Many times, when a problem is very complicated, then the best way is actually to throw money.

Because it really works with silver.

Of course, silver should not be scattered.

It is the two fools who spend money indiscriminately, but the one who can really prescribe the right medicine can often reap miraculous results.

In this post office, Hu Mu clearly knows this well.

He had served as a clerk, resettled displaced people, and mingled with the laborers of the railway, so he naturally knew it...... The minds of these people.

You give them a stable job and a salary to support themselves, which is enough to make them grateful.

But gratitude is not enough, because gratitude is just an emotion, and after a long time, it will fade.

The role of the Post Department is precisely to have a solid group of personnel, and to ensure that all people have a certain sense of responsibility and centripetal force.

Otherwise, if a letter or package is lost, it can greatly ruin your reputation.

In particular, the loss of parcels has a great impact on reputation, but it can be ...... In this day and age, the problem of bandits is often commonplace.

After all, in this backward era, if a person wants to get rich for a while, but if he is greedy for some of the property in the package, it is a big deal to directly take it for himself, and when he is desperate, he is nothing more than going up the mountain to become a bandit.

Once a person has gone up the mountain, where can you find it?

Or, if someone colludes with bandits to loot these packages, it is also difficult to guard against them.

Therefore, the absolute loyalty of these people must be ensured.

And loyalty, in addition to the gratitude gained at the beginning, is to bind everyone together, one to prosper and one to lose.

The annual reward is a measure and a means.

Encouraging the children of the post guards to go to school is also a means.

In essence, it is to give them a hope, and when people have hope, they will naturally cherish everything they enjoy at the moment, and completely put away the bad thoughts that may be missing.

It costs money, but it is worth it, so ...... Next, what Hu Mu has to do is to design a complex top-level salary system.

This is also inspired by Zhang Anshi, sometimes, Hu Mu has to admire the resourcefulness of His Royal Highness King Song, and a reminder from him completely makes himself suddenly enlightened.

It is necessary to devise a system of seniority, and the longer you stay in the postal department, the more generous the salary, so that all the post guards can be divided into peace, willing to serve the postal department for the rest of their lives, and can ensure the absolute safety of letters and parcels.

For the time being, the main business of the Post Department in the future has been largely sorted out.

One is the underwriting of newspapers, and the other is letters and parcels.

Of course, they may also have some of the same responsibilities as the bank.

The reason why he took over the responsibilities of the money bank was not to rob the money bank's business.

In fact, almost 90% of the business of United Money Bank is carried out in some important cities and overseas domains.

It's not that United Money doesn't want to spread the business, but in fact, it is...... The vast majority of peasant households in the world, even ordinary craftsmen, do not need money at all, a small ordinary village thousands of miles away, the people there, even how to promote the United Bank, can not have anything to do with the United Bank.

The advantage of the Post Office is that it can penetrate into many villages thoroughly, and once the credit is obtained, then ...... It is possible to entrust money and goods.

Given the particularity of the Post Division, i.e. ...... All the post guards, in fact, do not need any special talents, their essence is actually just running errands.

But at the same time, precisely because they may have a lot of goods in their hands at any time, they ...... It is necessary to ensure that he is a good son, and preferably has a very stable social relationship, and his ancestors have not been a traitor for several generations, let alone have made any bad friends.

To a certain extent, this latter is actually a kind of talent, it is not easy for people to be honest for a lifetime, and it is even more difficult for the ancestors to be honest for several generations, not to mention that this involves the world of the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.

After the regulations were agreed upon by the Post Office, they began to be promulgated.

Every time it can cause an uproar.

Among the scholars, there are many people who shout and scold, and naturally there are inevitably things like wasting public money.

But at the same time, the recruitment over there is hot.

Especially the clerks, because of the calculations and some official documents involved, all the post stations, including the provincial post offices, need a large number of clerks, who are responsible for handling many complex official affairs, and they are actually ...... At the time of the recruitment, many scholars came to apply.

These scholars are not only students who have graduated from the arithmetic school or other university halls in Qixia, but also many scholars who carry the fame of showing talent.

The identity of Xiucai is actually quite embarrassing, on the one hand, it is difficult for them to continue the imperial examination, and with this fame, they can be regarded as distinguishable from ordinary people.

But because they only have fame, the court will not give them official positions, which makes them often high-minded and think that they are superior people, but they are ...... There is no way to engage in other production.

If there are thousands of acres of fertile land at home, it's fine, but it's a big deal, for a lifetime of reading.

But if the family background is a little worse, it is obviously not a way to go on for a long time.

Therefore, many people have to teach or help as a way out, but in fact, it is very bad, because what Confucianism advocates is that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and Confucianism attaches great importance to education, so for teaching and solving doubts, Confucianism does not encourage the acceptance of high education fees.

This also leads to the fact that the vast majority of private school gentlemen are actually poor, even if they enter the mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles to teach their children to solve their doubts, basically, they also look at other people's minds to give some restraints.

As for helping, it's even worse, to put it bluntly, it's to play with, and you can't help but be courteous, so as not to upset the master's family.

