Chapter 518: Consumption
Half a sound later, there was the sound of light footsteps outside the hall, followed by the sound of boots stepping on the gold brick floor.
The Son of Heaven looked up and watched the chamberlain in a light yellow shirt approach.
"Official." After saluting, the chamberlain who entered from outside the hall said, "Taiwei Li Enmao led Lang Wei and more than ten forbidden troops to Jizhou. ”
The situation ahead is quite tense, Tai Lieutenant Li Jian is the commander of the soldiers and horses on the right, and the department is about more than 30 forbidden armies, including more than 10,000 cavalry, and the defense line is from the north of the Beijing Division to the north of Pingzhou, there are many Great Wall defense lines such as Gubeikou and Da'ankou, and the main defense is the northern captives in the north.
The war was a war between the Great Wei and Donghu, the main force of the forbidden army was outside Yuguan, and the imperial court gathered 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses along the area from Yunzhou to Zijing Pass.
There are still about 30,000 people left in the Beijing division of the Beijing camp forbidden army, in addition to five or six thousand Lang Wei, now the war has reached the most critical juncture, the Son of Heaven issued an edict a few days ago, that is, to order the Tai Lieutenant Li Enmao to lead more than 30,000 forbidden troops, plus more than 1,000 Lang Wei out of Beijing together, to the right side to meet with the Tai Lieutenant Li Jianbu, so that the strength of the right road is greatly strengthened, can prevent the northern captives from breaking through the border wall from Jizhen to Liaoxi.
Of course, this is only a superficial reason...... After more than 200 years of fighting and siege, the Northern Captives were no longer able to attack the Great Wei, and there was no need to increase their vigilance at all.
Liu Zhiyuan's crazy plan includes the intention of completely killing the Beiyu, but in fact, it is not too crazy in this regard, after all, the combat effectiveness of the Beiyu is really recognized as low to a certain level.
As long as you can resist Donghu in western Liaoning, or win a major battle, and then drive away the northern captives and restore many old Han and Tang dynasties, it is not impossible.
Now the Son of Heaven will certainly not be so crazy, send Li Enmao to leave Beijing, one is to strengthen the right side, to prevent the northern captives, and the other is to give the rest of the front generals a certain amount of supervision and prevention, the right road is the last road, the right road is in, then the Beijing Division, Pingzhou, Jizhou, straight to Yunzhou, Dawei still has a general defensive circle, the main generals in front, especially the recruitment of Li Guorui, will have a certain defensive effect.
This is no wonder to the Son of Heaven, and the two governments also have a certain degree of prevention when they raise troops and horses.
Liu Yu was an important minister of the Jin Dynasty, and during the Northern Expedition, he hurriedly led his troops back to Jiankang and usurped the throne.
Li Guorui is in control of 300,000 forbidden troops, and if he has a bad heart, of course, the disaster will be great. Although the system of the Great Wei was very different from that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was extremely unlikely that the ministers would succeed in trying to usurp the throne.
Of course, there is another effect, judging from Emperor Chongde's relieved expression, after Li Enmao left Beijing, the burden on the heart of the Son of Heaven was also reduced a lot.
"Lieutenant Deng Ming led the lieutenant Lang Zhongling." The Son of Heaven ordered: "I know that Deng Ming has been sick recently, so I gave him the Sword of the Son of Heaven, and I kept him in the palace to prohibit him, strictly investigated the traitor, and told him to be reluctant!" ”
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"The minister Deng Ming led the edict."
Deng Ming, who had white eyebrows, bowed down to receive the edict, and when he got up, his body swayed, and he was helped by the guards around him, otherwise the old man would fall down and not be able to get up as soon as he took over the post of Lang Zhongling, which would have become the first major scandal since the founding of this dynasty.
It received the edict outside the small east gate, and the respect of the Taiwei palace marshal was originally the head of the military ministers, Lang Zhongling was one of the nine kings in the Han Dynasty, and the palm of the Lang, the confessor, the period gate, the feather forest, the palm of the advisor, the edict, the guard, is the head of the Son of Heaven's close ministers, and is one of the most important ministers. To this dynasty, Lang Zhongling is actually in charge of Lang Wei, and the position is to guard the palace ban, of course, in terms of power and position, it is far from Han Zhilang's Zhongling, Guangluqing, but in the military position, the generals are still proud of being able to be Lang Zhongling.
