"Returning to the prince, Zhengluqi suffered a huge loss last year...the four Gushan'e Shinjis all reported losses! The worst among them was the Gushan'e Shinji under the Dingnan Palace, who couldn't even make a loss. Look!"
Fan Wencheng sighed while talking. There are four Gushan'er Shinsi under Zhenglu, and three are Laogushan. The yamen are respectively located in Liaocheng of Dongchang Prefecture, Shangqiu of Guide Prefecture, and Dezhou of Jinan Prefecture. There is also the newly established Gushan outside the pass, which is responsible for managing the Zhenglv banner households that cultivate farmland outside the pass. These four Gushan'e Shinji all reported losses in the four years of Shunzhi!
Among them, the one who suffered the most was Gushan'e Zhensi, who was under the jurisdiction of King Kong Youde of Dingnan... The Ming army had to take over the whole thing. Even King Kong Youde of Dingnan himself committed suicide and died in the Qing Dynasty. What else could he do? Is it good?
Although the Gushan'e Shinji outside the pass did not let anyone open the nest, it also lost the territory of the Jinzhou Guard. Moreover, this Gushan'e Shinji was newly opened after all. It was difficult to start up, with heavy investment, little harvest, and no loss at all. normal.
However, the two Gushan'e Shinjis managed by Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming actually reported losses, which was far beyond Dorgon's expectations.
"Why did Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming lose money?" Dorgon said weakly.
I don’t know if he encountered something dirty during the fight. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty has been ill since years ago and has been recovering in the Duke Yansheng’s Mansion in Qufu City. I have been in better spirits these past two days, but my face is still sallow and I don't have any energy when speaking.
He said in a calmer tone: "Their territory has not been occupied by the Ming army, and the casualties are not large. Moreover, they have been digging graves here in Qufu for a month. Can they still lose money by digging graves and robbing graves?"
There are also disadvantages in fighting upside down...all the good things poured out belong to the banner owner, Gushan Ezhen, Jia La Zhangjing, Niulu Zhangjing and others, and the worthless things are handed over to the flag. How can we not lose money?
Of course, Fan Wencheng can't say this!
"Huang Ama, the two of them suffered a small loss..." Fan Wencheng said, "Shang Ke was happy to report a loss of 313,000 shi of wheat, and Geng Zhongming reported a loss of 288,500 shi of wheat. deficit."
Due to the full implementation of land enclosure and land allocation, as well as the sharp decline in population, domestic commercial activities in the Qing Dynasty were extremely sluggish, and many product exchanges were no longer priced in silver, but in wheat and cloth. It's wheat, not ground flour. Because wheat is easier to maintain and transport than flour, so although the land tax in the Qing Dynasty recorded flour in the accounts, the harvest was actually wheat.
Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming reported a total wheat deficit of more than 600,000 shi, which is equivalent to about 400,000 shi in flour, which is not a small amount.
"Isn't this enough? This is 400,000 stones of flour..." Dorgon asked angrily, "Where are the things found in digging graves?"
Fan Wencheng sighed and explained to the corrupt officials who were Zhengluqi: "Huang Ama, it is difficult to cash out the treasures dug out of the ground! This war is chaotic, except for some people in the southeast area who will buy it, no one else cares about it. This kind of thing is dug out of the ground. So these treasures have not been sold yet. If they are not sold, they will not be paid..."
In fact, the people of the Nine Emperors followed Dorgon's army, and they all arranged for gentlemen with eye-catching skills. Any good treasures can be cashed in immediately. How much they can sell in the southeast is a matter for the Nine Emperors merchants.
Of course Fan Wencheng received the benefit, and now he had no choice but to speak up for Zhengluqi. He added: "Zhenglvqi has neither servants nor many tenants to help him. Once they go on an expedition, they will inevitably delay their farming work." . However, they can’t cultivate the land well just by staying at home. They are all desperate because there is no tomorrow..."
After listening to Fan Wencheng's explanation, Dorgon could only shake his head. The two Gushan yamen under Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming lost more than 600,000 shi of wheat. Kong Youde's son Kong Tingxun (who took over his father's job) repaid more than 2.3 million shi of wheat, and the three Gushan yamen plus one I lost more than 3 million yuan... In addition, the Zhenglu Qinggu Mountain outside the pass certainly suffered a loss, losing more than 500,000 shi of wheat!
