"Flash forward forty years, economic matters cannot be solved by thinking. Now you are going north. Don't think that I don't know what you want?"
Zhang He picked up the report and read it briefly.
"So what if I know. My things have been verified long ago. I can analyze things from the results and compare them repeatedly to know that he is right. But what to do next and how to continue to maintain, I really don't know. The flame is too small. I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll stoke the flames again!"
Old Man Xia put his hands together, as if there was a ball of fire in his palms. His cautious look really made people laugh.
Zhang He smiled and said, "Don't I know you well? From the time you only raised five million taels from the bank account, I knew what you wanted to do?"
Five million taels, what is enough for now?
Nothing can be done...
Now the two fronts of the Wu Dynasty have mobilized a total of 250,000 regular troops and 470,000 government troops. One round of additional sounds is sent out. Taking into account five liang of regular troops and three liang of government troops, 1.5 million taels are gone. .
There are 3.5 million taels left. The Jurchens retreated. The 150,000 regular soldiers who stationed in the north and won the victory, and the 180,000 government soldiers must be rewarded separately. This is an expenditure of more than 1 million taels.
Hexi must be defended, troops and horses on the southern front must be replaced, supplies must be improved, and family members must be guaranteed.
These few major expenditures alone are enough to swallow up five million taels.
Not to mention that the Wu Dynasty also had to pay the salaries of officials and deal with the daily support of the Wu Dynasty. Everyone tacitly agreed to open the treasury and withdraw money. However, after making such a fuss before, only five million taels were raised in the end. It was really It left a group of officials scratching their heads.
"Do you think I don't want to get more money? The problem is, we need to seal the treasury. There are only 8 million taels left in the treasury under the Ministry of Household Affairs. The inner government may have a little more, but according to my estimation, it is not enough Just 10 million taels... No matter what kind of life we lived in the past forty years, we have to save money if we want to. We only got this money from the people of Song Dynasty when Emperor Yongye was in power!"
With a fiscal deficit every year, if it weren't for the mining of several gold and silver mines, the Wu Dynasty would have taken money from the closed treasury.
"Okay, don't talk about this. How much national debt do you plan to issue?" How could Zhang He not know what this old guy meant?
If there is not enough money to close the treasury, it will be made up from national debt.
"What I think is that if we send out five million taels now, the national debt must be equal. If we can't give a discount, we should have three to four million taels. If we save one in other aspects, it will be enough to survive until next year!" The old man said without hesitation.
"Good guy, if you throw away five million and take back three million taels, if you really want to turn your left hand over to your right, you won't be afraid that you will lose it when the time comes. You must know that the national debt must be repaid when it matures!"
"Don't worry, I have calculated. Money is money when it is thrown away. Our average tax rate is 1/25, but in fact, from the production of raw materials, the circulation of raw materials, the processing of products, the circulation of finished products, and then into the hands of the people, the whole After repeated collection process, if one hundred taels are released, we should be able to recover fifteen or six taels within three months, and thirty or forty taels within half a year. The longer the time, the more we can recover. As long as the market is not short of money, this model will It lasts for a long time, and what we have to do here is just to ensure that officials’ salaries are paid out normally and that the work-for-work salary falls into the hands of the people on time!”
Old Man Xia looked complacent. Did he really think that he, the Minister of Household Affairs and the Chief Minister of the Wu Dynasty, was just an accountant who settled accounts?
He is also learning and observing. He doesn’t understand the principles, but he can read various reports!
"Isn't this just the Equation Parasol Theory?" Zhang He curled his lips, "However, I still think you calculated very well. Don't forget that now we have been fighting for half a year. The Liao people and the Later Tang Dynasty may not want to participate in the beginning. But I can't stand the general trend, I heard that the Liao people are already arranging their troops!"
Although the Liao people lived a comfortable life guarding the Silk Road and only had to deal with annoying horse bandits on a daily basis, they were also ambitious back then.
The land of Guanxi and a small part of Guanzhong are now in the hands of the Liao people.
The Liao people may not dare to go to war with the Wu Dynasty, but it is not impossible to go south and take a bite out of the Song Dynasty.
"Isn't it because of you? As long as the Liao people don't attack us!" Old Man Xia said with a rogue smile.
"The Liao people didn't dare, but the Later Tang Dynasty will. The Later Tang Dynasty, who was kidnapped by the Song Dynasty, may not take action, especially in these two generations, the fate of the Li and Tang royal families has not been broken, and they are really good people." Zhang He looked sighing.
Li Tang is really an invincible Xiaoqiang.
The Empress of the Zhou Dynasty went through a lot of troubles, and many members of the Li Tang royal family died. As a result, the Zhou Dynasty returned to power, and it was returned. But who would have thought that Li Tang would become a half-saint-emperor-like figure, and he was stunned. The Li family lives on.
During the Anshi Rebellion, there was a group of close ministers to maintain the government, and there were always numerous civil strife, but the family was not completely destroyed.
Now, three hundred years have passed, and luck seems to have returned to Li Tang. The accumulation of nine generations has reversed the decline. Not to mention that more than ten years ago, an emperor with a life similar to Liu Xiu's appeared, with luck and extraordinary means.
Seven hundred years have passed, and Li Tang has not yet become extinct, no matter who you are.
"Li Xianyi is indeed a good person, but it's a pity that the later Tang Dynasty has too few people!" Old Man Xia didn't think so much.
"It is precisely because he has little accumulation that he dares to bet. I don't think Li Xianyi has his own ideas about Kyushu at the moment. Maybe someone will just wait and let us have a serious collision with the Song Dynasty!"
Although the Later Tang Dynasty was weak, it had great ambitions. With the mountains of Shu as a barrier, the Later Tang Dynasty was fully capable of taking advantage of the chaos.
"Next, these are all your business, take it upon yourself!"
Zhang He is back, and the burden has been handed over. He has been staying in Tai'an City for so long. He should patrol the northern border for the empress.
Hearing this, Zhang He raised his middle finger and said, "It's going to snow in the North. Don't die on the road!"
"Don't worry, it won't happen. I haven't seen the day when the Wu Dynasty will be revived!"
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Huh, uh, uh...
The war horses neighed, their hooves faded away, and a group of three hundred cavalry slowed down in the dusk.
"Set up camp and set off again tomorrow morning!"
Song Hai got off his horse, patted the horse beside him, and walked all the way in front of the equation, "How are you doing? Can you still bear it?"
"It's still early, why don't you continue?" Fang Fang dismounted and took a look at the surrounding environment.
A rocky valley, the sunny side was covered with green pines, and the backside was covered with rocks. He was very puzzled as to why Song Hai chose this place with no village or shop to settle down.
"There are so many of us that it's not suitable to enter the city, and the inn can't accommodate us. Besides, we have to hurry, so why don't we stop here for just one night. Don't worry, there won't be any foreigners in this area for 300 miles!" Song Hai explained, clapping his hands.
"Too!"
Looking back at the cavalry of more than 300 people, Fang Fang couldn't help but nodded, "Since I choose to go with you, then you make the arrangements!"
There are more than 300 people, and the average county in the North cannot handle them. Even if there are more than half of them, it will be a waste of people and money.
Who told the eleven counties in the North that, as long as they were away from county towns and prefectures, they were all vast and sparsely populated. Some small county towns were called county towns, but might as well be called country fairs. How could they entertain people if they were not prepared?
"There are hot springs on the mountain. You go and take a bath first. Then come down when you're done. It's just in time for dinner!" Song Hai was very familiar with the area.
