He Tengjiao was very tall and burly, wearing bright red and sitting on a python, which was comparable to Wang Zhiren, the governor of the capital.
Being criticized so mercilessly by the Prison State, I couldn't help but blush with embarrassment. After enduring it for a while, I gritted my teeth and retorted, "Don't you know what the Prison State said, but where does the money come from?"
"In a Yanzhou Prefecture, even if the tenants are spread across the land and the full amount is levied, it will only cost twelve shi of grain and twenty thousand taels of silver, and more than half of them will be responsible for transporting the imperial court. On the contrary, if the imperial warriors are stationed in Yanzhou for a year,
The salary alone is more than two hundred thousand taels, and there are also grains, equipment and equipment. In this war, we need to provide food, recruit soldiers to find homes, and provide compensation for casualties. Where does the money come from?"
"All the land and silver in Yanzhou are used for the army, and there is still a huge deficit. Is it possible to rely on confiscation of homes and property?"
Zhu Yihai lost his temper with these rebellious and unjust confrontations.
"Aren't the orphans who don't have money looking for ways to solve the problem? Aren't all the land divided into acres, land levied jointly, and land levied on a per-acre basis to solve financial problems? The land is indeed not enough, but the orphans have already started to let various places set up lijin
The bureau started collecting lijin, opened mines and farmed fields, and borrowed money to raise grain. Aren't they all thinking of ways to do it?"
"Don't you know that it's very difficult to do it? If it's difficult, don't do it. If it's difficult, just lie down and die."
"I would like to ask He Qing to think carefully. With that small population in the bitter cold land outside the Pass, the Tatars were able to annex Liaodong and even invade the Pass. Now they occupy half of the Ming Dynasty and even have the intention to devour them. How did they do it?
How come they can raise an army and provide them with generous pay and benefits?"
"To put it bluntly, just use your money wisely."
"No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor as a soldier!"
"Nowadays, the scholar-bureaucrats are freeing money and food, annexing land, and taking advantage of it. On the other hand, the soldiers are braving the wind and snow, enduring hunger and starvation to fight for the country. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"Silver is not that valuable now. Prices have skyrocketed. One stone of food costs two to three taels of silver. A family needs at least three taels of silver to buy clothes a year..."
"Today I also made it clear to all the ministers that in the current situation, everyone really has to tighten their belts to live a good life, but it is not to tighten their belts as soldiers, but to tighten their belts together with the gentry and officials.
Priority should be given to supplying the army and protecting the soldiers. This is the basic national policy of the imperial court in the future. The army must be given priority, and everything must be focused on the recovery of the Northern Expedition."
After saying this, He Tengjiao couldn't reply.
The Chongzhen Dynasty spent five million a year to support Guan Ning's army. Guan Ning's army was indeed trained, but it failed to defend the Ming Dynasty. It has even become the vanguard of the Tatars' southern invasion.
But because of this, he stopped eating due to choking and lay down without resisting?
If we want to resist, don't we have to rely on warriors and soldiers?
Jian Guo obviously does not trust traditional warriors like Fang Guoan. He wants to build his own royal camp and build a Ming Dynasty version of the Shence Army. This idea cannot be said to be wrong. After all, Jian Guo left Sanwu.
After one trip, he came back with a great reputation, gained countless prestige, and even single-handedly beheaded Fang Guoan, who claimed to have an army of 100,000.
Now that I can go to Zhenjiang City, I will have more confidence in what I say.
He Tengjiao is not convinced, then why don't you take back Wuchang, Jingzhou and Xiangyang?
No matter how He Tengjiao refutes, Zhu Yihai only needs one sentence to refute, and you go ahead.
"What Gu and the Lords have to do now is to ensure that the soldiers have adequate protection so that they can fight on the front line without any worries, so that the people can farm in the rear with peace of mind, and allow craftsmen to make tools and merchants to buy and sell. Only in this way can we talk about other things.
