"Back to the prince's words, last year's green flag was a big loss...... The four solid mountain Ejinji have all reported a deficit! Among them, the worst is the Gushan Ezhen Division under the Dingnan Palace, and the accounts can't be read! ”

Fan Wencheng sighed there as he spoke. Zhenglu has four Gushan Ezhen Divisions, three are Laogushan, and the yamen are located in Liaocheng in Dongchang Prefecture, Shangqiu in Guide Prefecture, and Dezhou in Jinan Prefecture. There is also a newly established Gushan outside the Guan, which is responsible for the management of the Zhengluqi households that reclaim tuntian outside the Guan. These four Gushan Ezhen Divisions have all reported losses in the four years of Shunzhi!

Among them, the one who lost the most belonged to the Gushan Ezhen Division under the jurisdiction of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan...... The whole has to be served by the Ming army, and even Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, himself committed suicide and martyred the Qing Kingdom, so can it be good?

And although the Gushan Ezhenji outside the gate did not let people take the nest, it also lost the territory of Jinzhouwei, and this Gushan Ezhenji is newly opened after all, and it is difficult to create grass, with large investment, little harvest, and it is normal to lose a little.

However, the two Gushan Ezhen Divisions managed by Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming actually reported losses, but it was much beyond Dolgon's expectations.

"Why did Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming lose money?" Dorgon was weak when he spoke.

I don't know if I encountered something dirty when I was fighting backwards, the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, Amma, has been sick since years ago, and has been raising it in the Yansheng Mansion in Qufu City. In the past two days, my spirit has been a little better, but my face is still sallow, and I don't have much energy when I speak.

He lowered his tone a little more: "The territory of the two of them has not been occupied by the Ming army, and the casualties are not large, and they have dug graves here in Qufu for a month, can they still lose money by digging graves and robbing graves?" ”

There are also losses in the inverted bucket...... The good things poured out all belonged to the flag owner, Gushan Ezhen, Jiala Zhangjing, and Niu Lu Zhangjing, and the worthless ones were handed over to the flag, can they not lose?

Of course, Fan Wencheng can't say this!

"Huang Ama, the two of them have lost a small ......," Fan Wencheng said, "Shang Ke reported a deficit of 313,000 stone wheat, and Geng Zhongming reported a deficit of 288,500 stone wheat." ”

As a result of the full implementation of enclosure and oral land granting, as well as the sharp decline in the number of people, commercial activity in the Qing Dynasty was extremely sluggish, and many products were exchanged in terms of silver but wheat and cloth. It's wheat, not ground flour. Because wheat is easier to maintain and transport than flour, although the fields of the Great Qing Kingdom recorded flour in their accounts, they actually harvested wheat.

The deficit of more than 600,000 stone wheat reported by Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming is about 400,000 stone of flour, which is not less.

"That's less? It's all 400,000 stone flour......" asked Dolgon, huffing, "what about the graves?" ”

Fan Wencheng sighed and explained to the corrupt officials under the Green Flag: "Huang Ama, the treasures dug up underground are difficult to cash out now!" In this chaos, except for the southeast area, there are still some people who will buy it, and no one else is rare this kind of underground dug up. So these treasures haven't been sold for the time being, and if they haven't been sold, they won't be able to enter the account......"

In fact, the people of the Nine Emperors followed Dolgon's army, and they all arranged Mr. Palm-eyed, and if there is any good treasure, it can be discounted immediately, and how much to sell in the southeast is the matter of the Nine Emperors.

And Fan Wencheng, of course, received the benefits, and now he had to speak for the green flag, and he said: "The green flag has neither a coated slave nor many tenants to help, and as soon as they go on the expedition, it is inevitable that the farming will be delayed." But they can't plant land well at home, they are all outlaws who have no tomorrow today......"

After listening to Fan Wencheng's explanation, Dolgon could only shake his head. The two Gushan Yamen managed by Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming lost more than 600,000 stone wheat, Kong Youde's son Kong Tingxun (who took over his father's class) reported more than 2.3 million stone wheat, and the three Gushan together lost more than 3 million yuan...... In addition, of course, the Zhenglu Qinggu Mountain outside the gate is a loss, and it has lost more than 500,000 stone wheat!

