I am the king of the dead

Chapter 272 So Harsh
On July [-], the second year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu held the Salt and Iron Conference again. Although Yu Qian was absent, Zhu Qiyu invited Yang Hong.

Yang Hong especially wanted to know how the Ming emperor planned to manage the land of Hetao.

Zhu Qiyu was holding a heavy notebook. Last time, he was going to discuss the issue of foreign currency wars, but was delayed by courtiers' lack of understanding of financial affairs. Afterwards, he focused on explaining the word profit.

This time, we will explain the benefits of using silver coins as settlement currency thoroughly!
"See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty blessed?" All the ministers bowed their heads in salute.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "An, sit down, Xing'an, bring the Silk Road landscape map and show it."

Xing'an took the order to go, Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said: "Marquis Changping, tell us about the current progress of our Ming Dynasty."

Yang Hong said with a smile: "The military newspaper believes that the courtiers have seen it. Our army has completely occupied the Jining area, including Xinghesuo, Xuandewei, Jining, Liangcheng, Zhuozishan, and Guihua City."

"Currently, the Zhuozi Mountain pass in the rest of the Yin Mountain has been completely occupied by the Ming Dynasty."

"The Wala people are cruel and cruel, and set Jining on fire. Some people said that the Wala people had carried out an orderly robbery in Jining. In the end, this kind of robbery gradually turned into a massacre. In order to cover up the massacre, they We had no choice but to set Jining on fire."

"Currently in the Jining area, the hearts of the people are towards Ming Dynasty, and it is considered safe and peaceful, and summer plowing is coming soon. Yu Shaobao is guarding the land and the people in front, and everything is still in order."

Massacres have always been a measure of reality.

That is, the general's control over the army has become weak, so he let go of the butcher's knife and ordered them to plunder wantonly to maintain morale.

This is an extremely dangerous approach, and it is easy to be plundered, which will eventually lead to the loss of organization and a rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the army.

The army has always been a whole, and its will to fight is guaranteed by many aspects, and the degree of organization is also one of the guarantees of the will to fight.

Zhu Qiyu said very calmly: "The Wala people are almost crazy. They know that Jining can't hold it, let alone take it back. The organized robbery turned into a massacre in the end. The morale of the army is almost at the point of collapse. In the Hetao Plain, the three surrendered cities cannot keep them."

"Da Ming's offensive on the Hetao will definitely be like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves! It will wipe out the Wara people from the Hetao area!"

"Then the question is before us, how to manage this land?"

"The land that my Ming's army has conquered and is about to conquer, this land is the land that our Ming has lost."

But Zhu Qiyu changed the subject and said: "Lin Xiu, you accepted Ti Qi and copied Qu's account, now tell me about the harvest."

Lin Xiu sat up straight and said: "My lords, this time Tiqi ransacked the house, and 230 and four ledgers were confiscated. A total of 230 million taels of silver was confiscated. The silver has been returned to the internal storage, and the rest of the treasures are being counted. We will not do it for now." number."

"In addition to the 3703 million taels of silver confiscated by the Confucian Mansion, that is to say, 5 million taels of silver was confiscated in the Confucian Mansion and the Qu Family's internal storage. You Minggongs are all scholars, and you may be concerned about the smell of copper. , dismissive."

"It can probably support Daming to fight another battle of Jining Hetao, plus build a Shijing factory."

Zhu Qiyu said with a full smile: "Everyone here, we need to thank the Confucian family, and we also need to thank the Qu family."

The officials were stunned, this group of guys who were about to be sent to the Tai Hospital, why should they thank them?
A group of guys who steal the country for personal gain, the three brothers of his family actually ran away.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "The Confucian family used their 150 years of wealth, and the Qu family's nearly [-] years of wealth to support the Ming Dynasty's attack on Hetao. I thank them for their sponsorship."

"Furthermore, they used their last remaining heat to illuminate the progress of Ming Dynasty's medicine. I also thank them for their contribution."

The wealth of the Confucian family started from Kong Sihui for more than 150 years, while the wealth of the Qu family began to accumulate from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been accumulated for more than 100 years.

A total of 5 taels of silver sponsored the cost of the Ming army's attack on Jining Hetao.

Of course thanks to them!
Although the Qu family did not catch the mastermind, they did catch a lot of people, and there were about twenty people who were eligible to be sent to the Imperial Hospital to make contributions.

There are more than 60 people who will be divided into three control groups, who will be the beneficiaries of the Three Treasures of Fulu respectively, supporting the progress of Ming Dynasty's medical science and providing a theoretical basis for the smoking ban.

Fulu Sanbao, let them enjoy it first, and then look at the consequences of eating a lot of tobacco and soil. When the time comes, the ban on smoking and soil will follow suit.

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty still had this kind of ideological consciousness. After all, after eating a lot of tobacco and soil, it was really scary that people were neither human nor ghost.

