The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty were quite speechless for an emperor like Chongzhen. The last emperor who was similar to him was called Zhengde, and it is said that there is no such master who can mess around.

First, on a certain day, he left a letter to the queen to supervise the country, and Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai's edict to assist the government ran away, and then on the third day, they appeared in the court again.

Including Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai, they all wanted to pull Chongzhen's collar and ask him, is it not good for you to stop for a day? Auxiliary government? What can happen to just one person? Auxiliary hammer?

However, no matter how dissatisfied the ministers are, Chongzhen has already appeared in the court, and the early dynasty that should be carried out must be carried out. It's just that for two days, Chongzhen's performance was normal, neither the imagined human head rolling, nor any other demon moths.

The ministers even felt that such an emperor was much cuter and had a bit of a gentleman's demeanor.

However, the law of being handsome for no more than three seconds did not fail in Daming, and on the third day, the big drama that Chongzhen had been looking forward to finally began to be staged.

The freshly baked Imperial History Mao Yujian finally couldn't help but play in class after the routine worship: "Your Majesty, the Imperial History Mao Yujian has a book." ”

Chongzhen, as usual, hummed expressionlessly and said, "Speak." ”

Mao Yujian bowed like a ritual: "Your Majesty, now the drought in Shaanxi has affected the Ming Dynasty, and the treasury is short of silver, so it may be difficult to support the relief."

The minister thought that if he wanted the treasury to be abundant, he was only opening up sources and reducing expenditure.

The minister is ignorant and does not understand the way of open source. However, throttling is a bit of a humble opinion.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao changed the station of the pseudo-Yuan to a post, and then the whole country also set up post houses.

For more than 300 years, the post has been decadent and has made no achievements. Personnel are also becoming increasingly bloated. At the same time, the matter of post delivery is the most harmful to the people. For example, seven or eight out of ten people in the prefecture and county are trapped in post houses, and only 12 out of 10 post houses are used for official affairs, and 89 out of 10 people are used for private affairs.

The minister thought that the post office could be abolished, and more than 300,000 taels could be saved every year to fill the treasury. ”

Chongzhen nodded but didn't speak, and after being silent for a long time, Chongzhen suddenly asked, "Did Aiqing kneel at home for a day yesterday?" What does it taste like? ”

Mao Yujian was a little confused when he heard this, what I'm talking about now doesn't seem to be a question of kneeling or not kneeling for a day, right? What we're discussing now seems to be whether to abolish the station, right?

It's just that the emperor asked, and Mao Yujian had to reply cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister is a little afraid of guilt on weekdays. ”

Chongzhen snorted, and there was silence again.

Mao Yujian became more and more confused. On the one hand, I was shocked by the pervasiveness of the factory guards - I knelt on the washboard by myself, but I knelt quietly in the bedroom, and no one saw it.

On the other hand, I wonder what Emperor Chongzhen is thinking - whether the post station will be abolished or not, can you give a happy word? If we can cut it off, let's hurry up, if it doesn't work, let's think about it separately, and then go back and pull other bigwigs to go to the book together.

Just when Mao Yujian and the other ministers were in shock, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked, "Wen Aiqing, what is this post house set up?" What is the role? ”

Wen Tiren was also puzzled by the question, but he still honestly replied: "Your Majesty, since Emperor Taizu Gao's imperial pole, he changed the pseudo-Yuan station to a post, which is used to deliver envoys, fly military information, and transfer military supplies. It also stipulates that non-militaristic matters are not allowed to be given to posts.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, the "Regulations on the Carriage of Post Posts" were promulgated, with a total of 12 articles of the regulations and supplementary regulations, which limited the personnel who met the conditions for using post horses and post boats, and other people were not allowed to "ride the post boats and horses without authorization", and violators were severely punished. ”

Chongzhen was still expressionless, but his tone became more and more flat: "Mao Aiqing, have you ever heard clearly about the usefulness of these post houses?" But do you want to abolish it? ”

Of course it has to be cut! Damn, if this thing hadn't developed so quickly, how could the news of Lao Tzu's outer room have been transmitted back to his hometown in just a few days, and the yellow-faced woman would have been killed in the capital to catch the adulterer? It hurt Lao Tzu to kneel for a night! His mother!

