"And stamps can be used in a lot of commemorative editions."

"For example, the New Year commemorative edition, such as the canonization of the crown princess, the canonization of the queen, these can be launched commemorative stamps, and which new minister into the cabinet, let him write a Mobao, develop a set of corresponding commemorative stamps."

"The imperial court has won the battle, and with a great victory, it can also launch commemorative stamps."

The idea was gradually opened, Zhu Houzhao thought of the future royal drive in person, the launch of a sweeping Mobei commemorative stamp, so he was excited to dance.

But he was very clever enough to know that he couldn't say it, otherwise he would definitely be reprimanded by his father.

So he turned to say: "There is also the enthronement of the main palace, and this can also be a commemorative stamp." ”

“.”

The air was silent for a moment, and Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes and stared at him, as if he wanted to see what kind of structure his brain was, why he never dared to say anything like enthronement when he was the crown prince.

Xia Yuan was silent with interest, but when the dog prince ascended the throne, of course, he had to implement commemorative stamps, not only he ascended the throne, but also every time the new emperor ascended the throne, a set of corresponding commemorative stamps had to be developed, and the new emperor's enthronement will surely become a treasure in the commemorative stamps.

In short, it's all money, and it's sure to be sought after.

The Chinese people are born with a fanaticism for this kind of things with commemorative significance, commemorative value, collection significance, and collection value.

The silence lasted for a while, and Xia Yuan broke the silence dryly, "Your Majesty, if the post station is restructured, when this series of things is done, the post station will be full of people sending letters, so we have to set the rules so as not to create chaos."

Let the major post stations open a door on the side, make a counter like a pawnshop, and open a few more windows, so that the people can line up there to send letters and queue up to get letters. ”

"If you say that, I'm afraid it takes up a lot of manpower, right?"

"It's to occupy some, about a dozen or so people, but you can increase the number of people in the post station."

Emperor Hongzhi immediately frowned, "Wouldn't this be just to increase the cost of the post station?" ”

"What the minister thinks is to arrange those disabled soldiers to go, there have been frequent border troubles in recent years, there are always many disabled soldiers, they can no longer go into battle to kill the enemy, and how to settle these people has always been a difficult thing for the imperial court to afford."

After hesitating a few times, Xia Yuan still didn't say anything he didn't want to bear, the soldiers who fought in the war were short of pay every year, and the soldiers who died in the war were difficult to pay pensions.

And for those who were lucky enough not to die, but were disabled and could no longer fight, they were naturally repatriated to their hometowns after being discharged from the army.

As for what will happen after returning to their hometown, the court doesn't care much about them anyway.

Could it be that a sum of silver taels is allocated every year to support these soldiers and their families?

Where is the silver coming from the poor jingle of the treasury?

So leave it to fend for yourself.

Otherwise, the worst thing in the Ming Dynasty was the military household, whose head was pinned to the waistband of his trousers, and he might die on the battlefield one day.

The salary is not paid evenly, and the pension for those who died in the war is either deducted seven or eight times, or it is not at all.

If you are injured and disabled, and you have no use value, you will be expelled from the army and left to fend for yourself.

This Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty that really created evil, the Ming Dynasty of all evil.

"The sugar mill of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took in many disabled soldiers, some of whom lacked hands, some of whom were lame, and although they had difficulty moving, they could still do some easy work.

Compared with the large number of disabled soldiers, the people who were taken in were only a small part, and there were many more wounded soldiers who were still left unattended.

Therefore, the minister meant to put them in the post station, and each post station gathered a few people, even if they could not deliver letters on horseback, they could also do some things such as sorting out letters, tidying up the house, and taking care of the storehouse. It is also possible to give them a livelihood so that they can support themselves and even their families. ”

“.”

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded, "Since the establishment of the dynasty, there have been countless big wars and small wars, and arrears of wages have become almost customary. Especially in recent years, the treasury has been empty, and border troubles have occurred frequently, and I don't know how many soldiers have been chilled. If we can take advantage of the opportunity of the post station restructuring to resettle some disabled soldiers, this is also a benevolent government. ”

"In addition, the minister means that for the convenience of the people, ordinary stamps are sold in the post office, or in the post office."

Zhu Houzhao interjected: "Post office? Where did the post office come from? ”

"Not now, but there can be, build a few larger houses outside the side door of the post station, it doesn't have to be too good, as long as it's big enough, this house will be named the post office."

As he spoke, Xia Yuan picked out a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics in his head and threw it out, "Confucius said: The popularity of Lourdes is faster than the delivery of mail, so it is named after it, called the post office, called stamps." ”

"And in this post office, we have to recruit some more readers, most of the people are illiterate, let alone can write letters, they are all looking for readers to help write.

It doesn't matter whether these scholars are famous or not, as long as they can write, they just sit in it and help the people write letters.

It is their own business to write a letter as much copper plate as they want, and the court does not interfere, only let them pay a booth fee, such as the rent of 200 copper plates a month, and these profits are given to the post office as an expense to maintain the operation of the post office, as well as the income from the sale of stamps, which is also given to the post office. ”

"If it is operated properly, the imperial court does not need to spend a grain of silver on this matter, and it can still feed many disabled soldiers for nothing."

"In this post office, a special room is set aside to sell stamps, and only ordinary stamps are sold. As for the commemorative stamps, as well as the accommodation stamps, the stock stamps were placed in the capital and the big cities of the local state capitals, and the silver sold was the proceeds of the national treasury. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused and leaned less, before looking at Emperor Hongzhi and said, "The cost of building a post office has to be paid by Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was digesting the restructuring in all aspects, and when he heard that he was going to pay out the silver, he raised his eyes and lost his voice: "Let me come out?" ”

Xia Yuan nodded his head and explained: "Because you still have to run a newspaper, it is most suitable for the printed newspapers to be sold in this post office, and if Your Majesty wants to run this newspaper, you have to cover the post office with silver." ”

"When did I think about starting this newspaper?"

"It doesn't cost much silver, just build a few houses, earthen houses, even if you build all the post stations in the country, it's just a few thousand taels, not much."

"Not much, but when did I think about starting a newspaper?" Emperor Hongji's brow was already furrowed.

He has a feeling that he is going to pay for money for some reason, and the reform of this post station involves many aspects, and it is definitely a benevolent government that benefits the people's livelihood.

But what post office does the proceeds from the sale of ordinary stamps provide for the disabled soldiers to subsidize their families. The proceeds from the sale of commemorative stamps were handed over to the state treasury, and he did not receive a single tael of silver in his internal pockets, so he had to dig out the silver.

Isn't that appropriate?

(End of chapter)