"Brother Imperial, I have settled the accounts and moved the town to Datong Prefecture. We also need to build castles, set up pastures, and recruit people in the hometowns of the Ulanqab League, the Tumed Left and Right Banners in the naturalized city, and the Zhenghong Banner of Chahar. Mongolian and Han herdsmen, farming and reclamation, plus sending troops to Mobei... All kinds of expenses are added together, and 5.88 million taels is enough!"
"Your Majesty, I have decided to move the town to Xuanfu, build cities in the old places of Chahar, Zhaowuda and Xilin Gol to pacify the people, open farms and pastures, and send troops to Mobei. All in all, there are 6.18 million is enough."
"Your Majesty, I can't calculate the cost of moving the town now. I can only calculate the cost of sending troops to attack Horqin... It will cost at least 25,000 troops, which will take at least two years, and also spend money to bribe small Mongolian tribes. No five million is enough in any way."
Five hundred and eighty-eight plus six hundred and eighteen plus five hundred, the total is 17.06 million... Emperor Zhu's face turned a little gloomy! Are you three born in the year of the Leo? The lion's ability to open his mouth is amazing!
One mouthful is more than 17 million!
Fortunately, I met a reasonable and wealthy gentleman like me. If anyone dared to repay the debt like this during the Chongzhen year, he would probably be sent to Jinyiwei's prison.
Emperor Zhu did not reply to the three of them, nor did he make a counter-offer, but continued to ask: "Third brother, Marshal Gao, how much subsidy and food will you need every year after you move to the town? Have you calculated it?"
What Zhu Cijiong and Gao Jie just reported was the cost of moving the town and sending troops to Mobei. That was not a recurring expenditure - if he were to lose like this every year, Emperor Zhu could only cut back on saving money like Grandpa Xuanmiao.
"I have calculated it," Zhu Cijiong said. "My brother has carefully calculated it. From now on, the Anbei Protectorate will need a subsidy of 800,000 taels of silver from the court every year."
Eight hundred thousand taels a year...good brother! Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief and cast an approving look at Zhu Cijiong. After all, he is the "Loan King" who has suffered a lot and knows how to live! Just because of this, I won’t be able to cut his vassal in the future.
Emperor Zhu turned his expectant eyes to Gao Jie again, but saw Gao Jie's mournful face.
"Your Majesty, I... I also asked someone to calculate it. Without 1.5 million taels a year, the Peiping Jiedu Envoy Division cannot sustain itself."
"Really?" Zhu Cixiang nodded, appearing noncommittal on the surface, but in his heart he was like a mirror - Gao Jie, you're done, you'll be the debt collector!
The Datong Mansion that Zhu Cijiong obtained was previously the territory of the Green Flag. Who were the people with the Green Flag? They are all landlords, rich farmers, and profiteers... They have donated their banner status and land, and their management capabilities are very strong!
Moreover, these bannermen with green flags in front are still running tens of thousands of farms of several hundred acres in Datong Prefecture, and can pay Zhu Cijiong at least one million stones of flour in rent every year - generally speaking, the north is relatively For those who are short of food, as long as Anbei Army has food in hand, other things will be easy to handle.
In addition, Zhu Cijiong and his men are all good at living and managing, so of course they know how to make money.
And Gao Jie's people have been in Xuzhou and Haizhou, two prosperous agricultural states, for so many years. What else can they do besides collecting rent? But apart from some agricultural areas in some valleys within Xuanfu, the territory of the Peiping Army consisted of grasslands and mountains. Where could they collect rent?
Relying on a subsidy of 1.5 million to clear the hole in the Peking Army, even Zhu Cixiang, a great hero, would not believe it!
It seems that Gao Jie's account is at a loss!
"That's 2.3 million a year..." Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Huang Degong again, "Huang Shuai, from now on, I will give 2 million to the Daning Army every year. Is that enough?"
"It should be enough." Huang Degong also lived a hard life, so he didn't dare to say anything. "The details will have to be calculated after the Daning Army is captured."
Zhu Cixiang nodded. If the three towns of Anbei, Beiping, and Daning were to be settled, it would cost an estimated five million a year. Mobei Grassland would cost more than seven hundred thousand, and the total would be more than five million seven hundred thousand... .It hurts just thinking about it!
