In terms of the budget, it is not so abundant compared to the six years of the Apocalypse, mainly because of the increase in military spending, and it is easy to lose money and money in war, as has always been the case. Even the United States in the 21 st century has been caught up by China because of wars everywhere, and as a result, its national strength has weakened.

However, the war to recover the Western Regions had to be fought, and it was a war for living space.

Since ancient times, the alien races in the northern, northwestern, and northeastern parts of China have been the greatest threat to the nation, either the east wind pressing the west wind, or the west wind pressing the east wind.

Once the alien race gains living space, after continuous reshuffling, once a powerful race appears, it may sweep other alien races, and then integrate resources to target the Huahua world in the pass.

If we want to eliminate the hidden dangers of aliens, the most fundamental means is to compress their living space.

The reconquest of the Western Regions is likely to result in higher administrative costs, as well as higher defense spending. However, Zhu Youxiao believes that such an expenditure is still acceptable. Moreover, in the future, with the laying of railways and telegraphs, administrative costs can be reduced, and the central government's control over the Western Regions will also be improved.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty only needs to control the line from the Tangnu-Ulianghai - Tianshan Mountains in the west to the Tangnu-Ulianghai - Lake Baikal - the northeast line. You can build a natural Great Wall with the help of mountains, lakes and other terrain.

That is to say, by eliminating the threat of alien races in this area, the Ming Dynasty will basically get rid of the threat of nomads, and will be able to develop freely in this large area.

Therefore, the long pain is better than the short pain, and spend some military money to go out. The strategic goals that can be achieved are very advantageous.

With such considerations. At the end of the sixth year of the Apocalypse. Preparations for war continue. A large number of troops began to be mobilized in Gansu, and war materials were also continuously assembled in Gansu and Shaanxi.

The Ming envoy also arrived in Mobei at the end of the year, and the Mongolian Khalkha Department of Mobei suddenly had a feeling of being hit by a pie, and agreed to the trade requirements put forward by the Ming envoy, and begged the Ming envoy to sell them a batch of weapons and equipment.

The envoy's face was embarrassed, and he hummed and chirped for a long time, and finally agreed to it reluctantly under the sincere plea of the Khalkha Ministry. However, it was only agreed to sell 20,000 sets of equipment to the Khalkha Ministry, each of which included steel armor, war knives, etc.

In order to buy these weapons and equipment, the Khalkha Ministry simply smashed the pot and sold iron, and paid 50,000 war horses for this. Who let Daming already have a stable source of war horses, and Mobei Mongolia can only buy sophisticated weapons and equipment from Daming. As a seller of weapons and equipment, the Ming Dynasty firmly occupied the seller's market.

The Ming Dynasty has more and more war horses, and the infantry divisions have begun to equip a large number of war horses, although the military expenditure has been further increased, but the mobility of the infantry division has been greatly improved.

However, there were naturally not too many horses, as the reforms in the north continued. The economy is constantly boosting, and the demand for horses in the field of production and transportation is increasing. It's still possible to digest the production capacity of those horses. In particular, after the redistribution of resources in the Tohoku region, agricultural producers have more land, and farmers basically need horses. If a farmer has only a dozen acres of land, he will not need horses at all, and his production efficiency will not be high.

After Mobei Mongolia bought a batch of weapons and equipment, it was actually not much different from Lin Dan Khan in terms of military strength, both sides were half a catty and eight taels, and Lin Dan Khan was able to bully the surrounding Mongolian tribes, which was nothing more than more troops and better equipment.

After a defeat, Lin Dan Khan's strength and prestige have dropped significantly, and the strength of the Khalkha Ministry is actually about the same, but the equipment sold by Daming to Lin Dan Khan still gives him a certain advantage.

Now that Mobei Mongolia has also obtained equipment, it is suddenly different, and Lin Dan Khan's advantage can be said to be completely non-existent. AND WITH LIN DAN HAN'S LOW FORCED LUCK, ZHU YOUXIAO CAN BASICALLY FORESEE THAT HE WILL BE HANGED AND BEATEN AGAIN WHEN HE LAUNCHES A WAR AGAINST MOBEI MONGOLS.

It just so happened that Mobei Mongolia and Monan Mongolia were dog-eat-dog, and when Zhu Youxiao did something to the Yarkand Khanate and the Dzunkar Ministry, they would not be involved as-stirring sticks.

The schedule of the war had been agreed, and an offensive against the Yarkand Khanate would be launched as soon as spring began.

The participating troops also made preparations at the end of the year, including 16 cavalry divisions, a total of 80,000 cavalry units, as well as 15 infantry divisions, 1 artillery division, 260,000 participating troops, and a war budget of 50 million yuan.

The battle must be fought, and internal reform and construction must continue.

At the end of the year, the Ministry of Officials selected a large number of grassroots officials and sent them to the advanced course of the University of Political Science and Law for training. The cabinet also came up with a plan for continuous reform, that is, Shanxi and Henan provinces were included in the scope of administrative reform in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and by the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the two provinces could be comprehensively reformed.

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, Shaanxi and Gansu were included in the administrative reform, and at the same time, the Western Regions were governed.

This means that by the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the northern provinces will be fully included in the new policy system, and the comprehensive reform of the northern provinces will be realized in the ninth year of the Apocalypse.

In terms of opening up sources and reducing expenditures, the agricultural tax in the ninth year of the Apocalypse will increase by a large margin, first of all, those cultivated land in Shandong will be included in the scope of taxation under the new agricultural tax bill, and at the same time, the scale of agricultural production in Northeast China, Luzon, Jawa, and Malacca will continue to expand.

Salt taxes will also continue to grow, as more people are included in the New Deal areas, and as the incomes of the people in the New Deal areas increase, salt consumption will increase. At the same time, the alkali industry has appeared, and the scale will be expanded in the seventh year of the Apocalypse. At the same time, the scope of the salt tax has also been expanded, and the salt consumed by the indigenous people of the South Seas will be included in the scope of the salt tax.

In addition, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the illegal salt along the coast of Fujian will be rectified to change the rampant situation of illegal salt in the past when the emperor was far away.

Import and export tariffs will certainly increase dramatically, as the number of merchant ships increases, trade in the South Seas and Indochina will become more frequent, and the scale of development of Australia will also expand.

In addition, the navy will form a trading fleet that will travel to India and the Middle East to trade with other countries in the seventh year of the weather, and if it goes well, it can open up new trade routes. It is still easy for the Ming to trade with other countries, and the Ming is not like the Europeans, who have no good goods and require trade, which is completely a robber virtue. There are many advantageous commodities in Daming, and generally trade with other countries is relatively smooth overseas, at most it is a show of muscles.

The income from commercial tax and personal income tax will also increase with the expansion of the New Deal area and economic development, especially if additional currency is issued and a large number of projects are started.

On the whole, the financial revenue of the seven years of the Apocalypse is a very good situation. (To be continued.) )