amaotonovel Chapter 553
Chapter 553
Chapter 553
Many times, when a problem is very complicated, the best way is actually to throw money.
Because using silver really works.
Of course, money cannot be scattered randomly.
Those who spend money recklessly are idiots, but those who can really prescribe the right medicine can often reap miraculous results.
In the Postal Service, Hu Mu obviously knows this well.
He has served as a civil servant, resettled refugees, and worked with the laborers on the railway, so he naturally knows...the thoughts of these people.
You give them a stable job, a salary that can support themselves, which is enough to make them grateful.
But being grateful is not enough, because gratitude is just an emotion, and it fades away after a long time.
The responsibilities of the Postal Service require a stable group of personnel and ensure that all of them have a certain sense of responsibility and centripetal force.
Otherwise, once the letter or package is lost, it may greatly tarnish the reputation.
Especially the loss of the package has a great impact on the reputation, but... In this era, the problem of bandits is often a common occurrence.
After all, in this backward era, if a person is greedy for money for a while, if he is greedy for some property in the parcel, he will take it for himself.
Once you go up the mountain, where can you find it?
Or, someone colluded with bandits and robbed these parcels, and it was hard to guard against.
Therefore, the absolute loyalty of these people must be ensured.
And loyalty, in addition to the gratitude gained at the beginning, is to bind everyone together, so that everyone will prosper, and everyone will lose.
The annual reward is a measure and a means.
Encouraging the children of postmen to enroll in school is also a means.
In essence, it is to give them a hope. When people have hope, they will naturally cherish everything they enjoy at the moment, and completely put away those possible bad thoughts.
It costs money, but it has to be worth it, so...the next thing Hu Mu has to do is to design a complex top-level salary system.
This was also inspired by Zhang Anshi. Sometimes, Hu Mu had to admire the resourcefulness of His Royal Highness King Song. A reminder from him completely made himself enlightened in an instant.
It is necessary to design a seniority system. The longer one stays in the post office, the better the treatment will be, so that all postmen can settle down and be willing to serve the post office for a lifetime, and can ensure the absolute safety of letters and parcels.
For the time being, he has roughly sorted out the main business of the Postal Service in the future.
One is to underwrite Dibao, and the other is letters and parcels.
Of course, they may also assume some responsibilities like banks.
The reason why he took over the duties of the bank was not because he wanted to grab the bank's business.
In fact, [-]% of the business of United Bank is almost all carried out in some important cities and overseas feudal territories.
It's not that the United Bank doesn't want to expand its business, but it's actually... the vast majority of farmers in the world, even ordinary craftsmen, don't need a bank at all. An ordinary small village thousands of miles away, where Even if it is promoted by the United Bank, it cannot have any relationship with the United Bank.
The advantage of the Postal Service is that it can go deep into many villages thoroughly, and once the credit is obtained, it becomes possible to entrust money and goods.
In view of the particularity of the Postal Service, that is... all postmen do not need any special talents, their essence is actually just running errands.
But at the same time, precisely because they may hold a lot of property at any time, then... they must ensure their status as good family members, and it is best to have extremely stable social relations, and their ancestors have no history of committing crimes for generations , and never made friends with any villains.
To a certain extent, the latter is actually a kind of talent. It is not easy for a person to be honest for a lifetime. It is even more difficult for generations of ancestors to be honest. What's more, it involves the world in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. .
After the postal department negotiated the regulations, they began to be promulgated immediately.
Every time it can cause an uproar.
Among the scholarly community, there were naturally quite a few people who yelled and scolded him, and of course there were remarks about wasting public funds.
But at the same time, the recruitment over there is booming.
Especially the clerks, because calculations and some official documents are involved, all post stations, including the provincial post offices, need a large number of clerks to deal with many complicated official affairs, unexpectedly... When applying for the recruitment, many scholars came forward to apply.
These scholars are not only the students who graduated from the Mathematics School or other universities in Qixia, but there are also many scholars with the reputation of scholars.
The status of a scholar is actually quite embarrassing. On the one hand, it is difficult for them to continue the imperial examination. With this fame, they can already be distinguished from ordinary people.
But also because, only fame, but the imperial court will not give official positions, which makes them often high-minded, thinking that they are superior people, but... have no way to engage in other productions.
It would be fine if there were thousands of hectares of fertile land at home, but at worst, it would be a lifetime of reading.
But if the family is a little poorer, it is obviously not a solution in the long run.
Therefore, many people have to use teaching or helping out as income, but in fact, it is very bad, because what Confucianism advocates is that a gentleman loves money and obtains it in a proper way, and Confucianism attaches great importance to education. Confused, Confucianism does not encourage accepting high educational expenses.
This has also led to the fact that the vast majority of private school teachers are actually impoverished. Even if they enter the mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles to teach their children, they basically give some training according to their thoughts.
As for the help, it's even worse. To put it bluntly, it's just to play with, and you have to be courteous to please, so as not to offend the master.
But now everyone is more and more aware that whether the railway department or the civil servants in Zhili, they all have a bright future, with the hope of promotion and generous salary!
