Chapter 332: There is not much time left for the Qing Dynasty! (Please vote, please order)
"Xuan Duanhua, Du Han comes to Haiyantang!"
As soon as Prince Gong left, Xianfeng ordered his ministers to go and bring Prince Zheng Duanhua, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Du Han, who had just been transferred to the position of Minister of the Han Dynasty in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Duan Hua and Du Han are the Manchu ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Han ministers of the Ministry of Revenue. They are both walking in the military department, and they are Xianfeng's confidants. From this, it can be seen that the one who is most worried about Xianfeng is not the one on the front line.
Military affairs, but the court had no money.
He had just discussed a way to save money with Prince Gong Yi, and now he had summoned two of his closest confidants to listen to their ideas.
"Your Majesty, you said that Prince Gong meant to let Luo Xueyan, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Jiang Zhongyuan and other Han ministers who were leading the army abroad be treated as villains and reduce the pay of the Eight Banners? I don't know how to deal with this matter?"
Du Han, the Secretary of the Han Dynasty of the Ministry of Revenue, seemed a little confused after hearing Xianfeng explain the method he had discussed with Prince Gong, so he asked.
"Duanhua, what do you think?"
Xianfeng knew that Du Han must have understood, but he was just pretending to be confused with him - he was a Hanchen! When it came to cutting down the crops of the Eight Banners,
Can he not be confused?
But Prince Zheng is an iron hat king, and he is also an iron hat king with real power. He cannot pretend to be confused!
Duan Hua frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, this servant thought that Prince Gong meant to ask Luo Xueyan, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Jiang Zhongyuan and others to write a letter asking the Eight Banners soldiers to go south to help in the battle!"
Xianfeng nodded lightly, this Duan Hua was indeed a loyal minister! Prince Gong did not dare to say anything about letting the Eight Banners soldiers help him...\n.\n..\n. But Duan Hua dared to say it!
The Qing Dynasty needs men like him!
Xianfeng looked at Du Han again.
Duan Hua pierced the window paper, and Du Han could naturally continue: "Your Majesty, I thought that Luo Xueyan, Zeng Guofan, and Zuo Zongtang should write the title book together. Now Luo Xueyan is holding Jianghaiguan, and Zeng Guofan is holding two
The Huaiyan Salt Transportation Yamen, Zuo Zongtang took the Zhejiang Customs...:.\n. If the three of them are willing to write a letter to invite the Eight Banners soldiers to go south, it will be possible to reduce the flag pay and lumi.
If the three of them refused to be this evil person, they would at least have to pay hundreds of thousands taels of tribute to the court, which would somewhat solve the court's dilemma. But...
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He started to speak but stopped.
Xianfeng glanced at him: "Du Han, just tell me what you have to say. I can tell you everything you know here!"
"Your Majesty," Du Han kowtowed, "I believe that even if the imperial court can save millions of flag pay, the national funds will still be insufficient. Today, Changmao already owns more than half of Jiangsu, most of Hunan, most of Jiangxi, and part of Jiangxi.
Hubei and part of Anhui...\n.\n:.\n.\nare all fertile places, and I'm afraid the situation has already reached its peak!
In the future, there may be a situation like the Northern and Southern Dynasties.:
"Duhan, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Duanhua roared as usual.
"Duan Hua!" Xianfeng waved his hand, "Let Du Han continue."
Actually...it would be nice to have the Northern and Southern Dynasties!
Today's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not like the "Heaven in the city, Qing Dynasty outside the city" in history. They can manage the countryside! The first half of Hunan Province that was captured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been divided into fields, although the industry and commerce have suffered a lot.
It was a blow, but the grassroots level of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was really established.
In the territories of Hubei and Jiangsu that were later occupied by the Taiping Rebellion, the division of land and land was also being carried out to fight against local tyrants. Although it was not carried out as quickly or violently as in Hunan, it was still advancing.
With the redistribution of rural land, a grassroots group loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is slowly forming...\n.\n.\n.\n. In fact, it is not too slow.
It's just that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is growing too fast, and there are too many places that need to be divided into fields and land for grassroots construction, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's cadre reserve simply cannot keep up, so it can only build a small area first, and select and train cadres while doing so.
, when there are more cadres, the process of dividing fields and land will naturally accelerate.
Once a new regime has a large base of followers, it has a broad base.
