The atmosphere was solemn and solemn, but also extremely tense.
The reason is that Prince Rui is doing the accounting.
Dozens of accounting gentlemen temporarily hired from Zhongxiang City were doing calculations in a hurry, and data slips were handed over to Hubei Left Political Councilor Li An'an, who was in charge of financial work, and then summarized to Prince Rui.
This Li An'an was the nephew of Li Shijie, the governor of Sichuan. He was recommended by Li Shijie to the Jia Sixth Division, who was the governor of Sichuan at the time, to serve as a lieutenant general in the fifth rank, responsible for the money and food affairs of Sichuan Green Camp.
Later, when Jia Liu returned to Beijing to take up a post, he brought Li An'an with him, and he has been responsible for financial work. He was regarded as his personal general ledger accountant, and he was given the rank of fourth-rank counselor in the Zhili Governor's Yamen.
Now being promoted to the third rank of the Hubei Left Participating Political Bureau, compared to Li An'an, who did not even have the reputation of being a scholar, this is an important turning point in his life, and he really has to stand out.
Compared with Master Shuan Zhu, who was born as a slave of the prince and was only a fourth-grade prefect, Li An'an was very satisfied.
If his future work can continue to be praised by Prince Rui, he may not be able to serve as a governor and important minister in the future.
In the Qing Dynasty, people were hired based on their ability, not their academic qualifications.
If we look at their academic qualifications, then Li Wei, the Governor of Zhili, and Prince Rui now, one may continue to be the rich second generation at home, while the other is pretending to be a ghost.
And the prince's employment of people is even more eclectic, and his subordinates are extremely loose, making it difficult for people not to get close to him.
But today's accounting, both the prince himself and Li An'an looked solemn and the atmosphere was very tense.
Because the accounting is not only related to the issue of accounting expenses, but also whether the prince's political offensive can continue.
Historically, when recruiting people, they must be given enough money and food expenses, so that their political treatment and living conditions are one to two levels higher than before, so that the people they recruit can be willing to work for the court.
For example, during the rebellion, someone earned 2,000 yuan a month, but after being recruited, he also received 2,000 yuan a month, or even less than 2,000 yuan. The person who was recruited would definitely scold you, and then start fighting with you.
Wasn't this the case when the Ming Dynasty recruited Zhang Xianzhong, the great bandit?
The Xinghan Army's basic base was too small and too weak, so Jia Liu's political offensive was right. However, the prerequisite for a political offensive was enough money.
Unfortunately, Jia Liu has just been informed that his banknotes are about to bottom out.
This made Jia Liu very depressed. In Beijing, he had beaten a man with more than two million taels of banknotes, and then he was confident enough to go south to hunt down thieves. Why, he had just started to show off his talents, but his confidence was gone.
Woolen cloth.
Therefore, an accounting must be made.
He doesn't want to know how his money came from, he just wants to know how his money disappeared.
Now we are calculating the expenses for the past two months, and here Ji Yun is summarizing the situation in Huguang.
"Your Majesty, Huguang Green Camp's normal salary expenditure is two taels of silver per month for horse soldiers, one tael and five taels of silver per month for fighting soldiers, and one tael and five taels of silver per month for defenders. All three of them receive three dou of rice per month. The rice is paid according to the summer.
The expenditures in winter and winter will be made by each ministry and sent to the ministry for approval."
However, under normal circumstances, regardless of whether they are horse soldiers, fighting soldiers, or garrison soldiers, they actually only have 12 taels of pay per year, which is about 450 kilograms of grain.
The number of garrison soldiers may be roughly this, and the money for soldiers and cavalry soldiers must be more than that. Where did they go?
It's nothing more than layer upon layer of exploitation and exploitation under various names.
According to the actual purchasing power of silver, 12 taels of silver is about six to seven thousand yuan, plus a few hundred kilograms of rice, which is only ten thousand yuan.
How can you support a family with 10,000 yuan?
