The Great Qin Dynasty only existed for fifteen years, but it created countless brilliant achievements, and established its almost insurmountable historical status in one fell swoop.

One of the most important achievements was the astonishing effort to complete a nationwide transportation and communication network......

"Poor Yanqi in the East, Wu Chu in the South Pole, above the rivers and lakes, and the view of the coast is complete", this is the "galloping road" of the Great Qin Dynasty all over the world! "Fifty steps wide, three zhang and tree, thick outside it, hidden with golden cone, tree with green pine", what a magnificent feat, what a magnificent scenery?

Even in later generations, it has always been a world-renowned achievement!

Strictly speaking, the construction and maintenance of such a large number of avenues crisscrossing the country is not much less difficult than that of the Great Wall......

The unified "post system" of Daqin is based on such a magnificent road transportation network.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the names of the post communication in various countries are different, "遽", "驲", "置" and so on are not the same, the Qin Dynasty unified these different names and created a post system throughout the country, even if the empire suddenly collapsed, the post system has been used for later generations.

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the number of post stations in the country increased sharply, and the system of integrating post transmission in the Northern and Southern Dynasties continued and developed, and "post" replaced all the previous "post", "pavilion" and "pass".

During the Tang Dynasty, the post station was responsible for the transmission of state official documents and letters, as well as the transmission of emergency military information, as well as the transportation of officials, Huairou ethnic minorities, quelling civil strife, hunting down criminals, comforting and escorting prisoners in disaster areas, and sometimes managing the transportation of tribute and other small items......

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Liu Zheng was stunned: "Yes, all the post stations in the world are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, otherwise who does Fang Shilang think it belongs to?" ”

Where does Fang Jun know who is in charge?

In ancient times, the official office was not clear in terms of authority, and there was no special organization for the post station that managed the world, and there was not even a special chief official......

"Good!"

Fang Jun was very excited, he really didn't expect that the Ministry of War was not a poor yamen, although the stall was a little rotten, but the foundation was good!

"Good?"

Liu Zheng was inexplicable and said, "Where is it, you probably don't know, right?" There are 260 water posts and 1,300 land posts in the country, and there are more than 20,000 employees specializing in post services. These mud legs are so edible...... However, at the beginning of the British public service as the secretary of the military department, he began to gradually reduce the supply of post stations, which made the life of the military department better. ”

Thanks to the government soldier system, the post guards were also served by local strong men in turn.

Compared to the army that often participates in war, the post guard is far superior in terms of security and freedom, and it seems to be a good place.

This is not the case.

At this time, the post system was very strict, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated the punishment of all kinds of mistakes in the mail process very carefully, and the slightest mistake would be severely dealt with.

For example, the postmaster should have a number of responsibilities, first of all, he must report annually on the death and damage of the stagecoach and report on the expenditure of funds. If there is any damage to the stagecoach, the postmaster is responsible for compensation; If you subtract the people and horses of the post station without permission, then "a hundred rods...... What kind of heavy penalty is this? Basically dead.

The same is true for the post chief, and the punishment for the post keeper is more severe.

When the post arrives, he must change horses, and if he does not change horses, he will have eighty rods; Whoever delays his journey on the way, and fails to send him when he should be sent, shall have a hundred rods; The clerk is eighty a day late, and it is doubled in two days...... And so on, the heaviest penalty is two years' imprisonment.

If the delay is in the case of an urgent military document, the offence is increased by three degrees.

Failure in the war due to the delay of the letter was sentenced to death by hanging......

Because of the unprecedented unification of the whole country, the Sui and Tang dynasties sent a particularly large number of official documents from the central government to all localities and from all localities to the central government, and the statistical materials sent to the central government by the prefectures alone amounted to more than 500,000 pieces every year. It is recorded in the "New Tang Dynasty Book" that the famous poet Yuan Jie of the Tang Dynasty has only been assassinating in Daozhou for less than 50 days, and he has received as many as 200 letters from all over the world......

The extremely harsh living environment and the squeezing of the superior authorities show how severe the status quo of the post system at this time is.

