Jingming

Chapter 72 Give him money, give him, want to go home early

The military system of the guards can cover part of the expenses in the field. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was even a surplus in addition to the food and salaries of the guards.

The recruitment and payment of soldiers depend entirely on finances, professional soldiers.

Zhu Houcong opened his mouth to call back everyone's attention: "I understand that recruiting soldiers need to pay three taels to five taels of silver per year. Since they are elite soldiers in the Beijing camp, based on 15 people, they need 75 yuan a year. Two. The annual salaries of the soldiers recruited by each side are only more than 1205 taels. However, within three years, this year, the old troops such as the Eastern and Western Government Offices will be reorganized. Come on. Next year, [-] yuan will be selected, and [-] yuan will be selected the next year. In three years, the total extra expenditure of the Beijing camp will only be [-] million taels."

"As for the issue of revenue and expenditure three years later, it is a more important matter. The enthronement edict mentioned many new policies related to land tax and salt tax, how to implement them to increase revenue, and then how to spread them within the entire Ming Dynasty Arranging and eliminating unnecessary expenses more reasonably is the basis for ensuring that our capital has a strong enough elite army."

Zhu Houcong said firmly: "Everything will be difficult, I know it. But the Beijing camp cannot continue to be slack. I made it clear in the Xie Note that the weather has changed, and the situation of the northern captives must be getting bigger and bigger. .If there is another large-scale invasion of the south, do we only rely on the already corrupt border town guards? This is not something that can be done, but something that should be done. In my opinion, this thing must be done!"

He opened his mouth and threw a heavier mountain in the past: "The guards are corrupt, and the proportion of soldiers recruited in border towns is getting higher and higher. You must be mentally prepared for the total annual military salary to reach 20 million taels in 200 years. My Ming Dynasty There must be at least 40 capable soldiers. In order to ensure the future situation, it is time for the monarch and his ministers to work together and gradually increase the annual income to 800 million taels within ten years!"

After finishing this long passage, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief: It seems that they are not planning their ideas, but really planning for the long-term.

Guo Xun and others were stunned when they heard it, their hearts beat violently.

For the Beijing camp alone, 1205 million taels will be distributed within three years!

Within 20 years, the annual military salary will reach 200 million taels!

Your Majesty is considering border troubles, there will be wars in the future.

Some people think that the opportunity to make meritorious service has come, and some people think that there will be more silver taels in their hands.

For a moment, all the honorable officials looked eagerly at the emperor—except Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.Oh no, they are relatives of the state, not honored ministers.

As for the gradual increase in the annual income of real silver to 800 million taels within ten years, which would make the scalps of cabinet ministers and household minister Yang Tan suddenly numb, they don't care.

Zhu Houcong looked at Yang Ting and them.

This is the effect of Zhang Juzheng's reform that Lao Qin said.

In ten years, he, the emperor, personally promoted it, and the land annexation has not been as outrageous as it was more than 50 years later, should it be realized?
If you don't make this preparation now, you will have to face the embarrassing situation of war together and extra side pay soaring to tens of millions.

I want to thank Houzhao. My cousin just beat up the little prince. At present, the border troubles are not so tense. Although the Jurchens also colluded with Mongolian and Japanese pirates during the Chenghua period, they were not extremely serious. when.

But it's not far from that.

The civil servants present were all dumbfounded.

Wang Qiong predicted that the emperor attached great importance to money, and even recommended Sun Jiao to be reinstated because of this, but he did not expect that His Majesty's appetite would be so big as the secretary of the household department.

In ten years, the annual income and real silver will double, and corresponding to the 40 elite soldiers, there must be food.

In the past hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, has the annual revenue increased so rapidly?
自开国之初的税粮从总计不到2000万石提高到洪武26年的三千290七万余石之后，大明这100多年来税粮就一直只能维持在3000万石左右。

Including various incomes, the annual income is also stable at around 400 million taels.

It is stable!The reason why it rose so fast at the beginning of the founding of the country was because the war was over and the world was stable.

Yang Tinghe was under a lot of pressure and couldn't help muttering with a bitter face: "Then why don't we discuss how to earn 800 million taels of real silver within ten years!"

The tone of a big grievance.

"That will be discussed later." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Chen Qing previously suggested that the Xuanfu should give 100 million taels, and each side should give 50 taels. If the Xuanfu should pay 20 taels first, please tell me." It’s all ready. What’s the matter, the Beijing camp has left a total of 1205 million taels, so it can’t be done? In the past three years, there will be no need to pay for the Beijing camp.”