Three and a half million stones of wheat! Even if it is turned into flour, there are two million and hundreds of thousands of stones. How much land tax was there in the Qing Dynasty in one year?
After reading the Zhenglvqi annual report submitted by Fan Wencheng, Dorgon was in a bad mood.
"Huang Ama, and Lao Baqi's accounts... also have some shortfalls," Fan Wencheng noticed Dorgon's face and whispered, "Would you like to take a look at it today?"
"Look! You have to look at it even if you lose..." Dorgon gritted his teeth, "Tell me the numbers, how much did you lose in total?"
"We lost a total of more than 3 million stones of wheat...which was more than 2 million when converted into flour. Added together, Nine Flags lost a total of about 5 million."
"Five million?" Dorgon's breathing was a little short. "How much did the imperial court earn last year? Nine Banners lost five million, isn't it..."
Because Zhang Xianzhong entered Henan Prefecture and the third prince went to Luliang Mountain, Pingyang Prefecture and Henan Prefecture did not collect all the autumn grain last year, and Jiechi Salt Tax lost a lot of money. Tianjin Wei's business could not be completed, and the commercial tax collection was a lot lower... So last year's Qing Dynasty's land tax and commercial tax plus one, that is, more than 3 million stones of flour plus 700,000 to 800,000 taels of silver .
Because there are fewer people and more land in the north, there are fewer urban people who need to buy food, so the price of flour is relatively low. The average price of food is about one tael of silver for one stone of flour.
In other words, the tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty last year was not enough to make up for the deficit of Nine Banners!
The Qing Dynasty had more than nine flags, it also had a court, hundreds of officials, various major projects, and various ceremonies.
In addition, whenever a certain number of troops were dispatched, the imperial court would also provide subsidies to each banner that sent troops.
All together, they spent more than 3 million shi (flour) last year!
"Isn't it a loss of more than four million?" Dorgon's face was ashen!
A feudal country can have no money, but it cannot lose a lot of money! There was no money when the Qing Dynasty rose, and there was no money when the Mongols rose. If you don’t have money, you can grab it! No money means there is an incentive to grab money, but it also means there is a low-cost bandit army.
But losing a lot of money is another matter... The current Qing Dynasty basically has no financing capacity, which means that once the treasury is exhausted, the losses will overflow downwards - there is no way to retain the losses through debt on the country’s account. It can only be absorbed by the Nine Flags and Thirty-Six Solid Mountains below, and the Nine Flags and Thirty-Six Solid Mountains don’t have much savings. Once exhausted, the losses will fall on ordinary flag men.
Once ordinary bannermen went bankrupt due to losses, they would not be able to afford military service, and the Qing Dynasty would lose money. Now the Qing Dynasty will perish if it loses a battle, will perish if it wins a battle, and it will not work if it is not victorious or defeated...it will suffer losses and perish!
Why can't we always escape a situation of destruction? It seems that Dorgon’s Qing Emperor Amma is really not easy to take on!
"No, not that much." Fan Wencheng hurriedly said to Dorgon who was sweating with anxiety, "Huang Ama, we seized a lot of food and utensils in Qufu City. We also grabbed a few while chasing Kong Yinzhi. Ten carts of silver totaled 14.5 million taels. Including the value of food and utensils, it was enough to make up for most of the losses... Our Qing Dynasty only lost less than 1.5 million taels last year. "
Still a loss!
Dorgon's eyes darkened for a while, and he finally regained his composure, "How much of our old foundation do we still have?"
"After making up for this shortfall," Fan Wencheng said with a grimace, "It's almost done. At most, there are only more than a million taels left... This year's spring sowing of the green flag will definitely be delayed, and the war with the Southern Dynasties will have to be delayed. Fighting will inevitably require subsidies. Emperor Ama, it seems that some additional taxes will be levied."
"How much can be added?" Dorgon asked.
"Add one million..." Fan Wencheng thought for a moment and added a little more, "Two million stones at most."
Dorgon touched his bald head, his brows almost twisted into a ball. Last year, they robbed Qufu and got the Kong family's savings, so they could barely get through. Where can I grab it this year? If we can't get it, how can the Qing Dynasty maintain its existence? This Emperor Ama is really not easy to be...
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