Lord of the House

After entering the memorial hall and the residence newspaper, Lin Xuwen and Liu Shidu talked about the situation of the Ministry of Housing and the Salt and Iron Division.

Except for the five counties in Chongzhou, other areas controlled by Huaidong have been merged into the Ministry of Households, and the settlement of Xia Tax has been completed. In this way, an approximate number can be obtained as to how big the total plate of household revenue can be.

The core of central financial work lies in "living within our means". If there is no relatively accurate judgment on the revenue of the Ministry of Household, how will the military and civilian affairs be arranged for the coming year?

The household's annual income is also the first question that Lin Fu has to understand when he returns to Jiangning.

"Since the salt control issue, after Huaidong's salt sales were also incorporated, the total amount of salt received by the Salt and Iron Division has increased by about six times compared with the same period last year, but the price increase has been reduced to 11. The two Huai salt and silver will be reduced this year. 40%," Liu Shidu said, "no more than 900,000 taels of silver."

"Fortunately," Lin Bie nodded and said, "it's not too disappointing. Right now, people everywhere are suffering from hardships, and they are all used to eating bland food. The price of salt comes down, and after two or three years of rest, the total amount will be reduced. Gradually go up."

"Indeed, the army and soldiers need to eat six catties of salt a year; Huai'an counties have been under the rule of the lord for the past two years, and life has been much better than before, but a farmer's family has six catties of salt a year. It is more common. According to common sense, a family of five should have 20 catties of salt a year, which is suitable. The total amount of salt paid by the Salt and Iron Division this year can be increased by six times. One of the reasons for the price reduction is the recovery of East Fujian and Zhejiang," Liu Shidu said, "waiting for the salt issues in various places to be straightened out, and the price of increased prices will not be reduced, the price of salt can be further lowered. When the price of salt falls to If the money is less than 40 yuan, the smugglers will be unprofitable, and the cost of prohibition can also be reduced. In the past, if only 20,000 salt soldiers were maintained, it would cost 400,000 to 500,000 taels of silver a year..."

Lin Bie nodded. After the large-scale promotion of the cooking method and the drying method, the price of salt in various places will drop to less than 40 yuan, which is not an unrealized dream. At that time, the profits of the smugglers selling salt will plummet, but the risk of beheading will increase a lot, and there will not be too many people doing this business at a cost.

Although it is difficult to change the fact that salt and silver have been greatly reduced in the past three to five years, the clean-up of salt matters will greatly benefit the weakening of the Weiyang government headed by Shen Rong and the potential support of salt merchants to Huaixi. Point losses are well within the acceptable range.

In addition, the cooking method is changed to the drying method, and the large grasslands around the salt field can be used for reclamation by the reduced salt farmers and salt soldiers. After the conditions are mature, it is impossible to relocate two or three new counties to the east of Yandu and Jianling. what is the problem.

"This year, there are 800,000 to 900,000 taels of salt and silver, which is beyond my expectations. I'm already very satisfied." Lin Xuwen said, he was worried that the price of salt and silver would be reduced to 11, which would cause all salt and silver to be lost. I didn't expect to keep so much.

In addition, the salt issue was cleaned up, and the property of Mao Wenjing and other officials and businessmen was seized and confiscated, and the total amount of silver was more than one million taels. The privately cultivated farmland that was found out was close to one million mu. In three to five years, it can make up for salt and silver. Loss.

"Xia Tax should be settled," Lin Fu asked Lin Xuwen, "How is the situation?"

"The wars in western Zhejiang, eastern Fujian and Xusi have just ended, and they still need to rest and recuperate. Hailing, Huai'an, Mingzhou, Yongjia, and Taizhou prefectures have been merged into the Ministry of Housing, and the situation in Jiaxing has improved. Even after subtracting With a small amount of money, the total amount of silver collected by the Xia tax has cost more than three million taels, and the situation is better than expected..."

"Oh, Mingzhe did a good job in Jiaxing?" Lin Fu heard Lin Xuwen take out Jiaxing alone and said that Chen Mingzhe's achievements in Jiaxing should be outstanding.

"The tiger father has no dog, and the son of Duke Hua Zhang will not disgrace the title of champion. The summer tax paid in Jiaxing is even 20% higher than before the war," Lin Xuwen said, "It's still a small deduction. The numbers after the assignment..."

Chen Huazhang laughed and was quite satisfied with Lin Xuwen's praise.

Jiaxing House is located on the southeast coast of Taihu Lake, with an area comparable to that of Pingjiang House. Before the war, there were as many as 210,000 registered households, and it was rich in rice, tea and cotton silk. Jiaxing was disturbed by East China Sea invaders earlier. After the luxury family occupied eastern Zhejiang, it was only separated from Jiaxing by a river. The navy of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang was strong at that time. For the navy along the coast of Jiaxing and along the Yangtze River, it was almost as if there were no fortifications, and the production was greatly damaged.

