"It is to resume production!" Zhu Youlang said: "The art of war says that before the troops move, food and grass will go first, and fighting is to make money and food. The reason why our army can stop the Tartars is because the six or seven million taels of silver obtained from plundering evil gentry and vassal states before, and the surplus grain produced by the people of Guangdong and Guangxi ensures the supply of food and fodder to the army. However, this is not a long-term solution after all!

Now the funds for the court office, the salaries of officials, the military expenses of each town, as well as the reform of the camp, the reorganization of the battalions, the expenses of the royal family, etc., have a rough calculation and I will have to pay at least 600,000 taels of silver every month to make the foundation!

If you consume it at this speed, the previous plundering income will last for at most another year or two, and you will have to lose money and you will be able to finish it sooner or later!

The wool comes from the sheep. Now the 160,000-70,000-70,000-strong army of the imperial court is almost completely exported by Guangdong and Guangxi. The people of Guangdong and Guangxi are almost overwhelmed. Du Aiqing may not know. On average, the people of Guangdong and Guangxi have to pay at least 40% of the harvest to the government. In the long run, what is the difference between us and those Tartars who enclose and plunder?

These 160,000 or 70,000 soldiers cannot be raised by the people of Guangdong and Guangxi!”

"What your Majesty means is to spread it to Huguang?"

"No! Huguang's production is about to collapse now, so we will not collect taxes this year. Let the people breathe a sigh of relief and win the hearts of the people with the Tartars entrenched in Hubei." Zhu Youlang denied it.

"That Majesty...

"Military farm!"

Zhu Youlang said: "Huguang has experienced wars and there are a lot of wasteland now. We publish a payment agreement, let people open up land and borrow it by land. As long as the grain seeds are planted, there is hope. When the barley and broad beans are ripe in the early summer, the people will live in peace, and taxes can be collected. Lend surplus grain to farmers without seeds, and collect loans and taxes in the autumn. In this way, the summer tax for the next year will also be settled. At that time, Du Aiqing will draft a clause, issue a notice, find a trustee to serve as a camp inspector, and take some old soldiers to take care of this matter!"

"I obey the order!"

"In addition to the civil camps, I also want to talk about military camps. I have calculated that the camps and soldiers in Guangdong, Guangxi and Huguang have been restructured, and many people have been reduced, and many elderly, weak, sick and disabled people have been defeated. The people laid off were tens of thousands, plus the 100,000 families in Xiying and Zhongzhen camps, the number should be between 200,000. They were planted in dozens of prefectures such as Guilin, Wuzhou, Nanning, Qingyuan, Liuzhou, Changsha, Baoqing, Hengzhou, Huguang, etc., and requisitioned for military farmland from the military gentry enfeoffed by military academy gentry to carry out military farmland, and the money and grain obtained were used to fill military spending.

The military camp matter has been implemented first in Guangxi by Chen Aiqing. He is already in the forefront. As for the effect, we have to look at the harvest next year.

The army of 160,000 to 70,000 yuan will consume 150,000 and 600,000 stones of grain every year. This year, the treasury of Guangdong and Guangxi will fully bear it. From next year, it will have to be reduced by half!

As long as Huguang and Guangxi's military camps are effective, it will greatly reduce the pressure on the people of Guangdong and Guangxi and win the support of the people. In this way, there will be no impact on the people of Huguang and also ensure the supply of the army. After Du Aiqing returned, he wrote to Xingdu to stay behind Mr. Qu, as well as Chen Aiqing from Guangxi. You have discussed it carefully and formulated a detailed charter. I will ask Mr. Qu to send some public officials from Xingdu to help the resettlement of various departments in Huguang and assist Du Aiqing in handling this matter!"

"Well! Your Majesty is right. I will do it immediately after I go back!" Du Yinxi echoed.

"This is one thing, which is to restrain all departments and strictly enforce military discipline. On the one hand, marching and fighting requires strict laws and regulations and prohibitions. On the other hand, ensuring that the military farms achieve practical results and ensure that the people are not harmed is also inseparable from serious military discipline and the integrity and courage of the border ministers. This matter has already started with me. If you want to maintain it for a long time, you have to rely on the governor and the governor's yamen. The imperial court set up a governor and governor's yamen. Taking advantage of the imperial camp troops stationed in Changsha, Du Aiqing took this opportunity to seize a few examples and establish the authority of the governor's yamen!"

Zhu Youlang said seriously: "Du Aiqing is also a soldier who has led the army. You should know General Qi's "Real Records of Military Training". In it, General Qi repeatedly emphasized thinking about family care. What is thinking about family care? It is to let the soldiers understand that the people pay taxes to raise soldiers, so that they want them to protect their families and the country. They do not engage in public wars, but instead harm the people. The law of nature does not tolerate them!

In the past, Emperor Taizong of Tang said: People are water, and kings are boats. Water can carry boats and can also overturn boats! Saint Meng also said: People are noble but kings are light, saying that these people are the foundation of the world!

The so-called relationship between the military and civilians! What is fish? The army is fish! What is water? The people are water! If the people leave the pond of water, the army will lose the root of the battle. How can we win a battle?

Why do the government troops suppress bandits more and more? It is because the court, both the top and the bottom, forgetting that the people are the foundation of the country!

How simple the people of the Ming Dynasty were! As long as they had a bite of food, a piece of clothing, and a piece of tiles to keep themselves in their bodies, they were the most gentle people in the world. Since ancient times, only officials forced the people to rebel, so that Confucius called for harsh policies and fierceness!

Why did the rebellion be suppressed and destroyed? Instead, it invaded the capital? Isn’t it because the corrupt officials and soldiers from all over the court, like wolves and tigers, forced the people to obey the people and could not get it. Then, he followed the thief and rose up in anger?

Look at the past three or four years since Jiannu entered the pass, why did the uprisings across the country have been constantly caused by fugitives, shaving their hair, and enclosing land!

During the Chongzhen period, the imperial court suppressed bandits, but never tried to suppress them. Even if there were some support, they tried to slap the bandits but not the people. The official army was more cruel and vicious than the bandits, pushing the people of the world to the side of the bandits. The Ming Dynasty's country fell to its current situation! How could I face Emperor Taizu Gao in the nine springs after a hundred years?!

The reason why I say so much is that I hope that my dear friends can learn from the past and not repeat the same mistakes. Only in this way can Huguang be stable, regain the mountains and rivers, and hope to succeed in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!"

Du Yinxi, Yang Qiaoran, Zhao Tingbi and others were solemnly heard this, and they all patted their chests and promised: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will rule impartially, purify officials, strictly enforce military discipline, and not harm the people again!"
Chapter completed!