Judging from Deng Ming's experience as the commander of the military capital, the commander of the Xiangdu, the general manager of recruitment, and the envoy of the festival and the captain, it is obvious that the reappointment of Lang Zhongling is only an expedient measure...... After the old lady resigned from Lang Zhongling for a while, Chen Changde, the most trusted general of the Son of Heaven, will definitely return to charge Lang Wei.
"Old lady, be careful." Chen Changde was waiting on the side to step down and hand over the seal, and when he saw this, he also hurriedly stepped forward.
"The old man is really old and decrepit." Deng Ming barely stood up straight, and he could still hold the horizontal knife hanging from his waist in his hand, although his eyes were dim, but in the depths of his eyes, there was also an obvious sharp light.
"However, the Son of Heaven trusts and can only do his best......" When Deng Ming spoke, the people around him were also a little inexplicably sad.
During the period of Wuzong, Deng Ming was already the commander of the military capital, after Wenzong, Chengzong, the four emperors of the current official family, forty years of military career, and now he is too old to be old, but he can't resign and go home to enjoy his old age.
"I can't go home." Deng Ming said to Chen Changde, Shi Yuji and others: "Now is an extraordinary time, and we need to be more cautious and careful. The palace guards and guards, and the old man deserves it. From today onwards, he will be guarding outside the gate of Daqing Palace, and in the Beijing Division, in addition to the forbidden army, he will have to rely on Lord Shi's Jin Wuwei to be on guard. ”
Lang Zhong ordered the palace to ban Lang Wei, the period gate ordered the gate of the Son of Heaven to ban the army, Jin Wuwei was in charge of the palace ban, and the entire capital was also within the scope of protection and vigilance.
"We must be more careful, and we must always be at ease in this crisis." Deng's reputation was very strong, not only to Shi Yuji and Chen Changde, but also to the many generals present.
When everyone hugged their fists and promised, Chen Changde smiled wryly, walked to Deng Ming's side, and whispered: "The official family has issued a red flag, and the general will not accept the order for a while, but will hold the red flag outside Yuguan to urge the war!" ”
Deng Ming first marched, and then smiled bitterly.
"Don't the officials even have the patience to wait until the spring is warmer?"
"Captain Li left Beijing, it seems that he is strengthening the right wing...... In fact, he is preparing to replace Yue Zhi. "Chen Changde, Lang Zhongling, is the real henchman of the Son of Heaven, and Deng Ming, the old lady, can also be Lang Zhongling, but most of the Jingshi garrison has left, and it is true that the Son of Heaven is a little worried. In the spring of last year, Xu Zi, the Marquis of Nannan, stirred up the situation in Beijing, thousands of people fought at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the middle of the night, and Liu Zhiyuan, the great counselor, was killed, after such a series of events, it is not surprising that the Son of Heaven is too cautious and cautious.
Deng Ming was silent for a while...... Of course, Li Enmao is also a general, and he also has a lot of military exploits, and his qualifications are enough. The most important point is that before he entered the Beijing division as the commander of Xiangdu, he once commanded Xiangdu in Hebei, and also served as the defense envoy of Hebei Road and the Hebei Forbidden Army, many of which were Li Enmao's old troops.
Later, Li Enmao went to Beijing and served the left minister Han Zhong, after the chaos in Beijing, the Son of Heaven relied on the trusted Li Jian, Deng Mingdu worshiped as the captain, Yue Zhi worshiped the captain with military merits, and Li Enmao was the son of heaven after weighing the left and right and reluctantly worshipping the seal, which was a result of the balance between the left and right.
Now that Li Enmao is leading his troops out of Beijing, Chen Changde and others are holding the red flag to urge the battle, and the meaning of the Son of Heaven is quite obvious.
If Li Guorui, Yue Zhi and other middle roads, the right army still does not dare to fight to break the enemy, then the Son of Heaven will first transfer back to Yue Zhi to ask for the guilt, and replace him with Li Enmao, and then it may be Zhang Guangen, or he may send one of the existing staff members and cardinal envoys to Pingzhou or Yuguan to supervise the battle.
The Son of Heaven doesn't ask about excuses and reasons now, what he wants is the result!
In addition to the left army, the middle and right army have more than 240,000 people and more than 100 armies of the main force of the forbidden army, there are more than 20 armies of all the forbidden army elite cavalry, there are 150,000 troops to help defend the camp, and there are more than 400,000 people to carry military supplies. On the sea, there are Wang Zhi and the imperial court sailors, civilian boats, and more than 1,000 mobilized ships, which are constantly transporting grain, grass and various military equipment.
