After Feng Chengshi's report, Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly stood up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General, this is this year's household report, and you have to personally approve this report." Wang Zhongxiao handed a report to Zheng Chenggong.

Holding the report, Zheng Chenggong read it again and smiled bitterly again.

Wang Zhongxiao's report raised the issue of reducing military spending, which was a headache for Zheng Chenggong.

Now the large-scale infrastructure construction on the chassis of the Zheng family has caused the government's expenditure to increase rapidly, and now the government's household officials are already a little aggrieved.

Of course, those officials also knew the importance of the army, so they wanted to temporarily reduce the expenditure of the army, and temporarily let the treatment of soldiers return to the remuneration of the Ming Dynasty. They said that as long as they get through this difficult period, they will definitely resume the treatment of soldiers.

Zheng Chenggong was very helpless about the officials who proposed this plan, and the idea of being noble and cheap was still deeply rooted in these old officials. When encountering any difficulties, he never thought of reducing the interests of his own group, but first thought of deducting the salaries of soldiers.

Sometimes Zheng Chenggong would wonder if officials with this kind of thinking were playing Infernal Affairs, and if Zheng Chenggong signed this report, he was afraid that a large group of sergeants would defect to the Qing Dynasty with warships tomorrow.

After all, after the Battle of Anqing, there were still a small number of people who were not optimistic about the situation of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

There are also some of them whose own interests have been seriously harmed in the reforms implemented by Zheng Chenggong. Seeing that Zheng Chenggong was stubbornly committed to reform, they thought of taking refuge in the Manchus for the sake of their own interests.

Among these people, there are many merchants and landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as some scholars who have learned Bagu literature and obtained fame.

If it weren't for the fact that the Zheng family army still had strong strength, and if it wasn't for the army being loyal to him, I am afraid that many would betray him and defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong will definitely not be harsh on the army and thus affect his own regime.

Zheng Chenggong was very annoyed by Wang Zhongxiao, who proposed to reduce military expenses, but considering that Wang Zhongxiao has also made some achievements in taking care of the household department in recent years.

Zheng Chenggong also endured it and said to Wang Zhongxiao: "I don't agree with the proposal to reduce military spending. You ask the household officials to put together a new report. Tell the officials of the household department that it is impossible to reduce the expenditure of the army, and as for the financial shortfall, I will solve the problem. ”

"Yes, I'll tell the household. General, subordinates retire first! ”

"Hmm!"

Wang Zhongxiao also knew in his heart that when Zheng Chenggong sat on the dragon chair and scolded the general in public for being disobedient, a rift had already appeared in the hearts of the two of them, and he was no longer the general's henchman.

After that time, as long as it was not official business, Wang Zhongxiao would not appear in front of Zheng Chenggong.

Looking at the figure on Wang Zhongxiao's back, Zheng Chenggong was very annoyed.

Wang Zhongxiao dared to put forward the idea of reducing military expenditures, but his thinking had already been stiffened under the influence of the Four Books and the Five Classics, and he could not keep up with the pace of progress in the new period at all.

When you encounter a problem, you will only think of throttling, and it is a stupid way to throttle. As for the coming and going of open source, that is, those few things, tax increases, etc.

It's time to find someone to replace Wang Zhongxiao.

There is no hurry to find a new household secretary, and the top priority is to find a sum of money as soon as possible to cover the financial deficit.

But where did such a large sum of money come from!

Taxes, I just issued a decree before, saying that no taxes will be collected for three years.

He built his family with integrity, and finally won the trust of the people under his rule, and he must not slap himself in the mouth.

Maritime trade needs the help of the monsoon in order for trade to run smoothly. The merchant ships of the summer have already departed, and it is too late to organize merchant ships at this time.

Rob!

Having defeated Portugal and crossed the Netherlands, most of the strength in the South Seas is now sailed by Chinese ships.

Pretending to be pirates to rob China's merchant ships would seriously hurt the interests of China's maritime merchants, that is, it would damage Zheng Chenggong's interests.

promised to let Shi Lang go ashore in vain, but in fact, Zheng Chenggong knew that Nanyang was not suitable for Shi Lang to do business.

Not only did Shi Lang not be allowed to do pirates, but also the Nanyang Fleet led by Xu Long should be allowed to fight against those pirates in the Nanyang and maintain order at sea, so that those maritime merchants could sail with peace of mind, open trade, stimulate the economy, and increase taxes.

You can't buy and sell without capital, so where can you get a lot of money in a short time?

Zheng Chenggong lowered his head and thought hard, thinking for a long time but not finding a suitable one.

As soon as Zheng Chenggong looked up, he saw a map hanging high in the study.

After taking a look, Zheng Chenggong suddenly found that there were still a few places that were very suitable for trading without capital.

Fuso! Little devil!

Not only can you rob the devil, but you can also grab the Goryeo stick, rob Annam, and rob Burma.

It's just that it used to be a robbery of merchant ships by sea, but now it has become a land robbery city.

Formerly a pirate, now a pirate booster. (To be continued.) )