"How much do you want?"
When Li Zhongshan heard this number, he immediately felt that the strong father-son relationship between him and Li Fuchen was a little weak.
"Second brother, two million is not much." Li Zhongzheng saw that his good second brother looked in pain, and quickly settled the accounts with his fingers, "We want to penetrate Jiangxi, and at least capture Raozhou and Fuzhou. There are four prefectures, Ji'an and Nan'an, four prefectures! Four prefectures only charge 2 million, and one prefecture only charges an average of 500,000 taels. Do you think it is expensive? If divided equally among the counties, one county would cost tens of thousands of taels. . When the Qing Dynasty was about to bring peace to the world, a magistrate in Fuxian County, Jiangxi Province, might have this number.
This is our father. If it were another vassal king, even if you gave him twice as much, he wouldn't help you to take over four Jiangxi mansions. That is the territory of Jiangxi, which is extremely rich! "
Not to mention, Li Zhongzheng’s account of spending money to buy land is quite clear!
Today's Jiangxi is a wealthy area second only to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. In the Ming Dynasty, the land tax amount was similar to that of Zhejiang, both of which were more than two million yuan a year.
In addition, there is now a world-class manufacturing center in Raozhou, Jiangxi Province - Jingdezhen, which is no less than the porcelain capital of Foshan Town!
It’s not a loss if you spend two million to buy this place alone!
But the problem is that "buying land" by Li Fuchen and Li Zhongzheng does not mean actually owning it - "buying land" does not mean handing over money and land, and it is even different from buying a vacancy as an official in the Qing Dynasty.
When buying land, you usually just buy a vassal who will listen to orders but not announcements!
It would be great if the army can also be stationed in the county where the government offices and state offices are located. As for receiving money and food from the "bought" land, there is still a lot of trouble!
Therefore, although it is faster to spend money to buy a piece of land, the price-performance ratio is really not as good as buying a piece of land directly.
For example, Li Zhongshan sent Li Fuchen to help him attack Anqing in Anhui Province, and later sent him to Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Huizhou, Guangde and other five prefectures. Although he spent more than 2 million (including military pay, food, grass, etc.) equipment, bounties, pensions, etc.), but most of the counties below these state capitals really fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. It also includes the military towns of Anqing, Dangtu, and Caishiji. The price/performance ratio is pretty good.
But even for these truly conquered territories, it would still take a lot of effort to provide the Ming Dynasty with food and pay for the army. Not only because of the labor and effort required to integrate the territories, but also because of the issue of how these state capitals should be governed in the Ming Dynasty. However, there is still considerable controversy.
Recently, Li Zhongshan has also received many proposals written by the political officials (leaders among the political officials), proposing to build cities in Yingtian, Guangfu, Shaozhou, Chaozhou, Fengyang, Yangzhou, Huai'an, Sizhou, Chuzhou, Outside the territory of fourteen prefectures and one state, including Yingzhou, Huizhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, there are different opinions on the full implementation of the "national system"!
What these "different opinions" mean is that this "national system" is of course very good and fragrant, but the more people and scholars there are, the lower the gold content. To a certain extent, these "Chinese people and scholars" are the same as the "shareholders" of the Ming Dynasty. They have already obtained the shares at a "low price", and Ming Dynasty's three-point world seems to be stable. Of course, they do not want more people Use the same "low price" to buy shares and become the same "shareholder" as them to dilute their equity.
And if this matter is not fully understood, the Ming court will not only be unable to obtain profits from these new territories, but there will even be problems in the management of the territories that have been determined to implement the national system. At least Li Zhongshan wants to raise money from these territories to recruit troops. It will be quite difficult!
It’s really a headache!
Seeing that Li Zhongshan was silent, Li Zhongzheng asked with concern: "Second brother, is the money of this court a little tight?"
When Li Zhongshan heard this, he thought that his brother was going to speak for him, so he nodded quickly.
Li Zhongzheng said: "How about we sell all the dispatches from Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Huizhou, Guangde and other five prefectures and one prefecture? There are dozens of counties in these five prefectures and one prefecture, plus the prefects and prefects." , Tongzhi. Coupled with the county magistrate and the county officials, selling it for two million is not a big problem."
Selling one's official position or selling one's real lack!
This operation really seems familiar!
Li Zhongshan frowned and said: "This Huizhou Prefecture cannot be sold. Many Huizhou merchants have already bought national scholars and nationals, so Huizhou Prefecture must implement the national system."
Isn’t Nanjing just Huijing? Many businessmen doing business in Nanjing are originally from Huizhou, so there is no controversy about the implementation of the national system in Huizhou.
"The 1.5 million can always be raised!" Li Zhongzheng knew that there was a high probability that the 2 million would not be raised, so he could only spare a little, "You can raise more and give me 1.8 million! "
Only reduced by 200,000?
Li Zhongshan pressed his temples - he had a headache!
Then he looked at Li Fuchen and said, "Father, I really don't have any money. How about I give you one million in bonds?"
"Debt note? Only one million?" Li Fuchen frowned, "Son, I don't want this money. It's used to buy land. Are you willing to collect the debt note?"
