"Father, this is the Tagawa Nanazaemon mentioned by the sons and you, he is the second son of the Duke of Quanguo, a young man who is good at naval warfare!"

Zhu Cihong ceremoniously introduced Tagawa Nanazaemon to Emperor Chongzhen, and the emperor was unhappy - why did Kou Baimen leave? It's so beautiful and versatile, but now the Oiran of the Teaching Workshop Division finally came to Xuanhu Palace and played so many tunes, but it was not enjoyable!

Hearing his son talk about Tagawa Shichizaemon, Emperor Chongzhen took his mind back from Kou Baimen, and glanced at the young man who came with Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen.

"Isn't Quan Guogong's surname Zheng?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little strange, "Why is his son's surname Tian?" What's going on? Is it biological? ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this question, he only felt a little twisted - how could it not be biological? How similar it looks! It's all so dark......

"Father, his surname is Tian Chuan," Zhu Cihong explained, "this is his mother's surname." ”

"Why do you have your mother's last name?" Emperor Chongzhen asked again, "Is it true that children born in Japan have their maiden names?" ”

"No," Zheng Zhilong explained, "because the minister's father-in-law, Emperor Tian Chuan, had no children, so he let the minister's second son change his surname to Tian Chuan and inherit the family." ”

"Oh." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, "Then what now?" Did you change your surname back to Zheng? ”

Zhu Cihong took over the topic and said, "Of course, I have to change my surname back to Zheng, otherwise I sound like a Japanese, how can I marry Princess Kunxing?" ”

What the? Marrying a princess?

As soon as Emperor Hongxing's words came out, Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, and Tagawa Nanazaemon were all stunned.

What's going on?

How could this kid of Nanazaemon be lucky with peach blossoms, and pick up a princess for nothing as soon as he returned to China?

Zhu Cihong smiled and said to Chongzhen: "I am nineteen years old, and the marriage cannot be delayed no matter what, but it is difficult to find a good match...... Erchen looked at the second son of Quanguo Mansion well, a talent, and proficient in naval warfare, he was a pillar of the country! ”

Chongzhen said in his heart: This Zheng Er looks very ordinary! Where is the talent? You rebel is interested in the Zheng family's money, and you want to sell your sister...... No, if you like the Zheng family's money, you should accept a few more daughters of the Zheng family, the dowry is not as much as the dowry! And the rebel son is very rich now, and he doesn't need to sell his sister for money.

It turned out that after Emperor Hongxing ascended the throne, the work of clearing land and inspecting land was intensified on all the territories firmly controlled by the Southern Ming Dynasty, and by the end of March of the 20th year of Chongzhen, the number of military fields that had been registered exceeded 70 million mu, which was double the 35 million mu before the Huguang War.

In addition, the work of clearing land and inspecting land is still going on in all provinces, and when the land of the eight provinces directly under the central government, including Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, is completely cleared, it is entirely possible for the number of military fields to exceed 100 million!

100 million acres of military land! The land rent that can be put into the warehouse alone is probably more than 30 million or almost 40 million stone white rice.

Of course, there are not so many rents that Chongzhen can collect in 20 years, but now the 70 million mu registered is gone, and there are 25 million stone white rice (in storage).

In addition, Hubei's ransom rice can reach at least 15 million stones, and the rent of military fields is 40 million stones! And the income from commercial taxes and customs duties will not be less than 123 million taels of silver plus 23 million Shiguan grain and rice.

I think that when Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, he could only receive 33 million stone rice (of course, at that time, the three hundred and dozens of guards in the world were all exterminated and slaughtered), and the commercial taxes and customs duties were not worth mentioning.

Now Zhu Cihong, the Hongxing Emperor, surpasses the Hongwu Emperor in terms of accumulating wealth!

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that the hands and feet of Emperor Hongxing, the great filial son, spent money on the same way that his ancestor Emperor Hongwu could not compare, so it was really like flowing water!

Among them, the largest expenditure was on the resettlement and relief of refugees in the north and the relief of the eight southern provinces. Now there are more than 10 million refugees in the northland in the southeast, of which about three or four million need relief and resettlement from the Ming court, and the sixteen generals' mansions are doing this! Chongzhen's nineteen years have already spent a lot, and Chongzhen's twenty years of spending in this area are even greater! After all, you can't go to eat big anymore!

