Ye An has never been a person who regrets his actions. If he refuses, he refuses. He can't stand Wang Yuan's attitude now, and he won't be able to stand it in the future.
A person who treats virtuous corporals has placed himself in a high position from the beginning. His courtesy is mercy and his courtesy is a gift. This has always been the case and will not change.
Just as Ye An treats everyone as equal, in Wang Yuan's eyes everyone is divided into high and low. Ye An, who is studying, does not think that he will be placed in an equal position by Wang Yuan.
Although he rejected Wang Yuan, he did not offend him, but expressed dissatisfaction with his condescending attitude. One advantage of such a person is that "a gentleman does not stick to trivial matters." If he takes this matter to heart, he is narrow-minded.
The reputation will be bad if word spreads.
Literary men cherish their reputations like they cherish their feathers, but Ye An's refusal made people look at him with admiration. Xuan Chengzi expressed great appreciation for the actions of his cheap apprentice.
Compared with the previous apprenticeship ceremony, the matter of reading out the imperial edict was much simpler. After the incense table was placed, there were not so many etiquettes. Lao Dao and Ye An just bowed to the imperial edict and saluted. After the salute,
Wang Wen then announced his decree, which was very simple. He asked Lao Dao to quickly go to the capital and be summoned by the emperor.
If you want to travel long distances, you need an ox-cart to travel, and an ox-cart is not something you can buy casually. Either you have a rich family and have to pay for the cattle and a cart yourself, or you can only move forward with your legs.
What Ye An admired the most was the delivery system of this era. There were completely separate post offices and post offices. One served documents and edicts, and the other served people.
Not only is the system separated, but also the post stations are separated. The biggest advantage of this is to ensure that the postal route is uninterrupted. Even if the postal post is interrupted, the post office can still be called for confidential services, which guarantees the greatest degree of protection.
The smoothness of the message.
The old man didn't care about going east to the capital, because the distance was not too far, so he was not in a hurry. He claimed that he wanted to understand the affairs of Wang Daguan's family before going on the road.
Ye An looked at the old Taoist who spoke with disdain. He did it deliberately to delay time.
The airs of a master of Taoism are more important. When the emperor summons you, you rush there in a hurry. How can you still look like a master of Taoism?
Ye An feels that the veteran has mastered psychology quite well, especially sales psychology...
Ordinary people can also use official roads to travel, not only official roads, but also post roads.
In this era, the official roads and post roads extended in all directions, crisscrossing the countryside and the capital. There were horse resting pavilions within twenty miles and pavilions within sixty miles. Songyang Post was both a Kuang Post and a post post. Ordinary people were not allowed to enter the Kuang Post and had to rest there.
Only coupons can be used.
Obviously, these guesthouses are equivalent to the guesthouses of later government agencies, but these guesthouses are not open to the public, and the only certificate is to hold the guesthouses.
Of course, the old Taoist had post coupons, and there were many of them. They were all taken from the Yangcheng County government office. They were originally going to Beijing to meet the saints, and Wang Wen's note was of course no problem.
The soldiers of Songyang Station have prepared meals for Lao Dao and Ye An. The station is actually a small village outside a city. There is a large livestock shed in the village, with five cows, four donkeys, and two horses tied up.
In the barn.
Ye An watched from the side as the laborers in the farmhouse added fodder and water to the troughs in the animal sheds. These animals had been tamed by humans and were extremely docile. They also knew that as long as they served humans, they would be cared for.
Although these cattle and horses seem to have lost their freedom, in fact they are more comfortable than many people. Ye An saw many beggars in Yangcheng County. The lives of these beggars depend entirely on the kindness of the people in the city.
Compared with the beggars in later generations who ask for money, these people are real beggars. Having leftovers to eat is their greatest happiness.
The cattle and horses are well taken care of. This is the responsibility and mission of Guiyi. Every year, the county government of Yangcheng County will come to check the condition of these animals, and this is also the main assessment standard for Guiyi.
It's just that Ye An was a little nervous looking at the big bull in front of him. Cows are docile and strong, but they are slow!
Guiyi and postal post are different. Guiyi can entertain officials, while postal post is only responsible for transmitting documents. There is an essential difference between the two.
