"Du Fu's poem is not easy for the ancients to pass on letters, even if the post stations have spread to major cities across the country today, the delivery of letters, especially private letters, is still not an easy thing - the post station is dedicated to the government, and the people have no power to use it, even if they pay for it. In today's era, the delivery of private letters is still very backward, in addition to letting acquaintances help deliver letters, there is only to entrust some "feet" who specialize in helping people deliver letters to deliver letters, and the timeliness and reliability are very poor. There is no doubt that the potential market for the post office is, and it is huge, but whether it can still make a profit when it is convenient for the people is another matter, and it is absolutely impossible for Yinzuo to use the money from the treasury to constantly fill the losses of the post office.

Eight Banners is the economic monster of this era, in terms of its turnover, it is also the largest economic complex in human history so far, the scope of operation covers almost all industries, and the only industry that Eight Banners has not set foot in is Qinglou. Liu Chang'e can become the helmsman of the domestic part of the Eight Banners firm, in addition to his father's Yu Ze, the most important thing is that Liu Chang'e himself is a business wizard, with a strong ability to grasp business opportunities, and his mind is also very good.

"Back to the saint, the slave thinks that this post office can be done, but whether it can make a profit depends on how the saint intends to operate, if it is run by the slave, it is profitable and convenient for the people, if it is undertaken by the general logistics department, the slave does not dare to guarantee. As soon as Yinzuo's words fell, Liu Chang'e replied very respectfully.

Well, that makes sense. Either the state-owned monopoly enterprises are profitable but cannot do the convenience of the people, or they simply lose money and make mistakes, but if this matter is entrusted to the Eight Banners firm, one of the Eight Banners is already a giant at this time, and if it does everything and monopolizes everything, it will be difficult to start the commercial policy of building a country in the future, and the two will be difficult. If the official documents and military newspapers of the government are handed over to the Eight Banners firm, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong, and it is not fun to leak military secrets, let alone hand over other private individuals to run the post office. Yinzuo's mind moved quickly, but he didn't say what he was thinking about, he just smiled and said, "Tell me, if it's up to you to do it, what should this post office do?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Liu Chang'e sighed slightly: "The slave thinks that although the current post station system is usable, there are many drawbacks. It is necessary to usher in the delivery and delivery of official documents, not to mention the complexity of all things, including the demolition of the dirty land, and the list of things is too numerous, and the slave thinks that if he wants to run a post office, he can take several steps: the first step is to strip, that is, to separate the post from the station. The horse reporting system is no longer associated with ushering in the send-off; The second step is to reorganize and strengthen the existing horse reporting system, and adjust it according to the population density; The third step is to set up a special management agency. Sort out a set of reasonable shipping fees, which are priced according to the distance of posting, the weight of the package, the urgency, etc.; The fourth step is to issue stamps and envelopes of the Holy Lord's clouds, and implement them nationwide. ”

"Hmm. Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, and after thinking for a while, he looked at Zhou Yongcheng, who was standing aside with his head down, and said: "Chang'e, you asked the Eight Banners firm to allocate more people to cooperate closely with the General Logistics Department." Do some research first, come up with a charter as soon as possible, how to do it, I will have a will for you, go. ”

"Yes, the minion is gone. Liu Chang'e was a sober person, and seeing that Yinzuo did not immediately agree to hand over the matter to the Eight Banners firm, he knew that Yinzuo still wanted to hand over the matter to the General Logistics Department. I don't dare to be dissatisfied. Hurriedly answered, and kowtowed respectfully. Exited the upper study.

"Fu, you have heard it clearly, the matter of this post office has to be rectified quickly, well, if you are nervous during this time, I will make a will, first draw some people from the garrisons in various places to deal with it, and wait for the regulations of the post office to come out, and then make a decision, well, it should be enough for you to give you a month to rectify it?" After Liu Chang'e left, Yinzuo looked at Zhou Yongcheng and said.

Although Zhou Yongcheng has always remained silent, he can listen to it very attentively, and he has secretly made an assessment of the post office system proposed by Yinzuo in his heart, and he has admired the wonderful ideas in it, and at this time, when he heard the meaning of Yinzuo's words, he still intends to classify the post office under the leadership of the General Logistics Department, and he is even more excited in his heart, and nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, Shengshang, the minister must sort out the charter on time." ”