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"Otherwise, the soldiers are in arrears with pay, lack of food, and are hungry and cold. How can they defend the border and fight? The people are suffering from taxes and servitude, and the income from farming is not enough to turn over, so they have to flee and live in exile. Where will the money and food for the court come from?"
There was a silence in the hall.
Zhu Yihai's words are straightforward enough. The Ming Dynasty has cared for its scholars for almost three hundred years. Now that the Ming Dynasty is about to fall, it's time for them to help.
The clean-up and rectification of Yanzhou is just the beginning. It must be rolled out across the country. It must be carried out quickly and with sufficient intensity. It cannot be a superficial effort. The fields occupied by the gentry must be taken back. The shortfall must be made up and the arrears must be paid.
clear.
Zhu Yihai doesn’t have to investigate other places for twenty years, he doesn’t have to investigate them in depth, he doesn’t have to impose huge fines of silver and interest on them, but the premise is that they also have to cooperate, make up for what they owe, return what they take, and pay back what they have lost.
Fill it in and return the occupied fields.
If you do this, you can write off the past in one fell swoop.
If he can't do this, Zhu Yihai doesn't mind asking Yuying to clean up Yanzhou and demonstrate it again.
The Ming Dynasty is about to fall, why should Zhu Yihai be polite to him?
Under the premise of survival, Zhu Yihai couldn't care less about offending other scholars.
"Some people say that serious illness cannot withstand strong medicines for a long time, but now that the body has been sick for a long time, if it doesn't need some tiger or wolf medicine, I'm afraid it will never get up again. Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, no.
Time will take us to study slowly. If we work hard and give up, if it works, we can renew the national unification and restore ZTE. If it doesn’t work, then let him die a grand death!"
After saying this, an upright old man like Liu Zongzhou couldn't help but burst into tears. When it comes to loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and moral character, Lao Liu is first-class. However, although they have strong principles, they have inherent shortcomings.
It means being pragmatic is great, but being pragmatic is not enough.
It's all very well to act as an official to supervise and even advise the king, but if you let them formulate the country's major policies, especially in the current mess, it would be really difficult for them to come up with a quick and effective plan.
Although Song Zhipu had worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs and served as a local magistrate before, he still lacked the vision to coordinate the overall situation.
It's not that Zhu Yihai is better than them all, but he is a time traveler after all. The fog of history has long been blown away, and countless latecomers have summarized the problems and even given solutions to him.
Others are blind men feeling the elephant, but he is a prophet.
"The guard post cannot fight, and there are no soldiers, so even if it is reorganized and cleaned up this time, there is no need to continue to exist. The military registration will be withdrawn, the guard post will be dismissed, the military households will be converted to civilian registration, there will be on-site guard posts, and prefectures and counties will be established.
If there is no on-site health center, it will be assigned to the local prefecture and county."
After abolishing all the guard posts, you can get rid of a burden. Although the guard posts have been abandoned in recent years, there are still soldiers in name. There are even more and more people on the monthly ration roll, and the accounts have to be paid every year.
A large sum of monthly rations was owed more and more, but in fact there were only a few guardsmen in the garrison city. The officers and their servants were the only ones who took the money and claimed it by pretending to be registered. The court spent money and rations, but could not get any soldiers.
There is even a lack of payment and food arrears on the account every year.
Now that the tumor has been removed, the monthly food expenses will be eliminated in the future. After the health center's farmland is sorted out, it is used to recruit tenants and collect rent. It can also get an extra amount of rent, and even the original place is no longer needed.
I have to bear a large part of the monthly rations for the health center.
The burden on the military households in the guard station has been reduced, the burden on the people in the surrounding prefectures and counties has been reduced, and the burden on the court has been reduced. So who suffers?
Those military attachés, those local powerful men who invaded the military camps, they can no longer receive monthly rations and illegally occupy the interests.
