Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 529
Geng Zhongming in Dongjiang, Jin Shenghuan in Nanchang, Jiang Juan in Datong, Wang Yongqiang in Yan'an, Ding Layin in Hezhong, He Hongqi in Longyou, Li Chixin in Hubei, the seven towns belonged to special out-of-town towns, and they acted cheaply and did not enjoy imperial treatment for the time being.

Twenty towns in five chambers in the headquarters of the imperial camp, ten towns in line camps, three towns in Jingying, and seven towns in outer towns. Except for towns, each town has [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary troops. practice actual combat!

Except for towns, the overall plan is to reorganize into 33 towns, with a total of 16 soldiers.

Each of the five chambers of the imperial camp has an admiral with a general seal.

"My lords, do you have any opinions on this matter?" Liu Chao, who presided over the court discussion, stood up and asked.

Not a word was spoken.

"President Liu?"

What can Liu Zongzhou, who was asked by name, say? The emperor cut down so many troops at once. The fifteen provinces where the imperial camp is located directly reorganized all the provincial camps. This is tantamount to saving There are 15 people in the provincial camp of Thirty Towns.

There are [-] left in the five chambers of the imperial camp headquarters, [-] left in the line camp, and [-] left in the Beijing camp. Liu Zongzhou is speechless with such strength.

He felt that the emperor had made a lot of concessions and could listen to what his courtiers said.

With such a result, it is already very satisfying.

Originally, he objected to giving rich salaries to officials and soldiers, but the emperor's words made him unable to refute.

Hong Chengchou, the doctor of Zuo Admonishment, stood up, "Eunuch Liu, I think His Majesty has considered everything very comprehensively, and in times of war, no one can suffer for the soldiers on the front line.

Good steel must be used wisely, and now the court's finances must also be used first on the soldiers. "

"Even if the military salary is tens of millions a year, it must be spent. After this adjustment and reorganization, the military salary will be controlled at about 2000 million in the future. The other expenses are battleships, artillery, shotguns, gunpowder, armor, knives and guns, etc. It is estimated that [-] million yuan should not be enough for the transportation of vehicles and ships, as well as the consumption of food, grass, and horses.”

"First make a budget of 3000 million yuan, and leave enough money for the army first."

Ruan Dacheng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, glanced at Hong Chengchou and answered, "This year's total revenue will reach more than 500 million taels of silver, and next year there should be some increase, mainly due to industrial and commercial taxes and customs duties, lijin, salt tea and mining taxes. There is still a lot of room for improvement.”

"It is conservatively estimated that next year there will be a total of 5000 million taels of silver, plus 500 million shi grains. Our household department can leave 500 million to 4000 million taels of silver for the army first."

"Is there so much? All for other expenses of the army, what about the local government?"

"The current tax system of the imperial court, the land tax and silver, has been reserved for the local government when it is turned over. This year's 3000 million miles, the land silver plus land sales money, land deed tax, etc., actually did not count the local reserves. Part of it, we make a plan, and we only count those that have been handed over to the national treasury." Ruan Dacheng said this with confidence, as a minister of the household department, he must have money and food, otherwise this official will be regarded as unstable.

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The emperor on the throne spoke.

"For next year's budget, 3000 million yuan is enough for the army, and my royal treasury can still subsidize part of it."

The emperor had many industries, including many confiscated fields, manors and shops, as well as banks, salt farms, mines, weaving bureaus, shipyards, and even cannon factories, tea shops, foreign trade firms, and sea caravans. , these are big deals.

Although these industries of the emperor make money, the emperor has always paid attention to the distinction between public and private. Whether it is his own fields, mines, shops, etc., the business belongs to the business, and the taxes that should be paid are not less than a penny, even the passing customs duties and lijin It is not wrong to ask for payment.

Zhu Yihai has always asked for clear scores. Even if the court purchases tea from the Royal Tea Shop or silk from the Weaving Bureau, it must be done in a normal account, and taxes must be paid according to the rules.

The purpose of doing this is to clarify responsibilities, rewards and commissions for good management, fines and replacements for poor management.To earn is to earn, and to lose is to lose, but one has to understand which one is gaining and which is losing, which one is effective in doing things, and which one is living up to the holy hope.

All transactions must be clearly accounted for money and goods. Taxation starts from the emperor. The royal industry is the royal industry. The internal money is the internal money.

Even if the emperor bought tea from his own tea shop, he had to take money from his own money first, and he had to pay for the tea he bought from the tea shop at the normal market price.The tea shop has made money, the dividends that should be distributed at the end of the year, and the profits that should be handed over to the company.

It is precisely because of the emperor's set of rules that the emperor's industry is expanding rapidly, but it is running well, and even Liu Zongzhou, who is so talkative, can't object too much.

After all, the emperor also pays taxes, and there are no preferential exemptions. Many industries run by the emperor are beyond the participation of ordinary people, and it is not a competition for profit with the people.

The emperor did not sell vegetables.

