"Brother Huang, the younger brother has already settled the account, moved to Datong Mansion, and built a castle in the hometown of the Ulanchabu League, the Naturalized City of Tumut, and the Red Banner of Chahar...... All kinds of expenses are added together, and one of five million eight hundred and eighty thousand taels is enough! ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have also calculated, move the town of Xuanfu, and build cities and settle the people in the hometowns of Chahar, Zhaowuda, and Xilin Gol, open farms and pastures, plus send troops to Mobei, and so on, and the cost of adding up to 6.18 million is enough."

"Your Majesty, the minister can't calculate the account of moving the town now, he can only calculate the account of sending troops to attack Horqin...... At least 25,000 troops were required, which took at least two years, and it was necessary to spend money to buy off the small Mongol tribes, and no five million would be enough in any case. ”

Five hundred and eighty-eight plus six hundred and eighteen plus five hundred, the total is one thousand seven hundred and sixty thousand...... Emperor Zhu's face was a little gloomy! Are you three lions? The lion's ability to open his mouth is amazing!

One mouth is more than 17 million!

Fortunately, I met a rich man who was so reasonable, if anyone dared to report the account like this in Chongzhen Nian, it is estimated that he would be directly imprisoned by Jinyiwei.

Emperor Zhu did not reply to the three of them, nor did he make a counteroffer, but continued to ask: "Third brother, Gao Shuai, how much subsidy money and grain do you need every year after you move to the town?" Got it? ”

Zhu Cijiong and Gao Jie just reported the cost of moving the town and sending troops to Mobei, which is not a recurrent expenditure - if you lose money like this every year, Emperor Zhu can only shrink and save money like Grandpa Xuanmiao.

"Calculated," Zhu Cijiong said, "The courtiers have carefully calculated, in the future, the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate will need a subsidy of 800,000 taels of silver from the imperial court every year." ”

800,000 taels a year...... What a brother! Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief and cast an approving glance at Zhu Cijiong. In the end, it is the "loan king" who has suffered, and he will live! Just rush this, and you won't be able to cut his domain in the future.

Emperor Zhu turned his expectant gaze to Gao Jie again, but saw Gao Jie's mournful face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister also let people calculate, without 1.5 million 21 years, the Beiping Jiedu envoy will not be able to sustain it. ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong nodded, noncommittal on the surface, but in his heart he was like a mirror - Gao Jie, you are finished, you should be handsome!

The Datong Mansion that Zhu Cijiong got was the territory of the green flag earlier, who are the green flags? They are all landlords, rich peasants, profiteers...... It is the identity of the flag man and the land of the flag man who spent money to donate, and the management ability is very strong!

Moreover, these former bannermen with green flags still run tens of thousands of farms of several hundred acres in Datong Mansion for generations, and they can pay Zhu Cijiong at least one million stone flour rent every year - the north is still relatively short of grain in general, as long as the Anbei army has grain in hand, other things will be easy to do.

In addition, Zhu Cijiong and his subordinates are all able to live and operate, of course they know how to make money.

And Gao Jie's people have been in Xuzhou and Haizhou, two rich agricultural states, for so many years, what will they do except collect rent? But the territory of the Beiping Army is a little agricultural except for some valleys in Xuanfu, and the rest is grasslands and mountains, where can I collect rent?

Relying on a subsidy of 1.5 million yuan can close the hole of the Beiping Army, and I don't believe that Gao Jie and Zhu Cihong are killed!

It seems that Gao Jie's account is lost!

"That's two million and three hundred thousand a year...... Zhu Cihong turned his gaze to Huang Degong again, "Huang Shuai, in the future, give the Daning Army two million a year, is it enough?" ”

"It should be enough," Huang Degong also lived a hard life, so he didn't dare to say it to death, "It has to be calculated after taking the Daning Army." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, the three towns of Anbei, Beiping, and Daning really want to settle down, it is estimated that it will cost 5 million a year, and the Mobei grassland will have to spend more than 700,000 yuan, a total of more than 5.7 million yuan..... It hurts to think about it!