But now everyone is discovering more and more that whether it is the railway department or the scribe of the direct subordinate, they are all quite promising, that is, there is hope for promotion, and there is a good salary!

Many people are despised, but in their hearts they secretly regret it, they knew that if they could enter there as an official in the early years, it may have been different now.

It's just that...... Whether it is the railway department or the scribes of the direct subordinate, others have already taken the lead, and if they enter again, they not only need to start over, but also the future vacancies...... I'm afraid there aren't as many as before.

Now, this post office appeared in the sky, and suddenly, the teacher began to have the idea of moving.

So in the process of recruiting clerks, the proportion of talents recruited accounted for forty percent.

It's just that what's even more speechless is that even Hu Mu can't help but be affected.

On this day, a scribe came cautiously, took a door sticker in his hand, and said, "There are people outside, hoping to come to visit Ambassador Hu." ”

Hu Mu looked down and immediately recognized the owner of this door sticker.

He squinted, as if thinking of something, and frowned, "Are people still outside?" ”

"Yes."

Hu Mu groaned and was silent for a long time.

This person is also a native of Jishui County, and he is still a scholar, in fact, his knowledge is not bad, but his luck is not good, but he has been lonely in Jishui County, the hometown of Kaoba.

At the beginning, because his family was close to the Hu family, he had been to the Hu family's family for a few years to study, and his relationship with Hu Mu was also good.

This is called Deng Da's Xiucai, and occasionally he will repair some letters and have a relationship with him.

Unexpectedly, this person actually traveled thousands of miles from his hometown to the capital, wanting to follow his door.

For this former friend, thinking of the original bits and pieces, Hu Mu's face unconsciously felt a little more warm, after all, he is not only a classmate, but also a small one, and his temper is also like-minded, but it is just ......

He thought for a moment and said, "Go and tell him, I have received his door sticker, I am busy now, and it is inconvenient to see him, since he has the heart to enter the post office, then ......"

Hu Mu paused, seemed to be thinking, and then said: "This person's talent is good, he is also smart, and he is stable, according to the rules, Xiucai can indeed enter the post office directly without applying, so ...... Let him come to the post office. Assign him to Pingtan Station as a clerk, let him pack up early and set off early. ”

As he spoke, Hu Mu put the door sticker away, then retracted his thoughts again, and continued to bow his head and go to work on the matter.

The scribe was instructed, and after leaving the post office, there were indeed scholars in scarves and shirts waiting anxiously here.

The scribe stepped forward and relayed Hu Mu's words with a smile.

After hearing this, Deng Da's show talent suddenly showed an incredible look.

On the one hand, he didn't expect that Hu Mu would refuse to see him, in his imagination, Hu Mu was not the kind of person who didn't care about the righteousness of his friends.

Now it is clear that I was wrong.

But when he heard that he really taught himself to be an official, he was even more shocked, because he thought that with his relationship with Hu Mu, he could at least let himself be transferred to Hu Mu's side, and he had to start from his confidants.

But who would have thought that Hu Mu really let him be an ordinary scribe.

Deng Da suddenly sank with anticipation, and said, "Where is this Pingtan Station?" ”

"In Fujian, the political envoy is in the department." The scribe replied.

Dunda: "......"

Deng Da was angry, you know, this Fujian people have many people and few places, and it is surrounded by mountains, Deng Da, who is from the land of fish and rice in Jiangxi, doesn't think that the Fujian political envoy is a good place to go, let alone ...... It's still an unknown little post, this is entertaining him Dunda.

But this clerk said: "Now the post office is short of people everywhere, especially the Pingtan Post ......."

"I see." Even if his heart was no longer happy, Deng Da did not show anger, but said calmly, he had a bit of self-esteem, and he only felt that Hu Mu was really abandoning his robe by doing this, and he ...... Such humiliation cannot be accepted.

Anger made him unable to stay any longer, so he immediately said, "Farewell." ”

He turned around and was about to leave.

But suddenly, another scribe caught up and hurriedly said, "Mr. Deng." ”

Dunda paused, pursed his lips, and glanced back indifferently.

The scribe panted and said, "Ambassador Hu also remembered one thing, saying that there is something for you to see." ”

With that, the scribe took out a silver lock from his sleeve.

This silver lock has long been blackened, and I don't know if the surface is due to oxidation, it is pitted, and it doesn't look like a valuable thing.

The scribe said: "Ambassador Hu said that this lock has been in his hands for 17 years, and he carries it with him all the time. ”

Deng Da listened, and for a moment, he froze in place, his body trembling slightly.

Although the silver lock was old, he recognized it.

This silver lock is indeed a matter of seventeen years, at that time they were still classmates, one day the two of them made an appointment, went to the Deng family for dinner together, because of the good relationship, so naturally they had to go to meet the parents of the Deng family.

Deng Da's parents also liked Hu Mu, and immediately, Deng Mu took a silver lock and gave it to Hu Mu as a gift.

Seeing things and thinking about people, Deng Da naturally forgot about this past, but now that his memory was suddenly evoked, he couldn't help but realize that his resentment against Hu Mu might be a little unreasonable.

This ordinary silver lock has been carried by Hu Mu for seventeen years, which shows its weight.