Therefore, the wages of officers and soldiers of the Green Camp were really low. Jia Liu knew this very well when he was the admiral in Sichuan. Therefore, he proposed the same pay system for bannermen and Han people, and gave double salary to his direct descendants in Jinchuan Town, Chongqing Town, and Chengdu Town of Sichuan Green Camp.
Pay, through a multi-pronged approach, is guaranteed to ensure that the annual income of ordinary soldiers in the Sichuan Green Camp is around 30,000 yuan, which is three times the previous salary.
Officers' salaries have more than quintupled.
In this way, the Sichuan Green Camp was firmly in their hands. Whether they were soldiers or officers, they only knew Mr. Jia but not the Qing Dynasty.
While ensuring loyalty, it also greatly improved the combat effectiveness of Sichuan Green Camp.
Money is a man's courage, this statement cannot be wrong anywhere.
It's just that the source of funds for Jia Liu's equal pay for equal work in Sichuan was not from the Ministry of Household Affairs or the Ministry of War, but from private funds raised by him and Sichuan Governor Li Shijie.
Including but not limited to corruption and misappropriation.
In essence, the money still belonged to the court, but in actual operation, the money was named Jia.
In addition to the Sichuan Green Camp, the teams raised by Jia Liu in Zhili basically followed this model. In addition to the Zhili finance, the source of funds used to support these teams was the private property of the holy ancestors Kangxi and Shizong Yongzheng.
These funds were mobilized by Jia Liu through various methods, so in addition to his political wisdom and military command capabilities, Jia Liu also had a highly developed business acumen.
To describe him as an all-rounder is probably objective.
It's just that except for the direct troops of the headquarters, the current situation of the Qing army is relatively miserable.
The Huguang Green Camp's salary level was simply unable to support a family. It was only then that after the Xinghan Army entered Huguang, the local Green Camp almost collapsed at the first touch, and then fell into pieces and surrendered to thieves.
The Huguang Green Camp's original number of soldiers was 27,500. Based on a basic salary of twelve taels a year, the fiscal year required a payment of 330,000 taels of silver.
This does not include officer salaries, salt, vegetables and clothing expenses, weapons and ammunition expenses, logistics support expenses, communication expenses, social interaction expenses, tobacco, alcohol and entertainment expenses, and welcome and delivery expenses.
Therefore, the annual military salary expenditure of the Huguang Green Camp in Dazhang is 1.58 million taels.
Huguang is actually two provinces, Hunan and Hubei.
The total annual fiscal revenue is less than 4 million taels.
The Green Camp military salary expenditure alone accounts for more than one-third, not counting the Eight Banners garrisoned in Jingzhou and the salaries of civil servants across the province.
After all the miscellaneous calculations, Huguang's finances were barely balanced. There was no need for the imperial court to make up for Huguang's deficit through transfer payments, but Huguang did not have the ability to hand over more taxes to the imperial court to help poorer places develop their economies.
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Now comes the problem. Hubei has been corrupted for almost two years. Although it has regained two-thirds of its territory, its fiscal revenue is approximately zero.
Even without the big burden of garrisoning the Eight Banners in Jingzhou, the Huguang Green Battalion itself suffered heavy losses in the two years of war. The actual number of soldiers dropped from more than 20,000 in the past to less than 5,000. Huguang's finances are still in a huge deficit.
In the past two years, had it not been for the large allocations from the Ministry of Revenue and the support from brother provinces Sichuan, Henan, Shaanxi and other places, not to mention whether the remaining Qing troops in Huguang would have existed, even the anti-rebellion army commanded by Feng Shengquan would have been disbanded due to poverty.
What's the situation at the Ministry of Finance?
The old rich all agreed that the six wise brothers had dug up Emperor Kangxi's grave, so what else could he mean.
"Qian Zong only has two taels of silver per month, and Ba Zong only has one tael and five taels of silver per month, neither of them has rice or stone. From the official ration, deducting the plate silver and Xiao Yue's silver, it is only enough for the family to eat. His wife and children
How can we be without resentment when we are hungry and cold? If we do not show kindness beyond the ordinary rules, the people will feel uneasy, and how can we prevent them from defecting and helping the enemy?"
