Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 159 Grandpa, Please

A group of civil and military ministers stood up to express their approval.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it with a smile. If it was other emperors, he might suspect some grandson party, but Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that everyone would support the grandson of the emperor.

"Okay, grandson, tell me in detail how this station should work."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "It's not difficult."

"Take Yingtianfu as an example, assuming that the first day of each month is the mailing day for common people's letters and items!"

"Then we can divide the area into southeast and northwest, and the postmen of the post station are responsible for letter delivery in the southeast and northwest."

"For example, facing south, there is another station in Suzhou Prefecture, and the station is divided into southeast and northwest."

"One post station only needs to pass the letters to the next post station by category, and then continue to pass them on from the next post station."

"From the point to the network, then the country's post station network will be built soon."

"Moreover, there will be several postmen in each post station to supervise each other, and it will also prevent someone from stealing their pockets. When the letter arrives at the destination, the local people will come to claim it. The person who receives the letter will receive the letter with money. Or the person who delivers the letter can pay when sending the letter.”

"In this way, the entire context is built."

"As for whether the money goes to the tax department or the post station, the household department still needs to make a good calculation."

The people present are all important officials of the court, none of them are fools, on the contrary, they are all very smart.

Zhu Xiongying's words are not obscure and difficult to understand, most of them are easy to understand, and these people can understand when I say it just now.

In fact, what Zhu Xiongying is talking about is the very developed logistics system of later generations.

After listening, everyone couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

Zhan Hui said: "His Majesty's words are indeed feasible, but I have another question, how will the court collect money?"

With this question, everyone immediately looked at Zhu Xiongying.

The above are all the issues they care about, but the most important thing is the issue of money!
Now that the imperial court is short of money, everyone knows it clearly!
His Royal Highness Taisun is also a master who can use money extremely.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a porcelain cup, drinking tea while looking at Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying thought for a while: "Borrowing, I won't talk about Gu, the main thing is to talk about how to charge the postage."

As he spoke, Zhu Xiongying took out a piece of paper with the word 'post' written on it.

Everyone looked at Zhu Xiongying curiously, not knowing what he was going to do at this time.

The replacement of escort agencies by the express delivery industry in later generations did indeed begin in the late Ming Dynasty. By the late Ming Dynasty, there were special imperial postmen, who were porters who delivered letters.

However, it is private, and there are very few government-run ones.

Zhu Xiongying took the postage slip and said to the crowd: "This certificate alone is called a stamp. We can classify the mail by voucher, and set the mileage for each stamp. According to the length of the mileage, the price is converted. The price is not necessarily too high. high."

"Well, three to five coins, the upper limit is no more than ten coins!"

Zhao Mian frowned a little: "So little? Is it enough for the post station's labor, mules and horses and the cost of the post station?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhao Mian and was very satisfied. You think Zhao Mian is too little, can the common people think it is too expensive?Being so close to the people is good for the common people, that's fine!
Zhu Xiongying smiled: "Zhao Aiqing is just considering the low price of a letter, so does Zhao Aiqing know how big the base of Ying Tianfu is? Not to mention anything else, the number of letters sent in a day will be in the order of 3 in the spring and autumn. How much is it converted into a day? A few thousand taels of silver? One month? Thirty thousand taels?"

"Daming has a vast land and rich resources, so many state capitals? How much does it cost a month? Three to five million taels is not much, right?"

A series of rhetorical questions directly made everyone's cheeks stiffen in shock!

hiss!
Hearing this, all the people present gasped suddenly.

A group of people stared at Zhu Xiongying dumbfounded, hesitating to speak, they didn't know what to say at all, except for shock, they were still shocked!
This seemingly insignificant small business can even be said to be an absolute benefit to the people. How can it make so much money?
The most important thing is that this is still an act of benefiting the people by the imperial court!

Your Royal Highness, how did this brain grow?

Can you even think of this?
The expressions of a group of civil and military ministers froze, they did not say a word for a long time, they were digesting, absorbing, and calming down their shocking mood!
……

After the morning meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and his face was full of red.

When eating at noon, I couldn't help but have a drink or two.

"Dasun, the open post station you mentioned is for the common people to use. It is really a policy for the benefit of the people. We like it very much!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled and asked, "Grandpa, do you think this is a commercial activity?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned in thought, and shook his head with a serious expression after a while: "It doesn't count, at most it's a sophistication of the world."

"Look at the common people today. When people take letters to different places, they will give them some bacon, eggs and other gifts. Now it is only a few pennies for the court!"

"How can this be considered a business? How can there be children from different places who don't miss their parents? It's just helping them achieve their wishes."

This is not how Zhu Yuanzhang sees it alone, but the people of the world, even high officials and dignitaries, they all think so.

What kind of business is this?This is everyone's favorite way of life. In the past, when wars were fought, it was necessary to entrust the people from all over the world to bring a letter home to report safety.

How difficult is it in this day and age to bring letters back to other places?

Who wouldn't be grateful for being able to carry letters to others?Even if the enemy army saw these porters carrying letters from the people, they would not kill them easily. This is an act of losing the hearts of the people.

It can be seen from this that if this policy is achieved, the people will be more grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang, to the court, and to the grandson of the emperor who leads all this?
Why is Zhu Yuanzhang so happy?In addition to money, Zhu Yuanzhang has deeper considerations and other things!
"Grandfather!" Zhu Xiongying laughed, "As long as this policy is carried out, the common people will think of you whenever they send something!"

Thousands of wears, no flattery.

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.

The old man was happy, and Zhu Xiongying was also happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and suddenly looked at Zhu Xiongying and sighed softly.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Zhu Xiongying was taken aback, why did the old man suddenly become unhappy?
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying, and said slowly, "Dasun, I'm sorry for you!"

Zhu Xiongying was a little confused.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Actually, we have read your memoir today. The last time you fainted from exhaustion, you just wrote this, right?"

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

He was actually writing this when he passed out, but he was too focused to notice that the body was overwhelmed.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying's eyes full of love and affection, and said, "Dasun, do you know how important you are to us?"

"Without you, grandpa really doesn't know how to live, so..."

Zhu Yuanzhang rarely showed his weak side: "So, just be a grandfather and beg you, and you must take good care of your body in the future, okay?"

"Grandpa can't live without you, Daming can't live without you!"

(End of this chapter)