The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 85 Financial Issues
The 600 horses were immediately frustrated and reined in one after another.There was an invisible wall in front of Yang Tinglin, and all the horses were "blocked" five feet away from him.

"My lord..."

"Let's retreat quickly, I just pretend it's nothing. Otherwise, not only you, but also Zhang An is guilty of conspiracy!" After Yang Tinglin finished speaking, he turned around and walked away to Zhu Lin without looking at these people again.

Zhang An's confidant was stunned for a while, and finally sighed and turned his horse back.

Yang Tinglin walked to Zhu Linmi's side, signaled other officials to avoid with his eyes, and then saluted, "Your Highness, please appease your anger."

On the side, the sound of the horsewhip and Zhang An's muffled screams resounded across the banks of the Ganjiang River.

Zhu Linmei looked at Yang Tinglin, frowned slightly and said, "Yang Butang wants to intercede for Zhang An?"

"Your Highness misunderstood." Yang Tinglin waved his hands again and again, "Zhang Zhang deserved what he deserved. His Highness did the right thing and punished him well."

He paused, looked at Zhu Linming's expression, and continued: "Zhang An is under the jurisdiction of the subordinate officials, and the subordinate officials also committed the crime of lax control, so when they returned, they immediately confessed their guilt.

"To be honest, the officials under Zhang An's department have heard about these things before..."

"Oh?" Zhu Linming looked at him with cold eyes.

"Please allow me a word," Yang Tinglin said hastily, "Your official also knows the suffering of the people, and feels ashamed of the soldiers plundering the people, and has tried to rectify it several times, but..."

He sighed, "Jiangxi is the top priority of the imperial court. The Holy Majesty has repeatedly urged the subordinate officials to calm down the whole territory as soon as possible and drive west out of Ganzhou. However, in the hands of the subordinate officials," he glanced at Wanji, "only some new recruits The soldiers are unbearable to fight. Where there is a military force, they rely on Zhang An's six thousand bandit soldiers. If they are severely punished, the war situation in Jiangxi will collapse, and the court will lose the hope of the court, and even Jiangxi will fall into the hands of thieves.

"Besides, the imperial court is very urgent to promote the war, but the food and salaries are often insufficient. The lower officials raised money everywhere, but it is still a drop in the bucket. It is necessary to drive the tiger to fight, but there is no meat to feed it. As a result, the tiger devours the sheep. The lower officials are extremely ashamed. I am so ashamed.

"Speaking of which, the fact that Zhang An's subordinates robbed the people because they owed their salary for two months is also related to the fact that the subordinate officials have not been able to raise funds in time due to the recent war..."

Zhu Linming asked suspiciously: "Even if Yang Butang didn't raise the donation, the money allocated by the court wouldn't even be enough to pay the 6000 soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army?"

Yang Tinglin smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness does not know, the imperial court has not allocated a cent to Jiangxi for nearly two months."

"What?!" Zhu Linmi was shocked.Longwu was well aware of the importance of the Jiangxi war situation. In the past, as long as he had some money in his pocket, he would supply Jiangxi even if he didn't eat or drink.If even Jiangxi's payment is stopped, it can only mean that the court has no money at all.

"Did something important happen to the court?"

Yang Tinglin nodded and said: "The lower officials heard rumors from old friends in court that Zheng Zhilong was dissatisfied with the Holy Majesty's insistence on going west, and cut off the money from the household department.

"Now that Shengjia has just arrived in Yanping Mansion, it is said that even the daily expenses are paid by the local gentry. Because the Holy Majesty has no money, he is trapped in Yanping and cannot move. Jiangxi's military salary is even more unsustainable..."

There is such a thing?Zhu Linmi felt really sad for Long Wu when she heard the words, the dignified Emperor of Ming was threatened by a pirate with money, and he was powerless to fight back.

