I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 480 State Affairs
Be careful.

Zhu Yijiong is convening cabinet ministers every day to discuss major national affairs.

Wang Li was the first to speak: "The imperial edict for the use of troops on the Monan Grassland has been formally drafted and issued, and the Privy Council has also issued a military deployment order. This battle will be based on the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army in Beizhili, with the Liaodong Army as the cooperation, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry , the Ordnance Bureau is making every effort to raise military supplies."

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "The cabinet did a good job. This battle is not only related to the stability of the grassland, but also related to whether our Ming Dynasty can pacify Mobei and stabilize Liaodong's rule in the future, so we must not treat it carelessly."

The importance of the Monan Grassland is too great. Just one Hulunbuir Grassland is related to the stability of Liaodong and Mobei.

This is also why when the New China was founded in later generations, even though it was forced to allow Outer Mongolia to become independent under pressure, it insisted on taking back the Hulunbuir Grassland. If it was not taken back, the northern Xinjiang and the Northeast would be unstable.

"I obey the decree." The cabinet quickly responded.

Liang Wenxuan, the second assistant, said: "Your Majesty, although our Ming Dynasty has basically unified the Han Dynasty, we still need to use troops everywhere in the country. Only in the southwest, Sichuan and Tibet, and Shaanxi and Gansu, we need to invest a lot of money. Now the northern Xinjiang grassland War is about to start again, and although the national treasury is not stretched thin, it is still difficult to have a surplus..."

"Therefore, I suggest that, in addition to the current newly established dragoon battalion, the number of regular soldiers does not need to be expanded. The reserve forces in various places should also be limited. It is no longer necessary to use all the people as soldiers. This can release more labor from the people. Moreover, the local military strength It is too prosperous, especially in the towns in northern Xinjiang. Now that southern Hunan and Guangxi are all at peace, there is no need to station heavy troops and call back a few to guard the center."

Zhu Yijiong just thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It is our Ming Dynasty's national policy to organize reserve forces in various places, but what Liang Qing said is not unreasonable. The number of years for military training can be set, and all men of appropriate age must undergo reserve training, but There is no need to train every year, the time is set to three years. When the three years are up, you can decide whether to stay or stay, but if you stay, you have to officially join the army."

"As for the local regular soldiers, there is no need to expand the army. The new dragoons can still train as usual. After all, there are still many battles to be fought on the grassland in the future. There are also other treasury expenditures, which can also be adjusted appropriately. The cabinet will go back and draw up a Please review the detailed charter report with me."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Liang Wenxuan said with cupped hands.

Sometimes, the emperor has to compromise with reality. For an agricultural country, having all the people in the army is still a bit too much.

Even if the Ming Dynasty implemented the New Deal reforms and abolished exorbitant taxes and corvee labor, the productivity of agricultural countries was there. Even with steam engines and spinning machines, this industrial revolution would take time and transition, and could not be accomplished overnight.

Moreover, this is only military expenditure. In addition, there are also expenses such as official salaries, Huanghuai floods, immigration and reclamation, etc.

In the new Ming Dynasty, officials were included in the imperial establishment, which indeed reduced local corruption, and then the imperial government's financial expenditures were increased.Moreover, in order to fight corruption, the official salaries of the new dynasty were higher than those of the previous dynasty. The salaries of the former Ming and Qing Dynasties were so low that even the local officials themselves could not afford them.

As for the Huanghuai floods, this is a bottomless pit. The management of the river in Sun Jiagan's area not only requires annual funding from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but also requires the deployment of manpower and material resources from the north, and even the forced relocation of local people.

The same is true for the final immigration to reclaim wasteland. Liaodong, Monan Grassland, and Guangnan are almost all immigrants. Moreover, the emperor is about to attack Mobei and capture Mobei. There is a lot of money to burn here. There are too many.

Then, there are many details, including local fiscal expenditures. For example, if you expect them to pay taxes in newly occupied areas such as Sichuan-Tibet, Southwest, and Shaanxi-Gansu, you don’t even have to think about it. You still have to throw money into it.

That is to say, the Ming Dynasty has always unswervingly implemented the New Deal reforms and opened up sea trade, so that the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue has been increasing every year. The local government is not short of money, otherwise it would have been dragged down by the fiscal deficit long ago.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and then said: "After the Battle of Monan Grassland, the entire administrative division of Monan will have to be re-drawn, as well as the Heilongjiang Dusi garrison. Acheng is just a temporary garrison... Come, get the map!"

The secretary quickly brought over a map of Liaodong. This map was obviously newly drawn, and it also combined the Liaodong territory delineated by the former Ming Dynasty Nuergandusi and the Pseudo-Qing Tatars.

