Alien King

Chapter 704
That afternoon, under Ye Tian's summons, Minister of Taxation Ji Yanwen, Minister of Industry and Government Duan Muli, Minister of Commerce and Administration Hu Fuzhen, and Vice President of the Royal Trade Union Qu Shu came to the main hall of Yuhu West Garden at the same time.

After everyone arrived, Ye Tian put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said, "I have called you here. I have a few important things to discuss and arrange with you. There are three things in total. The first is to prepare for the establishment of the Royal Vehicle Factory, and the second Second, the Ministry of Taxation, Ministry of Industry and Commerce jointly issued a document."

"The content of the document is very simple. The executive governors of all cities, states, and counties in the Tiangong Empire are ordered to build freight stations and passenger stations within their jurisdictions as soon as possible. The location of these two transfer stations can be in the central area of ​​the city, but Due to the need for the convenience of vehicles entering and exiting, it is necessary to build a separate channel for entering and exiting the city."

"The money and funds involved will be allocated and paid by the Ministry of Taxation and the taxation bureaus of the counties and cities and states. The projects and constructions involved will be in the charge of the Ministry of Works and Politics and the labor and politics bureaus of the counties and cities and states. The operation and trading of transfer stations in various places are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce and the local Commerce Bureau.”

Speaking of this, Ye Tian glanced at Ji Yanwen, Duan Muli and Hu Fuzhen, and continued to ask: "You guys, do you have any questions?"

At this time, after hearing Ye Tian's narration, Ji Yanwen, Duan Muli and Hu Fuzhen were completely at a loss and didn't know what to say.

But at this time, Ye Tian was already the minister of state affairs, and the three of them couldn't refute too much.After being silent for a while, Ji Yanwen first raised his own difficulties, and said, "My lord, I don't know how big the passenger terminal and cargo terminal are, and how much capital investment is involved? If it is only a few thousand taels Silver, that’s okay. If tens of thousands of taels of silver are invested, the Taxation Department can’t afford it.”

Knowing that these ministers would have such ulterior motives, Ye Tian sneered and said, "Master Ji, how much is the current daily income of the Ministry of Taxation? Please report to me."

Ji Yanwen's heart skipped a beat, his complexion changed slightly.

In all fairness, the income of the Ministry of Taxation has always been a relatively obscure matter.Not only are the many functions of the taxation department unclear, but even the left and right ministers can't tell an accurate figure.

When Qin Ruhua was in power before, Ji Yanwen worshiped him every year, so Qin Ruhua also turned a blind eye and let Ji Yanwen manipulate it to reap benefits.

Now that Ye Tian is in the position, Ji Yanwen originally wanted to fish in troubled waters and get away with it, but he didn't expect Ye Tian to ask the question so quickly.

Slightly calmed down some nervous emotions, Ji Yanwen naturally knew Ye Tian's strength and background, with his wisdom, he weighed the pros and cons between continuing to be confused and telling the truth, and then exhaled , and said: "My lord, the annual tax revenue of the whole country is about 82 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to a daily income of [-] taels of silver."

Hearing this number, Ye Tian was stunned for a moment.

In all honesty, Ye Tian had secretly sent people to check the taxes of various places before. According to the results of the checks, after Ye Tian made a summary statistics, the national tax revenue was about 70 to 80 taels.

Ye Tian just wanted to see how much taels the tax minister could hide from him.Now Ji Yanwen directly reported 82 taels of silver, which is slightly higher than Ye Tian's statistics. This is enough to prove that Ji Yanwen is telling the truth without any concealment, which surprised Ye Tian.

After being stunned for a while, Ye Tian nodded and said, "A year's tax is [-] million taels of silver, how much can you spend and how much can you save?"

Ji Yanwen thought about it for a while, and continued to answer: "The annual expenditure varies. If there are disasters or refugees, or if some large-scale projects are built or repaired, or there is a war on the border, the expenditure will naturally be more. If there are no such matters , just paying the salaries of officials at all levels and the normal operation of administrative and military agencies at all levels will naturally be less. Take Tianyuan 4000 as an example, the expenditure is about 6000 million taels of silver. But since last year, Beijing There have always been wars at Prison Pass and Tianyang Pass. This is because your Royal Household Office has borne the main military expenses, so you have saved more than half. If there is no expenditure from the Royal Household Office, even the remaining [-] million taels Silver, maybe not enough."

Knowing that Ji Yanwen was telling the truth, Ye Tian nodded and asked again: "How much money is in the treasury now?"

"About 3000 million taels." Ji Yanwen answered truthfully.

Hearing this number, Ye Tian was stunned again.In all honesty, 3000 million taels of silver would definitely not be enough if passenger stations and freight stations were to be built everywhere.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian thought for a while, then glanced at Duan Muli, Minister of Industry and Politics, and said slowly: "It covers an area of ​​about [-] acres, with three large attics and a dedicated passageway out of the city. How much does such a project cost?

Duan Muli frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "If the 10 mu of land is used in the current vacant land, it only needs 6 taels of silver. If it involves the demolition of houses or shops, I'm afraid it will cost ten times as much." No way. Three large attics only need [-] taels of silver, and if there are dedicated passages, it also involves the demolition of private houses and shops."

