Zhu Yuanzhang had been ruling the country for many years. When Liu Ji said this, he immediately understood the benefits.
But then I thought that most of these things were paid for by the imperial court.
The originally good mood suddenly became not so beautiful again.
"It seems that this is also money paid by your Yanjing Yamen?"
"You Yanjing people are really rich."
Of course Liu Ji could hear the sourness in Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
He quickly explained: "Back to Your Majesty, this is also what His Royal Highness means. According to what His Royal Highness said, this municipal transportation will cost more money at the beginning. When we roll out the transportation network, this bus and carriage will not cost much."
Money, on the contrary, can bring us a lot of income."
"Can it still make money?" When he heard the word "making money", Lao Zhu suddenly became energetic: "How can this thing make money?"
Liu Ji smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, this bus is not free."
"Of course, as officials, free carriage rides are one of their official benefits, and they can ride buses and carriages for free."
As he spoke, Liu Ji pointed to a carriage on the left and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Look, Your Majesty, there is a red flag on this carriage."
"This means that this carriage is only responsible for pulling officials. No one else can get on the carriage."
"This is also done to prevent the carriage from getting mixed up and causing any problems."
"With this bus and carriage, ordinary officials do not need to buy horses or hire coachmen, so they can also save a lot of money."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look too happy. Instead, he asked doubtfully: "But what if these officials have to deal with official business?"
The official duties mentioned by Zhu Yuanzhang are not official duties in the ordinary sense.
You know, for officials, it is not just the official position that shows their identity.
There are also all kinds of efforts given to them by the imperial court.
For example, when traveling, you can splash water on the streets, sound gongs to clear the way, hoist green flags according to high and low grades, government officials hold solemn signs, and copper sticks to hold the moon and so on.
These things are also necessary items to maintain the dignity of officials.
There is nothing that cannot be moved at ordinary times, but on formal occasions, if these things are not available, wouldn't it be a mess?
Liu Ji had been prepared for this and said without thinking: "Your Majesty, these honor guards were originally allocated by the imperial court according to the official grade. But now, they are all under the unified jurisdiction of our city hall."
"Because it is not needed at all times, when necessary, officials will be asked to apply to the superior government office. Or if they need to use it when arranging their government affairs, they will be allocated to them in advance."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "Qi Wu has really considered things carefully."
Zhu Han is actually very disgusted with this kind of thing. This kind of completely unnecessary thing has no use except a waste of people's fat and money.
But Zhu Han also knows that the existence of anything is inseparable from the development of this era.
If you take half a step forward, you are a genius; if you take one step forward, you are a madman.
Therefore, even if Zhu Han doesn't like many things, he will not forcefully ask for changes.
As long as some things develop to a certain level, someone will naturally bring them up without even requiring him to make any changes.
Therefore, Zhu Han has been working hard to expand and develop the economy.
The real purpose of overthrowing the descendants of the Kong family was not because Zhu Han himself hated them.
In fact, Zhu Han knew very well that in the very beginning, Confucianism had a huge role in promoting the world.
It's just that with the development of the times, rulers, for their own benefit, constantly eliminate things that are not good for them, and quietly add things that are good for them.
There are not only official changes here, but also many subtle things.
For example, the famous repaying evil with kindness.
Zhu Han was the first to not believe that this sentence could be passed down like this if it was not the result of official guidance.
But apart from overthrowing the Kong family, Zhu Han did not do anything to those traditional literati and officials.
Isn't it because they are of a different lineage from the Kong family? These people are the ones who can truly influence the general trend of the world.
After Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with emotion, he wondered: "Since you don't charge money, why do you say it can bring income to the court?"
Liu Ji immediately explained: "Your Majesty, what officials call buses and carriages is naturally free, but ordinary people need to pay if they want to ride."
"Depending on the distance, you need to pay anywhere from one to three cents."
"Now because this bus and horse-drawn carriage system has just started operating, we have few manpower and not many lines, so we still need silver subsidies from the court for the time being."
"However, according to the accounting department's calculations, the bus will be able to achieve profitability in half a year at most."
"Although it cannot make a lot of money, it is still a profitable project. It can not only bring extra income to the court, but also bring many benefits to ordinary people."
"Wait a minute..." Zhu Yuanzhang heard another unfamiliar word: "What did you just say, accounting department, what is that?"
Zhu Yuanzhang now felt that he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was like a country bumpkin who didn't understand anything.
The more you know about this city, the more things you don't understand.
This kid Qi Wu has simply turned Yanjing City into a completely different look.
Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang's question was too forward-thinking, so Liu Ji didn't answer immediately, but was stunned for a moment.
But he soon came back to his senses: "Your Majesty, this Accounting Department is also a newly established department by His Royal Highness."
"Currently, the Accounting Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Finance. However, unlike the Ministry of Finance, they do not have the power to control finances. Their main job is to review and calculate the expenditure and income of various engineering projects, as well as to be responsible for the settlement management of accounts."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized: "What is an accountant? Isn't it just the accounting office? This kid Qiwu, no matter what he does, he has to come up with a different name."
Liu Ji started to speak but stopped.
Although he wanted to correct Zhu Yuanzhang, although the functions of accounting and accounting were similar, they were completely two different things.
But after thinking about it, in fact, what Zhu Yuanzhang said is not much different.
The most important thing is that Liu Ji himself cannot explain the real difference between accounting and accounting.
Instead of stumbling to explain, it left a bad impression in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
It's better to just think of him as the accountant.
Anyway, whether they are called accountants or bookkeepers does not change their real functions.
