Chapter 60 Dividing the spoils and expanding the army
Lin Fu waited in the bright hall for a while, and then someone came out and called him in. When he walked in, he found that several key people were gathered in the inner hall - he was the last to arrive, and he didn't know what was going on, and he was always outside.
wait.
Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu sat in the lobby, with a short mustache on his lips, resting his hands on the table, looking at the carved red door; Cheng Yuqian and Yue Lengqiu sat under him, and then looked down at Wuchen, Wang Tian, Yu Xinyuan, and Wang Xueshan
, Dong Yuan, Zhang Yan, Lin Tingli and others.
Opposite Wang Tian, the envoy of Xuanfu, sat a middle-aged man wearing an embroidered robe of a general. Lin Fu had never seen him before, but he guessed that he was the new admiral, Deng Yu, the envoy of Huinan.
Zhang Xitongquan was in a low position, and there was no place for him to sit, so he stood behind King Ning. Lin Fu's old acquaintance, Liu Zhi, a regular attendant in Prince Ning's palace and the military commander of the camp, also stood behind Prince Ning.
Sitting under the salt and iron envoy Zhang Yan was a military commander, Xie Chaozhong, the commander of the guard camp of Prince Ning's Mansion.
Lin Fu walked into the inner hall and scanned everyone's faces with his eyes. He knew that those who were summoned to the inner hall first to discuss matters were the real powerful figures in Jiangdong County.
Among them, Lin Tingli has the lowest status, but as the censor of Zuo Qiandu, he also knows the affairs of Dongyang Prefecture and supervises the preparation of troops. He holds the military and political power of Dongyang Prefecture. His power is unmatched by ordinary prefects, so he is qualified to sit in the inner hall.
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Except for Lin Tingli, everyone sitting there had a higher status than him. Even Lin Tingli was considered his elder. Lin Fu cursed secretly in his stomach and walked up to pay homage to King Ning: "I'm going to be the official of Huaidong System"
I'm sending envoy Lin Fu to pay homage to His Highness Prince Ning! I'm late, please forgive me..."
"We were eager to discuss matters and didn't wait for you. What's your crime?" Prince Ning said with a kind smile and asked his maid to bring the brocade table and give Lin Fu a seat.
Lin Fu bowed to everyone else present and insisted on sitting next to Lin Tingli.
"Why did you come here?" Lin Tingli asked quietly.
"I overslept." Lin Fu replied. Others came to compete for benefits by rushing early. He just wanted to have more autonomy in Huaidong and did not need to rush early. But this reason was not easy to explain to Lin Tingli, so he talked nonsense.
a reason.
Lin Tingli smiled helplessly, knowing that Lin Fu's heart was not here.
"Where did the discussion go? How much did I miss?" It seemed that they had been talking in the inner hall for a long time. Lin Fu sat far away from Gu Wuchen and could only whisper to Lin Tingli to inquire about the details of their previous discussion.
The inner hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Lin Fu and Lin Tingli's whispers naturally fell into the ears of others.
Gu Wuchen narrowed his eyes and said nothing, with a smile on his face; Yue Lengqiu and others remained calm.
Prince Ning glanced at Zhang Xitong beside him and said: "Xitong, please explain to Lin Zhizhi the few things we just discussed..."
Lin Fu hugged Zhang Xitong and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Chang Shi."
"There is no need to worry about what should be done," Zhang Xitong said. "Three edicts came from the capital one after another: First, the imperial court decided to lay off the two Zhejiang county bureaus, establish the Northern Zhejiang system and establish the Envoys' Department, and place Pingjiang Prefecture under the Northern Zhejiang Military Department.
Under the jurisdiction, Mr. Dong takes the title of Right Minister of the Jiangning Military Department and also leads the envoys of northern Zhejiang..."
"I would like to congratulate Mr. Dong..." Lin Fu sat behind the table and cupped his fists towards Dong Yuan who was diagonally across from him, as if it was the first time he heard about this matter.
"Envoy Lin Zhizhi is so polite." Dong Yuan bowed in return.
Zhang Xitong continued: "...Secondly, Prince Ning's guard camp will be expanded to recruit soldiers from Danyang, Pingjiang and other prefectures and expand to ten battalions." At this point, Zhang Xitong glanced at Lin Fu and saw that he had no expression, so he continued.
, "Thirdly, there is the Inner Government Department of Prince Ning's Mansion. Jiangning households and the rivers and cities controlled by various prefectures and counties are all under the jurisdiction of the Inner Government Department..."
Hebosuo and Guanshi were set up at rivers, lakes, post roads and other passes to collect taxes. Hebosuo also levied additional fish taxes from fishing boats. They were the main source of miscellaneous taxes for the government's revenue and were usually under the jurisdiction of the county and household departments.
