Chapter 721 Annan wants to change
To be honest, even Emperor Chongzhen himself did not expect that the Ming Dynasty might have exempted taxes to the people in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, which meant that Emperor Chongzhen's treasury would have lost a large proportion of income, and this income would actually increase with the increase of the population.
But I can’t help but have no things to do. If I don’t mess with anything in the entire 14th year of Chongzhen, then wouldn’t this year be boring?
After all, tax exemption is not tax exemption. Commercial tax also adds an additional tobacco tax and luxury goods tax. The silver in the treasury is getting more and more day by day, and the silver in the royal family is also increasing.
If you have too much money, you have to find a way to spend it, otherwise what should you do? If you have it in a pigpen, wait for it to smell or store it in the treasury to wait for the baby to be born?
In fact, after the inventory at the end of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Guo Yunhou was thinking about how to get the silver out of Emperor Chongzhen's hands, at least a part of it would be scored.
Emperor Chongzhen originally thought about saving more money. He knew how much silver the money-burning monster, the Royal Academy, would cost.
However, after all the messy things in the Royal Academy began to produce results and were converted into production, Emperor Chongzhen began to have a headache about the problem of too much money.
Emperor Chongzhen, who couldn't find any good place to spend money and didn't know what to spend money to do, simply decided to build the Grand Cultivation Palace, the Chengde Summer Resort, the Annan Palace, and the Burmese Palace, and even the Imperial City in Nanjing had to be renovated.
As for the construction of railways and the renovation of capital cities, it belongs to the Ministry of Revenue. If you have to spend money, you will also go to the Ministry of Revenue’s account and have nothing to do with the treasury.
Mr. Guo could not agree to spend the money from the Ministry of Revenue on the royal family.
Then, Emperor Chongzhen simply left the mess and left behind the trouble, and took his teammates back to Nuergandus again.
In addition to his wife, his sons and daughters, they are all there, and there are also the slaves in Beishan who need to worry about it. Who has time to care about these money-spending matters!
Before he could rest for two days after running back to Nurkandus, Zhu Chunchen came to the door: "Your Majesty, Beishan Zhongwei and Beishan Right Guard have reset the troops of more than 20,000 people in the four guards, all of which are set up according to the standards of the first-level combat readiness guard."
After hearing Zhu Chunchen mention that these four guards were set up according to the first-level combat readiness guards, Emperor Chongzhen felt relieved.
The second-level reserve garrison is just like the second-level combat troops in later generations. It is even worse than the normal training intensity, and the weapon equipment is also far from that.
As for the first-level combat readiness garrison, they are all cheating in this era.
First of all, the training intensity is different. In addition to training, the first-level combat readiness garrison station is also training, and the training targeted in different regions is different. The most common training in Nuergandus is winter combat and jungle combat, and secondly, combat immediately.
In addition to muskets and cannons, each soldier will also be equipped with twenty palm thunders, a long sword, a dagger, a small crossbow with twenty crossbow arrows, and an additional suit of armor.
As for the question of whether the load will exceed the load for so many things, Emperor Chongzhen and the Governor's Office of the Five Army expressed their disregard for it.
A large amount of military expenditure is allocated every year, and all kinds of meat are available for almost every meal. If you can't keep up with your physical strength, you deserve to be eliminated and you will be eliminated and taken to the second-level reserve garrison.
Because simply eating, the difference between the two is very big.
The first-level combat readiness guard station has a pure meat dish for every meal, while the second-level reserve guard station requires that there is a meat dish every day. I believe that all the soldiers of the second-level reserve guard want to come to the first-level combat readiness guard station.
As for the bullets and shells of the first-level combat readiness garrison, the supply is even more open, and the amount of damage is random, and the amount of replenishment is not limited!
With such a high configuration, if you can't stop the Maozi in the north, it's worthy of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the number of Maozi slaves is not on the same order of magnitude as that of the Ming Dynasty, which means that Jiannu can still fight each other for a few more times.
Looking at the geoslide map in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen touched his chin and pondered for a while before saying, "The key is that it is not a big deal for us to just set up defenses?"
Zhu Chunchen immediately felt a pain and never thought about going to attack people now! Mughal has not been completely done, and there are still many troubles in the Ottoman side, and the Russians in the north are crazy!
