Lord of Ming Dynasty

"The emperor also knows that this is a bit unreasonable, but as a courtier, you must be considerate of the emperor's difficulties. Now that there is nothing to do, and the country is not fully restored, so if you need compensation, the emperor said, you can only compensate you in name .” After speaking, he took out an imperial decree from his sleeve.

"Governor of Zhejiang, Zhongyong Bo Zhang Qiang received the order—"

Zhang Qiang stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I accept the order."

"By God, the emperor ordered that in the ninth year of Longwu, the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Qiang, the loyal and brave man, sent a large army to fight against the Qing army and the rebels, Shi Fu, and Zheng Hongkui's troops fought fiercely in Quanzhou Prefecture, and took back Quanzhou Prefecture and Zhangzhou Prefecture, and the army recovered along the way. Chaozhou Prefecture was supported by the defenders of Guangzhou Prefecture. Therefore, Zhang Qiang, governor of Zhejiang Province, was promoted to Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian after a lot of hard work. The officials of the territory under his jurisdiction were dispatched by the imperial court. Marquis of Jinhua, reward jade belt, jade pendant, sword..."

After reading a lot of eloquence, Zhang Qiang and his officials were sealed off. Everyone has merit and everyone has an official position.

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Chapter 256: Civil and Military Resentment [-]

The matter was resolved satisfactorily, but no matter to whom, it was not very satisfactory.

A satisfactory solution is the opinion of Long Wu and Zhang Qiang, but the people below don't think so.

At a new meeting of civil and military officials of the Governor's Palace.

The admirals sat on the left, the magistrates sat on the right, the officials of the governor’s office sat in the front row, Zhang Qiang sat on the podium, Zhu Dadian sat at a separate table on the left side, and Zhu Dadian sat on the right Opposite is Zhu Dayou.

The row behind Zhu Dayou against the wall is the scholars in the attendant room. They are divided into two groups, one group is responsible for recording the words of the admirals, and the other group is responsible for recording the words of the prefects, while the words of Zhang Qiang and Zhu Dadian are written by Zhu Dayou There are responsible records.

From the very beginning of the meeting, it was destined to be full of gunpowder and resentment.

First as an admiral, then as a military officer, Wei Wuji slapped the table and complained that the contract signed with the Longwu court failed the trust of more than [-] sacrificed soldiers and common people in the Jinhua Rebel Army.

Wei Wuji blushed and roared, "These places were taken down by the Jinhua Rebels, and they were finally handed over to officials from the Longwu court. The Jinhua Rebels only have the right to garrison troops and have no right to interfere with local administration. The final military expenditure requires Jinhua The rebel army is out, and the subsequent military expenses and court maintenance expenses of the Longwu court need to be borne by the Jinhua volunteer army, which is equivalent to the Jinhua rebel army supporting the Longwu court, which is very puzzling, sir, can you give an explanation?"

And Zhou Porridge, one of the civil servants of the Jinhua Rebel Army, followed Wei Wuji's words slowly: "Yes, my lord, we spent a lot of military expenses to take down the three prefectures, which all delayed our core three prefectures, Jinhua Mansion and Chuzhou. Mansion, the development of Taizhou Mansion, and the construction process of Baozhong City, and you handed over the sailors and soldiers we urgently need to Zheng Chenggong to take away, who will make up for our losses?"

In fact, Zhu Dadian had no opinion on Zhang Qiang's decision. As a new official of the Ming army, he sat very cautiously in his seat, observing the officials of his Jinhua Rebel Army from the corner of his eyes, looking at these Zhang Qiang's confidants, generals and officials, he was surprised and puzzled that these people from the bottom could create such powerful and brilliant achievements in such a short period of time. At the same time, he observed them with a learning attitude and wanted to Allow yourself to benefit from this surrender.

"Dong Dong" Zhang Qiang knocked on the table twice, looked at Zhu Dadian and said, "Master Zhu, what is our current financial situation?"

Zhu Dadian hurriedly said: "My lord, in 16, which is now the ninth year of Longwu, as of last month, our total financial revenue was 1000 million taels of Jinhua Yuan, with a total of 8000 million taels of silver.

Among them, the income from agriculture is 300 million taels; the income from industry is 500 million taels.

The government's various incomes are 800 million taels, including various assessment fee income, land sales income, government enterprise income, government horse farm sales of war horse income, and a series of small miscellaneous fee income.

In addition, the tax revenue is 300 million taels, and the commercial tax revenue is 700 million taels.

There are also captured enemy materials and gold and silver income of 500 million taels, and sea trade income of 700 million taels.

This is the full total of earnings. "

After flipping through a few pages of ledgers, Zhu Dadian continued to bow his head and report, "I pointed out that the subsidy for various expenses of farmers, as well as subsidies for seeds, farm tools, and low-quality fields without production is a total of 700 million taels, plus the newly opened government of Shaoxing and Ningbo. , Baozhong City, Fuzhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture and other prefectures’ agricultural subsidies and resettlement of farmers, refugees, etc. cost a total of 300 million taels.”

"Industry:

Support and build new small workshops, and provide technical support for workers' wages, living expenses, and attendance subsidies for various auxiliary workshops opened by ordinary people, small factories, etc., 500 million taels.

A new industrial product research institute was allocated a total of 300 million taels.

A total of 800 million taels of funding was allocated for the construction of a new spinning mill, run by the government and three institutes.

1000 million taels were allocated for the construction of large government-run shipyards in Taizhou Prefecture, and 300 million taels were allocated for the construction of new shipyards, docks, and arsenals in Baozhong City.

3000 million taels will be allocated for the newly built iron and steel plants.