Eleven counties in the two prefectures of Huaidong have set up river parking stations at lakes, rivers, post roads and other important places. There are nine stations in the city, and most of them are set up overlapping with the inspection department. In addition to the river stations, the patrol stations
In addition to the overlapping establishment of the Procuratorate and Division, salt supervisors were also assigned to each of them, mainly to crack down on the leakage of illegal salt from the Lianghuai Salt Fields.
Chongzhou County was not as developed as other counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and its trade routes were not smooth in the early years. There were no river crossings or city gates.
The expansion of the health camp, the establishment of the Internal Affairs Bureau to take over the Hebo Station, the Guan City, and the monopoly of the tax and fish tax revenue in Jiangdong County were undoubtedly to increase the power of Prince Ning's Palace and the military and financial power directly controlled by Prince Ning's Palace.
Lin Fu did not expect that when Emperor Chongguan of the Yanjing Palace took the risk of transferring Chen Zhihunan to the post of Henan envoy, he actually had the worst plan. Prince Ning's palace directly took control of the military and financial power. Prince Ning compared with the official crown prince.
The status is not much different.
If we want to reorganize the country, centralization and autocracy is the path we must take, so that more resources can be concentrated.
Just when Zhang Xitong mentioned that Hebosuo and Guanshi were under the jurisdiction of the Neifu Department, everyone here turned their eyes here, with mixed emotions in their eyes. Lin Fu immediately figured it out: Prince Ning's Mansion may not be able to move from Jiangninghu to Ninghu.
The Ministry of Finance and various prefectures and counties seized control of Hebo Station, relations, and tax collection rights. Their first target was the Chongzhou Lijin Bureau.
Lin Fu smiled coldly in his heart: Do you still think that Huaidong is a weakling who is easy to bully?
Lin Fu's eyes fell on the sandalwood table in front of him, pretending to listen carefully to Zhang Xitong's words without giving him any response.
"When Lin Zhizhi came over, we were talking about the issue of Hebosuo and Guanshi." King Ning took Zhang Xitong's words at this time and asked Lin Fu in person, "What does Lin Zhizhi have to say about this?"
Lin Fu pretended to think about it, and after a while, he raised his head to look at Prince Ning and said, "I am a young official with little knowledge, so how can I have any high opinions? Everything your Highness and your lords say is good..."
Zhang Xitong was confused at the same time and thought to himself: Is Lin Fu pretending to be confused because he understands, or is he really confused?
Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu was speechless for a moment. He still remembered the indifference with which Lin Fu led his army to welcome Tang Haoxin to Jiangning after Tang Haoxin's death. Of course, he knew that Lin Fu was not a dough to be kneaded by others.
Zhang Xitong bit the bullet and said: "Your Excellency, it is your opinion that Chongzhou can add a few more river berths..."
"Okay, I will set up two river berths when I get back," Lin Fu responded decisively. Seeing Zhang Xi and others looking over in surprise, he asked in surprise, "What, what's wrong?"
"The edict stated that the Hebo Station and Guan City in Jiangdong County would be under the jurisdiction of the Neifu Division of Prince Ning's Mansion. If a new Hebo Station is established, it will naturally be established by the Inner Bureau Division..." Zhang Xitong said.
"Is the head of the Internal Affairs Department Mr. Liu?" Lin Fu asked.
"It's just Bucai..." Liu Zhi said bravely.
"Then please ask Sir Liu to send someone to set up a new river station in Chongzhou," Lin Fu said, "What other matters should be discussed next?"
Zhang Xitong and Liu Zhi looked at each other. They all thought that Lin Fu would try his best to obstruct it, but they didn't expect that Lin Fu would agree so simply and neatly.
Prince Ning looked at Yue Lengqiu, who shook his head slightly, indicating that the matter was not that simple. However, Lin Fu agreed, and the matter was initially settled.
The next step is to discuss additional taxes.
From Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu to the following, Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, Wang Xueshan, Yu Xinyuan, Deng Yu, including Gu Wuchen and Lin Tingli, all agreed to levy an acre of land and an additional 1.8% per acre as a subsidy. Jiangdong
In addition to the newly incorporated land under the jurisdiction of the Zhejiang Province in northern Zhejiang, the number of naturalized acres in the county will be 100 million acres. An additional tax of one cent and eight cents per acres will be collected. If all the subsidies and donations can be collected without missing a penny, there will be one
One hundred and eighty thousand taels.
Prince Ning's Mansion set up an Internal Affairs Department to compete with the local government for control of rivers and cities, taxation, and additional stipends and donations, which had nothing to do with Prince Ning's Mansion. They would eventually be allocated to the various armies for use.
Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Gu Wuchen, and Deng Yu are all people who benefit, so they will naturally not object.
Even if Dongyang Mansion cannot take advantage, it will not suffer a loss. To be honest, if the land is taxed per mu, the local government can burn more money and spend more money, so it will take more advantage.
"If the stipend of 16.7 million taels of silver is levied according to the number of acres of land, can farmers afford it?" Lin Fu asked everyone while pressing the table.
