Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

I still remember that when Emperor Chongzhen first came to the throne, the surplus in the treasury was only more than three million taels, and the gold and silver copied from Huang Liji's home was more than six million taels, which made the court laugh from ear to ear.

Just these three million taels were scoured from everywhere by Wei Zhongxian's vicious hands...

Are there really so many commercial taxes?

However, Guo Yunhou's words were obviously not finished: "In addition to the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Rites requested to allocate 800 million taels for the construction and repair of schools in various places.

The most excessive is the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!

The military budget reported by the Governor’s Mansion of the Five Armies is a full 2000 million taels of budget, and that bastard Cui Chengxiu of the Ministry of War just took the budget of the Governor’s Mansion of the Five Armies and asked the treasury to transfer it. Transfer another [-] million taels of silver! "

Zhu Chunchen, who was not far from Guo Yunhou, obviously also heard Guo Yunhou's complaints, and said with a smile: "Guo Butang should also know that my Ming Dynasty is now using troops everywhere, and the soldiers must use firearms and ammunition when fighting, right?

Even if it is more difficult, let the soldiers go to fight with swords, but the food and salaries should be allocated as much, right?If there is no food and salary, let the soldiers go to fight hungry, can they still win?

Taking a step back, even if the Mughals and Annan are settled down, the military expenses for these two places will be less, but the soldiers in the guards of the Ming Dynasty should be paid for them, right? "

Guo Yunhou snorted coldly, but did not refute.

Fighting wars would have cost money like water in other dynasties, but in the Chongzhen Dynasty, it really wasn't like that.

The killers in the guards were killing people like hemp outside, and they spent a lot of military expenses on them, but these killers also snatched back a lot of good things for nothing, not counting things like cattle and sheep, just all kinds of money Silver and jewelry can still have a surplus after deducting military expenses.

Therefore, Guo Yunhou was not afraid of spending military expenses, and the mention of the [-] million taels of budget of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was nothing more than a complaint, but he forgot for a moment that Zhu Chunchen was not far away...

Shi Fenglai finally found out that during the few years since he left Daming, the whole of Daming has become a stranger—except that the emperor's temperament is still unreliable as before.

Seeing Shi Fenglai's death in battle, Wen Tiren had no choice but to say: "What is Guo Butang talking about? The money in the treasury should be spent or spent.

The Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Communications spend a little more money, but after all, it's all temporary. After all the projects are completed, won't this huge amount of money be saved?

From the old man's point of view, what Consultant Shi just said makes sense.

It would not be impossible to release all the money into the national treasury, but the Ministry of Railways needs to repair the railway, build new lines, and continue to spend labor costs. At that time, it will still be allocated by the national treasury? "

Seeing a group of bigwigs chattering back and forth about tens of millions of taels of silver, Cui Yongan, the left servant of the Ministry of Railways, wished to hide himself--this kind of big scene should be made by Mr. Shang Shu in person. The body is empty!

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and said: "Forget it, this matter will be postponed for the time being, and the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Railways will discuss it later to see how to formulate a regulation, and report it to me at that time. "

After Wen Tiren and the others agreed, Emperor Chongzhen continued, "Since the Ministry of Railways has planned all these routes, it's time for Macau to make some plans, right?"

Wen Tiren said: "From the map, Xinming Island is the closest to Annan, followed by Macau.

Judging from the data from the Ministry of Communications and the Xinming Island newspaper over the years, the cost of ocean transportation is far lower than that of land transportation. That is to say, it is much closer to transport goods from Xinming Island to Macau than directly to Annan. .

In particular, coal from Xinming Island can be transported to Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan and Guizhou through Macao, which saves a lot of cost compared to first going to Quanzhou or Denglai and then transshipping.

Only in this way, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry will be busy again. Even the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications need to re-plan the route connecting Macau, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou. "

Regarding this kind of thing that is cheap and beneficial, Guo Yunhou immediately expressed his position on behalf of the Ministry of Household Affairs: "There is no problem with the Ministry of Household Affairs. Whether it is the relocation of people or the construction of ports, the treasury can afford it."

Zhu Chunchen also interjected: "There is no problem with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. We will make corresponding changes to the guards in the above places to ensure nothing goes wrong."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Let's do this first in these places. In addition, the construction of the railways in Burma and Dhaka should be completed earlier."

