There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Early July.

Lin Feng returned to Jiazhou with his personal guard brigade. He immediately returned to the back house of the Hou Mansion to see Xiao Linyun.

This is his first child and his legitimate son. It can be said that he is loved by all.

Lin Feng hugged little Lin Yun affectionately. The little guy could already look at Lin Feng with his black eyes. "Call daddy!" Lin Feng teased him.

"mama"

The little guy made a sound without shame.

"Haha!" Everyone roared with laughter.

At this time, Xiao Linyun was already one month old. In ancient times, having enough children was an important hurdle. Lin Feng also held a full moon party for Xiao Linyun. Only relatives at home and senior military and political officials from Jiazhou were invited to attend.

Originally, Lin Feng only wanted to celebrate with his family, but his legitimate son's full moon was not just a private matter. The military and political leaders of the Zhenming Army were also very concerned about it, so he still needed to invite them over to join in the fun.

However, Lin Feng strictly ordered that no one of them should give money or anything. This rule must be established as soon as possible, otherwise the culture of up and down will be broken.

Seeing Lin Feng's legitimate son full moon, and seeing that the little guy was very smart, the senior officials of the Governor's Mansion were very excited. The Zhenming Army's huge cause finally had a successor.

After hosting Xiao Linyun's full moon party, Lin Feng also had an in-depth exchange with Feng Ziyi on the issue of raising children, explaining in detail some scientific parenting knowledge.

Recently, Feng Ziyi has been studying the scientific knowledge compiled by Lin Feng. She has already started to form a gynecological and pediatric team. She also understands the knowledge that Lin Feng has taught her. They both agree that they must not pamper Xiao Lin Yun. He will inherit the career of Zhenming Army in the future. You must be strong both physically and mentally.

After handling the family affairs, Lin Feng returned to the front office of the Hou Mansion and organized a high-level meeting of the Zhenming Army to analyze the situation and study countermeasures.

"Everyone, the first half of the twelfth year of Chongzhen has ended. Our Zhenming Army has made great progress in this half year. Today we are holding a meeting to take stock of our overall strength and then study the next development strategy." Lin Feng said first. .

Li Xiongzhen opened a booklet, turned his hands and said: "Let me report on the government affairs first. At present, our Zhenming Army controls the entire Yan'an Prefecture and Yulin Town in Shaanxi, Datong Prefecture and Baodou Prefecture in Shanxi, and will The entire northern part of Shaanxi and Shanxi has been connected into one piece.

According to the weights and measures newly established by the Governor, the total area exceeds 150,000 square kilometers, with more than 30 states and counties, and a total population of more than 5 million. And because our territory is stable and there is no war, the population from various places is still influxing rapidly.

In addition, we also control the city of Luoyang, which is not very large but has a population of more than 400,000. "

"How is the tax revenue?" Lin Feng asked.

"We have abolished miscellaneous taxes in all areas of the Zhenming Army and only levy regular taxes in summer and autumn. Datong Prefecture has not yet counted them. The entire Yan'an Prefecture's summer tax revenue in the first half of the year can reach about 4 taels. In addition, we The public land controlled by government agencies at all levels can also receive an additional taels of land lease.

Baodezhou, Hequ plus Linxian and other places can levy a summer tax of about 60,000 taels. In terms of land tax, a total of 300,000 taels can be collected in half a year, of which about 60,000 taels are reserved for local expenses and 240,000 taels are handed over to the governor's office, with an average monthly income of 40,000 taels.

In terms of commercial taxes, the Yan'an Prefecture has not fully implemented the collection. Now it relies on Jiazhou, Suidezhou, Baodian, Hequ, Linxian and other places to collect a total of about 180,000 taels of commercial taxes in the first half of the year, of which Zhenming Group paid nearly 180,000 taels. half tax.

With the rapid development of commerce in our Zhenming Army territory, commercial taxes will definitely exceed agricultural taxes and become the main source of income for our government offices in the future. "Reported by Su Shunianhui, who is in charge of this business.

"According to the policy strategy of our Zhenming Army, commercial tax will become the main source of revenue for government agencies in the future, so the collection of commercial taxes cannot be relaxed. Zhenming Group must take the lead in paying taxes, and government agencies must also focus on other large businesses to investigate tax evasion and evasion. There must be heavy penalties to make paying taxes a habit." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood!" Su Shunnian replied.

"What's the total number of our troops?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Sir, our Zhenming Army originally had four divisions and five brigades. Not long ago, your Excellency ordered the formation of a new Datong Combat Division. There are five divisions and five brigades in total. They are the First Cavalry Division, the First Mobile Division, the Second Mobile Division, and the Fugu Combat Division. Together with the Datong Combat Division, Shanxi Combat Brigade 1-3, Yulin Combat Brigade, and Luoyang Combat Brigade, there are a total of 6.5 people.