In fact, as long as he persists for another three or four months, Zheng Zhilong will reveal his defection to the Qing court.Zhu Lin thought in her heart that at that time, she only needed to lead the army into Fujian in advance to make preparations, and when Zheng Zhilong made a slight move, she would immediately take over Xianxia Pass.Afterwards, with the strong combat power of the Dragon Guards, they quickly wiped out the pirates of Zheng's direct line, and the other Ming troops would follow the Longwu Zhao and return to the imperial court.

The terrain of Xianxia Pass is extremely steep. If you put some troops on it casually, even if the combat effectiveness is not very strong, it is impossible for the Qing army to attack in a short time.

Then use the Dragon Guards to garrison Shanguan in Guangxin Mansion, and the two major passages into Fujian will be completely sealed off. Fujian can be described as impenetrable.

When the situation in Fujian stabilizes, the imperial court can take over Fujian's overseas trade, and may even capture part of Zheng Zhilong's fleet to do business. With huge overseas trade profits, the imperial court's finances will surely breathe a sigh of relief.

Give Longwu some more time to rectify the court plan and summon the army, at least he will be able to form a north-south confrontation with Jianlu.

Therefore, the current three or four months will be the most difficult stage of the Longwu Dynasty, and Zhu Yujian must be helped to tide over the difficulties first.

Zhu Linmi probably swiped her purse. Before leaving Longnan, she saved a total of 9 to 13 taels, extorting 20 taels from Jin Shenghuan.However, they have been fighting recently. Although they have seized a lot of spoils and money, once the army starts, it will be a gold-swallowing monster. During the period, some money was allocated to the Polu camp, so there is a little more than [-] taels left.

With the level of diligence and frugality of the Longwu Dynasty, the first allocation of 10 taels to the emperor should be enough for the court for two months.After the capture of Nanchang City, there should be a lot of seizures, and it will not be a big problem to support the court for four months.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong's plan to manipulate Longwu through financial means will inevitably go bankrupt, and Zhu Yujian can continue to go west to Fujian and move to Jiangxi, and everything will work.

Jiangxi also needs to help with the turnover first. Zhu Linmi has experienced the feeling of a local tyrant throwing money this time. He said to Yang Tinglin: "Well, I will take out two thousand stones of military rations from the Dragon Guards first, and then add 1 Ten thousand taels of silver was lent to Yang Butang for emergency. The Nanchang war is ahead, and the stability of the army is also extremely important."

Yang Tinglin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and bowed deeply to the ground, "Your Highness really saved the life of this official, and also saved the whole of Jiangxi! The official is really grateful! When the imperial court distributes the rations, I will return it to Your Highness immediately."

Zhu Lin thought to herself that I also gave the recent money to the Ministry of Accounts, so what's the point?The reason why he said to borrow it was simply to save Yang Tinglin some money.

Yang Tinglin said again: "In fact, it is relatively tight at this time. When Jiangxi's tax money comes up, the military pay should be sufficient."

"Tax money?" Zhu Linmi asked, "What tax money?"

Yang Tinglin took it for granted: "Jiangxi's arrival will be a matter of days, and the Ministry of Households will collect taxes for the country's needs."

Zhu Linmi shook her head inwardly. Most of Jiangxi was ruled by Jianlu for more than half a year. The people suffered from the war and were displaced, and they must have been heavily taxed by the Qing court.At this time, it is time to recuperate. If taxes are imposed on a large scale, the people will not be able to live, and there is no guarantee that Li Zicheng from Jiangxi will not be born again.

But this matter needs Long Wu to nod to turn around, and he didn't say anything to Yang Tinglin.

While the two were talking, Shi Lin came to report, "Your Highness, Zhang An's fifty-fifty caning has been completed."

Zhu Linmei nodded, and said to Yang Tinglin: "Yang Butang, Zhang An deserved his punishment for being lax in commanding the troops. However, at the moment of the Nanchang war, he will be demoted to the third level. What do you think of the temporary use of Shen Shen?"

After all, Zhang An belonged to Yang Tinglin, so to punish him, he should seek Yang Butang's opinion, which would save him face.

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