On the third day of the first month of October, in the Tai Warehouse, Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, walked around in the rows of silver shelves, with a look of joy on his face. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the field tax was divided into summer tax and autumn tax. The summer tax for fields is not more than August, and the autumn tax is not more than February next year. By this time, the summer taxes in the northern provinces had been collected. The transshipment of the transshipment, the transshipment of the warehouse of the surrender of the warehouse.

The so-called transshipment means that the local government directly transports the collected tax and silver to various yamen, military camps, health centers, schools and other institutions. The tax system of the Ming Dynasty was very complicated, and the institutions at all levels were very bloated, and the amount of money transferred each year was very huge.

But in general, the local transshipment tax accounts for about ninety percent of the total tax revenue. Only one-tenth of the tax is paid to the central warehouse. Tianjin, Shandong, and Henan, which were controlled by Li Zhi, all transferred the main tax revenue to various local agencies, and only paid a small amount of tax to the Tai warehouse according to the practice of previous years.

Therefore, the total annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is more than 20 million stones, but the silver taels recorded in the Tai warehouse every year are only a few million taels. In addition, during the Chongzhen period, the famine continued for many years, and the phenomenon of arrears in land was intensified. Every year, the income of the warehouse is decreasing. These fewer and fewer millions of taels of silver sometimes have to pay the military salaries of the border army, and even make ends meet.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen's finances have always been stretched.

However, after this change, the situation has improved.

The income of Shanxi and Beizhili this year is much higher than in previous years. Not only did the two provinces not have any tax arrears, but they also increased the amount of land by 20 percent and handed it over to the central government -- Zhu Youzhen followed Li Zhi's example and raised the land tax by 20 percent after the land was paid. Because the burden of the people is very low after the equalization, the people can bear the increase in the two fields of endowment.

Because of the huge base, after all the two percent of the land endowment were handed over to the Tai Warehouse, the amount was considerable.

Wang Chengen followed behind Zhu Youjian and said: "Shengshang, after the two Tianfu increased by Shanxi and Beizhili, the Tianfu handed over to the Taicang increased by 615,000 stones. These grains were sold to the market and were worth one thousand and thirty-three thousand taels of silver. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked in the middle of the white silver frame and nodded.

For the Tai Warehouse, which had an annual income of only more than 6 million taels last year, Zhu Youzhen had a lot more money at hand at once by 1.53 million taels -- you must know that the more than 6 million taels of silver had to be used to support the military salaries of the border troops who suppressed thieves and to deal with disaster relief in various places. And these 1,530,000 taels can be taken out and used in a mobile way.

Zhu Youzhen Wang Chengen asked: "Wang Chengen, if this 1.5 million taels a year is used to train the new army, how many new troops can be trained?" ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, the current monthly salary of the new army is three taels of silver, counting all kinds of equipment and miscellaneous uses, this 1.5 million taels of silver can support another 25,000 new army." ”

Hearing Wang Chengen's words, Zhu Youzhen laughed, if he could add another 25,000 new troops, Zhu Youzhen's control over the north would be greatly enhanced.

"Good! The nine-character change of the king of Tianjin is really immediate! ”

Wang Chengen saw that the Son of Heaven trusted Li Zhi so much, and remembered Li Zhi's attempt to dye Zhili, so he blinked his eyes and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen noticed Wang Chengen's face and said with a smile: "The king of Tianjin wants to control Nanzhili north of the Yangtze River? ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said, "Holy Lord, this is indeed the case. ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said, "The current Nan Zhili actually doesn't listen to my command. ”

Nanzhili is now under the control of the left-behind government in Nanjing.

The left-behind government in Nanjing was originally a "backup government" left behind by the Yongle Emperor after the capital was moved to Beijing, and was responsible for managing the affairs of the south, including the southern government. The reason for the establishment of this backup government in the first place was that Beijing was very dangerous on the front line, and that there was a way out in the event of Beijing's fall.

