In terms of industrial, agricultural, and commercial financial expenditures, the total income in the previous months was only 80 million taels, which is already a loss.

The hearts of the people were heavy, and they didn't know what to say.

Zhang Qiang could only whisper to himself, "It seems that in the future, we will have to open up sources and reduce expenditures, what should be reduced must be reduced, and what should not be spent must be controlled, but this Longwu Imperial Court proposed to support them with money and weapons and equipment, and the army manpower could not help but support them." ”

Zhu Dadian continued to report.

"In terms of military spending, the 80,000 troops in the early stage spent 4.3 million taels of military expenditure every month, and this time the reorganization of nine integrated brigades, the two guards brigades and regiments spent a total of 21 million taels of reorganization, and it is expected that after the reorganization of all the integrated brigades, the cost will reach 45 million taels, and we will have troops at that time.

The field troops, 16 field brigades, each brigade with 7,800 men, and the two guards brigades with a total of 21,000 men and 146,000 men, have a military expenditure of 6 million taels per month, and it is expected that with the equipment of new weapons, military expenditure will reach 8 million taels per month.

In addition, in each county town, the garrison troops stationed at important passes, 3o large-scale garrisons of the thousand-household level, each with 1,300 people, 56 medium-sized garrison troops, each with 6oo people, and 8o garrison troops at the hundred-household level, each with 15o to 2oo people, with a total expenditure of 3 million taels, and the estimated future expenditure will be 3.8 million taels to 4 million taels.

These expenditures will be borne by the local government, but it will also weaken the local finances, and the monthly tax revenue paid to the governor's palace will be reduced by 1,000,000 to 2,300,000 taels.

It is proposed to reduce these garrisons by thirty to fifty percent.

There are also militia units, the strength and military expenditure of the recruit training units, the militia forces still need to be borne by the local government, about 300,000 taels to 380,000 taels per month, and it is recommended that the militia troops be abolished by 80 to 95 and let them become the labor force of the territory, go to the wasteland, farm, fish, enter factories, enterprises, and workshops, instead of training and guarding against the enemy all day.

The formation of the village guard was useful for the early stage, but now it is completely unnecessary for our core area, so it is recommended to abolish it and release the subsidized military expenditure of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan per month to the local government, so that their financial expenditure will be reduced and their income will increase. ”

Zhu Dadian This is equivalent to the financial report of the government, and he has an official account of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he put forward an opinion, which Zhang Qiang appreciates very much, it seems that a capable person is a capable person, a master of history, a master of history, has the ability and courage, and dares to put forward opinions to the superiors and express himself.

"Besides, the naval division troops, the monthly expenditure is 30 million taels, I suggest that from now on, in addition to the research department, the shipyard will no longer launch new ships and start construction, the six naval fleets have all been replenished, and the naval team has also been built, so the scale can not be expanded anymore. This will save the Doge's Office about 12,000,000 taels a month, otherwise our finances will go bankrupt. ”

Zhang Qiang was stunned, the expenditure reached about 150 million taels of silver, and the income was only 80 million taels of silver, if it wasn't for the large amount seized in the early stage, if it wasn't for the increase in trade income in the early stage, I'm afraid there would be no money to do anything now, and he would have gone too fast.

"And how much money do we have in our account?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"About 18 million taels, a total of 25 million gold dollars." Zhu Dadian said.

He Jin stood up, "My lord, it can't be like this anymore, the Longwu Imperial Court and we are not a force, although we help them for the sake of us who are also Ming people, but we don't get much benefit from helping them, the hard-earned territory has been taken away by others, and the taxes and property there are all people's, and we have to pay for the garrison to help them defend the Qing army, there is no such reason in this world." ”

You Haibo also nodded, "Yes, my lord, it can't be like this, and our support for King Lu's court will not only reduce the captive labor force in our territory, but also increase our financial burden, slow down our development, and the people will also have a lot of grievances." ”

Zhang Qiang touched his forehead, "Okay, from now on we will reduce our support for them, and we need to have profits to support them in the future, otherwise we can't support them anymore." This time we fought and got a piece of territory, Fuzhou Prefecture, and also swept Quanzhou Prefecture, Zhangzhou Prefecture led the islands on the sea, which will also contribute taxes to us. ”

After a pause, everyone digested his words, and then continued: "In the future, we will station the newly reorganized 16th Field Brigade in Shaoxing Mansion, the 16th Field Brigade in Fuzhou Mansion, and the 14th Field Brigade in Taizhou Mansion. The 1st Field Brigade was transferred back to be stationed in Puyun County, and the 2nd Field Brigade was stationed in Youlong County, on the border between Quzhou and Jinhua Provinces. Together with the 1st Guards Brigade, the 13th Field Brigade went to Baozhong City.

The remainder will be used as mobile combat units, and after they are formed, they will maintain their current military expenditures every month and will not increase their military expenditures.

In addition, the Sanfu Village Guards and militia units in the core area were abolished, and the garrison troops were allowed to take over the entire area and strengthen patrols. In this way, about 4 million yuan of military expenditure can be saved every month.

In addition, the sailors no longer build old and new ships, which saves about eight million dollars a month.

The naval division will no longer organize new troops, no longer increase military spending, and will reduce 10,000 old and weak sailors and wounded combatants who cannot be at sea, and will be able to save several hundred thousand yuan in expenses.

Reducing the financial support for the court of King Lu can save hundreds of thousands of military expenses, but we still have to support them in manpower and training, and it is estimated that when they seize Jinling, we will not need much support, just support Zhang Mingzhen, so that we can save three million expenses overall.

In total, we can save between $25 million and $8 million a month.

When Fuzhou Prefecture is stabilized, we will be able to increase our income by several hundred thousand to 1 million, and we will not open the Fuzhou Prefecture for the time being, but will transfer the cost saved to the construction of Baozhong City. After the construction of the place, we can add trade with the Spaniards and Zheng Chenggong, and it is possible to drive the trade of neighboring Southeast Asia and Nanyang countries, and it is estimated that there will be the bulk of our maritime trade income in the future, and our maritime trade income will be the majority of our financial revenue.

The trade income of the 6 places is also increasing, and the Longwu Imperial Court has a stable rear, which is the largest source of our trade income in the 6 places, which is why I want to help the Longwu Imperial Court to seize the Quanzhou Mansion and the Zhangzhou Mansion and the Chaozhou Mansion, and when we help the Longwu Imperial Court to seize the Ganzhou Mansion, we will also concoct it, so I estimate that the trade income of the 6 places will increase from more than 10 million to more than 20 million or even more than 30 million, which will greatly increase our income. ”

Everyone nodded secretly, and at the same time looked at Zhang Qiang with admiring eyes.

With such an adjustment, future fiscal revenues will increase, expenditures will decrease, and a balance of payments will be reached, and there may be a slight surplus, which will increase over time.

In the Longwu Imperial Court, there was also a meeting, and the ministers were dissatisfied with Longwu's repeated concessions and Zhang Qiang's favor, losing the face of the imperial court, and letting Zhang Qiang sit big, which was not good for the imperial court.

(End of chapter)

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