Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 184 Target Northwest

The year-end summary shows that Ming Dynasty's finances have finally entered a positive cycle and have achieved fruitful results, fundamentally reversing the situation that has been suffering.

If you have money, of course you have to spend it.

When it comes to the ability to raise money, the Prince Regent is the only one who can do it, but when it comes to the ability to spend money, the Prince Regent is unrivaled in the world.

Lu Mou refused to give in: "This year's service money must be spent to win the trust of the people, benefit the people's livelihood, stimulate the economy, and increase the tax revenue of the state treasury."

The diligent and frugal supervisor no longer objects to the need to spend money on large-scale construction projects. What everyone considered a loss-making straight road at the beginning, finally, under the regent's planning, not only collected a large amount of tax, but also earned about 300,000 in tolls. Not only did it not cause dissatisfaction among the merchants, it was warmly welcomed by the merchants and common people. Everyone really admired the regent's ability to spend money.

The Ministry of Industry said: "Roads everywhere need to be repaired. Also, according to the Regent's philosophy, the priority is to dredge the canals within Zhili. Let him once again exert his transportation capacity and increase the prosperity of commerce."

In the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, after the gentleman ruled the country, one of the theories was that officials were corrupt because they had control of the court's money. If there was no money, they could not be corrupt. Since the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, there has been no such theory. Invest any penny in water conservancy and local facilities.

Not to mention people's livelihood, it would be a waste to spend the money collected by the court on the people. Besides, it’s not worth spending money on ordinary people, they only deserve to be plundered.

Now the canals in Zhili are severely silted up and have almost lost their transportation capacity and need to be dredged.

Let’s all pass this together.

The Governor of the River Channel proposed: "The Guangji Canal in the Sui Dynasty in the south of Zhili should also be dredged to connect it with the Weishui River, so as to facilitate the direct navigation between the southernmost part of Zhili and the capital, and the Yellow River directly along the Weishui River to Henan. It will facilitate the flow of materials in Henan."

Now Daming Mansion is nominally occupied by Li Guo, but everyone knows what's going on and has long since placed Daming Mansion in their own hands. As for Henan, everyone knows exactly what is going on. It is necessary to connect early.

The supervisor asked: "Who supports and who opposes these two suggestions? Those who support it, please raise your hands."

The show of hands vote, the minority obeys the majority, was invented by Lu Mou. This saves the ministers from having to argue because one person objects to one thing.

The ministers sitting here, after whispering to each other, raised their hands to pass.

Li Yan stood up and said: "According to the plan of the regent and ministers, the time has come to conquer the northwest. Therefore, the main task next year is the war. For this reason, military expenditures will still be the bulk."

War history has shown that money is burned, but as long as the war is no longer within one's own sphere of influence and the captured items are returned to the public, one can still make money.

The average military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty was 60%, but by the late Chongzhen period, it had reached a terrifying 80%. But it's still not enough.

There is no other reason why it is not enough. The fiscal revenue is too small. Even if it is all used for military expenses, it is not as good as the current 40%.

Zhu Cixiang nodded: "It is imperative to conquer the northwest and increase the area under our control."

Then he looked at the frowning ministers and explained: "It's not that King Gu and Regent Li Bingbu are impatient, but that the conditions are ripe. The early work of the armed workers team has achieved absolute results. In fact, in the entire northwest, except for large and medium-sized cities, In addition, all the rural towns and villages are already owned by our Ming Dynasty. If we don’t send troops, I’m afraid the rogue bandits will react and carry out encirclement and suppression. Then, all our previous achievements will be in vain, this will happen soon. "

Several ministers nodded in agreement with this view.

"Also, the northwest rural areas, under the secret leadership of Jin Yiwei, implemented the policies and systems of my father and my brother. As soon as we take over, we can start to provide taxes for our Ming Dynasty's finance. Therefore, the war to regain the northwest, The money collected may be more than the money spent on the war.”

After saying this, the ministers were relieved.

In fact, it was the wish of the ministers to regain the northwest and destroy the pseudo-imperial court of Dashun, but they were just worried about financial problems. They are all afraid that if one thing goes wrong, Ming Dynasty’s finances will be restored to their original shape.

But now that things have come together, and since the land rent and service money recovered can be more than the money spent on the war, then what are you waiting for? For the sake of money, let's fight.

Supervisor Guo proposed again: "Regarding this issue, who is in favor and who is against? Everyone raises their hands to vote." Everyone raised their hands, but there were still some who did not raise their hands, but they were only a minority: "There are still worries in my heart. But the minority obeys the majority. If you don’t agree, please write a note and give it to me afterwards, and then we can use it as a reference.”