"Third brother, Huang Shuai, Gao Shuai," Zhu Cihong paused, "I have approved the accounts you have reported!" But I said ugly things in the front, I will pay the money in full according to the order, and I will not miss you a tael! But this errand must not be smashed, first of all, the battle of Mobei must not be messed up...... Even if it is a knife to kill chickens, you have to smash the three Khalkha departments in Mobei and drive them away! The commander of the Northern Expedition, you all discuss one and come out.

In addition, no price increase is allowed! If you don't have enough money, you will find a way for yourselves, and whatever you have will be yours. Don't ask me for money again!

If you can't do it, then take the lead in asking for resignation, not alone, but the regimental commander to make the above general resignation!

Do you understand? If you understand, tomorrow when the Hanlin Academy prepares the military order (contract), you will sign it. ”

Emperor Zhu is taking Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, and Gao Jie as general contractors!

However, with a one-time expenditure of more than 17 million yuan, coupled with a long-term expenditure of more than 5.7 million yuan per year, Emperor Zhu can be said to have done his best for these three towns.

If the Ming Dynasty in history could give Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Liaodong four towns a subsidy of more than 5.7 million taels of silver every year, and give a one-time military expenditure of more than 17 million, Huang Taiji would not be able to enter it no matter what!

"King Xuantang, Duke of Liangguo, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Zhu Luo. Chuhur Ubashi to the temple! ”

Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, Gao Jie left on the front foot, Zhu Yujian, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Zhu Luo. Chuhuer Ubashi, the five "creditors" of the West Road, were proclaimed to the main hall again.

The East Road has played wonderfully in the past two years, and it has lost the Qing Dynasty! And the West Road has also been fighting in the past two years, and it has been quite hard!

Abdurraha Khan of the Yarkand Khanate and his son Yulbars, the governor of Kashgar, are both hard stubble, and the Mongols who believe in the Heavenly Sect under their command are also quite capable of fighting, but their political ability is too poor, they can't govern the country, and they especially like to fight civil wars! In order to reward the soldiers, they will rob them, and if they can't rob the cities of other countries, they will rob their own, so the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions are under their rule, and that is really enough.

In addition, there was also a lot of trouble within the Heavenly Fang Sect, and this faction fought that faction, and mixed with the internal strife of the Mongols.

Therefore, the later history of the Yarkand Khanate was smashed and robbed by the Warat people (both Dzungar and Heshuot), or by themselves...... But after so many years of being smashed, smashed, and robbed, he still exercised his combat effectiveness.

And they can also get assistance from the Uzbeks and Kazakhs (the Yarkand Khanate, the Uzbek Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate are allies), so the war to destroy the Yarkand Khanate is, to a certain extent, also a war in which the peoples of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions join forces against the invaders of Central Asia!

Very intense, of course! Even Wu Sangui and Seng Ge, who could fight, were also very anxious, and it was not until the early winter of last year that they reluctantly wiped out the Yeerqiang Khanate and rescued the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions from the sea of suffering.

However, the fierce war also caused serious damage to all parts of the Western Regions, and also caused Wu Sangui's Hexi and Anxi towns to suffer a lot of losses.

In addition, Emperor Zhu also caught many traitors who needed to go to the Western Regions for labor reform during the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and Wu Sangui also needed to spend money to settle them. Moreover, Wu Sangui still has more than 200 thousand households under his command (some of the thousand households chose to stay in Shaanxi to relieve their armor and return to the fields) to be settled in Hexi and the Western Regions (some of them were originally in Hexi), which is another huge expense.

So Wu Sangui is now also coming to Zhu Cihong with millions of taels of bills to ask for accounts!

And on behalf of the Jungar Department and the Beiting Army. Chushu Ubashi not only wanted to get military subsidies from Zhu Cihong, but also wanted to get a batch of guns and artillery for use in the war against the Uzbek Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate.

As for Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, the two traitors anyway, they dare not ask for money without merit, but the supply of military food on the way west must also be settled!

In addition to military rations, the two of them also wanted to get some weapons and ammunition from Emperor Zhu in order to engage the army of the Heshute Khanate in Qinghai...... These two goods also want to ask about Gu Shi Khan's offer - how much money can they get if they catch Gu Shi Khan and destroy the Heshute Khanate?