After entering the memorial hall and reporting to the residence, Lin Xuwen and Liu Shidu talked about the situation of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Salt and Iron Department.
Except for the five counties of Chongzhou, other areas controlled by Huaidong have been merged into the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the summer tax has been settled. In this way, an approximate figure can be obtained as to how big the total annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs can be.
The core of the central financial work is to "live within one's means". If there is no relatively accurate judgment on the annual revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs, how to arrange military and civilian affairs in the coming year?
The annual income situation of the household department was also the first thing Lin Fu had to understand when he returned to Jiangning.
“Since the salt incident was brought under control, and after the salt sales in Huaidong were also incorporated, the total number of pounds of salt received by the Salt and Iron Department increased by about six times compared with the same period last year, but the price increase was reduced to 11%. The amount of salt and silver in the two Huaihe Rivers will be reduced by approximately 10% this year.
"Forty percent," Liu Shidu said, "it won't exceed 900,000 taels of silver."
"Fortunately," Lin Fu nodded and said, "it's not too disappointing. Nowadays, people's livelihood in various places is difficult, and they are used to eating light food. If the price of salt drops, and we take another two or three years of rest, the total amount will be
Gradually rise."
"It is true that the soldiers in the army need to eat six kilograms of salt a year. In the past two years under the rule of the lord, the lives of the counties in Huai'an have been much better than before, but a farmer's family with several members must eat six kilograms of salt a year.
Common sense. According to common sense, a family of five should have twenty kilograms of salt a year. The total number of kilograms of salt collected by the Salt and Iron Department this year can increase six times. One is the result of the prohibition of smuggling, and the other is
The price reduction is due first to the recovery of eastern Fujian and Zhejiang," Liu Shidu said. "When the salt affairs in various places are straightened out and the increase price is not reduced, the salt price can be further reduced. When the salt price drops to
For less than 40 yuan, there is no profit for the private gangs, and the cost of prohibition can also be reduced. In the past, just to maintain 20,000 salt soldiers, four to five hundred thousand taels of silver were wasted a year..."
Lin Fu nodded. After the cooking method is replaced by the drying method and is widely promoted, the price of salt in various places will drop to less than 40 yuan. This is not an unachievable dream. By then, the profits of private smugglers from selling salt will plummet. On the contrary,
The risk of beheading would increase a lot, and not many people would engage in this costly business.
Although the sharp decline in salt and silver in the past three to five years is an unchangeable fact, cracking down on the salt affairs will be of great benefit to weakening the power of the Weiyang Mansion headed by Shen Rong and weakening the potential support of salt merchants to Huaixi.
The point loss is completely within the tolerable range.
In addition, if the cooking method is changed to the drying method, the large tracts of grassland around the salt field can be cultivated by the laid-off salt households and salt workers. When the conditions are mature, it will not be possible to build two or three new counties in Yandu and east of Jianling.
what is the problem.
"This year's salt and silver can reach 800,000 to 900,000 taels, which is beyond my expectation. I am already very satisfied." Lin Xuwen said. He was worried that the increase in the price of salt and silver would be reduced to 11%, which would cause a total loss of salt and silver.
I dropped it, I didn’t expect to keep so many.
Furthermore, in order to crack down on the salt incident, the properties of Mao Wenjing and other government officials and businessmen were confiscated and the total amount of silver was more than one million taels. The number of privately cultivated acres of land cleared was close to one million acres. Within three to five years, the amount of salt and silver could be made up.
Loss.
"The summer tax settlement should have been completed," Lin Fu asked Lin Xuwen, "How is the situation?"
"The wars in western Zhejiang, eastern Fujian and Xusi have just ended, and they still need to rest and recuperate. The taxes of Hailing, Huai'an, Mingzhou, Yongjia, and Taizhou have been merged into the Ministry of Household Affairs. The situation in Jiaxing has also improved. Even after subtracting
With only a small amount of tax, the total amount of summer tax levied was over three million taels, so the situation is better than expected..."
"Oh, Mingzhe did a good job in Jiaxing?" Lin Fu heard Lin Xuwen single out Jiaxing and said that Chen Mingzhe's political achievements in Jiaxing should be obvious.
"The tiger father has no son, and the son of Hua Zhanggong will really not disgrace the name of the number one scholar. The summer tax paid in Jiaxing is even 20% higher than before the war," Lin Xuwen said, "It is still a small deduction.
The number after the endowment..."
Chen Huazhang laughed and was quite satisfied with Lin Xuwen's praise.
Jiaxing Prefecture is located on the southeast coast of Taihu Lake. Its area is the same as that of Pingjiang Prefecture. There were as many as 210,000 registered households before the war. It is rich in rice, tea, cotton and silk. Jiaxing was disturbed by the East China Sea bandits early on. After the She family occupied eastern Zhejiang,
Jiaxing is only separated by a river. The She family's navy in eastern Zhejiang was strong at that time. Jiaxing's coast and along the river were almost undefended for the navy in eastern Zhejiang, and production was greatly damaged.
