The news of Mongolia's surrender quickly reached the capital, and the people in the entire capital were excited.
Apart from those traitors, Zhu Youjian may be the only one who is unhappy.
Zhu Youjian was naturally very happy after winning the battle, but the subsequent expenses were not those things that made people happy.
It's not that Zhu Youjian is petty and cares about money.
The rewards given to Zhu Youjian by those soldiers who shed their blood for the Ming Dynasty had to be paid off even if they sold iron.
In the Battle of Yulin, the Ming Dynasty sent a total of 80,000 troops. In the end, more than 10,000 people were injured and more than 3,000 people were killed.
According to the compensation rules formulated by Zhu Youjianxin, all soldiers who died in battle will be rewarded with ten acres of fertile land to their families, plus 10 years of military pay.
Calculated based on the average monthly salary of one tael of silver for the border troops, the more than 3,000 people who died in the battle ultimately needed to pay 360,000 taels of silver.
In addition to the rewards given to other soldiers, the materials consumed, etc., the Ming Dynasty had to pay more than 3 million taels of silver for this battle.
Is 3 million taels of silver a lot? not much.
Three million taels of silver directly crippled the enemies around Yulin and ensured stability around Yulin for at least ten years. It was definitely a good deal.
But for the current Ming Dynasty, the sudden extra 3 million taels of silver was a huge expenditure.
After eliminating Shanxi merchants, killing corrupt officials, collecting business taxes, and calling for payment of unpaid wages, Ming Dynasty earned nearly 30 million taels of silver this year.
The income is so much that even Wei Zhongxian, who is known as a little expert in making money, feels inferior to him.
But the Ming Dynasty spent more money. The Ming Dynasty's frontier army had millions, and military pay alone spent one-third of the court's income a year.
In addition, Zhu Youjian aggressively changed the uniforms of the army and greatly increased the level of military training, which cost another nearly 10 million taels.
Zhu Dingguo quelled the She'an rebellion and spent millions in silver rewards.
There was a severe drought in Shaanxi, and another few million taels were spent.
Let Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng train the army, and Zhu Dinghai build ships and cannons.
The salaries of hundreds of officials, the salary of the clan, the payment of arrears in installments for the construction of railways, etc., etc., etc., which one of them is not money flowing like water?
Zhu Youjian had just spent more than a year after taking the throne, and he had already spent more than 50 million taels of silver.
It's not that he didn't know, but he was shocked when he calculated it. The huge cost made Zhu Youjian feel distressed.
Fortunately, after the money was spent, the effect was still visible. The strength of the army increased greatly, and 80,000 people forced the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops to surrender. Although they took advantage of the terrain, it was still a big victory, right?
Shaanxi has stabilized, and there has been no uprising among the people due to natural or man-made disasters.
Zhu Youjian didn't have to worry for the time being, he was forced to commit suicide.
His eldest brother left him a lot of money, plus the money saved by the Qiming Chamber of Commerce over the years, Zhu Youjian still has some wealth.
However, after deducting the 10 million taels of silver reward prepared for the Liaodong battlefield, Zhu Youjian only had less than 5 million taels of silver left in his hands.
It seems like a lot, but for a country, it is really too little.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" A soft voice interrupted Zhu Youjian's thoughts.
Zhu Youjian looked up and saw that it was his queen Zhou.
Zhou is a kind-hearted, virtuous and beautiful and dignified woman. Taking charge of the harem made Zhu Youjian save a lot of worries.
In addition to the fact that Zhou never interfered with political affairs, Zhu Youjian was quite satisfied with her.
"It's okay. I'm just worried that after the families of the Ming Dynasty warriors receive subsidies, they will be targeted by some people, or they will become bad after receiving the money, which will embarrass these Ming Dynasty warriors."
Although Zhu Youjian was particularly depressed because of the lack of money, he still wanted to save face. You can't tell the outside world that the Ming Emperor was distressed because he had no money to pay silver rewards to his officers and soldiers!
If this spreads out, do you know how the civil servants will arrange it?
"Since Your Majesty is worried that the descendants of these heroes will be bullied or become bad with money, why not give a portion every year?"
"Yes, why didn't you think of installment payment?"
Paying in installments can greatly reduce the financial pressure on the court.
And this excuse can also be a good way to gain favor with the court.
Queen Zhou's words suddenly opened Zhu Youjian's mind. Zhu Youjian couldn't help but hugged Queen Zhou in front of him and kissed her.
Queen Zhou immediately blushed.
Red face, tall chest, skin as white as jade...
Seeing this, Zhu Youjian almost couldn't help but execute Queen Zhou on the spot.
Having been the emperor for a year, Zhu Youjian still has this determination.
"I'll go over and take care of you in the evening." Zhu Youjian patted Queen Zhou's buttocks and said.
"Send the order and appoint Sun Chuanting as the crown prince's eunuch...
Let Sun Chuanting select 800 generals and soldiers with outstanding performance, and I will personally reward them at Deshengmen."
Zhu Youjian personally gave rewards to the soldiers. Firstly, it showed that he attached great importance to the army. Secondly, he had the excuse of delaying the rewards. Thirdly, he finally had a reason to go out.
Since he ascended the throne, even leaving the palace has been a luxury. This time there was an honest opportunity to leave the palace, how could Zhu Youjian miss it?
The news that Zhu Youjian planned to personally reward the soldiers spread quickly, and the rumor that His Majesty loved his soldiers like his own son soon spread throughout the capital.
Beijing Jinyiwei North Town Fusi: Li Zhong urgently ordered the Jinyiwei around the capital to strictly investigate recent suspicious persons entering and leaving Beijing.
In a remote courtyard in the capital, secret guards also started emergency operations.
The Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities was dispatched urgently to conduct detailed inspections of every household in the capital, especially around Deshengmen.
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A man dressed as a scholar in a courtyard in the capital said: "The sky has eyes. The day the Dog Emperor waits for you to leave the palace will be the day when your head falls to the ground."
In a secret room in a courtyard dozens of miles outside the capital, a Tatar dressed in Han attire also shouted: "Emperor Dog, your end has come."
Zhu Youjian did not expect that his move out of the palace would attract the attention of so many forces.
Even if he knew about Zhu Youjian, he would not change his plan to leave the palace. After all, although the imperial city was big, it would be too uncomfortable to stay there all the time.
After temporarily easing the financial pressure on the court, the next step is to think about how to make money.
After much deliberation, Zhu Youjian set his sights on the mining tax that was abolished by his cheap father, Emperor Taichang.
Since ancient times, the salt and iron franchise has been an important economic lifeline for the feudal dynasty, but now the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty has been basically ruined by the Donglin Party bastards.
How could a group of bureaucratic class political groups dominated by Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats really care about the interests of ordinary people?
If you reduce taxes on the rich and then add taxes to the poor, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a bunch of beasts in disguise.
Historically, the end of the Ming Dynasty was largely due to the court's lack of money. Historically, Li Zicheng entered the capital and only plundered less than tens of thousands taels of silver from the palace, which shows how poor the Ming Dynasty was.
However, no less than 70 million taels of silver were indeed collected from those dog officials who were full of benevolence and righteousness and complained about poverty every day.
This is the result after many people saw that Daming had almost finished transferring property.
Zhu Youjian doesn't want history to repeat itself. Although he can't touch these bastards at the moment, everything is recorded in Zhu Youjian's little notebook.
By the time Zhu Dingguo pacified the Jiannu slaves and seized the Korean Peninsula, the reserve officials would have been trained almost, and by then it would be time to kill the pigs.
