Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1222 Start of War ([-])

If there is no money and no one, it must be impossible to get things done.

The emperor also knew that Liu Yu was obsessed with the war against India, so when it came to asking for money, the emperor knew that Liu Yu should understand the severity.

But on the issue of dignitaries, the emperor was still a little surprised.

Liu Yu said: "I need at least [-] officials. After training, I can become a Qingzhou government official. These [-] officials are indispensable. If Your Majesty allows it, I'm afraid [-] is the best."

"As for the money, beforehand, please ask His Majesty to allocate 50 taels a year for the state tax for two years. During the period, after the salt administration and land rent issues are resolved, we will re-examine and check, and collect taxes in a separate system."

"After Qingzhou Prefecture, Wuding Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, Caozhou Prefecture, and Dongchang Prefecture are all completed, the imperial court only needs to suspend the payment of national lessons every year, and then allocate 400 million taels of river labor funds and 300 million taels of resettlement funds every year for four to five years. It can be done. The money, manpower, and labor used in it are equivalent to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of silver, but in fact, the imperial treasury only needs 5000 to [-] million taels to accomplish this.”

Money, certainly not much.After all, it is really what Liu Yu said, and this matter can be done for 5000 to [-] million taels.

The expenditure of 5000 million taels is actually not much. Relatively speaking, to suppress a large-scale peasant uprising, you have to spend tens of millions of taels; to fight a few battles in the northwest and southwest, you have to spend tens of millions of taels before. two.

If it is 5000 million taels, the problem of the Yellow River can be solved, and by the way, the conflict between man and land and the problem of land annexation can be solved. Naturally, it is a big profit.

It's just that people surprised the emperor. One Qingzhou government needs two to three thousand officials?
Since he is an official of the imperial court, he must be paid.

Even if these officials are not even the smallest officials, counting the rice they eat in a month, they still get three or four taels of silver.Calculated in this way, with 3000 people, a government needs more than [-] taels of silver a year to support these officials.

In name, the salaries of the official officials of the imperial court may only be a few hundred thousand taels in the whole country, but less than ten million taels.

How much can Qingzhou pay taxes a year?Is it enough for the salary of these three thousand officials?

Although surprised, the emperor still knew the story of Wang Jian's extermination of Chu.

No one wants to mention this matter, and even if there are passionate and fanatical people who are willing to take on this responsibility, the emperor himself will not believe it if he claims to spend less money and not need many people.

When Liu Yu said this, he definitely didn't just say it casually, it was obviously calculated.

There are 3000 officials, it is not a problem just to look at the number of people.

Nearly 100 million students are basically useless.But even if you don't need students, just use those new students, and it's still easy to pick 3000 people.

The emperor was not surprised by directly mentioning the number of people, but said with a smile: "Qingzhou government doesn't have many national lessons a year. Aiqing needs 50 taels a year. At that time, even if he makes political achievements, there must be more The voice of discussion."

Liu Yu said calmly: "Your Majesty, there are only about 1500 counties in the whole country, and more than a hundred prefectures. Don't say that a prefecture is 50 taels, or a county is 50 taels. If it can be done, it will only be 4 million taels of silver I dare not mention changing the dynasty for thousands of years, but it should be no problem in the 5000 years of Xingzhou."

This is indeed true. Songsu's reforms have proved Liu Yu's skills, and the reforms in several prefectures and counties in Shandong have eliminated the problem of the Yellow River, and it is even more necessary to pave the way for the land annexation of the Dashun Dynasty.

After Liu Yu made it clear that the reforms in the Songsu area were completely different, the emperor thought about the figures given by Liu Yu, and Xin Dao was indeed the same.Considering trade, tariffs and Indian affairs, the 5000 million taels is really not that much.

But Liu Yu asked for so many officials all of a sudden, obviously intending to deepen the rule, but it seemed that if every government had so many officials, it would be hard to say what happened in the 800-year history of Xingzhou.

The emperor asked the key question again: "The two or three thousand officials, Qing, are they local subordinates? Or are they like the governor Yushi?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, not as a local subordinate, but only responsible for investigation, inventory, and contract signing. After finishing the Qingzhou affairs, you can go directly to Caozhou, Jinan and other places."

The emperor asked again: "Then these officials, after they are completed, have rich experience. If the court wants to change the law in the future, they can be used; if the law does not change, how will they arrange it?"

"Return to Your Majesty, if the law is changed in the future, it can be used everywhere."

"If you don't use it in the future, choose the outstanding ones, serve the army, and make them into good families; choose the hardworking ones, and award military honors; choose the mediocre ones, and the imperial court will pay for them to move overseas and give them land."

The emperor hummed, which is more appropriate.

Looking at Liu Yu again, the emperor thought quickly.

Judging from the transfer of power in Songsu, there was not much trouble. Even if a group of people sent by the emperor to practice there in advance were replaced, and Xiao Gui Cao Sui's policy was maintained, there was no problem.

