Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2315 Seven divisions of the Ministry of Household, helping the weak and resisting the strong

Chapter 2311: Seven Divisions of the Ministry of Households, Helping the Weak and Resisting the Strong

As soon as Wang Meng said this, Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and other counselors all nodded in agreement involuntarily, obviously they were not optimistic about Dorgon and Maodun.

Ying Hao thought about it carefully, and found that it was indeed the case, Kublai Khan and Aguda's advantage was too great.

Although Mao Dun is unparalleled in riding and fighting, Kublai Khan also has Murong Ke, and after a series of political struggles, the supporters of Kublai Khan's side have greatly surpassed that of Mao Dun.

After Kublai Khan returned to Yuanmeng, facing Maodun, the father-killing enemy, he not only suppressed his hatred as much as possible so as not to conflict with him, but gradually took away the power from Maodun.

Now that Kublai Khan dares to take the initiative to attack, it proves that he has at least [-]% certainty. If there is no external force to intervene, Maodun will only end in defeat.

The situation in the Qing Dynasty was different from that in Yuanmeng.

After the fall of Nurhachi, Aguda became the No. 1 general in the true sense in the Qing Dynasty, and no one can match him militarily.

After Dorgon murdered his brother in Shengjing and beat A Gu in public, he had already gained an advantage, but he was completely defeated by A Gu in the military.

In the beginning, the gap between the Aixinjueluo family and the Wanyan family was not that big. The Wanyan family only had a slight advantage in terms of military strength. On the other hand, Aixinjueluo had an absolute advantage in terms of fierce generals.

Dorgon's side has the three gods of war, Mountain Lion Camel, Yang Dayan, and Lian'er Xinshan (hidden figure of the alien Baizhao), while Aguda's side only has the God of War, Wanyan Jindanzi.

With Dorgon, the three gods of war, logically speaking, even if he loses to Aguda, there must be no problem with self-protection, but the subsequent wars are surprising.

Aguda used the strategy of showing the enemy to be weak, and Dorgon really fell for it. After defeating Aguda for the first time, he began to become arrogant, and finally fell into Aguda's trick to lure the enemy into deep. Lian'er Xinshan, who was at the God of War level, was captured and surrendered to Aguda.

It was precisely because of this battle that the gap between Qing and Jin was further widened. Aguda took advantage of the situation and led the two great soldiers to surround Shengjing City. If Dorgon had not won the support of the Sanhan Qing Army, Shengjing would definitely be broken by Aguda.

Although the first civil war in the Qing Dynasty ended with Aguda's retreat, the comprehensive strength of the Wanyan family and even the speed of recovery have surpassed that of the Aixinjueluo family.

In the case of a close match, Dorgon is not the opponent of Aguda. This time, Aguda has made a comeback after being well prepared. Both in terms of strength and morale, he is stronger than the Aixinjueluo family. It is no wonder that Dorgon can win.

"For me, Daqin, only Yuanqing who is divided and internally entangled is a good Yuanqing."

Ying Hao's eyes were full of determination, and he said in a deep voice: "Whether it is Yuanmeng or Manchu, I will not allow another reunification. Whoever wants to unify is destined to be the enemy of Great Qin."

Ying Hao's attitude is very clear, whoever wants to unify Yuan and Qing is the enemy of Daqin.

The reason why Daqin took the initiative to let Kublai Khan return to the country, and supported Aguda to usurp power and seize the throne, was to plunge the Yuan and Qing into internal struggle.

Now that both Kublai Khan and Aguda have achieved domestic advantages, and they are not satisfied with the status quo and want to unify, Da Qin will naturally not allow it. After all, it is the national policy formulated by Da Qin to let Yuan and Qing internal friction continue.

Then don't blame Daqin for supporting their enemies.

Daqin has already formulated a plan not to launch a large-scale war within three years, so it is naturally impossible to directly send troops to support Dorgon and Modun.

Although Daqin could not send troops directly, it could support Dorgon and Modun in other ways, such as selling equipment to them so that they could expand their army rapidly.

The situation in the Yuan and Qing Dynasties is completely different from that in the Central Plains.

If the ratio of militiamen in the Central Plains reaches ten to one, it is already the limit of military expansion, and the two countries used to be nomads on the grasslands.

Now that Dorgon and Modun are obviously in a hurry, don't they expand their army?
Naturally, the army has been expanded.

It's just that due to the embargo policy of Daqin, the grasslands are extremely short of iron ore and steel.

Without enough iron ore and steel, there cannot be enough weapons.

Without enough weapons, it is natural to not be able to arm enough troops.

