There was a row of post guards standing in the courtyard of the Boxian Station, including the post chief Li Yizai, a total of five people, and under the surrounding eaves stood some businessmen and their entourage who stayed here, all of whom looked like they were not too big to see the excitement.

The post commander Li Ju and the post guards all bowed their heads tremblingly, and did not dare to say a word.

There was no entertainment these days, and even less at night, not to mention that these postmen were all energetic young and strong men, and they really couldn't find any way to spend their energy except gambling money.

The post guards of the post station have long been gambling money, but there are regulations in the charter that they are not allowed to gamble, if no one is in charge, once they are caught by the people above, they can only consider themselves unlucky.

Zhao Junsheng walked around in front of these post guards with his hands behind his back, and asked as he walked: "Li Zhi, according to the regulations, how to deal with gamblers on duty once they are caught?" ”

Li Ju trembled and said: "Go back, go back to join the army, and when you are caught gambling money while on duty, you will be whipped ten times for the first time and confiscated all the gambling funds, and if you are arrested again for the second time, you will be beaten with ten canes and then dismissed!" ”

"Bring three whips!" Zhao Junsheng shouted.

The scribe next to him handed over the three horse whips to Zhao Junsheng's hands, he asked the post guards to stand facing each other, handed over the two horse whips to two of them, and let the post guards whip each other, and the third whip was handed over to Liu Guang, and Liu Guang was asked to beat the post chief Li Ju.

The first post man to be beaten screamed again and again, resenting the other party for trying too hard, and it was true, so when it was their turn to beat each other, they used all their strength, including the post commander Li Ju, all of them were miserable, their clothes were torn, their skin was open, and the blood marks on their bodies looked very terrifying, but this was just a skin injury, which seemed to be very miserable, but in fact, it was no big deal.

A scribe put the confiscated gambling money in a cloth bag and brought it to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng put it in his hand and said: "Yo, there is still a lot of gambling money, it seems that you are all very rich!" From now on, all confiscated gambling and silver money will be rewarded to those who have performed well, are diligent and honest, and have worked hard! If the life of the cheating and treacherous people is comfortable, and the work is done by those who are diligent and honest, how can there be justice in this world? ”

"Li Ju!"

Li didn't care about the pain on his body, and hurriedly agreed: "My subordinates are here!" ”

"As a post chief, you took the lead in gambling and violating the rules, and you should have been dismissed after ten strokes, but the official thinks that you are a first-time offender, give you a chance to repent and reform, and give you a warning again, if you find that you take the lead in violating the rules next time, you will not be spared!"

Li Ju hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for joining the army to give your subordinates a chance to repent, your subordinates are grateful, and they will strictly restrain the guards in the future, and they will never dare to do it again!" ”

At this time, there was movement outside the post station, Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look, and saw a caravan entering the post station, he immediately said; "Okay, it's time for the caravan, leave one person to arrange accommodation for me and others, and the others will be busy!"

"Yes, join the army!"

If it is too late today, Zhao Junsheng decided to stay here for one night tonight, and then go to other post stations to inspect tomorrow, so he found so many problems after inspecting the two post stations, and he didn't know what strange things he would encounter in the future.

On the oil lamp, Zhao Junsheng sat at the table in the room and looked at a scroll, the development of books has several stages and forms, one is oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, stone drum characters; the second is bamboo slips and wooden slips; The third is silk books. After the invention of paper, there were various forms such as scroll binding, warp folding, Sanskrit clamping, butterfly binding, bag back binding, thread binding, etc., and the Northern Wei Dynasty was the prosperous period of scroll-bound books, and the warp folding began to appear in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

After knocking on the door, the post commander Li Yi bowed his waist and walked in to salute: "Join the army, dinner has been prepared, is it the first meal to join the army?" ”

"Are all those merchants settled?"

"All of them are here, and the postmen are beckoning them!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and ordered, "Call everyone else over to eat together, and bring all the food here!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng watched Li Ju leave, and asked the scribe standing next to him: "This official thinks that the oil and water in this Boxian post seems to be very sufficient, otherwise how could they have so much money to gamble?" ”

The scribe bowed down and replied: "What the army said is very true, this Boxian post has sufficient oil and water is a matter known to the entire Facao Administration, not only does it not need to allocate money from above to maintain it, but it can also hand over a lot of money to the department every year. This is close to the county seat of Boxian County, not far or near, it is already dusk when the general business travelers and officials walk here, and they can't enter the city before the city gate is closed, so they can only stay here, plus eat and drink, this post can make a lot of money! ”

His subordinate officials Liu Guang, Cao Xianyun, Jia Gan and a few scribes soon arrived, and the post chief Li Ju also quickly sent wine and food, he put the wine and food on the table and bowed down and said with a smile: "Join the army, everyone Lingshi, you eat, your subordinates will go and get busy first, if you need to shout!" ”

"Wait!" Zhao Junsheng stopped him and instructed the accompanying scribe: "Give money!" ”

"Yes!" The scribe immediately took out the money from his blanket and gave it to Li Ju.

Li Ju hurriedly said: "Joining the army and all the officers came to inspect, how can the subordinates collect money, it's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!" ”

"If you want to take it, you will take it!" Zhao Junsheng knocked on the table with chopsticks and said: "Before I came, the official also said in Mengxian Yi that no matter who it is in the future, no matter how big the official is, he will be charged money for lodging and eating and drinking here!" If he doesn't give it, you will ask for it." In the future, the accounts of each post under the Facao Department must be clear, and every sum of money must be clearly recorded in the purchase of ingredients, wages for hired workers, salaries for post workers, daily expenses, accommodation income, and food income. As long as it is within the scope of the rules, as long as it is not illegal, let you let it go, and the money you make will be rewarded to you, and the remaining sixty percent will be handed over to the office, that is, the more you earn, the more money you will share, and there will be no upper limit! ”

Li Ju's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked with a short breath: "Is it true to join the army?" ”

Zhao Jun slapped the table violently and shouted: "Bastard, will this official still talk in front of your subordinates?" Now is the time to inform you that after seven days, the post chiefs will go to the office to discuss the matter, and the official will naturally announce the matter himself! However, there is one point, delegating power allows you to let go of your hands and feet and try your best to make money, not to let you not do your job, the biggest role of your existence is to transmit official documents as quickly as possible, and you can't delay the right thing because of making money! ”

Li Ju immediately saluted and said: "Yes, yes, it is wise to join the army, you should have done this a long time ago!" It is hopeless for subordinates to be promoted, and doing this errand is nothing more than wanting to earn a few dollars to support their family, if they can earn more, who wouldn't want to? But please rest assured that your subordinates will definitely put the matter of delivering official documents first! ”

At this moment, Zhao Junsheng was thinking in his mind: "Am I emancipating my mind and engaging in reform and opening up?" ”