On the fifth day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the fifteenth and twenty-fifth, the second, third and fourth issues of the "Jingshi Chronicle" were released one after another, and the pros and cons of the "five incomprehensibles and ten transgressions" mentioned in the "Book of Ten Thousand Words" launched a fierce debate in the newspaper - there was basically no doubt about the merits and demerits of the Battle of Brento Haizi, and few people raised opposing opinions, after all, resisting foreign teachings was a good thing that most people applauded; There is also very little controversy about diplomatic negotiations, mainly because the scholars of this era do not understand what diplomacy is all about, and they cannot raise too many objections at all, and the vast majority of scholars still welcome the way of becoming an official at the Foreign Affairs Academy; Although some people have raised objections to the reform of the military system, they have not been able to put forward any ideas, and they are basically nonsense and other nonsense, and they are not even qualified to be published in the newspaper; The erroneous criticism of the ministers of military aircraft has largely disappeared due to the confessions of the ministers in the first issue of the press, and even some controversies are difficult to get into the hall of elegance; The controversy over the local reform of the imperial examination proposed by Yinzuo is not small, but because Yinzuo carried out Confucius's "six arts" theory, many scholars are helpless, they can only complain about the increase in the burden of examinations, as for the reform of martial arts, no one mentions it, one is because martial arts has little to do with scholars, no one will complain about martial arts, and second, after the reform, the military academy replaced martial arts, not only did not reduce the number of martial arts officials, but increased dozens of times, no one will get cheap and sell obediently.

The focus of the debate is on the money law and the business way, and the two sides of the debate have expressed their opinions on the pros and cons of the current money law, but on the whole, the opinions in favor are based on the absolute upper hand, without him, at this time the money law has been implemented for more than eight months, although the exchange of coins is still in progress, but almost to the end, according to the new money law, tax transactions, tax transactions have begun to appear, the facts always speak louder than words, isn't it? However, the controversy over the status of commercial land is fierce and indistinguishable, with both sides citing scriptures and citing examples.

Whether it is in the Confucian classics or the Chinese dynasties and dynasties of the imperial ruling thought, the status of the people is always ranked by the farmers and businessmen, and the businessmen have always been ranked last, whether in the eyes of the scholars or the ordinary people, the businessmen have no status, this is the tradition, although this tradition is a very unreasonable tradition, but the vitality of the tradition is terrifyingly strong. In fact, the number of people who supported the promotion of the status of merchants in this great debate was far lower than the number of people who opposed it, and if it were not for Fang Bao and other outstanding humanistic writings, I am afraid that they would have fallen behind.

Yinzuo has always attached great importance to business, whether it was when he was a brother or now when he is the emperor, various policies to encourage industry and commerce have been introduced, but Yinzuo has never dared to put forward the slogan of "building a country with business", and even did not dare to immediately push the various research results of those laboratories to the market, in addition to worrying about the digestion ability of the market, the main thing is: Yinzuo is not sure that he can immediately change those deep-rooted traditional concepts, and the emperor must not be quick for a while, If it causes turmoil in disregard of tradition, it will be more than worth the loss.

"I think this newspaper is very well done, the 'five incomprehensible and ten transgressions' in the 'Book of Ten Thousand Words' are now only one incomprehensible, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, facts speak louder than words, the status of businessmen can be put aside first, and then a decision will be made in the future, and this debate will be here first. Well, the General Logistics Department put forward the idea of a post office, all of you Aiqing have taken a look at it, put forward an opinion, if you think it is feasible, you might as well let the newspaper go first, one to shift the focus of the controversy, and the other can be regarded as creating a momentum for the post office. Yinzuo smiled and pointed to the newspaper in his hand and said to the ministers of military aircraft gathered in the upper study.

After the minister of the study circulated the feasibility report jointly concocted by Zhou Yongcheng and Liu Chang'e, Ma Qi was the first to stand up and said: "Holy Lord, this matter is a move for the benefit of the people, and it should be feasible, but it is still unknown whether the transmission of official documents and military newspapers will be affected. ”

"What Master Ma said is reasonable, but the lower officials think that the official documents are marked by the special postmark of the government, and the military newspaper also has a special military post, which is not mixed with ordinary letters at the time of delivery. Zhou Yongcheng, who was confident, explained unhurriedly.

Zhang Tingyu frowned and thought for a while: "Lord Zhou, according to your regulations, a letter from Jinling to Jingshi should be affixed with a stamp of two dimes, which can be reached in fifteen days, and the express letter will be pasted with four corners, and it will arrive in ten days, and the express will be posted in eight corners, and it will arrive in five days. ”

"Back to Zhang Zhongtang's words, in terms of ordinary letters, sent by horse-drawn carriages, if a carriage can carry more than 30,000 letters, deducting the cost can also get a profit of three cents per letter, as for whether the people can accept such tariffs, the lower officials have done research, respectively, in Jinling, Luoyang, Xi'an and other dozens of places have done investigations, the people's ability to accept the ordinary letter tariff is still reliable, as for the express letter and express, it is prepared for businesses, as long as it can be guaranteed to arrive in time, the general merchants can afford this money. Zhou Yongcheng replied calmly.

…… Zhou Yongcheng answered them one by one without hurrying, and Yinzuo saw that the big guy had nothing to ask, so he said conclusively: "That's it, this matter will be published in the newspaper first, and in Jinling, Changsha, Xi'an, and Chengdu will be tried first, and then promoted to the whole country after summing up the experience. ”

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