Chapter 1099 The emperor and ministers were unhappy
"This time, do you know how many horses Uncle Dingyuan got? There are a hundred thousand war horses, and there are countless horses and stallions in captivity. This is what I know. There must be much more than this in this century."
Master Xiao said softly.
The three of them looked at each other in surprise. The Ming Dynasty was indeed short of horses. A good war horse could be sold for fifty taels or even more than one hundred taels. One hundred thousand horses, how much is that? At least five million taels.
Master Xiao said mysteriously: "But do you know where all these horses have gone?"
All three of them immediately pricked up their ears. This was a lot of money.
"They were all sold privately by Uncle Dingyuan and Zhang Shize. Only 23,000 horses were paid as tribute to His Majesty. The rest were auctioned in some way. More than ten taels and twenty taels of war horses worth fifty taels were sold."
The three of them looked at each other. No wonder Uncle Dingyuan had enough money to repay the arrears of the Jingying camp. He also repaid the arrears of the 20,000 people in the four towns. This is an astronomical amount of money.
Almost every soldier in the Beijing camp received more than fifty taels. The officers received even more, and they, the civil servants who were on official business, all received a total of more than two hundred taels.
"The ministers in the imperial court are very dissatisfied. It is said that as a rule, 30% of the military pay will be lost as soon as it leaves the household. This time the Beijing camp went to the west, the bank of the household had no money at all, and the money was all from your majesty's internal funds. Let's go.
The exchange at Xinghe Bank never went through the Household Department, and everyone in the Household Department was very dissatisfied." Xiao Zhubo said.
Wang Daxing thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty has received 23,000 war horses, which are also worth two million taels of silver. It can be regarded as recouping the military expenses. Your Majesty is at a loss."
Chen Liu said: "You have also heard some rumors. Your Majesty is very unhappy that Uncle Dingyuan gave money to the officers and soldiers of Jingying and Qizhen to make up for the shortfall and unpaid wages. He thinks that the government's finances are so easy at present, so the money should be given to Your Majesty."
If you don’t use your money, do something even more worthless. The bad steel will be spent on the steel blade.”
Everyone burst into laughter for a moment. Are any of us Li Biao's people? At this time, Li Biao was weak and suppressed the other factions. Now, the trend of various factions uniting to overthrow Li Biao has not disappeared.
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The train ran through the wilderness. Although it retreated from the border of Beizhili, the farmland along the way was barren. This year the drought continued. A few of the seeds planted had not germinated.
Wang Xiaoxing said: "To be honest, you are grateful to Uncle Dingyuan from the bottom of your heart. As a young man in the Ministry of Household Affairs, apart from working, you have not made any harm. If you followed Xiaojun on the expedition, you made hundreds of taels of silver.
, I found some business outside my home selling cattle, sheep, and horses. My life was miserable."
Governor Yuan looked at Dong Lin and said: "You know that this guy sometimes clearly separates the emperor's money, the court's money, and my own money. I'm afraid he wants to take food away from me.
In front of you."
Chen Liu said: "It's been a long time since we last met. Uncle Dingyuan went to Monan and gave half of it to Li Biao. What do you say?"
Jiang Zhenhuan curled her lips and said, "We'll return to Liaoning in seven years. That's what I said."
Jiang Zhen's cheeks suddenly turned red with anger. She cursed: "That guy, the national finance is so low, how can I be so embarrassed to make myself proud? That's Xiao Ming's tax revenue for a year. He can do so many small things for the country. Yes, it must be done."
I spit it all out."
"That time, Yang Fan made a fortune. War horses and camels, plus cattle and sheep. They are estimated to be worth tens of millions of taels. In addition to the ones for Your Majesty, and the replacement of back wages to win people's hearts, I have at least a lot of money.
It’s not even seven to seven million,” Governor Yuan said.
The key is that people like Li Biao only engage in unilateralism and live alone.
Chen Liu is from the Chu Party, and I am very satisfied with Li Biao.
Ma Huaigure said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are killing the donkey. I heard that Monan was divided into two provinces, Suiyuan and Lenghe. The Suiyuan capital was handed over to Dingyuan Bo, and the Lenghe capital was handed over to Xiao.
A person who is weak."
Wang Xiaoxing asked in surprise: "If Uncle Dingyuan's contribution is to be granted a title of marquis, your Majesty will not delay it for a long time. Once the matter in the northwest is resolved, Uncle Dingyuan is now in the seventh rank, and he is expected to be appointed to the seventh army."
The title of Governor of the Governor's Mansion has been changed. He is a first-class military attache. He has handed over the military and military affairs of the Governor's capital camp. Where can I put them? How should I place them?"
Qian Longxi took a sip of rice wine and said: "The words are the same and the reason is the same. However, no one outside today can reason. People in the imperial court are all about strength. Who can reason with people who have no strength? They look at it
Well, very soon we will have to deal with Uncle Yuan in person."
"Li Biao often caused trouble to Uncle Ding Yuan in those years. During that small army expedition, he also took money from us. Why should he pay tribute to us? Everyone really knows how much he weighs."
Ma Haogu said: "You have also heard that your Majesty was very unhappy about that matter. The original decree of Uncle Dingyuan to regain Guihua City and reward his merits and make him a marquis was ruined. In the end, Liu Zhong was awarded the title.
The current theory is to let Uncle Dingyuan attack the Mongolian tribes in the desert."
Ma Haogu is the head of the Ministry of War. I continued: "I heard that Xiao Zhubo is also very angry. His Majesty has also stopped the money that our Guan Ning Army buys horses from Lin Dan Khan every year. After all, Yang Fan has not changed it.
Cheap horses, yes.”
At this time, Governor Yuan and Dong Lin were outside a study room in Wenyuan Pavilion, studying strategies to deal with Uncle Dingyuan.
Qian Longxi laughed and said: "The boss's tricks are too outrageous. Every year, the money is collected, but not a single horse is bought. The accounts are made according to the cavalry. But the cavalry with or without horses is paid according to the infantry.
The difference between cavalry and infantry is one to four times. I also know where all the money went. Others are living on empty wages, but I am bad. I am short of personnel, so I eat 40% of the money. It is really low. You are too servants.
Everyone in the temple is convinced."
Ma Haogu looked around and said loudly: "There is a rumor in the Ministry of War that as soon as the Oirat people come down, Uncle Dingyuan will hand over the errands of the Beijing camp. I am afraid that he will be suspended now. It will be difficult to control the army.
Already."
Chen Liu said: "You heard that Dong Lin and Governor Yuan have written to Your Majesty several times, requesting that the Ministry of Household Affairs be responsible for the army's pay and food for the Beijing camp. Your Majesty has always refused. In fact, Your Majesty also wants the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay for it.
Money. Your Majesty is always asked to provide internal funds, and Your Majesty is also willing."
Dong Lin's eyes flashed brightly, and he said bitterly: "Your Majesty has not given up on coordinating the food and salary in the northwest to the cabinet. Cut off my food, grass and military salary. See if I surrender."
"It seems that Your Majesty will also give Uncle Dingyuan a beating that time. He will probably hand over the military supplies for the northwest to the Ministry of War in no time."
Qian Longxi said: "You have heard about it too. The people who got the bad results in that auction were all the noble disciples. Those of us who had not yet come to the army also got the news as soon as possible and informed their relatives. Especially, especially
Li Biao didn't catch a single hair, and his eyes were red with hatred. He was studying day and night, and it was a stumbling block for Uncle Yuan's back."
I owe a chapter and will make it up tomorrow.
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