In order to decide this dispute between the army and navy over military spending, Li Xuan did not mess around, otherwise it would be easy to make a mess, so he was prepared to let the army and navy submit their respective military budgets before deciding on the proportion of military expenditure between the two sides.

In particular, the military budget for this year, as well as the military budget for next year.

According to the military budget, it is necessary to determine how much military spending will be spent first, and then coordinate it, otherwise, it is inappropriate to directly and bluntly say the proportion.

According to this principle, the army and navy are also prepared in advance!

However, to determine how much military spending is actually a difficult figure to determine, because military spending is multifaceted, including personnel expenditure, ordnance expenditure, infrastructure expenditure, training and combat expenditure, and so on.

For example, personnel expenses, which include the soldiers' settling-in allowance, monthly salary, food expenses, the cost of daily necessities, and battlefield rewards.

Then the ordnance expenses included the new purchase of artillery, muskets, ammunition, horses, carriages, swords, spears, bows and arrows, arrows, etc., and even the marching pots for burying pots for cooking.

Then there is the infrastructure, including the camp of the troops, the cost of building fortifications, and so on.

However, none of the above is the big head, the real big head is the training and combat expenses, it is said that the cannon is 10,000 taels of gold when it sounds, whether it is an artillery or a musketeer, in order to ensure their operations, the consumption of all kinds of supply ammunition is very large, even if it is a cold weapon unit is also a big expense.

Therefore, the military expenditure of the same army in peacetime and wartime is completely different, and it is the same in wartime, but the expenditure of frequent battles and resting for a while after a while of fighting is also very different.

Taking the Guards as an example, the current Guards has three infantry battalions that have been formed, a new infantry battalion, a baggage battalion, an artillery battalion, and a cavalry battalion, as well as a number of units directly under the military headquarters.

The above-mentioned units are still less than 3,500 men, but they need about 15,000 silver per month for daily maintenance.

However, if you participate in front-line operations, the cost will at least double, and the exact amount will depend on how many shells, bullets, arrows, etc., fired by the artillery battalion of the Guards, and how much ordnance is lost.

During the Battle of Guangzhou, there is no way to count how much money the Guards spent, although the military expenses of the Guards are said to be paid from the royal expenses, but in fact, the Guards embezzled a large amount of army materials during the battle, so it is not known how much military expenses were spent in the end.

This chaotic situation has also led to the fact that the current expenses of the navy and army of the Tang Dynasty are all messy, and they are all spent when they are needed, and the ghost knows how much money is spent, and how much money will be spent next.

In addition, the military expenditure in the early stage was directly allocated by the Ministry of Taxation, and the military did not take cash at all, so it will be difficult to calculate the military budget for a while and a half.

In the end, Li Xuan got an approximate data from the Ministry of Taxation!

It was impossible to count before, but in the first half of this year, that is, from January of the second year of Xuanping to June now, the Ministry of Taxation spent a total of about 1 million taels of silver on military spending.

And this is still cash, in addition to a large number of food, ordnance, clothing and other materials are not counted as money, if these are also counted, the above number will have to be more than one million.

In the end, the military expenditure for the first six months of this year converted by the Ministry of Taxation was 2.5 million taels of silver!

If it is in the second half of the year, considering that the military is still expanding its army and the scale of the war is also expanding, the military expenditure will be even greater, and 2.5 million yuan is definitely not enough, and in the end it may have to cost 3 million or even more.

The Ministry of Taxation predicts that military spending in the second half of this year will probably reach about 3.5 million taels.

If the first half of the year and the second half of the year are added, then in the second year of Xuanping, the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty will reach six million taels of silver, and this figure is only the most conservative estimate, in fact, not many people on the side of the Ministry of Taxation think that it will be six million taels, and with the expansion of the scale of the war, seven million taels are possible.

And how much is Datang's financial revenue? Based on the current control area, the Ministry of Taxation estimates that the normal fiscal revenue of Xuanping in the second year is about 6 million taels of silver.

Yes, that's right, the financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty for a year is not enough for military spending!

Although it is said that Guangdong has just been defeated, especially Guangzhou has just been captured, resulting in not enough tax revenue in Guangdong, the Ministry of Taxation expects that there will be a substantial increase in tax revenue in Guangdong next year, but even so, the financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty is not enough for military expenditure.

Not to mention, the various expenses of the Tang Dynasty are not only military expenses, but also various administrative expenses, relief, construction and many other expenses.

How the current Tang Dynasty replenishes the gap is to rely on the former Ming officials to raid their homes and seize all kinds of official materials and cash of the Ming Dynasty to supplement.

In other words, if Inspector Zhang, who was in Changsha, knew that the Tang Dynasty complained that the military expenditure was too much and the financial revenue was too small, he would be angry!

