On this day of September 30 in the Ming Dynasty, in the newly built West Flower Hall in Xiyuan, a new imperial military reform took shape. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

From now on, three main armies, one Praetorian Guard, and one main division will become the main presence on the battlefield of the Empire.

Most of the people in the row have settled into a good position. In fact, people who will lose in the adjustment with resentment will not have a chance to come here.

Everyone is full of anticipation, quietly waiting for the beginning of a new era.

There may also be people who are full of worries, such as Li Guozhen, an old minister from the former court during the time of Emperor Chongzhen, who was very worried. He was the chief general of the Beijing camp, and although he got the position of chief military advisor of the Jinwu Army, he was uneasy and did not know whether he could be qualified for the new position.

At the same time, Li Guozhen is too aware of the existence of tenacious vested interests in this empire. For example, this time, not even a representative came to the guardhouse. The guards looked weak, though. But on the contrary, every high-ranking officer of the guard army was a landlord. A thousand households are middle-class landlords who occupy thousands of acres. The commander of a guard post is the prince of a place within a radius of a hundred miles.

And now, the new three armies want to unify the new army of the whole country......

This made Li Guozhen a little worried.

But as soon as they saw the swagger of all the people in the temple, no one doubted that they were afraid. As long as they think of the previous fruitful results, no one will doubt that they will not be able to do the reform. Working with such a person in the same column and working together, Li Guozhen suddenly found that something in his chest slowly became hot and ironed, making his withered heart and liver burn.

"Let's do that big thing!" Li Guozhen clenched his fists lightly and said in his heart.

The meeting quickly broke up.

Li Guozhen was worried, thinking that the vested interests in the guards everywhere in the world dared to resist, but Li Banghua quickly cut off Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Banghua's eyes and understood, this great steward of the empire's military and political affairs was obviously in trouble.

Everyone dispersed, and Zhu Cihong and Li Banghua went to Nantai in the South China Sea of Taiye Pond. This is the Yingtai in the Zhongnanhai in the later generations, Zhu Cihong built a large number of office spaces here in Taiye Pool after ascending the throne, which is a new style building, which is both elegant and beautiful and durable. This time, Li Banghua and Zhu Cihong discussed the matter, and it was held in the Hanyuan Hall on the Yingtai.

This place is the closest to the outer court, and when Zhu Cihong and Li Banghua entered the house to sit upright, officials of all sizes who rushed from the cabinet office of the outer court also rushed one after another.

When Zhu Cihong saw the visitor, he had some bottom in his heart.

It was Fu Shuxun who came, who is now the Minister of Finance and Economy, and of course the head of the household. At present, there are still two sets of teams in the DPRK and China, the cabinet and the ministers. It's just that after Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, he gradually led the team of Li Banghua. Before Zhu Cihong's wedding, it was a big victory, and Huang Jingfang did not touch his head. But in private, Huang Jingfang has revealed his intention several times. In the face of Li Banghua's administration, he also died at home early in the morning.

Of course, the DPRK and China are still undoubtedly busy, and no one has the time to do this. The big wedding and the reform of the military system alone can draw everyone's attention into it, and there is no more space.

Not long after, Xie Hongyun also entered the Hanyuan Hall and whispered softly in Zhu Cihong's ear.

"It's a problem that has been discovered in the past few days of the wedding, right?" Zhu Cihong rubbed his head, he felt a headache.

"The Holy One expected nothing wrong. This time the big wedding was time-sensitive, and the cost was not estimated at once, and the cost was overspent a lot. In this round of military system reform, it is necessary not only to integrate the old troops to build a new army, but also to consider the issue of eliminating unqualified veterans. Fu Shuxun said, handing over a stack of papers.

Of course, these will not let Zhu Cihong watch them one by one. As a bachelor, Xie Hongyun took more than a dozen Chinese scholars to read these early in the morning. It didn't take long for the notes and brief introductions to be listed and presented to Zhu Cihong for reading.

This time, Li Banghua wants to talk about financial issues.

Zhu Cihong has always been out on the battlefield, although he always won battles and brought back a large amount of loot to enrich the treasury, but Zhu Cihong only had a general impression of what the treasury was like, and did not know the specifics. Seeing Li Banghua's serious expression this time, it was obvious that Zhu Cihong, the shopkeeper, could not continue to do it.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Cihong also sat up obediently, waiting for Li Banghua to introduce the overall financial situation of Daming.

"The following is a brief summary of the taxes that were put into the warehouse as of September 267 of the Ming Dynasty." Li Banghua picked up a booklet and spoke carefully.

1. Agricultural tax

The tax revenue was 3.067 million stone of wheat and 20.64 million stone of rice, totaling 10,000 stone and worth 10,000 taels of silver, of which 353,000 stone of wheat and 2.048 million stone of rice were converted into 1.247 million taels of silver.

