The figure given by Lin Jue was 25 million taels, which was obviously much lower than the figure of 30 or 40 million taels of military spending every year in the past. Lin Jue knew that Yang Jun must be making a big noise, but Lin Jue was not afraid, because this figure was calculated based on the total amount of soldiers and horses trained by all the local regiments of the forbidden army in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the amount of their salaries. In fact, the balance of five million taels was relaxed. An additional 5,000,000 taels will be charged every three years. Of course, this is not a temporary expenditure in the event of a sudden war, and in the event of a war, all resources will be tilted.

Once this plan is passed, then Yang Jun will no longer be able to change his clothes and ask for money for various reasons at will. The money is disbursed every year, and the rest is up to you. If you refuse to disarm, then you will find a way to maintain it yourself. If you want to change your clothes and horses at will, you have to spend your own money. That bit of silver is definitely not enough for you to toss, and if you want to reach out and ask for it, there is no way. You can only figure it out on your own, either cut the troops or don't toss. Weapons and armor follow the requirement of changing clothes once every three years, and no one will pay for your poor toss anymore. This is the meaning of the so-called lump sum.

Finally, the most important point is to thoroughly review the process of fiscal and tax payment. Throttling is needed, but open source is fundamental. According to the scale of the huge country of Da Zhou, the normal tax revenue would be 80 million to 100 million taels of silver. Before the law was changed, the tax was reduced to 60 million taels, which must have gone wrong. Maybe it's a local interception, maybe it's a statistical omission in the tax list, or maybe it's something else. In short, you have to look it up and figure it out. Clarify the channels for fiscal and tax collection, do not collect what should not be collected, and cannot be omitted from what should be collected.

This package of methods is exactly the drastic change made by Lin Jue and others to the three divisions of the yamen. Lin Jue made up his mind to first make the financial affairs of Da Zhou refreshing. Even if you are a poor family now, as long as you plan properly and plan well, you can still run smoothly.

Although Lin Jue did not agree with the radical practice of changing the law, after accepting the Sansi Yamen, Lin Jue understood their approach. Faced with such a situation, how could the two adults of Yan Fang not be anxious to change the status quo. The Great Zhou Dynasty is like a noble son wearing splendid and gorgeous clothes, but in fact, as soon as he takes off his clothes, his flesh and bones are craggy, and he is no longer human. As soon as the wind blew, this boy was about to fall, and at the moment he was just standing there, making people feel that he was still so noble and gorgeous.

Lin Jue was also grateful for some of the things left by the two adults. Some of the people in the Ordinance Department have been experienced, can do things in turn, and they are all practical people. This is the foundation for the rapid operation of the three divisions of the yamen in just half a month. In addition to the competent people, there is also the financial foundation left over from the reform of the Ordinance Division. Last year's fiscal and tax revenue exceeded 100 million yuan, which greatly relieved the pressure. Moreover, after the new law was repealed, the aftermath was put under the disposal of the three divisions, and Lin Jue was pleasantly surprised to find that although the permanent liquidation positions in various places were abolished, the discount of its official loans, silver and grain deposits was as much as more than 30 million taels. The standing position is operated independently, and the silver is not actually included in the financial expenditure, but is only handed over every year, and the principal bank is retained. This large sum of money is now all vested in the Sansi Yamen, which has greatly alleviated the large deficit spent on counterinsurgency relief.

On the third day of February, this package of plans and plans was written and sent to Guo Chong's desk. Guo Chong gave a great affirmation, but in one matter, Guo Chong's instructions were: the court decided by discussion. That's the proposal for a lump sum military spending.

Guo Chong undoubtedly pursued his old approach, and the method of covering military expenses would definitely attract Yang Jun's opposition, so he could not give affirmative instructions, but debated and decided in the court. He acts as an arbiter, thus maintaining his detached position and assuming an impartial posture.

Sure enough, in the court, as soon as Lin Jue's practice of covering military expenses was proposed, it was reprimanded by Yang Jun as a ridiculous move. Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai and other officials also helped to reprimand him as nonsense. The affairs of the armed forces are a major matter of the state, so how can we simply solve the problem of spending military funds in such a way? The two sides launched a fierce war of words in the court. Lin Jue, Du Weiji, and Yang Xiu laid out the facts, took the data, and calculated the figures of military expenditures over the years on the spot to prove the reasonableness of the lump sum figures. The annual military expenditure of 25 million taels is enough to maintain the daily operation of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

But Yang Jun didn't care about this, his attitude was extremely arrogant, so he almost pointed at Lin Jue's nose and scolded. One mouthful, one Lao Tzu, even many courtiers can't stand it.

In this case, Lin Jue had to give him some hard material, so Lin Jue said: "Yang Shumi, as far as I know, there are 180,000 or 90,000 people in the Great Zhou army who are empty men. These are all empty places, and Yang Shumi should check them out. It's not that the lump sum military expenses I give are less, but that there is a common practice of embezzling empty salaries within the army, and the military salaries of the imperial court are huge, and Yang Shumi should start from the inside, rectify these people, and recover these losses. Then you will find that the lump sum military expenses given by this official are more than enough for the daily use of the army. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the whole house was shocked. Lin Jue meant that there were 180,000 or 90,000 people in the army who were fictitious, and these fictitious people still received military salaries and money every month, and they could also be used as soldiers who falsely reported their deaths in wartime to receive court pensions. These 189,000 vacancies are as high as more than 3 million taels of silver from the imperial court every year, not counting the expenses of equipment and weapons replacement that exist at the same time.