Zhu Yijiong pointed to the northern part of Acheng: "Acheng is still too far away from the Songhua River and the transportation is inconvenient. The new administrative office is located here. It happens to be the intersection of the rivers and water transportation is developed, so the new city will be called Binjiang City (Harbin)! There is also the former All the post stations and guardhouses built by Minnuer Gandusi must be rebuilt. As long as the Liaodong post station can be opened, the Heilongjiang Dusi can successfully radiate the entire Heilongjiang and Songhua River basins. In this way, the Sauron tribe will settle down, and this There is no need to rush things, you can wait until the Monan Grassland is calmed down before starting." The slave Gandusi of the former Ming Dynasty was not completely under control. A large number of post stations and guard posts were built for various capitals, including Uzangdusi, to serve as contacts. .

Once there is a rebellion in the capital, troops can be sent directly from Han Dynasty to defeat these rebel capitals through the post system.

Zhu Yijiong now plans to restore the pre-Ming Dynasty model. It will be impossible for Liaodong to be completely digested within a few years. He can only carry out military radiation first, and then cooperate with the continuous immigration of Han people to Liaodong to enrich the local people.

Zhu Yijiong said, and looked through many maps to find out the newly occupied land last year: "Shaanxi and Gansu were newly restored last year, and local grain reserves were insufficient, so Zhou Haizhong's troops only had to guard Jiayuguan. No matter how the Western Regions were fought, there was no need to move. But we must always keep an eye on the Western Regions. There is also Shanxi and Guihua City. There is no need to mobilize troops this year. We only need to cooperate with the Hebei Army in the grassland operations. After the grassland war is over, we can prepare next year and wait for opportunities to completely pacify Monan. The west. Finally, there is Sichuan and Tibet. Let Zheng Dingrui cooperate with the governor of Sichuan in the past few years, try his best to reserve grain, grass and baggage, and restore the civil administration of the area. Sichuan and Tibet must be captured within two or three years at the latest."

The emperor said so much in one breath, all of which were plans for external expansion and to stabilize the control of the Liaodong lands.

The six cabinet ministers couldn't help but feel worried. If this was implemented, there would be no surplus in the national treasury within a few years.This is despite the fact that the national treasury is growing year by year and there are huge profits from sea trade.

Of course, Zhu Yijiong is not completely messy. In the past few years, northern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang were newly restored. Large areas of land were vast and sparsely populated, and wars were frequent.But now, the Huguang granary in the south has basically restored supply. After several years of immigration and land reclamation in northern Xinjiang, as well as the government's tax-free policy, not only has the population recovered rapidly, but food production has also continued to increase.

Coupled with the re-establishment of the Changlu Saltworks, it will be at least much easier to launch troops on the grasslands in northern Xinjiang than in previous years.

This point can be directly seen from the fact that the Ming army just regained Sichuan, Southwest, and Shaanxi and Gansu last year, and this year it will launch a large-scale war against Liaodong and the grasslands.

Speaking of which, North Korea also contributed to this. Now North Korea has long become the reserve granary of Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. This is not forced by the Liaodong Army, but purely voluntary by North Korea.

Because it was so profitable, not to mention the two groups of powerful people in North Korea, as well as the King of North Korea, also made a lot of money.

This was the reason why Zhu Yijiong dared to restore Qianming Station in Liaodong, build cities in several strategic places, and launch troops on the grassland.

It's just a pain for the North Korean people, especially since North Korea is now introducing a large amount of Chinese money. Quiet changes are taking place in the entire country. Even North Korea itself is not aware of it, and even if it is discovered, the North Korean dignitaries will not care.

Zhu Chengxun suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Cui Sheng, the governor of Guangnan, reported that the officials who went to Guangnan before to take up their posts have now learned the Guangnan dialect and are basically familiar with local civil affairs. This year they are preparing to start analyzing the wealth of the Guangnan gentry. , but this is very likely to trigger another civil uprising in Guangnan. Last year alone, the diversion of land into land aroused resistance from some gentry and even triggered a small-scale civil uprising. If another civil uprising occurs this year, I am afraid it will not be conducive to the people's support. Should implementation be postponed?”

Zhu Yijiong immediately sneered and said: "Why delay? If we want to reform, we must take heavy action. If we delay, we will lose our spirit. If there is a civil uprising in Guangnan, then kill it. Didn't I station a large army in Guangnan? As for those who The people of Guangnan, since they dare to rebel, there is no need to be polite to them. Since ancient times, reforms have never led to death."

Reform in Guangnan Province is necessary, and the intensity of the reform is even more intense than that in the Ming Dynasty.

Because the gentry in Guangnan will definitely resist, they are the cancer of Ming Dynasty's rule in Guangnan.

The former Ming Dynasty lost Jiaozhi because the former Ming Dynasty only suppressed the rebellion and then did not take targeted reform measures at all. Those Annan gentry were still doing well.

Naturally, the Ming Dynasty had to learn a lesson. These Guangnan gentry must be killed. Even if they were not killed, they would have to be weakened to the point where they had no influence.Otherwise, Guangnan will never be stable. As for the people of Guangnan who were suppressed and massacred in the process, these are necessary sacrifices. It is not that the Ming court did not give these Guangnan people a chance.

(End of this chapter)