Chapter 295 Isn’t this appropriate?

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 295 Isn’t this appropriate?

"And stamps can produce many commemorative editions."

"For example, New Year commemorative stamps, such as the appointment of a crown princess or a queen, can be issued with commemorative stamps. If a new minister joins the cabinet, let him write a calligraphy and develop a corresponding set of commemorative stamps."

"The imperial court has won battles and won great victories, so it can also issue commemorative stamps."

As his thoughts gradually opened up, Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he wanted to dance with joy as he thought about the imperial army's personal expedition in the future and the release of commemorative stamps for wiping out Mobei.

But he was smart enough to know that he couldn't say these words, otherwise he would definitely be reprimanded by his father.

So he turned around and said: "As for my enthronement, commemorative stamps can also be implemented."

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The air was silent for a moment, and Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes and stared at him, as if he wanted to see what kind of structure his brain was in, and why he never dared to talk about ascending the throne when he was the prince.

Xia Yuan was wise and didn't say anything, but of course when this dog prince ascends the throne, commemorative stamps will have to be launched. Not only will he ascend the throne, but every time a new emperor ascends the throne in the future, a corresponding set of commemorative stamps will have to be developed, and this new emperor's enthronement model will definitely

It will become a treasure among commemorative stamps.

In short, there is money in it and it will definitely attract a lot of attention.

Chinese people are born with a passion for things that have commemorative significance, commemorative value, collection significance, and collection value.

The silence lasted for a while, and Xia Yuan broke the silence dryly, "Your Majesty, if the post station is restructured and this series of things becomes big, the post station will be filled with people sending letters, so the rules must be set.

So as not to create confusion.

Let each major post station open a door on the side, set up a counter like a pawnshop, and open a few windows, so that people can queue up to send letters and queue up to pick up letters."

"If you put it this way, I'm afraid it will take up a lot of manpower, right?"

"It will take some people, about ten or so people, but we can increase the manpower at the inn."

Emperor Hongzhi immediately frowned, "Wouldn't this increase the cost of the station again?"

"What I want to do is to arrange for those disabled soldiers to go. In recent years, border troubles have occurred frequently, and there are always many disabled soldiers. They can no longer go to battle to fight the enemy. How to arrange for these people has always been an unbearable task for the imperial court.

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After hesitating several times, Xia Yuan finally said that he was unwilling to bear the burden. The soldiers who fought in the war were short of pay every year, and it was difficult to pay out the pensions to the soldiers who died in the war.

As for those who were lucky enough to survive, but were disabled and unable to fight again, they were naturally discharged due to injuries and sent back to their hometowns.

As for what will happen after returning to their hometown, the court doesn't care much about them anyway.

Is it possible that a sum of money should be allocated every year to support these soldiers and their families?

The treasury is so poor, where does the money come from?

So let it fend for itself.

Otherwise, the most miserable people in the Ming Dynasty were the military households, whose heads were pinned to their belts, and their lives were precarious, and they might die on the battlefield one day.

Wages were not paid uniformly, and the pension for those who died in battle was either deducted or not at all.

If they are injured and disabled and have no use value, they will be expelled from the army and left to fend for themselves.

This Ming Dynasty was truly a wicked and evil Ming Dynasty.

"The sugar house owned by His Majesty the Prince and I takes in many disabled soldiers. Some of these people are missing hands and some are lame. Although they have difficulty moving, they can still do some easy tasks.

Compared with the huge number of disabled soldiers, those who were taken in were only a small part, and there were still many more wounded soldiers that no one took care of.

So what I want to do is to put them in inns, and gather a few people in each inn. Even if they can't deliver letters on horseback, they can still sort out letters, tidy up houses, and take care of warehouses. This can also help them make a living.

They can support themselves and even their families.”

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After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded, "Since the founding of the dynasty, there have been countless big and small battles, and the issue of arrears of pay has almost become a routine. Especially in recent years, the national treasury has been empty and border troubles have occurred frequently, and it has chilled the hearts of many soldiers.

If we can take advantage of the opportunity of the post station's restructuring to relocate some disabled soldiers, this would be a benevolent policy."

"In addition, what I mean is that for the convenience of the people, ordinary stamps are sold in the inn, or in the post office."

Zhu Houzhao interrupted: "Post office? Where does the post office come from?"

"We don't have one now, but we can have one. We can build a few larger houses outside the open side door of the inn. It doesn't have to be too good, just big enough. This house will be named the post office."

As he said that, Xia Yuan picked out a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics in his head and threw it out, "Confucius said: Virtue is popular, and it is faster to post and convey orders, so we named it after this, called it a post office, and called it a stamp.

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"And in this post office, we still need to recruit some more scholars. Most of the people are illiterate, let alone writing letters, so they all look for scholars to help them write.

It doesn't matter whether the scholars recruited have any fame or not, as long as they can write, they can just sit there and help the people write letters.

It was their own business to decide how many copper coins they were willing to charge for writing a letter. The court did not interfere and only asked them to pay a stall fee, such as a rent of two hundred copper coins a month. These profits were given to the post office to cover the expenses of maintaining the operation of the post office.

And the proceeds from selling stamps are also given to the post office."

"If it is run properly, the court will not have to spend a penny on this matter, and it will be able to feed many disabled soldiers for nothing."

"In this post office, there is a special room dedicated to selling stamps, and only ordinary stamps are sold. As for the commemorative stamps, there are also accommodation stamps, and the stock stamps are placed in the capital, as well as in the big cities of local and state capitals.

, the money from these sales is the income of the national treasury."

Having said this, Xia Yuan paused for a moment, then looked at Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Your Majesty must pay for the cost of building the post office."

Emperor Hongzhi was digesting all aspects of the restructuring. When he heard that he wanted to pay for money, he immediately raised his eyes and said in a voiceless voice: "Let me out?"

Xia Yuan nodded and explained: "Because we still need to run a newspaper, it is best to sell the printed newspapers in these post offices. If your majesty wants to run this newspaper, you have to pay for the post office."

"When did I ever think of starting a newspaper like this?"

"It doesn't take much money to build a few houses, even mud houses. Even if we build all the post stations across the country, it will only cost a few thousand taels, not much."

"It's not much, but when did I ever think of running a newspaper?" Emperor Hongzhi's brows were already frowning.

He had an inexplicable feeling that he had to pay for it. The restructuring of this inn involved many aspects, and it was definitely a benevolent policy that benefited the people's livelihood.

But the proceeds from selling ordinary stamps go to the post office to support the disabled soldiers and subsidize their families. The proceeds from selling commemorative stamps are turned over to the national treasury. He doesn't even get a single tael of silver into his own money, and has to dig out money.

Isn't this appropriate?
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