"Imperial sister, for my brother deliberately used up the money and grain, the post station has no grain and grass allocation, in throwing out the method of reforming the post station, you don't know the expressions of the court ministers at that time, this time for the brother is a big long face." In the Mo Mansion, Li Chengqian changed his steady expression in the court, and was as excited as a happy child.

This time, he proposed the method of reforming the post station, which can be said to be reasonable and well-founded, and the method is practical, but in fact, he showed his face in front of hundreds of officials.

"Brother Huang should be careless, and he must reform the post station to perfection, so that everything can be worry-free." Princess Changle was naturally happy for Li Chengqian, and reminded her.

"Brother Wei naturally understands that with Master Shen's plan and General Su, who is good at transport, he can definitely handle this matter well." Li Chengqian said proudly, he believed that after the post station, the courtiers would not dare to snub him anymore.

Merton shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be careless, but where money is involved, corruption cannot be prevented. ”

Only then did Li Chengqian get up solemnly, and asked for advice to Merton: "Please also ask my sister-in-law to teach me." ”

"To prevent corruption in the post station, must not let the post station collect money, the younger brother thought for a long time, decided to follow the silver stamp system, for the post station to design a set of stamp system, each stamp printed with a beautiful pattern, and printed the amount, in place of money, if the people want to send a letter, you need to go to the post station to buy stamps to stick on the envelope, in the post station stamped with the official seal. In this way, there is no stamp, you can't send a letter, we only need to give the post station how many stamps, how much to charge, so as to avoid the post station greedy for ink. Merton thought of the stamps that were common in later generations and said solemnly.

"Stamps!"

Li Chengqian carefully tasted the usefulness of stamps, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, although he was young, but he was also

Many seemingly good good policies often fail on top of corruption, and his carefully prepared achievements naturally cannot be stained by corruption.

"Secondly, it is necessary to prevent the post man from neglecting the government, each transfer must be recorded in detail number, and each transfer must be stamped with the official seal of the local post station, in case the letter is lost, when the letter is sent to the recipient's hands, let it sign or print the handprint on the receipt in person, keep it for future verification, in case the post man is lazy, and can be used as the basis for rewarding the post man." In order to be perfect, Merton directly moved the delivery system of the later express delivery.

"In addition, in order to make delivery more convenient, you can make a number for each county, for example, Chang'an City is the first in the world, it can be 100,000, and Luoyang can be 200,000, so that even if the post guard is illiterate, you only need to know these ten numbers to quickly know the address where the letter will arrive." Merton Road.

"Wonderful!" Li Chengqian's case was amazing, and in this way, the implementation of the post station was greatly simplified.

In addition, there are some people who suddenly travel far away, or move away, and cannot find the recipient, and at this time the original copy needs to be returned to the sender.

"Letters are most likely to get wet, and the wagon for them must be sealed and waterproof."

……

Merton sprinkled with joy and directly brought together the various measures of postal and express delivery in later generations, and Li Chengqian, who listened to it, was immediately enlightened.

"The Mo family has the trend of revival today, and it really lives up to its name. Admiration for my brother. Li Chengqian sighed, after Merton's mention, he knew that it was easier said than done, and there were too many things to consider if he wanted to do a good job.

Princess Changle on the side nodded heavily and said, "This is also the reason why my father wants you to supervise the country, so that you know that it is not easy to govern the world." ”

"My brother naturally knows my father's intentions, so I strive to make some achievements." Li Chengqian nodded.

"But there's one more thing to bother my sister-in-law!" Li Chengqian looked embarrassed.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please speak. But if the younger brother can do it, it must be incumbent. Merton said proudly.

"The purpose of our reform of the post station is to save money for the imperial court, but after Shen Fuzi's calculations, it seems that it is difficult to maintain the income balance of the post station by simply sending letters." Li Chengqian looked embarrassed.

"Do you think that just sending a letter costs a penny, then you don't need money to buy an envelope, and it is also the income of the post station!" Merton hated that iron could not be made of steel.

"Ahh Isn't that a disguised charge? Li Chengqian was stunned, they claimed that they could send the letter for a penny, but how could the envelope be collected again.

"Envelopes are cheaper, a few pennies, and letters are extremely private, who wants to be seen by others, what is the point of spending this money?" Merton shook his head.

Princess Changle on the side nodded solemnly, the letter that Merton passed to her was not only sealed, but also used ciphertext, which was very good confidentiality, so that she had a secret relationship with Merton, otherwise she was a princess with a very strict family education, how could she have the courage to communicate with Merton.

"But in this case, wouldn't that be .................." Li Chengqian was still a little hesitant for his political achievements.

"If they want to save more money, or just want to say goodbye, they can sell postcards directly without envelopes, and print stamps and stationery directly on a card, so that one penny is enough to travel through the country." Merton Road.

"That's all there is to it, but that's it, that's not enough!" Li Chengqian frowned, but how much money can be made by selling an envelope.

"Then the little brother will find you a way to make money, the newspaper of the ink magazine is only sold for a penny in Chang'an City, but the price of shipping to other places has skyrocketed tenfold, since this is the case, it is better to hand it over to the newly formed post station to sell, and the price can be positioned for two cents, so that the post station can also have one more way to make money." Morton said loudly that he had long wanted to extend the influence of the ink magazine to the entire Tang Dynasty, but he had more than enough strength to do so, and the post station reform was just in his hands.

Li Chengqian's eyes couldn't help but light up, if the ink periodicals were sold at the post station, wouldn't it be that the Confucian periodicals would follow up, this was not a one-time but two windfalls, so that the funds required by the post station were almost insufficient.

As for other express delivery businesses, Merton did not recommend it to Li Chengqian, after all, the post station had just been created, and it was already too busy to deliver letters and newspapers alone.

"Thanks to the help of my sister-in-law, the palace will definitely thank my sister-in-law." Li Chengqian sighed.

Merton waved his hand and said: "Excuse me, when you finish printing the stamps, remember to give me a set of stamps, the first set of stamps in the Tang Dynasty is very commemorative." ”

Merton couldn't help but smile when he thought of the fun of stamp collecting in later generations.

Li Chengqian had an idea and said: "Since my sister-in-law said that I want to print exquisite patterns on the stamps, but how can any painter in the world have my sister-in-law's amazing painting skills, why don't you hand over the design of the first issue of stamps to my sister-in-law?" ”

"Leave it to me!" Merton couldn't help but move, and said impatiently, "Okay, the little brother will be in charge." ”

As for the theme of the stamp, he thought about it, and as soon as his heart moved, he had already secretly decided.

"It's about the hundred schools of thought."