Chapter 153: Luzhou Victory

Luzhou Jiebao traveled from Chóng Qìng to Nanjing, but only a few days.

After Zhang Xuan received the news, he was overjoyed.

"Li Dingguo lived up to my expectations after all." Zhang Xuan said: "Brother Yuan, do you think the King of Dian should be rewarded like this?" ”

Yuan Shizhong pondered for a while and said: "Reward 10,000 taels of silver, give one to the Grange outside Nanjing, and make the son of Li Dingguo the marquis." Posthumously sealed for three generations. "There are naturally more specifics, but in terms of details, you don't need to worry about the Privy Council, and the people below can naturally do it well.

Yuan Shizhong mainly set a framework.

Li Dingguo is already the king of Dian Province, although it is impossible to talk about being unsealed, but there is still room for Li Dingguo to be promoted to the title.

After all, there are still many big battles ahead, if Li Dingguo still has a lot of opportunities to lead the troops, what if he makes new contributions?

Zhang Xuan also agreed with this, he pondered for a while, and said: "Li Dingguo's contribution in this battle is too great, he is not promoted at all, and he is a little unkind, so how about being named the king of Jin?" ”

The title of the king is also divided into upper and lower.

The highest kings are Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu, and other kings, all of which were the names of great powers during the Warring States Period, while the kings of Dian, Yue, Min, Han, and other kings are much worse than these kings. Li Dingguo's kingship, from the King of Dian to the King of Jin, can also be regarded as an improvement.

Yuan Shizhong said: "In the opinion of the minister, he is not as good as the king of Shu." Always leave some remnants for the future, be crowned the king of Jin today, and after the destruction of Wu Sangui in the future, what should be the king? I'm afraid that General Lee will not be at ease. ”

If there is a risk that the merit will not be rewarded, even if Zhang Xuan is confident that he can suppress Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo himself is not at ease. Li Dingguo can't rest assured, and I'm afraid he won't be able to use all his strength in the future war. After Zhang Xuan heard this, he said, "That's it." Wu Meicun drafted an edict. ”

Wu Meicun was just behind the small table on the side, listened to Zhang Xuan's words, and immediately put pen to paper and wrote the draft of the holy decree.

This manuscript has to go through several processes before it can be transcribed on the holy decree of the silk texture and pressed after the national seal. It is a decree with the force of law.

After rewarding Li Dingguo, Zhang Xuan added the power of Li Dingguo's governor Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan provinces to Li Dingguo. It can be said that all the war in the west was entrusted to Li Dingguo. At the same time, he carefully calculated the family background of the imperial court to see if it was possible to support Li Dingguo in Sichuan.

So Yao Qisheng was invited over.

Although Yao Qisheng is no longer the secretary of the household department, he is only a cabinet scholar, but he still undertakes the division of labor in finance.

The Ministry of Household has been divided into four ministries: the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Treasury, and the Ministry of Taxation.

Of course, these four ministries are also temporary, look at the situation, and say no

It will definitely need to be adjusted.

The degree of expenditure is to take charge of the budget and final accounts for the allocation of funds for each ministry, and to supervise and audit the use of each ministry. Therefore, the money used in that part must be reported to the degree branch first, but the degree branch does not care about the money. It is the treasury that manages the money, and the treasury is also in charge of the treasury.

In fact, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was originally the old name of the Ministry of Households, and in order to avoid Li Shimin, it was changed to the Ministry of Households. As for the Ministry of Taxation, it is in charge of local taxes, but this tax mostly refers to customs duties, whether it is customs, river customs, iron department, salt tax, etc.

Regardless of whether the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Taxation collects all the taxes collected must be stored in the national treasury.

Zhang Xuan was ready to establish a banking system based on the national treasury, but he didn't know where to start for a while, so he put it aside for the time being.

As for the other source of finance, the mint, it is independent for the time being. The idea that it will also be incorporated into the treasury in the future. And the treasury is not only stored in money, but also grain, iron, silk, cloth, etc., many different warehouses.

There's no way around it.

Although Zhang Xuan was bent on reform, but in general, Zhang Xuan still inherited the framework of the Ming Dynasty, although Zhang Juzheng had a whip law, all taxes were converted into silver, but after the chaos, sometimes physical goods are more important than money, such as food.