Three and a half million stone wheat! There are also 2 million hundreds of thousands of stones when folded into flour, and how many fields are only paid in a year in the Qing Dynasty?

After reading Fan Wencheng's annual report of the positive green flag, Dolgon's mood suddenly went bad.

"Huang Ama, and the accounts of the old Eight Banners...... There is also a bit of a deficit," Fan Wencheng took a fancy to Dolgon's face, and whispered again, "Do you want to see it today?" ”

"Look! You have to look at the loss...... "Dolgon gritted his teeth, "tell me the number, how much did you lose in total?" ”

"A total loss of more than 3 million stone wheat...... Folded into flour is also more than two million. Taken together, the nine flags lost a total of about five million. ”

"Five million?" Dolgon's breathing was a little short, "How much did the imperial court earn last year?" Nine flags lost five million, isn't it ......"

Due to Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Henan Mansion and the third prince's visit to Liangshan, the autumn grain in Pingyang Mansion and Henan Prefecture was not collected last year, and the salt tax on Jiechi lost a large sum of money. Tianjin Wei's business could not be done, and the commercial tax was reduced a lot...... Therefore, last year, the land tax and commercial tax of the Qing Dynasty were added together, that is, more than 3 million stone flour and 780,000 taels of silver.

Because there are fewer people in the north and more land, there are fewer urban people who need to buy food, so the price of flour is also relatively low. The average price of grain is about one tael of silver for one stone of flour.

In other words, the tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty last year was not enough to make up for the deficit of the Nine Banners!

And the Qing Dynasty has not only nine flags, but also the imperial court, hundreds of officials, all kinds of great work, and various ceremonies.

In addition, whenever the number of troops sent by the point reaches a certain number, the imperial court will also give subsidies to each flag of the soldiers.

All together, more than 3 million stone (flour) was spent last year!

"Isn't it a loss of more than four million?" Dolgon's face turned pale!

A feudal state can have no money, but it can't lose a lot of money! There was no money when the Qing Dynasty rose, and there was no money when the Mongols rose. If you don't have any money, you can grab it! The absence of money means that there is an incentive to grab money, and at the same time it means that there is a low-cost army of bandits.

But losing a lot of money is another matter...... The current Qing Dynasty is largely incapable of financing, which means that once the treasury is depleted, losses will spill down – there is no way to keep the losses on the state's account through debt. It can only be absorbed by the Nine Banners and Thirty-six Solid Mountains below, and the Nine Banners and Thirty-six Solid Mountains do not have much to save, and once they are exhausted, the losses will be pressed on the ordinary bannermen.

Once the ordinary bannermen lose money and go bankrupt, then they will not be able to afford military service, and the Qing Dynasty will lose money. Now the Qing Dynasty will perish if it loses the war, and if it wins the war, it will perish, and it will not be possible to win or defeat it...... It will perish!

Why is it that there is always no escape from a situation of destruction? Dolgon's Qing Emperor Amma, it seems that he is really not good to be!

"No, not so much." Fan Wencheng hurriedly said to Dolgon, who was sweating in a hurry, "Huang Ama, we have seized a lot of grain and utensils in Qufu City. When chasing Kong Yinzhi, he also grabbed dozens of carts of silver, totaling 1.45 million taels. Together with the value of grain and utensils, it is enough to make up for most of the loss...... We Daqing only lost less than 1.5 million last year. ”

It's still a loss!

Dolgon's eyes darkened for a while, and it was easy to stabilize his emotions, "How much of our old foundation do we have?" ”

"After making up for this shortfall," Fan Wencheng said with a bitter face, "It's almost over, at most there are more than a million taels left...... This year's spring sowing of the green flag will definitely have to be delayed, and the battle with the Southern Dynasties will have to be fought, and subsidies will be required. Huang Amma, it seems that some taxes will have to be levied. ”

"How much can you add?" Dorgon asked.

"Add a million ......" Fan Wencheng thought for a while and added a little more, "Two million stones at most." ”

Dorgon touched his big bald head, his brow twisting into a ball. Last year, I robbed Qufu and got the savings of the Kong family, so I barely got through. Where to grab it again this year? If you can't grab it, how will the Qing Dynasty maintain it? This Emperor Ama is really not good to be......

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