"It's the resumption of production!" Zhu Youlang said: "The art of war says, soldiers and horses go first before moving grain and grass, and fighting a war is to fight money and grain." The reason why our army was able to block the Tartars was because it was supported by the six or seven million taels of silver obtained from plundering the inferior gentry and feudal towns before, and the surplus grain produced by the people of Liangguang to ensure the supply of grain for the army, but this is not a long-term solution after all!

At present, the expenses of the imperial court's office, the salaries of officials, the military expenses of various towns, as well as the restructuring of the battalions, the expenses of the reorganization of the battalions, the expenses of the royal family, etc., add up, and I roughly calculate that at least 600,000 taels of silver per month will be used as a base!

If you continue to consume at this rate, the previous plundering income will last for another year and a half at most, and you will be short of money, and you will have to finish playing sooner or later!

The wool is out of the sheep, and now the military food of the 167,000 army of the imperial court almost all depends on the output of Liangguang, and the people of Liangguang are about to be overwhelmed, Du Aiqing may not know, on average, the people of Liangguang have to hand over at least nearly forty percent of the harvest to the government, in the long run, what is the difference between us and those Tartars who have been enclosed and plundered?

These 1670,000 soldiers can't all be raised by the people of Liangguang! ”

"Your Majesty means to spread it to Huguang?"

"Nope! Huguang's production is now about to collapse, and this year's taxes will not be levied, so let the people breathe a sigh of relief and fight for the hearts and minds of the people with the Tartars entrenched in Hubei. Zhu Youlang denied.

"Your Majesty......

"Tuntian!"

Zhu Youlang said: "Huguang has been war-torn and now there is a lot of wasteland. As long as the grain seeds are planted in the soil, there is hope, and when the barley and broad beans are ripe in early summer, the people will live in peace, and there will be taxes to be levied, and the excess grain will be loaned to the farmers without seeds, and the loans will be collected and taxed after the autumn, so that the summer tax for the coming year will also be settled. When the time comes, Gu Aiqing will draft a clause, issue a proclamation, find a cronie to be the camp inspector, and bring some old soldiers to take care of this matter! ”

"Obey the order!"

"In addition to Mintun, I also want to talk about the military tun, I calculated, the battalion restructuring of Liangguang and Huguang has reduced many people, and many old, weak, sick and disabled people have been brushed down, and the number of people laid off is also tens of thousands, plus the 100,000 family dependents of Xiying and Zhongzhen Battalion, the number should be between 200,000. They were set up in dozens of state capitals in Guangxi, such as Guilin, Wuzhou, Nanning, Qingyuan, and Liuzhou, and Changsha, Baoqing, and Hengzhou in Huguang, and requisitioned unowned wasteland and the military fields of the guards and gentry that had been embezzled by the gentry of the military academy to carry out tun fields, and the money and grain obtained were used to supplement military expenses.

The matter of Juntun has been implemented by Chen Aiqing in Guangxi, and there are already eyebrows, as for the effect, it depends on the harvest next year.

The army of 1670,000 needs to consume 15,600,000 stone of grain every year, and this year, it will be fully borne by the government treasury of Liangguang, and from next year, it must be halved!

As long as the military and civilian tuns in Huguang and Guangxi are effective, they will be able to greatly reduce the pressure on the people of Huguang and Guangxi and win the support of the people, so that there will be no impact on the people of Huguang and Guangxi, and the supply of the army will also be guaranteed. After Du Aiqing went back, I sent a letter to Mr. Qu who stayed behind in the bookstore, as well as Chen Aiqing in Guangxi, and the Qing had a good discussion and drew up a detailed charter, and I would ask Mr. Qu to send some public officials from the Xingdu to help the resettlement of various departments in Huguang and assist Gu Aiqing in handling this matter! ”

"Hmmm! Your Majesty is right, and the minister will do it immediately after he goes back! Plug Yinxi echoed.

"This is one thing, that is, to restrain all departments and strictly enforce military discipline. On the one hand, marching and fighting wars rely on strict laws and prohibitions, and on the other hand, ensuring that Tuntian achieves practical results and ensures that the people are not infringed upon, it is also inseparable from strict military discipline and the honesty and courage of the Xinjiang ministers. This matter has started from me, if you want to maintain it for a long time, you have to rely on the governor and the governor's yamen, the imperial court set up the governor is not a decoration, taking advantage of the imperial battalion stationed in Changsha, blocking Aiqing just took this opportunity to catch a few examples, and establish the authority of the governor's yamen! ”

Zhu Youlang said solemnly: "Gu Aiqing is also a person who has led soldiers, and he should know General Qi's "Actual Record of Military Training", in which General Qi repeatedly emphasizes thinking about and nurturing. What is Mental Dependence? It is to let the soldiers understand that the people pay taxes and raise soldiers, so that they want to protect their families and protect the country, and they do not engage in public wars, but harm the people, which is not tolerated!

In the past, Tang Taizong had a cloud: the people are the water, the king is the boat, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat! Meng Shengren also said: The people are noble and the king is light, saying that the people are the foundation of the world!

The so-called military and civilian fish and water situation! What is Fish? The army is a fish! What is Water? The people are water! Without the water of the people, the army will lose its roots, how can it win the war?

The reason why the officials and the army suppressed bandits, but they suppressed more and more, is because the people from top to bottom in the DPRK have forgotten their own identities and forgotten that the common people are the foundation of the country!

How simple the people of the Ming Dynasty are! As long as they have a mouthful of food to eat, a piece of clothing to wear, and a piece of tile to store, they are the most gentle people in the world. Since ancient times, only the officials have forced the people to rebel, so that the Confucian saints shouted that the government is harsh and fiercer than the tiger!

Why did the rebellion be suppressed but not destroyed, but entered the capital, isn't it because of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials up and down the court, like wolves and tigers, who forced the people to obey the people but could not get it, so they were angry and followed the thieves and rose up?

Look at the three or four years since Jiannu entered the customs, why the north and south of the river have not revolted, isn't it also because of the harsh government such as fleeing, shaving hair, and enclosing land!

When Chongzhen, the imperial court suppressed bandits, has always only suppressed but not soothed, even if there is a sooth, but it is a soothing thief but not soothing the people, and the official army is more ruthless and poisonous than the thief soldiers, pushing the people of the world to the side of the thief, the Ming Dynasty, only to fall to today's situation! A hundred years later, how can I face Emperor Taizu Gao under Jiuquan?!

The reason why I say so much is also to hope that you Aiqing can learn from the lessons of the past and not repeat the mistakes of the past, so that Huguang can be stable, recover the rivers and mountains, and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains can be expected to succeed! ”

Du Yinxi, Yang Qiaoran, Zhao Tingbi and others were in awe when they heard this, and patted their chests and promised: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the ministers will definitely govern impartially, purge officials, strictly enforce military discipline, and don't hurt the people again!" ”

Zhu Youlang nodded, his face suddenly became very grim, and he said with a cold face: "You have a heavy burden on you, in my opinion, this errand may not be so easy to do!" When it comes to the revival of the Northern Expedition, we must not stir up civil unrest again! If there is a half-point difference, I will not tolerate the extermination of the family! ”