Hearing Ning Yu's question, a wry smile appeared on Cui Wancai's face, "Now that the expenses of other aspects of the imperial court can be reduced, and the inner court has not left the treasury, there is no room to save...... Military spending alone accounts for the majority of the total expenditure. ”

This seems to be as if Ning Chu has now become a country with poor soldiers, in fact, this is not surprising, because almost all countries in this era are so poor and militaristic, and even more terrifying, just like in the Kangxi period, the Qing court had about 30 million taels of silver per year, but the military expenditure alone was at least 20 million taels per year.

During the Kangxi period, the Qing Dynasty's economic system of soldiers was composed of eight banners and green battalions, of which the eight banners were divided into eight banners of Manchuria, eight banners of Mongolia and eight banners of the Han army, totaling about 200,000 people, and the green battalion was between 500,000 and 600,000 people.

In addition, in previous wars, there are also officers and soldiers in the battle of the reward fee, this is a large amount, because in order to encourage the soldiers to work hard, often regardless of the huge military expenditure, often choose to double the reward of silver to boost morale, such as the battle of the three feudatories, Kangxi repeatedly doubled the reward of silver, resulting in a doubling of silver consumption.

In addition to the human factor, such as military rations and equipment are also an important expense. According to the regulations, the inside and outside of the mouth is a hundred miles for a station, and the transportation cost of each car in the mouth is one and a half cents, and the outside of the mouth is four dollars, especially when the department is accurate, it is thousands of miles at every turn, so the silver is like flowing water.

Therefore, under such such expenditures, the normal taxes of the Qing court were simply not enough for military expenditures, and other means were often used to loot the people to make up for military expenditures.

Of course, now this problem is also Ning Yu's turn to start a headache, at the moment there is only more than 100,000 troops, but it is also an extremely huge expense to really raise, according to the account book given by the Privy Council, if it is only the current scale, the daily military salary expenditure is five million taels a year, as for the ordnance, grain and grass and other expenditures are about six million taels, a total of 11 million taels, and according to the data given by the Ministry of Finance, Ning Chu's annual income this year is about 20 million taels.

"There must be no reduction in military spending at this time....... Otherwise, it will affect the future Northern Expedition. ”

Ning Yu pursed his lips, his face was a little helpless, judging from the current volume, more than 100,000 people alone is definitely not enough, if you want to go on the Northern Expedition, you must at least expand the army to about 200,000 to 300,000, which means that the military budget will at least double.

Not to mention why the Qing court used 20 million taels to support 800,000 troops, while Ning Chu could only raise 200,000 people, in fact, the composition of the two sides is completely different, like a green battalion guard's monthly salary is only one tael, while the soldier is only two taels, but the salary of ordinary soldiers in the Fu Han army is two taels, like the salary of officers and non-commissioned officers will be higher, in addition, such as food, military uniforms and other aspects, the standard of the Fu Han army is also much higher than that of the green battalion. Of course, these are also the sources of the combat effectiveness of the Fu Han army.

Dong Lin, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, had a thoughtful look on his face, "Your Majesty, if you can put the expansion of the army next year, it should be enough...... Because according to the expectations of the Ministry of Finance, the amount of industrial and commercial tax will be greatly increased next year, and it will be able to reach 10 million taels. The implementation of apportionment to the mu will also increase the land tax by a part, so that the annual income for next year will be between 26 million taels and 30 million taels. ”

It has to be said that Ningchu, as a new regime, coupled with the blessing of a series of new policies, performed much better than the Qing court in this regard, and only relying on a few southern provinces was able to raise the annual income to the level of the entire Qing court's annual income in the past, which fully shows that the Qing court's excavation in finance and taxation is actually very lacking.

"If there are 26 million taels next year, it is equivalent to a 30 percent increase on the basis of this year, and if there are 30 million taels, it will be an increase of 50 percent, and military spending can also be increased accordingly."

The brows on Ning Zhongjing's face softened slightly, and the corners of his mouth also showed a smile, "Judging from the current scale, it should not be difficult to expand five to eight divisions next year......

