Yes, Chang Yu couldn't help but scold MMP in his heart, as the old saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the Central Plains is full of rich households, and most of them are feudal fiefs of vassal kings, he can ask for a few bites of food with a bowl, but this north is full of bitter cold land, not to mention that there is no vassal king, even if there are not many rich households, there is no place to turn a fate.

But seeing that Chongzhen was determined to be the shopkeeper, it was futile to continue, which made him unhappy, Chang Yu simply acquiesced.

"Can you think of a way to retreat from the enemy in the next few days?" Chongzhen was also a little embarrassed in his heart, and immediately changed the topic.

"No, but the minister is confident that he will stop the enemy from going south!"

Chang Yu swore an oath, Chongzhen sighed in his heart, but there was nothing to say, only prayed that this lucky general could surprise him again, to be honest, he had great expectations and confidence in Chang Yu, after all, he had the merit of the former teacher, when he went to Taiyuan, he didn't expect him to make such a big move and resist such a big flag. Otherwise, he would not have been transferred to the northern line of fire at such a time.

"If you have any needs, just mention it, I will do my best to help you, as long as I can beat the clear dog back, or block it, it's a great achievement!" Chongzhen patted his chest and said very proudly.

Can be pulled down, Chang Yu secretly pouted, if he wants money, he wants food, he doesn't have soldiers, what help can he give, but he is really unwilling, and he said hopelessly: "Your Majesty, can you allocate some men and horses from the Beijing camp to the ministers, even a little bit, the troops in the north are too thin."

Jingying can't be moved, Chongzhen has emphasized it a long time ago, but he seems to feel a little embarrassed to refuse Chang Yu today, and reluctantly said: "How many people do you want, you know the importance of Jingying, it is impossible to give it to you if you have more, and it is a drop in the bucket if it is less."

When Chang Yu heard it, hey, there was a play, and he immediately became energetic: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are not more about the fine, the ministers only need a battalion of people in the Shenji Battalion."

The Beijing camp is also known as the three major battalions, which are divided into five military battalions, three thousand battalions and the Shenji battalion. The Fifth Military Battalion is the largest battalion, including the 12 battalions that are in charge of the officers and men of the horse team, with a normal strength of more than 100,000.

The 3,000 battalion is cavalry, and initially there were 3,000 cavalry composed of Saiwai Ding, although the number was small, but at that time it was indeed the strongest cavalry force under Zhu Di, and then it developed and grew, and there were as many as 70,000 at its peak.

The Shenji Battalion is a special firepower unit, and it is also the world's first professional special forces, which was called the firearms battalion in the Qing Dynasty. The Shenji battalion is conventionally organized at about 5,000 people, about 3,000 infantry, each with guns, 1,000 cavalry, and about 500 artillery. According to the strength of the three battalions, it is the least powerful, but the three battalions are the most powerful.

Now Chang Yu wants this 5,000-strong army to guard the pass with him.

"Do you want to learn from Yuan Chonghuan to retreat from the enemy with artillery like he did in Ningyuan? But now I heard that Qinggou's artillery is no worse than ours, so I'm afraid ......" Chongzhen frowned.

"Maybe it can be used as a backup hand, and with this strong army, the ministers also have the confidence to fight randomly, and the emperor can approve it?" Chang Yu was noncommittal.

This Chongzhen made a difficulty: "Since I mentioned it, I should have responded to you, but I can transfer the Beijing camp out of Beijing to participate in the war, and I can call the shots alone, first of all, the cabinet will have to pass, and once the mouth is opened, I am afraid that Shi Kefa of the military department will also learn the same" He said with a long sigh: "I will discuss this matter with the cabinet early tomorrow morning, how about giving you a reply as soon as possible?" ”

Chang Yu nodded, he was still a little sure in his heart, now the first assistant of the cabinet is Li Banghua, and the governor of Beijing is Wang Jiayan, these two people are absolutely loyal ministers, and they are definitely not Chen Yan, Wei Dezao, Li Jiantai The kind of corpse vegetarian meal, mixed eating and waiting for death.

These two people are definitely people who do practical things, and when the country is in crisis, they will definitely not abide by the rules, not to mention that these people are good friends with the prince, especially Li Banghua's proud protégé Li Mingrui or Zuo Zhongyun of the East Palace.

So with this relationship, Chang Yu feels that the success rate is very high.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has a plan to enrich the treasury" Chang Yu suddenly changed the topic.

Chongzhen was immediately overjoyed: "What's the plan? Tell me about it".

"Tea tax, commercial tax" Chang Yu stared at Chongzhen and said solemnly.

Chongzhen suddenly felt lost, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Are you learning from Wei Zhongxian?" I'm afraid that in the end, I will end up with the wrath of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and this method will not work."