2. Silk cloth, etc

The tax revenue was 2173741 taels of silk, 10,403 catties of raw silk, 144,130 catties of cotton, 1,860 catties of ramie, 136279 of silk, 4,523 horses of linen, 129339 of cotton cloth, 81,605 bills and 5,937 yuan, etc., with a total value of 343,000 taels of silver.

3. Tuntian

Tuntian's income was 1,171,000 stones, 1,165,000 stones, 2,600,000 bundles of grass, 93,000 taels of silver, and 57,000 banknotes, with a total value of 2,662,000 taels of silver.

4. Ma Zheng

Guanglu Temple, Yumajian, Taifu Temple and other places received 10,000 bundles of forage, worth 538,000 taels of silver, of which 353,000 taels of silver were shipped from 10,000 bundles of silver, 146,000 taels of silver were levied from pasture to cultivated land, 14,000 military horses were released, and 264,000 taels of silver were folded, with a total value of 1.284 million taels of silver.

5. Husband's service

According to records, the two capitals handle 25.19 million catties of firewood, 22.59 million catties of charcoal, and 312,000 taels of silver every year, with a total value of 423,000 taels of silver.

6. Huang Zhuangzi grain silver

Sangongzi grain silver 49,000 taels.

7. Add consumption

Every year, 4 million stones of grain are collected, 2.063 million stones of foot rice are levied, 445,000 taels of light silver are levied, and 308,000 stones of rice and 95,000 taels of foot silver are consumed by Yamen such as Guanglu Temple in the inner government, of which the additional rice consumption has been included in the summer tax and autumn grain, and 540,000 taels of silver are sent to Taicang for use.

8. Taxes

1.81 million taels of fish banknotes, 70,000 taels of money, 11,000 taels of silver, 507 taels of silver in hemp, 9,141 taels of silver in reeds, 27,000 taels of silver in game, 136,000 catties of silver and 30,000 taels of silver, 26,000 taels of silver in reeds, 14,000 taels of silver in bamboo and wood, and a total of 121,000 taels of silver.

9. Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous items such as sesame, soybeans, mung beans, and black beans were transported in the northern provinces, miscellaneous items such as dried fish, honey, and tea were transported in the south, 100,000 animals were transported in Guanglu Temple, and 18,000 geese were sent by Shanglin Yuan, with a total value of 324,000 taels of silver.

"In addition to these, it depends on the Shengshang's victory in the first battle of Luzhen and the complete victory in the first battle of Zunhua. The captured prisoners of war and the spoils of war were converted into more than 10 million taels of silver, so this year's treasury received a total of 10,000 taels, not counting the spoils of war, including 10,000 taels of silver, rice 10,000 stones, wheat 5.876 million stones, grass 10,000 bunches and other miscellaneous items" Li Banghua finished speaking, exhaled a long breath, and changed his words: "But ......"

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows, and he guessed that there would be a twist.

Sure enough, Li Banghua said: "I am fixed every year, and I spend at least 10,000 taels." Among them, 3,378,000 taels of silver, rice 10,000 stones, wheat 5,876,000 stones, and grass 10,000. These are all thunderbolts, and they are increasing unabated. This year, Shengshang built bridges and paved roads in Gyeonggi and built an office space in Xiyuan, which coincided with the wedding and the reform of the whole army. In this way, the remaining 20 million taels are not enough at all. ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but laugh and said, "My good prime minister." You're gasping for breath, but I can't help but be happy. Have you looked through the Daming Guild Dictionary, when have you ever seen that you can have 20 million taels of silver a year? But...... That's a bit choking. It's too much of a rush......"

After the First World War, there was a lot of waste to be built.

Don't look at the amazing results of beating Li Zicheng and Duoduo, but as long as the rewards of the whole army are counted, the budget required before and after the army restructuring can be expected, and this must be an amazing bottomless pit.

Of course, after the restructuring of the army, the original expenses of the Nine-Border Army Formation, the Guanning Army, and the Weisuo Army, which originally cost a huge amount, can be saved. However, in order to carry out the project smoothly this year, it is certainly not necessary to refuse to pay military salaries. Even if you can save a lot of money, it will be next year.

Li Banghua, Fu Shuxun and others also chuckled when they heard Zhu Cihong's complaints, and the atmosphere in the hall relaxed slightly.

But Fu Shuxun obviously didn't intend to make it easy for everyone, and he said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, it depends on the victory of the Holy Lord's battle. Otherwise, just for this big wedding, the household will have to take off his pants. ”

In later generations, a wedding will often cost a family a lifetime of savings. In Daming, even with the dignity of the emperor, this expense is very painful.

Emperor Shenzong's wedding of Zhu Yijun to Empress Wang Xijie cost more than 90,000 taels of silver for weaving alone, and all subsequent expenses were as high as 10 million.

