After talking about the fake accounts, Emperor Zhu then began to ask about the more real accounts.

"Old Taishan, if we want to start a war in Hongxing for six years, at least ten years, we need to spend an additional 20 million taels of military spending every year, can we afford it financially? How much of our finances are there at the moment? How much potential can be tapped? ”

After a few months of flat pushing and crushing or something, Zhu Cihong didn't dare to think about it. Yuan Chonghuan's five-year Pingliao consensus in later generations is bragging!

The current Qing Dynasty is much stronger than Chongzhen in the early years, and if you want to crush it in a few months, it will be hysteria, if you only spend a few million taels of budget in finance, then the war will definitely not be able to continue.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong's idea is to fight for ten years and spend at least 200 million!

Two hundred million is too much?

Hehe, in history, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, all the wars after the transformation from a bandit group to the central power were all spent by gold and silver! A slightly higher-grade war can easily cost tens of millions of taels of taels, and the White Lotus Sect of Pingchuan and Chu has thrown out one or two hundred million, how can the Qing Dynasty, led by Duoduo and Azig, be more powerful than the White Lotus Sect led by Wang Cong'er, right?

Don't think that the silver in the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods is worthless, if you compare it with the most basic rice price, the perennial rice price in Jiangnan during the Qianlong period is 1.5 taels and 1.6 taels of silver per stone. It's a little more expensive than the price of rice in Hongxing's four years, but it's probably cheaper than the last years of Chongzhen!

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wants to solve the "Dongyu problem" and the "Liukou problem", it must first solve the financial problem, and must raise the fiscal revenue from the level of 10 million to the level of 100 million, so that it is possible to support the war of flattening the Dongyu and the Liukou!

Of course, if Zhu Cihong can learn from Dashun and establish a truly effective land military service system, he can use tens of millions of financial revenues to push both the Qing and Shun families.

But the overpopulation and the booming industry and commerce would have a serious impact on the agrarian military service system, which would not prevent officers and soldiers from investing in the management of the land...... Most of the small and medium-sized landlords who own only a few tens or hundreds of acres of land will be put into operation if they have no other source of income.

Running a farm is actually a business...... This is the military in business!

You can't afford to let a soldier use the income from his land management to pay for a war and at the same time strictly prohibit a soldier from doing business.

So all the court can do is suppress business!

This is because the more industrial, commercial, and kulak economies developed, the more opportunities and challenges the officers and men who have been given land will face.

Whether their business succeeds or fails, it will affect the enthusiasm to fight in the army!

After successfully operating and becoming a rich man, he is naturally reluctant to join the army. And if the business fails, goes bankrupt and owes debts, of course, there is no way to afford military service.

In addition, there are still many officers and men who cannot control their own spending of money -- the more developed industry and commerce, the more places to spend money! The more fraudulent investment projects there are!

Therefore, many officers and soldiers who received meritorious fields from Zhu Cihong a few years ago have now "leased" their land for a long time, and have spent the one-time rent lavishly, or invested it in other businesses and lost money......

Therefore, countries that have historically implemented the agrarian military service system often implement the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business!

Qiang Qin "cultivated and fought to establish the country". At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, a strict market system was implemented, and even officials were strictly forbidden to enter the east and west markets! And Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty even imposed a sea ban and strictly restricted the movement of people to suppress commerce! The Tokugawa shogunate next door not only banned the sea, but also banned large cars!

And Zhu Cihong had no way to suppress the industry and commerce in the southeast - there was too much population, and if he did not vigorously develop industry and commerce, and did not engage in colonization (colonization must be based on industry and commerce, otherwise the country would not be able to afford the expenditure), there would definitely be chaos.

After the great development of industry and commerce, the possibility of Emperor Zhu engaging in land and military service was completely blocked.

Therefore, after the "big granting of fields" (this is also a necessary grant, otherwise there will be no basic disk) in Jiangnan, Zhu Cihong's military and political line returned to the state mercenaries. Land grants are intended only as an auxiliary incentive, not as a substitute for military spending.