After Lin Fu attacked Mingzhou, Jiaxing was able to control the interference of the war and become the hinterland of Hangzhou and get a chance to recuperate. It was also at that time that Chen Mingzhe became aware of the affairs of Jiaxing Prefecture. So far, it has only been three years.
During the war, a large number of people in Jiaxing left their hometowns and went to Pingjiang, Danyang and other places in the north to escape the scourge of the war. The war broke out and they returned home. Chen Mingzhe took this opportunity to clean up the farm registration and household registration, and also carried out water control and embankment construction, road construction and farmland reclamation, and achieved great results.
Da. Since the taxes of Jiaxing Lake were previously collected by Hanghu itself, Lin Fu could see that the situation in Jiaxing was getting better day by day, but he didn't know the figures.
Although Chen Mingzhe has not expressed his position, the fact that the Ministry of Revenue is controlled by Huaidong is known all over the world. Chen Mingzhe presides over the affairs of Jiaxing Prefecture and can make the summer tax paid by Jiaxing Prefecture this year 20% higher than before the war. This is considered a success.
It acquiesced to the reality that Chen had surrendered to Huaidong.
Lin Fu would not be so naive that he would have to drag Chen Mingzhe to him and subdue him before letting him go.
"Mingzhe's three-year term in Jiaxing has expired. Should he be recommended to go to Hangzhou?" Lin Fu asked everyone.
"It should be so." Lin Mengde and others said.
Hangzhou Prefecture and Weiyang Prefecture have always been one level higher than other state capitals. In the early years, they were also the seat of the two Zhejiang counties. The Hangzhou-Hu army and Zhejiang and Fujian had been in a long-term confrontation on the West Lake line of Hangzhou. Fuyang, Linshui and other counties also fell to the enemy for several years.
Production was greatly damaged. Since Chen Mingzhe had political talents, using him as the magistrate of Hangzhou put Lin Fu at ease more than anyone else.
The prefectures and counties of Taihu Lake can truly be called the best places in the world, a land of plenty.
Taking Pingjiang as an example, the tax quota amounted to 1.4 million shi. In addition, about 60% of the raw silk sold by Huaidong to Haidong was produced in Pingjiang. Not counting silk tea cloth, it only amounted to 1,000 shi per year.
The tax revenue of 400,000 dan is unmatched by other prefectures and counties.
Although such a high tax and grain quota is the figure obtained after three additional levies, on the other hand, it is still a figure obtained under the situation of land annexation and the serious phenomenon of hiding farmland and renting households. As long as the land registration and household registration are carefully cleaned up, the amount of taxes and grains will be transferred to households.
The inventory of Togakushida forced the local gentry and wealthy people to assume more tax obligations, inhibited land annexation, and the tax revenue of Heijiang Prefecture could increase significantly.
Before the war, there were 230,000 registered households in Jiaxing Prefecture. After these years of devastation, Chen Mingzhe re-approved the Jiaxing registered households, which increased instead of decreasing, with a total of more than 250,000 registered households. This was also the summer in Jiaxing.
The main reason why taxes have increased significantly compared to before the war.
Compared with Hangzhou, Huzhou is located on the inner side and is much less affected by the war. Along the Taihu Lake, the taxes contributed by Huzhou, Jiaxing, Danyang, and Pingjiang alone will account for more than 50% of the annual revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs this year.
To say it is the essence of Jiangnan is really an exaggeration.
If the She family had spent 20,000 elite troops at the beginning of the year and sent Zheng Mingjing to lead his troops to attack Danyang and Pingjiang prefectures, the situation this year would be a little bit more serious than now.
Lin Fu then asked about other tax revenues, frowned out of habit, and said: "It seems that there are conditions for a long-term large-scale military confrontation outside Shangrao!"
"Next year, the amount of food supplies to Huaixi will be reduced to 1.2 million taels. Chizhou is a big burden, but it is only equal to Huaixi. Jinghu and Tanzhou are expected to supplement military supplies of 600,000 taels, which is only three
"One million taels," Lin Xuwen reported the account very quickly, and these figures were very familiar in his mind. "The expenses incurred by the six ministries, the temples, the post offices, the inner government, and the salaries of the central officials must also be crossed out."
The taels of silver that can be allocated to the Privy Council next year are only 5 million taels of silver. If you can't support it, you can postpone it for a year. By the year after next, the annual income of the Ministry of Revenue should be increased by 20%..."
The money and food consumed by one hundred thousand soldiers and horses scattered in central Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Ningxi and other places is completely different from those concentrated deep into the hinterland between western Zhejiang and eastern Jiangxi in an attempt to carry out a long-term siege of Shangrao.
Although raising 100,000 soldiers and horses only requires two million taels of silver a year, a centralized siege requires not only the requisition of a large number of civilians to maintain the transportation of materials, but also the siege and fortification, war equipment and armor, military merit awards, casualty pensions, etc.
Consumption is the big deal.
The She family could not easily give up Shangrao, the eastern gateway to Jiangxi, and stationed a large number of elite troops. It was impossible for Huaidong to suddenly capture Shangrao. Using its superior forces to carry out a long-term siege of Shangrao was the core of the Privy Council's post-Autumn military deployment.