Zhu Yihai was also very direct about how to place these guards' officers. He first cleared the fields and properties of the guards. As for the guards' military attachés, their ranks would be temporarily retained, but they would no longer be paid. They need to report to the Ministry of War and undergo assessment. If they have the ability,
They can be recruited according to their talents, given duties, and assigned to the town camp or even the imperial camp and the capital camp. Those who are incompetent can be directly dismissed and abolished.
Even hereditary military attachés only retain their titles and must pass an assessment before being assigned a position, otherwise they will be deprived of their secular position.
As for the military households, the real city guards, they were sent home with half a year's monthly rations. Those who were brave and elite could also be recruited to join the army. As long as they were selected, Anjia Yin would be given according to the standard, and they would receive food and salary after entering the camp. If they were not selected,
Yes, naturally I still receive the severance package and go home to make a living on my own.
As for the soldiers who farmed the land, they were directly converted into civilian households. The original farmland could be converted into a tenancy relationship. In the future, they could just farm the land and pay rent. The rent rate would also be readjusted. It would not be based on the past grain grain standards, but on the normal local folk standards.
That kind of rent rate is fine.
The Ming Dynasty had many guard posts in various places. It was said that at most there were millions of people, and the city guards had to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The monthly rations were actually a huge expense, and if the guard posts were maintained, they would still have to pay for it.
There must be clothing, equipment, horses, barracks, and all kinds of other messy expenses.
Therefore, one size fits all is the most convenient, trouble-free and efficient.
No matter how many people objected, Zhu Yihai had made up his mind to fight to the end, even if there were some guard posts that were responsible for water transportation and other tasks, he would not hold back.
If there is really a need in the future, we can set up another one according to the needs. It does not necessarily have to be in the form of a health center.
The military households in the guard station are so rotten that they can no longer be used, and most of the provincial and town camp troops in various provinces are actually unusable. For example, in the original Zhejiang camp, Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief, has 25,000 troops in his name, but how many are there in reality?
Soldiers? How many can we fight?
The soldiers in the provincial and town camps are all supported by their servants.
Now we must evacuate the garrison first, and then organize the troops in the camp. The imperial camp is actually a new army that breaks the old framework and re-establishes it. It is not affected by the original rules and regulations.
Zhu Yihai was completely disappointed with the original guards and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so he worked so hard to rebuild the new imperial army.
Therefore, if He Tengjiao dares to oppose Yuying, Zhu Yihai will not show mercy to him.
For Zhu Yihai, if a great scholar refuses to be of one mind unless he hears it, then for someone else, the imperial camp is his lifeblood and his true foundation, so no one can shake the imperial camp.
"Young Master Fang is a native of Yanzhou and has great prestige in the local area, so I plan to ask Young Master Fang to supervise the rectification of Yanzhou Mansion. You should go back home." Zhu Yihai was very reluctant to talk to these people.
When I'm in a meeting, I feel like banging the table and cursing people.
After all, this is the cabinet team that I have chosen. I can't just dismiss one today, exempt another tomorrow, or even kill one the day after tomorrow. I just rush back and don't see it, and I do still need people to do things.
Zhu Yihai needs them to follow orders rather than discuss decisions with them.
Now he is very arbitrary, which in the eyes of his ministers is arrogant, but Zhu Yihai just wants to save some time wrangling. If there is anything to discuss and make decisions, he already knows the future development trend, so he only needs to come up with the corresponding optimal plan.
That’s it.
All he needs is how to implement those optimal countermeasures without distortion.
This is very difficult. Fortunately, he is not Chongzhen, Hongguang, or Yongli. He now has an imperial camp, which is a guarantee of execution. He will also set a thorough example in Yanzhou.
Fang Fengnian was worthy of being a chief minister. Although he made some mistakes in Shaoxing, he regarded Song Zhipu as his opponent, ignoring that in fact Song Zhipu was just the person who was pushed to the stage by the supervisor.
After returning home, I had already figured everything out.
Now, with the title of Young Master, he is actively running around Yanzhou, appeasing the villagers and gentry, persuading them to actively cooperate to fill the shortfall, hand over accumulated debts, return the occupied fields, etc.
