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 year was approaching, and the ministers 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.
He saw the various aspects of the empire in detail from the ministers, and verified his own ideas one by one.
He is still just the crown prince, and many things require the old man's approval to be implemented.
In the summer, the postal 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.
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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 the transfer station within the Ming Dynasty.
The Hubei Procuratorate and the Chief Secretary reported that there was an endless stream of ships on the Yangtze River waterway, and the wharfs were busy 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 be allowed to flow here tomorrow.
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 Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry finished talking about the benefits and difficulties of the postal service in one breath, then 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 fragrance 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 it, what can you do?"
"The problem of shortage of manpower is somewhat unexpected by my grandson!" Zhu Yunxi said, "Shortage 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 in the post also eat the imperial food!" As he said, Zhu Yunxi pondered slightly, "My grandson is wondering if we can recruit from the private sector!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, "What kind of recruitment method!"
"Looking at the current momentum of postal receipt 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." Later generations of temporary workers were picked up by Zhu Yunxi, "It is best to be literate.
, they are responsible for counting the stored goods, classifying and numbering them, registering them, and checking various bills at the inn."
Fu You, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded.
In fact, temporary workers have been around 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 post station, that is easy to handle. In the worst case, we can contract it out!" Zhu Yunxi said again.
"Contract?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused, "What do you 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,
Separate the canteen area."
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?"
"Grandpa Huang knows everything, and knows things like a god!" Zhu Yunxi first flattered him a little, and then said, "The food in the canteen does not need to be exquisite, but it must be large and well-fed. Those who open the canteen must pay monthly
The post station pays the contracting fee, and the merchants eat with their meal tickets, and then the canteen uses the receipts to settle with the post station. How much receipts are collected will be paid by the post station. The post station saves labor and trouble, and merchants who are good at catering will 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 pondered, "The people dare not sue the officials, and the catering people earn
Don’t give him his hard-earned money, even if it delays him for some time, his life will be difficult!”
"Grandpa Huang, you are worrying too much!" Zhu Yunxi smiled and said in a low voice, "Take a big post like Yangzhou Post as an example. Opening a canteen is guaranteed to make a profit. Is the post Cheng willing to open such a business to others? I can't say, let's do it.
Point to his relative Wu, that one..."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, "Haha, the fat water should not go to other people's fields!" However, he immediately snorted, "Contracting is okay, but the food must be clean, the portion must be enough, and he must be more trustworthy than a child. If you want to be a black-hearted businessman, haha!"
"The key details still depend on the scrutiny of ministers and workers in 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 spoke again, "If you want to get rich, build roads first. 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, the roads have been repaired! 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, but riding a horse was okay.
The big car can’t get on at all.”
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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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This chapter has been completed!