Yang Reform didn't talk nonsense, and directly announced the separation of the inn, he wanted to increase Li Zicheng's salary, but he didn't fill the hole in the guest house.

Ministers, look at me, I look at you, they all want to say but don't dare to say it, hesitate again and again, or no one stands up to say anything. This matter can't be said, the emperor lost 100,000 taels of silver a few days ago, and when he stood out, didn't he want to explain to the emperor where the 100,000 taels of silver went? The emperor has already said that after the separation, the previous things will not be investigated, and the 100,000 taels of silver will be considered to have gone into everyone's pockets, and the ministers thought about it, and finally acquiesced in this matter. What's more, the post station is a separation, not a layoff or a reduction of expenses or something, and it can still take advantage of the public when it is ushered in.

Yang Gai sat in the Huangji Gate [now Taihe Gate], felt cold all over his body, and in this hot summer weather, he actually sneezed, cleared his nose, felt strange things, and hurriedly went down the morning court.

Yang Gai stood outside the Huangji Gate, and was exposed to the sun, so he felt more comfortable and warmed up.

"Companion, call that Liu Mao, I have something to ask." Yang Reform thought of today's matter, he felt cold, 100,000 taels of silver was set down, and most of it was less than half before he left Beijing, this administrative ability was really weakened, and this [***] ability was indeed beyond his expectations, his original plan was how much he could share some money into the hands of Li Zicheng and others, and now it seems that it is a little delusional, not to mention embezzlement of you, just a misappropriation can make you have nothing to say, and let your plan fall through.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave and maid will go." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Ahh Autumn ......" Yang Gengai sneezed violently, and then touched it, as if he was still running his nose, as if he had a cold, and then looked at the big sun, he felt that it was still a little cold.

…… The early dynasty is over, the new military department is in the matter, and Liu Mao's face is filled with inexplicable brilliance in the matter of the rite department, he Liu Mao has been a jinshi for fifteen years, and he has never entered the half-level in the past fifteen years, and he has always been mixed in the grade of the seventh grade, and it is really a shame to say it. Now, he Liu Mao can be regarded as seizing the opportunity and grasping the emperor's mind. Now the person who is following the emperor, isn't that one having a big deal? He Liu Mao is also going to change the bad luck of not being able to advance an inch for fifteen years, Liu Mao walked in the Forbidden City with his head held high and his head held high.

…… After a short time, Xiao Huangmen led Liu Mao to the emperor.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Liu Mao saluted the emperor.

Yang Gai is standing in the sun and exposed, I don't know what happened today, I actually caught a cold, and I still had a runny nose, I don't know if it was for the ministers to make the heart cold, or I didn't pay attention to it, I caught a cold, seeing Liu Mao, a rich "master" in his forties and fifties, came, and said: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Mao said energetically.

"Liu Mao, I see that you seem to have a deep feeling about the post station! Now that I am in charge of the separation of the inn, I would like to hear some of your thoughts on the separation of the inn, just now when I was in the court, it was not very convenient. Yang Gengai felt that since this Liu Mao dared to talk about the post inn, he must have his own set of ideas about the separation of the post house, and he must have a more unique view on this matter.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen does have some ideas, and he is about to report them to His Majesty." Liu Mao was not hypocritical, he directly said that he had an idea, if he didn't have a little idea, he wouldn't dare to lift the lid of the post station, there was no countermeasure, and he definitely wouldn't dare to talk about the separation of the post house.

"Then you can talk about it." Yang Gai felt more comfortable standing in the sun, and the coldness in his body was finally dispelled a lot, and he gradually felt warm in his bones.

"Yes, Your Majesty,...... The minister thought that the post house must be separated, this post station is now completely turned into a place for public and private use, the silver money consumed by the post station, only one or two percent is used in official affairs, the minister saw that His Majesty was sympathetic to the post man, and allocated a huge amount of money, and the minister really did not want His Majesty's silver money, which was ......"

