The emperor's life seemed to be step-by-step, but in fact it was quite messy.
As a king, you have to deal with too many things personally. If you want to be a good emperor, you have to be busy even if you are not tired to death.
After Zhu Yunxi and the old man had breakfast, they began to receive ministers again. The New Year was approaching, and the ministers of the six ministries were also very busy.
When participating in political discussions, Zhu Yunxi usually no longer thinks about speaking in the limelight. Now that he is the crown prince, he no longer needs to be in the limelight to attract the admiration and praise of the emperor and his ministers. What he wants now is stability and humility.
I saw the various aspects of the empire in detail from the ministers, and verified my own ideas one by one in my mind.
He is still just the crown prince, and many things require the old man's approval to be implemented.
In the summer, the postal mail reform he mentioned was fully promoted and achieved a lot. In just a few months, the momentum soared and became an important financial source for the country and an important means to promote the prosperity of private business.
There are dozens of prosperous purely commercial cities in the Jiangnan region. The postal logistics industry has completely solved the transportation problem of these goods. The government solves the transportation problem, solves the warehousing problem, and solves the hidden dangers on the road.
Without these worries, in just a few months, cotton factories, tea farms, silk factories and other workshops across the Yangtze River were producing all night long, but they still had no inventory. Moreover, as the new year was approaching, the supply of these goods actually exceeded demand.
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The postal service has rapidly raised the commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to a higher level in a short period of time. According to a report from the Proposal Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the postal stations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are now somewhat insufficient due to their role in logistics.
Local officials have petitioned to open more post stations, freight yards, etc. to facilitate private trade.
There are two destinations for goods in the south of the Yangtze River. One is the seaport in Fujian and Guangdong, and the other is the thoroughfares of nine provinces including Wuchang and Wuhan. The latter, in particular, is a transfer station within the Ming Dynasty.
The Hubei Prosecution Bureau and the Chief Secretary reported that there was an endless stream of ships on the Yangtze River waterway, and the wharves were constantly turning around all day long. The government post station opened all warehouses, and even temporarily built a shed to store goods on the riverside, but it was still a little busy.
Even in order to protect the safety of those goods, the local government had to use officers and soldiers from the guard station to patrol all night.
Everything is money. Behind such prosperity, tens of thousands of postal bills are hard to come by. Private letters and cargo transportation have become a small part, and bulk cargo logistics has become the main force of the postal service.
This kind of momentum caught Zhu Yunxi somewhat unexpectedly. He originally thought that it would take three or two years for the effects of the postal service to be realized, but he underestimated the intelligence and enlightenment of the Chinese people in this era, as well as the turbulent business wave of this era.
If the business foundation had not been well established in the early stage, all the silver in the world would not have been allowed to flow here in the middle of next year.
However, the well-developed postal service has also exposed some problems. First, the manpower of post stations in various places in the south of the Yangtze River is greatly insufficient. Take Yangzhou as an example. Yangzhou Post originally had thirty-one staff, but Yangzhou Post now has a daily cargo transportation volume of up to
Thousands of cars.
The people at the post station are already busy with the storage of goods alone, not to mention the accommodation and food for the merchants coming and going. More importantly, the post station also has to dispatch post soldiers to protect the caravans.
The Ming Dynasty did not prohibit the circulation of civilian weapons, and caravans would have some guards more or less. But they had swords and guns in their hands, and those guards were far less useful than the names of post soldiers. After all, post soldiers belonged to the court, and with the post
The guard of soldiers not only makes it easier to walk on the road, but also allows you to be less distracted by the soldiers guarding the city when entering other cities.
Second, there is the issue of roads.
Jiangnan generally uses waterways, but when transporting to the inland, the roads are quite muddy, which delays time.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The official roads in these days are just slightly smoother dirt roads. If there are too many people walking on them, they will inevitably become bumpy. And the local government has no funds and dare not abuse the people's power to build them.
In the main hall, the people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry finished talking about the benefits and difficulties of the postal service in one breath, and then they kept silent and waited for instructions from the emperor and the prince.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, and Zhu Yunxi sat on a round stool next to him. The ministers in front of him stood with slight bows, and the scent of sandalwood lingered in the palace.
Dasun! Zhu Yuanzhang said, the postal service was your idea. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works said, what can you do?
The problem of shortage of manpower was somewhat unexpected by my grandson! Zhu Yunxi said, lack of manpower will slow down the movement of bulk goods. If things go on like this, the credibility of the national postal service will be reduced!
In any era, time is money.