"You can fight them until they are captured!" Li Zhongshan said, "Now Jieshu is concentrating his troops to guard Jiujiang and Nankang. In the rest of the places, there are only some green troops in Nanchang Fucheng, Fuzhou Fucheng, Jianchang Fucheng, and Ganzhou Fucheng. Squire group training. Give them something powerful and kill them as a warning to others, so they won’t dare not accept them!"
"Second brother, one million debt notes will definitely not work." Li Zhongzheng shook his head, "If one million debt notes are put on the Nanjing market, you can't even exchange for 800,000 in cash."
"Okay," Li Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll give you 800,000 in cash, no more!"
"Eight hundred thousand cash? That's not enough!" Li Fuchen immediately shouted, "Second brother, you can't cheat your father like this!"
"That's enough, that's enough." Li Zhongshan waved his hand and said, "How can it be not enough? Let me add some more to you!"
"At least five hundred thousand more!" Li Fuchen stretched out a slap in the face.
"Five prefects. Raozhou, Fuzhou, Ji'an, Nan'an, and one more, Nanchang!" Li Zhongshan said, "You will recommend the first prefects of these five prefectures. Is this OK? Your brother and adopted son There are so many, the arrangements have to be made, right?”
"How can this magistrate be exchanged for one hundred thousand taels? My brother and adopted son are both upright officials!" Li Fuchen was still unhappy, "They won't make money!"
"They can't?" Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "How about this? I'll write two letters to Xiao Tu and Boss and ask them to help you raise 500,000 in cash in Guangdong. Is this okay?"
"This." Li Fuchen pondered for a moment, "I also want those five magistrates! Although my brothers and adopted sons are both upright officials, they still have to be officials!"
It’s finally done!
Li Zhongshan breathed out: "What we do is what we say! Dad, when will you send out troops?"
Li Fuchen said: "When will the 800,000 be sent to Guichi and when will I send out troops?"
They really are father and son, and they settle accounts clearly!
"Okay," Li Zhongshan said, "Father, then go back to Guichi and prepare to send troops. I will leave for Nanjing tomorrow to find a way to raise the 800,000 for you!"
"Third brother, you come with your second brother!" Li Fuchen smiled and pointed at his third son, "Second brother, he was trained by his father. He can be a brigade marshal! Let him follow you in the future. You have to use it!"
"Okay!" Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "I know the skills of the third child. He is the 'number one' in the martial arts hall. Not to mention the brigade commander, he can also be the commander-in-chief of a town!
Third brother, follow me! I will first give you a brigade of Huaixi troops to lead the area! "
"Little brother, thank you second brother for your cultivation!" Li Zhongzheng quickly stood up and gave a fist-cup salute.
Li Zhongshan waved to him to sit down first, and then said to Li Fuchen: "Dad, please take a look at this matter about Sun Jiqing."
"It must be kept secret!" Li Fuchen sighed and said, "It doesn't sound good anywhere that brothers are incompatible. So Sun Jiqing is no longer your brother!"
Li Zhongshan nodded and said to himself: Having too many sons will devalue the country, not to mention the people of the country. There is only one Sun Yanling, and she is so rare that she is not even willing to do a "paternity test". When Li Fuchen arrived, there were more than twenty legitimate sons, concubines, and evil sons. What does it mean if one is missing?
Li Fuchen went on to say: "If the news is released again, it will be said that the former Guangxi general Sun Yanling has defected to Kangxi, escaped from Wu Sangui, and may go to Guangxi to cause trouble. We can't let people know now that we are about to fall out with Wu Sangui!"
Li Zhongshan nodded and said: "I think so too, and Wu Sangui probably thinks so too!"
The Ming Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty must now give the people below a stable expectation. Only when the expectations are stable can they prepare for war!
Therefore, Li Zhongshan not only wanted to return to Nanjing with a triumphal ceremony, but also welcomed Wu Xiaoxian into the family with great fanfare.
In this way, the Chinese people and scholars in the southeast will believe that the situation of this "company" in Ming Dynasty is great!
Only when everyone believes that the situation is great, will Ming's "company" be valuable, and can Ming's bonds be sold!
The inner street of Yifengmen in Nanjing was already filled with the jubilant scholars and citizens of Yingtian Mansion. This avenue leading from the north of Nanjing City to Longjiangguan Wharf has always been a main passage for troops entering and exiting the city because it is close to the camp area in the north of the city. However, after the Battle of Nanjing ended, following the instructions of Li Zhongshan, Shangshu Youcheng, Yingtian Fuyin, and Hubu Shangshu Lu Sanhao began to preside over the development of Yingtian North City - specifically, widening the roads and demolishing barracks. , build new residential and commercial areas.
This city development is a good deal that brings in money very quickly!
As for the military camps, of course most of them were moved to the outer city of Nanjing. According to Li Zhongshan's order, four camps were set up in the four directions of Xiaolingwei, Yuhuatai, Jiangdong Bridge, and Mufu Mountain in the four directions of southeast and northwest outside the inner city of Nanjing (including the west outer city)!
