There are many unspoken rules in the country, called conventions. Although they are not found in the classics and classics, the rules for people are Judah. ​​Among them, the southerners are not allowed to hold books. Ni Yuanlu is a native of Shangyu, Zhejiang, and is a southerner who is a clear-cut Donglin Party member, at least he is a sympathetic to Donglin.

In either of these two, it would be impossible for him to hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in the Chongzhen Dynasty. In particular, the latter had an affair with Donglin, which seriously violated the Chongzhen policy of Emperor Chongzhen's "killing people with a knife, and hiding all the birds with bows."

However, Ni Yuanlu was in love with Chongzhen.

Even Chen Yan and Wei Zaode satirized Ni Yuanlu for "a scholar who was not familiar with money and food", and Emperor Chongzhen insisted that he be the Minister of Revenue.

After hearing that his son also intended to use Ni Yuanlu to control the Ministry of Revenue, Chongzhen couldn't help but praise his own eyes, which was the same as his son saw. But he immediately realized that this idea greatly lost the emperor's will and instead praised his son for his own eyes.

After coming out from Jiang Dejing, Chongzhen went directly to Wenhua Palace without caring about screens or not. Just as Zhu Cixuan and Ni Yuanlu discussed calligraphy and paintings. Chongzhen thought he was late, so he didn't ask much, because he was good at this, so he chatted with him for a few words and asked Ni Yuanlu back.

"What are the instructions for my father here?" Zhu Cixuan asked again after Ni Yuanlu took his leave.

"Walk around for nothing." Chongzhen coughed dryly, feeling guilty about concealing this, and said, "Are you discussing the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue with Ni Yuanlu?"

Zhu Cilang didn't know how Chongzhen had such an association, because in his opinion, Ni Yuanlu had no talent in finance. On the contrary, Jiang Chen, the former official of the Ministry of Revenue, had thought deeply about the issue of banknote production, which was also the reason why Zhu Cilang planned to promote and use it.

However, since the emperor asked about the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Cilang happened to reveal some issues about the restructuring of the Six Central Ministry.

"Father, the position of Minister of Revenue, I'm afraid you have to think about it." Zhu Cilang said: "My son has discussed the matters of the six ministries with several old gentlemen recently. He has a little bit of a meager experience. I dare to report to His Majesty, His Majesty."

"Oh? The six ministries are reorganized? Let's hear it." Chongzhen sat down on the throne openly and waited for Zhu Cixuan to say.

Zhu Ciyang asked his close servants to tea and said: "Father, since the establishment of the system of three provinces and six ministries in Sui Wen, only the Emperor Gao of the State Administration of the State Administration of the Three Provinces was reorganized. It took a thousand years to go. The world has changed over the past thousand years, let alone human affairs? Therefore, my son wanted to change the six ministries to refine their responsibilities and specialize in their affairs."

Chongzhen nodded, realizing that this was a big topic. If he had not thought deeply, he would be inconvenient to express his opinion, so he just listened.

"The six ministries are headed by the Ministry of Rites, and their responsibilities are about four parts." Zhu Cilang said jokingly: "First, management of academic affairs, in charge of cultural and educational examinations, and are a national talent ritual; second, examination of the use of auspicious, good, military, guest, and bad rituals, and are in charge of the principles and regulations; third, the admirals work together with the hall to practice guest rituals. Fourth, in charge of the affairs of the feast and the food and prison."

These are common sense for the emperor, not knowledge. So after just passing through Chongzhen's mind, he felt that there was no missed deviation in this classification. He slightly pointed his head and signaled Zhu Cixuan to continue.

"My son believes that the responsibilities of the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple overlap." Zhu Cixuan said.

Honglu Temple is responsible for the sacrificial praising, and Guanglu Temple is responsible for the feasting, and its relationship with the Ministry of Rites is both independent and unified. Because the Ministry of Rites has high regulations, the Minister of Rites is called "Da Zongbo". In official customs, it is also "Cuan Prime Minister", so these two little nine ministers have basically become servants who have started.

"My son thinks that etiquette is the foundation of the country, so the Ministry of Rites is still in charge of academic affairs and examination affairs. The use of the five rites is all given to the Honglu Temple; the affairs of the feast, feast, food, and prison are all given to the Guanglu Temple. As for the Huitong Hall, because the Ministry of War also has it, the two Ministry of Reunion belong to one place, and the General Administration of Transportation is specially governed by the General Administration of Transportation."

Chongzhen frowned slightly, thinking about the feasibility of this method.

In charge of academic examinations is the most important function of the Ministry of Rites, and there is no doubt that it must be kept in the Ministry of Rites. The use of the five rites is also the job of the Honglu Temple. It is indeed possible to hand over all of them, at most it is to send a cabinet minister to supervise when encountering important ceremonies.

Guanglu Temple was originally responsible for the meals in Danei, but from when it started, the emperor's meal system was in chaos. He basically asked whoever he wanted to do it. During the Wanli period, the governor and eunuch of the bureau took turns to pay tribute. Therefore, Guanglu Temple was only responsible for the arrangement of sacrifices and banquets.

"My child has a General Administration, which is about the level of the Ministry of Temple. Is it too high?" Chongzhen questioned the General Administration of Transportation.

The General Administration of Transportation conceived by Zhu Cixuan was actually the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of later generations. He initially subconsciously spoke out the term "Ministry of Foreign Affairs", but several cabinet masters were completely unaware of the meaning. It was not until he explained a little that the cabinet masters realized that this was "a matter of foreign exchanges."

