Chapter VII Discussion of the Great Politics III

"But the military department doesn't have enough money." Zhang Zhen said.

"Not enough, how can it not be enough?" Luo Rucai said: "Isn't all the silver in Nanjing City in your hands? ”

Among the six departments, the household department, the ritual department, the criminal department, and the official department are all newly built, but the military department is different from the Ministry of Industry, the military department and the Ministry of Industry are Zhang Qian's old team, and two yamen have been built, and the floating wealth collected by Nanjing City before is in Zhang Zhen's hands.

Zhang Zhen said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, there was a lot of money at the beginning, but to support the war in the south of the Yangtze River, to support General Yang to fight in the west, as well as to repair the palace and build warships, especially to support more than 200,000 yuan of silver, in the past three months, the money has been spent like flowing water, even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, it is not enough to spend." The Ministry of War can't sustain this month. ”

Luo Rucai wanted to ask Luo Yulong if he had collected a batch of silver from Jiangnan, but before he could say anything, he immediately understood that now this batch of silver should be in the household department.

Although the household department is newly built, Luo Yulong's people are all up and down, and Luo Yulong naturally wants to put the silver in the household department.

"What does Tobe say?" Luo Rucai looked at Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng said: "There is some sterling silver in the household, but it is not much, but I don't know how much silver Li Shangshu wants." ”

"Expand the number of 100,000 horses." Zhang Zhen said: "The minister has no bottom in his heart, I don't know how many silver taels are needed, I have to go back and calculate it well before I can give the number, but the minister estimates that it is not millions of taels and cannot be lowered." ”

"In this way, the silver of the household department will not last long." Ruan Dacheng said: "Your Highness, although the household deposit is more than 10 million, it supports the expenses of the Ministry of War and Industry, and also supports the income of dozens of county officials, and these silver can't support a year. Therefore, the minister asked for an order to quickly Jiangnan and supervise the grain tax. ”

Luo Rucai's eyes narrowed slightly, glanced at Luo Yulong, and said secretly in his heart: "My son really didn't misunderstand this person." ”

At this moment, Luo Rucai was very satisfied with Ruan Dacheng.

What kind of courtier is a good courtier, and a courtier who can solve problems is a good courtier. can't solve the problem, even if it's full of flowers, it's useless, no matter how bad Ruan Dacheng's previous reputation was, but at this moment Luo Rucai doesn't care.

"Okay, since Ruan Shangshu has this intention, Lone will naturally not refuse, so let's go, you go to Jiangnan, send a thousand people to escort Lonely, and bring Lone's token, if necessary, you can requisition the garrison, and the Cao camp must not be violated." Luo Rucai said.

Qian Qianyi was shocked when he heard this.

In fact, Qian Qianyi listened to it very badly.

He is the first minister, but on top of the agenda, he can't keep up with the rhythm at all. A lot of questions don't know where to start. But at this time, he had to speak, and he said: "Your Highness, Jiangnan has been decided, and it is easy to be quiet and not easy to move, so I will send Lord Ruan to inspect."

Jiangnan, I'm afraid there will be a storm, please think twice? ”

Qian Qianyi knew that it was useless for him to say it, but he had to say that he understood very well why he sat in the position of first assistant, because he was talented, not necessarily, because he was close to Luo's father and son, not to mention, because of his fame, maybe a little.

In fact, the most important thing is because he is a Jiangnan native and is inextricably linked with Jiangnan Doctors.

Let him be the first assistant is to appease Jiangnan, he represents the interests of Jiangnan Shida, if he doesn't speak at this moment, who will listen to him in the future.

"Lord Qian, rest easy." Ruan Dacheng said: "I, Ruan Dacheng, am I not a person who knows the general situation, and His Royal Highness has also done it before, everything is just from the old system." How much the previous dynasty collected, this dynasty only has the reason to reduce or reduce and not levy more. ”

"But this dynasty does not recognize the fame of the previous dynasty." Qian Qianyi said.

Without fame and tax-exempt qualifications, there are too many people who have to pay taxes.

"Speaking of which, I have a suggestion, I propose to open the imperial examination in March this year, as long as you are admitted, won't you have a reputation." Ruan Dacheng smiled: "With fame, will there be less others?" ”

Qian Qianyi didn't know what to say for a while.

