Zhu Youjian did not give the people free food and tax in the disaster year, but thought of adding money and money to himself. This kind of behavior looks like a foolish king...
However, he himself knew very well that the people's money and food were absolutely unavoidable - because the disasters in the second and third years of Chongzhen were nothing compared to the next few years! If it is avoided now, what will happen in the year of real disaster? When the time comes, the entire north will be unable to collect money and food, and money will have to be poured out to provide disaster relief. Can Emperor Chongzhen still be able to generate money and food?
Moreover, the catastrophic disaster 10 years after Chongzhen will continue for five to seven years, and it will not be improved until 17 years after Chongzhen.
Seeing the catastrophe of "destroying the world and destroying the world" getting closer and closer, there are only two things that he, the head of the Ming Dynasty, can do. One is to survive as much as possible while the times are not too bad. A little money and food! The second is to tap the potential in the provinces in the south that are not severely affected by the disaster... If the south can produce tens of millions more tons of food, it can somewhat alleviate the food shortage in the north.
Whether it is to store grain to prepare for famine or to develop the south, money (grain) has to be spent. Therefore, not only could Zhu Youjian not be able to provide free grain and tax to the people below during the third year of Chongzhen, but even Liao's pay was only available in severely affected areas such as Shaanxi and Zhili. The eight prefectures that have implemented tax reform are exempted (the Liaoning rate assessment in Shaanxi is more than 200,000, and the eight prefectures in Zhili are even less, and the two together are less than 300,000). In most provinces, you still have to pay! Because without these millions of Liao's salary assessments, the court may be able to cover expenses, but it will definitely not be able to save money or food.
There is no food to prepare for shortages. Ten years after arriving in Chongzhen, if it doesn't rain, no matter how wise you are, there is nothing you can do! Even if Li Zicheng were to level the land and free up taxes and plunder, he still wouldn't be able to produce enough food to feed at least 20 million people for 7 years!
As for gold and silver, that is even more natural. This money was not squandered by Zhu Youjian, but used to feed the 30,000-strong Qianjun Army and Mao Wenlong's 20,000-30,000 troops.
Thirty thousand soldiers in front of the army would have to spend 1.2 million taels (stone) a year. Mao Wenlong's army would cost 6[fo]00,000 a year.
In addition, the five noble concubines Ordo who were resettled outside the Great Wall also had to spend money...the Mongolians under Ordo would follow the widows of Hutu Dun Khan to seek refuge, wouldn't they just want to have enough to eat? And Zhu Youjian wanted to rely on them to protect the Monan grassland, shield the lands of Xuan, Da, Yan, and Xia, and support Yanshan, so he had to spend money to support them. Of course, raising these 50,000-household Ordos is not as expensive as raising the border troops of the Ming Dynasty. One 10,000-household Ordos can replenish 100,000 taels (stone) a year as a minimum. Five 10,000-household Ordos are at least That's 500,000 yuan a year. If there is a military deployment, you will definitely have to spend more.
The total expenditure of the three armies is two million and several hundred thousand!
And this is just a fixed maintenance fee. If the fight is really fierce, three to four million a year will not be enough.
If the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development does not give Zhu Youjian more money, how can the income from house confiscation alone be enough to support him? Even if that's enough... Zhu Youjian glanced coldly at the officials present and thought: You corrupt officials wouldn't be happy, right?
Perhaps it was Zhu Youjian's caring eyes that moved Wen Tiren. The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue hurriedly asked with a smile on his face: "Long live Lord, the reason why the Ministry of Revenue is somewhat wealthy now is because of your kindness. It's also a good idea for you to increase money." It should be... I wonder how much you want to add?"
Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded. This Wen Tiren still has a conscience!
"My gold flower and silver is now 1.2 million taels a year... I am too embarrassed to add more, so I can double it and give 2.4 million taels."
Zhu Youjian's requirements are really not high... His original 1.2 million taels of gold and silver still have many fixed expenses. They cannot all be used to raise troops. He can only spend 300,000 taels at most. Now another 1.2 million has been added, making it 1.5 million.
Zhu You estimated that his army would spend 3 million a year, and he would have to put at least another 1.5 million into it.
If we can take back all the Huangzhuang properties controlled by Yuma Monitoring, plus the properties originally belonging to Prince Fu's Mansion and Prince Qin's Mansion, and hand them over to Widow Xu to operate, we can make a profit of about 3 million yuan a year (mainly from land rent) ). It is enough to maintain the army on hand, but Zhu Youjian also wants to collect more food while the famine is not severe, so he has to find another way to open up financial resources!
