The Most Powerful Man in the World

Zhang Mao, who was sitting there, could not help frowning, and said to Chu Yi with a light cough and a low voice: "Chief, now that you have rashly increased the salaries of soldiers, I am afraid that the cost of raising soldiers will be doubled!"

A soldier costs about ten taels a year, not counting armor, weapons, etc. If this is counted, a soldier needs at least 30 taels of silver a year to take care of.

I don’t know, but I was really shocked. According to Chu Yi’s plan, the Beijing camp will be expanded to about 20 people. If this is the calculation, even the investment in weapons can be regarded as a one-off. , then to maintain such a 20-strong army, at least 500 million taels must be invested in the first year, and at least 300 million taels will be invested every year to maintain the army.

According to Chu Yi's investigation, in the past, Daming spent hundreds of thousands of taels each year to support the more than [-] Jingying soldiers. According to Chu Yi's actions, it will cost millions of taels to maintain the Jingying alone in the future. , If such a large and terrifying military expenditure is known to the civil and military officials above the court, I am afraid it will be fried.

Daming levies taxes and throws out food and other items every year. If it is only silver taels, it is only three to five million taels, which means that the imperial court is simply not enough to maintain so many Jingying soldiers.

No matter what happened to Zhang Mao, Xu Guangzhao, and Zhu Fu, at least Chu Yi was their ally at the moment. They had never heard Chu Yi mentioned that they would increase the salaries of their soldiers. One by one, it was startling.

Even if the Ming treasury is emptied, it will not be able to support so many soldiers. You must know that this salary has been added up, and it will not be so easy to reduce it again.

Chu Yi knew what they were worried about just by looking at Zhang Mao and the others, but Chu Yi shook his head slightly at Zhang Mao and the others, and said with a bit of confidence on his face: "Everyone, Chu Since you dare to make such a decision, there is naturally a way to solve the problem of pay."

However, Zhang Mao and others did not believe it. Chu Yi instructed the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei to monitor the documents and distribute silver taels to the excited soldiers, while he and Zhang Mao and others stepped aside.

Zhang Mao looked at Chu Yi, his face full of worry and said: "Master Chief, please think twice about adding pay!"

Zhu Fu frowned, stroking his beard and said: "What the British public said is very true, Master Chief, it's not that we don't believe you, it is really millions of taels of military pay every year, and the court simply can't pay it. At that time, a careless one , that would lead to a mutiny."

As a soldier, if the promised salaries are not distributed, what the consequences will be, as long as you are not a fool, you can imagine.

Not to mention several princes, even Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu and other generals who were deeply gracious to Chu Yi looked at Chu Yi with a worried expression.

Chu Yi smiled and said, "Chu has his own way!"

Xu Guangzhao said anxiously, "This old man knows that there is still a forfeited property in the hands of the chief steward. The key point is that this wealth can last for two or three years, but in the future, the chief steward can't go to the house every year."

Just as Xu Guangzhu said, it is impossible for such a matter of wanton raiding of homes to last for a long time, just one or two times.

Chu Yi glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "Everyone, the governor will inform His Majesty about the issue of military pay. You should believe that His Majesty will not allow Chu to act recklessly. If Chu has no way to solve the problem of military pay, only If it is your Majesty, you will not be able to get through it."

Hearing Chu Yi's words, Duke Ying frowned and said, "Well, since that's the case, I'll wait for the Lord Manager to come up with a solution, otherwise, please forgive me for offending the Lord Manager, and I'll definitely join the letter to the Emperor. Stop the boss from acting recklessly."

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After appeasing the British public and others, Chu Yi returned to the high platform of the school field, and a famous soldier took the reward silver in the hands of the Chinese military clerk with a look of joy.

When all the soldiers were gone with their pay and silver, Chu Yi looked at the original five million taels of silver on the ground, and now there are only about one million taels left. That is to say, in one day, he had enough A full four million taels were dispatched.

This is as much as four million taels of silver, which is worth the tax silver earned in Daming year, so it was distributed by Chu Yi for one day.

