Chapter 190: The Storm Outside the Fortress (8)

Peng Chaodong's gaze always fell on the map, staring at the map and thinking.

Wanyan Shengcong was bold and bold, and it was not impossible to take the risk of cutting off the narrow corridor of the Western Liaoning Corridor.

Wanyan Shengcong presided over this Menggu tribal alliance and took the opportunity to proclaim himself the Heavenly Khan, is it just to ally the tribes on the grassland, use their power to attack the Liaoxi Corridor, and put pressure on him?

Peng Chaodong didn't have time to think about it, if Wanyan Shengcong really did this, it would be a great threat to him to painstakingly build the defense line of the Western Liaoning Corridor, once the weak defense line in the west was broken through by the barbarians, the entire flank would be exposed to the enemy. The flanks are exposed, and no matter how strong this line of defense is, no matter how deep it is, it makes no sense.

"The defense line of Liaoxi must not be lost!" Peng Chaodong knocked on the table and emphasized.

The hinterland of eastern Liaodong fell into the hands of the Manshu people, which became the foundation for the Manshu people to establish the Liao State. The Liao State has slowly taken root in the hinterland of Liaodong with Liaoyang as the center, and it is unrealistic to regain the fallen territory in a short period of time.

Peng Chaodong still has a very clear understanding of this. He himself did not have much hope of recovering the old map. His strategic goal in Liaodong was to take a step back and hold on to his existing territory.

The key to this strategic goal is to build a defensive line for the Liaoning West Corridor.

The Manshu tribe has established a country, if the Manshu tribe has greater ambitions, that is, to enter the Central Plains, if the Manshu tribe achieves the step of entering the Central Plains, there will be a substantial threat to the Great Zhao court.

If the Manshu Liao Kingdom wants to enter the Central Plains, there is only one way for them, and that is the Western Liaoning Corridor. The section from Haimen Pass to the West Liaoning Corridor is the only road that can effectively connect Beizhili and Liaodong.

"How many more troops are we able to mobilize?" Peng Chaodong asked Peng Yuqian.

After Peng Chaodong formulated a plan to build a defensive line in the western Liaoning corridor, in addition to the 30,000 Qin troops who stayed in Jinzhou for mobilization, the remaining 70,000 troops were scattered and stationed in various places in peacetime to build fortifications and castles.

"In addition to the 30,000 soldiers and horses left behind, all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in the rest of the places can gather about 10,000 people." Peng Yuqian thought about it carefully and gave an answer.

"10,000 people is definitely not enough, the 30,000 garrisons in Jinzhou City will be drawn out of three, and 20,000 horses will be drawn to supplement the western defense line." Peng Chaodong pointed to the defense line in the western part of the Liaoxi Corridor on the map, "The Liaoxi Corridor is the last lifeblood of our Qin army, and there is no room for failure!" ”

Jingshi City, this ancient capital city is still as normal as ever. No one realizes that the crisis is already coming.

Jingshi City was the most prosperous metropolis north of the Yangtze River and the political center of the empire. Jingshi City is very prosperous, but there is a bit of twilight in the prosperity.

In the inconspicuous corners of the capital, homeless people can be seen begging for food. There are still so many displaced people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone other places.

A large number of displaced people flocked to Jingshi City, and Jingshi City has taken measures to restrict the entry of displaced people into the city after the autumn. Later, the number of displaced people surged, and the Jingshi Castle issued an order prohibiting the displaced people from entering the city.

For the displaced people who have already infiltrated the Jingshi City, the forbidden army of the Jingshi City and the officials of the Shuntian Prefecture will arrest and repatriate them from the Jingshi City.

This caused a great unrest in the city, and the displaced people were very dissatisfied with this move, and instead of giving porridge to the victims, the government expelled the victims from the city and left them to fend for themselves in the desolate suburbs.

Vicious incidents of angry exiles attacking the forbidden army and storming the official yamen in the city occurred from time to time. The most serious one of the homeless people made trouble and even gathered a crowd to burn down the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and Yin of Shuntian Mansion ran straight to Song Yuren to complain.

These days, Song Yuren is busy with trivial things such as making trouble for the homeless people in Jingshi City. Regarding the complaint of Shuntian Mansion Yin, Song Yuren could only comfort Shuntian Mansion Yin.

After Shuntianfu Yin left, Song Yuren hurried to the cabinet, and today is the day when the autumn tax is released and transported into Beijing. When the autumn tax enters Beijing, the first thing is naturally how to distribute the autumn tax.

The news of the reward for the great victory in Liaodong has not been released for a long time, because Song Yuren has no spare money to distribute in his hands, and he will wait for this batch of autumn taxes to be transported into Beijing before he will be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

"How much is the fall tax in total? Are the statistics good? ”

The Cabinet is as noisy as ever, with members from all ministries, and at least one official from each of the six ministries is able to sit in the Cabinet. Most of the officials who are fortunate enough to enter the cabinet are officials of the six ministries (ministers), of course, the capable squire (deputy minister) also has the opportunity to enter the cabinet to become a cabinet member, but such a situation rarely occurs, and there are very few people who enter the cabinet as a squire.

In recent years, the empire's finances have been tight, and the time to distribute tax revenue is often the busiest time for the cabinet. Officials in all ministries wanted to secure some more taels of silver for their ministries to maintain their expenses.

Song Yuren has been emperor for almost 14 years, and he has become accustomed to the quarrels of cabinet officials. It's no surprise that this is not surprising.

"The total amount of silver is 2,800,000 taels." Hubu Shangshu Su Ke grimaced his face and reported a number.

2.8 million taels is a lot of wealth for an individual, but it is too shabby for a country's fiscal revenue for more than half a year. It doesn't matter if the officials of all ministries are keeping an eye on this money. "How much is all the silver?" Song Yuren eagerly continued to ask, in addition to collecting silver money, the empire's fiscal tax revenue also levied local grain, cloth and even local products.

"The taxes of the two capitals and fourteen provinces have now been released into the capital. As for grain, grass, cloth, and other materials, only the four neighboring provinces of Beizhi, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan have all been transported to the capital, and they are still being counted, and the distant provinces will not know the amount of this year's autumn tax until the next year. Su Ke briefly reported to Song Yuren the situation of the autumn tax revenue.

The empire had a tradition of receiving money in kind, although there were several fiscal reforms during this period, and in order to facilitate the liberation of taxes, it was advocated to pay in kind in silver. However, the results were not great, and the empire recognized that taxes in kind could be paid in kind, in addition to collecting silver as a tax.

"In other words, all I can use now is these two million and eight thousand taels of silver?" Song Yuren frowned.

Two million taels is not much, but after six parts of these two million taels, how many can you still keep at your disposal?

"The emperor is wise!" Su Ke arched his hand.

"How many of the six parts are going to be divided?" Song Yuren now only cares about how much silver he can have left, and after the six parts are gone, the rest of the autumn tax will go to the internal treasury, that is, the emperor's private small treasury.

How to use the money of the internal treasury is all up to the emperor, and the outer court has no right to interfere. Song Yuren can spend this money confidently and not be restrained by the foreign court. (To be continued.) )