Except for Liu Hongji, the rest of the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down and bowed.

Then Liu Hongjian was waiting for Wang Erxi to announce the slogan of 'Something to play, nothing to retreat from', but after Zhu Cihong sat down, Wang Erxi took out a holy decree from behind, and smiled mysteriously at Liu Hong.

"Holy Decree! Liu Hong, the king of Anguo County, gradually received the order! ”

Yes, I was still thinking about being able to avoid the courtesy, and if I took it, I still had to pay it back, Liu Hong gradually glanced at Zhu Cihong and said.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and said:

The humerus of the Heavenly Dynasty, the pillar stone of the country, and the king of Anguo County of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Hongchuan, first had the merit of supervising the construction of the water division, and now he has worked hard to sail to the South Seas to add a province of Taiwan to the Ming Dynasty.

This can be traced back to two months ago, as early as when Gu Jia of the College of Engineering traveled to Europa, Qing began to make the layout, so that the Ming Dynasty could get the territory of the Western Regions again, and I was very relieved.

Other ethnic groups are forced to be placed, and the homeland is newly returned, which is for Xinjiang.

After thinking about it, the territory of the Western Regions was named Xinjiang according to what Qing said.

Taiwan and Xinjiang are all established by the Ming Dynasty, and a governor will be set up within three years according to the old practice, and the governor will be recommended by the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War and the Secretary of State.

The merit of Qing, the Ming Dynasty has not been seen in three hundred years, I will, add Qing as the Taifu, give three thousand taels of gold, three python robes, three flying fish suits, and two beauties of the Chahar Khanate!

Chinchi! ”

The decree is very long, and Wang Erxi read it with relish.

The holy decree began with the system, and Liu Hong gradually knew that Xiao Zhu was going to add him to the rank of knight again.

It sounded okay in front, and in front of the courtiers, he called him the humerus of the Heavenly Dynasty and the pillar stone of the Heavenly Dynasty, and it was not in vain that he had fought in the north and south in the past few years, and he had eaten soil everywhere.

He doesn't care about the crown prince, since ancient times, the gold that the Son of Heaven said is made of copper, and it is even more chicken, but the python robe and flying fish suit are still like a little bit, after all, he is used to wearing this thing, and he can't buy it elsewhere.

But what does it mean to give two beauties of the Chahar Khanate?

Xiao Zhu, you've learned badly!

"Lord Wang, will you take the order?" Seeing that Liu Hong was gradually stunned, Wang Erxi reminded.

"Oh, the minister!" Liu Hong gradually took the holy decree and glanced at Zhu Cihong, and found that this guy was looking at him with an approving face, and there was a bit of ridicule in the approval.

Zhang Tianlu, the head of the household, and Li Banghua, the first assistant, glanced at each other, and grape sour appeared in their eyes.

Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are among the three dukes, and these old men have not been one of them in the court for decades, and before the king of Anguo County, the courtiers spent their lives just thinking about being able to posthumously crown a Taifu, and not everyone dares to think about it.

The king of Anguo County is good, not only does he take the three dukes alone, but he is still alive when he is still alive, looking at this kid's appearance, it will not be a problem to live for a few more decades, this is ...... Who is going to reason with this?

Comparing goods has to be thrown, and people have to die more than people.

"Do you have something to do?" Zhu Cihong didn't look at Liu Hong's increasingly strange eyes, and said to himself.

"The minister has something to do, the main purpose of the minister to go to the South Seas is to relieve the siege for the Zheng family's sailors, and now the task has been completed, the Zheng family's sailors have more than 1,800 warships, and more than 20,000 soldiers who are good at naval warfare, and now they are all owned by the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Sen, the son of Zheng Zhilong, has long had the ambition to serve the country, and he is proficient in maritime affairs and knows a lot about ocean trade, which can be a great help to the imperial court.

Yes, the minister recommended Zheng Sen as the governor of Taiwan Province.

During the trip to Sulu, the minister witnessed the gap between the Beiyang Naval Division and the Dutch warships, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to dominate the South Seas, but only the Beiyang Naval Division was not enough to deter, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to increase the four seas, and it was necessary to form another naval division to consolidate the coastal defense of the two Guangzhous and Taiwan.