And in the township, all the strong men who have some ways go to serve in the army, although it is dangerous, but at least they are well fed and warmly dressed, if they are lucky, they can also make a military merit, benefit the family, and the descendants of the shadow, at least the family taxes are comprehensive, who wants to go to the bitter post station to be a post officer?

Fang Jun was shocked when he heard this: "Reduce supply? Never! ”

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You guys are so ignorant and fearless!

If I am not mistaken, the first riot that broke out in history occurred in the Tang Dynasty, right?

An ordinary riot is just that, and if you stand up to the sky, you have to take the main responsibility as the chief official, and it is inevitable to be demoted and cut off, but what if one or two powerful people appear among those violent pawns?

Fang Jun clearly remembered that it was easy to produce heroes among the post guards, especially in Shaanxi......

Liu Zheng didn't understand why Fang Jun had such a reaction, and said suspiciously: "But if you don't cut the supply, such a huge team of post guards is really too expensive, and the most important thing is that our yamen has no money now, if Fang Shilang doesn't get some money back, not only will the construction site of the Foundry Bureau be shut down from next month, but the supply of the post station can only be reduced by half on the basis of the cut......

The military department was originally a poor yamen, and after Fang Jun's tossing, the treasury was about to run rats......

It's a little incredible, but that's the status quo.

Fang Jun held the tea bowl and crossed Erlang's legs, and said: "You people, all of you are brainless, you just think about throttling all day long, and you can save a few dollars?" If you want to live a good life, you have to open source! Open source at every turn? Money is earned, not saved! ”

Liu Zuna said: "This ...... We are also in a rut, how can we make money by guarding such an unpopular yamen in the Ministry of War? There is not much oil and water in the hands, if it is plucked in the geese...... Those imperial historians are not vegetarians, and once they catch them, no one can resist them. ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows again, stared at Fang Jun and asked, "What is the way to get money?" Whether it's His Majesty's treasury or the treasury of the household department, if you don't do it again, we really won't be able to open the pot in the yamen! ”

At the beginning, Fang Jun boasted that he wanted to invest heavily in the construction of the Foundry Bureau, and now the time is not short, and the little money that the Ministry of War has is almost gone, so it's time for you to get money, right?

Although the military department is now in a bit of an exhaustive posture, Liu Zheng really doesn't worry too much.

Who's this in front of you?

This is a man known as the "God of Wealth" in Datang! The emperor's internal treasury and the treasury of the household department are rich because of large purchases such as glass and salt works, and they are unprecedentedly abundant, and the source of all this is not because of Fang Jun?

As long as he is willing, it is not difficult to get some money to support the military department......

Fang Jun said angrily: "Just like that? When you encounter something, you want to ask for someone, why never ask for yourself? ”

Liu Zheng smiled bitterly: "It's not that we like to ask for people, it's not that we don't know how unpopular our military department is to see you, if you don't have power, where will you have money?" ”

Throughout the ages, every yamen has been like this, if you want to do things, you have to win people's hearts first, and if you want to win people's hearts, you have to give good treatment to the big guys.

In essence, the yamen and the enterprise are the same, they must first generate income before they can have performance......

Fang Jun sighed and said, "You guys...... I really want to eat with a golden rice bowl, and I deserve to starve! ”

Liu Zhengqi said: "What does Fang Shilang mean by this? ”

Fang Jun said: "Don't say anything else, just say that this post station that spreads the world, you just put money in it year after year, and use your pitiful public money to fill this hole for the imperial court, but why don't you never think about ideas on the post station?" ”

Liu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Fang Shilang wants to abolish all the post stations in the world, so as to save the money that is subsidized a lot every year?" ”

Fang Jun almost fell to the ground......

After talking about it for a long time, you came up with an idea to remove?

Not to mention that this move is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs, aren't you afraid that His Majesty Li Er will cut off your head?

What kind of place is the station? That is the person responsible for transmitting official documents and military intelligence or the existence of food, lodging, and changing horses on the way to and from officials, and you abolished the post station, do you want to paralyze this Datang?

If you really dare to say this to His Majesty Li Er, you will definitely be lightweight, and it is possible to destroy the Nine Clans......