Zhu Chunchen suddenly envied Shi Fenglai and Xue Fengxiang, two guys, who were civil officials, were just retiring and returning home when they were old, but what should I do?
Even if I am still a noble person, it is impossible to retire and return home. The previous leader of the Governor's Office of the Five Army was Zhang Weixian. Not to mention that he was exhausted, he was actually not much worse!
Now Zhu Chunchen hopes that Emperor Chongzhen will slap his head less and never fight with the Mao slaves on the other side of Beishan.
That broken place is really meaningless. When you have nothing to do in the future, you can go and fight it. Now don’t fight it first, okay?
Fortunately, although Emperor Chongzhen liked to make decisions with his head, he was not too stupid, and he was not so stupid that he declared war with the whole world now that he dared to do this, and the consequences were very loud.
In fact, if the Ming Dynasty is going to war with the whole world now, it is not impossible, and the chance of winning is almost 100%. Emperor Chongzhen sometimes wants to push the whole world away.
But in fact, looking at the problem from the perspective of an emperor is not as simple as beating.
The first is the population. When war is a battlefield, it is a very fair place. The unfair only the strength of their respective countries, not death itself.
The second is economy.
Putting all your energy into war will cause a deformed stimulus to the economy, and it will be difficult to redirect it after the war.
What’s more fucking is that the current overall environment makes the Ming Dynasty unable to find a suitable scapegoat like the Eagle Sauce in later generations. No one can bear it, so Daming can only bear it himself.
This is also the reason why Emperor Chongzhen has become more and more gentle in the country in recent years. Of course, gentleness is just a false image. Corrupt officials are arrested almost every day and killed every day, but it gives people the feeling that it is not as intense as when they first ascended the throne.
The reason is that when Emperor Chongzhen first ascended the throne, he only faced two choices: either to fight desperately and change the situation, or to wait for the rank of Coal Mountain in 17 years.
Now there is no Jiannu and no civil strife. The Ming Dynasty only needs to stabilize it step by step. It is a matter of time before and for a while to turn the earth into a pigpen, so there is no need to rush for a moment.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not choose to argue with the Russians immediately, but instead turned his attention to Annan and Myanmar and other regions: "What's the Annan Administrator's Office now?"
He had long been accustomed to Emperor Chongzhen's extremely jumping thinking. Wen Tiren bowed when Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Annan is generally stable now, especially after the last Imperial College quota incident, all Annan people were more honest.
However, as the Ministry of Revenue sent personnel to Annan to measure the land and rebuild the yellow book, there seemed to be signs of instability among the people of Annan."
After a sneer, Emperor Chongzhen turned his gaze to Xu Xianchun: "I ordered people to get all the recent reports from Jinyiwei and Dongchang about Annan."
Xu Xianchun bowed and responded, and ordered someone to go to the Jinyiwei to retrieve the files. He went to find Cao Huachun again and asked Cao Huachun to face it with the information from the East Factory.
Behind Cao Huachun, a small eunuch was carrying a stack of documents, and heading towards the palace where Emperor Chongzhen was, Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Do Commander Xu still remember a sentence when he searched the Fu Palace?"
Xu Xianchun smiled and said, "Of course I remember. Xu said that Annan, Myanmar and other places were ripe two or even three years a year, but it did not belong to my Ming Dynasty, but there was still the law of nature? That should be my Ming Dynasty!
Thanks to the reign of the Holy Emperor, now that Annan and Myanmar belong to our Ming Dynasty, even within three to five hundred years, we will no longer worry about food shortage.”
Cao Huachun shook his head and said, "It's not just three to five hundred years? In our opinion, even within a thousand years, I'm afraid that I will not be short of food in the Ming Dynasty.
Commander Xu, don’t forget, how much grain has Mr. Chen made in the Royal Academy? I wonder what those grains that were already high-yield in Annan and Myanmar would look like?"
Xu Xianchun nodded, but his expression was a little unfavorable: "What Master Cao said is, but those Annan people may not be a little ungrateful!"
Cao Huachun seemed to have no thought at all: "They are willing to seek death, so naturally some people are willing to help them. When His Majesty is furious, they will naturally know what it means to be like rain and to be like prison."