Although Ji Yun is a half-assed Deputy Minister of Defense, his information is still more detailed than the following, and the data given are the most authentic.
"The amount of silver needed to buy firewood is calculated as three cents per day, which is half of the salary. It is reasonable to support Wu Bian's family. If he is transferred to suppress the emperor, there will be no rice left. Although there is half of the silver, but
Buying firewood and fodder for cooking still requires silver, which is calculated at three points per day, and the salary and silver are exhausted. In addition, there are a lot of expenses. Where is the food and rice left during the journey? Where is the salt and vegetables? What are the clothes and weapons?
Where did it come from?"
Jia Liu felt dizzy after hearing this and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, just tell me how much money I need to maintain the situation now."
"Um"
Ji Yun asked the prince whether the account was settled according to the past standards or according to preferential treatment.
Of course, Jia Liu received preferential treatment, that is, his salary was doubled.
The remnants of the original Huguang Green Camp and the newly surrendered Xinghan Army include the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, Yunnan Green Camp, and Jiangxi Green Camp under the control of his general Wang Jie in Huguang.
Except for the direct descendants of the headquarters, the Eight Banners soldiers who came from Beijing still followed the previous standards, but this standard was several times higher than that of the Green Camp.
Ji Yun expressed his understanding, then took out the ledger and did the calculations with an abacus.
Calculate the expenses for the prince in several parts.
First, the Eight Banners Soldiers.
According to the provisions of the "Rule of Imperial Household Regulations for Soldiers", the forwards of the Eight Banners, who protect the troops, and receive reminders, are paid 4 taels of silver every month, and the vests are paid 3 taels of silver every month, with an annual income of 48 hu of rice. When going on an expedition, additional food expenses will be provided.
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Roughly speaking, the monthly salary of an ordinary soldier of the Eight Banners is 5,000 yuan, which is 60,000 yuan a year. In addition, there are miscellaneous benefits. If he does not go on an expedition, the average salary of an ordinary soldier of the Eight Banners is about 100,000 yuan a year.
If you go on an expedition, it will be doubled.
The other is a military career.
The overall salary level of Eight Banners is five to six times that of Green Camp.
There are about 19,000 central Eight Banners soldiers who followed Jia Liu to the front line in Huguang. If these 19,000 soldiers stayed in Huguang for a year, not counting other things, including only wages and overtime pay for expeditions, they would need about 2 million taels a year.
Counting other expenses, these 19,000 Central Army troops alone will cost about 3.5 million taels a year.
Second, the prince’s own direct soldiers.
There are about 7,000 people in total including the Jehol Horse Troops, Sauron Soldiers, Guards, and Guards. These are given based on double the salary of the Eight Banners. Together with equipment, war horses, etc., the annual expenditure is at least 2.5 million taels.
Third, the troops under the control of the prince have low basic wages. Even if they are doubled, they will not be able to use one million taels.
The fourth is the returning Xinghan Army.
The total number of people is nearly 40,000. According to the prince's double salary preferential treatment, one person will be given at least 25 to 30 taels a year. Together with equipment, food and grass, it will cost at least 2 million taels of silver.
These are only calculated for officers and soldiers, excluding generals and officers.
The tens of thousands of people in the Red Belt Battalion have not been counted, because these people are supplied as ordinary soldiers and the cost is very low.
After a messy calculation, Ji Yun came to the conclusion that to maintain the current expenditure for an army of 100,000 troops, the minimum requirement would be 11 million taels a year.
This number shocked Jia Liu into a cold sweat: "You can do the math again."
"good."
Ji Yun recalculated and somehow found it to be 12 million taels.
However, it increased civilian expenses, death compensation and merit rewards.
"I finally understand how difficult it is for the fourth devil."