Waiting for a series of allocations, the total expenditure is 900 million taels. "

"Wow——" Hearing such a huge expenditure, the prefects could still hold back, because they handled the money every day, and they reported a lot of data. They also knew that the expenditure was huge, so their expressions remained unchanged.

And those admirals, who only know how to fight wars, reorganize and train the army, imagine that they will lead the troops out to make meritorious service and get promoted that day, they have never considered these things at all. It was only with the help of the people next to him that the dropped jaws could be lifted up, because their bodies were all shaken.

In fact, Zhang Qiang was also very shocked about the expenditure, because this is only a province, and the expenditure of a province is so huge, so how much will the entire empire spend if it seizes the territory of the whole country and the surrounding affiliated countries in the future?

Zhu Dadian did not stop reporting because of everyone's amazement.

"Commercial and financial aspects: the establishment of more food bureaus and bank branches made the Governor's Office spend another 300 million taels, but the return on this expenditure is huge and reasonable, making our Jinhua Yuan even more It is closely connected with food, and because of the huge silver and gold reserves, our Jinhua Yuan has been recognized by the common people.

Many people have abandoned the heavy gold, silver and copper coins, and most people accept the Jinhua Yuan banknotes. The circulation of the Jinhua Yuan is currently in our core areas, as well as quasi-core areas, Wenzhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, Jian Officials and common people in Ning Mansion, Quzhou Mansion, and most areas of the Longwu Dynasty have accepted the circulation of this banknote and used it in large quantities.

Even some people in the Shaoxing, Ningbo, and Zhoushan areas we just captured accepted the Jinhua Yuan banknotes, and most of the troops and common people of the King Lu’s forces in the Hangzhou Mansion also used our Jinhua Yuan banknotes for some coins and transactions.

It is precisely because of the circulation of our banknotes that our commercial trade has prospered. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Jinhua Yuan in Southeast China and even South China has become a value-preserving currency, and many people have begun to hold it.

As the relationship between Zheng Chenggong's Ministry and us is getting closer, most of the areas they occupy use our Jinhua yuan banknotes. Many Zheng Jun generals deposit the gold and silver they obtained from outside into our bank in Taizhou Prefecture, and then In exchange for Jinhua yuan banknotes to be used on their territory, and their use has affected some Portuguese and Dutch, the most influential being the Spaniards, they pulled a boatload of copper and silver coins to trade with us a few days ago, and exchanged A lot of Jinhua Yuan goes out. "

"Okay, okay." Xuanyuan Longfei jumped up from his seat and clapped his hands, not afraid of the contemptuous gazes of others.

Zhang Qiang smiled and waved him to sit down.

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Chapter 257 Resentment [-]

In terms of industry, agriculture, commercial and financial expenditures reached 500 million taels, and the total income in the previous few months was only 8000 million taels, which is already a loss.

Everyone's hearts were heavy and they didn't know what to say.

Zhang Qiang could only whisper to himself, "It seems that in the future we have to increase income and reduce expenditure. What should be reduced must be reduced, and what should not be spent must be restrained. However, the Longwu court proposed to support them with money, weapons and equipment, as well as the army. Manpower has to support them."

Zhu Dadian continued to report.

"In terms of military expenditure, the 430 troops in the early stage spent 100 million taels of military expenditure every month. This time, 500 reorganized brigades will be reorganized. The two Guards brigades will spend a total of [-] million taels of reorganization costs. It is expected that all the reorganized brigades will be reorganized. , the cost will reach [-] million taels, and we will have troops by then.

Field troops, 16 field brigades, each brigade has 800 people, and the two guard brigades have a total of 1000 people, 14 people. The military expenditure is 6000 million taels per month. It is expected that with the equipment of new weapons, Military expenditure will reach 600 million taels per month.

In addition, there are 300 large-scale garrison troops stationed at important passes in each county, each with 6 people, and 6 medium-sized garrison troops, each with 1 people. There are 300 garrison troops, each with 380 to 400 people, with a total expenditure of [-] million taels, and the estimated future expenditure is [-] million to [-] million taels.

These expenditures are borne by the local government, but this will also weaken the local finances, and the monthly tax payment to the Governor's Mansion will reduce by 100 million taels to 230 million taels.

It is recommended to reduce these garrison troops by [-]% to [-]%.

There are also militia troops, recruit training troops and military expenditures. The militia troops still need to be paid by the local government, which is about 30 taels to 38 taels per month. It is recommended to abolish 95 to [-] militia troops and let them become territorial Labor, to open up wasteland, farm, fish, enter factories, enterprises, workshops, instead of training and guarding against the enemy all day long.

The establishment of the village guards was useful in the early stage, but now it is completely unnecessary for our core areas, so it is recommended to abolish it, and return the monthly military subsidies of 20 to [-] to the local government, so that Their financial expenditure decreased and their income increased. "

Zhu Dadian is equivalent to the government's financial report, and he made an opinion on the accounts of the official account department. Zhang Qiang appreciates this very much. It seems that a capable person is a capable person. A historical master is a historical master. Also have courage, dare to put forward opinions to superiors, and express yourself.

"Let's talk about it again. The monthly expenditure of the navy is 3000 million taels. I suggest that from now on, except for the research department and new ships in the shipyard, no new ships will be launched or started construction. The six naval fleets have all been replenished. The naval team has also been built, so it can no longer be expanded. This will save about 200 million taels of expenditure for the Governor's Mansion every month, otherwise our finances will go bankrupt if this continues."

Zhang Qiang took a moment to think about it. The expenditure reached about 5000 million taels, while the income was only 8000 million taels. If it wasn’t for a lot of seizures in the early stage, if it wasn’t for the increase in trade income in the early stage, I’m afraid there is no money to do anything now. Going too fast.

"Then how much money do we have in our account now?" Zhang Qiang asked.