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong's dark face showed a slightly embarrassed expression, "In the past two years, the annual income of the imperial court has been more than 100 million, and all the money and grain that should be collected have been collected...... It's probably not easy to overcharge.

Now the imperial court can have a surplus of more than 10 million every year, and the imperial court still has 50 or 60 million reserves, but it is all food for disaster relief, and it cannot be used easily...... If we have to spend an additional 20 million yuan on military spending every year for the next 10 years, then there will still be a gap of 10 million yuan, and if we want to fight a little richer, we must prepare 15 million taels! I'm afraid I'll have to issue a bond bill. ”

"Sent out?" Zhu Cihong asked knowingly.

Zheng Zhilong also had a belly case, he thought about it a little, nodded and said: "It is not a problem to issue bonds, the problem is only interest, if the annual interest rate is given five or six cents, there are not many people who are willing to buy, and if you want to amortize it, ......"

"The annual interest rate is at most six cents," Zhu Cihong knows the harm of usury, and of course he is unwilling to fall into it, "Borrow 15 million a year, and 150 million in ten years, which cannot be amortized." ”

"This ......" Zheng Zhilong paused, "Actually, it's not that it can't be sent!" ”

"How?"

Zheng Zhilong said: "It can't be apportioned, but it can be tied up." ”

"Hahaha, I knew you had a way!" Zhu Cihong laughed, "On what?" Is it the land of a commercial port? Or is it an empty title? Or the right to mine, to log? What is the number of students returning to Beijing? ”

You've thought it all about it, and you're still asking me......

Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to smile and say, "Your Majesty Shengming...... The idea is that all kinds of combinations can be had. Now the country is prosperous, and there are many rich people who have spare money or save a lot of rice grain. The imperial court only needs to find a way to dig out a little bit of this dead money, but they may not want to make money out of money, so they can only use other benefits to attract it.

The official title of the imperial court, the post of Jingxue...... Perhaps you can also add places in primary and secondary schools, and you can tie in the sale of bond bills. ”

The land in the commercial port, the right to mine and log was used for profit, and the empty official position could be bought with peace of mind - these were mainly to attract ordinary industrial and commercial landlords.

And the places in the school are used to attract officials and nobles! The current elementary, junior high school, and Kyunggaku not only provide elite education, but also a circle! There are many children of top elites in it, mixed in the circle of power, who doesn't want to squeeze in?

Would you be happy if you asked someone like Luo Dagong, the prefect of Songjiang, to spend 100,200,000 yuan to buy some bonds, and then let his son and daughter go to be classmates with the prince and the princess?

Of course, Emperor Zhu's credibility has also been established, and none of the corrupt officials who donated money to "buy tickets" in Beijing in the early years were investigated for "ticket money" - these people were corrupt seventeen years ago in Chongzhen, and Zhu Cihong did not pursue criminal responsibility, except for the official land and military land that had been seized and needed to be returned, the rest were not asked.

Zhu Cihong reminded Zheng Zhilong with a smile: "There is another thing to remember, the bonds that are tied out must be deposited in the Haishang Bank and the Yanshang Bank immediately, and they cannot be circulated, and can only be redeemed at maturity." ”

"Yes, yes," Zheng Zhilong nodded, "Otherwise, the yield on the bond bills in the market will definitely rise, so it will not be easy to issue bond bills in the future." ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "As long as Lao Taishan continues to raise military funds for me, this Northern Expedition will be completed after all...... Even if we fight a little longer, we will win the cost. After all, the Eight Banners and Nine Banners of Dongyu are not without cost, as long as they can't grab any loot, they will be dragged down by us! ”

In the case that the general's command art is not very reliable, Emperor Zhu still has a stupid way to fight for national strength!

Because the "underlying asset" of the Northern Qing army is still land! In the case of a war at a loss, there is no way to cover the cost of a long war. In this way, the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Northern Qing Dynasty will lose money or even go bankrupt, and they will become the Ming officers and soldiers of Chongzhen 17 years ago......