In addition, in the past two years, many places in the eight southern provinces have also caused disasters, most of which are floods and droughts. Seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen years have been carried for three years, and if they are not saved, they will be suppressed wherever there is trouble...... This year, the finances have finally been relaxed, and it is natural to release some money and food relief.

Another expense is the big work everywhere!

One of the most important is the river workers who control the Huanghuai (the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huai River) - the Yellow River has been diverted for hundreds of years, due to sediment accumulation, river uplift and other reasons, the lower reaches of the Yellow River (Xuzhou Haizhou section) and the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River have become hanging rivers on the ground, as long as there is no drought, nine times out of ten there will be some big floods. If you make a small one, you will flood it, and if you make it bigger, it will be a monstrous flood......

Since the beginning of Chongzhen, because of the country's internal and external troubles, there is no money to govern, and the risk of the Huanghuai flood is increasing day by day. In the twentieth year of Chongzhen, the imperial court was finally a little more generous, and naturally had to arrange a budget for water control.

Another major issue is the cost of building cities in various places. These cities are roughly divided into two categories, one is the tuncheng, which is used to house the northerners refugees and the military dependents of the northern province; The second is the defensive fortress, which was mainly built on both sides of the Huai River to prevent the Qing army from moving south again.

And the third major expense, of course, is military spending! There are more and more troops in the Ming Dynasty now, not counting the feudal army, just the army under the jurisdiction of the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War, it looks like it will reach 400,000!

Adding a piece of military salary and military rations is an astonishing cost, and it also requires equipment and training! It is also necessary to prepare for a huge Northern Expedition......

Therefore, according to the budget made by Wei Zaode, Chen Rui, and Wu Xiang, the income of 40 million stone meters and 123 million taels of silver has already been found...... However, there is no deficit in the end, and there is really no need to exchange Zhu Yujiao for silver flowers.

Zhu Cihong then said: "I will give another name to the Seven Guards, and it will be called Gonggong...... Ask for a mouthful, and in the future, I will establish meritorious deeds for my Ming Dynasty at sea! ”

Zheng Chenggong has already been decided! So Tagawa Qizaemon can only be used as other "meritorious", and now Zhu Cihong has a lot of martial artists called "meritorious service", so he gave "Tian Qi" the name "meritorious service", counting on him to go to the ocean to make meritorious deeds!

Although the initial defeat of "Tian Qi" was ugly, it doesn't matter, failure is the mother of meritorious service!

Besides, the failure of "Tian Qi" was actually arranged by his good brother Zheng Sen...... The Toyotomi loyalists on Jeju Island are still of great use! You can't just mess around and wipe it out.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your name!" Tagawa Nanazaemon, oh, it should be called Zheng Jiangong now, of course he was excited, and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Cihong to thank him.

"And marriage!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Gonggong, you will soon be my Ming Dynasty's concubine, Princess Kunxing's husband!" Why don't you hurry up and thank me? ”

Zheng Jiangong patted Lao Tzu Zheng Zhilong with the corner of his eye, and when he saw him stunned, he knew that the old man was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you!" ”

The son thanked God, Zheng Zhilong couldn't think about it, so he had to bow to Emperor Zhu, Zhu Cihong waved his hand, signaled him to get up quickly, and then smiled: "This time it's kiss and kiss...... Gonggong is a genius in naval warfare, and he is also my brother-in-law, and the master of the Ming Dynasty, so he will stay in Jiangnan in the future and serve as the secretary of the Shanghai Sailor School! Meritorious service, you have to work hard, the navy of the Ming Dynasty depends on you! ”

Zheng Jiangong's face turned red, how could he know what kind of water warfare! The war against the remnants of Toyotomi on Jeju Island was a shameless, and if it weren't for the fact that the samurai who knew the Ming Dynasty had the courage to bear defeat, no matter how much he lost, he would have committed suicide...... At this level, it is really shameful to be regarded as a naval battle wizard!