Coupled with the previous navy and military reforms, it also proved that Liu Yu did not love power.

It is only said that after the reform of Songsu, it is related to grain rice, taxation, trade, and the large amount of silver used by the court. It can be said that this is the most likely place to use this as a bargaining chip for itself.

However, there were basically no problems in the process of handing over rights and people. Everything was as usual, and the annual tax and trade payments were also paid.

Then, there is no need to worry about things in Shandong.

After all, what Liu Yu wanted to do was to offend others.Whether it's reducing rent and interest, or long-term tenants, or digging the Yellow River and letting the Yellow River go to Shandong, in the eyes of the emperor, Liu Yu is really rushing to become Sang Hongyang when he does this, so there is really no need to worry too much. many.

And Shandong is close to Gyeonggi.

After thinking about the issue of authority for a while, the rest is easy to say.

Dare to ask for money, dare to ask for people, and ask for such outrageous, it seems that they are really rushing to make things happen in the Yellow River.

It's easy to ask someone, as long as you agree.Don't say that the money is in place, Liu Yu is very easy to do it; even if the money is not paid, as long as the authorization is given, the emperor seems to be fine in the form of paying for it by the staff.

As for how to do it specifically, Liu Yu can only give a general direction now, and the emperor feels that there is no need to ask any more.Anyway, in the general direction, it doesn't sound like a big problem.

From hesitation to slowly making up his mind, Liu Yu also gave another sentence.

"Your Majesty, as a minister in foreign affairs, his wish has been fulfilled. In terms of salary, he has been conferred a title. Hai Bo has also been conferred, and his title has also been conferred."

"All the affairs of the Privy Council have also been on the right track. The plans for the conquest of India and Europe have also been drawn up."

"I would like to resign from all positions in the Privy Council. Concentrate on the affairs of the Yellow River and suppress mergers."

"Yu Cangsheng, once the Yellow River incident is decided, tens of millions of people will be affected, and I cannot bear it."

"Yu Sheji, the same."

"Personally... I want to try to find a way to get rid of the reincarnation of the dynasty before I get old. In the case of Songsu, I am telling the truth. I am just practicing the art of managing Yiwu, Sang Hongyang, Liu Yan and other ancestors. , but actually the same soul. Moreover, Songsu is very different from other places. And I also believe that even if a way is found, if the court has no money, rice, grain, cloth, etc., nothing can be done."

"As for my personal doubts, I don't understand it after all. Therefore, I would like to try Shandong."

"The sages said: Hearing the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening."

"I don't think that the way is in the Thirteen Classics, so I can only find it myself. The Thirteen Classics can't solve the problem of three acres of land per capita in Shandong at this time. I never believe that as long as I follow the kingly way and save money and food, it can solve the problem. The problem of three acres of land per capita for food."

"That's right, even if Yuchen is personally thinking, thinking, and trapped, I still want to find an answer. If I can hear the truth, I will die overnight."

"There is no way to get rid of the trouble in my heart. I don't believe in ghosts and gods, so I can't swim through the red pine nuts. If this is the case, please have mercy on me."

These words were much more pleasing to the emperor's ears.And it seems that Liu Yu's series of behaviors that puzzled the emperor, including this time's behavior that seemed to be rushing to wait for death, were all explained.

Throughout the dynasties, there were not no loyal ministers, nor were there no people who had no hope to worry about the world's worries first, and to enjoy the world's joys later.

Judging from Liu Yu's performance in recent years, although the court has criticized him too much...But even Zhuge Wuhou is recognized as using the technique of applying for business to hide his name. It is different from the Minister of the DPRK and China.

But the way is different, it does not necessarily mean that this is not a loyal minister.

Although Wang Anshi's reputation was poor, it could be said to be extremely poor before that, but the emperor knew it well.It cannot be said that he is a traitorous minister, at most it can be said that his approach has failed, but if he is a traitorous minister, then it would be... ridiculous.

Although it seems unreliable, it seems that it is not impossible to come to the capital of Yao and the land of Yu, and there will be a few people who really want to hear the truth and die.

And Liu Yu's words seem to reveal another meaning: he holds different opinions on many opinions in the world at this time.Whether it's the Wang Dao Retro School, or the Overbearing Immigrant School of the Real School... because as long as one of them is reliable, in the eyes of the emperor, Liu Yu really doesn't have to go to Shandong.

Since Liu Yu neither agrees with the Confucian classics very much, nor does he want to swim from the red pine nuts, and is more active in the world, now he even wants to take pleasure in suffering and insist on taking care of the Yellow River.The emperor thought to himself, there are really some pre-Qin schools of thought, maybe it is not reading those pre-Qin classics, and the head is stupid?

In the past few years, the school of textual research has begun to crazily textualize the pre-Qin classics, because the Confucian classics are not easy to produce results, and the emperor really has to suspect that there is something wrong with Liu Yu's brain when he read the pre-Qin classics.

It seems that it is indeed not normal. Compared with the princes and millions of students in the court, it is really abnormal.

