On December 16, the first year of Chongzhen, Nanhaizi came to the palace.
Regarding the land tax reform in Beizhili, Datong, Xuanfu and other places, the imperial edict to implement the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry was passed at the Nanhaizi Xiaochao meeting without any obstacles.
Of course...the reform was limited to Beizhili, Datong, and Xuanfu, and the main damage was to the interests of the Beijing Xungui Group and a group of eunuchs. The civil servants, especially the six six subjects all from the south, were not harmed at all in this reform. Of course, they would not stand up for the nobles and eunuchs, but they themselves were sent to Liaoxi to die by Zhu Youjian. .
Moreover, Sun Chengzong and Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party must have worked hard behind the scenes - they are only one step away from joining the cabinet as prime minister!
Now that Prince Fu and his family have captured Nan Haizi, as long as they work harder, Prince Fu and the eunuchs who support Prince Fu may all be doomed. At this time, the Donglin Party must be a little better and a little better...
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the edict that had gone through the formalities of red-letting and voting, "The tax reform in Beizhili has been decided for now...The next step is to implement it. Yes, I will personally take care of it! I can't control other places, but Beizhili is under my nose!"
Zhu Youjian now knows the meaning of "doing everything personally"... "Must do everything" is an exaggeration, but there are still many things that require "doing everything". For example, you have to personally conduct military training. Although it is impossible to conduct tax reform in Beizhili, Datong, and Xuanfu, you can personally supervise it. There are only 8 prefectures in Beizhili, plus Datong and Xuanfu, for a total of 10 prefectures. Zhu Youjian can supervise each prefecture. You can also conduct spot checks from time to time. If the officer doesn't work well, he will be sent directly to Liaoxi to die!
Zhu Youjian placed the edict on the desk in front of him, and then talked about the four towns of "Ji, Liao, Yan, and Yun" - the core territory of Zhu Youjian, the emperor, was "Jing, Chang, Xuan, Da, Ji, Liao, Yan, Yun", plus the eight prefectures of Northern Zhili.
There used to be a Baozhen Town on the territory of Beizhili, which was responsible for the direct Great Wall defense line between Shanxi and Beizhili. It has recently been revoked by Zhu Youjian - this town and the Great Wall it guards are actually It was used to guard against the Mongols who broke through the defense lines of Datong and Shanxi towns. Of course there is no need to keep it now. The Southern Emperor and the Northern Khan are all relatives, and the Northern Khan Lindan Batur clearly cannot defeat the Southern Emperor Zhu Youjian. How can he sneak into the territory of Baozhen Town?
So now Zhu Youjian has eight prefectures and eight towns at his disposal. According to the plan, the four towns of Jing, Chang, Xuan, and Da plus the eight prefectures of North Zhili will together support 80,000 troops and 12,000 cavalry in front of the tent. A total of 92,000 soldiers! The expenses for these 920,000 soldiers, except for the 700,000 shi of pro-democracy grain in Shanxi (which was originally shipped to Datong and Xuanfu), were all provided by the four towns of Jing, Chang, Xuan, and Da and the eight prefectures of Beizhili - -In fact, as long as the tax reform in Northern Zhili is implemented, it will be enough to pay for 80,000 soldiers. With the income from millions of acres of land and royal estates, we should be able to support 12,000 cavalrymen. However, Zhu Youjian also planned to organize another 30,000 scout troops, so he asked the Shanxi people to continue to provide food for the pro-democracy movement... It would not be a loss if he had more money and food on hand.
"It's still early today," Zhu Youjian continued, "Let's discuss the military pay and troop quotas in the four towns of Yan, Yun, Ji, and Liao!"
He tapped his fingers lightly on the desk in front of him and said thoughtfully: "Among these four towns, Ji and Yun towns have no real land. Like Changping town, they are both located on the land of Beizhili.
Among them, the food and salary in Ji Town were raised through the Kaizhong Law and were collected by the Duyan Yushi Yamen under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, while the food and salary in Yun Town were provided by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Yan and Liao towns both have solid soil. However, these two towns are located on the frontier, and the acquired land requires a large amount of capital and energy to be developed. The imperial court's financial resources are limited and it is impossible to use all floating officials, so I decided to set up 90 military and civilian command offices or military and civilian 1,000-household offices... If all 90 guard stations are successfully opened, there will be 90,000 military households.
In addition, the two towns of Yan and Liao also had to deploy additional troops as the backbone to garrison key points.