In the early morning of the second day, Chu Yi beat drums in the army to gather generals. It seems that because of Chu Yi's previous massacre, the generals in the army did not dare to be negligent at all. Appeared in the big account on time.

Chu Yi, who was sitting there, glanced at the darkness in the large tent. At least hundreds of generals, even the tent could not hold it.

Zhang Mao and other honorables came to be more just to be a foil, showing that honors and honors stand on Chu Yi's side and firmly support Chu Yi's reorganization of the Beijing camp, but this does not mean that these honorable honors can control the military power .

Now the power in the army is in the hands of the Ministry of War, but fortunately, the Minister of War was named Yang Yiqing by the emperor, and Yang Yiqing had a good relationship with Chu Yi.

Now I have been ordered by the Son of Heaven to reorganize the Beijing battalion. Even if Yang Yiqing returns, I am afraid that nothing will change. When the reorganization of the Beijing battalion is completed, at that time, the Ministry of War's control over the Beijing battalion will definitely plummet to the limit, which will make the capital The battalion was completely freed from the control of the civilian group.

Glancing at the generals, Chu Yi said slowly: "Generals, the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army have been disbanded. The [-]-strong Jingying army is still short of more than [-], so the recruitment will trouble the generals. already."

A group of generals headed by Han Kun suddenly bowed down and said respectfully to Chu Yi: "We respectfully follow the orders of the commander-in-chief."

Glancing at everyone with satisfaction, Chu Yi pondered and said, "I will give you a one-month period, and after a month, I will see [-] elites gathered on this large campus to recruit soldiers and soldiers. All the money needed for Anjia must be distributed in full, and if this governor knows that anyone dares to greedy the Mexican army, then don’t blame the governor for being ruthless.”

The generals couldn't help but shudder at the scene of the hundreds of colleagues' heads rolling on the school grounds yesterday.

Who doesn't know that when Chu Yi kills people, he really doesn't even blink an eye, and even those powerful and powerful people are beheaded all over the house, so why is it difficult for Chu Yi to kill one of them?

After beating these generals, Chu Yi waved his hand and said, "Go on, one month from now, there will be [-] soldiers, one less, Ben Du Weier and others are asking!"

"Here!"

All the generals responded with a bang.

I spent two days tossing with Chu Yi in the barracks. It was really a kind of torture for Zhang Mao and the others. After Chu Yi dealt with the affairs of the army, several princes went to the army. Come to say goodbye to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi watched Zhang Mao and others leave, and returned to the tent and ordered Han Kun and Cheng Xiangwu to be found.

Han Kun and Cheng Xiangwu walked into the tent, bowed to Chu Yi, and bowed down: "I will meet the general manager at the end!"

Chu Yi stretched out his hand and said: "The two generals don't need to bow, get up and talk!"

Signing for the two to take their seats, Han Kun has been with Chu Yi for a long time, and he can be regarded as Chu Yi's confidant. Now he looked at Chu Yi and said, "Professor, I don't know if General Zhao Mo and General Cheng are in front of him. Come, but what are your orders?"

Chu Yi glanced at the two of them and said, "The two of you should know that the Governor wants to form a navy master!"

Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun looked at each other, and the two nodded in unison: "The last general will know."

Chu Yi nodded and looked at the two of them and said, "Today, the two of you are invited to come here. The Governor just wants to ask, which of the two of you is willing to be the newly formed Admiral of the Navy!"

Both Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun were stunned when they heard the words. The two really didn't think that Chu Yi recruited them to come here for the selection of the admiral of the navy.

Cheng Xiangwu's eyes lit up, but seeing Han Kun sitting beside him, Cheng Xiangwu couldn't help but look dark.

Compared with Han Kunlai, his status in Chu Yi's mind is naturally a bit different. There is only one seat of the Admiral of the Navy. Chu Yi recruited the two of them this time, obviously because of one of the two of them.

It is natural for them to judge the position of the admiral of the navy, but no matter what, it can make Chu Yi pay attention. Obviously, this son will definitely not be bad.

Compared to Cheng Xiangwulai, Han Kun was naturally hesitant.