The so-called "win with righteousness and victory with surprise" means that at the beginning of the war, there must be a military confrontation with regular troops. During the confrontation, the key points to change the balance are found, and then strange strategies are implemented to achieve the final victory.
If you want to open the gateway to Jiangxi, you must be prepared to besiege Shangrao for a year or even longer. If you withdraw your troops midway due to lack of money and food, you will lose more than you gain. Next year, the money and food invested in Shangrao battlefield may exceed 5 million.
Two silver coins or more.
During the critical period, the construction of the Xusi Defense Line and the Luyi Defense Line could not be stopped. Xuzhou and Luzhou calculated that they would add 100,000 additional troops as reserve troops. In addition, Jiangning Forbidden Camp Army, Haidong Camp Army and Fujian Army
In addition to the expenses for the eastbound camp, we also need to secretly build a plank road for sending troops in the Huaishan Mountains. The pressure next year will be extremely high.
Throughout history, there have been many wars in which both sides withdrew their troops. In the final analysis, they were still trapped by money and food.
"We can't slow down," Lin Fu shook his head and said, "We can take a breath of relief, and the She family in Jiangxi can also take a breath of relief. It's not that we are afraid of the She family, Yan Lu is moving very quickly, but he is afraid that the Cao family will not be able to hold on and give up Guanzhong first.
!If we are forced to fight on two fronts, our eyes will go blind."
After Lin Fu inspected Xuzhou, Xuzhou strengthened the eastern front's competition and penetration of the Yishan area. However, including the Second Water Camp's harassment of the coast of the Shandong Peninsula, the scale of the war was limited and the resources consumed were not large.
There is no talk of a two-front battle.
Whether facing the Yanhu family, the She family, or facing one family alone, Lin Fu was not worried. He was afraid that facing both families at the same time, his eyes would really go blind and he would fall into complete passivity.
It is difficult to regain the initiative. Now we must take advantage of Yanhu's military front to be far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and rush to completely defeat the She family, or drag it down!
"With the addition of Lijin Bureau and Chongguoyi, what number can be reached next year?" Lin Xuwen asked. He was still apprehensive about having to invest 100,000 troops in Shangrao. At first, Li Zhuo led his troops to engage in a long-term tug-of-war with Eastern Fujian.
It was very difficult. Jiangxi, Jiangdong, Zhejiang and other places were also suffering terribly. Every year, they had to provide the East Fujian army with four to five million taels of money and food.
If it weren't for the support of this money and food, the Eastern Fujian Army would hardly be able to become an elite.
Lin Mengde said: "The annual income of the five counties in Lijin and Chongzhou will exceed 4 million taels of silver next year, but if we cut out a large area for ironworks, new schools and other matters, we can allocate 2.5 million taels of silver next year."
The war is considered good."
Lin Fu shook his head and smiled, saying: "This is so full of resentment."
Everyone laughed. When it came to spending money, Lin Mengde always kept his pockets tightly closed, but he met Lin Fu's boss who was used to spending money lavishly.
Lin Mengde said: "New learning is a matter of foundation building. If we hadn't had to bite the bullet and set up schools all these years, we wouldn't have been able to spare so many manpower this year and send them to various places. We couldn't understand this at first, but we can gradually understand it.
Think about it...it's just that the iron yard can be postponed, and the comprehensive school and Mingzhou can also be postponed. It cannot be regarded as an urgent matter. If these two things are postponed, it will squeeze out 700,000 to 800,000 taels."
"Do you think this is a good idea?" Lin Fu said, "In addition to the shipyard and the iron yard, we must keep our hands on it. Weaving, dyeing, silk reeling and other factories can be sold in shares to raise insufficient funds. With the approval of the Mining Supervision
, private businessmen are allowed to hire people to dig mountains for coal and iron. There is also a machinery manufacturing department, which can raise shares from private businessmen to set up factories and manufacture civilian machinery for profit. In short, you can raise an additional three million taels of silver for me next year.
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At that time, farming was the main occupation. Whether it was gentry or merchant farmers, it was almost the most natural impulse to save money and buy land for rent. Lin Fu wanted to implement new policies to curb mergers and reduce rents.
In addition to endowments, the local gentry should also be given a way out of their money. Encouraging industry and commerce is what the question is about, otherwise it will be difficult to escape the endless cycle of death.
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are relatively open-minded. After all, the dense river network in the Yangtze River Basin has also promoted the concentrated development of commerce, workshops and other industries in the Jianghuai area. Chen's ability to invest in Huaidong was ultimately due to Lin Fu's plan in Huaidong.
Set of identification.
The only difference is that in the past, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had workshops and trade in their hands, and took advantage of their status as gentry. Not only did they not pay any taxes, they also participated in plundering local municipal taxes and paying taxes. In the future, Lin Fu will
Hold these firmly in your hands.
Lin Mengde thought for a while, and finally sighed: "If it doesn't work out, I can only use the bank's idea." g!~!