Only then did Hu Wei understand what His Majesty was thanking, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

The officials had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty is wise."

There is a reason why Yu Qian doesn't like Hu Wei. Your Majesty says everything is wise, so how can you speak out?
But Yu Qian couldn't impeach Hu Min, because everything Hu Min said was right.

Looking at the problem from another angle, there are often other understandings.

The three-foot-long picture scroll was slowly opened in the hands of more than 30 palace attendants, and the three-foot-long picture scroll was cut into sixteen volumes for preservation.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "This is a map of the Silk Road. On the Silk Road, there are mountains and rivers, and there are more wealth."

"From Tianfang to Juyongguan, Jiayuguan, Guazhou, Shazhou, Hami, Turpan, Tiemenguan, Buguer, Wuchicheng, Suzaban, Russia, etc., etc., a total of [-] maps of business exchanges .”

"A total of 220 cities in the Western Regions. The specialties and trade goods of these places are all drawn on the scroll."

"According to the account books of the Qu family, even if we set up a card to collect taxes in Xishoujiang City, we can increase the tax by more than 100 million taels of silver every year."

"Qi Gang, Qiao Gang and many other Shanxi business gangs take the commercial route from Hami to Xishoucheng every year, but Jiayuguan, just controlling Xishoucheng, is worthy of our control of the Hetao Plain."

Jiayuguan was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. In order to avoid commercial taxes, they preferred not to go to Jiayuguan, but to go from Hami to Xishoucheng.

Yuan Yikuan lost the world, and the Wala people did not collect taxes in the western city, and they were more willing to trade with Shanxi merchants in exchange for the necessities of life.

Or simply snatch all the caravans.

The ministers were discussing in low voices. Wu Jing, as an academician in charge of the academy, and as the editor of the financial affairs textbook of the Ming Dynasty, is also qualified to participate in financial affairs. He doesn't know anything else, but he understands financial affairs very well.

Cai Yuji asked dully: "But this vast grassland, how to collect taxes? They take all kinds of trails, and there is no way to stop them."

Zhu Qiyu looked around, Wu Jing hesitated to speak, as a newcomer, he was not very good at directly refuting other people's face, but this question was too simple, unexpectedly no one answered, he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Wu Jing, tell me, the Salt and Iron Conference has always been like this, and there are no taboos." Zhu Qiyu saw Wu Jing's intention to speak.

Wu Jing hurriedly said: "The minister accepts the order."

"It's actually very simple. Caravans also need supplies. Since it is a landscape map of the Silk Road, there are mountains and waters along the way. The caravan travels along the mountains and lives with the water. From the map, it only needs to be in the city of Xishoujiang Setting up checkpoints is enough to collect taxes.”

"A caravan is not an army. The food, grass and water they carry are not enough to support them traveling thousands of miles."

"Even if it is a trade route that we don't know about, we can set up a tax supervisor and cash gate in the city market, and then we can collect taxes."

Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, why was he scolded by scholars for competing with the people for profit?

Chaoguan was established in the fourth year of Xuande to unblock the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was revoked and abolished many times. Too many treasure banknotes were stolen and printed, and the treasure banknotes were also dredged in vain.

During the Chenghua period, Zhu Jianshen turned the banknotes into silver...

Courtiers and merchants angrily accused the court and the people of making profits, but the banknotes have been completely stabilized since they were converted into silver during the Chenghua period.

During the orthodox years, the banknote pass was abolished, and Zhu Qiyu did not restore it, but planned to restore it together with the customs and border customs.

Obviously, except for Wang Hu, the governor of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who still has a little impression of Chaoguan, other people in the court don't even know what Chaoguan is.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "There are mountains and water, occupy the place where there is water, and build the road. Caravans only need to pay taxes, and they can walk on the road. Don't worry about bandits, horse bandits, and Wala people directly robbing them." Naturally, they are willing to pay the tax.”

"It's not easy for him to leave in a poor country. The caravan is to make money. Once it is robbed, there will be no harvest, and both people and goods will be lost."

Many courtiers couldn't stop nodding.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Then our Salt and Iron Conference will officially start, occupy Hetao, and restore the old military settlements in the Hongwu and Yongle years."

"The first priority is to build a water horse station. If the imperial government's decree cannot achieve it, then it is not the territory of Ming Dynasty."

The post station is an extension of the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty. If you can't reach the post station, it is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Building post roads is the top priority.

Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to take out a map and said: "This is Yu Shaobao. After inspecting the terrain of Jining map, he drew a list of official roads and post roads."

"The line of Xinghesuo connects Wanquandusi Desheng Mayi Station to Jining, Zhuozi, and Guihua City."

"The Commanding Division of Datong Capital, from Datong Yunzhong Mayi, Xiuguandaoyi Road, to Datong Zuowei, Datong Right, Zhenluwei, Dongshengwei, Yunchuanwei, from Yunchuanwei to Guihua City And Zhuozi."