Everyone looked at Yang Jun in astonishment, including Guo Chong, who also opened his mouth in shock. How could he believe that there would be such a thing?

Yang Junwan didn't expect Lin Jue to shake this scandal out. In fact, Yang Jun is not unaware of these things, but these things are commonplace in the army. When Yang Jun led the army himself, he actually did such a thing. There is a saying among the generals in the army: the military attaché court does not pay attention to it, and he wants to go to the battlefield to fight hard. Civil officials don't have to work hard, but they still have a high status and high salary, what's the good of being a military attaché? If you don't make some money, your wife, children, and parents will starve to death after you die on the battlefield. Under this guiding ideology, the generals of the Great Zhou Army made money. When there is a war, it is easier to make money, and many people are so mad that they use the heads of the people to lead the army. When there was no war, if they wanted to make money, they relied on empty salaries and deducted military salaries, or cheated money by changing clothes and horses. Some generals are bold in private and dare to resell. The arms, the equipment and armor that were transported to be replaced were sold for silver to fill their pockets. Some even dared to sell their enemies, and sold Da Zhou's swords and armor to deal with themselves, and they were extremely mad.

Although Yang Jun knows all this, he has always turned a blind eye. He was born as a soldier, so he naturally understands the psychology of these people. These people want to make money, as long as they don't make it too outrageous, he won't fix them. But these things are highly confidential, but I don't know how Lin Jue knows. It actually shook out.

How did Yang Jun know that Lin Jue had briefly served as the head of the East House in the Privy Council. Although Lin Jue didn't deliberately know these nonsense things at first, his officials called Ma Pijin a chatterbox, Lin Jue's time in the Privy Council was very short, but Ma Pijin still told a lot of secrets he knew in order to get closer to Lin Jue.

Ma Pijin may have made a very deep impression on Lin Jue because his words had a shocking effect, and took the initiative to talk about some dark things about the soldiers and horses in various parts of the Privy Council. Lin Jue was also shocked when he heard this, he didn't believe that these were true, so Ma Pijin got a file from somewhere. The file was full of evidence that the generals everywhere were eating empty salaries and deducting military salaries. They were all listed by others and reported to Yang Jun.

Lin Jue had to believe it, how could he not believe the evidence here? When I checked the leading officials involved, they all stayed in their positions, and none of them were dismissed or punished because of these reports. This surprised Lin Jue even more.

Lin Jue originally wanted to secretly investigate this matter, but at that time, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru were in prison, and later committed suicide. What followed was a series of revenge actions, and Lin Jue didn't have the heart to investigate this matter. It wasn't until Lin Jue left the Privy Council as the third envoy that he remembered this. So I memorized the numbers. It was just thrown out at this moment. As for the real evidence, Lin Jue did not have it.

Yang Jun didn't expect that these things were no longer a secret in Lin Jue's eyes. He had read all the report letters, and they were all kept in a file by him in his public house. The reason why he didn't say anything was because he didn't think these things were a big deal, and it was nothing for the generals to be greedy for money. And more importantly, these reports are precisely the means by which he can control these leading generals. As long as these people go to Beijing to report on their work, Yang Jun will meet them separately and show them these report letters. These people are naturally scared, but Yang Jun will tell them that he will suppress these things and keep them secret. It is said to be confidential, but in fact, it is to control these people to obey their orders. In the final analysis, Yang Jun is still for his own interests.

Originally, Yang Jun would not have leaked this kind of thing to his subordinate officials, however, how could there be an impermeable wall in the world. Ma Pijin, a civil servant of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has nothing to do on weekdays, but he is extremely well-informed about the gossip inside the Yuge Yamen. How could these things in the privy counsellor's yamen be concealed from their ears and eyes? The petty official in Yang Jun's public house, who was in charge of keeping the files, leaked his mouth when he was drinking with a group of yamen officials in private, so this matter became a secret in the yamen. Ma Pijin was also anxious to show his new boss his skills and attract attention, so he said this. He even took the risk to take out the file and show it to Lin Jue, and Lin Jue believed that this matter was true.

When the matter was revealed, Yang Jun was embarrassed and angry. Someone actually leaked this matter, which is simply bold. I thought that the Privy Council was monolithic, but now it seems that it is full of holes, someone must have leaked the news to Lin Jue, or Lin Jue bought off the people of the Privy Council.

"Yang Shumi, what's going on?" Guo Chong asked in a deep voice.

Yang Jun absolutely refused to admit this. He shouted: "Blood spews people, there is no such thing." Lin Jue, you ...... What evidence do you have? If you dare to talk such nonsense, you need to show evidence to prove it. Otherwise, it is a slander and a frame-up. ”

Yang Jun yelled with a red face, but in fact, he couldn't do it in his heart. If Lin Jue really came up with evidence, then he didn't know how to end it.