"Third brothers, Marshal Huang and Marshal Gao," Zhu Cixiang paused, "I have approved the accounts you submitted! But I have said something ugly before, I will pay the bill in full, and I will not miss you one tael! But this job must not be messed up. First of all, the battle of Mobei must not be messed up... Even if it is a sledgehammer, the three Khalkha units in Mobei must be smashed and driven away! The Northern Expedition The three of you will decide who will be the coach of the battle.
In addition, no price increases are allowed midway! If you don't have enough money, you can figure it out on your own. If you have wealth, it will be yours. Don't ask me for money again!
If you can't continue, then take the lead in resigning, not just one person, but the group commander or above!
Do you understand? If you understand, wait until the Imperial Academy prepares the military order (contract) tomorrow, and you will sign it. "
Emperor Zhu is using Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, and Gao Jie as general contractors!
However, with a one-time expenditure of more than 17 million yuan, plus a long-term expenditure of more than 5.7 million yuan per year, Emperor Zhu was extremely benevolent to these three towns.
If the Ming Dynasty in history could provide subsidies of more than 5.7 million taels to the four towns of Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Liaodong every year, and then provide military expenditures of more than 17 million in one go, Huang Taiji could do whatever he wanted It's impossible to break in!
"King Xuantang, Duke of Liang, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Choros Chuhu'er Ubas, come to the palace!"
Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, and Gao Jie left first, and Zhu Yujian, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, and Choros Chuhuer Ubas, the five "creditors" of the West Road, were announced to the hall again.
Donglu has played brilliantly in the past two years, even defeating the Qing Dynasty! And West Road has also been fighting in the past two years, and the fighting has been quite difficult!
Abdullah Khan of the Yerqiang Khanate and his son Yulbals, the governor of Kashgar, were both tough opponents. The Mongolians under them who believed in the Tianfang Sect were also quite capable, but their political abilities were too high. Poor, he doesn’t know how to govern the country, and he especially likes to fight civil war! In order to reward the soldiers, they robbed them, and if they couldn't rob other countries' cities, they robbed their own. Therefore, the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions were really suffering under their rule.
In addition, there was also fierce turmoil within the Tianfang Sect, with one faction fighting against that faction and intermingling with the Mongols' internal strife.
Therefore, the later history of the Yeerqiang Khanate was dominated by being beaten, smashed, and robbed by the Oara people (Zhungeer and Heshuote both beat them), or they were beaten, smashed, and robbed by themselves... But after so many years of being beaten, smashed, and robbed, it was still Developed combat effectiveness.
And they can also get assistance from the Uzbeks and Kazakhs (Yerqiang Khanate, Uzbek Khanate, and Kazakh Khanate are allies), so the war to destroy the Yeerqiang Khanate is also a Western Region war to a certain extent. People of all ethnic groups join forces to fight against the Central Asian invaders!
Of course it is very intense! Even capable masters like Wu Sangui and Seng Ge were beaten badly. It was not until the early winter of last year that they managed to destroy the Yeerqiang Khanate and rescue the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions from the sea of misery.
However, the fierce war also caused serious damage to various places in the Western Region, and also caused Wu Sangui's Hexi and Anxi towns to suffer a lot of losses.
In addition, Emperor Zhu also captured many traitors during the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains who needed to go to the Western Regions for labor reform, and Wu Sangui also needed to spend money to resettle them. Moreover, Wu Sangui still had more than 200 thousand households (some of which chose to stay in Shaanxi and return to their fields) to be resettled in Hexi and the Western Regions (some of which were originally in Hexi), which was another huge expense.
So Wu Sangui now comes to Zhu Cixiang with a bill worth several million taels!
Choros Chuhuur Ubas, who represents the Zhungar tribe and the Beiting Army, not only wants to get military subsidies from Zhu Cixiang, but also wants to get a batch of firearms and artillery to use against the Uzbek Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate. war.
As for the two traitors, Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, they dare not ask for money without merit, but the supply of military rations on the way to the west must be secured!
In addition to military rations, the two of them also wanted to get some weapons and ammunition from Emperor Zhu in order to fight against the troops of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai... The two guys also wanted to ask Gu Shihan's quotation—— How much money can you get if you catch Gushi Khan and destroy the Khoshot Khanate?
