Taifu Temple was originally a cold yamen, and most of the officials who served in Taifu Temple were either excessive or in this yamen.

And although the Taifu Temple seems to have no power, the power to control the national horse politics has made the officials of the Taifu Temple inexhaustible.

From the government-run horse farm to the official horse breeding, and then to the payment of discounted silver, these subordinate officials of the Taifu Temple contributed to the formation of maladministration.

For these subordinate officials, entering the Taifu Temple basically has little hope of going out again. Therefore, how to make money from Ma Zheng has become their only goal as officials.

Taifu Temple only has this one rule, and the other affairs in charge of the emperor's frame are just small businesses.

As a result of this specialization, the connection between Taifu Temple and other ministries is not deep.

Therefore, when Chongzhen proposed to abolish the Taifu Temple, not many civil officials stood up to oppose it.

After the business of Taifu Temple was divided into the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, this was tantamount to distributing the benefits due to the officials of Taifu Temple to these three departments.

In addition to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household are the majority, and with the support of these two departments, the opposition of Taifu Temple is almost negligible.

And at the beginning of the year, the servant Hong Zhanzu played Chen Mazheng: "... Since the eighteenth year of Wanli, the household department has borrowed thirty-two times, with a total of 1,299,986 taels of silver; Ten loans from the Ministry of Works, totaling 187,540 taels of silver; Guanglu Temple and Shuntian Mansion each borrowed, a total of 40,000 taels of silver. Near the feudal feud, another 18,000 gold..."

This letter asking the ministries to return the borrowed silver not only caused him to be transferred out of Beijing, but also caused tension between the Taifu Temple and the ministries.

Chongzhen's decision to abolish the Taifu Temple relieved some officials in these departments, since the Taifu Temple was gone, then of course the borrowed silver did not have to be returned.

Guo Yunhou is the most supportive of Chongzhen's decision, if all horse households are changed to private households, then the income of the household department will be greatly increased, even if the money and grain for the purchase of horses becomes the responsibility of the household department, it will also allow him to have enough treasury income to move.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies was also deeply interested in being able to meddle in the power of Ma Zheng. Marquis An Yuan suddenly came out and asked, "Your Majesty, the newly established logistics office of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, should it be under the jurisdiction of that Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "This logistics office is not classified for the time being, isn't the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies thoroughly investigating the distribution of money and food for each guard?" The logistics office was temporarily integrated with the inventory team, and Wang Shide was entrusted with it. After the investigation of the distribution of money and food to the various guards, I will make a decision. ”

Tian Yang, the Qing of the Taifu Temple, retreated to the side with a gloomy expression, as soon as he took over the Taifu Temple, this department was withdrawn, which made him very depressed.

Moreover, the reason for His Majesty's withdrawal of the Taifu Temple was actually his superiority, which was really embarrassing to him.

Tian Yang thought, if he returned to the official office, he might be scolded by those subordinate officials.

The dissolution of the Taifu Temple certainly made some officials feel very relieved, but more officials felt a sense of crisis, whether their yamen would be dismissed by the emperor for the same reason

When the officials in the court were discussing, Mao Yujian, the imperial historian of Yunnan Province, came out of the list to talk about the harm of the post.

"When Zhang Juzheng was the prime minister, he was the strictest. At that time, there was one horse per horse, only twenty-eight gold for forage, one for each husband, and only seven taels of silver for labor and food.

Today, the law and discipline are exhausted, the ingenuity and hypocrisy are prominent, the survey and fire cards of the military department have been issued and not paid, the gentry compete with each other to borrow, the traitors buy and sell each other, a piece of paper is washed and supplemented several times, and one person goes back and forth for several times, and the two houses in a province have cards, the Sidao government has tickets, and the township officials have posts, and the coping is different.

Today, the silver of forage for each horse is increased to more than 100 gold, and the silver of each husband is increased to 350 gold. The people's livelihood is safe, and the national economy is not poor. Please proclaim that Your Majesty will prohibit the reform of all evils. ”

After Chongzhen issued a thorough investigation of the achievements of the Taoist officials, the imperial histories began to search for the maladministration of various provinces to impeach and soothe.

Yunnan, which is supervised by Mao Yujian, is located in Tiannan, with many ethnic minorities and inconvenient travel with the mainland. And after the Taizu ordered the Duke of Qianguo to guard it at the beginning of the country, Yunnan was basically in a state of autonomy.

Under such circumstances, Yunnan seems to have little information to impeach, and Mao Yujian disdains to find trivial matters like other colleagues.

In fact, the biggest malpractice in Yunnan is that the Duke of Qianguo guards Yunnan and controls Tusi too chaotically. However, thinking from the shadows, this also has a sense of self-respect for thieves.

However, if we talk about the maladministration of Yunnan Tusi, it will obviously anger the Duke of Qian, the only person among the nobles who holds local power.

Mao Yujian never paid attention to the nobles in the capital, but he was still afraid of the Duke of Qianguo, if his neglect caused chaos in Yunnan, the emperor and the ruling ministers would definitely abandon him in order to appease the Duke of Qianguo.

The contemporary Qianguo Gong is Mu Ying's eleventh grandson Mu Qiyuan, and he is an arrogant and lawless person, because of the conflict with the governor of Yunnan, he actually sent troops to surround the governor's yamen, and "sent a huge cannon bombardment of it", such a character is obviously not offended by Mao Yujian.