In addition, the commercial district of Nanjing's West Outer City has also begun to expand, and now a large piece of land originally belonging to Nanjing's outer city has been circled south of the West Outer City - Li Zhongshan is planning to build a "military handicraft industry zone" there. We also plan to send people to Guangzhou and Foshan to attract investment.
In order to support this "military handicraft industry zone", the Ministry of Industry under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty Shangshu Province recently invited a group of miners from Wuchang Prefecture and Xuzhou to search for iron ore and coal mines around Nanjing.
With the expansion of the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing, the political center, economic center, and financial center, naturally prospered, and it has vaguely become one of the top three metropolises in the world.
right! They are among the top three in the world!
Today's top three metropolises in the world are undoubtedly Nanjing, Suzhou and Foshan! Perhaps if we rank this ranking all the way to the top ten, it will be difficult to find a foreign city on it. Oh, maybe Istanbul and Edo could be among them? Anyway, New York, London, and Paris are definitely not possible.
Since a few days ago, the people of the metropolis Nanjing have known that their general will return to the capital in triumph!
Although this time the Northern Expedition failed to achieve the goal of "entering Luo", the Northern Expedition army only went as far as Hulao Pass. But the harvest is still good! According to the announcement issued by the General's Office, through this Northern Expedition, the Ming Dynasty had captured and firmly controlled Chenzhou Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Yongcheng, Xiayi, Luyi of Guide Prefecture, and Kaifeng Prefecture. Yanling and other places.
It seems that the harvest is not big, that is, one state, one prefecture and four counties. However, these prefectures and counties belonging to Henan Province can effectively protect the Huaibei region of Anhui - once these sites are managed, they will be the "door panels" of Anhui! And once Anhui is stable, Huijing, oh, Nanjing will naturally be stable!
Therefore, the people of Nanjing are still satisfied with the results of General Li's Northern Expedition!
In addition, General Li's father, Pingxi General Nan Wang Li Fuchen, has also done a good job recently, recovering four prefectures and one state in southern Anhui - Wannan and Huijing are actually the same territory, and recovering Wannan can be said to have recovered part of Huijing!
Another piece of news that reassures Nanjing people is the marriage between the families of General Li Zhongshan and Prince Wu Yingxiong of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Li Zhongshan originally married Wu Guogui's daughter, but now he has taken Wu Yingxiong's daughter as his concubine. It’s just kiss after kiss.
It seems that the "de facto alliance" between Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty can continue!
The alliance between Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty can be maintained, which means that it is only a matter of time before Ming Dynasty regains Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
With Jiangxi and Zhejiang, the three-thirds of the Ming Dynasty will be impregnable!
How could the people of Nanjing, mainly the people of Nanjing, be unhappy?
They are the shareholders of Daming! The announcement from the General's Office is equivalent to a financial statement. This financial report is simply beautiful. All aspects of business are growing, market share is getting higher and higher, sales revenue is increasing, and the situation is great.
The only fly in the ointment is that the cash flow is a bit insufficient, so we need to raise some more funds!
Whether it is to issue new shares - also known as expanding the recruitment of national scholars and nationals, or to issue bonds - is not decided yet, we have to wait and see.
So the entire Nanjing, which is packed with people today, came to watch the triumphant army. It would be even better if they could see the beautiful appearance of Princess Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty. She is the guarantee that the cooperative relationship between Da Ming and Da Zhou will continue!
This Yifengmen inner street, all the way to Nanjing's Longjiangguan Pier, is lined with shareholders who spontaneously came to welcome the triumphant army!
It is no exaggeration to say that the people of Ming Dynasty have never been so patriotic as they are now!
An official ship clad in red and colorful colors arrived at the pier, and officials and political officials in official and Chinese uniforms rushed forward - they could observe Wu Xiaoji up close!
When the gangplank was lowered on the official ship, everyone stopped and stretched their necks to look. Then I saw Li Zhongshan also wearing a bright red Chinese robe, with a long sword that was standard for "original Confucianism" hanging on his waist, walking out of the cabin, followed by a Pinting woman who was also wearing red makeup. This woman had a hair Wearing a phoenix crown made of gold, she has a delicate appearance and a noble temperament. At a glance, you can tell that she is not an ordinary woman, but she is probably the Princess of Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Li Zhongshan waved to everyone, then strode off the gangplank alone, walked straight to Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao at the front of the crowd, and said in front of everyone in a deliberately raised voice: "Mr. Fu Fu, Mr. Sanhao, although the battle of Zhongshan failed to capture Luoyang and Kaifeng, it also promoted the prestige of our Ming Dynasty and reached an agreement with Wu Zhou to equally divide the world. Now our Ming Dynasty can concentrate on taking over Jiangxi and Zhejiang, a three-point trend. It’s almost certain!”
Of course Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao knew that the alliance between Li Zhongshan and Wu Sangui was dead in name only! The two sides were getting closer and closer when they were torn apart.
But there is no need to talk about this matter everywhere. Talking too much may "affect refinancing." Therefore, the two of them also had a beaming expression and cooperated with Li Zhongshan's acting. Naturally, a group of Nanjing people who were not good at reading "reports" were very happy. In this Ming Dynasty, there must be more "limits" "ah!
(End of chapter)