But this kind of abnormality is what the emperor actually hopes for in his heart. When he is the emperor, he still hopes that there will be a few such abnormal people in the court.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Yu wants to hand over all the things of the Privy Council, making it clear that he will quit completely, and it is before the war against India, Britain and Portugal, and the General Staff has already formulated a detailed battle plan Quit the situation.

So the emperor also followed Liu Yu's words to "die after hearing the truth", and said a few words to encourage him.

Now that he has agreed, he naturally has to be more high-profile, saying that he is also considering the danger of the Yellow River Heavenly Judgment, but no one in the court is willing to take on this matter.

A few days later, Liu Yu submitted two top-secret documents of the Privy Council to the emperor, and then resigned from the Privy Council.

One is "Operation Plan for Europa and India".

One is the "Details of the Missions to the Legal Treaty Concluded".

A thick stack of battle plans.

Including detailed combat plans to India, naval delivery plans to Europe, detailed supplies, and military expenditure forecasts.

As well as the detailed supply plan during the battle from Malacca, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Cape, the ships that need to be recruited, attrition, the operation of the logistics department during the battle, etc.

War matters are basically strategic guidance.

The general strategy is to seize Bengkulu and East Timor after the war, pretending to fight Bangladesh.

Assemble the squadron, intimidate the British Indian fleet and force it to retreat to the port. The marines captured the port and wiped out the British fleet in India.Then hit Bangladesh.

After taking control of India, the main fleet has been investing money in building and repairing the Cape Collection of immigrants after it was previously acquired from the Dutch East India Company.

Going north to France, the main fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea, and cooperated with the French fleet to control the Mediterranean Sea, allowing the French Toulon Fleet to enter the Atlantic Ocean.

Taking advantage of Dashun's cruiser advantages and smuggling skills, it cut off the connection between Britain and the American colonies, and frantically smuggled and sold goods to the colonies and the Mediterranean trade circle, forcing Britain to choose a decisive battle at sea with the Sino-French combined fleet.

In short, never cooperating with France to take the initiative to attack the British mainland is to procrastinate until Britain faces the collapse of the East India Company and the inability to pay the interest on the national debt.

The details of the treaty of the mission are divided around the future sphere of influence.The key point is that "the time to propose a treaty to France is after France fails to attack Hanover. Otherwise, France always thinks that Hanover is the egg of Britain. As long as it is pinched and pinched hard, Britain will spit out everything it eats in the colonies. But as long as France’s attack on Hanover failed, and the King of France must have panicked and didn’t know what to do, because Louis XV’s plan had always been this kind of opportunism. Once his attack on Hanover was frustrated, he could propose to conclude a treaty with France. Before, the envoys proposed Don’t even mention it, it’s useless to mention it.”

These strategically instructive things are actually not many pages.

What is really complicated is that the Privy Council has basically drawn up drawings, checked data, and settled accounts after Liu Yu returned from Songsu these years, and formulated a very detailed logistics supply plan.

Both domestic delivery and purchases in France, Spain, the Netherlands, etc. are included.

Before going to Nanyang to fight against the Netherlands, the cooperation with the Dutch financial capital reached can be reflected in the effect of this war.For example, there are worthless immigrants in Cape. Many immigrants were arranged by Liu Yu early to plant land. This year, [-] and next year will be [-]. Anyway, it is not for making money. Let them live in that kind of land. Many people passed by.

Dashun also has its own transfer station, and there are ports of allies along the way, including French colonies in West Africa.The difficulty of this large-scale naval projection is exactly the problem that the Privy Council has been pondering over the years, and it also took the longest time.

It should be said that Liu Yu has been preparing for this day for more than 20 years. Even after the war against the Netherlands, he took advantage of the Mediterranean climate in South Africa to send people to South Africa to plant oranges and lemons. He was already prepared for something that was regarded as purely sick when he came back and fell into the sea.

France's agriculture and industry are still quite developed. When you come to France, it's easy to say, you just need to spend money. The French economy collapsed early, but it's similar to the end of Ming Dynasty. The court has no money. Dashun can buy things as long as it has money.Anyway, for Britain's debt of 3000-[-] million taels, Dashun's debt of [-]-[-] million taels would be enough.

After submitting these two thick plans, Liu Yu formally resigned from the Privy Council to supervise the affairs of Qingzhou.

There was an uproar in the government and the public for a while, needless to say, there were different opinions.

With the winter monsoon, navies from all over the world have been notified one after another and started training.The docks are at full strength, cleaning out the barnacles.

Four transport ships, carrying a group of shipbuilding and repairing craftsmen, as well as a large number of carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, hemp rope, etc., headed for Cape.

At the same time, a fleet of Dashun, equipped with envoys and loaded with silver, officially left Tianjin and headed for Europe.

Theoretically, this is the first large-scale outflow of silver from Dashun, and it is also the first time that Dashun went to Europe, and a large amount of silver was actually loaded on board.

(End of this chapter)