Not to mention, how many people regard Cao Ying as a rogue. I won't take the exam at all, just to say, even if I take the exam, how many jinshi can I get in one subject, but there are only about 300 people. And how much is the entire difficult tax-free land is a number that even Qian Qianyi doesn't dare to think about.

"Okay." Luo Rucai said: "Qian Shangshu, you go with Ruan Shangshu, inspect the scholars of each province, organize the examination of each province, and take the Jinshi examination in Beijing in March, I am waiting for your good news." ”

The shortage of people in Cao Ying's camp is not only the lack of the army, but also the lack of civilian officials, and in many places the original officials are retained. This is also the reason why the foundation of the places captured by Cao Ying is not stable.

The imperial examination is naturally an essential thing.

"Yes." Qian Qianyi said.

This is also his Qian Qianyi's plan, everything is the first thing to win people, Qian Qianyi already feels lonely, Zhang Zhen is an old man in the camp, it is not easy to compete with him, and Ruan Dacheng has won Luo Yulong's trust, and it is not easy to fight, he wants to come and go, only to gather more people. After forming a group, it is better to compete for their own interests.

Luo Rucai sent Ruan Dacheng and Qian Qianyi to Jiangnan, naturally one hand was soft and the other was hard, one hand was taxed, and the other hand was appeased.

Luo Rucai asked Yang Chengzu again: "How is Zuo Liangyu then?" ”

Yang Chengzu said: "Zuo Liangyu has no idea of attacking, but he has strong troops, and I have attacked several times, but I can't attack it." Moreover, fighting along the river, the naval division is unfavorable, and our army suffers too much. ”

"yes." Luo Rucai

"Sailors are a big problem. It is estimated that it will not be solved next year. ”

Luo Rucai did not pay attention to the issue of sailors, otherwise he would not have spent hundreds of thousands of taels to repair the shipyard, start shipbuilding, and form the Yangtze River Sailor Division under the relatively tight financial situation. But none of this can be done in a moment.

If nothing else, it is not an easy task for anyone to train a qualified sailor. Although there are many fishermen along the river, the warships are still different from the civilian boats. And Zhou Fuchen is not an expert in water warfare, but he entered the water division by mistake.

There are no qualified talents, and there is not enough time, where to train sailors who can fight well.

Luo Rucai looked at the people below and said, "Look, how should Zuo Liangyu fight?" ”

Qian Qianyi was about to speak, when he heard Luo Rucai say, "Zhang Xuan, you speak first." ”

Although Zhang Xuan is not in Wenchen's sequence, Luo Rucai still regards Zhang Xuan as his own think tank, and he wants to ask Zhang Xuan everything.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a while, and said secretly in his heart: "I can only play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses." ”

"Your Highness, since we are not in a good water war, we will not fight in water. Chen felt that General Zhenxi should be allowed to continue to confront Zuo Liangyu, our army set off from Jinhua in western Zhejiang, attacked Guangxin Raozhou, and set off all the way from the north bank and Hezhou, attacked Anqing, Luzhou, and converged in Jiujiang, I think Zuo Liangyu will not be able to sit still. When the time came, as soon as he retreated, General Zhenxi's army approached, and Zuo Liangyu was either forced to fight a decisive battle with our army or withdraw to Huguang. Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan also figured out a big shortcoming of the official army.

Even any officer and army capable of fighting, his friendly army will definitely not be reliable.

Although Zuo Liangyu did not dare to say that he could fight, his combat effectiveness among the officers and soldiers was still okay. But Zuo Liangyu's allies are all gone.

Zhang Xuan occupied Jinhua for so long, and there was not a single soldier from the west on the Jiangxi side. From Jinhua to Quzhou to Shangrao, it is an ancient road, which just bypasses the mountains between Zhejiang and Nanzhili, and is suitable for the passage of large armies.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu is not a qualified ally, but Zuo Liangyu's ally is probably even more unqualified.

Luo Rucai nodded slightly, pondered for a while, seemed to hear Zhang Xuan's words in his heart, and said: "Don't mention this matter for the time being, after you go back, you can rest for a few days, look at the scenery of Jinling, and go back to your station." After the world is peaceful, it is natural that you will be left in Nanjing to enjoy the blessings. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." All of you said it together.

Luo Rucai called Li Guofu over and told him to give every minister an annual gift as a reward. Luo Rucai naturally won't be stingy when he makes a move.

In the next few days, Luo Rucai will also call the generals who have been released separately to inquire about the situation. In short, as an emperor, there is almost no distinction between public and private.

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