Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation waved his hands and said, "Li Qing, what's the next project?"

Li Ruhua read on like a ghost, "Next year, we will set aside money for Enke, which is in the thirteen provinces and two capitals."

Everyone has no objection. Enke, who opened the Qiuwei in the first year of Tianqi, will receive Chunwei in the spring of the second year of Tianqi.But Zhu Youxiao said: "We will also add martial arts next autumn."

Although it was unexpected, Liaodong is using troops, and it is reasonable to add martial arts.

Li Ruhua continued to read, "The reconstruction of the three halls requires funds..."

"Stop." Zhu Youxiao interrupted the Minister of the Household Department, "The reconstruction of the three main halls will be suspended next year. The Great Court Meeting will be held in Wenyuan Pavilion, or the Qianqing Palace."

All the ministers looked at Zhu Youxiao like a ghost. How many famines did the court and Shenzong fight in order to rebuild the three halls?Moreover, the fire in the 25th year of Wanli, except for the Meridian Gate and other areas, was not destroyed, and the others were not much different from the fire in Jiajing.From Yemen, you can see the gate of Qianqing Palace, and there is a piece of barrenness in between. The ruins of the three main halls have been overgrown with weeds for five or six years.

In the end, the cabinet couldn't hold back the pressure, and took money from the Ministry of Finance to clean up the foundations of the three halls. The reconstruction of the three halls and the watchtower began intermittently until the autumn of 43 Wanli, and it stopped countless times in the middle.

Wang Zuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, asked: "Your Majesty, are the three halls just so deserted and not rebuilt?"

"Yeah. No money. The second emperor hasn't been buried yet. Has the Qingling been repaired?"

Wang Zuo shrank back involuntarily under the calm gaze of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the craftsmen are rushing to work day and night, striving to complete Guangzong's tomb as soon as possible."

"Well. Don't worry, just take your time to repair. The three halls will be discussed next year when there is money."

The old ministers have the same thought in their hearts, your grandparents and grandchildren are of the same nature, just waiting for the Ministry of Households to pay the money?The three main halls were burned down for more than 20 years and refused to spend money to rebuild them. Is the inner treasury of your grandparents belong to Pixiu?

But now is not the time to argue with the emperor, and the young emperor has been annoyed to learn from Shenzong and never go to court. The situation in Liaodong is not what it was 30 years ago.

Zhou Jiamo broke the silence, "Li Shangshu, continue."

Li Ruhua nodded and continued to read: "The Ministry of War will be the main branch of next year's budget. How much will be used? You will only know the exact figure after discussing the plan of the Ministry of War in Liaodong. But the arrears of military pay must be paid off first, which is the soldier's life. Silver. Including next year's military pay, the total is more than 310 million."

"This 310 million must be set aside. Do you have any objections?"

Fang Congzhe answered the emperor's questions on behalf of everyone.

"No. The money should be set aside."

"The next item is the salaries of imperial officials. All the positions in the capital and localities are full, and the annual salary is close to 110 million taels."

Everyone got two to three times the raise.Compared with the abolished tax incentives, it is more cost-effective to raise salaries for middle- and low-level officials and those with meager wealth.Especially those who are more upright and did not accept to join Yintian after the Zhongju, they have turned around financially.

For these people at the Shangshu level, it is really hard to say whether they have suffered a disadvantage or gained an advantage.At their own level, they are eligible for tax exemption of [-] mu, and no one checks their fields.However, the ministers headed by Zhou Jiamo still made concerted efforts to support the emperor's reform.

Some nobles and all vassals are the losers of this salary reform.The nobles lost their tax-free treatment, but the meritorious land still belonged to them.However, the vassal kings will cancel all the fiefdoms in the future, and the Ministry of Households will convert the silver taels every year and give them corresponding treatment according to their titles.

Those who suffer in the honor are those who do not have real jobs in the court.You can only rely on the little output in the meritorious field to be a landowner.Those who have real positions in the five-army governor's mansion, such as British Duke and Ding Guogong, whose sons all hold real positions in the army, may not necessarily reduce their income.

Then there are those Juren and Xiucai.But the ministers present here did not speak, and many other officials in Beijing were themselves involved in the embarrassment of embezzling the imperial court's taxes and not being able to return them in full. Some tax-free treatment.