They are all engaged in mines, smelting, shipbuilding, cannon casting, coin minting, banks, money houses, as well as high-end silk weaving, cotton weaving, maritime trade and so on.

Even a lot of the emperor's properties are not completely owned by the royal family. Many of them have also attracted many ministers and ministers to participate in the shares. Everyone paid the principal, contributed money and efforts, and then shared dividends together.

Every time a business is done, the emperor likes to recruit a group of noble ministers to join, so these industries are really not easy to attack.

Although Liu Zongzhou refused to participate in one share time and time again, others were not sneaky, they were acting according to orders, and even many things such as shipbuilding and smelting were urgently needed by the court, let alone paying so much taxes.

The emperor's small treasury is quite full, but he is not stingy. He rewards honorable ministers, soldiers, and even disaster relief and rewards to the army. The emperor often draws money from within.

With such an emperor, what else can the ministers say.

"Then issue the decree according to this resolution, and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Imperial Battalion, and the governors, governors, admirals, and generals of all provinces will implement the decree!"

Liu Chao concluded with a smile.

The court meeting is special. The resolution reached at the court meeting does not even need to go through the usual set of procedures. It does not need to be drafted, approved, copied, etc., and can be directly issued for implementation.

The decree was personally drafted by Shen Chenquan, a senior scholar in the prime minister's office,

The decree was drawn up, and the cabinet ministers lined up to sign it.

Song Zhipu, the chief minister of the cabinet, was the first to sign his name, a beautiful lottery.

The six elders signed in turn, then the Minister of the Ministry of Households, the Minister of the Ministry of War, etc., and the eunuch Liu Chao also signed on it, and finally Hong Chengchou, the left admonishment doctor of the Jianyuan, signed it. Everyone stepped forward to sign.

The content of the decree is not too long, but there is a long list of names signed later, the Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet, the Supervisor of Rituals, the Sixth Ministry, the Court of Remonstrance, and the Secretary of the General Administration...

Seeing the signed will, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

The court discussed seven matters, the first one got off to a good start, the atmosphere was good, and the solution was very good. Even Hong Chengchou secretly looked at the emperor, and found that the emperor's face was very calm, and there was even a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Well, it seems that Liu Zongzhou stood up and said a lot, and the emperor was not dissatisfied. It was even very likely that the emperor had expected that Liu Zongzhou would say these things, so the initial proposal might just be a wild asking price.

After all, if you want to open a window in the house, it is best to propose to push the house first, otherwise you will encounter someone like Liu Zongzhou, who likes to fight everything.

Anyway, if there is something to do, don't make a fuss first.

Now that Liu Zongzhou was admonishing him, the emperor adjusted his will and accepted many of Liu Zongzhou's advice.

He took a special look at the six palm prints of Jianyuan, all of which were given to Shizhong.

Although the grades of these few are not high, they are only the fourth grade, but because they are the palm prints of the six subjects, they actually have a lot of authority.

Even Hong Chengchou had to establish a good relationship with them, otherwise, if they were disobedient, he would not be stable as the dean of the Admonition Academy.

Fortunately, regarding the matter just now, the palm seals headed by Huaxia are obviously very satisfied. Although they have the right to refute and participate in state affairs, today's court meeting is quite satisfactory.

No one even stood up to speak just now.

Hong Chengchou remembered that the people in the Ming Dynasty were all rebellious and rebellious. Whenever there was an opportunity, they had to stand up and show their existence.

It is precisely because of the existence of those dozens of people in the matter that there is often a strange situation in the Ming Dynasty Hall, that is, the discussion does not make a decision.

No matter how you discuss it, it will be difficult to get a result in the end, because people in these matters will always refute, and party disputes are fierce, and matters are often divided into several parties, attacking each other.

But in the current Jianyuan, from the two presidents, to the palm prints of the six departments, to the current left and right givers, and the givers of each subject, there is no such obvious division. There will be factional disputes, but because many of the remonstrance courts have had stains in the past, such as surrendering captives, submissiveness, or thieves, etc., they are different in the current court.

Just like Qian Qianyi used to be the leader of Donglin, but now he is a doctor of the Right Adviser, but no matter whether it is Qi Biaojia, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou, Xu Shiqi, etc., people from Donglin are not willing to follow Qian. Qian Yi approached, and would never accept him again.

Therefore, everyone in the Admonition Court is also very aware of this, and even understands that the emperor's appointment of them as counselors in the Admonition Court comes from this.

There is a saying that you can't do your best. Most of them have taints, and as counselors of the Court of Admonitions, they are destined to become lonely ministers.

In the past, the speakers of the Six Divisions, who wanted to show their presence everywhere, now sat there calmly one by one. What was discussed just now involved the military, finance, etc., which are the foundation of the country. In the end, none of them stood up to speak out.

What is revealed here is the supreme authority of the emperor.

Even the officials of the Imperial Procuratorate and the Admonishment Court were obedient to what the emperor said. From this aspect alone, it was a million times better than that of Chongzhen.

And he can see that this is not fear of the emperor, but sincere support for the emperor.

(End of this chapter)