"My lord, last month's bronze mirror, pancreas and Shanxi native specialties of the local merchants of the local business combined with the two hundred and twenty-one thousand four hundred taels, handed over to the provincial government thirty-three thousand two hundred and ten taels, all of which are fifteen out of one hundred, and the share of the merchants was handed over to the royal palace to make up the whole number of fifty thousand two taels, and the rest of the taxes in various places were eight thousand two hundred, because the autumn tax had not yet arrived, so roughly, there was only so much. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Denggao took the account book and entered the Qin Wang's Mansion early in the morning with a group of newly appointed Hufang Lang Zhong and the clerks, which has been the practice in recent months, and before the tenth day of each month, find a day to copy out the details of the various payments received in the previous month and send them to the Qin Wangfu for retention.

Li Jing listened to it, but his mind was a little surprised, he only picked up an account book, and shook his head after looking at it,

"All those who belong to the army, the twelve armies and each army recruit new soldiers, the drill expenditure, and the allocation of grain and grass along the way, just say that the third army from Pingyang to the Tianjing Pass front, it will be a full expenditure of 1,100 taels of silver, what a large expenditure, in June, the generals, soldiers, and Shanxi and Shaanxi civil and military officials should be allocated, the required 320,000, the local shortage is still around 200,000, you must quickly come up with a charter, don't drag the lonely king back."

The head of the household, who is responsible for allocating military rations and salaries and coordinating military supplies, Jiang Mingxiao, the former Ming Court and the Yamen Senator of the Three Sides of Shaanxi, suddenly frowned when he heard this, and came up and said,

"My lord, an army of more than 200,000 people, although each department of the Tuntian camp has its own grain and grass, but the ten field armies, once they are fully established, all 250,000 horses and livestock, daily grain and grass, will need as much as 6,000 stones, nearly 200,000 stone per month, the grain consumption is so heavy, and salt, tea, meat, etc., the total amount of silver is 300,000, so that the total amount of silver needs of each army is nearly 600,000 people per month, and this is not counting the military weapons. Artillery shells, etc., if it goes on for a long time, the lower officials are only afraid that the national strength will be exhausted, and the people will not be able to make a living. ”

He was originally a high-ranking official of the Ming court. Naturally, these accounts are the most sensitive, and with the introduction of the new bookkeeping method for appointment, it is clear at a glance that all kinds of shortages are even more shocking. The shortfall that now belongs to the provincial treasury is as high as 400,000 per month.

Before Li Jing could ask, he said again,

"The lord is benevolent and righteous and loves the people, and he is a saint, but in the land of Shanshan, he will never be endowed, only 30% will be offered to the king of Qin, and the labor also needs to be given silver and grain, such benevolence. Ancient and modern have not seen, it shows that the King of Qin is the first king of ancient and modern times to love the people, but the country has a word, no silver is unstable, the army has a word, no grain is unstable, ancient and modern China and foreign countries, it is better to be, two seasons a year, Ande grain and grass are only a million people. But with the lack of national strength, in the long run, reconciliation also? ”

Song Yusheng, the former governor of Taiyuan, Shanxi, and the current political envoy of Shanxi Zuobu also came out to persuade at the same time. "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Lord Jiang is right, although there are many officials in the land of Shanshan now, there is a reason for it, and the monthly needs are still a decimal. But the armies are almost a bottomless pit, and once they are filled, then we can't get over it? ”

At present, these people, whether they were out of helplessness or speculation, are now standing on Li Jing's side anyway, and they are promoted to the knighthood one by one, although their lives are harder than before, and they have not been able to find an effective way to be corrupt for the time being, but these people are full of enthusiasm one by one, that is, follow Li Jing, and if you can't live a few years, you will be from the dragon minister.

According to Gao Xun's words, he was in the Ming Court, supported the death of a chief military officer of Datong Town, and if he tried to go against Li Jing, the death of the clan would be light, and the history books would focus on mentioning a stroke of money, vainly rejecting the heavenly soldiers, extremely stupid, and it is not a pity to die that is terrifying, that bitter haha, willing to go against the newborn sun? Isn't this a rush to death?

Therefore, these people, whether it is for their own future or for their own posthumous reputation, they have to work hard to help Li Jing to complete the hegemony of unifying China, but now that they look at it, they are dumbfounded, that is, they are sitting on empty seats, and the tax policy formulated by Li Jing, the king of Qin, is not in line with the reality.

In terms of grain alone, don't look at the current Tuntian camp is in full swing, but there are less than 200,000 stones that can be handed over to the King of Qin and support the army to fight every season. That is to say, the whole army needs one month, two seasons a year, but two months, and the remaining 10 months need to be purchased from the civilian or other places, and the minimum standard of the army's rations is seven cents of miscellaneous grains and three points of staple grains, and the average price of one stone of grain purchased locally is one or two or five, and the purchase from other places requires more than two taels.

Ten months a year, it is two million stones, such a huge food gap, there is an easy way to make up, even if Li Jing uses almost all the taxes in the mountains and Shaanxi to make up for it, it can't be made up.

