"I only remember that the past few days have been expenses for the army. That is the settlement expenses for the 20,000 troops brought by Dong Chuan, the daily expenses for the army's training these days, plus the military pay and food for the several battalions yesterday.
.Why do you suddenly have so much expenses?”
Before King Lu and the others arrived, Zhu Ling couldn't help complaining. Although he was not a master, Hua Yinzi was the most distressed. He finally got some money from King Lu's Mansion, but after a few days he found that it was not enough.
!
Hearing this, Wang Jiayan smiled bitterly, and then calmly answered Zhu Ling's complaint: "Your Majesty, a few days ago we rewarded most of King Lu's land to most of the soldiers with military merit.
Because we were worried that the fields would be deserted, we spent money to buy these fields. Later, we distributed these fields to some people who had no or little land. This expenditure alone cost us millions of taels.
"
"The kingdom is prosperous!"
Zhu Ling sat upright with a look of boredom on his face, and suddenly called Wang Guoxing to the side.
"I'm here," Wang Guoxing responded without any hesitation.
"Go and send someone to find out what Nanjing is doing these days, and find out why they spend so much money! I want to know every detail of the expenditure!" At the end of the sentence, it was already there.
anger.
"According to the order!"
While they were talking, King Lu and others also arrived one after another, and suddenly heard His Majesty's roar, and hurriedly knelt down.
Seeing that King Lu and others had arrived below, Zhu Ling also calmed down his anger and said: "I called you here today because I want to discuss something with you. We have no money. The Nanjing side is taking it for the time being.
If we don’t have money, we still need to find a way ourselves.”
As soon as he heard the word "no money", King Lu reacted instantly, fearing that His Majesty summoned him today because he wanted to continue to plunder the palace. But he has donated most of his family wealth to Your Majesty, and now except for this Lu
There is nothing left in the palace. You can’t sell this palace, right?
If this is really the case, we have to give it a try even at the risk of beheading.
Instead, Huang Bodang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have a solution, but it can only alleviate the ongoing financial and tax crisis. Treating the symptoms but not the root cause will not do any harm."
"Come and listen."
"Yesterday, Your Majesty ordered Meng Zhangming, Fan Xianchao and Sima Jingru to lead troops to exterminate the bandits. I heard that the bandits had been entrenched for several years. There must be countless gold and silver treasures hidden in the stronghold, and there are also many camps around it. After they are all destroyed, the proceeds will be obtained
There should be a lot of silver. Although it won't take long, it should be enough in the near future."
As soon as Huang Bodang finished speaking, King Lu stepped forward and said, "I think this move is inappropriate."
"Uncle, please tell me."
King Lu provided Xingzai with a lot of money and land without any sense of stinginess, so Zhu Ling was relatively gentle towards him.
"I believe that after every battle, there must be rewards based on merit. Even if we are fighting only bandits this time, if we win, we must reward the soldiers. Ranks and silver rewards are the best. And from the current point of view, the soldiers
They all think that silver is the best, so after wiping out the bandits, they must use the silver to reward them. At that time, I’m afraid there won’t be much silver left, so how can we return to our profession?”
King Lu made a sound analysis and refuted Huang Bodang's words directly. When he finished speaking and turned back, he felt indescribably happy in his heart.
"I still agree with King Lu's point of view." Zhu Ling said appropriately: "Even if the thieves have been entrenched for many years, they will not have much money left with their style of behavior, let alone return it to the industry. This money will be enough to reward the army.
The best result. So we still need to find another way to make money."
Seeing that several people were silent, he also understood that it was indeed difficult to find a way to make money. Therefore, he no longer planned to embarrass them, and said: "I have something here called alcohol. I used it for the soldiers on the way to Tianjin before.
, the curative effect is excellent. This product can ensure that no dirt will be contaminated after the injury, and it can also ensure that the infection of the wound is eliminated. Therefore, this product is extremely profitable."
Hearing this, King Lu and others had bright eyes. After all, lack of money has always been a problem for the court. With such financial resources today, they must feel hope.
