Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Leave Xiyuan and return to the cabinet,

Zhang Haogu saw Liu Hongxun walking towards him.

"Elder Liu Ge is waiting for this pavilion?" Zhang Haogu asked.

Liu Hongxun nodded: "There are some things that need to be discussed with Yuan Fu, right now"

Zhang Haogu said: "This pavilion is free, let's go in and talk?"

Entering the cabinet, brewing tea, Zhang Haogu held the teacup and blew the hot air gently: "Liu Ge is always looking for this cabinet, because he wants to talk about Balian Nadu?"

Liu Hongxun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I can't hide it from Yuan Fu, just now I talked with Elder Huang Ge and Elder Wei Ge about the grassland."

"We are all happy that the imperial court has won the battle. It is a great thing to harvest millions of livestock and millions of horses."

"Since the imperial court has paid back the capital, when will Uncle Dingyuan be withdrawn?"

Zhang Haogu looked at Liu Hongxun in surprise: "Why do you want to withdraw?"

Liu Hongxun was even more surprised: "Could it be that Yuanfu intends to let Uncle Dingyuan stay in the grassland?"

Zhang Haogu nodded, calmly: "This pavilion is the plan."

"This Balanadu is already my Da Ming's grass. The nearly 50 herdsmen in Balanadu are my subjects. Now that the officials and officials have been sent there, how can they be withdrawn?"

"This has been withdrawn, is Baliannadu still my Daming's Baliannadu?"

"Therefore, not only will the imperial court not withdraw its troops, but it will also build roads and build cities, so that Balianna will completely become a part of the imperial court."

Liu Hongxun sighed: "Yuanfu, the emperor must have the same idea, right?"

"But has the emperor considered it? Then, no matter the Balian tribe or the Nadu tribe, they are all Tatars, not Han people."

"People who are not of my race must have a different heart. Now they are attached to the imperial court and are willing to be my subjects of Ming Dynasty. If someone gives them better treatment someday, will they also abandon the imperial court and seek refuge with others?"

"This Tatar is unbelievable."

Zhang Haogu smiled: "Tatars can't be trusted, but scholars can be trusted?"

"Old Liu Ge, don't forget Wei Gongchao, Su Mingzhe, Fan Wencheng and others."

Liu Hongxun was stunned, he really couldn't say anything about these people, but Zhang Haogu was sophistrying, how did he talk about the Tatars, how did he transfer to the scholars?
"Yuanfu, even if you don't withdraw your troops, don't you need to build roads and cities for the time being?"

"I still know how much it costs to build a road. How much does it cost to build a road from Datong to Baliannadu? And build a city! It's too expensive!"

"The grassland has only been initially settled, and everything is unknown. Uncle Dingyuan may withdraw one day. It is not worthwhile to build cities and roads at this time."

"Besides, Uncle Dingyuan is still the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion, training the Beijing Battalion. If he leaves, what will happen to the three major battalions of the Beijing Army?"

Zhang Haogu took a sip of his tea, his expression unchanged: "Building roads and cities is a fixed number. In order to strengthen the connection between the imperial court and Balianna, this road must be built, and the city must also be built. This is a matter of money. There is no need for the elders to worry about it, Balianna has borrowed from the imperial court and Shanxi merchants to mobilize the herdsmen, and it will not cost much to build roads and cities."

"As for the three major battalions of the capital, the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion is not there, but the commander of the Shenji Battalion is still there."

"This cabinet will draw up a handbook for a while, and Liu Ge will send it to the commander of Shenji Battalion from the Ministry of War, General Zhaoyong Zhou Yuji, and he will be promoted to General Zhaoyi. He will take over the position of commander of the Fifth Army Battalion and be responsible for training the Third Battalion of the Beijing Division."

Liu Hongxun had nothing to say, seeing that Zhang Haogu couldn't change his attitude, it was worth leaving with a sigh.

After Liu Hongxun left, Zhang Haogu also put down the teacup, his face was as calm as a deep, but it was hard to see what he was thinking.

Soon, the Ministry of War issued an order, the three major battalions gathered generals, announced the appointment of the cabinet in public, and promoted Zhou Yuji, the commander of the Shenji battalion, to General Zhaoyi, the commander of the fifth battalion, and was responsible for training the soldiers and horses of the three battalions.