"Isn't the summer tax already in storage? Tell me how much grain did the political envoys of Shanxi and Shaanxi collect in total? ”

After all, the things produced and the money and grain earned from Gewu need to be built on a large scale in various places, and water conservancy and idle people should be recruited, so that these people will have work to do and food to eat, so as not to let them continue to work and harm the township, but a project of this scale cannot be completed overnight, and there are many places waiting for them to do it in all parts of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"Back to the King of Qin, the Shanxi political envoy Si Yamen collected a total of 520,000 stone in taxes, of which sweet potatoes accounted for as much as 50%, which can only feed livestock and allocate to the tuntian camp as military salaries.

Shanxi Governor Wei Bo'an is also helpless, the Qin army does not solve the logistics supply for a day, and does not solve the balance of taxes and expenditures for a day, then he will not be at peace for a day, you know, this is involving the safety of nearly 7 million people in 1.1 million households in Shanxi, if the King of Qin can't bear it one day, then is there still a way to live in this world?

Shaanxi Governor Hu Chunlai because of the end of May and June Shaanxi grain supplement, deliberately rushed from Xi'an to Taiyuan, originally wanted to reach out to Li Jing, this time, suddenly dumbfounded, together with the current shortage of the entire region is hundreds of thousands of taels per month, he also stretched out his hand, isn't this looking for a draw.

Li Jing pressed his body and asked sadly, "Did the batch of antique characters that were cleared at the beginning be sent to the capital and Jiangnan?" ”

He remembered that he had raided the local clans and the royal mansion, but he had obtained a lot of things, and now there were few pieces left in the entire Qin Palace, and all of them were taken out to prepare for silver and food.

When Li Denggao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a little embarrassment,

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, many of them are treasures, although I ordered people to collect them, but you are a prince, how noble your identity is, how can you not have such treasures by your side."

It's not that he is reluctant to give up these antiques and jade, but Li Jing's face is the façade of the seven million people and 300,000 troops in Shanxi. Isn't it a slap in the face of the entire Shanxi civil and military officials?

"Hugh has to mention more, the face of the lonely king is the people of Shanxi and the 300,000 army of the sword and a shot, not these external things, pass on the decree, but everywhere, no luxury is allowed to be kept, one should be handed over to the treasury, exchanged for money and food, the lonely king is determined to be in the world, and after sweeping the Central Plains, there are all these external things, if anyone wants to hide public property privately and fill his private pocket, Hugh blames the lonely king for not remembering the old feelings."

Li Jing got up suddenly, what is the effect of objects outside his body? Putting it there is also an ornamental role, he is now the king of Xifu Qin, with a heavy army, and millions of soldiers and civilians are desperately loyal, are you afraid that you will have no face?

So he pointed to Hu Chunlai, the governor of Shaanxi, who had just come out,

"Shaanxi's farmland and water conservancy needs in the second half of the year, a total of 250,000 taels of silver, from the Lone King's inner treasury first, and the treasury will be counted when there is more than enough in the future!"

Back then, there were as many as two or three million taels of robbery, not to mention the amount of money and food, just looking at the shortage, but the treasury and military warehouses in various places were full, these big clans were still really rich, even if they expanded the army like Li Jing, it was enough to support them for two years, that is to say, before the eighth year of Chongzhen, he didn't need to think about these.

What's more, in his Qin King's inner treasury, the trade routes are unimpeded, and each family's share has 100,000 silver taels per month, and it is also a million in a year, what a private country, in Li Jing's mind, I am the country! The lonely king's can also be shared among the three armies, all the goals are just to seize the country, and the country is in hand, so I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy it? !

"Yao Dequan, the decree of the mansion is the whole mountain and Shaanxi clan, those who privately store slaves, and those who occupy the land and occupy the people, will be severely punished, and the lone king will be punished, and all the servants in the Qin Wangfu will be servants, and there will be ninety-nine domestic servants, and there will be no increase, and the military and civilians in all parts of the country will decrease according to this example, and order Tian Cewei to strictly visit all places, and if they find out, they will immediately order the Yamen of the Division to arrest and deal with them."

Yao Dequan was born in Li Jing's personal guard, he was barely rescued from injuries on the battlefield, and he was raised with medicine, and now he is quite good, but he can't do heavy work, Li Jing saw that he had studied in a private school for a few years and was in good order, so he specially brought him over, and now he is the chief steward of the Qin Palace, and he is also considered his own person.

"Lord Wang, this little manpower, the huge Qin Palace, how can it be taken care of."

As soon as he heard this, he was immediately stupid, not to mention the hundreds of maids and servants in the Qin Palace, just now, there are as many as 200 people left, not only to take care of Princess Qin, but also Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, it is not enough, and it has to be abolished, isn't this to his old life?

"Since the place is big, then open the side door and use all the independent courtyards as office yamen, which just saves the time for the Lone King to summon the minister, and sends the order down, from today on, all the six rooms will be ordered to work in the Qin Wangfu, and all the excess houses will be vacated, the Lone King wants the world, not now, do you understand?" (To be continued.) )