With Fang Fengnian taking the lead with such hard work, the effect is indeed good.
It can be said that Yanzhou's rectification and killing of Fang Guoan made a good start, and Fang Fengnian's active cooperation continued to lead the way. The stationing of Yuying Warrior Town and daily training have really obvious effects.
In fact, Zhu Yihai is not afraid of killing people now. Whether it is the warriors in the guard who receive soldiers' pay and drink their blood, or the local gentry and officials who are superior, he will kill anyone who dares to jump with him.
Now that it's time, there's nothing to worry about.
Anyway, as long as he doesn't rob randomly like Fang Guoan, and as long as he can get the exact evidence of invading farmland, embezzling government money and food, squeezing the people, etc., he will dare to kill a few who refuse to obey.
Yan Zhou must make a good start without any compromise. He must show his determination, will and means. Only in this way can the smooth implementation be guaranteed.
While eating, Zhu Yihai saw Liu Mu Yesan, the commander-in-chief of Warrior Town, and almost didn't recognize Liu Mu when he saw him.
Kill the thief with all your heart.
kill.
After listening to Liu Mu's explanation, Zhu Yihai felt that this guy's acting skills were a bit exaggerated, but his artificial attitude seemed just right and very suitable for the occasion.
After all, Liu Mu was from a powerful family in Shaoxing, a former general of the imperial court, and a general of the uprising. His tattooing to show his loyalty seemed to set an example.
"Liu Qing, this piece of mutton is big and fat. I'll give it to you as a reward."
"Zhaoji, Zhaoxiang, give each of the two ministers a chicken drumstick!"
Liu Mu let it go loudly, took the mutton and started eating it. The two little Lius were not as open-minded as his father, and were a little restrained.
"Your Highness, when will we attack Hangzhou?"
"I heard that Governor Wang is going to attack Yuhang? I have attacked Yuhang three times before and am very familiar with the west of Hangzhou. I am willing to lead the army as the vanguard."
Looking at this face with the word 'kill' written all over it, Zhu Yihai couldn't help but get distracted.
This guy really went too far.
"Liu Qing was born in a family of generals, and he was also the number one scholar in martial arts. He must have read a lot of books before, right?"
The top scholar in martial arts not only has to test his riding and archery skills, but also his writing skills. If he can be the top scholar in martial arts, his writing skills are actually no worse than those of ordinary people. Although he is not as good as the Jinshi, he is by no means a vulgar and reckless person.
Liu Mu had been showing Zhu Yihai the image of a brave and loyal general, but Zhu Yihai was not fooled.
"I read some books, but I didn't learn much."
Zhu Yihai chuckled, "Then Liu Qing must have read the history of the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty inherited the legacy of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and soldiers had the custom of tattooing. There were three military generals in the Song Dynasty who were famous for their tattoos. One was Yue Fei, who served the country loyally, and the other was the tattooed Privy Councilor Di Qing.
Of course, there is also Hu Yanzan, who once served as the bodyguard of Song Taizu. He was born as a general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He served in the three dynasties of Song Taizu, Taizong Zhenzong, and was known as the Iron Whip General. He was brave enough to be worthy of all men and could be called a god of war. However, his official career
But it’s just average. Hu Yanzan is not only good at iron whips, but also likes to wear iron hats. He also has his whole body tattooed with the words “Kill Thieves with a Heart,” and even his wife, concubines, and children have all of them tattooed themselves...”
When Liu Mu heard this, he knelt down.
"I have read about this before and admire Hu Yanzan very much, so I imitated Hu Yanzan and tattooed characters to express my loyalty. Your Highness can take it for granted."
Zhu Yihai chuckled and stretched out his hand to help him up, "Don't you know your loyalty? Come, bring me an iron whip and give it to General Liu!"
By pointing this out, he actually told Liu Mu that I know all your thoughts and understand all the tricks you play.
This is also intended to scare the general, and then reward him, so that the general will not dare to look down upon him.