"Don't talk about this nonsense, talk about your opinion on the separation of the inn, you are now in charge of this matter, how do you plan to do it, I understand the truth, and I know, I don't need you to talk nonsense." Yang Gai was in a very bad mood, exposed to the sun and had a clear nose, this kind of thing would not be comfortable for anyone.

"The minister understands, the minister understands." Liu Mao was taken aback, it seemed that the emperor was in a very bad mood!

"The minister thinks that after the separation of the post inn, the post can be as His Majesty said, but it can still be managed by the Ministry of War, and it can be listed as a separate section, and it will be treated as a fine soldier, and the food and salary will be sufficient, so that I will pass the post to the post, there will be a great improvement, the military situation, the speed of official document transmission, will definitely soar, so that it is in line with Your Majesty's mind, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" After Liu Mao finished explaining, he looked up at the emperor, ready to look at the emperor's face, and then said it again.

"That's it? I know, is there anything else besides this? "Separate the post pawn into a separate part, Yang Reform said it in the early dynasty, and now I don't want to listen to repeated nonsense.

"Your Majesty, there are some, but ......" Liu Mao hesitated.

"But what? Do you have to forgive your innocence before you can say it? "Yang is in a bad mood.

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't dare, the minister just wants to ask Your Majesty, have you heard of the Civil Information Bureau?" Liu Mao asked cautiously.

"The Civil Information Bureau? What does that mean? Yang Gengai didn't understand and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Civil Information Bureau is a private businessman, a shop set up by himself that specializes in sending letters, goods, and even exchange." Liu Mao explained.

"What do you say? Something that can be set up by the private sector to send goods, letters, or even money orders? Yang Gengai asked in surprise, this is the Ming Dynasty, is there such a thing? Isn't it the ancient folk express delivery industry? But when I think about it, didn't the ancients have the need to send letters? The post stations of the imperial court have always been only used by officials, not by the people, but the common people obviously have the need to send letters, and it is possible to say that there is such an institution to operate this kind of thing.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, that's the case with the Civil Information Bureau, ...... who specialize in this kind of business," Liu Mao bowed and replied cautiously.

“…… Do you mean to say that let the post of the imperial court also do this kind of business, in addition to transmitting the military information and official documents of the imperial court, it also transmits letters, goods, and even bills of exchange from the people? Yang Reform instantly understood what Liu Mao meant, and the post office in the future didn't have this kind of function?

"Your Majesty Shengming, the minister's meaning is exactly like this, to raise the post with business, this law has been ancient, the minister thinks, the court can learn from the practice of the people, send items, letters, and even bills of exchange for people, charge a certain fee, in order to make up for the expenses of the court station, as far as the minister knows, the civil letter bureau, the capital is large, there are hundreds of thousands of taels of huge, the delivery of letters, items can reach Qiongya in the south, and the border pass in the north, the scale is also very large, and the small ones are also dozens of taels of silver, and they are responsible for the delivery between a city and a place, and the minister thinks, With the post station that the imperial court can reach the whole country, if the overall situation is coordinated, the scope of goods and letters that can be delivered must far exceed the civil information bureau, and it will also operate like the civil information bureau of the people, charging fees, not to mention making money, at least, it can reduce the expenses of the imperial court, what does Your Majesty think? Liu Mao explained.

"Well, well, well, yes, Liu Mao, I found that your idea is indeed good, if the post station also carries out such a business, indeed, the scope covered by the imperial court post station is indeed far beyond the general civil letter bureau, and the scope of delivery also basically covers the land controlled by our dynasty......" Yang reformed and found that indeed, the post station system that the Ming Dynasty now has, that scale, is quite huge, if converted into commercial capital, this is undoubtedly a giant, by no means comparable to private businessmen. This is where the natural advantage lies, thinking of this, Yang Reform's mood has improved.

“…… Then Your Majesty agreed to Weichen's method, and the post station of the imperial court was also open to the people? Charged? Liu Mao was quite happy to see that the emperor agreed with his idea, and he was most afraid that his idea would not be supported by the emperor.