Zhou Yuji, who was appointed, did not expect that the position of the commander of the five military battalions would fall on his head. He thought that he would choose one of Qi Yuangong, Fang Yunchu and others to be transferred back.

After the appointment was completed, Zhou Yuji followed him back to the palace to return to his command. The emperor and Zhang Shoufu were waiting to hear his training plan.

"The final general will see the emperor, the first assistant."

Seeing Zhou Yuji's arrival, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "Get up."

After Zhou Yuji sat down properly, Zhu Youxiao said, "The training of the three major camps is an important matter. Now you are in charge of training the three major camps. What are your plans?"

Zhou Yuji said: "If you return to the emperor, the general will not have any big plans at the end, just follow the old system of the predecessor."

Zhang Haogu smiled: "It is said that the new official has three fires, why don't you plan to make a move?"

Zhou Yuji said very honestly: "The previous training of the three battalions was discussed and decided by the emperor, the chief assistant and me, and it is currently the training plan that is most suitable for the three battalions."

"When General Cao served as the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion, the three major battalions began to train according to the plan. Now they are used to the existing training plan, and the trained soldiers are all qualified."

"Since this is the case, General Mo thinks that the training plan does not need to be changed much, just keep the current state."

Zhang Haogu nodded approvingly, and said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, when this new official takes office, he will always show his ability. He will either impatiently come up with some plans, or overturn the predecessor's policies. Everyone wants to be Xiao He, there are very few people willing to be Cao Shen."

"General Zhou is willing to be Cao Shen, it is very rare."

Zhu Youxiao also nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, General Zhou is not arrogant or impetuous, calm and moderate, and has the demeanor of a general. General Zhou will go back to train well. If you have any comments, please pass me a note."

Zhou Yuji got up and saluted: "No."

After Zhou Yuji left, Zhu Youxiao said, "Master, do you think Zhou Yuji has any plans of his own?"

Zhang Haogu pondered for a moment: "I think there are, but he also knows that the current training plan is the most suitable for the current three battalions, so he didn't bring it up. He knows what is suitable for the present and what needs to be put into practice." Long term."

"Know how to advance and retreat, judge the situation, and in time, you can be a general."

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly: "What Master said is exactly what I thought. This week Yuji, if you practice hard, you will be the next Cao Wenzhao."

After talking about the training of the three major battalions, Zhu Youxiao got up and stretched: "Aren't you elders coming?"

Eunuch Wei on the side said: "My lord, the elders are already waiting in the Hall of Martial Arts."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Then go to the Hall of Martial Arts."

Eunuch Wei hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "The emperor moved to the Hall of Martial Arts!"

Although Zhu Youxiao's main job every day is to be his mechanical expert, but I have to mention that Zhu Youxiao is really good at the job of the emperor. He knows very well that he cannot handle so many government affairs, so he separates them and hand them over to the cabinet. It is much better to hold a cabinet meeting every once in a while and find a special person to take charge of it than to have a meaningless meeting like the imperial court meeting every day.

Even if he doesn't go to court for two or three months, the important affairs of the court are still under his control.

Now that the apocalypse is ten years old, it is time to discuss with the cabinet how much the court collected last year, how much it spent, and what is expected this year.

Under the escort of a large number of guards, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu arrived at the Hall of Martial Ying; let's start."

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon couch, and all the cabinet assistants sat in a circle, Zhang Haogu sat beside Zhu Youxiao, and Eunuch Wei and Wang Tiqian waited on him.

Right now, in the Hall of Martial Heroes, it is really the highest level of the entire Ming Dynasty. There is one emperor, one chief minister, and six cabinet assistants. If the Hall of Martial Heroes is taken over by one pot, then the Ming Dynasty will really be in chaos. up.

But wanting to raid the Hall of Martial Heroes in the currently protected imperial palace, and then break through layers of guards to intercept and rush in, that is simply a dream.

Didn't you see that the civil servants of the Donglin Party and those honorable generals gave up the idea of ​​changing the emperor? Otherwise, according to the characteristics of the old Zhu's family being easily soluble in water, Zhu Youxiao would have sunk into the pond long ago.

Clearing his throat, Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, colleagues, everyone knows that at the end of this year, the statistical results of various ministries have come out. How much the court's income this year, how much it spends, and how it will arrange its finances next year, all have to be determined." Yiyi."

"Specifically, let the ministries talk about it themselves."