The Ministry of War has recently drawn up a plan, saying that there will be 25,000 frontline soldiers in Yanzhen, 15,000 frontal soldiers in Yunzhen, 40,000 frontal soldiers in Ji Town, and 40,000 frontal soldiers in Liao Town... The Communists of Yan, Yun, Ji, and Liao Set the amount of troops at 120,000. To support these 120,000 soldiers, including freight, a total of 5.5 million yuan in food and salary is needed a year, of which Yanyun's soldiers cost 1.5 million, which is raised by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Ji and Liao'e soldiers needed 4 million. Starting from the second year of Chongzhen, Kaizhongfa provided 3 million and the Ministry of War provided 1 million. Since the third year of Chongzhen's reign, all cases have been solved by Chinese law.
There are still 90,000 military households in Yan and Liao towns, and they also need government subsidies. The Ministry of War's plan is to provide an annual subsidy of 20 shi per household, including freight, and 1.8 million shi for 90,000 households, half of which will be discounted in color and half of which will be in grain. Among them, the 1.2 million subsidies needed by 60,000 households in Yan Town were all raised by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The 30,000 households in Liao Town needed a subsidy of 600,000 yuan. In the second year of Chongzhen, the Ministry of Household Affairs provided 300,000 yuan, and in the next three years, it was all raised by Kaizhongfa.
In this way, the four towns of Yan, Yun, Ji, and Liao need 7.3 million yuan in food and salary every year, of which the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to provide 4 million to 2.7 million yuan, and the rest is raised by Kaizhongfa.
All the ministers will go back and do some calculations to see if our court can afford these expenses. "
The expenses are certainly not small, but they are not greater than during the Tianqi years. The four towns of Yan, Yun, Ji, and Liao have a salary of 7.3 million, plus the 3 million from Jing, Chang, Xuan, and Da, the total is 10.3 million, supporting 200,000 elite soldiers and 90,000 military households. But among them, the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to get money directly. If we don’t count the 3 million received in Beizhili and Xuan and Da towns, it will be 2.7 million three years later in Chongzhen. In addition, due to the reform of the salt industry, the salt tax has been reduced by more than 2 million, and there is also a maximum of 500,000 stone tax and grain tax due to Beizhili... which is almost over 5 million.
During the Tianqi years, they could only raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Liao Town.
Of course, this expenditure is only the cost of maintaining the elite soldiers of the Eight Towns. It does not include the "start-up" fees for Yan and Liao towns, as well as the two 10,000-household Ordos - this is a huge one-time expenditure!
Fortunately, there happened to be a wealthy "heir to the Ming Dynasty" Zhu Changxun in Zhu Youjian's Nanhaizi Palace!
After the court meeting, Zhu Youjian held a banquet in the palace hall to welcome Zhu Changxun, who had just arrived in Nanhaizi last night.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food. Zhu Youjian went straight to the topic without waiting for Zhu Changxun to get drunk.
"Uncle, I heard that you are almost going to inherit my throne?"
As soon as he heard this, King Fu Zhu Changxun almost lost his temper. After he recovered, he knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian without saying a word.
"Long live my life, please forgive me. I don't dare to covet a big position. I just want to be a rich man..."
Rich man? It just can’t make you rich!
Zhu Youjian smiled and waved his hand, "Uncle Emperor, don't be like this... I don't mean to blame you! I like fighting, and I like to take risks. The sword has no eyes, and it's hard to say what's wrong with it. Moreover, I like fighting. I have no son. If anything happens, the Ming Dynasty will have to be given to you. If you are not the emperor, who can be the emperor? "
Dong Dong Dong...
King Fu said nothing and kowtowed.
"Stop kowtow, stop kowtow..." Zhu Youjian winked at Li Zicheng, who was accompanying King Fu, and the latter immediately went up to hold him down.
Zhu Youjian continued: "Uncle Emperor, I recruited you to come to Beijing this time because I want you to resign from the vassal state and go to Nanjing to take charge... Only after you go to the south can I send troops boldly and confidently." !”
"Long live my lord, the queen will give birth soon, and this baby will definitely be a son..."
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Even a son may die in infancy, so I still have to let you go to Nanjing!"
"My lord, my lord..." Of course Fu Wang Zhu Changxun knew that Zhu Youjian couldn't be so easy to talk to, and he must be holding back his bad intentions!
Zhu Youjian said again: "Uncle, please don't refuse, and I won't allow you to refuse... Even if my son is not sick or in trouble, you should still go to Nanjing to take charge. If anything happens, you can go north to assist." Government. So you should resign from the feudal state immediately and go to Nanjing to become a stay-at-home prince!"
