Chapter Thirty-Six: The Camp Leaves Beijing

Clothes for the emperor can be combined into weaving, weapons for the emperor can be in the arsenal, but jewelry for the queen and the concubines, such work has no place to regulate.

Well, the delicate work of a goldsmith. It takes a master, and it doesn't take many people.

But the toilet paper used by the emperor, the pen used by the emperor, and there are all kinds of small things, and so on.

It can be said that all the materials in the palace to maintain the life of the royal family are not asked for outside the palace. In other words, as long as it is used, there is no intention of buying it from outside the palace.

Either produce it yourself, or let the following pay tribute

In this way, it is conceivable why the annual expenditure in the palace is at least one or two million taels, you know, many provinces have a year of tax revenue, which is only this number, not counting a poor province like Guizhou.

There is a great waste here.

During the period of the Empress Dowager, the manpower was reduced, and Zhu Qizhen has not expanded much, and even when Wang Zhen was eliminated, a lot of manpower was reduced.

But the total number of eunuchs and maids in the palace is probably more than 10,000. It's just that these more than 10,000 people spend millions of taels every year, and the waste in these workshops is also one of the major items, not to mention the hands of the eunuchs.

Zhu Qizhen immediately thought of it.

The advantage of such disposal is not only to free up a sum of living money, but also to reduce the expenses in the palace. Kill two birds with one stone.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, just do it." In this way, in a month or two, how much money can Shaofu raise? ”

Liu Dingzhi said: "In the opinion of the minister, it's hard to say more, three million taels, it's okay." ”

Of these workshops scattered around Beijing, there are two places that make major businessmen spend money.

The first place is that even if it is sold, under normal circumstances, the needs in the palace still have to continue, except for these workshops, there is naturally a purchase.

So where to buy from?

Naturally, from these original workshops.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the world was called Suzhou, and at that time, the world's fashion center and technology center were all in Suzhou.

But at this moment, it is different, the world's fashion is in the palace. In particular, Zhu Qizhen's appreciation taste is not quite the same as this era, for example, Zhu Qizhen doesn't like it, the pattern is too complicated, and for example, Zhu Qizhen's transformation of many furniture is like a briquette stove.

Zhu Qizhen has no intention of leading the fashion, he just wants to make his life more comfortable.

It's just an upside and downside effect.

For example, Zhu Qizhen doesn't like officials to kneel, and most of the officials in the world are just fighting. Of course, above the officialdom, unless there are several levels between the upper and lower levels, they generally rarely kneel, but Zhu Qizhen strengthened this.

For example, Zhu Qizhen likes to hold meetings, and he also agreed on a set of meeting procedures and sent people to record them. The Hanlin official of the palm of the living note is negative

Blame for that.

And when the local officials deliberated, they also followed this set.

Zhu Qizhen himself doesn't think it, but he doesn't know that many of his habits have been evolved and cultivated by many generations in later generations, and many people feel comfortable and convenient to do so.

Coupled with the internal injury of his identity as the emperor, he naturally became the strongest fashionista in the Ming Dynasty, and he was proud to imitate the fashion in the palace outside the palace.

As long as these workshops receive an order from the palace, even if they don't give money, they are willing, because this proves their authenticity.

The second place is the craftsman.

Most of the best and most skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty are in the palace, and it would be great if they could get these masters.

At this point, though, they're going to be disappointed.

Zhu Qizhen has always been interested in dismantling the artisan household system, although it has not yet been done with great fanfare, but under the industrial production promoted by Liu Dingzhi, this system is already disintegrating.

After all, such a division of labor production does not require artisans, but workers.

Therefore, these masters were attached to the palace before, which was a kind of life dependence. But when these workshops were sold, the relationship was naturally dissolved.

It is impossible for businessmen to get these people out of thin air, and if they win over people, it depends on their ability.

Thirdly, it is the land of these workshops.

If you know that people who are familiar with the place names of Beijing know that there are many places in Beijing called a certain field, and most of these fields are supplied to the palace, such as the famous Liuli Factory.

These fields, either inside the city or outside the city, were planned together when Beijing was originally planned.