As he said that, Zhang Haogu looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "Old Lu Ge, you are the Minister of the Household Department, how much money the court has now, and where the money is spent, tell everyone."

Lu Xiangsheng also cleared his throat, then took out the folder from his sleeve and looked at Huang Liji, Wei Guangwei, and Liu Hongxun, and then slowly said: "Return to the emperor, chief assistant, all elders, last year my Ming tax revenue reached 5000 yuan. 5000 million, an increase of nearly [-]% compared to last year, which is [-] million taels when converted into silver."

One million taels of silver!

When was Daming so rich?
During the Yongle Dynasty, the court only paid 4000 to [-] million taels of silver a year, which was already amazing at that time.

In the Wanli Dynasty and the Jiajing Dynasty, the court's one-year-old silver was several million taels, and in the Tianqi year, the court's one-year income was even less than 300 million taels of silver.

But it's only been a few years, and the annual income of the imperial court is only 800 million taels of silver!
Hearing this number, Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji looked at each other, and they both saw the bitterness on each other's faces. The New Deal brought so much tax, and it didn't labor the people. People's lives are getting better and better. They were all supporting the New Deal, but the Donglin Party chose to make them fight against Zhang Haogu. How could they be against each other?
It's not a level at all, ouch, it's so good that you can't beat it?
Lu Xiangsheng didn't look at the expressions of Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji. He continued: "However, the imperial court has a lot of taxes and spends a lot. Although Shandong, Henan, Gyeonggi, Jiangnan and other places have raised taxes, well, Hubei has also raised a lot of taxes. , which surprised the household department."

"After all, Hubei's tax revenue was good last year, but compared to the overall environment, it is still not enough."

As he said that, Lu Xiangsheng took out a booklet that he had prepared a long time ago: "The land of Gansu and Shanxi has undergone preliminary treatment, and the cost has been reduced by [-]%, but this year, there are still droughts and floods in the north and the south. A lot of money was spent, and there was also a battle to conquer Liao, and a lot of money was spent on the war on the grassland."

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Anyway, the tax is still raised, 5000 million taels of silver, this figure is more than Yongle Dynasty, everyone has worked hard."

"Speaking of which, the imperial court has invested a lot in the vicinity of Gyeonggi in the past two years, building canals and reservoirs, and irrigating farmland. The land of Gyeonggi is getting better, but Shanxi, Gansu and Shanxi still need to be rectified."

"Governor Shi Kefa of the Three Frontiers wrote the booklet on governing the Yellow River. All elders have read it. Do you have any comments?"

When it came to Shi Kefana's big plan to control the Yellow River, Lu Xiangsheng wanted to say something, but he could move his mouth, but he still didn't open his mouth. After all, the management of the Yellow River has made great achievements in the present and future. The environment and so on, these big plans are all for the Loess Plateau to restore the original appearance of Guanzhong.

The cost is a bit more, but the money that should be spent cannot be saved.

You seem to have saved some money now, but if you save it this day, future generations will have to spend more money, manpower and material resources to manage it.

In fact, last year's government tax revenue was not much spent on military expenditures.

Except for the part that was thrown to the Liaodong warlords as a waste, the military expenditure in southern Liaoning and the military expenditure for sending troops to the grasslands are really not much, not as much as road construction.

After all, the new army of the imperial court is not the guards of the past. Those Liaodong warlords will have to pay the departure fee when they are about to go to war.

In fact, it can't be blamed on those soldiers in the guards. They don't receive their military salary all year round. Now they have to pay some money when there is a war, right?

This has led to the fact that for many frontier troops, the imperial court not only has to allocate money and food every year, but also pays a start-up fee to reward the morale of the soldiers before the battle.

But the new army will not be the case.

The monthly money and rations of the new army are distributed to individuals. The soldiers of the new army can really get their own share of the money and rations. There is no shortage of money and rations on weekdays, and the training continues all day long. This can be used directly before the battle. There is no need for a start-up fee, nor is there any need to motivate the army.

As long as there is an order from the imperial court, it can be pulled out anytime and anywhere, and it can be beaten when pulled out.

This is the difference between the new army and the old army.

Therefore, the military expenditure of the imperial court was not much, and the money and food rewards were actually not much spent. The biggest expenditure was only gunpowder, cannons, civilian husbands and food conscripted.

But these are really nothing compared to the projects of the Ming court today.