"In that case........ Then wait until next year, when the Privy Council will be given a new plan for military spending for the whole year, and at the same time, next year, the corresponding fiscal reform will be initiated. ”

Ning Yu sighed a little helplessly, he missed Ernst more and more, hoping that the other party could come back quickly, at least in this aspect, he Ning was really not very good at it.

After the relevant financial reforms, Ning Chu will be able to initially integrate the resources of the south, and spend another year to expand the army to about 200,000, and then be able to start preparing for the Northern Expedition.

However, according to the news obtained from within the Qing court, the 100,000 new troops that Yongzheng had high hopes for, I am afraid that it will take another two years of hard work, and there will be no way to fight the Fu Han army......

..................

In the capital, the camp of the Eight Banners New Army is now set up in Xishan, so the people in the capital are also called the Xishan camp, and there will be the sound of soldiers' drills and gunshots every day, which is quite lively.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

A group of new sergeants of the Eight Banners held muskets and lit the arquebuses under the command of the officers, but as the guns rang out, a thick white smoke covered everyone.

They were wearing a gray cloth short clothes, although they didn't look as energetic as the Fu Han Army, but they were not as colorful as the Eight Banners in the past, but they gave people an extremely down-to-earth feeling, and even some honesty.

These so-called Eight Banners New Army are not all real Eight Banner soldiers, a large part of them are Han people in Zhili, and then plus some Mongols and Hui people, they were disrupted and formed together to form a so-called Eight Banners New Army.

In the planning of the Qing court, the Eight Banners New Army will be established at about 100,000 people, which is also the greatest ability of the Qing court, after all, the current Qing court has lost half of the country, even after the reform measures such as apportionment into the mu, its annual income will collapse a large piece, and the burden of 100,000 new troops is already the limit, which is also the life-saving formula that Yongzheng prescribed.

Of course, these 100,000 people are not achieved overnight, according to the plan of Pingjun Wang Narsu, 100,000 people will be divided into three years to complete the training, and form combat effectiveness, of course, this will be higher for the quality of the soldiers, and the relevant training frequency will also be increased, only in this way can the training be successful in a short time.

The training time stipulated by Narsu is only one drill every three days, which is completely incomparable with the daily training of the Fu Han army, but in terms of training, it has been resisted by many soldiers, especially those real children of the Eight Banners, who hate it even more.

Because their good life has been going on for too long, they are no longer used to suffering like this. This also has a lot to do with their past experience, or the ancestral family law was not practiced like this at that time.

The Qing court prides itself on martial arts to determine the world, so it attaches great importance to the military training of the Eight Banners, the so-called 'now the Dutch Tianxu, the world is unified, do not forget the military equipment with peace, and still benefit from the practice of bow horses, and make excellent work', so "bow horse riding and archery" is the foundation of the Qing court, and it is also the training content that every child of the Eight Banners must complete.

However, even the subjects that are so important are not exercised once a day, such as the drill rules of the three banners stipulate that "two times a month to practice riding and shooting, and four times to practice foot shooting", to put it bluntly, six times a month, an average of once every five days. However, in addition to these trainings, that is, the spring moon will be divided into two exercises, and the joint exercises will be held once, and the autumn moon will be practiced once by the camps.

Even the frequency of such training has not been adhered to until now, and most of the drills have become in name only, such as the monthly practice of foot archery and mounted archery stipulated in the Eight Banners and Badges system, and most of the annual joint drills and assessments are perfunctory, so the combat effectiveness is becoming more and more relaxed.

Therefore, for these Eight Banners masters, they can't even stick to the past five days of exercise, but now they have to exercise every three days, which is simply too embarrassing, so that desertion, leave of absence can not come, looking for someone to replace, endlessly, more and more intense, but the new Han people, but can firmly abide by the rules, do three days a day.

It's not that Narsu doesn't know these situations, but the key is that he can't do anything if he knows, after all, there are so many people in the Eight Banners at the moment, and most of them have died in the south, and now these young men and women in the New Army of the Eight Banners are basically the last blood of the Eight Banners, and if the Eight Banners are recruited, I am afraid that even children will have to go to the battlefield.

For these people, Narsu had no better way, so he had to emphasize the military orders every day and arrange for the generals to carry out the military orders separately, but the final implementation result gradually failed.

