After many personal interrogations by the emperor, after the three-level interrogation, the evidence of Zha Dengbei and four others was conclusive, and they deserved to be executed according to the law. They were executed at Caishikou in the capital at noon on October 15, the twelfth year of Chongzhen. Zha Dengbei
The residences of Bei and others were all raided, and the proceeds were sold and put into the emperor's inner treasury.
When the news came, the world's scholars were shocked. From then on, the people of the world knew more about Li Zhi's power. Li Zhi actually defeated the governor of Tianjin with brute force. The world did not know the emperor's inner anger towards Li Zhi, and they all said that he was the emperor.
The emperor was deceived by Li Zhi's military exploits. Many scholars scolded the emperor. Scholars all said: If people like Li Zhi who massacred scholars like Li Zhi were allowed to gain power, what would be the point of fighting the Tatars? They would rather give up Liaodong to the Tatars forever.
Son, we should not let a villain like Li Zhi succeed.
Tianjin's official circles were filled with mourning. When the civil servants heard the news that four people from Zha and Dengbei had been executed, they felt as if their family members had died, and they were all devastated. Tianjin has been regarded as a place where politeness has been wiped out, and a place where people are not willing to accept enlightenment. No.
The young civil servant was ashamed to be with Li Zhi, so he moved up and down to open his joints, and he only wanted to be transferred away from Tianjin.
Of course, these activities were all conducted in private. On the scene, out of fear, the civil servants in Tianjin were respectful to Li Zhi and insisted on the courtesy of being an official when they saw Li Zhi. Li Zhi was the one who could arrest the civil servants at any time. Who could
Dare to offend? Li Zhi basically said the same thing in Tianjin, and beat the Ming Dynasty's rules of civil and military power to pieces.
The military attaches under Li Zhi basically walked sideways in Tianjin.
The civil servants were suppressed, and the status of other military attachés in Tianjin also rose. The generals and guerrillas were no longer obedient in front of the civil servants, and the amount of money sent there during the holidays was less.
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After the civil servants surrendered, Tianjin's business tax collection work went very smoothly. Soon, merchants from all over the country were queuing up at tax collection points to file taxes.
On October 15th, the tax return results of one prefecture, two prefectures and twenty counties in Tianjin have been calculated. Based on the standard of no tax for less than 40 taels and 1 tax for 30 taels, one town in Tianjin can collect 416,000 commercial taxes a year.
Thousand taels. Of course, this is tax-reported income. It is estimated that some merchants will under-report it, and the actual tax collected after the final tax audit will be more.
Of the 410,000 taels of silver, in addition to the 100,000 taels handed over to the emperor, Li Zhi also had a balance of more than 300,000 taels. With these surpluses, Li Zhi planned to use them to expand his army.
Before recruiting troops, Li Zhi first calculated the income and expenses of his industries.
Now, the Li family's fine steel can sell 5,000 jins a month in January, and the monthly profit has increased from 4,000 taels to 7,000 taels.
As for Li Zhi's glass mirror industry, sales increased significantly after the opening of the Hirado trade, and monthly profits increased from an average of 21,000 taels to an average of 29,000 taels. Similarly, the glass wineware industry,
After the opening of the Hirado market, the sales volume increased significantly, and the monthly profit increased from the previous average of 17,000 taels to an average of 22,000 taels.
Li Zhi's two trading ships earn more than 20,000 taels a month. Excluding the 30% stake in the Chayunke Xinde, he earns an average of 20,000 taels a month.
In addition, the profits of the textile factory increased greatly after the expansion of production: with the sales of Hirado, Japan, the textile factory is expanding every month. Now it has tripled and there are already more than 5,000 textile workers. The textile factory
The profit also increased from eight thousand taels to twenty-two thousand taels.
Nowadays, Li Zhi's monthly profit is as high as 134,000 taels of silver. Including business taxes and business taxes, he has 25,000 taels of silver per month. Li Zhi's monthly income is nearly 150,000 taels.
This income level has increased significantly compared with before, and most of it is brought by maritime trade. Sea-going ships can make three trips to Hirado every two months, which has brought huge demand to Li Zhi's various industries, making Li Zhi's industry profits greatly.
increased.
In terms of expenses: Li Zhi raised 12,000 elite soldiers and 130 city defense artillery troops. His monthly salary plus food was 55,000 taels. In addition, he spent a lot of saltpeter and gunpowder on target training every month.
, which costs about three thousand taels of silver. Including the expenses of the rifle workshop, the dragon tail cart workshop, and various administrative staff, Li Zhi's monthly expenditure is about seventy thousand taels.
One plus and one subtraction, Li Zhi's monthly net profit is more than 80,000 taels.
With this net profit of 80,000 taels, Li Zhi decided to recruit another 8,000 recruits. A soldier earns 3 taels a month, plus food, which costs 1 tael and 5 taels. The monthly expenses are 4 taels and 5 taels. The eight thousand recruits each month
It cost 36,000. Excluding the cost of recruiting new soldiers, Li Zhi could still maintain a profit surplus of 50,000 taels and maintain financial health.
Based on the theoretical monthly income, Li Zhi could recruit more soldiers, but that would be very dangerous to the finances. In these years, the war was chaotic and the industry fluctuated violently.
For example, from the autumn of the 11th year to the spring of the 12th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing Dynasty invaded and plundered the fortress. All roads in the capital were blocked. Li Zhi's industry had no raw materials to import and no products to sell. It was suspended for more than half a year. If it were not supported by previous savings,
, Li Zhi's industry and army are about to collapse.
When operating in these troubled times, you cannot be too tight financially.
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Li Xing, Zhong Feng and other officers were very happy to learn that Li Zhi was recruiting 8,000 recruits. With the addition of 8,000 recruits, their status would be further enhanced and they would be more powerful. They gathered at the General Military Mansion, and together with Li Zhi
Discuss the matter of mercenaries.
"Brother, if we have 20,000 elite soldiers, we can fight against 50,000 Tatars without losing!"
Li Zhi pondered and said: "The Tatars were slaughtered twice by us. I wonder if they will learn a lesson and change their armed form. Huang Taiji is a very cunning person and must be guarded against."
Li Laosi nodded and said: "Princes of the Tatars, the Baylors are all brothers and nephews, united and cunning. Now that we have suffered our losses twice, we will definitely try our best to change our tactics."
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "In any case, with these eight thousand recruits, our strength will greatly increase. Those civil servants will listen to us even more in the future!"
When everyone heard this, they laughed and felt very happy.
Li Xing waved his hand and said: "Even the emperor, when considering the problem of Tianjin, must consider our 20,000 troops!"
Everyone looked at each other and felt very proud.
Li Zhi said: "Our Tiger Guards are famous in Yuan Town, and there are many covetous people spying on us. This time, the number of new recruits is far greater than before. What we need to worry about is that spies will be mixed in. The recruitment procedures this time must be strict, and the applicants must first
We have local village elders as guarantors, and we need to bring household stickers to apply, and there are also serving soldiers from the Huben Division as guarantors.”
Zhong Feng said: "How many people can one soldier guarantee?"
Li Zhi said: "One soldier can be a guarantor for five people, so we can select 8,000 elites from 60,000 recruits. If there are spies among the recruits, the guarantors will be killed!" (To be continued.