Cao Huachun and Xu Xianchun were chatting and walking, just like two friends who had been with each other for many years. How could you tell the appearance of Jinyiwei and Dongchang dislike each other...
When the two entered the hall, Emperor Chongzhen was gesturing the geometric map with his fingers and asked: "How many troops can be mobilized in these places?"
Zhu Chunchen said: "Yun and Guizhou can transfer 80,000 troops, Guangdong and Guangxi can transfer 150,000 troops, and Sichuan can transfer at least 100,000 troops. A total of 330,000 troops can be assembled within ten days and go straight to Annan by railway."
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, signaling Xu Xianchun and Cao Huachun to wait for a while, and then continued: "Where are the ammunition supplies and food?"
Zhu Chunchen thought about it for a while before speaking: "For food and grass, the Changping warehouse in Yunnan and Guizhou is enough to support it, and transportation by railway is even more convenient.
As for the ammunition, because there is no firearm bureau in Nanjing, all firearm ammunition supplies need to be allocated from the capital. It is estimated that it will take about half a month, and at most it will not exceed one month."
Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Hong Chengchou who was accompanying him: "What about the railway?"
Hong Chengchou bowed and said, "I will tell you that there are two routes to Annan in Guangxi and Yunnan. I will prepare enough trains in advance."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded but did not speak. He ordered Xu Xianchun and Cao Huachun to put down the information before asking: "Is there any news recently?"
Xu Xianchun said: "The latest news from the Jinyiwei has not yet been heard. If you send a message to Annan first and then reply from Annan, it will take half a month at the earliest."
There is no latest news about Cao Huachun's East Factory. Dongchang's power in Annan is not as powerful as the Jinyiwei.
Seeing that there was no latest news, Emperor Chongzhen ordered: "The Jinyiwei and the East Factory turned around and asked Annan to pay more attention. If there was any latest news, I would send it back in a hurry."
After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen turned his gaze back to Zhu Chunchen: "The Governor's Office of the Five Army is ready to make preparations for Annan to immediately quell the rebellion."
After Zhu Chunchen bowed to respond, Emperor Chongzhen turned his gaze to Zhang Zhiji: "Zhang Aiqing went to Xiaoling to worship his ancestors on my behalf, and then inspected Nanjing's military affairs and prepared with Duke Wei.
By the way, when I went to Xiaoling this time, I would take Dorgon’s heads to Emperor Taizu Gao to bring him the heads of the dog Jiannu to Emperor Taizu Gao, so that he would be happy too."
Zhang Zhiji bowed and said, "Yes, Emperor Taizu Gao must be very happy to learn that His Majesty has pacified Liaodong and Nuergandusi."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I think so, these heads are in Xiaoling. By the way, remember to send the heads of Huang Taiji's dog slaves to Deling to the emperor and tell him that I have pacified Liaodong."
Zhang Zhiji bowed again and said that you are the emperor. You can do whatever you say. You are probably the only one who has used human heads as offerings throughout the ages!
After Zhu Chunchen, Wen Tiren and other maids retreated, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Xianchun who stayed and said, "After saying that, what's going on over Annan?"
Although Xu Xianchun looked like he wanted to speak but stopped, Emperor Chongzhen still discovered it and simply let Xu Xianchun and Cao Huachun stay together.
Xu Xianchun bowed and said, "I call on Your Majesty, there are still some people in Annan. With a little guidance, Annan can change immediately."
Cao Huachun also bowed and said, "Old Master, I think Annan people are like beasts and act erratic. If the court treats them well, they will inevitably develop some thoughts that they shouldn't have. Wouldn't it be better?"
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It's not been a day or two for everyone in Annan. I'm afraid that when I was in Annan, these people were already looking forward to repeating the old story of Xuande, but it was because of the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet that they didn't cause any trouble.
Now that I have returned to the Ming Dynasty, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet have also been transferred away. The Annan people have lost the threat, and those thoughts that should not have in their hearts will inevitably begin to emerge. This cannot be stopped by just dozens of Imperial College quotas.
As for now, letting the Ministry of Revenue measure the land and rebuild the yellow book now, it shows our Ming Dynasty's determination to put it in his palm.
As long as these people can't hold back, they will inevitably threaten the people of Annan to rebel, and all the problems will be solved by then."
Chapter completed!