Although the Ming Dynasty had a clear concept of "foreign" and was used in formal texts such as memorials, the concept of "the world is full of kings, kings and ministers" was still deeply connected to the minds of traditional scholars and officials. The resulting vassal system is really difficult to distinguish "inside and outside".

For example, China and North Korea can be called foreign countries, but North Korea is actually a vassal state. The Ming Dynasty was the sect leader country, and the envoys sent were angels, and the rituals of the kings were all like canonizing princes in China.

Is this considered diplomacy? Internal communication?

There was no one in "transportation" at this time, and the meaning of freight transportation was only the theory of mutual communication. The Grand Secretary naturally chose the word "transportation" and was very curious about why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had such a thorough and thorough word without using it, but created a "diplomacy".

"Father, now the people of Taixi have arrived in my Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty people have not been far away from me. At that time, we will naturally have to set up permanent envoys to prevent the non-superior countries from treating our people harshly." Zhu Cilang said: "I have consulted Mr. Tang, saying that there are dozens of great countries in Taixi and dozens of small countries, which are quite like our pre-Qin period. At that time, one country will send an envoy, and one large number will be."

Chongzhen had seen the "All-of-God Map of the World" presented by Matteo Ricci, and knew that there were nine provinces outside the nine provinces, and there were many countries in the world. Think about it, if there were indeed hundreds of countries, there would be hundreds of ambassadors in each sect, and it would be a large part of them.

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't ask any more questions, Zhu Cixuan knew that the Ministry of Rites had basically passed, so he continued: "The inherent position of the Ministry of War remains unchanged, but the Tongtong Pavilion belongs to the General Administration of Transportation, and all the stations and houses in various places were separated."

When Chongzhen heard about the layoffs and abolishing the post station, his eyebrows were beating.

If it weren't for the layoffs and the postman Li Chuang was unemployed and had no place to lose his job, how could there be the later "incursion"?

"The system of post station transmission was inherited from Zhou." Zhu Cixuan said: "If it is divided, there are two more pieces. One is message transmission, and the other is food and accommodation supply. The son-in-law wants to pass the message transmission item as a post and temple."

"The popularity of virtue is quick to pass the post and pass on the death." Chongzhen recited the chapters from "Mencius" casually and nodded, "As the name suggests, it's okay."

When Zhu Cixuan proposed to conduct national postal communication, several cabinet masters felt it was unnecessary and wasted money and food. Seeing that the emperor was interested in this, Zhu Cixuan immediately ordered Lu Suyao to take a "Sketch of the Postal Communication of the Ming Dynasty", hung it up, and picked up a Ruyi and pointed: "Father, please see, the red circle here is Beizhi, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong prefectures, and the black dots are the counties under his jurisdiction. The straight line connected to the charcoal pen is the post road."

Chongzhen leaned forward slightly and saw that different signs were indeed added to the map of Huang Mingkun.

"There are already all households in these places, and the household registration and the door sign are tied together. In the future, a letter may be sent from Beijing, and a special person will be sent to someone in a prefecture and county in Shandong. What's the matter?" Zhu Cixuan painted a big cake and described the convenience of postal service.

"The cost is probably too high." Chongzhen said worriedly.

"The postal service should be a profitable one." Zhu Cixuan said: "If you only send one book and one letter, and send one person to travel, it will naturally be extremely expensive. If you set up post stations in each yard, collect letters and packages, and store a box, and transport them by boat, it will save a lot of money. Our dynasty set up officials not to the hometown, so the north official is used for the south and the south official is used for the north, and there is no amount of consumption. If a book costs only three or five papers, the country has a surplus, and the resigned officials will get Xunxun to ask about family affairs, wouldn't it be a killing of two birds with one stone?"

"What if no one sends a post?" Chongzhen keenly realized that this is a job of running volume. If the amount is large, you can naturally make money by sharing it. If there is only one letter in ten days and half a month, is it to send it or not?

"My son first returns to the Yichuan Temple with the posts used by the court; secondly, many refugees have settled in other places now. If they are allowed to return to their hometowns, the country will immediately have another chaos. If they are not allowed to return and have no communication with their hometowns, it will actually hinder human relations. Therefore, these people must send letters back to their hometowns to explore their tribes. This is another matter. Again, the state's official goods must not be lost and not done." Zhu Cixuan said firmly.

Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "Where does it come from so much money?"

"My son never cares about money, nor has he ever been short of money." Zhu Cilang said with a smile.

Chongzhen gave a smile of "the young man doesn't know the taste of sorrow" and said, "This is a postal message, where is the museum?"

"Private." Zhu Cixuan said: "All stations and buildings are handed over to the private sector to redemption and operation, and the court only carries taxes. Official exchanges can still be paid, but the costs are set by the plan of the Shumiao Office to which each official is." The Shumiao Office set up in each official office is a collection of financial departments and logistics general affairs. This allows officials' official consumption to be clearly recorded so that there will be no encroachment incidents such as forcing the robbery of mules and horses on the post station.

"Will anyone take over the people?" Chongzhen said in surprise.

The reason why the station was cut off was because it consumed a lot and could not afford it.

Zhu Cilang disagreed. In addition to rigid costs such as mules and horses, wages for postmen, and maintenance of houses... many officials also forcibly encroach on the public and directly manage officials to lose public and private. In short, this is a non-performing asset formed by high management costs. If it can be improved in management methods, it is inevitable to turn losses into profits.

Furthermore, it is well known that the difficulty of traveling in this era is the difficulty of accommodation. If a group of economical chain hotels without market competition can be established, it will inevitably make a profit.

Let’s not talk about private consumption, how much does it cost to travel for the imperial court?

"If no one wants it, let's do it by my family." Zhu Cixuan expressed his thoughts.
Chapter completed!