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The civil and military officials are all Daolin Zhenzhong, who is a god of wealth, how can he squeeze out money and silver, and when he formulates the amount for the next year, he must always report more, so as not to fall behind. Everyone is thinking, why can other yamen take so much, but I, the yamen, can only take so little? No, like them, at least you have to be able to do it.

It is this psychology that makes the household in charge of Lin Zhenzhong more and more stressful, and even a little bit of exhaustion.

Lu Chengqi never thought that the financial deficit would be so serious, and hurriedly said: "Lin Qing, I ask you, how much silver is still in the treasury now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are still more than two months before the summer harvest, but there are only more than six million yuan left in the treasury. This bit of money, don't say that it can support two months, even if it is not enough to give more than 200,000 officials in Dashun! ”

Lin Zhenzhong shouted, on weekdays, they reached out to take money so happily, but once they were asked to make money, they turned a blind eye.

Lu Chengqi was taken aback by his words, and he also felt very troubled.

He knows that now Dashun is developing rapidly, and every move requires countless money and silver to follow. Even with the support of the Shipping Department, the Commercial Tax and the Royal Bank, the treasury still cannot make ends meet.

Generally speaking, some fiscal deficits are not a bad thing, proving that the country is really using money. Only countries where money can be spent can develop their economies.

However, the long-term fiscal deficit is not good, and the most direct effect is that the value of the currency is no longer strong. Lu Chengqi has long known that a few years ago, a silver coin could be exchanged for more than 900 copper coins; But now a silver coin can only be exchanged for 8560 copper coins, which proves that the coinage of Dashun has been depreciating.

This still controls the amount of coins minted in copper, silver, and gold coins, and if the coinage is released, I am afraid that this price will fall even more.

The money in the hands of the people is worthless, and it is the people who suffer in the end.

Suddenly, Lu Chengqi remembered something: "By the way, these days, many criminal officials have acted on their own to petition for crimes, saying that they have violated the "Commercial Law". I have an attitude of opening up the net, and let them hand over their illegal gains, and then degrade them. This part is not copied, it is estimated that there will be millions, should be able to solve the needs of the moment? ”

Lin Zhenzhong also heard about this, calculated it, and then nodded and said, "Your Majesty's move should be very happy." The minister estimated that if there were five or six million guan and some savings, he should be able to survive the summer harvest. ”

Lu Chengqi frowned when he heard this: "Lin Qing, you are not mistaken, more than 10 million yuan, as well as the shipping department and commercial taxes, but they can only last until the summer harvest?" ”

Lin Zhenzhong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know, there are too many places to use money now. On the other side of the canal, the annual expenditure is 5 million. There are also newly built water conservancy projects in various state capitals, reinforced river lifts, etc., and I am afraid that the cost will not be less than 30 million. The shipyards in the coastal states also cost about 30 million yuan, although there is a slight surplus, but it is also a drop in the bucket......"

When Lu Chengqi heard this, his face was a little unsightly. The shipyard not only builds warships, but also civilian ships, the kind that can be sold. The quality of the official ship is good, although it is more expensive, but the people who go to sea are willing to buy the official ship. Rao is like this, and the shipyard only has a slight surplus, no wonder Lin Zhenzhong said that it is just a drop in the bucket.

“…… In addition, the construction of roads such as the Ordnance Supervisor, Chi Road, Official Road, and Post Road, the food and salary of the soldiers, the salaries of the officials, and the use of the yamen, there is no annual income of 10,000,000 yuan, and it will not be able to hold it anyway! Lin Zhenzhong also felt a big headache and told the truth directly.

When Lu Chengqi heard this, he also gasped.

What is the concept of Wanwanguan? That's equivalent to 100 million yuan!

This is still barely a year, if you don't want to run a fiscal deficit, wouldn't you be able to earn more than 100 million copper coins a year?

It is also difficult for Lin Zhenzhong, to be a household secretary for ten years, and there is nothing wrong. If someone else is the head of the household, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold it for a long time, and maybe he will be degraded again and again by Lu Chengqi in anger, and he will be degraded to the ends of the earth.

Therefore, not everyone is suitable for this industry, and the civil and military officials listened to Lin Zhenzhong's "complaints", so they secretly rejoiced that Lu Chengqi did not have the intention of changing the head of the household. Otherwise, whoever is apportioned to it will be tantamount to receiving a hot potato, and he will be removed from his official position at any time and degraded again and again.

Seeing that the civil officials below all showed happy expressions, Lu Chengqi also knew what they were thinking, and shook his head helplessly. There are still too few people who can manage money these days, otherwise he wouldn't have used only one Lin Zhenzhong. Although Lu Chengqi didn't ask about Huangzhuang, he also knew that Huangzhuang would only earn tens of millions of yuan in a year. But Lu Chengqi would never have thought that Dashun's annual consumption would exceed 100 million.

"It's just burning money!"

Lu Chengqi was also very embarrassed, which was caused by his big steps. If he had been more restrained, maybe there would not have been this problem.

It's just that time waits for no one, and when money is expensive, people are cheap.

Take the repair of the city wall as an example, although there has been no war on the border in the past few years, does it mean that there will never be? It's always good to be prepared. You have to use this money, right?

Recruitment, training, and weapon-making...... These are all guarding against the wolves of the north.

History has proven that if you neglect to take precautions, the consequences will be tragic. The Northern Song Dynasty only lost the battle of Bianliang City, and the emperor's ministers and concubines were all taken captive by the Jin people, and the shame of Jingkang will never be forgotten. The Southern Song Dynasty lost the battle of Xiangyang City and lost the country in less than a year. These are all bloody lessons, and they have been urging Lu Chengqi to land and silently accumulate troops. And everything you do is to use money, no money and no food, who will be a soldier for you!

It's no wonder that Lin Zhenzhong is complaining about the bitterness, there are really too many places to use money.

Lu Chengqi himself had no good way, so he could only turn to the civil and military officials for help: "Everyone, is there a good plan?" ”

As soon as these words landed, many civil officials shook their heads, even if there were one or two sporadically, they were clamoring for an increase in agricultural taxes. Lu Chengqi sighed, he didn't have much hope at first, but now it seems that this group of civil officials still only believe in Confucius, if they learn from Tao Zhugong, they won't say nonsense about increasing agricultural taxes. How much money can a farmer have in his hands? Even if the taxes were heavy, and now they are still being exploited, isn't this tantamount to forcing them into a desperate situation!

The Han people are able to endure, and as long as they have a full bite to eat, they will not rebel. It's fine in a normal year, but what if it's a famine? Thinking about the previous peasant uprisings, Lu Chengqi shuddered, and the look in his eyes at this group of civil officials was even more unkind: it was simply short-sighted, I don't know what to say!

"Does Lin Qing have a good plan?"

Lu Chengqi saw that he asked in vain, so he could only look at Lin Zhenzhong. (To be continued.) )