After Guo Ye ascended the throne, the first court meeting, no, not a court meeting, but a state council, was held immediately after. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Guo Ye changed the original six departments to twelve in one go, this is not counting some other departments, many of them are newly added, except for a few people, they are all blind to the affairs at hand, Guo Ye urgently needs to give guidance to these people, at least give them a list of topics, let them find a way to solve it!

Guo Ye sat in the center, and Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang had not yet left, because the reorganization of the army had not yet been completed, and it was impossible to go to work so soon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Chinese Empire has been officially established, we have just begun, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, whether China can rise depends on all of you here."

Guo Ye said in a deep voice.

Guo Songtao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, just say what we should do, I have followed you for the longest time, and I know you very well, but I am afraid that you have already made up your mind." ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied, "Where is it." I'm not an immortal, I know five hundred years before, five hundred years later, no matter what, I have to think about it, if I am waiting to make a decision, even if I have three heads and six arms, it is not enough. ”

Guo Songtao nodded and said, "Then I also want you to tell the key points, what is the most important thing we have now, and what problems to focus on!" ”

Some of the people here are familiar with Guo Ye, and some are just nodding friends, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, no one wants to be reprimanded and refuted by Guo Ye as soon as he comes up, it is better to wait and see what happens, even Guo Songtao is a lot more cautious.

Guo Ye said helplessly: "Okay, the first thing, of course, is our army, now the strength of the five corps and fourteen divisions has been built, in the short term, in addition to preparing for the construction of a cavalry, there is no other task, the cavalry army will be the strength of two divisions, the commander is none other than He Qimou, as for the chief of staff and the division commander, it must be Luo Bicheng and He Tengjiao, however, now He Qimou and He Tengjiao are not in the Beijing Division, wait until they come back and start again, Xiaohai, let Bicheng hurry up and prepare, Capable forces will be drawn from all departments, and this will be our fast mobile force, ready to rush to the aid or strike any place! ”

Chen Hai nodded and replied, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this is just a familiar road for Bicheng, and there is no problem." ”

"There is also the military academy, because it is simple, let's get it up first, and then talk about it, and take other affairs slowly, as long as you can teach, the military academy will be in charge of you first, and the training and equipment configuration of the fourteen divisions must be accelerated, if the supply made by the Shandong arsenal cannot be supplied, then buy some from the United States or Europe."

Chen Hai nodded in agreement, and said: "Your Majesty, this will cost a lot of money, disbanding the green battalion and the flag battalion, and each person will be paid five taels of silver, which will also cost three million taels, and the purchase of arms for the people's army, even if it is produced by ourselves, and fully allocated, it will cost more than three million taels of silver, and the salary of the new army will be three taels of silver per month, and it will cost more than six hundred thousand taels of silver a month......

"Hiss......"

Everyone present gasped, such a number came out of Chen Hai's mouth, it was really scary! However, the disbandment of the flag battalion and the green battalion and the preparation of a new army will require an investment of at least six million taels of silver!

"I'm dripping! Your Majesty, such a large sum of silver! Although we still have some silver in our treasury, we are also very tight......"

Rong Hong, the chief of political affairs, is ruthless, Beijing City has long been emptied by foreigners and the imperial court, and now all the silver in the treasury is transferred from Shandong, it can be said that it is Shandong, even if Shandong is rich, it is impossible to hand over six million taels of silver at once!

"Chunfu, how much silver is left in the treasury now?"

Rong Hong gritted his teeth and said: "Three and a half million taels of silver have been transferred from Shandong, and then the indemnity of the four countries has been handed over to 600,000 pounds, which is converted into silver, 4.2 million taels, and a part of it, which will be all in place before the end of the year, adding up, almost 10 million taels, but it is this 10 million taels, we need money and food everywhere, and it is not enough to see at all, so we have to throw in 6 million taels in defense at once, plus more than 10 million taels of military expenditure of the new army a year......

Guo Ye also frowned, it's too expensive, but this must be done!

"Chunfu, you have to be clear, what we have done is a one-time expenditure, this year the disbandment of the flag camp and the green battalion, we spent a huge amount of three million taels, but from next year, we will save tens of millions of taels of military salaries every year, the People's Army's weapons allocation, is also included in the budget this year, after the expenditure, there will be no need to spend next year, next year's military spending will be fully relaxed......

"However, this year, we are very sad at this level......

Rong Hong said with a sad face.

"Xiaohai, what about the things you snatched from the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines?"

Chen Hai smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I knew that you would hit the head of this money, this time in the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, I really grabbed a lot, but some of it was to be paid to the mercenary corps, and some of it was to be paid to the United States of America as a lease fee, and all the expenses were deducted, and we still have 1.25 million taels of gold left in our hands now; four million taels of silver; Two million pounds sterling, all of which are added together, is converted into more than three hundred and sixty million taels of silver, and the rest is materials and equipment......"

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "It's just right, now Qilu Bank wants to open up overseas markets, and it is the time when it needs money to enter Europe and the United States, so all the gold and pounds will be deposited in Qilu Bank in exchange for silver, 36 million taels, plus nearly 10 million taels of the national treasury, which is enough for us to support this year!" Chunfu, you don't have to worry about it now, right? ”

Tens of millions of taels of silver! I really didn't expect Chen Hai to rob so much property in the first battle in Nanyang! Rong Hong was shocked like a sheep's madness, and the corners of his mouth trembled!

Even Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang on the side were already shocked and inexplicable, they were too strong, no wonder Britain and France and other powerful countries wanted to fight wars and invade other countries at every turn, and it was too easy to get rich!

"Your Majesty, now that you have so much silver, even if you raise troops now, and directly pacify Guanwai, Mongolia, and the Northwest, there is no problem, tens of millions of taels of silver! I'm dripping sky! ”

Li Hongzhang exclaimed! (To be continued.) )