Nowadays, in addition to building roads around Gyeonggi, the imperial court has also extended the roads to Shandong, connecting Shandong and Gyeonggi, plus a series of plans to dig canals, build reservoirs, and repair official roads in Henan and Shanxi. This is what accounts for the bulk of fiscal revenue.

The single official road plan connecting Shandong and Gyeonggi cost more money and food than rewarding the entire army in southern Liaoning. Coupled with other projects, the officials of the Ministry of Households felt distressed seeing the sum of expenditure.

However, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu held different opinions. This money is stored in the treasury. If you don’t spend it, you will die.
Money that is not in circulation is not money. Only when money is in circulation can it play a role and make Daming run.

Money is the blood of a giant like Daming, and if the blood doesn't circulate, the giant will die.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu's opinion is: flower!You have to spend what you need, spend as much as you can, spend the money, and activate the entire Daming market, so that the blood in the blood vessels of this giant, Da Ming, can circulate in the whole body, instead of freezing in the mind and heart.

Leaning on the small table, Zhu Youxiao flipped through a booklet: "Last year, the imperial court's tax revenue was good. Although this year was affected by the war with Liaodong and the grasslands, they all won after all, and the gains were not small. That alone Millions of livestock, the tax revenue this year should be pretty good."

"If the imperial court has money, it has to spend it. The series of plans proposed by Master before are called foundation projects. I see that they are all plans that benefit the country and the people."

"The imperial court must implement these plans step by step. For example, the embankments of the Yellow River in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong have been reinforced and river channels have been dredged. These cannot be saved. They must be done, and they must be done quickly and well."

"If we don't take advantage of the lack of rain to complete the dredging of the river, and wait until the beginning of winter or even the beginning of spring next year, it will be even more difficult to do."

Zhang Haogu took over the conversation and looked at Zhang Ruitu: "Mr. Zhang Ge, you are the minister of the Ministry of Rites. You should do a good job of publicizing the Daming Newspaper so that the people in Shaanxi and Shanxi know how to control the Yellow River through the Daming Newspaper." To mobilize the people to take the initiative to plant trees along the banks of the river in Shanxi and Shaanxi to consolidate the soil of the river banks and prevent the river from silting up."

"As for the cleanup of the river, the Ministry of Industry still has to do it quickly. If there is a shortage of workers, it will recruit peasants, and if there is a shortage of mules and horses, it will be mobilized nearby. All the prefectures and counties that the Yellow River passes through will be mobilized. The first dredging will be completed by the end of this year."

"This silt is a treasure. It is a good fertilizer to spread on the Gobi, wasteland, and dry land."

The silt in the river is really a treasure. There is no industrial pollution or heavy metal pollution. The silt in the Yellow River contains fish and shrimp corpses and soil. It has enough nutrients and covers the cultivated land, which can speed up the re-cultivation. of.

The silt cleared along the river can greatly increase the output of cultivated fields in these places.

After talking about the dredging of the river, Zhang Haogu raised another topic: "Now, Zuo Yizhi is in charge of the imperial court's water conservancy, building embankments, and diverting water to irrigate canals. Everyone can see the results of the two years in Gyeonggi. .”

"This year Zuo Yizhi's water conservancy office has achieved good results in Henan, Shanxi and other places."

"This pavilion is discussing with the emperor. This water conservancy office has been established independently for some time. Everyone can see the achievements. We should set up a separate office so that we can be responsible for the national water conservancy work in the future."

Zhu Youxiao also said: "Well, Zuo Yizhi is diligent in his work. The four reservoirs in Gyeonggi are well built. I can rest assured that I will entrust him with water conservancy."

Zuo Guangdou's water conservancy office became a separate department?
If six ministries have changed to seven ministries, won't Zhang's party's power expand again?
Although Huang Liji didn't want to fight against Zhang Haogu, he still opposed it in this regard: "The water conservancy office is also doing the work of the Ministry of Industry, and it is enough to directly merge it into the Ministry of Industry, or be responsible to the cabinet. Why? Do you have to set up another one? Isn’t it strange that these six have become seven?”

Wei Guangwei also said: "Yuan Fu's meaning, I also understand, Zuo Yizhi has achievements, just reward him, why set up a new one? Now he is a Jiayi doctor, and he was promoted to a Tongyi doctor, I think is allowed."

"As for setting up another one, it's better to look at his achievements in Henan and Shanxi, and then discuss it."