Since he took office last year, the imperial court has given him less than one million silver in military expenses! Although the total amount is more than that, at least more than half of it has been lost.

In terms of military spending, in fact, the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty in suppressing the puppet Tang thief army will not be less than the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty, but with the god of 'drifting', Zhang Yue can not get so much.

As for how Zhang Yue solved the military expenses, he naturally found a way in Huguang to let the local government collect food and other materials, let the gentry contribute money and grain, etc., and asked the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to help pay them, which were all methods.

Otherwise, even if Zhang Yue was an immortal, it would be impossible for him to maintain an army with a total number of 100,000 people in Huguang, northeastern Guizhou, Guilin, northern Guangdong and other regions!

If you add the military expenses given by the imperial court and Zhang Yue's self-raised, in fact, the actual military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty in this war is greater than that of the Tang army!

But the actual military expenditure on the army is less than half of the Tang Dynasty, why?

Again, the word 'drifting'.

Purely in terms of actual military spending, the actual military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty exceeded that of Zhang Yue's department.

Everyone in the world knows that the pseudo-Tang thieves have sharp weapons, but the cost of playing with guns is not ordinarily large, even if Zhang Yue wants to play, he can't afford to play!

The Ministry of Taxation gave a budget for military spending for the second half of the year, but the army and navy did not approve of it, and the budget given by the army was that they would need at least 6 million taels of silver for military spending in the second half of the year.

Reason?

One is to expand the army, the other is to expand the scale of the war, and the last is that they are ready to improve the treatment of the garrison, which is used to stimulate the morale and combat effectiveness of the garrison.

Therefore, the army pulled it out, and finally came to the conclusion that it would need at least 6 million taels of silver for military spending in the second half of the year.

Not to be outdone, the navy did not dare to say six million taels of silver, but said two million taels of silver!

In the face of the shamelessness of the army and the navy, Li Xuan directly sent back the two budget reports with a calm face, what are you kidding, this adds up to eight million, and if you chop up those tax officials of the Ministry of Taxation and sell them, you can't sell so much silver.

Then he listened to the army and navy talking nonsense for more than an hour, and finally made Li Xuan angry!

Today he regretted coming here, so he immediately got up and said, "You continue to discuss, no matter what, you must negotiate a result today!" ”

Then he went out directly, but at this time, he stopped and said to the attendant beside him: "They are not allowed to go out until they discuss a result, and besides, they can't let them sleep, if they dare to sleep, they will pour cold water directly!" ”

Then he thought about it for a while, and said: "You keep an eye on it yourself, and if they fight, immediately let the guards outside stop it!" ”

Li Xuan's voice was not small, and all the generals of the navy and army in the conference room heard it, and at this time, they all showed helplessness, and today His Majesty is afraid that he is completely annoyed.

But even if His Majesty is angry, but in the matter of the proportion of military spending, his own family must not back down!

So after Li Xuan left, when the guards outside the door closed the door again, the navy and army began to stare at it again!

Half an hour later, an army colonel was in a hurry to urinate and wanted to go out for a while, but was stopped by a sentence: Your Majesty has a decree, and the land and sea are not allowed to go out until they reach a relevant agreement.

And kindly reminded him that His Majesty just didn't let you out, and he didn't say that you might be able to solve it on the spot, anyway, there are bottles and cans.

The colonel was also simply, and after hearing this, he directly unbuttoned his pants, and then found a vase to pee.

If you want to make the army give in without peeing, this is absolutely impossible, think back then, our army and the puppet Ming army fought, such a hard thing survived, this is just peeing on the spot, what's the big deal.

Someone takes the lead, and the next person will naturally learn the same!

By the early hours of the morning, the more than 20 army and navy generals who were locked up in the conference room had already turned the conference room into a smell of feces and urine, so that the few scholars of the Hanlin Academy who stayed in the conference room and watched over them at any time had to wear masks.

And at this time, although the feces and urine smell very much, what bothers everyone more is sleepiness!

At one o'clock in the morning, Zeng Ziwen, who couldn't stand it anymore, discussed in a low voice with a group of army officers, and decided to give full play to the generosity of the army's big brother, and decided to give the navy a percentage point, and the navy could get six percent of the navy's military spending.

After Bao Yifen heard this, he showed a hint of sneer, did not answer, and directly shook his head and refused: "The army's move is too insincere, is my navy called Huazi, and it will be sent away in one percent?" At least 29 percent! ”

When Zeng Ziwen heard it, he had to talk about a fart, don't talk about it, everyone continues to fight!

Isn't it just not sleeping, who is afraid of whom!

In this decisive battle between land and sea, they will definitely not back down easily!