This is such a generous prison, and this is such a harmonious court. Doing this makes me feel comfortable.

Lu Mou stood up.

"Since I have decided to counterattack the northwest next year, I will use Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry as the main force. To this end, I have promised Wu Sangui to make up for the loss and restore his full strength of 50,000 soldiers.

At the same time, I will complete the Qi Fei team and fight alongside Guan Ning.

When the time comes, I will lead the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fifth Army to coordinate the expedition. The First Army and the Fourth Army were on guard against Shandong and Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty. Jinyiwei and Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division guarded the capital and provided reinforcements to all parties at any time.

I will be the commander-in-chief of the entire army, with two group armies under my jurisdiction. One is the cavalry army with Wu Sangui as the group army's commander-in-chief, responsible for field operations. One is the infantry group army with Zhang Huangyan as the general soldier, which is used to attack cities and seize territory.

At the same time, I request that after the invasion of the northwest, Yang Songshan's independent division and Zhang Mao's army at Zijingguan form a reserve group army, including 60,000 people in the five divisions of the two armies, to garrison and supplement the losses on the front line. The regiment will be led by Yang Songshan. "

Without asking for the opinions of the ministers, he directly faced the teacher from the Ministry of Finance: "I will order He Fugui, the logistics manager of the entire army, to make a detailed budget and ask the teacher to allocate it when the time comes."

In fact, the Ministry of Hubu belongs to the regent, and Huang Daozhou, the Minister of Hubu, is the human-shaped seal of the Hubu. Lu Mou said this out of respect for this teacher.

Huang Dao smiled on Monday: "As long as the emperor agrees, the supervisor agrees, the cabinet approves, and the veterans will do it."

Chongzhen had long hoped to regain the northwest, so he nodded: "I agree with the regent's strategy."

Zhu Cixiang nodded: "I agree with the regent's plan."

Cabinet Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, as well as several other members of the cabinet, discussed briefly in a low voice. Liu Zongzhou said: "The cabinet agrees."

Look, what an efficient group this is. It no longer has the unhealthy tendencies of the Donglin Party to gain a sense of presence and to oppose others. Can such a group accomplish anything? Can we accomplish great things?
Lu Mou looked at Bi Maokang: "Bi Gongbu, can you ensure that my army is fully equipped before spring starts?"

The Ministry of Industry took the lead in abolishing the household registration system, and the employment system has been implemented for craftsmen. With the blessing of the assembly line system, the workers are high-spirited, and production efficiency and quality have developed by leaps and bounds. Bi Maokang responded confidently: "It will never delay state affairs. "

Then Lu Mou turned to face Chongzhen: "Father, this time to regain the northwest, our sons and ministers will mainly recruit and surrender, supplemented by military means. Please father, please invent Zhao to announce it to the world, and pardon all civilians who have surrendered to the bandits. Pardon all those who originally surrendered." Li Chuang’s crimes among officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.”

Chongzhen nodded: "They are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, but my father did not manage the country properly back then. Natural and man-made disasters forced them to take desperate measures. My father has already issued edicts six times to admit his mistakes to the people of the world. This time, do as you wish. Please tell the world again that I will forgive everyone's sins. Even if Mrs. Li Chuanggao is willing, I will forget the past."

The ministers were pleased to see that the emperor, who was mean-spirited and unkind, had really become generous and tolerant.

In fact, Chongzhen blamed himself too much for this.

At that time, Chongzhen took over the Ming Dynasty, which had long been destined to perish since his grandfather's time. Coupled with the special climate of the Little Ice Age, and the Donglin Party's man-made disasters, even if Chongzhen was recognized by later generations as diligent, he could not twist.

The reason why Lu Mou took action and immediately reversed the crisis was because he had the right time, place and people.

The ice age is over, Donglin is on the run, the excess population has been reduced, the land has been released, people have peace of mind, and the Ming Dynasty has retained its power for nearly three hundred years.

After the great defeat, all the conditions for the birth of a prosperous age have been met. As long as a few new policy reforms are implemented in a targeted manner and a little hard work is done, a dog can create a prosperous era for dogs.

What's more, is this our wise warrior, omnipotent traveler through the lighthouse, owner of the golden finger, disowning all relatives, and a monster who can attack anyone?
If the Ming Dynasty can't bring it back to life, then it's better to get a dog to lead it.

(End of this chapter)