Mao Dun is currently in a dilemma where there are people who have money, food and horses, but do not have enough equipment to expand the army.

The situation in Dorgon is relatively better. After all, there are a lot of iron mines in the Northeast, but the number of craftsmen in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is too small. In addition, iron smelting and forging technology are relatively backward. Let the Qing army complete its military expansion in a short period of time.

Modun and Dorgon had thought about buying equipment from Daqin before, but even if they paid a high price, Daqin would not sell it to them. The reason is simply that their power surpassed Kublai Khan and Aguda.

But the situation is different now. Aguda and Kublai Khan already have a great advantage. If Daqin does not lift the ban on the two parties and provides weapons support, Mouton and Dorgon may really be annexed.

If you really come to this point, the strategy of letting Yuan Qing continue to fight internally will naturally fail completely.

Jia Xu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, both Dorgon and Maodun have sent envoys to the court, and they both expressed their urgency that they hope that Daqin can sell them a batch of equipment."

Ying Hao sneered when he heard this.

Look, even before Da Qin contacted them, they came to the door on their own initiative.

If he hadn't been pushed into a hurry, he definitely wouldn't have been so urgent, and he took the initiative to send him to his door to be slaughtered by Da Qin.

"Sell, whether it's weapons, armor, or crossbows (the castrated version of strong crossbows), I, Daqin, sell them all, but at this price, there must be a [-]% premium."

Ying Hao sneered and said, after all, these two families offered to send them up and begged to be slaughtered, so how could he let go of such a good opportunity to make money.

Dorgon and Modun could actually buy arms from Qin, Sui, Tang and the Three Kingdoms, but Tang is too busy to take care of itself now, Sui's military production capacity is too low, and the only place that can get a large amount of equipment is Daqin.

In this case, let alone a [-]% premium, even if it is [-]% to [-]%, the two companies must agree.

For them now, the most important thing is to win this civil war. Once they lose, no matter how much wealth they keep in their hands, it will be meaningless. On the contrary, it will make their mortal enemy cheaper.

In the view of Modun and Dorgon, it is better to cheapen Daqin than Kublai Khan and Aguda.

"Where is Mi Zhu?" Ying Hao said.

Mi Zhu stood in the middle of the crowd, and immediately stood up when he heard the words: "My minister is here."

"You are the director of the Department of Commerce and Trade, and you will be in charge of negotiating the arms sales with the Morton Dorgon."

"According to the order."

The Department of Commerce and Trade belongs to the Ministry of Accounting and is one of the seven divisions of the Ministry of Accounting.

There are seven departments in total, namely:
Taxation Department, responsible for the taxation of states and counties across the country, headed by Zhang Hong;

The Household Registration Department is responsible for managing the household registration issues of the people all over the world, and the director is Zhong Yao;
The Munitions Department is responsible for managing all arsenals across the country, as well as the maintenance and distribution of equipment, while the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry is only responsible for building, and the director is Xun Yan;
The Salary Department is responsible for managing the salary issues of all civil servants in Daqin, and the director is Qin Guan;

The food and payment department is responsible for managing the food and payment of the national army, and the director is Qin Chu;
Salt and iron department, salt and iron is a violent industry, and all the salt and iron in Daqin have been nationalized, and only the state can operate it, so a special salt and iron department was established to be responsible for many matters of national salt and iron, and the director is Zhang Ji;
The Department of Commerce and Trade, following the normalization and formation of caravans in Daqin's business, the commercial tax accounted for a huge proportion of the national income, so a Department of Commerce and Trade was specially set up to be responsible for the management of the major caravans across the country and the commercial trade of various states and regions. , the director is Mi Zhu.

Just looking at the functions of the Seventh Division of the Ministry of Households, we can see how much power Xun Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, really has.

It is precisely because the Ministry of Households has too much power that Ying Hao assigned Daqin's currency minting rights to the Ministry of Industry and set up a Mint Department specifically to prevent the Ministry of Households from being too powerful.

If the Household Department has both the right to tax and the right to mint coins, then Xun Yu, the Minister of the Household Department, has too much power, and can even threaten the prime minister Wang Meng. If the other five ministers compete for the prime minister, it is impossible to compete for the transfer of ownership department.

The power of the Commerce and Trade Division under Mi Zhu's control is still very large, and he is now very grateful for the decision to go to Ying Hao with his family when he broke the boat. Otherwise, how could he have changed from a despised merchant to the current Seventh Household Department of the Great Qin Dynasty? Director of the Department of Commerce and Trade, one of the divisions.

If he does well in the future and makes great contributions, Mi Zhu can even compete for the Minister of the Household Department.

