"We see your majesty!"
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "it''s not urgent. The biggest reason why I ordered you to supervise the country is to exercise your ability to deal with government affairs. Now you supervise the country for more than two months. Let me see your achievements?"
"Please examine your father!" Li Chengqian suddenly said in his heart.
Li Shimin looked around at the ministers and said slowly, "the duty of supervising the country is to ensure that the chaotang operates normally and the three provinces when I leave Beijing?"
Li Shimin turned his eyes to Fang Xuanling, who was headed by hundreds of officials. Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "I inform your majesty that during the period of the crown prince''s supervision, the three provinces operated normally."
Wei Zheng and sun Wuji nodded their heads and praised Li Chengqian''s performance during his supervision.
"Six?" Li Shimin nodded and continued to ask.
Linghu de Lang, the Minister of rites, said in a voice, "Your Majesty, the rites are running normally. Now the weather is getting cold, and the envoys previously sent to the western regions have already set foot on their way home."
"When the Ministry of punishment met the prince, there was no unjust, false or wrong case, nor did it have the right to bend the law for personal gain." Li daozong solemnly said.
"Among the people''s ministries, the money of each ministry has been allocated, and there is a lot of surplus in the national treasury. It all depends on the dispatching of the crown prince." Dai Zhou said hard.
All the surplus in the Treasury is because after Li Chengqian reformed the post station, the Treasury no longer allocated a lot of money to fill the bottomless hole of the post station. Naturally, there is a lot of money left.
"Oh, I didn''t expect the prince to have such financial talent." Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian unintentionally.
"The prince''s highness not only has the ability to manage money, but also is the God of wealth who came down to earth to turn stone into gold. He even made the post station, which had lost money and money, advance every day."
"His Highness the prince strongly advocates the reform of the post station and saves tens of thousands of money and food for the imperial court every year."
"What''s more rare is that post station communication delivers letters for the people all over the world, so that the people all over the world can avoid the pain of missing. It can be said to be a benevolent government!"
"I have been away from home for many years and haven''t returned to my hometown for a long time. I received a letter from my relatives yesterday. I''m really delighted."
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For a time, the hall praised Li Chengqian''s reform of the post station, which naturally included sincere praise and many malicious support.
However, the more people praise, the more uneasy Li Chengqian is. You know, he reformed the post station without Li Shimin''s consent.
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Li Shimin seemed surprised.
In a panic, Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped out and said, "I''m going to ask my father for punishment. This post station reform, I asked my father to punish me without my father''s permission and the dismissal of the driving doctor without authorization."
Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian''s respectful appearance. Somehow, he was a little lost in his heart.
When he was as old as Li Chengqian, he began to ride horses all over the world. However, Li Chengqian looked more and more like an old man.
In contrast, he prefers Merton''s catfish attribute, which can turn the world upside down wherever he goes. Although he kept helping him out, Merton was even punished and punished him, but he didn''t mean to be angry. Instead, he had a different taste.
Li Shimin was discouraged and said, "the crown prince is guilty. When I left, I entrusted you with the world without saying anything important about the military state. Your reform of the post station is also out of good intentions, in order to solve the financial burden of the imperial court and achieve great results. As for the matter of driving the doctor, since he is sick and old, the imperial court can give him more rewards. Don''t let the old minister feel cold."
"Thank you for your love," some old ministers bowed down and thanked.
However, some important officials can''t help thinking. Although Li Shimin has spared no effort to protect Li Chengqian, a powerful prince needs to be maintained everywhere. Just like the Mohist school, it''s not too much to beat once a day. How can he maintain it.
The more Li Shimin defended Li Chengqian, the more ministers knew that Li Shimin was not satisfied with Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian naturally noticed the abnormality, and his face was embarrassed.
Merton couldn''t help sighing. Li Chengqian was still not confident enough and timid. He had such great merit in his hand, but he apologized for dismissing a driving doctor. How can Li Shimin be satisfied with such worries about gain and loss.
Soon, the great court meeting ended in the complex minds of all officials. With the resignation of all officials, Li Chengqian, as Prince, was left alone.
"Do you know why I left you alone?" Li Shimin stood up and said without anger.
"My son is stupid. Please give me some advice." Li Chengqian said first.
Li Shimin snorted coldly, "the post station costs a lot every year. Do you think the memorial of using the post station to communicate for the people all over the world has not been put forward since ancient times? However, it has not been accepted by successive dynasties. Do you know why?"
