What? Let me find a way to make money and food on my own? Yuan Chonghuan was a little speechless after hearing Zhu Youjian's words.
Where can he get millions of dollars in military expenditures if he is an upright official with a few clean sleeves? If he really had this ability, why would he be the governor of Liaodong? Isn’t it okay to directly become the chief minister of the cabinet?
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong spoke here, "Yuan Chonghuan is a commander-in-chief, not the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. How can he get so much military expenditure? If Your Majesty is dissatisfied with the amount of salary raised by the Ministry of Revenue, you should replace the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!"
Zhu Youjian smiled coldly and said to himself: I really want that pirate Zheng Yiguan to be the Minister of Household Affairs, but can you loyal and treacherous ministers agree?
"There is no need to replace the Minister of Household Affairs," Zhu Youjian said, "because I don't know anyone who can raise so much salary. And since the forty-sixth year of Wanli, the imperial court has sent additional Liao salary three times, and farmers The burden is so heavy that a civil uprising has occurred in the northwest, and I don’t want to raise taxes on farmers anymore.”
What? Not to raise taxes on farmers?
Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan were both shocked and said to themselves: If you don't increase farmers' taxes, whose taxes will you increase? Do you want money from scholar-bureaucrats? That’s a taboo thing!
Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's five years or ten years, even if it's twenty or thirty years, I can accept it... I'm young. , at least there are still decades to be emperor, I can afford to wait!"
He is very confident in his life span!
So Zhu Youjian can wait...wait until Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Duoduo are all dead, and then deal with Fulin and Xuan Ye. Can they still defeat them?
Impossible...Zhu Youjian also has his son, the third child, the fourth child, the fifth child, and the ninth child! All of them are ruthless people who have conquered thousands of miles of territory!
Zhu Youjian added: "I have plenty of time, but I don't have money and food..."
This means asking for money but not giving it, and asking for life without giving it!
Before Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he changed the subject again: "But I do have a way to make money... Maybe I can let the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Governor of Jiliao or the Governor of Liaodong take charge of Huaiyang and Shandong , Tianjin and other places! If we can collect a salt tax of several million a year, won't the expenses for training troops and building cities in western Liaoning be covered?"
What? How many million taels of salt tax?
Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan both had the urge to turn around and leave... They are both loyal and good! Zhongliang in the Ming Dynasty did not know how to collect taxes. If he collected a salt tax of several million taels a year, wouldn't he become a traitor?
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong hurriedly pushed away this hot job, "Huaiyang, Shandong, Tianjin and other places have their own departments responsible for the salt affairs, and the tax money collected has special purposes. How can it be handed over to the Governor of Jiliao or the Governor of Liaodong? Tube?"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Then let everything be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for temporary management! The Metropolitan Procuratorate originally had the post of Salt Patrol Censor, responsible for collecting salt taxes. I can withdraw the Metropolitan Salt Transport Envoy Department and put it in charge The power of the salt administration is handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The tax money collected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not need to be released from the treasury and can be used directly for military affairs in western Liaoning. If Mr. Sun feels that collecting several million taels of salt tax is too troublesome, then he might as well resume open taxation China and France! If you can transport five million stones of rice and grain to western Liaoning every year, are you afraid that you won’t be able to raise 100,000 elite soldiers who dare to fight?"
It turns out that Zhu Youjian was bringing up the idea of reopening China and France... Western Liaoning is short of pay, but even more short of food! There are a total of four to five million soldiers and their families on the front line in western Liaoning. How can it be possible to survive on a mere 500,000 acres of farmland? Therefore, a large amount of grain must be imported every year.
Most of the pay and silver issued by the imperial court to the Liao army soldiers was converted into grain to support their families.
Therefore, it is better to distribute food directly to Liaoxi!
Because there is more money and less food on the front line in western Liaoning, food prices have always been high. When the war is not going on, the rice and grain are worth three taels, but when the war starts, the grain can easily be sold for six taels!
Under such high food prices, the Liao army's "high pay" actually devalued into low wages.
Therefore, the most practical method is to restore the Kaichu law and transport large amounts of grain to western Liaoning to feed the army and the people.
But if this matter is to be accomplished, a large number of powerful people must be offended... So it is best for the gentlemen of Donglin to take the blame!
Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong: "I know that Mr. Sun has the courage to do his job, and he is highly respected and respected. No one inside or outside the court knows it. Mr. Sun has full authority to supervise the salt. It is not a problem to earn millions of dan per year. Western Liaoning has millions of grains." , Yuan Chonghuan will definitely be able to restore the lost land...Mr. Sun, now we are counting on you to realize the late emperor’s last wish and restore the lost land in Liaodong, so don’t shirk it!”
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, "the court officials will not agree..."
Zhu Youjian said: "As long as Mr. Sun and Yuan Qing propose that you jointly submit the memorial, the courtiers will definitely agree! Whoever disagrees is Wei Zhongxian's man!"
that's true!
Sun Chengzong is now the hope of the whole Donglin, and the Donglin Party members will not oppose him because he presides over the restoration of the Central Law... The salt industry is very profitable in Italy, but you have to have power to get involved! The Donglin Party is now in opposition and cannot bear the salt tax at all, so of course it will not oppose Sun Chengzong's supervision of salt.
And Sun Chengzong can't take care of so many things by himself, so he has to bring in a group of Donglins to take care of it together...
And the eunuchs... they dare not oppose Zhu Youjian and Sun Chengzong at the same time!
Jinyiwei has returned to work, aren't you afraid?
Therefore, those who may really come out to oppose the opening of the Chinese law are a group of nobles!
But Zhu Youjian has a way to deal with them! And they must also be dealt with...Zhu Youjian now rules the whole of China with Beizhili as the center. Therefore, if we want to conquer the world, we must start from Beizhili.
Of course, the first is the inner court!
Then there is the city of Beijing.
After Beijing City comes Shuntian Prefecture and the entire Beizhili.
The threat to Zhu Youjian's rule in Beizhili was not the Donglin Party, which had a bad reputation in later generations (this Zhu Youjian did not travel through time, but was reborn, so I don't know how bad the Donglin Party is), but A group of rotten warriors. Because the Donglin Party is mainly composed of southerners, there is little chance of success in Beizhili.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, the court officials dare not object... Wu Xun may be dissatisfied, but I have ways to shut them up, so you don't have to worry.
As long as the Metropolitan Procuratorate can take over the salt affairs and use the Kaizhong method to guarantee the food and wages of western Liaoning, I will let Yuan Chonghuan serve as the governor of Liao for a long time... I don't want to ping Liao in five years or ping Liao in ten years, just hold on!
As for the defense of Jizhou, Xuanfu, and Datong... there is no need for Yuan Chonghuan to be responsible. I only need to mobilize 30,000 troops and horses from western Liaoning to arrange them properly. The army in western Liaoning is more than 110,000! After taking away 30,000 people, there are still more than 80,000 people, and then withdraw the defense of Jinzhou. With more than 80,000 people guarding Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, isn't it foolproof? With four to five million dan of food a year to support 80,000 elite soldiers, are we still afraid that we won't be able to train them? If the soldiers are well trained and the 80,000-strong army marches directly to Liaoyang and Shenyang, what else will be needed to build a city? If the soldiers are not well trained, taking an extra Jinzhou will only extend the front line, making it easier for the Donglu to encircle and recruit reinforcements. "
After listening to Zhu Youjian's deception, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan actually felt that the young emperor was quite real... They took out the salt affairs and exchanged them for 5 million shi of grain, all of which were given to Liaoxi. Moreover, 5 million dan can support an army of 80,000 people. If divided equally, one soldier can earn more than 60 dan per year. As long as Yuan Chonghuan can put fifty stones into practical use, the 80,000 soldiers will at least reach the level of the Eight Banners soldiers in terms of equipment and training.
Even if the Liao army is more afraid of death, Yuan Chonghuan's fighting skills are not that good... It is enough for Huang Taiji to use 80,000 Liao soldiers as 40,000 eight banners. Even if they are defeated, many people on Huang Taiji's side will die!
So there is no need to build so many useless castles, just take them out to fight in the field.
If you are really afraid of death, then just hang out in Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. 80,000 people are not enough?
Zhu Youjian's words have reached this point. If Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan push it further, what other officials will they be? Why should I be a loyal minister?
"I am willing to take over the salt affairs and raise money and food for western Liaoning." Sun Chengzong stood up and took the hot potato.
Yuan Chonghuan could no longer push it, and stood up and said: "Give me three years, and I can train 80,000 tiger and wolf troops for your majesty in western Liaoning!"