Mao Yujian, who secretly hated in his heart, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the abolition of the post house is not a one-time effort, and it can save a lot of money for the treasury." Whether it is used in Liaodong or for the relief of the people in the disaster-stricken places, it is also a great achievement. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and then asked: "However, what is the explanation of flying to report the military situation and transfer military supplies?" ”

Mao Yujian replied: "Your Majesty, Fang Jin's country is stable in the Ming Dynasty, and the four seas are peaceful. Why does the military situation need to be reported by the post station? And what military supplies need to be transferred? ”

What you say makes so much sense, I'm going to be speechless!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in pain, then asked, "What about the soldiers of the post house?" And how? ”

Mao Yujian still bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can dismiss the soldiers of the post station on the spot and serve the people, maybe he will find his own way out." ”

Well said! There should be a round of applause here! Chongzhen almost wanted to give this hairy feather jian thirty-two likes!

Bastards, let them fend for themselves? Then a man surnamed Li will take his horse boy sixteen years later, kill the smoke billowing into the capital, force Lao Tzu to hack his wife and daughter to death, and then hang it on the tree himself?

At this time, Chongzhen finally didn't bother to talk to this Mao Yujian anymore: "It's only been a few days since Mao Aiqing was promoted from the magistrate to the imperial history?" Less than half a month?

First, you took a concubine, and then your wife traveled thousands of miles from her hometown to the capital to catch the adulterer. So, Mao Aiqing has only been kneeling at home for a day? ”

When Mao Yujian heard this, he knelt down and said: "The minister's private morality is at a loss, and the crime deserves death!" ”

Chongzhen smiled faintly: "It's nothing if there is a loss of private morality. After all, the matter of taking concubines and raising an outer room has never been forbidden by the Ming Law, and as for being afraid of the inside, it is not a violation of the Ming Law. So these are not sins. ”

Mao Yujian kowtowed movingly and said, "Minister, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Chongzhen didn't kill Mao Yujian, but asked Wen Tiren with a smile: "Wen Aiqing, I don't know how this regulations are stipulated?" ”

Although Wen Tiren didn't know what Chongzhen wanted to do when he suddenly asked this, he still replied honestly: "Your Majesty, according to the "Regulations for the Post" in the third year of Wanli, it is roughly not allowed to be allowed to be surveyed; If it is not a military affair, it is not allowed to use the golden drum banner without permission.

The matters of the officials of the capital and the prefecture and county are no longer included in the tolerance, such as the reinstatement, the resumption, the transfer, and the arrival, and are not allowed to be surveyed, and they are not allowed to gallop;

The use of post station resources is also strictly restricted, such as the number of sedan chair drivers and horses is fixed, and it shall not be exceeded;

In the past, officials were only provided with necessities such as rice, vegetables, and candle charcoal, so that they would not be extravagant and wasteful. At the same time, there are three prohibitions, so as not to increase the burden of the people: it is not allowed to apportion, it is not allowed to count the distance of the road, and it is not allowed to fold the dry into oneself, and it is not allowed to give gifts for the next journey, heart red, paper flaps, folding mats, and folding coins. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and then asked, "The official's family, have you ever allowed the gallop?" ”

Wen Tiren had already understood what Chongzhen wanted to do at this time, it was estimated that this Mao Yujian's wife was the post station, and then he was hit by Emperor Chongzhen somehow.

Not only did Wen Tiren figure it out, but Mao Yujian also understood why today's Emperor Chongzhen was acting so strangely, but he was afraid that he was in a catastrophe.

As for Wen Tiren, he replied respectfully in the spirit of being a friend of the dead: "Your Majesty, don't allow it." ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen finally showed up in poverty: "I stayed temporarily at the post house outside the city the day before yesterday, but I encountered a rare thing.

Mao Aiqing's wife traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to find a husband, but she lived in a post house in a grand manner.

I'm curious, does she have tolerance? If so, where did her official status come from? If not, what you need to stay in the post house will come from the combination?

Even, Mao Aiqing's wife wantonly beat and scolded the post guards in the post house, which shows her arrogance. Mao Aiqing is afraid of guilt, but it is understandable. ”

After saying this, Chongzhen then looked at Mao Yujian, who was already paralyzed on the ground: "Mao Aiqing can teach me?" ”

Mao Yujian felt that all the strength in his body had been drained, so he could only reply in a trembling voice: "The minister is guilty, and the minister deserves death!" ”

Chongzhen didn't pay any attention to Mao Yujian, but said lightly: "From now on, all the post guards in the post house will be managed in the palace as a whole, just like the Jinyi Wei example." The revenue and expenditure should also be attributed to the internal funds. After that, a post reception, to Wanli three years "to the post regulations" shall prevail, violators, the crime plus one degree. ”

After all the ministers bowed down, Chongzhen turned his eyes to Mao Yujian again: "Just because your wife caught rape and made you kneel for a day, you dare to ignore military affairs and remove the post office, you are really a loyal and good courtier."

However, I can't afford to be such a loyal courtier. You, let's go with Huang Liji! ”