The news of Jiannu's comprehensive massacre of Han people in Liaodong soon spread. First of all, the "Daming Daily" carried out a comprehensive and in-depth report, and at the same time exposed the various atrocities of Jiannu on the front page.

Massacres, shaved heads, rape and plunder, all kinds of evil.

After Jiannu's behavior was reported, it really aroused strong indignation among the people, and then Zhu Youxiao said in a speech in the "Daming Daily": "Jiannu and Liaodong cannot be exterminated, and the biggest problem at present is the lack of military spending. In order to eradicate the Jiannu, from now on, I will completely cancel the financial expenditure of the imperial court on the royal family's expenditure, so as to reduce the financial burden of the imperial court. ”

Zhu Youxiao put on another show in the newspaper, and many Donglin parties secretly scolded the emperor for being shameless, which can be used as a show.

The imperial court had no money to give the emperor, okay, according to the convention, it was indeed 200,000 taels of silver to the royal family every year. But as the emperor himself found a way to open up, the emperor now has to take money from the internal treasury every year to fill the financial hole. It is equivalent to saying that the emperor's show this time is to use things that no longer exist to show his magnificent image.

This kind of shameless behavior is of the same nature as the later little devil emperor who announced that he would only eat one meal a day and use all the money saved to build warships.

Politics has always been like this.

Although the Donglin Party was scolding, Zhu Youxiao's show was obviously very successful, because he saved 200,000 taels of silver for the imperial court every year. At the same time, many commentators in the "Daming Daily" fanned the flames on the sidelines, pointing out how pitiful and frugal the emperor was, and suddenly sensationalized it, which greatly changed many people's impression of the emperor.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao has a lot of money in his pocket! Especially after the development of royal capital, it is naturally very normal for the emperor to look down on the dead wages that have been owed by the imperial court for many years.

The Manchu Dynasty is also clear about the civil and military, but most of the people don't know!

"Daming Daily" reported on the tragic situation of the Han people in Liaodong for several days, as well as Zhu You's determination and dedication to recover Liaodong, which also made the common people begin to accept tens of millions of taels of military expenditures. In addition, Zhu Youxiao's show made a show, but he got more than 200,000 taels of military donations in various provinces, which made Zhu Youxiao stunned. It seems that there are still many people in Daming who care about the interests of the country!

At the same time, propaganda at the front went even deeper.

The front line not only used newspapers to carry out propaganda, but also set up propaganda teams to publicize the atrocities of Jiannu to the army and the common people and how to resist the invasion of Jiannu.

Needless to say, Dongjiang Town naturally has a lot of bitterness and hatred, but just a little propaganda has mobilized the atmosphere of the whole army with the same hatred and hatred.

Time tends to fade away and heal wounds. In history, after Mao Wenlong was cut down by Yuandudu, the Dongjiang Army surrendered to Jiannu one after another, firstly, the imperial court made them feel cold, and secondly, the hatred was gradually diluted by time.

But if someone is constantly promoting it, it's different. In addition, at this time, money and grain were constantly supplied to Dongjiang Town, and the rewards were also very generous, which allowed the Dongjiang Army to fight without worries.

After continuous propaganda, the Dongjiang Army is definitely available in military hearts. The situation is similar on the Liaodong side, but it is more complicated than the Dongjiang Army.

At this time, the whole country was busy with the autumn harvest, and the southern provincial governments began to collect taxes.

At this time, the Jimin Grain Bank jumped out again and began to purchase discounted grain in the southern provinces, states and counties. This act was like a hornet's nest, and it was soon opposed by officials in the southern provinces.

Zhu Youxiao rejected all of them, and gave an extremely tough order, saying that this year, the southern provinces could only sell grain to the Jimin Grain Company.

At the same time, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have begun to cooperate with Jimin Grain Bank to purchase discounted grain. Local officials in the southern provinces complained for a while.

This means that they will lose a lot of gray income!

It's just that his arms can't twist his thighs, and the emperor wants to designate the government to sell the grain to the Jimin Grain Company, and those officials can't do anything but shout a few words.

As for those grain merchants, they are not going to rebel or anything for the sake of the government, but there must be rumors and slander against the emperor.

Anyway, if there are more lice, he is not afraid of biting, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't care at all.

With the financial support of the Royal Bank, the Jimin Grain Bank ate a large amount of discounted grain in the southern provinces, enough for 12 million stone of rice, and only spent 4.3 million taels of silver.

These discounted grains are definitely the price of cabbage, and if these rice grains are processed, there will be at least 8 million stone of rice, and 1.5 taels of grain in the north, that is, 12 million taels of silver, which is extremely profitable.

The first is the state tax revenue, which still guarantees so much. At the same time, it can also make a huge profit, deducting transportation and processing costs, and at least 5 million taels of silver. And where do the costs of processing and transportation go? This part of the cost has developed the grain processing, maritime transportation and other industries of the royal capital.

It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone, and greatly recovers the loss of tax revenue.