Hearing this, Cui Yong'an couldn't help complaining: "Your Majesty Qizuo, although people have been sent to investigate the railway construction between Myanmar and the Mughals, but if you want to wait until the completion, it is estimated that it will take 20 years in Chongzhen at the earliest. gone."

Emperor Chongzhen let out a groan in his heart and asked, "20 years for Chongzhen? Isn't it still six more years?"

Cui Yongan said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, it's not that the Ministry of Railways doesn't want to speed up. It's just that the topographical survey will take about 17 years to complete in Chongzhen. From the start to the end, it is more optimistic that it can be completed before 20 years in Chongzhen. Estimated."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the words, he was helpless immediately.

Exploring the terrain is very different from exploring the way when marching and fighting.

When marching and fighting, you only need to know which road is the closest, which road has a water source, whether there is any danger, and how to go.

But to build a railway, there are many things to pay attention to-why is the railway construction in Sichuan slower than other places?

Isn't it because there have been several earthquakes from the reign of Tianqi to the reign of Chongzhen!

It is easy to repair the railway, but who knows when there will be another earthquake after the repair is completed?In case of an earthquake, can it withstand it?

If these messy things are not resolved, the repair of the railway will only be temporary. Who can feel at ease?

Just like Burma and the Mughals, although Emperor Chongzhen ordered the construction of temporary lines, such lines that are scrapped after being used a few times are easy to repair, and long-term stable lines can do this?

It would be a strange thing not to be picked up at the Meridian Gate by Emperor Chongzhen!

So the current situation is that the railways on the Burmese and Mughal side can barely pass one or two trains by the middle of the 14th year of Chongzhen, but if they want to run for a long time, they must re-explore the terrain and re-lay the tracks , really want to finish it, Chongzhen 20 years is considered fast.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't express anything, Cui Yongan tentatively said: "In addition, there is the problem of manpower. Although Daming has had a lot of, um, laborers over the years, the manpower is still not enough.

Although some people in my Ming Dynasty are willing to come to work, but when the busy farming season comes, they all go back to farm, so there are still not enough people. "

Emperor Chongzhen continued to cast his gaze on Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai and the others——asking me for a fart, can you blame me if the people of Ming Dynasty like farming?

Wen Tiren said: "The common people are more willing to farm than go out to work. In my opinion, it is because of uneasiness."

Uneasy?

Emperor Chongzhen was very curious - did I give you less money?Still didn't let you eat and dress warmly?What is there to worry about?

Seeing that everyone turned their attention to him, Wen Tiren explained: "I put myself into the perspective of the common people and thought about it, and found that the safest thing is to have some land in my hands and some food at home, otherwise I will always feel a little uneasy.

What should my wife and children do when they are away from home?What should you do if you encounter any natural disasters or illnesses?

The biggest advantage of staying at home is not only that you can accompany your wife and children while farming, but also that you know the neighbors around you well. As long as you are not particularly unpopular, you can ask your neighbors for help if you encounter any problems.

If you are away from home, except that your wife and children are not around, once you encounter any problems, there is no other way but to seek help from the government and fellow villagers - and the premise of these two roads is that the government should be honest and honest for the people , there are fellow countrymen all around. "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Wen Aiqing is right, but are there any other questions?"

Wen Tiren said: "Actually, there is another problem, which is the current food price problem.

If you want the people to leave home to work, you have to let them see that farming alone is not enough, and this needs to be achieved by suppressing food prices.

Only when the price of food is getting lower and lower, more people can't help but look for other ways out - even those who originally had a lot of land in their hands may not be able to help selling their land. "

Guo Yunhou said rather painfully: "Mr. Wen Ge, the current grain price is lower than that of the Zhengde period. What's the deal if it goes lower?"

PS: I have had a headache these two days, and the update is less.

Chapter 7 The Yellow River Bridge Must Be Repaired

Guo Yunhou said in pain: "The Changping warehouses and reserve warehouses in various places have been collecting high prices to protect grain prices as early as the tenth year of Chongzhen. If we rashly suppress it at this time, I'm afraid there will be a big mess. .”

The price of food really can't go any lower, and if it goes any lower, it's fucking time to crash!