremely convenient for the Civil Information Bureau.
The first batch of people's credit bureaus were located in ten northern provinces. Each of the ten people's credit bureaus submitted a thousand silver coins and obtained three-year qualifications.
The people also rejoiced each other.
Because although the fee is expensive, letters from home are worth ten thousand dollars!
In fact, the ones who really benefited were the border soldiers who were deeply homesick.
In the past, only generals had the money and manpower to send letters, and ordinary people could only be miserable.
Chahar, Chifeng!
Shunfeng Civil Information Bureau operates in Hebei and Chahar, so it has set up shipping points in Chifeng, Chengde and other cities to receive and deliver letter goods.
On this day, hundreds of border troops rushed to the Civil Information Bureau, all with excited expressions.
"Quick, why don't you open the door yet?"
"Those carriages are probably our letters, right?"
"My mother must have sent a letter——"
Soon, the door of the Civil Information Bureau opened, and a dozen big men brought in boxes after boxes of letters, and then tables and chairs, and began to shout loudly:
"Zhang Fugui of the Fourth Regiment, Third Battalion, his native place is Zhang Fugui in Baoding, Hebei Province——"
The big man in the first row shouted at the top of his lungs.
Soon, a man came to the warehouse and found Zhang Fugui according to the classified shelves of each province.
"Where are you from Baoding Prefecture?" The man raised his head and asked for the address.
"From Suizhou, Baoding Prefecture."
"The sender's name is Zhang Chang?"
"Zhang Changshou, he is my father."
Zhang Fugui couldn't wait to face it, took the letter, signed his name, fingerprinted it, and couldn't wait to open it.
"Hahaha, my wife gave birth to a big fat boy——"
Zhang Fugui laughed.
"Bah, Lao Zhang, you have been in the army for more than a year, how can you have a son?"
For a moment, the whole hall burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!