Jia Liu sighed deeply. He didn't know this account, but he was shocked when he calculated it.
I originally heard that the Fourth Japs spent 70 to 80 million taels of silver to attack Jinchuan in two counties. They were so happy that they thought it was the Qing generals in front of the Jinchuan Army who used Jinchuan as a cash machine.
But when things happened to me, I realized that war is really a bottomless pit.
The saying that when a cannon is fired, thousands of taels of gold are obtained, this is not a sensationalism, but a reality.
With a yearly expenditure of tens of millions, how can we fight this battle?
Fortunately, it has only been two months and the expenses are not very large.
Accountant Li reported the accounts one by one. The accounts showed that Prince Rui brought 2.56 million taels of cash with the army when he went on an expedition in Beijing. Most of it was the crime silver collected, and the rest was the appropriation fee given by the Ministry of Accounts.
"When the capital was allocated to Beijing, the prince gave each person a fee of 10 taels, which cost almost 300,000 taels. In addition, the losses of various departments along the way were about 100,000 taels. According to the preferential treatment, half a year's salary was paid in advance, and a total of more than 110 taels were needed.
In addition, more than 300,000 taels will be allocated to rebuild the place, 170,000 taels will be spent on purchasing meat, salt and vegetables, more than 80,000 taels of horse materials, and 100,000 taels will be given to Wang Daji and others."
Li Anping reported the accounts one by one, and finally told the prince that there were only 54,203 taels left in the account.
"So precise?"
Jia Liu took a deep look at Li An'an, wondering if the general accountant had embezzled his money.
Seeing this, Li An'an quickly said: "If the prince does not believe me, he can ask a third party to intervene and re-audit."
"Ahem,"
Jia Liu waved his hands casually, "Old Li, if I can't trust you, I will let you be my minister of household affairs? You can do things with confidence, I can trust you."
Ji Yun asked Ji Yun sideways, how long could the fifty thousand taels last if the preferential treatment continued.
"My lord, it doesn't matter how long we can last. Even if a surrendered soldier is paid half a year's salary, these 50,000 taels can only recruit 4,000 surrendered soldiers at most."
Ji Yun said that with the current situation, the prince would not be able to pay the money in three or two days, let alone pay a lot of money to recruit the top officials of the Xinghan Army.
"So scary!"
Jia Liu took a breath of air and asked Ji Yun how much money the Hubei Governor's Yamen could squeeze out to support General Wang Xingyuan.
The answer is zero.
Ji Yun didn't bother to explain the specific situation.
Li An'an also said that Hubei Gao Zheng Dajin was extremely poor. Not only was he unable to support Xingyuan, but he also wanted to ask for money from Xingyuan.
The reason is that the prince places all the resettlement tasks on the Hubei local government, and receives nothing except the preferential treatment. How can the local government do things?
Arrangement of surrendered troops is not just as simple as paying half a year's salary, but also providing oil, salt, rice, clothes, and helping to resettle their families.
If you don’t have money, what can you do?
Unexpectedly, Jia Liu's face turned dark on the spot: "This can't be done. The landlord's family doesn't have enough food left. Ask Zheng Dajin to go to Zhezi and go to the court. What kind of trouble do you have with me? I'm not really stupid and have too much money."
Ji Yun thought for a moment and then reminded him kindly: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, your Majesty made a sure deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Fu Zhongtang, and Prince An when he left the capital."
Jia Liuyi was startled: "What kind of guaranteed ticket?"
Ji Yun said: "Your Majesty said that except for the food and grass, the rest of the expedition will be financed by the Prince himself, and you don't need a big man from the imperial court."
Jia Liu looked amused: "I'm just talking, can they still take it seriously? This Qing Dynasty is not my Qing Dynasty, so why should I use my own money to help the Qing Dynasty?"
It wasn't that Jia Liu didn't admit the debt, it was just that he didn't expect the expense to be so high.
Neither Ji Yun nor Accountant Li said anything.
The atmosphere gradually became overwhelming.
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