Cheng Xiangwu can think of it, and Han Kun can naturally think of it, how he doesn't know the importance of this naval admiral, but compared to it, his current position is not bad at all.

Although the Fourth Guard of Tengxiang said that there were four commanders of the guards, the other three died and were dismissed. Under such circumstances, the Fourth Guard of Tengxiang could be said to be respected by him, leaving those who were familiar with him. He didn't take a seat and ran to be a navy admiral. To be honest, Han Kun was really hesitant.

Chu Yi sat there upright, his eyes fell on the two of them, and naturally he saw the expressions of the two in his eyes.

Han Kun's hesitation and entanglement, Cheng Xiangwu's yearning and scruples, Chu Yi could roughly see what they were thinking just by looking at their expressions and reactions, and at the same time, he also had a decision in his heart.

With a light cough, Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun's eyes turned to Chu Yi, and Chu Yi was heard saying: "General Han, the Governor thought about it carefully, the four guards of Tengxiang can't be separated from the general for the time being, so Say that the Admiral of the Navy will be appointed by General Cheng Xiangwu!"

Cheng Xiangwu couldn't help but look overjoyed when he heard the words, while Han Kun breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, but still bowed his hands to Cheng Xiangwu and said, "Congratulations to Uncle Dingwu!"

Cheng Xiangwu hurriedly returned the salute and said, "An Yuanbo is very polite. Thanks to An Yuanbo's concession, Cheng Xiangwu is very grateful!"

This time Han Kun quelled the rebels, but he made a great contribution. Although there was no Han Kun above the previous court award, but his award was not missed. He was named An Yuanbo, which can be regarded as a newcomer. One of the honorable ones.

Han Kun got up and left, but Cheng Xiangwu was left behind by Chu Yi.

Chu Yi looked at Cheng Xiangwu. Cheng Xiangwu only looked at his appearance as a reckless man, but Chu Yi did not treat him as a reckless man.

After all, Cheng Xiangwu came from a family of soldiers. His ancestors were generals in the garrison for all generations, but Cheng Xiangwu's generation was born with such outstanding aptitude as Cheng Xiangwu.

The Ming Dynasty banned the sea for more than [-] years, and there were not many outstanding people among the few remaining naval divisions. Chu Yi did not even have talents in setting up sailing divisions this time, and he could only choose from among the generals in the army.

After thinking about it, Cheng Xiangwu was far more suitable than other generals.

Under the gaze of Chu Yi, Cheng Xiangwu sat there with a straight body, only to hear Chu Yi say: "General Cheng, the reason why the governor finally chose you as the newly formed admiral of the navy is because your water is not bad. You are also naturally eager to learn, so don’t be afraid of not knowing how to fight in water, as long as you are willing to learn, there will always be a day when you will learn it, do you have confidence in it?”

Cheng Xiangwu stood up suddenly, clasped his fists and bowed to Chu Yi: "The last general will live up to the expectations of the Governor."

Chu Yi nodded and said with a smile: "That's very good, the Governor will first give you [-] taels of silver, and you can go to the southeast coast to recruit people who are proficient in water from poor people along the coast, and you are limited to half a year. Ten thousand people, you can be sure!"

Cheng Xiangwu respectfully said: "The last general dares to issue a military order, and within half a year, he will bring back ten thousand people who are proficient in water!"

Watching Cheng Xiangwu leave, Chu Yi slowly got up, looked in the direction of the Forbidden City, and sighed softly, "The establishment of a navy division and the reorganization of the Beijing camp have already become regular, but the next step is to find a way to solve the military pay. problem."

There are Zhang Mao and several other nobles staring at him. If they don't want to come up with a solution to the army's salaries, I'm afraid that within a few days, Zhang Mao and the others will definitely go to meet the emperor.

In the Forbidden City, after Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, he was much more diligent than usual in both the early court and the handling of government affairs.

Although he is still a little addicted to playing, he never delays military affairs. In addition, he practices Taoist health preservation under the supervision of Shao Yuanjie real person every day, and his body and bones are much stronger.

When he saw Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and couldn't help laughing: "My partner hasn't come to see me for two or three days, right?"