"Your Majesty has always been afraid that this thing would breed a lot of corruption and even chaos among the people. Why did it happen today?" Wang Jiayan asked puzzledly. He had experienced the dilemma of having no money before, but he did not use it to make profits.
"Everyone, I have made up my mind. If there are no problems, Yanzhou Prefecture will serve as the accompanying capital during the war until the entire Ming Dynasty is recovered. Yanzhou Prefecture will serve as the front line to fight against bandits and slaves, so the construction of the defense line must be put on the agenda. And this,
It requires money, a lot of money. Although this thing will breed corruption, it cannot be used forever."
After explaining, Zhu Ling looked at King Lu who was kneeling down and said to him: "Uncle, I have seen in the past few days that you are loyal to my Ming Dynasty, and you are also loyal to me. But you don't care much about financial reports and fame and fortune.
Seriously, I give you the right to sell this thing, how to sell it? How much to sell it for? You decide the soybean oil, I only care about the profit. Of course, you cannot sell it to bandits or slaves, no matter how much it is."
After hearing this, King Lu never expected that His Majesty would reuse him. He was moved to tears and immediately kowtowed and thanked him: "My Lord, Zhu Yihai, thanks Your Majesty for your trust! I will definitely live up to my trust and fulfill my important mission!"
"Go down and write me a plan. I have to see if you have the ability to make money first. You need to remember that you must not breed corruption. If my guards know about it, because this thing allows some people to make profits, you are the only one asking! That
At that time, I don’t care whether you are my imperial uncle or not.” If you are given a heavy responsibility, it will definitely require some hard work.
Zhu Ling knew the loyalty of King Lu, and he also had some ability to govern the country. But that was before he was reborn. Now Chongzhen is still the emperor, and he is still the prince. And neither King Fu nor King Lu will
Become an emperor.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
No wonder King Lu was so excited. Previously, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, vassal kings were not allowed to participate in politics. Even descendants were not allowed to obtain honors and could only be supported by the court and reproduced from generation to generation. As for power, there was almost no power, so after getting His Majesty's
After the appointment, King Lu seemed so excited.
"Is there anything else, everyone?" Zhu Ling glanced down and saw that he was already a little tired.
"His Majesty."
However, Huang Bodang continued to step forward without knowing it and said: "Nanjing had a plan before, which was how to completely subdue Zheng Zhilong for the use of our court. According to the attached article from Nanjing, Zheng Zhilong is already a coastal defense guerrilla of our court.
, and even intended to promote him to the rank of commander-in-chief. But judging from his performance, it seems that he is still careless about the imperial court, and even refuses to obey the imperial court's orders."
Zheng Zhilong... This man is also a legendary figure. He went to sea with his relatives since he was a child. He established his own prestige and weapons. After the death of his relatives, he directly took over all the assets. At his peak, he had hundreds of ships plying the South China Sea.
In this area, even the Spanish in the west, the Dutch could not do anything to them.
A veritable overlord of the South China Sea. It was a pity that he later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. His son Zheng Chenggong refused to surrender and died in prison in Beijing. It is indeed a shame and a pity.
In fact, this man is also a strong-willed master. Now that the Ming Dynasty has suffered repeated military setbacks, his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty must also have been repeatedly reduced. This also means that this man is extremely difficult to subdue, but his son Zheng Chenggong is not loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Very loyal. But after all, it is only 1644, and Zheng Zhilong is still the overlord.
How to make him willingly protect maritime merchants from pirate attacks, actually depends on him. Because the only pirate over there, except those from the West, is him. This Zheng Zhilong is the biggest pirate leader!
"Draft an imperial edict to promote him to Nan'anbo and summon him to Nanjing to discuss matters. Then write a letter to tell Wu Linzheng and them that Zheng Zhilong is powerful and must be taken seriously. If an uncontrollable situation arises, find a way to let his son Zheng Chenggong replace him.
, then just let Zheng Zhilong take care of himself."
After thinking about it for a long time, this is the only solution for now.
"According to the decree."
When everyone finally finished their discussion, suddenly a guard in golden clothes walked in quickly, knelt down and said: a hundred steps away:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the military situation in Teng County is critical! General Fan's troops have been defeated!"