Speaking of this, Duan Muli gestured a few fingers, and continued: "If you don't demolish the house, 20 taels of silver is enough. If you demolish the house, 150 million taels of silver is probably not enough."

Hearing Duan Muli's budget estimate, Ye Tian began to calculate in his mind.In the entire Tiangong Empire, there are a total of nine counties and one branch, which are counted as ten provinces.There are about ten state cities in each of the nine counties, and around each state city, there are three to four county seats.In this way, there are a total of 450 state cities in the country.

There are 450 state cities, and if each state city needs to invest 150 million silver, the total is 500 million taels of silver.

The 3000 million taels in the treasury is obviously not enough.More importantly, it is impossible for the treasury to spend all the money on the construction of passenger and freight stations. If so, the treasury will be completely empty. Once something happens to the empire, the Government Council will not be able to get out a tael of money.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian curled his lips and thought to himself: Is it possible that the money from the Royal Household Office should be used to subsidize the national treasury instead?

But if you want to build the Royal Vehicle Factory, you will also need a huge investment.Before the freight trucks and passenger buses produced are put on the market, the Royal Vehicle Factory needs to advance the corresponding production costs.That's definitely a lot of money.

And more importantly, the Royal Household Office now assumes almost most of the responsibilities of the Military Affairs Council. It maintains the Shenji Battalion in the capital, and even raises eight legions, two armored corps, and two ultra-long-range warlords in Athens. Strike Corps.The daily consumption is also an extremely appalling figure.

The war is about the economy, about money, about who has a deeper foundation and who lasts longer.

Therefore, because the powerful legion of the Western Continent is still stationed in Constantinople, Ye Tian does not intend to use the funds of the Royal Office of Internal Affairs to pay back the Ministry of Taxation.

After all, compared with the military pressure facing the city of Athens, the construction of passenger and freight stations does not seem so urgent and urgent.

Therefore, Ye Tian needs to find another way for the lack of funds.

Nodding his head, Ye Tian asked again: "Based on your estimation, how much of the 3000 million taels of silver can be drawn from the treasury at most?"

Hearing these words, Ji Yanwen admired Ye Tian's thoughtfulness.What Ji Yanwen was afraid of was that Ye Tian's mind would get hotheaded, and he would withdraw all the 3000 million taels of silver from the national treasury, emptying the treasury completely. In that case, Ji Yanwen would not be able to pay the officials' salaries next month. .

Now that Ye Tian asked this question, he naturally thought of this question.

When lower-level officials deal with higher-level officials, they are not afraid of the strict requirements of their immediate superiors, but they are afraid that their immediate superiors will not understand and order blindly.At this time, Ji Yanwen secretly rejoiced that Ye Tian was still a smart person.

After a brief pause, Ji Yanwen answered, "My lord, at least half of the silver in the treasury should be kept, and a maximum of [-] million taels of silver should be spent."

Ye Tian nodded and said: "Okay, then you are responsible for arranging this matter. I will find a solution for the remaining funding gap. You only need to draw out [-] million taels of silver first, and arrange to pay the capital and surrounding areas at any time." The construction of passenger stations and freight stations in various places."

Ji Yanwen responded, and retreated.

At this time, Ye Tian turned his head again, looked at Duan Muli, and continued to ask: "Master Duan, according to the records of the Ministry of Industry and Administration, which city and state has the most exchanges with people and goods in the capital?"

Duan Muli replied: "Naturally, it is Jinling City. Jinling City and Shangjing City, one south and one north, have their own prosperity and prosperity, and at the same time, they are all on the same latitude line. The official road from the capital to Jinling is the most prosperous in our empire. official way."

Ye Tian asked again: "What's next? Give me a ranking."

After thinking for a while, Duan Muli said again: "Next is Shenzhou in Liaodong County, then Bingzhou in Shannan County, Haizhou in Hedong County, Fuzhou in Hudong County, Guangzhou in Guangnan County, Shuzhou in Western Sichuan County, and Yunzhou in Yunxi County. Guizhou in West County, and finally Lanzhou in Tianxi County."

In all fairness, apart from being familiar with Jinling and Shenzhou, Ye Tian hadn't really paid much attention to the capitals of the other counties before.Ye Tian showed considerable interest in the names of these capitals.

In the previous life, Bingzhou was obviously the old name of Taiyuan, Haizhou and Shuzhou were nothing, but Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guizhou and Lanzhou were all the capital cities of China.From the perspective of location, it is also very close to China in the previous life.

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Tian began to calculate again. From the capital city to the capitals of the nine counties and provinces, the scale of such passenger and freight stations is relatively large.The construction can be started first. In this way, based on the investment of about 300 million taels for each passenger station and freight station in the capital of the nine counties, and 1000 million taels for the capital, a total of about 4000 million taels will be needed.This naturally puts much less pressure on the tax department.

As for the [-] million taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Taxation, the remaining part can be used to build official roads from the capital to the capitals of the nine counties, preferably to the standard of expressways.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian nodded, and said: "Okay, the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Industry, you two ministries will start the construction of the passenger and cargo transfer stations in the capital and the capitals of the nine counties starting tomorrow. First, as quickly as possible, together with the governors of the nine counties, come up with a detailed plan for me. When the plan is confirmed, start construction immediately."

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Ji Yanwen and Duan Muli nodded seriously and agreed.

(End of this chapter)