"Jiangdong is mostly fertile land for fish and rice. However, since Emperor Gaozong, the land tax in Jiangdong has not increased by one cent or cent. This time, for state affairs, a temporary tax of one cent and eight cents has been added. Counting japonica rice, it is only three large bowls.
That's all, why can't you bear it?" King Ning leaned forward and patiently explained to Lin Fu, "There is no way to increase the levy this time. If we don't increase the levy, there will be no resources to support the army. There will be no resources to support the army. Huaisi's
How are we going to eradicate the rogue bandits, and how are we going to quell the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels? Everyone everywhere is crying out for a lack of silver, and when you came, Mr. Gu said there was still a shortfall of two to three hundred thousand taels of silver to support the army in Huaidong!"
Lin Fu sighed in his heart: Since the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the land tax in Jiangdong has indeed not increased by one penny, but that is a matter between the imperial court and the local area in Jiangdong, and the farmers at the bottom have not benefited.
Although the official tax has not increased, local exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have emerged one after another. Lin Fu exempted as many as 27 items at one time in Chongzhou; in fact, most farmers, especially the tenant farmers who rented grain fields to make a living, were living in bankruptcy.
the edge of.
The pampered Prince Ning may not understand the truth here, but it is impossible for others here to understand.
"If you allow me to govern the eleven counties in the two prefectures of Huaidong, I will only take half of the money to support the army of Huaidong, and the remaining half can be paid to the county officials to support an elite force..." Lin Fu said.
Prince Ning frowned slightly, with an unhappy look on his face, and said: "How to manage the government is up to the county magistrate. I am also a layman, but for the things you did in Huaidong, the papers in my room are piled up. Than the desk in my room.
If the levy is increased, your actions will be even more dangerous. You must restrain yourself! If you have any other ideas, please share them with Wang Xuanfu and Wang Fuyin!"
Gu Wuchen gave him a look and asked him to apologize to King Ning. Lin Fu was full of disdain for King Ning, but he still held back and apologized: "I'm in a bad mood, but I also think about the court and don't want the people to betray me again!"
Without the determination and means to touch the interests of local forces and the middle and upper classes, we would never want to create a new situation in Jiangdong. Adding additional taxes and spreading acres of land will only make the holes in these broken ships bigger!
"Lin Zhizhi is also dedicated to serving the people. It's okay to have violent waves occasionally..." Prince Ning was not much older than Lin Fu, but he had an old-fashioned tone and tolerated his collision.
Next, we will discuss how to apportion the subsidies, which is the so-called sharing of spoils. Basically, it will be carried out in accordance with the principle of "local taxation, local use, and sufficient resources to make up for deficiencies."
Lin Fu felt even colder when he heard that. The so-called "abundance to make up for the shortfall" only meant that some of them were taken from Danyang, Huai'an, Hailing, Weiyang, Luzhou and other prefectures and counties to make up for the shortfall in food and salary for the Jiangning garrison.
Once the capital is moved, the Jiangning garrison will be the new capital's forbidden army, and its priority will naturally be the first. This time, more than one-third of the stipends will go to the Jiangning garrison. The Jiangning garrison, horse and infantry, will be expanded at once.
to 40,000 people, Shuiying will also be expanded to 12,000 people.
The establishment of the envoys in northern Zhejiang is almost self-financing. Ping, Jia, Hang and Hu are the highlights of the southeastern counties. The total number of land registrations exceeds 30 million acres. A single additional levy can acquire 54
Ten thousand taels of silver. However, the Zhejiang North Zhejiang Envoy Department is the main direction of resisting the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels. It plans to recruit an elite combat strength of 60,000. This time, the extra silver is barely enough.
Yue Lengqiu did not bribe the Changhuai Army much this time. The strength of the Changhuai Army will be maintained at about 30,000. The Huinan Army Division will have to resist the pressure from the She family in western Zhejiang, and the number of troops will be increased to 30,000.
People, the two prefectures in Huinan have imposed additional levies, which can almost only satisfy their own needs.
Dongyang Prefecture levied half of the additional levy and paid it to the county bureau, and half was used for its own use. The same was true for Huaidong. A total of 260,000 taels of salary were raised, half of which was paid to the county bureau, and half was allocated to the Huaidong Military Division to make up for the shortage of military funds.
The biggest problem is precisely Xuzhou.
This time, the additional levy amount for seven counties in Xuzhou is 160,000 taels, all of which will be allocated to the Xuzhou Military Department. The war has subsided for less than a year in Xuzhou, and it is too late to need external support. Where can such blood be drawn from? But?
For Chen Hansan, as long as there is a legitimate reason to impose additional taxes, how can he be soft-hearted?
Lin Fu didn't know what Zhang Yubo would do if he was caught in the middle, and it was impossible for him to allocate 160,000 taels of silver from the Huaidong Army Division to Chen Han for three uses!