In addition, after all, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a newly established regime. The authority of the kings at the top was still very high, and their execution ability was still guaranteed. Historically, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had always had a strong execution ability before the Tianjing Incident. It was just the line of execution.
Not necessarily correct.
So as long as part of the current Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can implement the correct line...\n.\n...\nOnly part of it will be fine, then its development will be faster than that of the troubled Manchu Qing Dynasty.
In the end, even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not replace it, the situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty will occur. The strongest among the heroes derived from the Red Scarf Army will stand out and establish a new country to replace the Yuan Dynasty.
The current Taiping Heavenly Kingdom obviously has such a trend.
There may not be much time left for the Qing Dynasty to save itself!
"Your Majesty," Du Han said, "I am worried that once the situation of confrontation between the North and the South is formed, if the Northern Dynasty cannot cheer up its spirit, innovate its politics, and expand its financial resources, the annual income of the Southern Dynasty may greatly exceed that of the Northern Dynasty...\n.\n.\n.
\n. Nowadays, we rely on foreign guns and cannons to fight wars. Foreign guns and cannons are expensive, and all they cost is money!"
Xianfeng sighed: "Du Han, you are right...\n.\n.\n.\n. Only with money can we have an army and foreign guns and cannons! But where can I get money?"
"Only...\n..\n.\n.\nNew Deal!" Du Han said carefully.
Xianfeng nodded: "I know, I have been thinking of ways these days...\n.\n..\n. The opening of Tianjin, Yantai, Busan, and Vladivostok is already in progress, and we are purchasing foreign guns and cannons from the United Kingdom.
, I asked Yi to handle all the contracts for hiring foreign generals and soldiers!
In addition, I also sent Sushun, Yuanbao, Bai Siwen, Li Hongzhang and others as envoys to Europe. The next step is to open a factory in Tianjin that can make foreign guns and cannons, and also set up a Tongwen library to specialize in translating Western books.
..\n.\n.\n.\n.\nBut these new policies all cost money. But the court is really short of money now!
Duan Hua, Du Han, think about it carefully, what new policies are there that can bring you money?"
Come for money?
Of course Duan Hua and Du Han know how to get money....\n.\n. Because they both have a lot of money at home!
However, this way of getting money may not have much to do with the New Deal. It is all about the Old Deal, and may not be very glorious...\n,
Seeing that the two people were silent, Xianfeng actually understood a little bit: "Tell me, I'm not the kind of person who can't get rid of the sand in his eyes...\n.\n..\n.\nAs long as I have money, I can save the world."
Qing, I don’t care about the reputation.”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...
"Your Majesty is the True Saint King!"
Xianfeng smiled bitterly: "Tell me, if you have any clever tips, just tell me."
"Your Majesty, please let me talk first," Duan Hua said, "This imperial court is, to put it bluntly, an official shop...:...\nIf Your Majesty wants to make a quick buck, he can only sell his official titles!"
"Selling official titles?" Xianfeng frowned, "Didn't they start selling them already?"
Du Han said: "Your Majesty, there is not much demand for takeout now, and we don't sell it to the right person, so we can't sell it for much money."
"Oh?" Xianfeng asked, "How do you say it?"
Du Han said: "For example...\n...\nThe parents of Shanghai, Baoshan, Chongming, Jiading, Fengxian, Nanhui six counties and Chuansha Hall, the supervisor of Ryukyu Kingdom, the supervisor of Lanfang Kingdom, and the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture
, the chief soldier of Susong Town...\n...\nAs long as you sell to the right person, you can sell it at a good price!"
"This...\n." Xianfeng narrowed his eyes and said in an inaudible voice, "Is he selling his official position? This is obviously selling his name and equipment!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Du Han said, "Anyway, it is difficult for officials sent by the imperial court to take up posts in the vassal towns. Why not go with the flow and sell your official position in exchange for some money!"
Duan Hua added: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Water Transport, the Salt Transport Envoy to Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, the Governor of Jiangsu, the Prefect of Xuzhou, the Prefect of Haizhou, the Prefect of Huai'an, as well as the prefectures and counties under Xu, Hai and Huai, and the Admiral of Jiangsu,
Although official positions such as Xuzhou's General Soldier cannot be sold for much money,
But it can be used to offset the army. Now the imperial court still owes a lot of troops to several regiment training masters who have gone out to fight in the provinces. We can definitely give them some dispatches from local officials and let them earn it on their own."
Xianfeng nodded lightly: "That's a good idea! Is there anything else?"
Chapter completed!