Originally, the left-behind government was semi-independent, but it was still controlled by Beijing.

However, since the Jiangbei Army and Li Zhi went to war, the officials in Nanjing basically did not listen to Zhu Youzhen's command. The military towns in the south completely obeyed the mobilization of Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa, and turned a deaf ear to Zhu Youzhen's holy decree. And last year, after the Jiangbei Army attacked Li Zhi for the second time, even the officials of the left-behind government in Nanjing could not control Zhu Youzhen.

Because Zhu Youzhen supported Li Zhi, Nanjing's left-behind government has become more and more independent. Li Zhi wanted to seize what the gentry had to eat, and the gentry in the south were desperate to protect their fundamental interests.

There were no clans or nobles in the Nanjing government, and all the members were civil officials who represented the interests of the gentry. These civil officials hated Li Zhi's bones, and even hated the Son of Heaven who supported Li Zhi, and had torn off the mask of loyalty and began to break away from Beijing's control.

It's actually quite understandable. You must know that in the original history, because the Donglin Party lost control of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it could instigate Zuo Liangyu to attack the "Qing Jun side" in Nanjing. And what Li Zhi wants to seize is more power than the court, it is the life of the gentry, and the gentry cannot sit still.

In addition to continuing to pay taxes to the Tai Warehouse, the south has completely disobeyed the imperial court in other affairs. Therefore, what Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, can control at present, is only Shanxi and Beizhili, which the new army of Beijing can determine.

However, even if Nanjing does not listen to commands, Zhu Youzhen's power is still greater than in previous years. You must know that when the Donglin Party controlled the imperial court a few years ago, Zhang Pu of the Fushe Society was able to make Zhou Yanru become the first assistant by bribing the ministers of the DPRK and China. It can be seen that at that time, Zhu Youzhen couldn't even control the city of Beijing, and the affairs in Nanjing were even more out of reach. At that time, the so-called personnel in Nanjing, was not the Donglin Party itself in charge?

The only difference was that Nanjing did not fight against Li Zhi at that time, and Beijing was controlled by civilian officials, so Nanjing and Beijing did not seem to be in conflict.

Zhu Youzhen thought of the things in the south, sighed, and said: "Now the Jiangbei army is like a rebellion, and even attacked the king of Tianjin when he was crusading against Dongnu and thieves, and he didn't take my holy decree in his eyes at all. ”

"Instead of letting the Jiangbei Army control the south and the north, it is better to let the king of Tianjin govern. In the end, the king of Tianjin is loyal, and the posture of Gongwei Daming is still very sufficient. ”

Wang Chengen sang, bowed his head and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the silent Wang Chengen, knowing that Wang Chengen was worried about Li Zhi's tail.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youzhen said: "I have never doubted the loyalty of the king of Tianjin. The crux of the day is that the imperial court is too weak. If the court is too weak, the king of Tianjin will make the court suspicious no matter what. Therefore, instead of restricting the king of Tianjin, it is better to use the power of the king of Tianjin to make a big court. ”

"Passing on my will to the king of Tianjin, the king of Tianjin, who is north of the Yangtze River, must be equally endowed. The 20% tax that will be increased after the equal payment shall not be withheld in the place, and the king of Tianjin shall pay all the taxes to the Tai warehouse. ”

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Wang Chengen's eyes lit up.

If it is said that the tax revenue after the increase in Nanzhili is 12 percent, and 90 percent of the "transshipment" is used by Li Zhi for local affairs, then the Son of Heaven seizes these two percent of the increase in taxes, which is equivalent to robbing 30 percent of the tax outside 90 percent.

Jiangbei has a population of nearly 20 million, and the two Chengtian Fu seized may have nearly two million taels of silver. If this is used to train the new army, it will increase by 30,000 people.

Wang Chengen rejoiced, arched his hand and said, "The Son of Heaven is Shengming! ”