That was a few decades ago, and Beijing was not the same as it is now.

With the passage of time, there are more and more people in Beijing, and it is not easy for the capital to live, and the housing prices have risen.

Now it seems that these workshops are located in the Golden Mile. Even if it is just bulldozing the workshop and building a house in its place, it can be worth a lot of money.

So for these reasons, these workshops sold for three million taels, which is still underspoken.

Especially in this piece of land, if the water flows for a long time, maybe the income will be greater.

Liu Dingzhi naturally left a sense of proportion for himself.

Although the imperial court is financially tight, it is not without any money, and it has these three million taels. If you borrow a little more, you will probably have the military expenses for sending troops.

As soon as the military expenditure problem was solved, the Wuying Palace became happy.

The next question is to discuss the selection and number of troops to be sent.

Zhu Qizhen asked Meng Ying. Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty, Liaodong Town only needs to send one army over, which is enough to stabilize the situation, and another 10,000 or 20,000 will be transferred to Haixi, and Haixi will not lose, about 50,000 to 70,000, which is enough to maintain the situation." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "If I want to give it, I will be ruthless first."

How many soldiers and horses are needed? ”

Meng Ying was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, Your Majesty asked the old minister to say, and the old minister doesn't know where to start." ”

Zhu Qizhen understood that the factors for fighting a war were too complicated, and where could a battle be won simply by increasing troops. But Zhu Qizhen also knew that although the increase in troops did not necessarily guarantee the victory of the battle, after the increase in troops, the probability of winning the battle was a little higher.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, the Chinese army stays behind." The other three armies were dispatched, and Shi Heng was familiar with Haixi, so he asked Shi Heng to rush to the aid of Haixi and take charge of the war in Haixi. With Yang Hong as the main general and Guo Deng as the deputy general, he reinforced Liaodong and was responsible for the war in Liaodong. ”

"Your Majesty." Liu Dingzhi said: "Such an estimate of three million taels is not enough. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I will go out of the inner treasury again, but the household department also has to find a way." ”

The internal transportation warehouse in Zhu Qi Town has almost reached the lowest level in history, but it is about three million taels, and if it comes out of the inner warehouse, Zhu Qizhen will really have to cut down on food and clothing, and cut a large number of palace personnel.

Zhu Qizhen believes that a financial system that works well on weekdays can squeeze out money at critical times, and as long as it is not squeezed all the time, there will be no problem.

After all, compared with several emperors in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen's finances were already happy beyond their imagination.

At a critical time, Zhu Qizhen had the courage to go out, if it weren't for Zhu Qizhen's lack of troops in the capital again, he would have dared to let the other four armies out.

After all, Beijing still has 120,000 city defense troops.

It's just estimated that Zhu Qizhen is willing, and others will not be willing.

What Zhu Qizhen said was categorical, and others could only agree.

Shi Heng said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Say." ”

Shi Heng said: "Haixi is too far away, plus the road to the south, all the armies have foot and cavalry, when they arrived, it is estimated that the daylily is cold, and now saving people is like fighting fire, the minister thinks that the cavalry of each army should be dispatched, with the minister as the vanguard, first to Haixi, the rest of the foot soldiers, and then slowly march is not too late." ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Meng Ying.

Meng Ying said: "Yes, the Chinese army stays behind, or you can exchange the cavalry of the Chinese army for Shi Heng." ”

With the principle of three horses and seven steps, each army had 15,000 cavalry. Shi Heng left 15,000 foot soldiers to replenish the Zhengzhong army, and then left the remaining 20,000 foot soldiers behind, with 30,000 cavalry, and left Beijing City on the same day, passing through Shanhaiguan, Liaodong first to Haixi. Yang Hong and Guo Deng set off the next day and followed Shi Heng to help Liaodong.

In this way, the main force of the tile spur and the main force of the Ming army collided again after fourteen years of orthodoxy. The new hatred and old hatred of four years ago must be re-liquidated.

The place of this collision is in Haixi and Liaodong.

Who wins and who loses is still unknown.

However, the Korean war has come to an end. The battle of Seoul has come to the point of seeing.