Official salaries must also be retained, and the full amount must be retained.

Li Ruhua used a form to list the necessary expenses on a large piece of paper, handed it to Liu Shimin, and asked him to hang it on the screen.

Zhu Youxiao concluded: "Excluding the expenses listed by Li Shangshu, you all know how much money is left in the Ministry of Household Taicang. Now let's start with the most important plan of the Ministry of War."

Cui Jingrong looked at the remaining millions on the big watch, looking at the plan made by his Ministry of War, and handed it over to Wang Zaijin, the minister, for him to read.

Wang Zaijin had no choice but to report to the Ministry of War's vision and required budget over time.

"The Ministry of War plans to increase its troops by 10 troops this year, and it will need 300 million troops in pay, food, and ordnance. All these people will be sent to the Liaodong battlefield."

Wang Zaijin, who was behind, couldn't read any more.No matter how they felt during the discussion that the Ministry of War's plan was perfect, seamless, and as it should be, at this time they couldn't open their mouths about the remaining millions of households.Put ten percent of Ming's annual income into military affairs, and the rest is the salary of hundreds of officials.However, if the water transportation and water conservancy do not invest enough money to repair it, the imperial court will be forced to spend more on river governance in the next year.

Seeing that Wang Zaijin did not speak, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, added: "Your Majesty has plans to spend 200 million taels on the research and development of new types of artillery, as well as changes in the formula of gunpowder."

Huang Kezuan asked Li Ruhua: "The emperor will spend money from the inner treasury to build a new cannon. Can you make up for it with the autumn tax next year?"

Li Ruhua looked eagerly at the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao quickly stated, "There is no such thing as 200 million taels. In August, the first emperor had allocated more than 200 million internal funds for the replacement of military pay. I will allocate another 100 million from the internal treasury, and the rest will be the inner court. The expenses of more than 2000 people during the period when the autumn tax relief was paid."

Li Ruhua's eyes dimmed.Then I thought it would be nice to have 100 million.But, but there is still a lot to do, what should I do?Does the Nine Sides only pay military salaries but not replenish armaments, military jackets, food for soldiers, and grass for horses?

Ye Xianggao saw that these people hadn't made much progress after seven or eight years, so he coughed lightly and said, "Next year's affairs will be easy to pass. With the family property of those Shanxi merchants to make up for it, the old minister heard that the total is about ten million taels. right?"

When Zhu Youxiao saw Ye Xianggao asking him this, he had no choice but to admit that there was such a thing.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a suggestion. Although the family property confiscated by Shanxi merchants will be used to support the orphans of the soldiers who died in battle over the years, it does not need to be fully invested in one year. Can you first move out 800 million taels, and then from the Ministry of Households every year? 50 yuan will be allocated from the autumn tax and returned, and if it is not enough, 100 million yuan will be allocated.

As for the use of the 800 million, the first is for the research and development of artillery.The second is the food, grass and weapons on the nine sides.The third is next year's troop increase and training plan.

However, the veteran felt that if Liaodong could not be restored to the situation 20 years before Wanli or even earlier as soon as possible, in the event of natural disasters and other disasters that required relief from the court and tax exemptions, it would probably be difficult to turn around. "

Zhu Youxiao applauded Ye Xianggao in his heart, and he was indeed higher than Fang Congzhe by more than one rank.Looking at the other cabinet ministers, ministers, and servants, I secretly sighed in my heart that it is true that gentlemen gather together, and sometimes there is no way to get things done.

Bi Ziyan saw that the emperor was inclined to agree with Ye Xianggao, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. In addition to saving money such as borrowing money and delaying the construction of the three halls, we should also increase revenue. Only by working together can we completely get rid of financial problems. predicament."

"Does Bi Qing have any good suggestions on open source?"

"Your Majesty, what I want to increase income is first of all to cultivate farmland in non-battle areas. A few days ago, I discussed with Wang Shangshu (referring to Wang Yingjiao, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs) the matter of increasing income and reducing expenditure. The Minister said that when he was in Tianjin, he raised [-] mu of farmland, of which ten were paddy fields. Fourth, four or five stones can be harvested per mu, and the fields will be prosperous."

