In the second year of Hongwu, the total agricultural output value of the two seasons of the three places of Guanzhong, Shu and Central Plains was as high as 4 million! This includes not only traditional agriculture, but also the output value of the aquaculture industry, which has only emerged in recent years, is not inferior, plus forestry, fishery, etc., and this 4 million yuan data has been obtained.

Agriculture alone is equivalent to all the income of the Great Jin Dynasty in the past, and if you add the overseas trade income of 3 million guan last year, in terms of financial revenue alone, the income of the Hongwu Dynasty will exceed that of the first emperor Wu Emperor.

In terms of industry, the total industrial output value of the three places is about 3 million guan, of which the Guanzhong region accounts for half. But even so, in the eyes of others, the speed of industrial climbing is not slow, especially in Shu and the Central Plains, the industrial output value has soared from almost zero to as much as one million in one year, which can only be described as a miracle.

"Your Majesty, last year we collected a total of 7 million yuan in taxes from workers and peasants, and if we add 3 million yuan in overseas trade, our financial expenditure can reach 10 million yuan this year, and I believe that there will be a big explosion in finance next year." Du Xi, the head of the household department, stood on the Taiji Hall and made a summary of last year's finances to Sima Shu.

"Ten million?! Good, very good. Sima Shu is very satisfied, with this income of 10 million yuan, it means that the imperial court's finances will be abundant this year.

"However, some of the 10 million guan has not yet become cash, about 2 million guan." Du Xi reported to Sima Shu.

"Hmmm! There's no rush to this. Sima Shu thought for a while and instructed Du Xi: "A budget meeting will be held in a week to make the ministries ready." ”

March 15th. Sima Shu was waiting outside the room very nervously, and several medical staff had already walked into the room to make preparations, and Concubine Wang Huiying was going to give birth today.

After a while, with a small baby crying in the room, Sima Shu suddenly turned around, and after a while, the closed door opened, and a palace maid came out and said to Sima Shu: "Your Majesty, Niangniang was born, and she is a princess." ”

"How's the lady lady doing?" Sima asked anxiously.

"Back to Your Majesty's mother's condition is very good, it's no big deal." A physician replied.

"Good. It's been a long wait. Will I be able to get in? Sima Shu immediately relieved himself when he heard this, it's okay. As for giving birth to a boy or a girl, he doesn't feel much, after all, he doesn't have a patriarchal mentality. On the contrary, he prefers girls a little more.

"It's been cleaned up. Your Majesty can go in. ”

Sima Shu got a reply. Immediately pushed the door open and entered the room.

I saw that Concubine Wang Huiying was lying on the bed, looking pretty good, but she was sweating a lot. His hair was wet, and when he saw Sima Shu come in, he smiled at him.

"Aifei, how do you feel?" Sima Shu sat on the edge of the bed and asked with concern.

"Whew! It's okay! It's just that he didn't give birth to a son for His Majesty. Concubine Shu gasped and said a little gloomily.

"Hehehe, I love the concubine hard. Hello girls! I like girls, preferably as beautiful as my concubine, and when I grow up in the future, I will definitely find her a wishful husband, so that she will be happy for a lifetime. ”

At this time, Sima Shu looked up and asked, "Where is my little princess?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slaves are bathing the princess." A little palace maid replied.

"Oh, oh!" Sima Shu nodded, and Wang Huiying couldn't help but smile and said, "Look at Your Majesty's urgency." ”

Sure enough, after a while, Concubine Shu's personal palace maid came over with the baby in her arms, but fortunately, Sima Shu was no longer as busy as she was when she was after the exercise of the previous children. When Sima Shu hugged his daughter, looking at his pink appearance, a smile appeared on his face, it felt very good to be a father, but what made him feel more was the responsibility, and he had to educate this little thing well.

"Your Majesty, let the concubines take a look." Concubine Wang Huiying stretched out her hand and said to Sima Shu.

Sima Shu hurriedly handed the little guy to her, Wang Huiying looked at the little guy, a happy smile bloomed on her face, and she reached out and teased the little guy's face a few times, making the little guy kick his legs.

"Huh!" Concubine Shu laughed, looked up at Sima Shu and asked, "Your Majesty, have you thought of the name of the little guy?" ”

"Hehe, I've thought about it a long time ago, so I'll call it Qianqian, Sima Qian, how about it? That's a good name, right? ”

Sima Qian! The name of the little guy was so determined, and as soon as Wang Huiying became a mother, she began to plan how to educate her daughter. Although she still felt a little regretful in her heart when she heard that he was not a son at first, she was relieved to see that the emperor liked his daughter so much.

Wang Huiying is not a smart person, she doesn't have so much thought, her biggest wish is that Sima Shu can love her a little more, since Sima Shu likes girls so much, she wants to dress her daughter up beautifully in the future.

The news that Concubine Shu gave birth to a daughter spread quickly, except for Wang Yan, who was a little regretful, everyone else was busy preparing some gifts. In order to celebrate the birth of the new princess, Sima Shu instructed Mr. Liu to let some of the royal industries carry out a preferential activity, and the instructed shops set off firecrackers one after another, and played a notice of "To celebrate the birth of the little princess, the whole audience will be ...... off".

A week later, Sima Shu convened a budget meeting for the second year of Hongwu.

After a week of preparation, the ministries of Shangshu Province put forward their own plans.