Chu Yi stepped forward, nodded and said, "My minister has been busy with reorganizing the capital for the past few days, and now I have finally finished my work, so I will come to see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and motioned for Chu Yi to sit down and said, "But it's a great companion of hard work!"

Zhu Houzhao was talking to Chu Yi while taking out some of the memorials and said, "My partner may wish to take a look at these memorials!"

Chu Yi raised his brows. Although he didn't read it, he could guess it. I'm afraid that some of the memorials should be related to him.

A young eunuch presented several memorials to Chu Yi, and Chu Yi read it over, and he suddenly understood that someone in the court had participated in the presentation of his payment for the soldiers of the Beijing camp.

Chu Yi was not at all surprised that someone participated in the performance, but it would be strange if no one participated.

He dismissed so many soldiers, and promised to double their salaries in front of so many soldiers in the army. The army was originally a place where fish and dragons were mixed, and it was natural for news to spread.

Perhaps all the civil and military officials have already known it, and now it is quite difficult to have only so many participating in his memorial.

Even Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu are worried that once they increase their rates, they will inevitably drag down the national treasury in the future, not to mention others.

[What, there is one more update, please ask for a monthly pass?]

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Zhu Houzhao had a worried look on his face at the moment. Compared with other people, Zhu Houzhao was really worried that Chu Yi's move would cause trouble.

You must know that there are many people in the Chinese and martial arts of the dynasty waiting for their ruler and minister to make mistakes. If something goes wrong, some of the officials will definitely not miss the opportunity to deal with Chu Yi.

The worried Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "Da Companion, that's millions of taels a year, and the state treasury can't support it at all, even if I take out all the internal money, it won't be able to support it. A few years! In case of a mutiny in the Beijing camp..."

Zhu Houzhao plans to use his internal money to fill this big hole. It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao supports Chu Yi's decision, but he is also worried.

Chu Yi put down the memorial in his hand, his expression remained unchanged, but calmly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty does not need to worry, the minister has his own way."

Seeing Chu Yi's calm appearance, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but anxiously said: "I'm going to die in a hurry, but Da Compan is like nothing, I don't know if Da Compan can solve it, this is millions of taels of money. . Even if the big companion goes to raid the house at that time, it is not a long-term solution!"

Fortunately, only Zhu Houzhao, Chu Yi, and Gu Dayong were present. If this was above the court, it wouldn't make the officials crazy.

After several home raids, it seems that in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, as long as he lacks money, he will raid his home.

Chu Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to the minister, and say that this time, the minister wants to inform His Majesty about this matter."

When his eyes lit up, Zhu Houzhao stared at Chu Yi and said, "How can you solve this problem, please tell me quickly, and let me listen to it too."

Chu Yi said slowly: "Add tax!"

"what?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be surprised, obviously he didn't expect that Chu Yi would actually propose to increase the tax, which is not a good solution in Zhu Houzhao's view.

The people's strength is limited, and if the tax is too heavy, it will inevitably lead to public resentment.

Chu Yi smiled slightly, and just by looking at Zhu Houzhao's reaction, he knew that Zhu Houzhao must have misunderstood, and he explained: "Your Majesty has misunderstood the meaning of the minister, the minister is not asking His Majesty to increase taxes on the people, but to levy business taxes and mining taxes. taxes, etc."

Only then did Zhu Houzhao react, but then he frowned and said, "How could I not know that this move will increase the tax revenue of the national treasury, but Dafan should also know exactly why Liu Dafan was pushed down by those people, precisely because of the additional business tax and mining tax. The tea tax aroused public resentment and made Zhu Zhixiu rebel..."

Chu Yi said with a bit of disdain: "Liu Jin condoned his subordinates to corrupt and bend the law, and many of the internal prisoners he sent were lawless, which just caused a catastrophe. As for people's grievances, it's really funny, your majesty is not just increasing taxes on the people, and Why is the public resentment boiling, it is nothing more than a few people behind the scenes to fuel the flames and threaten the emperor with public opinion."

How could Zhu Houzhao not know this, but it was precisely because of this that Zhu Houzhao knew more about how difficult it was to levy business tax.