As for Mi Zhu's younger brother, Mi Yuan, he is now the director of the merit examination department, one of the four departments of the Ministry of Officials, responsible for the performance appraisal of officials.

As soon as the Mi family came out, there were two directors of six departments, which is enough to honor the ancestors.

So, sometimes, choice is really more important than hard work.

The Mi family has worked hard to develop in Xuzhou for more than 100 years, but they are still just businessmen. After being passed down to Mi Zhu's generation and making a correct choice, the whole family ushered in a complete transformation.

Ying Hao's kindness of knowledge naturally made Mi Zhu tearful, so after taking office, he worked conscientiously, for fear that any mistakes would become an excuse for others to criticize him.

Mi Zhu, who was born as a businessman, is still good at business negotiations. Yinghao only asked for a [-]% premium, but he talked about a [-]% premium during the negotiations with the Morton Dorgon family.

Mi Zhu was even sure of talking about [-]%, but considering the current situation of the two companies is not good, if the asking price is too high, they will not be able to buy too much equipment. But the loss outweighs the gain.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have already negotiated with the two parties to sell arms at a premium of [-]%.

Mao Dun asked to buy: 150 handles of sabers, [-] sets of harnesses, [-] pairs of leather armor, [-] iron armors, [-] shields, [-] crossbows, and [-] million arrows...

Dorgon asked to purchase: 100 steel knives, [-] spears, [-] sabers, [-] sets of harnesses, [-] pairs of leather armor, [-] iron armors, [-] shields, [-] crossbows, and arrows. [-] million arrows..."

After listening to Mi Zhu's report, Ying Hao asked in surprise, "Why are there so many?"

He thought it would be good enough if the Modun and Dorgon families could buy equipment for an army of 20, but the materials on the list could even equip [-] troops.

Mao Dun and Dorgon, who were about to give up everything and break the boat, beat Kublai Khan to the end.

The conflict between the two parties has become completely irreconcilable. Only when one side is defeated, the war will completely end.

This is great news for Daqin.

Daqin could not only provoke and support one side to suppress the other, causing Yuan Qing to fall into continuous internal friction, and the national strength became weaker and weaker. He could also earn a lot of wealth by selling weapons, grain and other materials to develop himself. All benefits and no harm.

Through many battles in Hebei, Youzhou, Jingbei, Sizhou, and Yongzhou, Daqin seized as many as one million military equipment, and with the addition of 30 disarmed equipment, Daqin alone had as many as 130 million discarded equipment.

Ye Qingmei's voyage to the West this time took away enough inventory to equip 40 troops, and now she has to sell 20 to Modun and Dorgon, which means that half of the discarded equipment has been disposed of.

The remaining discarded equipment can be completely disposed of after Ye Qingmei's second and third voyages to the West after her return.

"If all the 130 million pieces of equipment are sold out, won't there be no more to sell in the future? And Daqin will also lose a major financial income, which is absolutely impossible."

At this point, Ying Hao's eyes fell on Song Yingxing, and he asked, "Song Yingxing, you are in charge of the Ordnance Department. Now, if our craftsmen in Daqin go all out to build equipment, what will be their annual production capacity?"

Song Yingxing stepped forward resolutely, and without thinking about it, he answered directly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, if there is no shortage of raw materials, all the craftsmen in my Daqin add up to 12, and in one year they can produce equipment for an army of 50."

"50?"

Ying Hao showed a look of thought, and then said seriously: "Not enough, the production of the Ministry of Industry needs to continue to expand, within one year, recruit the number of craftsmen to 15, and assign [-] craftsmen to make castrated versions of inferior products." The equipment is specially used for external sale."

It is naturally impossible to sell the equipment of the Daqin army. After all, it is necessary to ensure the leadership of Daqin's equipment, but it may give up the big cake of arms sales, so it can only make some castrated versions of inferior goods to make money.

Other countries must not be able to do this. After all, their production capacity supply is somewhat reluctant, and only Daqin, which has excess production capacity, can do this.

After hearing what Ying Hao said, Song Yingxing couldn't help showing embarrassment. After all, craftsmen are different from soldiers. They need to master skills in quantity. It is a heavy task to train [-] qualified craftsmen in a year.

"What, is there any difficulty?" Ying Hao asked with a faint smile.

Song Yingxing's mind was seen through, and he was shocked immediately, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "No, I will definitely complete the task."

But he secretly thought in his heart: It seems that he has to ask the teacher for help.

　I worked overtime yesterday, came back late at night, and couldn't finish writing a chapter

　　
　
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