After Lin Fu attacked Mingzhou, Jiaxing was at the mercy of the interference of the war and became the hinterland of Hanghu Lake, giving him a chance to recuperate. Chen Mingzhe also went out to learn about Jiaxing's affairs at that time. So far, it has only been three years.

During the war, a large number of Jiaxing people left their hometowns and went to Pingjiang, Danyang and other places in the north to escape the disaster of the war, and returned home after the war. Chen Mingzhe took this opportunity to clean up the household registration of the land, and to control the water, build the embankment, build the road and cultivate the land, and the results were very great. When Jiahang Lake's taxes were collected and collected by Hangzhou Lake before, Lin Fu could see that Jiaxing's situation was getting better day by day, but he didn't know the numbers.

Although Chen Mingzhe has never expressed his position, the fact that the Ministry of Household is under the control of Huaidong is known to the whole world. Chen Mingzhe presides over the affairs of Jiaxing Prefecture, and the summer tax paid by Jiaxing Prefecture this year is 20% higher than that before the war. By default, the reality of Chen's investment in Huaidong was accepted.

Lin Fu wouldn't be so naive that he really wanted to pull Chen Mingzhe in front of him and let him go.

"Ming Zhe's three-year term in Jiaxing has expired, do you recommend him to go to Hangzhou?" Lin Fu asked everyone.

"As it should be." Lin Mengde and others said.

Hangzhou House and Weiyang House have always been one level higher than other state capitals, and they were also the location of the two Zhejiang Prefectures in the early years. The Hanghu Army and Zhejiang and Fujian have been in a long-term confrontation on the West Lake front line in Hangzhou for a long time. Fuyang, Linshui and other counties have also fallen to the enemy for several years, and their production has been greatly damaged. Since Chen Mingzhe has political talent, using him as the prefect of Hangzhou is more reassuring than others.

The prefectures and counties of Taihu Lake can truly be called the essence of the world and the land of fish and rice.

Taking Pingjiang as an example, the tax quota is 1.4 million shi; in addition, about 60% of the raw silk sold in Huaidong to the Haidong area is produced in Pingjiang. Silk weaving tea cloth is not counted, and the annual tax revenue of 1.4 million stone is beyond the reach of other prefectures and counties.

Although such a high tax and grain quota is a figure after three additional levies, on the other hand, it is still a figure obtained in the case of land annexation and the serious phenomenon of hidden fields. As long as the land register and household registration are carefully cleaned up, the hidden fields of the host households are checked out, the local gentry and wealthy are forced to bear more tax obligations, and land mergers are restrained, and the taxation of Pingjiang Prefecture can be greatly increased.

Before the war, Jiaxing Prefecture had 230,000 registered households. After years of devastation, Chen Mingzhe re-approved Jiaxing's registered households, which increased rather than decreased, totaling more than 250,000 real households. This is also the main reason why Jiaxing's summer tax has increased significantly compared to before the war.

Compared with Hangzhou, Huzhou is located on the inner side and is much less affected by the war. Along the Taihu Lake, only the four prefectures of Huzhou, Jiaxing, Danyang, and Pingjiang will contribute more than 50% of the revenue of the household this year. It is an exaggeration to say that they are the essence of Jiangnan.

If at the beginning of the year, the extravagant family did not want to spend 20,000 elites, and sent Zheng Mingjing to lead his troops to attack the territory of Danyang and Pingjiang, the situation this year would be more severe than it is now.

Lin Fu then asked about other tax revenue, and frowned habitually, and said, "It seems that there are conditions for a long-term large-scale military confrontation outside Shangrao!"

"Next year, the amount of money to supply Huaixi will be reduced to 1.2 million taels of silver. Chizhou is a big burden, but it is only comparable to that of Huaixi. Jinghu and Tanzhou plan to supplement military resources of 600,000 taels of silver, and the total is only 3 One million taels," Lin Xuwen reported the account quickly, these numbers were very familiar in his heart, "The cost of the six divisions, Zhujian Temple, Chuanyi, Neifu management, and the salaries of central officials will also be crossed out four million. The taels of silver that can be allocated to the Privy Council next year will only be five million taels of silver. If it can’t be sustained, it can be postponed for a year, and the year after that, the revenue of the Ministry of Household should increase by 20%…”

The 100,000 troops and horses were scattered in the middle of Zhejiang, west of Zhejiang, west of Ningxia and other places, and the money and food consumed were completely different from gathering and going deep into the hinterland at the turn of west Zhejiang and east of Jiangxi to try to besiege Shangrao for a long time.

Although raising 100,000 soldiers and horses requires only 2 million taels of silver a year, in a concentrated siege, in addition to requisitioning a large number of civilians to maintain the huge consumption of material transportation, siege fortifications, war weapons and armor, military merit rewards, casualty compensation, etc. Consumption is the big deal.