Therefore, after thinking carefully, Mao Yujian hit the idea on the post station. As a post station managed by the Ministry of War, it has a low status and many drawbacks. No matter how much he bombarded, I believe that no one would stand up and speak for the station.

Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the military department who had just been recalled to the capital, stepped forward and said: "Although the post station is under the jurisdiction of the military department, there is only one member of the Lang Zhong Division, one member of the Wai Lang, and three directors. And among the three directors, one is the superintendent of the association, the other assists the Taifu Temple in collecting and releasing the horse price, and exchanging the horses, and the person who manages the post station is only the director.

Daming post stations are all over the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and the number is no less than hundreds of thousands. The minister believed that the main thing should be to rely on the self-management of local officials, so that when the magistrate and the relevant officials give the survey, they should open their names and pay them carefully, and they are not allowed to send white cards on their own, and those who violate the law should be dealt with severely. ”

"If self-discipline had worked, the station would not have become what it is today. The Daming Post Station will be connected to the world, and it is too wasteful to use it only for the transmission of military information and court affairs.

The indiscriminate issuance of white cards and survey fire cards, in the final analysis, is still the demand of the people. I think that not all people steal white cards and surveys, they want to encroach on the interests of the imperial court, mainly because of convenience.

A one-size-fits-all approach that does not allow anyone to use the post station is obviously unrealistic. Even if it is banned for a while, it will be restored to its original state in the end.

I thought that in addition to ensuring the exchange of military affairs and official documents of the imperial court, I might as well open up the excess capacity of the post station to the use of merchants and citizens. Subsidizing military posts with commercial posts can not only reduce the burden of local states and counties, but also not hinder the travel of merchants and people in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Regarding Chongzhen's thoughts, the officials in the court felt that there was no problem, after all, it was their families who used the post station the most. The king of the military department Shangshu said in the Jin column: "In this way, the manpower of the Che Driving and Cleaning Officials Division may be difficult to meet the needs of the post station management, so please add the chief officer of the Che Driving and Cleaning Officials Division." ”

"For the management of hundreds of thousands of post station personnel, it is definitely not enough to add a few people, and the status of the Che Driver Clearance Division is too low, and it is difficult to coordinate with other parts." Zhu Youzhen immediately retorted.

As he spoke, he glanced at Qing Tian of the Taifu Temple, who was standing silently on the side, and continued: "It just so happens that this Taifu Temple has just been cut down, and it is just right to set up a new department to manage the affairs of the Tianxia Post Station." ”

Tian Yang, who was originally listless, suddenly pricked up his ears, ready to listen to the emperor's plans for these deposed officials of the Taifu Temple.

"It's called the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs, the official position is the same as the six departments, Tian Yang of the Taifu Temple Qing was transferred to the Ministry of Postal Affairs, and the two Shaoqing were transferred to the left and right servants. For the setting of other subordinate officials, Tian Qing can draw up a tie, and after I confirm it, I will order the officials to choose officials. Zhu Youzhen said calmly.

The abolition of the Taifu Temple set up the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs, so that some ministers who had sympathized with the officials of the Taifu Temple before finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For Chongzhen's action, they felt more like a compensation for Tian Yang. The post station, which has no status in the first place, is not valued by the Ministry of War itself.

Due to the indiscriminate issuance of white cards by officials in various places, the post station has been suffering serious losses, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver have to be pasted in by the military department every year.

Now that he can get rid of this burden, Wang Zaijin stopped talking for a while. Among the other officials of the Ministry of War, only the right attendant Bi Maokang hesitated, but still stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, the post station involves the exchange of government orders between the imperial court and the localities, and also related to the timely reporting of the military situation in the border areas. If the administrative power is transferred from the military headquarters, will it hinder the communication between the central and local governments, the imperial court and the border army? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked left and right, and found that only this Bi Maokang was insisting, and the others didn't think so much, but felt that he was a little troublesome.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "The management power of the post station has been moved out of the military department, but it does not mean that the military department has no say in the military station. But Tian Qing, there are a few things, I want to tell you first. ”

Tian Yang suddenly said in high spirits, "Please show your majesty, the minister must obey the holy order and live up to your majesty's trust." ”

"First of all, although the post station is open to businessmen, the fee of the post station cannot be unruly, and the fee of the post station cannot be raised to an unacceptable level. This is not to facilitate the people, but to disturb the people. Zhu Youzhen said.

Liu Zongzhou and several other ministers immediately supported and said: "Your Majesty's words are very good, and this is a policy that is beneficial to the people's livelihood." ”

Zhu Youzhen continued: "On the issue of fees, you can find the post guards of each post station and discuss with the merchants in various places.

Second, after the post stations are released to the merchants, they must first ensure the demand for military and political transmission, and must not use all kinds of excuses to delay the needs of military and political orders. ”

Tian Yangyi should be one by one, although the Taifu Temple was abolished, but a new department was established, which made him feel that he was not so embarrassed.

After Chongzhen's conditions were finished, Tian Yang said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs has just been established, and there is a shortage of manpower. It is better to transfer the subordinate officials of Taifu Temple to the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs, so that they also have some experience and can make the Ministry of Posts operate as soon as possible. ”