Just building a city, digging a ditch and building a fortress, spending more than 20 million yuan, mobilizing 300,000 forbidden troops, 400,000 Xiang troops, 600,000 people, consuming nearly 10 million stones of grain, and more than 1 billion bundles of grass...... The Son of Heaven really can't wait.
"The Jiangnan Cao boat will not be sent to the new Cao until after April, and the old Cao has been broken." Chen Changde whispered: "Last year, the money was apportioned, except for the war in Fujian Road, which was not apportioned, the rest of the roads apportioned more than 10 million yuan of money has been used for 7 million, and the imperial court transferred the large treasury and the inner sealed pile warehouse, adding up to less than five million, and then it is so stiff, this money will be enough to use until the beginning of spring, when the new Cao has not arrived, the summer tax has not been collected, not to mention the military expenses, that is, the daily salaries of the forbidden army, and the daily salary of the forbidden army, and the expenses in the palace are saved again and again, but they always have to use money. When the time comes, the treasury will be washed and all salaries will be stopped, and I am afraid that the world will be in chaos within a month. ”
Shi Yuji also smiled bitterly on the side: "The sealing fee of the Son of Heaven is less than one million yuan." ”
The financial design of the Great Wei was quite reasonable, with the transit envoy being the highest economic co-ordinating official, and the transit envoy being responsible for all economic planning and management. The household department is responsible for the treasury and reconciliation, and the position is under the transfer envoy.
Under the excellent financial system, there are several methods of financial system, some of which are within the limits of income, that is, the financial department formulates the financial plan for the coming year and determines the expenses according to the overall planning, planning, forecasting, and income of the next fiscal year.
Another is to live within your means, that is, to plan how much tax you plan to spend in the coming year, that is, in the new fiscal year.
The other is to issue debt according to the tax plan, which requires a more modern and refined financial management system, which no country should be able to do for the time being.
Dawei has always lived within its means, that is, how much tax revenue is used to do as much as possible. Whether it is raising soldiers, building weapons, raising officials, supporting the royal family, as well as the expenses of local governments, necessary public welfare expenditures, etc., they are all spent from the income of a fiscal year.
The Son of Heaven of the Great Wei Dynasty has always had a very high income, not only the money allocated to the Son of Heaven from the treasury, but also some of the Son of Heaven's private income, such as the tax control income of wine and tea has always been directly into the Son of Heaven's inner treasury, including the trade income with the barbarians at the border tea and horse port, which is also directly into the Son of Heaven's private treasury.
For more than 200 years, the Great Wei Tianzi has certainly accumulated a lot of wealth, but it is not as much as he imagined.
There are always natural and man-made disasters, and when the state treasury is not enough to spend expenses, the Son of Heaven regards the country as his home, that is, it is time for the Son of Heaven to pay for it.
At the time of the succession to the throne, there were still more than 2 million yuan in the sealing pile treasury, and the money was not much, because Emperor Chengzong was too profligate, and Emperor Chengzong did not have a high evaluation...... Although the pile sealing library is the private library of the Son of Heaven, it should be taken into account for the use of the world. Since the Son of Heaven is raised by the world, it is only natural that the virtuous Son of Heaven should take into account the interests of the people of the world, squander it wantonly, and have no restraint, such a Son of Heaven has a very low evaluation.
Although there are many problems in today's official family, there is nothing wrong with using them wholeheartedly in state affairs. The expenses in the palace are extremely frugal, almost similar to Renzong in the history books. If the robe can be worn out, it is not allowed to make a new one, and the utensils can be used as they can be, and there are even many bronze utensils that are not given to ministers at will, but are sold to merchants for money.
The Son of Heaven has done this, and the pile sealing warehouse has been quickly filled with money, and by the time of last year, the amount of money hidden in the pile has exceeded 10 million yuan, which is the most record in decades...... Even so, after just half a year, like the more than 1,000 savings of the foreign dynasty, they were all spent.
Deng Ming was also a little shocked, the white-haired veteran bowed his head and muttered for a moment, as if he was looking for a similar situation in his memory, but most of the battles that Deng Ming remembered were the wars against Donghu in the past thirty or forty years, each time the forbidden army fought with the enemy in the territory of the Great Wei, most of them leaned on the city and defended it, and after the war, the place was rotten, the losses of the forbidden army had to be replenished, cities, towns, villages, dead people, destroyed houses, villages, roads, bridges, all kinds of reconstruction took a long time, and after a few years, The Wei army and the people of Great Wei had to fight against the Donghu Iron Cavalry again.
If this is calculated, how much more than tens of millions of losses have been lost in the north of Great Wei over the years? Even in hundreds of millions, it seems a little thin.