In addition to your lord's personal guard brigade of 3,000 people and the 10,000 new recruits from Jiazhou to supplement the army, Zhenming Military Academy has about 2,000 people. The whole army consisted of eighty thousand men.

In addition, Your Majesty also agreed to organize and train some civilians in Yan'an City, Datong City and other places, which were controlled by the government. These were not included in our Zhenming Army. " Wang Qinhui of the General Staff Department reported.

"The entire army, not including the civilian population, has 80,000 people. The monthly military pay and military expenditures are about 240,000 taels. Currently, the land tax and commercial tax can only provide 70,000 taels per month, which is a huge gap.

Fortunately, the monthly profit provided by Zhenming Group is about 80,000 taels per month, and it is still growing rapidly. In this way, the monthly military expenditure gap is still around 90,000 taels.

However, we have confiscated more than 5 million taels of silver from Shanxi merchants and some corrupt officials at Luoyang Prince Fu's Mansion and Datong Tonglu, which can still sustain our military expenditure for a period of time.

But this money is a one-time payment. In the future, soldiers will still need to rely on fixed monthly income. Therefore, everyone still needs to establish the idea of ​​​​hard work, not spend money lavishly, and the size of the army should not be expanded too quickly. It is enough to maintain the current number for the time being. "Lin Feng took the opportunity to talk about raising an army.

The most expensive thing in the world is indeed raising troops. With only 80,000 soldiers, Lin Feng felt that he was stretched thin. The imperial court wants to support an army of one to two million people. No wonder the finances cannot make ends meet and the army is treated like beggars.

Of course, Lin Feng still has some hidden income that he has not introduced. He currently has about one million taels of silver in his own small treasury, and the revenue from Luoyang has not been included in the statistics.

As the leader of the Zhenming Army, he must of course make the financial situation more serious to prevent various departments from trying to spend money lavishly.

"Our Zhenming Army has a high cost of raising troops. This is also due to your concern for the officers and soldiers. The average monthly expenditure on wages and food reaches three taels. It would be good if the Imperial Guards Army can only have one tael. We are still in arrears with wages all year round, so we must educate Officers and soldiers must be absolutely loyal to Governor Lin." Fang Tiezhu from the Zhenfu Division stood up and said. He is now responsible for the ideological education of the army and seems to be on the road.

"Everyone, our Zhenming Army has been established for more than a year. Although it has grown rapidly and already has an army of 80,000 strong and controls a population of more than 5 million, our army and population are still far behind compared to the imperial court. , so we cannot be arrogant and complacent, we must stay vigilant and seize the opportunity to develop." Lin Feng took the opportunity to urge everyone again.

"Understood, we must remember the Governor's teachings!" everyone replied.

"This year we occupied Yan'an Prefecture and Datong Prefecture, and our territory has been greatly expanded. Last time I went to Datong Prefecture, I had appointed Li Wanxiang as the prefect of Datong Prefecture, and his vacated position as head of the Logistics Department was taken over by deputy chief Zhao Zhixin. Feng Ziming will serve as the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture." Lin Feng then announced the appointment. It is better to let the two father-in-laws be the prefects of the two major prefectures. After all, it is more secure.

"Thank you, sir!" Zhao Zhixin also came to attend the meeting today and immediately stood up to thank him.

"In this government system, all the chief officials of the two major offices are fully staffed. For the remaining vacancies in prefectures and counties, Xiongzhen's Government Affairs Council will propose candidates after soliciting the opinions of the prefects and submit them to me for review."

"Yes!" Li Xiongzhen replied.

After taking stock of Zhen Mingjun's family fortune, Lin Feng returned to his office, entered the space and began to consider the next overall strategy.

At present, the total strength of the Zhenming Army has reached 80,000, but it is divided into Datong, Fugu, Jiazhou, Yan'an and Luoyang. The number of troops available for maneuver is still insufficient.

Lin Feng has always adhered to the line of elite troops and has not engaged in large-scale explosions such as the peasant army. With only 80,000 troops, he needs military pay of 240,000 taels per month, which has exceeded the fixed income that the Governor's Mansion can obtain, and there is still a shortfall. Not small.

To solve this problem, we must increase efforts to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. On the one hand, we cannot increase military strength on a large scale, and on the other hand, we must quickly increase the fiscal revenue of the Governor's Office.

Now that the territory occupied by the Zhenming Army has expanded four to five times, there is a lot of room for increase in both taxes and Zhenming Group's profits. The main reason is that it will take a certain amount of time to complete the layout.

Therefore, Lin Feng decided to temporarily stop expansion during this period and first stabilize the internal affairs of the occupied territory.

(End of this chapter)