"Your Majesty, the total number of professional troops in my Dajin has reached 330,000, which temporarily meets the current national defense needs, but in order to further the Northern Expedition to the grassland, the minister suggests that the cavalry units should continue to be recruited next year, and ten artillery battalions should be added on the original basis. In this way, by next year, our army will have 30 artillery battalions, with a total number of 30,000 people, which will basically meet the needs of our army, so a total of 1.5 million yuan will be required for military expenditure. Zhang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of the Army, first got up and read out the army's plan.

As far as army expenditures are concerned, military salaries account for a large part, and the expenditure on military salaries alone is as high as one million yuan for 300,000 professional soldiers. Of course, the reason for this is that Sima Shu greatly improved the treatment of officers and soldiers, and in the Xiang army, ordinary soldiers reached 100 yuan a month.

Don't underestimate a hundred dollars, you must know that the current living standard in the Western Jin Dynasty is very low. 100 yuan is basically enough for a family of four to live for a month. In addition to salaries, the main expenditure of the army is in the maintenance of equipment and the purchase of equipment.

"Recruit ten artillery battalions, this is too expensive!"

Although Zhang Bin is the first assistant of the cabinet, he has to argue with reason for the development of the navy, so he got up and said: "Your Majesty, the army already has twenty artillery battalions, and the minister thinks that there is no need to expand the artillery anymore. ”

Lord Zhu did not dare to agree with this, of course the expansion of artillery is necessary. Don't forget, everyone. We are about to fight with the Huns, and artillery support is indispensable for the cavalry to deal with the Huns. Therefore, the artillery naturally had to be expanded. Zhang Bin retorted confidently.

Although Zhu Zheng did not dare to face the edge of Shousuke, he still insisted: "Our navy has just been established. It is a critical moment for development. This is exactly the time when a large-scale investment is needed. And the Army is different. Even without artillery, the opinion of the Army is that the combat effectiveness of the Chambers is enough to block any cavalry unit, and the Army's opinion is untenable. ”

"Master Zhu, it's not authentic for you to say that. What does our army owe to your navy? If it weren't for our support, with just a few warships, what kind of climate would you have become? Moreover, the investment of your fleet is almost two years of investment by our army, and it is better to let us vigorously develop the army with so much money! ”

"Oops! Lord Zhang, our navy is costly, but don't forget, if it weren't for our escort, would our overseas trade be so smooth? ”

"As long as our navy has powerful ocean-going warships, it can open up enough trade routes, and there are many trade routes, and in the end, it is not the imperial court that will benefit? Moreover, your army now has the most advanced equipment, are you still afraid that you will not be able to win? Zhu Zheng and Zu Ti argued loudly, Zhu Zheng knew that if the army had allocated too much military spending, then the navy would have no money.

And in his opinion, the current revitalization of the navy is the first priority, and the army is now very strong.

Zhang Bin seemed to be a little unsure of what Zhu Zheng said, the strength of the army was indeed sure to fight a full-scale war with the Xiongnu in Bingzhou.

The other ministries in Shangshu Province did not squeak, and they were not easy to meddle in the affairs of the military, after all, the current situation of the country was like this, and there must be enough military strength, so they could still understand that they could put military construction in the first place, and they just hoped that the navy and army could leave more money after the budget.

"Okay, don't fight with the two Aiqing." Sima Shu raised his hand and pressed it, "You sit down and talk!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Bin sat down in response, and Zhu Zheng also nodded and sat down.

Sima Shu said at this time: "Don't fight, the total military expenditure this year is less than one-third, that is, three million guan, and there is no more." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current imperial court should do its best to build an ocean-going fleet, and with our current financial income of 10 million yuan, it is already much more than before, as long as we do our best to build a navy, we will definitely be able to build a powerful ocean-going fleet within ten years." Zhu Zheng got up again and said.

Sima Shu shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Now the empire's navy is still very immature, and even if the ship is built, it may not be able to have much combat effectiveness. ”

"And it can't be patronized on the side of the navy, the empire has to spend money on other things, especially agriculture, education, industry, etc. Only the improvement of agriculture and industry will give us a stronger economic strength, and then the development of the navy will be natural. ”

"As for the navy, the most important thing now is to train personnel, first upgrade the soft facilities, and then we will upgrade the hardware." Sima Shu then explained to Xie Zhuzheng: "Besides, the construction of warships cannot be completed in a short period of time, the main warships of the current Second Fleet of the Navy have been completed, and the rest are also under construction, which can basically be completed by the end of the year." In this way, the imperial court had two fleets, one with Fubunes mainly responsible for offshore operations, and the other with sail warships mainly responsible for ocean-going operations. In general, it can meet the requirements of the imperial court for coastal defense in the next ten years. ”

"This ......" Zhu Zheng thought about it, Sima Shu had talked to him about the development strategy of the navy before, and Sima Shu had clearly told him that the navy could not be compared with the army in the next five years, after all, the imperial court would mainly rely on the army to pacify the world in the future. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Zheng no longer mentioned his previous views, but said: "Your Majesty, since the shipyard no longer builds warships, it is better to let the shipyard build merchant ships, with the expansion of overseas trade, the people have a great demand for ocean-going merchant ships, and the imperial court must have enough maritime merchant ships to engage in ocean-going trade." ”

"That's fine." Sima Shu nodded and said, even if Zhu Zheng didn't mention it, he would also order the construction of merchant ships to be increased. After appeasing the navy, he looked at Zhang Bin again and said, "That's it!" This year, the army will spend 2 million yuan, and the navy will spend 1 million yuan. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" (To be continued......)