Hearing Zhao Ding's words, Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, and his eyes subconsciously looked at Zhao Chongyuan, who was sitting on the main seat.

How many post stations there are This may not be a state secret, but the specific expenses of the post station already involve state secrets, and he dare not disclose them without Zhao Chongyuan's permission.

In particular, this also involves the overall data of income and expenditure, which is a confidential among the confidential.

"It's okay, all the people present are the ministers of the humerus, that's it."

Zhao Chongyuan nodded.

But in fact, listening to Xu Jin's answer, even Zhao Ding was taken aback in his heart.

Compared with those unified dynasties in the previous life, the territory of Daqian is not very large, and it is even a little smaller than the Northern Song Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Song dynasties that ended in the Song Dynasty, which is about the same as the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

But there are more than 900 post stations in such a small territory.

You must know that the territory of the peak Tang Dynasty was as high as 10 million square kilometers, and the post stations set up within its territory were only more than 1,400 according to historical records, and the population was less than 30 million, and the territory under its jurisdiction was only 2 million square kilometers, and the number of post stations under the jurisdiction of Daqian was as high as 972.

And every post station needs to set up a post officer, clerks and helpers.

A small post station has about a dozen people, while a large post station has hundreds of people, if you add horses, ordnance, and livestock.

These more than 900 post stations need to spend at least millions of stone dollars and grain every year.

And spending so much money and food only played a role in sending the imperial court to the court, as well as some important information during the war.

But the problem is that since the last time the Five Kingdoms combined to destroy the Mobei Royal Court, for a full 60 years, the Great Cadres have basically been in a state of peace.

It was only after the recent coup d'état in Nanchen that there was some saber rattling.

But even so, spending millions of dollars and grain every year to support these post stations is indeed overkill.

In particular, it is a considerable burden on the current finances of the cadres.

After seeing Zhao Chongyuan's approval, Xu Jin simply stopped hiding it, looked at Zhao Ding and grinned: "The revenue and expenditure that the prince just said, to be honest, my Daqian post station has always been open to the government, although His Majesty ordered that the post station should not be used for non-military affairs in the early years, but the situation is different from place to place.

I don't want to talk about it in the north for the time being, just the more than 400 post stations close to Dali, the silver taels spent last year alone were as high as 700,000 taels, of which salt tea is not counted, if you count the more than 500 post stations in the land of You, Ji, Dai, and Yansizhou.

The total value of the silver and salt tea spent is 1,980,000 taels of silver, and sometimes, there will be more, but the overall control is around two million taels. ”

Speaking of this number, Xu Jin was also a little embarrassed.

Although since he took charge of the household department, the various expenses of the post station have been pressed no longer, but it cannot be supported, and the lengthy problem of government governance accumulated over the past few hundred years has required too many people to feed.

If you don't give it, the poor people in that place will float like snowflakes to the study.

So there is no way but to suppress it within its ability, and give it a little more, and maintain it like this.

And for this number,

Zhao Chongyuan didn't say much, obviously he already knew.

Domino effect.

He clearly has more to do than to abolish the station.

Therefore, for the cost of the post station, it is to turn a blind eye.

After cleaning up the more important things, I will clean up the problem of ringworm in the post station.

But this is the case in Zhao Chongyuan's heart, but it is different here in Zhao Ding.

Originally, according to his assumption, the cost of feeding so many post stations was about 1.2 million taels of silver.

But I never expected that it would be as high as two million taels.

If there is another 400,000 taels of silver, it will be doubled.

Change must change!

How can small reforms promote big reforms?

And how to make a qualitative change with quantitative change.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ding took a deep breath, stood up and looked at everyone present: "Father, my lords, the total annual tax of my great cadre is only 20 million taels, but the annual cost of a post station alone is as high as 2 million taels of silver.

Why has such a huge burden not changed? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present, even Zhao Chongyuan, fell silent.

They want to change, but the question is how.

Three hundred years of rule.

Now the people in the post station are basically monopolized by the scholars in those places, and if you dare to touch the interests of these people today, they will dare to rebel against you tomorrow.

Not to mention, now that the imperial examination system has been reformed, it has moved their interest cake, and it has even killed Zhou Xing, which has provoked their nerves to a peak.

If at this time in the East Post Station, their people were dismissed, then I am afraid that this decree has not yet been issued, and the scholars who have risen up in various places will abound.

Xu Jin said with a wry smile: "Lord Wang, although your idea is good, but the problem is how to change again, it is not a secret, after so many years, I don't know how many people want to abolish the post station, but there is no one who can really do it. ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, although your idea is good, the difficulty of realizing it is really ....."

Tian Gong also smiled bitterly on the side.

As the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, although he is not directly in charge of the accounts like Xu Jin, the folds of the objects submitted for repair at each post station are sent to him every year.

Sometimes you know how much the cost of an object is, but you just give you more, and you can only approve it.

Of course, this offer will not exceed too much.

After all, there are some unspoken rules that still have to be followed.

But the problem is that there are too many of them.

One here today, one over there tomorrow.

Nine hundred and seventy-two post stations in a whole year have been accumulated, and these are an extra quotation of one or two percent, and the accumulated money and silver are astronomical.....

Therefore, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, if you don't know the official, you don't know the doorway of this!

He seems to have a lot of power in the second grade of the imperial court, but in fact he is a strong dragon that is difficult to suppress the head snake, after all, even if you have great official power, if you have no one under your hands, it is useless.

"Who said that this king is going to dismiss officials?"

Zhao Ding smiled disapprovingly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

looked at Zhao Ding in surprise.

Even Zhao Chongyuan's eyes showed surprise.

looked at Zhao Ding with some curiosity.