"I don''t know!" Li Chengqian shook his head honestly.
"First, most of the previous memorials were eloquent. There was nothing at all and there was no practical plan. They were not as lucky as you." Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian''s Mo family, who had many tricks, gave advice. Master Shen, who was the world''s leading mathematician, asked for his planning blueprint. Su dingfang, who had rich transportation experience, ran around for him. The post station reform has a successful foundation.
Li Chengqian was so worried that he immediately knew that his actions were seen through by Li Shimin.
"I owe my son the merit of living in Merton. Please punish my father!" Li Chengqian quickly apologized.
"You are the crown prince and the future prince. It is natural and honorable for them to adopt the minister''s idea. Of course, your merits and demerits are naturally borne by you. What you let me not be disappointed is that you firmly seized this opportunity. Even I have to say that you did a good job in the post station." Li Shimin sighed.
The stamp system can be said to be a stroke of genius. The wind of philately made the post station communication popular in the Tang Dynasty, but the post station expenditure can not be maintained by sending letters alone. Moreover, with so many post soldiers sending letters, it is also a huge expenditure. If you don''t do it well, I''m afraid it will cost more. This is also the reason why successive dynasties didn''t choose post station communication.
But with the two cash flows of Ink magazine and Confucian magazine, the situation suddenly changed, and the income of the post station suddenly increased a lot, which was enough to maintain the balance of revenue and expenditure of the post station.
"It''s just a fluke for a child that he can''t be praised by his father." Li Chengqian was affirmed by his father. He felt a sour nose. He didn''t know the risk of reforming the post station, but he still did so, not only to prove himself in front of the ministers, but also to get the affirmation of Li Shimin.
"However, even if the post station communication lost money before, it can gain a good reputation in the hearts of the people all over the world. Do you know why successive dynasties are still indifferent?" Li Shimin said.
Chengqian was stunned.
"That''s because it''s good for the world, but it''s only bad for the royal family." Li Shimin said surprisingly.
"Ah!" Li Chengqian was surprised and looked at Li Shimin in disbelief.
Li Shimin said faintly: "what do you think the emperors of the world spend huge wealth every year for? In addition to delivering official documents in military and peacetime, the post station can better collect information for the emperors of the world. Whenever there is a major event in the world, the first to know must be the emperors of previous dynasties. We can calmly mobilize and command, and even eliminate hidden dangers without reaction in other places."
"Nowadays, the post station delivers letters for the people all over the world and also serves as the delivery of newspapers and periodicals. Although it reduces the pressure for the imperial court, it makes communication much more convenient, and the information advantages of the Royal and government disappear. In this way, an accident in one place will be known all over the world, and even cause great panic. Have you ever thought about the consequences?"
Li Chengqian was in a panic. He never thought that there would be such a loophole in the post station reform he had always been proud of. His kindness did something wrong.
"In that case, the officials there will punish themselves and abolish the post station communication." Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said.
Li Shimin smiled and said, "you''re wrong. It''s the past dynasties, but my Tang Dynasty is not. Now my Tang Dynasty is subject all over the world and the country is prosperous. How can you care about that little rumor? And as a father, I''ll teach you another way to be a king."
"My ministers are all ears!" Li Chengqian said modestly.
"As an emperor, the most taboo is to change every day. Sometimes, even if it is wrong, we will go wrong." Li Shimin said with deep eyes. As a king of a generation, he naturally did not believe that a post station could shake the rule of the Tang Dynasty. He also had the heart to accept the fact of post station communication.
Li Chengqian said coldly, "children and ministers are taught."
However, Li Shimin only said the harm of post station communication to the royal family, but did not say the real reason why he supported the post station reform.
Although protecting Li Chengqian is one of the reasons, it is more helpless. If it was before, he must have maintained the current situation of the post station like the emperors of previous dynasties. However, since recent years, with Merton''s unremitting efforts, the taxes of Datang have increased year after year, but the national treasury is increasingly short of money and is simply not enough.
Harnessing the Yellow River, building brick roads, and the Weishui bridge being built are a bottomless gold eater. However, these are important things for the country and the people, and they can''t be built without construction.
In this way, it is valuable to save the money allocated to the post station every year. This money is enough for the imperial court to do a lot of things and no longer be short of money. This is also the real reason why Li Shimin finally agreed to the post station reform.