"My lord, I obey your decree!" How dare Wen Tiren refuse to agree? He, the Minister of Household Affairs, has a dirty butt. If Zhu Youjian really wanted someone to ransack his house, he would definitely not run away.
"Your Majesty," the Minister of War, King Zai Jin, said, "Now the emperors from all over the country have come to Beijing one after another. Many of these people only read the books of sages... They don't know the gold and silver capital of Long Live Lord." If you let them know that you added 1.2 million taels of gold and silver in one go, people will be furious..."
"What?" Zhu Youjian glared, "My soldier, do you think my front-entry soldiers and Mongolian Orduo don't need to spend money to support them? Who has repeatedly defeated the Eastern slaves and Western thieves in the past two years?"
Wang Zaijin shook his head: "No, no, no...I just think that the expenditures of the Zhangqian soldiers, Mongolian Orduo and Mao Wenlong tribes do not have to go to the internal transportation warehouse, but can be spent to the household department, so it looks good." It’s no longer glaring.”
Sun Chengzong took over the topic raised by Wang Zaijin, "Your Majesty, I think that Mao Wenlong's Pingliao Army can be placed under the control of Governor Jiliao... Half of the Pingliao Army's salary can be raised through Kaizhong Law, and the Ministry of Household Affairs only needs An expenditure of 300,000 is enough.”
Zhu Youjian thought to himself: Does Sun Chengzong want to kill Mao Wenlong?
"No need! Mao Wenlong's troops continue to be maintained by the internal treasury, and there is still plenty of money from the salt business, which can be invested in the cultivation of Liaoxi Town." Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "And I'm not afraid of those idiots who are obsessed with studying making trouble! Since I came to the throne, the northern captives have surrendered, the eastern slaves are weak, and the western rebels have been pacified... Moreover, after winning so many battles, there is still a lot of surplus in the Taicang treasury.
How can an emperor like me be afraid of a few idiots making trouble? And I still have 30,000 to 40,000 Jin Yiwei... The Jin Yiwei spends more than 1 million a year, will this matter not be settled? If they really can't be pacified, what's the use of raising them? "
Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, several civil servants could not help but breathe a sigh of relief - it seems that the next thing the little emperor wants to deal with is the Jin Yiwei.
Those grandsons spend more than one million a year and take countless bribes, but they seem to be of no use at all...
...
Just when Zhu Youjian was discussing with several ministers about adding more money, his five Mongolian noble concubines, escorted by more than a thousand Uliangha and Wurduo's cavalry, had passed through the Yuecheng gate of Guanglingmen and entered. Xuanfu City is here.
The appearance of these Mongolian women immediately caused a sensation among the people inside and outside Guanglingmen Yuecheng.
This is the woman of the Mongolian Khan!
Now they are all the concubines of the little emperor... Although this move does not conform to the etiquette of the Central Plains, it does make the grassland famous.
The military households here in Xuan Mansion, whether they are still serving in the army or are military scholars, all know the things outside the wall and know the ferocity of the northern captives.
Knowing even more how popular the widow of the Great Khan is, the little emperor grabbed four Dafujins in one go, which fully proves that he is already the most capable overlord on the Monan Grassland!
From now on, the people of Xuanfu Town will finally have a stable life...
However, those scholars who came from Taiping in the south did not know much about the market. For example, the few scholars from Henan began to shake their heads, especially one of them, a short and plump middle-aged scholar in his mid-thirties. He shook his head repeatedly and whispered: "It's so outrageous. Since the founding of this dynasty, when has such a thing happened? These five Mongolian women have no shame..."
"Brother Ju Ming, if the emperor can snatch them away, he must be considered capable, right?" A young man in his twenties took over the topic with a smile, and pointed the folding fan at the leader, Princess Wuliangha. , "Look, she's quite beautiful... so heroic!"
"Brother Xin Zhi," the fat man known as "Brother Ju Ming" turned back to look at this handsome young man and smiled, "I know you like heroic women... I will look for you to find a good wife." How about being a concubine?"
This brother Ju Ming’s original surname is Niu, and his given name is Jin Xing! It is the golden star of Jurenniu in Baofeng County, Henan! The "Xin's younger brother" who likes women in the world is surnamed Li, with the character "Xin" in his name, and he is a member of the People's Government of Qixian County, Henan Province. The two of them came to Beijing together to take the exam, but after they came to the north, they did not find a place to study properly. They had to wander around and hang out with a group of nerds from Beizhili, talking about the world and giving advice...
