The more developed the transportation and the faster the information spreads, the stronger the central government's dominance over the local area is. There is no doubt.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the station can fully and effectively perform its duties, Guo Peng specially set up laws related to the station in Wei Lu.

The postmaster must first bear the main responsibility. The postmaster must report the death of the postmaster and the fat and poor every year and report the expenditure on the funding.

If the post horse dies, the postmaster must report it in time and report the specific reasons, waiting for relevant officials of the court to come and inspect it.

If the post station personnel and horses are privately reduced, once they are found out, they will not only be punished by a stick or fined, but also be sentenced to death.

If the task distribution is unclear and is not timely, once the matter is delayed, it will be directly investigated on the postmaster. Regardless of whether the mistake is big or small, the postmaster must bear the responsibility and accept punishment.

Of course, the postmen were not easy, and they were also suffering from the risks of the postmen.

Under the scorching sun, under the cold wind, and in the pouring rain, they all need to rush on the post road with the messages they conveyed, and they cannot delay their dates.

Calculate the date from departure, calculate the date after arriving at the destination, and then summarize it and include it in the file. If there is no error, the year-end assessment will be rewarded. If there is a mistake, you will have to wait for punishment.

From the postmaster to the postmaster, they are all officials, not officials, and their identities are relatively low, so their work is very difficult.

If this official had not had a relatively stable income and had welfare issued by the court during festivals, then there were not many people willing to do this chore.

But it’s just for the emperor to do things, and it’s not bad to say it.

On this basis, Guo Peng stipulated three accelerated transportation modes: 300 miles, 500 miles and 600 miles.

From slow to fast, it represents the increasing tension and importance of government affairs.

If something small-scale locust plague, flood, drought, etc. can happen that the local government can handle, it will basically choose 300 miles, just let the central government know.

If the scale is larger and the local government cannot handle it and needs the central government to intervene, it will be a rush of 500 miles.

If there is a rebellion, civil rebellion, enemy invasion and other things that will cause bloodshed and sacrifice, you must rush to Luoyang for 600 miles.

Basically, about half a month to twenty days, with Luoyang as the center, it is necessary to expand to all parts of the country, including the frontiers.

Of course, the price required to deliver messages at such super-high speed is not simple.

That is to completely ignore horsepower and manpower.

It is difficult for horses to get a rest, and people eat and drink immediately. Until they arrive at the scheduled station to replace people, the people cannot rest. They must be galloping on the road. No one must stop them along the way. It is a serious crime to block the 600-mile rush and behead them.

Before the three cavalry artifacts, such things were difficult to consider.

The speed is not fast at all. The horse's legs are worn out without being exhausted. The speed of information transmission is extremely limited, the central government's rule over the local area is more difficult, and the contradictions between the central government and the local government are also easily highlighted.

With the three artifacts of cavalry, the speed of people and horses was greatly accelerated. In conjunction with developed roads and water transportation roads, the speed of information transmission has greatly leaped.

In this way, the expedited system of 300 miles and 500 miles and 600 miles was established.

Despite this, the high-speed maneuver of 600 miles, as the top means of information dissemination in this era, also requires the life of a horse and even the life of a human being.

Basically, as the horse ran, it foamed at the mouth and was exhausted. If it barely supported it, it would fall to the ground. If it couldn't get up in one breath, the horse would be exhausted.

The people are similar. Postmen with poor physical fitness dare not take on the 600-mile expedition task, because this thing is really fatal.

If your body is not strong enough, you have to take on the task of expediting six hundred miles. Maybe once the thing is delivered to the next stick, the person will fall to the ground with the horse and you will not get up.

The successful delivery of 600 miles in expedition is a great achievement for the postman and is very likely to be rewarded and promoted.

Basically, if you want to get the post chief, or you can further lose your status as an official and become an official, and be in charge of post station work in one county and one county, you can't even think about it if you don't have the experience of a minimum of three 600-mile rush.

The more you go up, the more successful experience you need to accumulate in the 600-mile rush. Now everyone in charge of the management of the stations in various places has at least one successful experience in the 600-mile rush.

It’s just that the 600-mile emergency is really very dangerous, so this large-scale express delivery method that consumes manpower and material resources is rarely used unless it is a big deal.

This Jiaozhou incident is related to state affairs, and patience in all aspects is limited. You cannot wait too long. The time for a month to go back and forth is already the limit.

The postman needed to send the news to Luoyang as quickly as possible, and then the emperor also needed to handle the matter quickly and then send the order back to Jiaozhou.

Taishi Ci used his wartime authority to demand the launch of the 600-mile express delivery, and delivered the news to the emperor in the shortest time at all costs.

Use waterways at the same time, and travel on land during the day and at night, you cannot stop day and night.

Under such circumstances, nine days later, Guo Peng learned about everything that happened in Jiaozhou in Luoyang.

Because it was a 600-mile rush and the situation was urgent, he needed to deal with it immediately and then send it back urgently, leaving him with a short time.

After carefully reporting from Taishi Ci, he made some considerations, and then called Cao Cao, Guo Jia and other close officials to discuss the matter together.

"Although some places are different from what I imagined, there is generally no problem. The only thing that is to say is that Shi Xie's honesty is beyond my imagination, so that we cannot conduct a thorough liquidation of Jiaozhou."

Guo Peng took a sip of tea and looked at the ministers below: "Do you think, what should I do in this situation to ensure that Jiaozhou is safe?"

Guo Jia stood up and walked to Guo Peng.

"Your Majesty, I think Shi Xie dare not go against the court. He knows very well that even if he is forced to fight back to death, he is not an opponent of the court. Instead, he will be completely annihilated. Therefore, no matter what the court requires from him, as long as he is not allowed to die, everything will be discussed."

"Then Fengxiao thought I should do it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, since the army has passed and the situation has been controlled, it has proved that the Jiaozhou soldiers are vulnerable, then it is meaningless to get rid of the Shi family at this time. Shi Xie is already very clear about the strength comparison between the two sides, so he will not act rashly.

However, he was so respectful that he even deprived the two criminals of the country to take away their identities. To achieve this, if the court was too harsh on him, it would seem that the court would be unemotional. No matter what, Shi Xie did, and even the position would have to be limited.

Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty can still hand over one or two of the seven counties in Jiaozhou to the leader of the Shi family, and the other counties will be managed by the court, and the governors, county magistrates, county magistrates, villages, and military instructors will be dispatched, and everything will be done according to the rules of the court."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Guo Peng nodded slowly.

"What Xiao said is reasonable. Shi Xie is so respectful and dare not overcome it. To achieve this, he is nothing more than to preserve the foundation of the Shi family. If the court is too harsh, it will seem that the court is not magnanimous enough, which is not good."

As he said that, Guo Peng looked at the officials from other decision-making levels.

"Do you have any comments?"

No one stood up and said, all of them agreed.

So Guo Peng nodded, adopted Guo Jia's suggestion, and decided to deal with the matter in Jiaozhou as Guo Jia said.

Then, next, there is a new question.

Which county or two county is more in line with the interests of the court to hand it over to the commander of the Shi family?

The old nest of the Shi family is in Cangwu County, and Shi Xie himself has been operating in Jiaozhi County for many years. These two counties are the most prosperous and prosperous places in Jiaozhou. If these two places are handed over to the Shi family, of course, the interests of the Shi family can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

But this cannot guarantee the interests of Mr. Guo.

Especially Jiaozhi County, where the Honghe Plain is located, it is the Nanokuang he booked, and it is also a barrier in the southern border and must not be lost.
Chapter completed!