The two of them had just said a few words when the carriage suddenly stopped slowly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and found that the carriage stopped next to a very luxurious-looking building.
This is a three-story building made of cement.
In fact, according to the aesthetics of people of this era, this small building is not very good-looking.
It is square and square, without even cornices or brackets. It is simply a box.
Moreover, because this building is rectangular.
Many people living nearby secretly gave this building a nickname.
Coffin House.
Everyone in the six yamen in Yanjing is actually aware of this nickname.
But, they really can't do anything.
You can't just arrest someone just because of a name, right?
If the Yanguan Yushi from Yingtian Mansion knew about it, why not join them to death?
At first, Liu Ji and the others were still very uncomfortable.
I am afraid that Liu Song is the only person in the six departments of Yingtian who has no objection to this statement.
He is a typical workaholic and never cares about this mess of eight.
Liu Ji even felt that Liu Ji might not even know the code name of Coffin Building.
However, they were surprised to find out after all the yamen moved in.
Apart from the fact that this building doesn't look very good, it's actually very comfortable to work here.
First of all, the toilets here are quite clean.
Even though it is just a small toilet, for officials, this is a very important thing.
Don't look at these people, they are all high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.
But no matter how big an official is, he is still just an ordinary person, and the reincarnation of grains is normal.
No matter how big an official is, he has to go to the toilet if he wants to go to the toilet.
If you are at home, naturally someone will bring the toilet to make it convenient for adults like them.
But when you are working in the yamen, you can't bring a servant to carry the toilet, right?
You can only go to the toilet like everyone else.
And this morale toilet...
In this new-style office building, Zhu Han specially asked someone to burn the toilet with ceramics.
The toilets are covered with tiles everywhere and are constantly being cleaned. There is no stinky smell that was unique to toilets in the past.
Many officials feel that it is a pleasure to use the toilet here.
In fact, it is tap water that can be seen everywhere.
Limited by the current technology tree, it is still impossible to actually build a tap water system.
But it doesn’t matter, we can’t build a real tap water system, so it’s okay to build a semi-finished product first.
Even Zhu Han didn't directly say what he wanted to do.
I just told the students at Huangzhuang about my idea.
After that, in less than three days, the students at Huangzhuang had already come up with an alternative plan.
Build a water tower.
In this day and age, manpower is extremely cheap.
Just get a simple manual water pump, calculate the water consumption, and deliver water to the water tower according to the time every day.
The remaining water pipes and the like will naturally be prepared in advance along with the construction of the building.
This office building was also a key project that Zhu Han had focused on previously.
After Liu Ji came to the eyes, although in other aspects, his performance was not satisfactory.
Only this office building, he was really ruthless to arrest.
By the time Zhu Han brought the students from Huangzhuang to see it, the building had already been completed.
After Zhu Han dealt with these officials with ulterior motives among the six departments of Yanjing.
The office building in Yanjing has been completely constructed.
Zhu Han directly moved all the staff here for office work.
After arriving in the new environment, Zhu Han naturally broke up the original structure of the six parts.
Without affecting the office and the overall structure of the six departments, the officials who originally had entangled interests with each other should be dispersed as much as possible.
Several people from different interest groups are lumped together.
They didn't even break their heads, but they were already burning incense, let alone joining the group to keep warm.
The two-pronged approach also led to the power struggle on the Yanjing side to end more quickly than Liu Ji and Liu Song imagined.
Moreover, even though the chief officials of the six ministries have almost changed, the political situation in Yanjing has not experienced much turmoil.
"here it is……"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the coffin-like building, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Anyway, this kind of building is completely inconsistent with his aesthetics.
"Don't you think it's bad luck to live in a place like this?"
Liu Ji smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, although this place doesn't look like much from the outside, there is something special inside."
"To be honest with Mr. Chang, sometimes I even want to live here."
Although there were not many people around, Liu Ji was always very cautious whenever there were people around, not daring to make any mistakes.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Liu Ji's reaction.
"In that case, please let Mr. Liu lead the way. We... want to see if there is really a secret inside this coffin."
The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched involuntarily.
Although I'm used to working here now, I'm gradually getting used to the square buildings.
But when Zhu Yuanzhang called it a coffin board in front of his face, Liu Ji still felt a deep pain in his balls.
He stretched out his hand to help Zhu Yuanzhang push the door open.
As soon as he entered the lobby of the office building, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the difference here.
First of all, the lighting here is very good, although it is a little darker than outside.
But the lighting is much better than his palaces in Yingtian.
In the office building, several people were mopping the floor.
The ground is so bright, it's like a mirror.
This place alone is completely different from the wooden houses of the past.
At least it looks cleaner and tidier than a wooden house.
All the way to Liu Ji's room.
"Your Majesty, this is my office."
Another new vocabulary, but this time Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask.
After all, although I don’t understand the meaning of this word, isn’t this room the room Liu Ji uses to handle official business?
There seems to be nothing wrong with calling it an office.
This office is not big, there is only one desk in the room, and behind the desk there is a big box that stores various books.
Behind the desk, there is also a huge sofa that feels very comfortable at first sight.
The door of the office was closed, and Zhu Yuanzhang's identity suddenly changed from a distant relative of Duke E to His Majesty the Emperor.
"You can just handle your official business and pretend that we don't exist. If we get hungry, we will find a way on our own."
Liu Ji smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty, it's a bit early to start work now. After all, many officials haven't gone to work yet."
"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately shocked: "What time is it, and they haven't even started handling official business yet?"