"No, the minister thinks it's feasible!" Chang Yu was categorical, Wei Zhongxian levied a tea tax during the Apocalypse to get a huge amount of silver to the royal family every year, but this also became the key target of the Donglin Party and the civilian clique, thinking that it was: "competing with the people for profit" was full of complaints, until Chongzhen came to power and abolished it (some say that it was not abolished, but it could not be collected)

"How is it feasible, you are not afraid of them scolding, you are not afraid that they will force me to kill you, but I don't want to lose face for this bit of silver, and I will be repeatedly made out of a guilty edict!" Chongzhen snorted coldly with a dark face, in fact, of course he also thought about it, otherwise how could he regret killing Wei Zhongxian so much.

"The tea tax levied by Wei Zhongxian at that time was privately owned by the royal family, and it is not unfair to say that it is a competition with the people, but if it goes into the treasury, it is taken from the people and the people, who can say anything" Chang Yu smiled slightly.

"Oh, you mean into the treasury!" Chongzhen's face was slightly softened, but there seemed to be a little disappointment in his tone, but he was obviously moved: "It seems feasible, what about the so-called commercial tax?" ”

"The commercial tax is too low" Chang Yu smiled bitterly, although in ancient times the status of merchants was lower than that of farmers, but it is undeniable that their wealth is incomparable to farmers, but it is ridiculous that the taxes of farmers are much higher than those of merchants, in the Ming Dynasty, agricultural taxes accounted for seventy-five percent of the country's total tax revenue or even higher, and commercial taxes have not changed since Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty, it has always been: "All commercial taxes, thirty and take one, those who pass it think that the order theory." Look, it's illegal to overcharge.

"What do you mean......" Chongzhen frowned.

"Reduce agricultural taxes and raise commercial taxes" Chang Yu said firmly: "The world is in turmoil, the people are not happy, and the inherent natural disasters are the root causes, but the excessively high agricultural taxes are undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, and the people have no livelihood, and more people are willing to follow the thieves to rebel...... If the emperor wants to pacify the world, suppressing thieves is one of them, and reducing agricultural taxes is also a key means, one can reassure the people, and the other can allow the people to resume production...... On the other hand, the merchants, which one is not full of fat intestines......"

Chang Yu has been talking, Chongzhen has been listening quietly, his face has changed from time to time, sometimes nodding, sometimes frowning......

The two of them chatted in the Qianqing Palace until late at night, and Chang Yu quit the palace.

At this time, the cold was the strongest, so that he couldn't help but shiver several times when he just came out of the warm room, shrunk his neck and hurriedly walked out of the Qianqing Gate, and then glanced at the guard duty room in front of the palace gate, and the corners of his mouth turned slightly and walked towards the East Palace.

Tang Potian was on duty in the East Palace, he was always excited, and he kept showing off with a few colleagues, and the overseer of the East Factory asked him to have a good night and go to the boxing tournament to have a special game, and he wanted to make a lot of money......

Outside the Dong'an Gate, Tang Potian shrunk his neck, with a bitter face, glanced at the carriage beside him, and muttered in his heart, didn't he say that he was good at bringing people to be hilarious, how did he become a bodyguard.

It wasn't until he arrived at a secret room in the Yamen of Dongchang that he heard Wu Mengming chatting with a few strange men for a while, that he realized that he couldn't help but glance at Chang Yu next to him gratefully.

The strangers are Jiang Yiping, Fang Ba and Song Siyang, the three of them are here to report to Chang Yu, and at the same time come to meet two new shareholders, one is the leader of Jinyiwei, and the other is the general manager of the emperor's personal guard.

These two shareholders are both powerful figures, and the amount of money is still secondary, with these two people in the shares, this transaction will only be smoother, of course, the difficulties faced at the moment are not ordinary.

Although 30,000 stone grain is not a small amount, but it can barely be enough, and the manpower problem is also solved with a raise of hands, after all, there are a large number of displaced people in the capital, as long as they shout, they will be in place immediately, the difficulty lies in solving the material resources such as vehicles, mules and horses in a short time, after all, there was no preparation before, so in a hurry, it is really a headache for everyone.

However, Chang Yu asked them to expand their business to other places as quickly as possible, and now they have just begun to take over part of the business of the imperial court, and they can still cope with the grain reserves in the capital.

At this time, there are three places that must immediately start branching, one is Jiangnan, which is a major grain-producing province, and it is necessary to establish a procurement reserve and transit base, the second is Taiyuan, a war-plagued area, and the third is Zhangjiakou, a foreign trade zone.

In the end, Chang Yu put down another sentence: If you leave Beijing tomorrow, you need at least 5,000 stone of military rations, but all grains and grains can be used.

Jiang Yiping was equal, and suddenly felt his head big.