Because of the high management efficiency of Zhu Cihong's wedding, there was neither huge corruption and waste, nor was it so undeservedly rewarded, and the final expenditure also climbed to seven million taels of silver. According to the purchasing power of later generations, this is a concept of about 500 million yuan.

If it's just a big wedding, or just two big wins, it's a happy event.

But if the two things come together, for the household department and for the treasury, it is not a happy event, but a headache that will make people rack their brains.

Seven million taels were spent on the wedding of the saints, but the military expenditure on building bridges and paving roads in various parts of Gyeonggi and the first war of Luzhen and Zunhua was as high as 11 million taels. Add to this the post-war pensions, post-war rewards, and various expenditures one after another, and the treasury will suddenly be left unused.

"The shortfall in court expenses will be as high as at least five million taels of silver." Li Banghua said in a deep voice.

Fu Shuxun added a fire: "This is still the result of the reorganization of the army, and the soldiers of the guards, border towns, and Guanning troops can be smoothly eliminated and arranged. ”

As if to worry that Zhu Cihong didn't understand the truth, Fu Shuxun said again: "It is said that at present, the soldiers can be granted land if they are arranged to withdraw from military affairs. After all, there have been years of war, natural and man-made disasters, and there is a lot of open space. However, in order for the soldiers to be able to retire with peace of mind and avoid mutiny, it is not enough to have a field, but also to prepare cattle, farming tools, seeds, and houses. It's all very costly. ”

Zhu Cihong slowly bowed his head: "I know this." ”

There was silence in the room.

Zhu Cihong closed his eyes and thought about it, and then everyone had to pretend to be serious and stare at the notepad in their hands in a daze.

After a period of silence, Zhu Cihong said: "The financial problem is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditures. Throttle, don't move your mind for the time being. Open source it. ”

"The Holy One wants to send more? Isn't it like three salaries again? Hearing Zhu Cihong say open source, Fu Shuxun was startled and stood up. The three salaries are the collective names of the three taxes of Liao, Suppression and Training.

Liao salary, also known as new salary, was the name of the tax added in the late Ming Dynasty. Beginning in the 46th year of Wanli and ending in the 48th year of Wanli, except for a few areas such as Guizhou, the average amount of silver per mu of land was levied by 9 cents, totaling 5.2 million and 62 taels. At the time of the apocalypse, and the levy and the pass, the salt and other miscellaneous silver taels. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he raised the field tax from 9 cents to 1 cent and 2 cents, distributed more than 6,670,000 taels of silver, and collected more than 5,220,000 taels of silver in addition to tariffs, salt taxes and miscellaneous items, totaling 7,488,298 taels of silver.

The total amount of wages for the suppression of the peasant army was 2.8 million taels, which were mainly requisitioned from the land. The original proposal was only levied for one year, in fact, from the tenth year of Chongzhen, it was not until the thirteenth year that it was forced to stop. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, according to Yang Sichang's proposal, the training was carried out in the name of training "border soldiers" and strengthening the defense forces of the towns on the nine borders, but in fact it was to deal with the peasant uprising. A total of more than 7.3 million taels of silver were levied on this salary, of which one cent was added to each mu of land endowment, accounting for more than half of the total.

It was these three salaries that supported the war against Liaodong under the poor financial situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But at the same time, it also greatly exacerbated the situation of bankruptcy of the peasants in the country, provoking a resurgence of rebellions.

Yes, as soon as he heard that Zhu Cihong wanted to open up the source and raise taxes, Fu Shuxun stood up in shock.

Even Li Banghua couldn't help but say in a lost voice: "The saint ascended the throne at the beginning of last year, and just announced the cancellation of the three salaries, and now the domestic traitors are only left in a corner of Sichuan, and the construction of slaves is also a heavy blow, and there is no reason to commit it in a short period of time." If so, they will have to be sent more, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid ......"

Li Banghua was so excited that he couldn't control it for a while.

When Zhu Cihong heard the expressions of the two, he immediately waved his hand again and again: "How come I don't know how Li Zicheng got up?" The elimination of the post station provoked Li Zicheng to rebel, and the three salaries were increased, which provoked thieves everywhere. This is the truth that water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat. At present, the old army must be eliminated, and of course there will be no more tax increases on the heads of the small people. Besides, why would the Ming Dynasty be forced to raise taxes and small farmers at the hands of his father...... Don't you really know? ”

Li Banghua and Fu Shuxun glanced at each other, and an even more shocked expression was revealed.

They heard what Zhu Cihong meant, and when they thought of this thought, they couldn't help but feel a storm in their hearts.

This was even more shocking than when they heard that Zhu Cihong led the army to kill Duoduo and pass on the head of the Jingshi. If we say, the victory in the war for a time can still be imagined. But the thought arose, and they didn't even think of daring to do it!

I saw that at this moment, Zhu Cihong was holding a quill pen and wrote eight words in his notebook at random: The cause of the death of the country, the gentry are exempt from taxes.

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