Zhang Xuan reinstated some taxes in kind.

In this way, there must be a place to store the things that are collected. That's why there is a huge treasury, not only in Nanjing, but also in various places.

These four are all under the responsibility of Yao Qisheng. Yao Qisheng silently calculated for a while in his heart, calculated the various uses, and said: "Since there is no need to transport grain to Guizhou, maybe you can save a little, and it is still possible to subsidize the military rations of the army of the King of Yunnan, but it is just to maintain." ”

"That's it." Zhang Xuan said: "I have approved the King of Dian and asked him to prepare military supplies in Sichuan, and you will send some capable generals from the Ministry of Households to help the King of Dian." ”

Yao Qisheng immediately understood and said, "The minister understands. ”

Li Dingguo solved many logistical problems on the spot in Sichuan, which is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. Li Dingguo's prestige was originally heavy, and among the Dian army he led, there were many old departments of the Great Western Army, and these people only recognized the second general, but not the Great Xia Dynasty.

If Li Dingguo can fully control the logistics, then Li Dingguo will have the ability to be independent.

With this ability, it means that Li Dingguo has the possibility of jumping back.

Although Zhang Xuan trusts Li Dingguo, in his position, he understands more and more that he can't pin everything on trust, and the trust between people can't stand the test. The best way is not to let Li Dingguo have this ability, so Zhang Xuan transferred officials from the household department to help Li Dingguo solve the logistics problem.

Of course, this is helping Li Dingguo,

It is also to restrict Li Dingguo.

At least Li Dingguo's financial resources also have to pass through these people. Coupled with Qin Meng, He Hutou, and Ma Shisheng, Zhang Xuan's diehards, as long as Li Dingguo is wise, he will not choose to rebel.

"How's the matter with the national debt?" Zhang Xuan asked, "Is there any disturbance to the people?" ”

Yao Qisheng said: "The minister is especially below, this matter is for the local officials to do it personally, and the people who visit are all local celebrities and gentry, so as not to harass the small people, the minister will also send someone to investigate." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "That's fine. ”

Although today's national debt has a strong sense of apportionment, different apportionment methods also have different results, and if the 10 million taels are apportioned to the people, it will not cause several uprisings. For a time, one tael of silver was spent by the people for a year, and ten million taels of silver could not be raised for how many people went bankrupt.

However, the local gentry and large families escaped hundreds or thousands of taels of silver a year, which may not have much impact on the family business.

Therefore, this kind of apportionment is not up or down, in fact, it is the same as Li Zicheng's torture policy, and the idea is the same. But the effect is different. In addition, many officials at the beginning of the new dynasty did not dare to be incorruptible. There are even some officials who have retired from the army and do not dare to extort money in the name of apportionment.

However, Zhang Xuan also understood that someone had done so.

This is where the cost comes in.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty died was because his tax cost was too high, and he received nine million taels from the imperial court, and he had to pay several nine million taels below. The same is true for the apportionment of national bonds now, only 10 million taels are in hand, and Zhang Xuan estimates that the gentry below will bear more than 10 million taels, and it is not clear how much more.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan felt the importance of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Inspectorate, these imperial historians are simply not doing their jobs. After Zhang Xuan ascended the throne, he was also busy doing things, and if he wanted to find out anything, he would use the close ministers around him to add the title of Qincha to investigate.

I don't want those Confucian scholars to bother him.

Therefore, the Inspectorate of Great Xia has no real name, and there is not even a chief official. It's just an empty yamen.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan had to admit that one person's efforts were not as good as the system. To monitor the world. These imperial histories must come into play. After all, a person's abilities are quite limited. But if this is not a person in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it makes Zhang Xuan even more uncomfortable.

If the future Metropolitan Procuratorate does not do things well, and is bent on finding Zhang Xuan's fault, it is called Kuang Fujun.

Zhang Xuan's criminals are annoyed to death, and he can't do anything to them, after all, these people are needed to govern the country, and Zhang Xuan used money to fight against the case. We can't keep fighting. Therefore, Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Who should be the chief official of this Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”