Many people in the Xunchen sighed: Lao Chen is sensible, but his wrist is too good.

After all, it is only about the future, and the proportion of recruits is not high at the moment, and this time it is limited to the Beijing camp.

The smoke from the scene of the fire at Rijingmen in Qianqing Palace is still rising, and it hasn't dispersed yet!

The emperor is eager to do a good job in the Beijing camp now, who agrees?Who is against?
Xun Chen unanimously agreed - although they did not dare to express their opinions at all.

Literati have no objection - don't get mad, please.

The family property of the two criminal officials entered into the final distribution discussion (argument) (argument) [whispered and peaceful state].

Discuss gently, don't provoke the emperor.

Is it just to ask for money to take the fire incident lightly?This is really asking for money with "life"!

Can't afford to offend.

In addition to the 1205 million taels prepared for the Beijing camp and the total of 180 million taels used to renovate the Rijingmen, Qingning Palace, and Yangxin Palace, there are too many people fighting for the remaining money, including the salary and labor paid by the Ministry of War. The cost of the construction of the Mausoleum of Emperor Zhengde and the renovation of the Mausoleum of King Xingxian, etc.

The Qingning Palace does not need to be moved, but it needs to be repaired, and it will be completed within two or three months, which will not cost much.

The Rijing Gate is just a gate, and with the addition of the half-southern house that was burned down, it doesn't cost much.

The layout of the Hall of Mental Cultivation has changed a lot. Since there will be functions such as Kaiyan Dynasty and the Emperor's Sleeping Palace in the future, the interior furnishings should not be bad.

Fortunately, this is finally much less than what Yang Ting and the others were worried about at the beginning.Originally, it was expected that the two palaces would spend less than half of the total of more than ten thousand taels of silver.

As for whether the total of 180 million taels is enough, if the emperor's promise is not enough, he will take the silver from the inner carrier.

Yang Tan from the Household Department patted his chest again and said that if it was not enough, he would naturally list the expenses separately from the Household Department.

It was bang bang.

So Zhu Houcong made the decision to "fight" for 310 million taels in advance for what he cared most about.

Because Yang Tan said that, he simply listed an extra budget of 5 taels.

It's only 5 taels of silver, give it to him, and let the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty go home with peace of mind.

Now that the palace is being repaired, Zhu Houcong also feels deeply about the troubles Jiajing built the palace in "Da Ming Dynasty 1566" that caused the officials.

If it hadn't been for the tens of millions of family property that was confiscated from the house, and if it hadn't been for the fire of Qianqing Palace, how could this matter be so happy?

He now has some idea of ​​the purchasing power of one tael of silver. At this time, one tael of silver is equivalent to about six or seven hundred in his memory.

This time, there are two palaces to be refurbished, one is only slightly repaired, and the other is just to change the layout in a way that saves money as much as possible. This new project to maintain the unity of materials and appearance in the Forbidden City will cost 8 billion yuan .

Calculated in this way, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty's imperial court is only 30 billion yuan a year, which is really a bit low.

Of course, a lot of wealth in this era is still mainly in kind, such as food, such as cloth and silk, which cannot be purely counted as silver taels.

While listening to their argument, Zhu Houcong thought about it occasionally.

It is naturally impossible for the ministers to see the big moves in the purpose of building the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the establishment of the Imperial Study Room.

Just like that, Qian Ning and Jiang Bin haven't decided on the final punishment, but their family property has been distributed.

In the end, Yang Ting and them failed to get the idea of ​​the secret vault that was said to have more than 400 million taels of silver.

"Since it has been decided, the strategy for re-establishing the three major battalions will be drawn up according to the recruitment method." Zhu Houcong looked at Xun Chen, "How to abolish the excessive and reorganize the elite in the form of recruitment is a matter for the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army. It is jointly organized by the Military Governor's Mansion and the Yuma Supervisor. Guo Xun, can you handle this well?"

"The minister will do his best!" Guo Xun was called directly, and immediately left his seat and knelt down excitedly, and then changed his words, "No! The minister will definitely do it well!"

What could be more motivating than positive feedback that is reused after just showing some gestures?Guo Xun answered without hesitation.

Now it is about His Majesty's wealth and life, he is being treated like a humerus!
Can the humerus be supported?

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