Therefore, the minister intended to set up the Nanyang Naval Division in Taiwan, and recommended Zheng Sen as the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division. ”

Liu Hong gradually did not bother with Zhu Cihong about the holy decree just now, but directly mentioned the things about the Nanyang sailors that he had been thinking about these days.

After speaking, before Zhu Cihong could speak, the courtiers below immediately whispered.

It is clear that the courtiers had a great deal of opinion on Liu Hongji's proposal.

"Lord Wang, not to mention whether Zheng Sen is reliable or not, do you know how much silver was spent on the formation of the Beiyang Naval Division?" Zhang Tianlu, the head of the household, said to Liu Hong.

His tone was very calm, in the end, he knew Liu Hongji's status, but as the head of the household, he had to be responsible for Daming's money bag.

"Oh? Mr. Zhang, please speak. ”

Liu Hongjian only knew that the cost of a No. 1 Fu ship was 400,000 taels, and the cost of the No. 2 Fu ship was about 240,000 taels, but more of them were auxiliary ships such as sentinel ships and winter ships.

"Since the establishment of the Naval Division, the Beiyang Naval Division has spent a total of more than 43.94 million taels, and these households have accounts to be found." Zhang Tianlu replied.

The total cost of all the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division was about 35 million taels, and now the two treasure shipyards in Tianjin and Longjiang are still in the silver of the Huahu Department every day and night.

This is only the cost of the warship, the Beiyang Naval Division now has a total of more than 32,000 sailor soldiers, and the annual military salary is more than 1.5 million taels, not counting the food, equipment expenditure, and annual maintenance costs of the battleship.

What's more, in the three naval battles in Taiwan and Nanyang, I am afraid that Liu Hongjian himself did not know how many silver taels he spent.

"Oh, there are so many, but hasn't this king poured out more than 100 million taels of silver in the past two years? Lord Zhang, it's not this king who said you, this silver is only valuable if it is spent. ”

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were 10,000 taels of gold, and Liu Hongjian only knew that this battle should be fought and had to be fought, but he never considered how many silver taels were spent.

"But the prince, even if it is spent on silver, it is not such a flower, and if it continues to be tossed like this, the treasury will be exhausted in less than a year." Zhang Tianlu said with a sad face.

Only the household department knows these things best, and Zhang Tianlu is worried about the huge expenditures in Daming every day.

He knew that with his status and status, he couldn't pry the big Buddha of Anguo County at all, otherwise he would not have flinched from the last impeachment action, but in his position, he still had to say what he should say.

"Don't let Mr. Zhang deceive me, the customs has more than 20 million taels of input every year, right?" Liu Hong gradually felt that this guy was a bit alarmist.

"Lord Wang, this year, a total of more than two or four thousand two million taels of silver has been spent on cultivating the official road, and counting the salaries of officials and other expenditures in various places, there is not much silver in the treasury!" Li Banghua, the first assistant to the cabinet, said in a deep voice.

"There are two thousand four hundred and forty thousand taels of silver in the treasury." Zhang Tianlu gave Li Banghua a grateful look.

If it was placed in the previous state treasury of more than 22 million taels, it would be enough for the imperial court to use it for several years, but now, Zhang Tianlu doesn't know whether it is the Ming Dynasty that is strong, or the king of Anguo is inflated.

According to the current rate of spending, at most until next year's Dragon Boat Festival, is it possible that the king of Anguo County will go to raid the homes of the nobles again?

They don't have much oil or water!

Several bigwigs are discussing, and the other officials below can only listen, which is almost equivalent to listening to the cabinet deliberations, and most of the lowly officials are shaking their heads and sighing, but they dare not speak in vain.

"Lord Zhang, this king only asks you, whose hands did all the money go to in the end?"

Although he was not familiar with the economy, he also knew that silver was worthless in the treasury, but it was just a pile of precious metals.

Money must be circulated, and the central bank has been regulating interest since then, all because of this.

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