Many people sneered on their lips, but secretly regretted it in their hearts. If I had known this, if I could have entered there as an official in the early years, it might have been different now.
It's just...whether it's the railway department or the Zhili civil servants, others have already taken the lead. If they go in again, they will not only have to start from the beginning, but the future vacancies... I'm afraid there will not be as many as before.
Now, the appearance of the postal service suddenly made people start to think about it.
Therefore, in the process of recruiting civil servants, the proportion of recruited scholars accounted for [-]%.
What's even more speechless is that even Hu Mu was inevitably affected.
One day, a civil servant came cautiously, took a door sticker in his hand, and said, "There are people outside, I hope to visit Ambassador Hu."
Hu Mu looked down and immediately recognized the owner of the sticker.
He squinted his eyes, seemed to think of something, frowned and said, "Is the person still outside?"
"Yes."
Hu Mu pondered and remained silent for a long time.
This person is also from Jishui County, and he is also a scholar. In fact, his knowledge is not bad, but his luck is not good. In Jishui County, the hometown of Kaoba, he has been unknown.
At the beginning, because his family was close to the Hu family, this person had been to the family study of the Hu family for several years and had a good relationship with Hu Mu.
This is a scholar named Deng Da, and occasionally he will write some letters and communicate with him.
Unexpectedly, this person traveled thousands of miles from his hometown to the capital, wanting to follow his footsteps.
For this former friend, thinking of the little things back then, Hu Mu's face unconsciously became a little more tender. After all, he was both a classmate and a child, and his temper was similar, but...
He thought for a while and said, "Go and tell him, I have received his door sticker. I am busy with work now, and it is inconvenient to meet him. Since he intends to enter the Post Office, then..."
Hu Mu paused, as if he was thinking about it, and then said: "This person's talent is good, he is also smart, and he is considered stable. According to the rules, a scholar can indeed enter the post office directly without applying for recruitment, so... then... Let him enter the Post Office. Assign him to Pingtan Station as a clerk, let him clean up early and leave early."
After saying that, Hu Mu put away the door sticker, then withdrew his thoughts again, and continued to lower his head to work on the copybook.
After the clerk got the order, after he left the post office, there were indeed scholars in shawls and Confucian shirts waiting anxiously outside.
The clerk stepped forward and repeated Hu Mu's words with a smile.
This scholar named Deng Da immediately showed disbelief after hearing this.
On the one hand, he didn't expect that Hu Mu would refuse to see him. In his imagination, Hu Mu was not the kind of person who would be so successful that he would ignore the friendship of his friends.
Now it is obvious that I was wrong.
But when he heard that he actually taught himself to be an official, he was even more shocked, because he thought that with his relationship with Hu Mu, at least he could be transferred to Hu Mu's side. In this postal department, one can mix with someone who is either an official of the railway department, or a postman of a local post station, or an official post such as the master book of the provincial railway bureaus or pawns.
But who would have thought that Hu Mu really let him be an ordinary civil servant.
Deng Da suddenly sank with anticipation before, and said, "Where is this Pingtan Station?"
"In Fujian, the chief envoy." The official replied.
Deng Da: "..."
Deng Da was angry. You must know that Fujian has a lot of people and is surrounded by mountains. Deng Da, who comes from the land of fish and rice in Jiangxi, doesn't think Fujian's chief envoy is a good place to go, let alone...it's still an unknown small post , This is to amuse him Deng Da.
But the clerk said: "Now the Post Office is short of people everywhere, especially in Pingtan Station..."
"I know." Even though he was unhappy, Deng Da did not show anger, but said calmly. He had a bit of self-respect, and felt that Hu Mu's actions were really treacherous, and he... couldn't accept it. Such humiliation.
His anger made him unable to stay any longer, so he immediately said, "Farewell."
He turned and was about to leave.
But suddenly, another official came after him, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Deng."
Deng Da stopped, pursed his lips, and looked back indifferently.
The clerk gasped and said: "Ambassador Hu also remembered one thing. He said that there is something for you to see."
After all, the official took out a silver lock from his sleeve.
The silver lock had already turned black, and I don't know if the surface was oxidized. It was pitted and hollow, and it didn't look like anything valuable.
The official said: "Ambassador Hu said that this lock has been in his hands for 17 years, and he carries it with him all the time."
After Deng Da heard this, he froze in place for a moment, his body trembling slightly.
Although the silver lock is old, he recognizes it.
This silver lock was indeed a thing from 17 years ago. At that time, they were still classmates. One day, the two met and went to Deng's house for dinner. Because of their good relationship, they naturally went to visit Deng's parents.
Deng Da's parents also liked Hu Mu. Immediately, Deng's mother took a silver lock and gave it to Hu Mu as a gift.
Seeing things and thinking about people, Deng Da has long forgotten this matter, but now that his memory is suddenly awakened, he can't help but realize that his resentment towards Hu Mu may be unreasonable.
This ordinary silver lock has been carried by Hu Mu for 17 years, which shows its weight.