Wang Yingjiao went on to say: "What Bi Jinghui said about milking the old ministers, if they stationed [-] troops in Tianjin, they would need to pay [-] troops a year. If the soldiers stay, the people will complain of illness, and if they are sympathetic to the people, the army will not pay them. The only plan is to garrison the fields to provide enough food. The barren land is continuously sealed, and the Artemisia Lai is hopeful. If the canals are opened and the weirs are set up, and the land is considered as a field, it can be [-] hectares, and the grain is [-] stones. Near the township year, it can be part-time capital, not only Tianjin's salary is enough to get it. After the decree is approved, the water conservancy will be widely promoted."

Knowing that Ye Xianggao was the only one that Wang Yingjiao played in Shangshu in the past, he wanted the emperor to nod his head to prove that what he said was true.

Wang Yingjiao went on to say: "If the springs under the mountain and the water in the ground are diverted to irrigate the salty fields, the canals are built for defense, and the soldiers are dispatched to cultivate them in the same way as the paddy fields in the south. Yishui irrigates Jintai, and Hushui irrigates Mount Heng. The spring water irrigates Zhongshan, the Fu water irrigates Xiangguo, the Zhang water comes from Yexia, Ximen Leopard tastes it and uses it, and the Yinghai is like all the rivers flowing down. Since then, the people in Gyeonggi are self-sufficient, and there is no longer any worry about drought or flood. Even if the Cao River is abnormally blocked, it can be diverted to the south and bought from the north."

Ye Xianggao added: "This is something that happened when Yang Zixuan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was in the imperial court. It's a pity that it couldn't be done."

Zhu Youxiao nodded approvingly, then looked at Zhou Jiamo, "Maybe Zhou Qing arranges a suitable person to go to Tanggu to do this?"

Zhou Jiamo immediately said: "I suggest that Zuo Guangdou of the Metropolitan Procuratorate go to Tianjin to do this as a patrol censor."

Zhang Wenda, the royal censor of Zuodu, immediately expressed his opinion, "Your Majesty, the Zuo Communist Party is conscientious and diligent, and will be able to accomplish what Wang Shangshu said."

"That being the case, let Zuo Qing study with Wang Qing for a few days first, and go to Tianjin after the Yuan Festival."

Zhou Jiamo nodded and wrote down the matter on the wat board.

Zhu Youxiao went on to say: "Without agriculture, there is no stability, and without business, there is no wealth. In addition to getting grain from the fields, we also need to sell Ming silk, porcelain, etc., which can be exchanged for silver in the Song Dynasty, overseas."

Sun Ruyou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if farmers are attracted to pursue commercial profits and abandon their fields, the world will be unstable."

"The businessman is not something everyone can do. For example, studying to be an official, practicing martial arts as a general, and even my position, everyone knows it is good, but farmers will also weigh whether their children are suitable for studying, learning martial arts, etc. Even the Qing family present here, like the Duke of England, would not force his eldest son to take the Jinshi examination, and Ye Ge would not force his grandson to practice martial arts.

There is also the matter of the sea ban, that is, the imperial court does not open the sea, and there are no maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.The commercial tax of one thousand taels a year for each boat of the Zheng family can also deceive me, a blind and deaf person who does not leave the Forbidden City. "

The wealthy merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have long been famous all over the world, and Zhu Youxiao's words are not false.

Fang Congzhe hesitated and said, "Forbidden sea is a rule set by Renzong, it's not good to break the ancestor's rules."

"The vassal king led the guards to guard the land, or the rules set by the Tai/Zu."

Zhu Youxiao scolded Fang Congzhe unceremoniously.

"The times have changed. In order to protect the people of Ming Dynasty, we can't stick to the rules. We have to have enough silver to build better and more artillery and fire systems, otherwise we will be defeated by Jurchen and Mongolian fast-moving cavalry. Pressing and beating. Stopping the market, Mongolia and Jurchen lacked food, salt and iron, and Ming Dynasty also lacked enough war horses.

We need to defeat the Jiannu before the Mongols unite with the Jiannu. "

Han Yu said firmly: "Your Majesty, I agree to open the sea."

Liu Yixiu also said: "The minister also agrees to open the sea."

Whether to open the sea is immediately placed in front of the important ministers present.

The young emperor's eyes, filled with the expectation of a prosperous country and a strong army, and the earnest expectation that the courtiers would agree, swept across everyone's face and looked at everyone, making it hard to say no easily.