However, it is not advisable to ask each post to recruit manpower. Zhu Yunxi smiled. After all, the people at the post also eat the imperial food! As he said that, Zhu Yunxi pondered slightly, and his grandson wondered if he could recruit from the private sector!
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, what kind of recruitment method!
Looking at the current momentum of postal bill sales, the post stations all over the south of the Yangtze River are making money, so we might as well spend some money and let the children of good families help in the post stations. The temporary workers of later generations were picked up by Zhu Yunxi, and it was best to be literate.
Responsible for counting stored goods, classifying and numbering them, registering them, and checking various bills at the post station.
Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded.
In fact, temporary workers have existed since ancient times. Many government officials in various places have recruited government officials from the private sector, and some of them are not even paid. But even so, there are still people rushing to work because the benefits are simply too many.
As for the issue of food and accommodation for the passing merchants at the inn, that is easy to handle. In the worst case, it can be contracted out! Zhu Yunxi said again.
Contracting? Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused, what does it mean?
Take Yangzhou Post as an example. There are thousands of caravans passing by every day. Food is a problem for these people. The merchants are unwilling to spend money to go out to restaurants, so they buy postal meal tickets. But the post station is too busy. If at this time,
The canteen area is divided.
Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Yunxi's words and said, "What do you mean, find a group of people who can cook and open a canteen to provide food?"
The emperor's grandfather knows everything, and knows things like a god! Zhu Yunxi first flattered him a little, and then said that the food in the canteen does not need to be exquisite, but it must be large and well-fed. People who open canteens have to pay contracts to the post every month
The merchants use their meal tickets to eat, and then the canteen uses the receipts to settle with the inn. How much receipts are collected will be paid by the inn. The inn saves labor and trouble, and merchants who are good at catering can also benefit!
It makes sense, but the people who contract the canteen are the people after all. If the post station is acting rogue and does not pay this money, wouldn't a good thing turn into a bad thing? Zhu Yuanzhang mused that the people did not dare to sue the officials, and the caterers earned hard-earned money.
Don't say no, just delay him for some time, and his life will be difficult!
Grandpa Huang is worrying too much! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said in a low voice, taking a large post like Yangzhou Post as an example, opening a canteen is guaranteed to make a profit. Would the postmaster be willing to open such a business to others? I can't say, let's get some in his house.
Relative Wu, that...
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, haha, the wealth should not go to outsiders! However, he immediately snorted, contracting is okay, but the food must be clean, the portion must be sufficient, and the child must be honest. If you want to be a black-hearted businessman, haha!
The key details still depend on the scrutiny of the ministers and workers of the Ministry of Household Affairs! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
The old man still had foresight. As soon as Zhu Yunxi made this suggestion, he saw the signs of the black-hearted cafeteria.
The Black Heart Canteen is really damned. Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought that the contractor for his meals when he was a student was a relative of the principal.
However, these are minor problems, the main thing is the roads!
Zhu Yunxi once again said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Poor roads and slow movement of bulk goods will inevitably affect logistics.
When talking about this, other ministers did not dare to speak.
What the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang objected to the most was the abuse of people's power. Road construction took too long and used too many people, and the inland area was not a frontier. It was mainly cultivated by the people. If people's power was used on a large scale and farming was delayed, everyone would
Can't take responsibility.
Building roads is a century-old plan! Zhu Yunxi said again, Grandpa Emperor, it’s time to build roads! Among other things, Jiangxi is also a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. When my grandson went to Fuzhou, the official road was muddy and difficult to navigate during heavy rains. Riding a horse was fine, but a cart could not move at all.
Can't go up.
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Sorry, it's late. There will be more in a while, so don't worry.
Let’s talk about the update issue. It’s not that God doesn’t keep his word, it’s that God sees everyone eager to update, so he talks big and boasts in a hurry.
I also want to write more every day. According to the agreement between me and Tomato, every word I write will be paid in real money. However, I have no time to spare.
I have to go to work, and at the same time, I am the author of Tomato Digging from Elsewhere.
Another book of mine, which has more than 4,000 orders each, is in the final stage on another site.
I love you, and I love those readers. I can’t stop at the end, and ignore the readers just for the sake of money. I wrote almost two million words in a book, and I have to give people a satisfying ending that makes it worthy of people paying to read me.
Being a human being has a beginning and an end, with feelings and righteousness. I don’t think everyone wants me to be that kind of author, right?
That book was the climax, and I racked my brains every day. This book was written according to the outline, so it lost some of its soul.
I'm very ashamed of this.
I will finish the book over there within this month, and then I will try my best to tell you a good story.
I love you so much.
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