Seeing his changing expression several times, the clerk smiled and said, "Ambassador Hu said that he wants you to go to Pingtan Station, where...you can see a lot of things. The world is vast. Why not take advantage of your youth?" How about this opportunity to get acquainted?"
Deng Da pondered for a moment. He originally planned to leave. After all, he was insulted. His self-esteem did not allow him to have anything to do with Hu Mu.
But when he saw the silver lock, Deng Da took a deep breath, stopped immediately, took another deep breath, and said, "Is there any writing to teach students to go to Pingtan?"
The clerk smiled and said, "Come to the railway department to pick it up tomorrow."
"Okay." Deng Da nodded, looked at the silver lock, and said again: "This silver lock..."
But the clerk said: "This silver lock has to be returned to Ambassador Hu. Ambassador Hu always wears it."
Deng Da nodded, and left with emotion!
……
It's the end of the year.
Now the Jiangxi Railway Department has been repairing the railway for a year and a half.
The railways of this era are relatively quick to lay. After all, they are just small steam trains, and there are not so many standards.
Nanchang Station, Ruizhou Station, Raozhou Station, Fuzhou Station, Jiujiang Station, and half of Jiangxi's railways are actually connected. With Nanchang Station as the center, it begins to radiate to the north of Jiangxi. It's just Jizhou, Ganzhou and other places. It is protracted, there are many mountains, and it will take some time.
The opening of the railway also brings about the rise of new towns at each station.
However, the old city in the past has been slowly declining, which naturally caused huge problems. At least this year, the Ministry of Households received less than half of the money and grain received from the Jiangxi Chief Envoy.
After the accounts were settled, the Ministry of Accounts specially reported it, which caused a huge controversy all of a sudden.
The annual income has been reduced by more than half, and the food tax is barely [-]% to [-]%, but other taxes such as tea, salt, and iron have almost plummeted.
The imperial court still needs to invest so much gold and silver in the construction of railways in Jiangxi every year, which can be said to be wasted domestically, and the household registration is halved.
After Natsuhara played, he expressed concern about this.
I don't know how many other performers are there.
Even Wenyuan Pavilion has caused controversy.
Hu Guang and Jin Youzi, for example, also began to have self-doubt.
Sometimes you have to admire Hu Guang.
He was obviously tied into the car by Zhang Anshi, but once a large-scale deficit occurred, he still did not take into account the interests of the railway department and the postal department. Instead, he wondered if this was too hasty, and would it cause other problems.
Hu Guang then played, asking His Majesty to pay attention to this matter, or whether to reduce the size of the railway department a little, so as not to act too hastily and lead to corruption in Jiangxi.
When the memorial arrived at Zhu Di's place, Zhu Di couldn't help but said: "Now there are hundreds of members of the Hu family, all of whom are in the railway department. Hu Guang, an old guy, has a son who went from the railway department to the postal department. He is very stubborn. You actually want to use a knife on your own family."
Yishiha naturally didn't want to express too many opinions on this kind of thing, so he just smiled and said: "I can't understand Mr. Hu."
Zhu Di put the memorial aside, sighed and said: "Forget it, don't pay attention to him, he is an old fool."
Having said that, Zhu Di was still a little worried: "Judging from the situation of the household department, it is indeed a bit bad, and I am also worried that if this goes on for a long time, bandits will breed, or... cause other problems... "
He said, lost in thought.
And at the same time.
Hu Guang had a heated debate with Zhang Anshi.
Hu Guangdao: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. It doesn't mean that the New Deal cannot be implemented, nor does it mean that the railway cannot be built, and it is not..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Grand Hu, come on, come on, I can't say enough about you."
Hu Guangdao: "This is not a problem that has been said, it cannot be said, this is..."
There were also Xie Jin, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi who were present, but they were all like wooden figures, just sitting upright.
They are all scheming people, even if they have their own opinions in their hearts, they will never reveal them in public.
But at this time, someone came in a hurry and said: "Urgent report, urgent report, urgent report from the post office."
Everyone looks.
Zhang Anshi seemed to be rescued all of a sudden, so he took the opportunity to hide aside to drink tea.
Hu Guangdao: "Where is the rush, so flustered."
"Jiangxi Railway Department, written by His Royal Highness the Emperor."
After hearing this, Hu Guang cheered up, stretched out his hand, and said, "What is it playing? Come, take it and have a look."
Immediately, I took the memorial and opened it directly in front of everyone, only to find that the memorial was too thick.
After watching for a long time, Hu Guang raised his head, and said with a look of shame: "Everyone, let's take a look, this memorial...I don't understand it very well."
Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads in their hearts. When ordinary people encounter such things that they don't understand, they are at least Wenyuange University Scholars. They still need to hold it up, as if they are holding a wisdom pearl, and then hand over the memorial to others, saying that you are also welcome. Let's see.
Only in this way can one conceal one's ignorance.
But Hu Guang really went too far.
Zhang Anshi approached happily, and said, "I'll take a look, I'll take a look."
(End of this chapter)