This was not the first time that Old Yi Cheng saw Xuan Chengzi. He crossed his hands with a smile and said, "The old immortal is here? Where are you going? Don't worry about the animals that I, Old Cui, are serving. You have nothing to say!"
Xuan Chengzi glanced at the stable and the old god said: "Go east to the capital."
Ye An kept asking questions to the old Taoists beside him. He needed to acquire more knowledge of this era. Only with enough knowledge can he integrate into this era.
The old Taoist is obviously a good teacher. He can't give Ye An much help in literary matters, but he knows everything about common sense in life.
"The cattle in the post are all registered post cattle. As for the horses, don't even think about them. The post horses are the most valuable things in Songyang Post! Post coupons are issued by the Privy Council. There is a delivery shop for delivering documents, and every ten
Set up a shop eight or twenty miles, or twenty-five miles away. There are three types of delivery shops: walking delivery, horse delivery, quick-foot delivery and gold-lettered quick-foot delivery."
Xuan Chengzi stared at Ye An for a while: "You kid, are you really planning to travel around the world? This is no joke. The pain of studying abroad is like being reborn. Some people die in a foreign country, and some talents learn and practice well. How can you
Think about it!"
Ye An smiled and nodded: "Disciple, I think there is no harm in knowing more."
When Xuan Chengzi saw Ye An's appearance, he knew that what he said was not true. He shook his head helplessly and shouted loudly: "Old Cui! Old Cui! Let's talk about this postal station, the difference between the postal station and the postal station! My apprentice has not left.
I’m very curious after traveling far away!”
Lao Cui wiped the grass clippings on his hands, spat disdainfully at the lazy shopkeepers, and immediately put on a service-oriented smile and walked over. This reminded Ye An of the lobby managers in later generations.
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"Little fairy, you must have asked the right person. Don't underestimate the postal post. Our Songyang Post is both a postal post and a cattle post. It is under the control of the Ministry of War. It has regulations, regulations, personnel transfer, and delivery of horses.
But above us we also have the Privy Council, which issues postage horses and promulgates the trust tokens for postage delivery. These two yamen restrict each other and are not allowed to monopolize power without authorization..."
Lao Cui paused as he spoke, but Lao Tao continued indifferently: "This method of handling the matter and the imperial court has the power to send troops to the generals, but not the importance of holding troops; there is the power of holding troops, but there is no
The right to send troops is based on the same principle."
"What the old immortal said makes sense, but the younger one can't figure out the key to it!"
Old Cui's full desire to survive made Ye An hold out his thumb in admiration: "Old Cui, you know a lot! What happened to these soldiers?"
Lao Cui's face changed and became busy: "Don't ask these idiots, they are just born cheap. If they don't do something well, they will think about nothing to do all day long, and they are still lazy!"
Even when Lao Cui yelled at them, these soldiers only raised their heads slightly and stopped talking. It was obvious that they no longer cared.
One of the men glared at Ye An, obviously blaming his talkativeness for causing him to be scolded, but Ye An saw contempt in his eyes...
This is very strange, why would a Pu Bing in Guiyi despise himself?
Walking up to him, Ye An knelt down and asked, "Hey! Why are you staring at me so hard?"
"Tie Er, hurry up and apologize to the little god. With your temper, how many times can I save you?!"
After Lao Cui finished speaking, he pulled Ye An up and said, "The little god doesn't know something. This man from the Tie family delayed his paperwork on the road and was beaten twenty times by the county captain of Yangcheng County. He still hasn't done it well. You are a master."
"Old Cui, don't be a good person. If you give me enough dry food, I won't be so hungry that I fall off my horse. There is a competition in the army this year. Even though I am a soldier, I still have the ability to enter the ban! I am injured now. How can you enter the ban if your muscles and bones are broken?!"
"You are still complaining about me?! Do you know that the dry food I give is several times that of others? Who knows how you can feed two or three people alone? Did you bring it home for your lame old woman to eat? Already?!"
The man didn't speak, he just made a huffing and puffing sound from his nose. Lao Cui's eyes changed, he stretched out three fingers and said: "How can you eat one pancake in three days?!"
Ye An even saw that Tie Er's eyes were so red that if he applied more force, they would even burst out of the corners of his eyes.
This is not only because of anger, but also because of trying hard to hold back tears...