The scribe looked at his changed expression several times, and smiled: "Ambassador Hu said that he wants you to go to Pingtan Station, where you ...... You can see a lot of things, the world is vast, take advantage of the youth, why not take this opportunity to see? ”

Deng Da pondered for a moment, he had originally planned to leave, after all, he had been insulted, and his pride did not allow him to have anything to do with Hu Mu anymore.

But seeing this silver lock, Deng Da took a deep breath, immediately stopped, took a deep breath, and said, "Is there a way to teach students to Pingtan?" ”

The clerk smiled and said, "Come to the railway tomorrow to get it." ”

"Okay." Deng Da nodded, looked at the silver lock, and said, "This silver lock ......"

The clerk said: "This silver lock has to be returned to Ambassador Hu, which Ambassador Hu wears on weekdays." ”

Deng Da nodded, and then left with feelings!

……

It's the end of the year.

Now the Jiangxi Railway Division, the railway has been repaired for a year and a half.

In this era, the railway was laid quite quickly, after all, it was only a steam train, and there were not so many standards.

This Nanchang Station, Ruizhou Station, Raozhou Station, Fuzhou Station, Jiujiang Station, half of Jiangxi's railway, are all through, with Nanchang Station as the center, began to radiate to the north of Jiangxi, but Jizhou, Ganzhou and other places, the project is protracted, there are many mountains, it will take some time.

The breakthrough of the railway, at the same time, brought about the rise of new cities at various stations.

In the past, the old city was slowly depressed, which naturally caused huge problems, at least this year, the household department, the money and food received by the Jiangxi political envoy were reduced by as much as half.

After the accounts were taken over by this household department, they deliberately played it, and for a while, it caused a huge controversy.

The annual income has been reduced by more than half, and the grain tax is barely as much as 70 or 80 percent, but other taxes such as tea, salt, and iron have plummeted almost in a straight line.

The imperial court still needs to invest so much gold and silver in the construction of the railway in Jiangxi every year, which can be said to be a waste of money at home and a halving of the household registration.

After Natsuhara Yoshiko played, he expressed concern about this.

The other performers don't know how many.

Even Wenyuan Pavilion has caused controversy.

Hu Guang and Jin Youzi, for example, also began to have self-doubt.

Sometimes you have to admire Hu Guang.

He was obviously tied to the car by Zhang Anshi, but once there was a large-scale deficit, he still did not take into account the interests of the Railway Department and the Post Department, but felt that this was not too hasty, and would it cause other problems.

Hu Guang then went to the court, asking His Majesty to pay attention to this matter, or rather, whether to reduce the size of some railway divisions slightly, so as not to be in a hurry and lead to the erosion of Jiangxi.

When he arrived at Zhu Di's place, Zhu Di couldn't help but say: "Now there are hundreds of people in the Hu family, all of whom are in the Railway Division, and Hu Guang, this old guy, has a son, who went from the Railway Division to the Post Division, but he is very angry, and he actually wants to use a knife against his own family." ”

Yishu Hazi expressed too many opinions on this kind of thing, and only smiled dryly: "The slave and maid can't understand Hu Gong." ”

Zhu Di put the music aside, sighed and said, "That's it, don't pay attention to him, this is an old fool." ”

Although he said this, Zhu Di was still a little worried: "Judging from the situation in the household department, it is indeed a little bad, and I am also worried that once this time goes by, it will breed bandits, or ...... Cause other problems......"

He said, deep in thought.

And at the same time.

Hu Guang had a heated debate with Zhang Anshi.

Hu Guangdao: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, it does not mean that the new deal cannot be carried out, nor does it mean that the railway cannot be built, let alone the ......."

Zhang Anshi said: "Gong Hu, okay, okay, I can't talk about you." ”

Hu Guangdao: "It's not a matter of what has been said, it can't be said, it's ......"

There were also Xie Jin, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, but they were all like wooden people, just sitting upright.

They are all scheming people, even if they have their own opinions in their hearts, they will never show them in public.

At this time, someone came in a hurry and said: "Urgent, urgent, urgent from the postal department." ”

Everyone looked.

Zhang Anshi seemed to have been rescued all of a sudden, and hurriedly took the opportunity to hide to the side to drink tea.

Hu Guangdao: "Where is the urgency, so panicked." ”

"Jiangxi Railway Division, His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun personally wrote."

After hearing this, Hu Guang shook his spirits, stretched out his hand, and said, "What is the play?" Come, take it and take a look. ”

Immediately, I took the recital and opened it directly in front of everyone, but found that this recital was too thick.

After looking at it for a long time, Hu Guang raised his head and said with a look of shame: "All the princes come and take a look, this is a ...... The old man didn't understand it. ”

Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads in their hearts, ordinary people encounter this kind of thing they don't understand, but they are also scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, and they always need to hold it, looking like they are holding a pearl of wisdom, and then lightly hand it over to others, and say that you can also take a look.

In this way, you can hide your ignorance.

But Hu Guang really went too far.

Zhang Anshi leaned in happily and said, "I'll take a look, I'll take a look." ”

(End of chapter)