"Hehe...... yes, I agree, my request is that in addition to transmitting the military information and official documents of the imperial court, the post station can also serve the people of my Ming Dynasty, since our dynasty has a post station system covering the whole country, the people should also enjoy all kinds of conveniences as the people of my Ming Dynasty, for example, you can send your letters and items to any place in my Ming Dynasty, this is also a little welfare that the emperor seeks for the people of my Ming Dynasty, I am deeply aware of the difficulty of sending items and letters to the people of my Ming Dynasty! Hehe......, Liu Mao, do you understand what I mean? Yang Reform turned happy, to raise the postal industry in business, this is also the way out of the postal industry, this is also much stronger than their own money has been paid to maintain a postal system covering the whole country, the postal industry is developed, there must be more postmen, more practitioners are needed, Yang Reform does not look forward to anything else, just hope that Li Zicheng will not be laid off.

What makes Yang Reform more important is that he can also send bills of exchange or something, which has a lot to do with the banking business he will carry out in the future. Even, the newspaper that he said would be distributed to the whole country through the post station, this can be regarded as a preparation in advance, Yang Reform is the same, and he feels that he has to do this immediately, and he is ready to support Liu Mao.

"Your Majesty's care for the people is really meticulous, and if the people knew that Your Majesty had given such a gift, they would definitely be grateful to Your Majesty. Wechen understands that he will do what His Majesty wills. Separate the inn, so that the people of the court have the convenience of sending goods and letters to the whole country...... "Liu Mao was full of joy, the emperor supported this matter more than he imagined, not only did not object, but regarded this matter as a convenience for the people of the world, so that the resistance to this matter is much smaller, if you oppose or obstruct, that is to compete with the people of the world for "profit", this, is definitely a political mistake.

"This separation inn, this part of the post is to say, this stack, what are you going to do?" Yang Reform is beginning to be interested in this guy, this is obviously a person who wants to be a knife for himself, and now, he really lacks such a guy, if he doesn't strip this post and stack, who will fill the big hole in the post station? There must be someone who comes out to rectify this matter, this Liu Mao, to be honest, is just right. Think about it, more than ten years of Jinshi, Leng is still spinning in the seven products, it is estimated that this person has done enough to be an official, I am afraid that he is a person who wants to be Bo Yibo, looking at this person's surname, I am afraid that he is also a person who does not fit in with everyone and can't get along with everyone, otherwise he will not always be a seven-pin.

"Back to Your Majesty, this stack, Wechen thinks, it must be separated, but what Wechen thinks, far less than one ten-thousandth of His Majesty, the cost of the post house that His Majesty said is composed of four parts, Wechen thinks, it is very reasonable, so, it can greatly reduce the burden of the court, and it can still be a good pick-up and drop off officials, Wechen must be subject to His Majesty's decision, and everything will act in accordance with His Majesty's instructions." Liu Mao really didn't think specifically about how to reduce the expenses of the stack, he just wanted to catch the emperor's kindness to the post soldiers, to improve the speed of the transmission of military information and official documents, to attract the attention of the emperor, and to find a gap for his official career that could not progress for more than ten years, as for the function of the stack, it was stripped out, and the imperial court was only responsible for part of it, and the rest was left alone. It's just to transfer the burden of the imperial court to the locality, thinking about this way, but actually saying that there is a good way to solve the cost hole of the stack, which is unrealistic.

Yang Reform thought for a while and said, "Hehe, Liu Mao, you are a slippery head, come on, just do what you say, and separate the post and the stack first." The function of this part of the post has increased and enhanced, no longer just to transmit the military information and official documents of the imperial court, but also contains the letters and items of the people, since it contains the letters and items of the people, it is not appropriate to call the post again, and the name is also changed, it is called the postal bar, which is related to the interests of the people of the world to deliver letters. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this post station is under the management of the Ministry of War." Liu Mao replied.