Of course, there are also some Eight Banners disciples who are indeed training well, but compared with the Han and even the Mongols, there is no advantage in numbers, which makes Narsu a little vigilant. Expecting such an army to protect the Qing Dynasty in the future is a bit hanging.

"Stop! Roll call of the battalions! Check out the deserters who violated the order! Check the impostor! ”

When the training of the New Army of the Eight Banners was in full swing, Narsu's face was a little gloomy, and as his order was given, many guards took the roster and went to each battalion to start checking one by one, but now the people present were a little panicked!

"Deyin!"

"Here!"

"Chabu!"

"Here!"

"Zheng Yuan!"

"Here!"

...........

The winter sun is getting warmer and warmer, but at this time, some of the soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army are constantly breaking out in a cold sweat, and they feel more and more weak and trembling as they listen to the roster read out by the guards.

"My lord, spare my life, my lord!"

"My lord, we are innocent! If we hadn't paid for us, we wouldn't have been here......"

From time to time, some people were dragged away from the camp by the guards, they were basically farmers near Zhili, and they chose to impersonate them as the Eight Banners, of course, this was not in vain, basically every day of training, you can get thirty big copper plates, this is a good deal.

Seeing more and more soldiers being dragged away from the camp, Narsu's face became more and more gloomy, his nails clenching his palms, and the anger in his eyes became more and more intense.

It's time for the Qing Dynasty, and they're still choosing to cheat and cheat! If it is really destroyed, is it worthy of the ancestors?

When more and more soldiers were dragged away, the Eight Banners generals present lowered their heads in shame, and there were so many impostors, which shows what daily life is like, but for various reasons, no generals chose to be severely investigated and punished.

After all, it's almost there, if it really makes a big fuss, everyone's faces will be ugly!

However, when this matter was really exposed, Nalsu did not feel ugly, he felt more despair, with such a soldier to fight the Fu Han army, can he win? Even if such a soldier is trained, can it really be used?

Of course, it was Yongzheng who really dealt with this matter, he carefully looked at the excerpt presented by Narsu, but when he saw the back, he was angry, his eyes were dark, and the whole person felt a dizziness and almost fell down.

When the eunuchs saw Yongzheng's appearance, they were so frightened that their souls were gone, and after a period of scramble, they hurriedly went to invite the imperial doctor, but in this way, they were also frightened by the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department.

When Yongzheng felt a little better, his face became extremely pale, as if he didn't have the spirit of a living person, and he was still muttering in his mouth.

"This bunch of shit...... Without me, will the Qing Dynasty be gone immediately? ”

How sad! Yongzheng thought in his heart, the Qing Dynasty has reached this point now, he is still fighting with the accumulated evils within the Qing court without playing, starting to fight from all aspects, maybe this is like an old house, but it is much more troublesome to maintain than stepping on a foot, it is simply a matter of moving the whole body.

The ministers of the Military Aircraft Department who were kneeling on the ground were like mourning at this time, for fear that Emperor Yongzheng would just go, and it would really be over....... Fortunately, Yongzheng didn't have much of a problem, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, what should I do with this time?"

The face of the military department Shangshu Tuolai was also a little ugly, if these things were put in the past, it would be fine, but at the critical time of survival, it is simply a joke to make such a play.

Yongzheng let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "Discipline in the army must not be abolished, and everything should be handled in accordance with the discipline in the army." ”

The so-called discipline in the army, that is, the seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four beheadings, according to these disciplines, all the impostors involved are afraid that they will not escape death, and even worse, which can't help but make Torai feel a pang in his heart.

"Your Majesty...... Is it a bit too heavy? When it comes to impostors, almost all of them are children of the Eight Banners, and if they are strictly dealt with in accordance with military regulations, I am afraid it will cause instability in people's hearts......" Torai thought about it, and decided to make it clear, after all, he was killed in such a daze, and he was afraid that he would be responsible for the black pot in the future.

An abnormal flush appeared on Yongzheng's face, as if he was extremely angry, and his palm slapped on the table fiercely, making a 'bang', but it startled everyone.

"When is it, if we don't deal with it seriously, can our Eight Banners New Army still be called the Eight Banners New Army?!"