It is impossible for the She family to easily abandon Shangrao, the east gate of Jiangxi, and station them with elite troops. It is impossible for Huaidong to suddenly capture Shangrao. Using superior forces to besiege Shangrao for a long time is the core of the Privy Council's use of troops after the autumn.

The so-called "to win by righteousness and oddity" means that at the beginning of a war, there must be a military confrontation with regular soldiers, and in the confrontation, we should find the key points to change the balance, and then apply extraordinary measures to obtain the final victory.

If you want to open the door to Jiangxi, you must be prepared to be surrounded for a year or even longer. If the troops are withdrawn in the middle of the way due to insufficient money and food, the gains will outweigh the losses. The food and grain invested in the Shangrao battlefield next year may exceed five million taels of silver or even more.

During the critical period, the construction of the Xu Si line of defense and the Luyi line of defense could not be stopped. Xuzhou and Luzhou calculated that an additional 100,000 soldiers should be added as reserve soldiers. In addition to the expenses of the Jiangning forbidden army, the Haidong army and the Mindong army, and the secret construction of a plank road in Huaishan, the pressure next year will be extremely high.

Throughout history, there have been many wars in which both sides have withdrawn their troops, but in the end they were still hampered by money and food.

"It can't be slow," Lin Bie shook his head and said, "We can take a sigh of relief, and the She family can also take a sigh of relief in Jiangxi; it's not that I'm afraid of the She family, Yanlu's movements are fast, I'm afraid that the Cao family can't hold back and give up Guanzhong first. If you are forced to play two lines at that time, your eyes will be blinded in a hurry."

After Lin Fu inspected Xuzhou, Xuzhou strengthened the competition and penetration of the Yishan area from the east, but including the harassment of the second water camp on the coast of the Shandong Peninsula, the scale of the war was limited, the resources consumed were not large, and the Not to mention two-front warfare.

Whether it is facing Yan Hu, or facing the luxury family, or facing the family alone, Lin Fu is not worried. Difficult to regain the initiative. Right now, while Yan Hu's army is still far from the hinterland of the Central Plains, he will be eager to completely destroy the luxury family, or drag it down!

"When the Lijin Bureau and Chongguo Town enter, what numbers can we achieve next year?" Lin Xuwen asked, still having heart palpitations about investing 100,000 troops in Shangrao all of a sudden. At the beginning, Li Zhuo led his troops to engage in a long-term tug-of-war with Fujian. The battle was very difficult. Jiangxi, Jiangdong, and Zhejiang were also miserable. Every year, they provided the East Fujian Army with four or five million taels of money.

If it weren't for these money and food, it would be difficult for the East Fujian Army to become an elite.

Lin Mengde said: "Lijin and the five counties of Chongzhou will earn more than 4 million taels of silver next year, but if a big chunk is crossed out for Tiechang, Xinxue, etc., 2.5 million taels of silver can be allocated next year. War, even if it's not bad."

Lin Bie shook his head and smiled, and said, "This is full of resentment."

Everyone laughed. When it came to spending money, Lin Mengde always looked like he was holding his pockets tightly, but he met Lin Bie, who was used to spending money and money~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Lin Mengde said: "New learning is For the foundation building, I didn’t have to bite the bullet and run the school all these years, and this year, I couldn’t get so many people to distribute it. It can also be delayed in the comprehensive school, in Mingzhou, but it cannot be regarded as an urgent matter. If you slow down the two, you will squeeze out seven or eight hundred thousand taels."

"Do you think this is good?" Lin Fu said, "Except for the shipyard and the iron yard, we must hold it in our hands. Weaving, dyeing, silk reeling and other workshops can be sold in shares to raise money. Approved by the mining supervisor. , allow private businessmen to hire people to dig mountains for coal and iron. Set up a machinery manufacturing department, which can raise shares with private businessmen to set up factories to manufacture civilian tools for profit. In short, you will put together an additional three million taels for me next year. …”

In this world, farming is the main business, no matter whether it is a gentry or a merchant or a farmer, it is almost the most natural impulse to save money and buy land for rent and profit-Lin Bie wants to implement a new policy, suppress mergers, reduce rents In addition to the gift, there should also be a way out for the money in the hands of the local gentry. Encouragement of industry and commerce is the meaning of the title, otherwise it will be difficult to escape the endless cycle of thousands of years.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are relatively open-minded. After all, the dense river network in the Yangtze River Basin has also promoted the concentrated development of commerce and workshops in the Jianghuai region. Chen's ability to vote in Huaidong, in the final analysis, is also a set of identifications with Lin Bie's work in Huaidong.

The only difference is that in the past, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River held workshops and commerce in their hands. Taking advantage of their status as gentry, not only did they pay no taxes, but they also participated in the plundering of local city taxes and taxes. These are firmly in hand.

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