Driver's Division? Yang Gai thought about it, didn't say anything, and after a while, he said: "Liu Mao, you handle this matter well, do it well, you are an official, if you want to be promoted, it will be very easy, the driver of the car, I know." "I originally wanted to raise the specifications of the post office a little, but I found that the specifications of this ancient post station system were also quite high, so I decided to wait a little longer, and wait for the results.

"Wechen obeys." Liu Mao confidently agreed.

…… Liu Mao is gone, Yang Reform is also in a good mood, and he is finally a lot more comfortable. The snot is gone.

"Companion, you mean, that fierce fire oil tank, done?" After Yang Reform finished his political affairs, he began to be busy with his own private affairs.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's indeed done, Fu Mingde took those craftsmen, holding the fierce fire oil tank, and waited outside the palace, Your Majesty wants to see it." Wang Chengen replied.

"See you." Yang Gengai agreed without hesitation, ready to see what this fierce fire oil tank that was made in one night looked like.

…… Yang Gai was still basking in the sun and decided to cure the cold completely.

Fu Mingde came over and kowtowed.

"Slave maid Fu Mingde knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." The craftsmen in the back, kneeling much farther away, also kowtowed.

"Get up, Fu Mingde, you can! I only told you last night, and you did it this morning. Yang Reform and Fu Mingde are "old acquaintances", and they also joked.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is all thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, the slave maid thought that it was His Majesty's thing to do, and immediately did it, coincidentally, I found the craftsman and asked, only to know that this fierce fire oil tank, in the early years, had made some small ones, and the slave and maid saw that this was similar to what Your Majesty said, so it was sent to Your Majesty early in the morning, and the slave and maid were afraid of mistaking Your Majesty's business!" Fu Mingde said.

Yang Reform nodded, no wonder Huang Yanjing likes to use eunuchs, look at the speed of these eunuchs, positive surnames, and then look at the bureaucrats, it is really not a street.

"Let's see, then." Yang Reform is still waiting for the blowtorch to seal the glass.

"Your Majesty, the fierce fire oil tank is a weapon, and it is used in the palace, I am afraid that it will be inauspicious and not in accordance with the rules, Your Majesty, it is better to move the school field." Wang Chengen reminded in a whisper on the side.

"Makes sense, let's go to school." Yang Gai felt that it made sense, it was really unsafe to play with fire at home, so it was better to find a safe place.

The group went straight to the school again.

…… Yang Gengai still sat in the stands, watching the movement on the school field. Fu Mingde stood beside the emperor with a "happy" face and explained to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you see, that gourd-style thing is a small fierce fire oil tank, this can no longer be called a fierce fire oil tank, it should be called a fierce fire oil tank, the production method and the way of fighting, and the fierce fire oil tank are the same, only one is light, one person can lift it, can carry it around, and use it to burn the enemies of Pancheng, it is very suitable......" Fu Mingde smiled and explained.

"Flamethrower?" Yang Gai listened to Fu Mingde's explanation, and this weapon came to mind, looking at this small fierce fire oil tank, it was indeed a gourd-like.

After a while, there was a sound in front of the nozzle of the oil hyacinth, which seemed to be a fire lit with gunpowder, and a lot of flames immediately erupted from the nozzle, but it also spewed out a lot of unclean slag or something, which fell to the ground and continued to burn.

Yang Gai looked at it, this thing is really a small fierce fire oil tank, the fierce fire oil tank I used to see is quite large, and it has to be carried by several people to move, and this one is much smaller, one person can move it, but the fuel used is still oil, burning, the smoke is very large, and it will spray the fuel to the ground, which obviously cannot be used as a blowtorch to burn glass.

"Fu Mingde, I remember, I told you, don't use fierce fire oil, try it with other oils, have you tried it?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid has tried, there are vegetable oil, tung oil, and even peanut oil, soybean oil, lard, butter, but these oils are difficult to compare with fierce fire oil, can't burn, can't spray, so ......" Fu Mingde looked embarrassed. [Hehe, I haven't tried it either, I don't know if these oils will work, if any of them have tried it, please inform me and correct it immediately. 】

"Can't burn?"

(To be continued)