Soon Zhu Youxiao issued an order to urge the payment of the field tax, and decreed that the prefectures and counties where the Jimin Grain Bank purchased the discounted grain this year would all use the silver dollars given by the Jimin Grain Bank to hand over the field tax.

When many officials received this decree, they scolded their mothers on the spot.

What's more, the fire consumption is gone!

This time, all the discounted grain was sold to the prefectures and counties of the Jimin Grain Bank, and all the money they got was silver dollars minted by the Royal Bank, each weighing eight cents and three cents.

Now the emperor wants them to hand over the silver dollars directly, and there is no need to mint ingots, so naturally there is no way to embezzle in the name of fire consumption.

As for those state and county officials who did not sell the grain to Jimin Grain Bank this year, they are secretly glad! Fortunately, the location of the state and county they govern is relatively remote, and the transportation is not so convenient.

The most tragic is the provinces along the Yangtze River, because of the developed water transportation and low transportation costs, they have become the "hardest hit areas" of the Jimin Grain Bank's centralized purchase of discounted grain.

So much so that many local officials were about to go crazy after an autumn harvest. However, there are still some officials who are not corrupt from the land, but have other sources of income, so they don't feel it's okay.

It is very cost-effective to buy and sell this ticket of Jimin Grain Bank, but if the grain is to be turned into silver, it still has to be tossed, first of all, the grain is processed in various provinces, and it can be subcontracted to a private processing workshop or processing factory. Then the Yangtze River water transport was first transported to Songjiang Prefecture, and then the grain was transported to Tianjin, Denglai, Liaodong and other places by contacting maritime merchants from all over the world, most of which were still transported to Tianjin Port.

The Royal Shipping Company, as well as the Hengchang Shipping Company with Qian Yuanyuan, currently have not many ships. However, the maritime merchants have ships, and these maritime merchants are also willing to collect goods, and only look at the question of whether the transportation price is cost-effective.

After all, maritime trade is monopolized by some maritime merchants, and these maritime merchants still have a lot of pirates under their hands, so most of the activities engaged in by private maritime merchants are still ordinary transportation, especially in the Yangtze River basin.

There are many large ships on the Yangtze River, and these boats can also go by sea, but the risk is slightly higher, but if you drive along the coastline, as long as you don't go to sea in winter, the risk is very small.

The harsh sea conditions in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea basically occur during the winter monsoon period, and the cold air moves southward to lead to the emergence of various bad sea conditions, increasing the risk of navigation. However, it is still possible to go to sea in winter, but it is more risky.

In addition to the fact that the sea conditions are not very good in winter, it is basically a problem of sea fog in normal times. The central and southern parts of the Yellow Sea, as well as the Zhoushan Islands and other areas, are common areas for sea fog, with poor visibility and easy to cause navigation accidents such as ship collisions.

The efficiency of sea freight is obviously not comparable to that of light transportation.

On the question of whether to transport by sea or by river, the Ming Dynasty has actually gone through many discussions for more than 200 years. The convenience of sea freight has long been known.

River transportation is inefficient, and often due to floods, the cost is high, and sometimes the transportation is extremely difficult, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources. Many canals are maintained every year, etc., and these costs are very high.

Shipping does not need the maintenance cost of the transportation channel, and the transportation efficiency is high, and can be transported in one step, do not need to be like river transportation, but also to land transportation, and then to river transportation, the goods have to be reversed and turned around, and the process has to guard these goods, river transportation is obviously extremely troublesome, and these shortcomings of sea transportation do not exist. It's just that sometimes it's delayed, floated (shipwrecked), and at the same time there are casualties, but the cost is still lower than that of river transportation.

But why can't sea freight compete with river transport in the end?

This is naturally related to the interests of those officials, if the grain is transported by sea, then how can they make money from it? First of all, one is the damage of Caoyun, and the other is the entrainment of merchants, all of which are oily and watery. In particular, the transportation cost of entrained goods is passed on to grain households, which is equivalent to these merchants who can transport goods north for free through guò entrainment.

Therefore, after the abolition of shipping, there were several mentions of opening shipping, among which there was one shipping during the Longqing period, and the effect was very good.

However, the maritime transportation during the Longqing period harmed the interests of officials, as well as the interests of merchants in Tongzhou and other places. So there was a shipwreck, and after twelve people died, the officials used this as a reason to abolish the sea transportation, and that year when the Wanli Emperor had just ascended the throne, a little kid, and he didn't understand anything. And if someone died in the accident, if you want to talk about the reason, what is more reasonable than the death of a person?

Another one, the Ming Dynasty used the sea route to transport grain, and the volume of ships used was 1,000 stones, which was indeed much more efficient than the 300 stones and 400 stone shallow boats transported by river. However, a 1,000-stone sea ship has a displacement of less than 150 tons, and such a small ship has a natural poor ability to resist wind and waves.

At this time, the sea vessels ordered by Zhu Youxiao had a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and their ability to resist wind and waves was much stronger, and their transportation efficiency was even stronger. In addition, if you are transporting grain in the north, as long as you do not sail in the harsh sea conditions in winter and drive along the coastline, it is basically impossible to have any shipwrecks. (To be continued.) )