"There are also post roads from Jining to Datongwei, which are so-called extending in all directions."

Hu Wei took a deep breath and said with a smile: "In the fifth year of Yongle, Emperor Wen re-established post stations, and set up Bili, Duogan, Longda Sanwei, Sichuan and Tibet and other clans to restore post stations to connect envoys from the Western Regions. Order Taozhou, The three guards of Hezhou and Xining will be given horses from the army."

"In the seventh year of Yongle, the post road was completed, and there was an endless stream of monks and laymen, officials, merchants, and Buddhist pilgrims. As a result, the road was completed and the envoys traveled for tens of thousands of miles. This is really a meritorious service."

This post road was indeed a great achievement for thousands of years. Later, this road was called the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and finally became the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

What Hu Wei was talking about was that in the fifth year of Yongle, at the request of Chanhua Wang Zhaxi Jianzan, a post road leading to Sichuan and Tibet was built along the ancient tea-horse road, and Sichuan and Tibet have become quiet since then.

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew about the official post road leading to Sichuan and Tibet, he said full of doubts: "Sichuan and Tibet, which are far away in the sky, can build official post roads, why... Hetao doesn't build post roads?"

Hu Wei sighed, and said with regret: "Your Majesty, at that time, the Southern Yamen was the capital, the Beiya was the Beiya, and the Beiya was far away. At that time, Emperor Wen dismissed Xia Yuanji for the Northern Expedition. Jing'an, how to repair Chi Dao?"

"It was built today, but it will be destroyed tomorrow. At that time, Emperor Wen built a post road to Yongning Temple, and the courtiers were so angry that they went straight back to Beiya."

Zhu Qiyu understood that this is the benefit of evergreen trees, and it can be explained clearly in one sentence, why did Emperor Wen Zhu Di not build the official road and post road in Hetao.

After the post road in Liaodong was built, there was no way to build the post road in Hetao.

Today, it is a matter of course to build the Hetao official road station, but at that time, the courtiers saw that it was a waste of manpower and material resources to build it to show the emperor's martial arts?

"How much does it cost to build post roads? Do you still need to invest?" Jin Lian, as the secretary of the household department, immediately questioned that the construction of official roads and post roads is not a small amount.
In fact, Jin Lian would like to ask more, after the repair of the official roads and post roads of the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of tax supervision and banknote gates, and the money received, how to divide it?
Does it all go into His Majesty's internal money?
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It doesn't cost much, the total amount of grain is less than 70 shi, and the grain price in the capital is converted into silver, which is only 35 silver dollars."

Jin Lian didn't believe it would be so cheap. He said convincingly: "When Emperor Wen built the Liaodong official road and post road, he recruited nearly 30 civilians and spent nearly a million taels of silver! Your Majesty, don't lie to me!"

Jin Lian is the Secretary of the Household Department. Of course, he has to calculate carefully. The money of the Ming Dynasty cannot be released like the water that opened the gate, but there is no money that can be turned back.

70 shi grains want to do such a big thing, how is it possible?

Wu Jing stared blankly at this scene. Is this the atmosphere of the long-rumored Salt and Iron Conference?Hubu Shangshu talked to the great emperor like this, how respectful is it?
This is where Wu Jingjiu was, and he didn't understand the rules in the court. In the court, letting Daming move forward is the greatest respect.

As the Minister of the Household Department, Jin Lian's function lies.

Zhu Qiyu looked around and said: "We don't need to recruit civilian husbands. There are so many people in Jining who can't even eat, they are civilian husbands."

"We only need to provide them with food until next summer's harvest, and it is enough for them to repair the official roads sent by Yu Shaobao for Daming."

"The Oirats robbed their livestock, cattle, sheep, food, and killed and raped their daughters and wives. We are different. We give them food and keep them alive."

"Just a little, a little work."

Jin Lian kept blinking. He heard that Jining had turned into a mess, and his heart was about to die of pain. This was an unplanned investment, but what His Majesty said...

"Isn't it natural to give relief to the people who are suffering from a disaster?" Jin Lian said a little dullly.

Excessively high moral standards have led Jin Lian to have a strong sympathy for the people. This has been a disaster, and His Majesty still organizes them to work?

Zhu Qiyu said as a matter of course: "Otherwise? Doumi Ensheng Mi Qiu, is the imperial court going to be a good man? Give benefits, get used to it, believe it or not, they don't even know how to herd, let alone farm, and just wait for the court to help. "

"If the relief is not enough, if there is a slight disturbance, they will turn their backs on Daming and vote for Oirat."

"This is not the way of the herdsmen who guard the soil."

Jin Lian frowned and said, "Will it cause criticism from all over the world? It's so harsh."

Hu Wei sat up straight, looked at the worried courtiers with a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "Let me say a few words."

　Today is still the fourth watch, please... tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)