Seeing this situation, Zhenwu couldn't help frowning slightly, to implement the new policy, he must get the full support of the royal family, princes and nobles, and full of civil and military ministers, otherwise the new policy will inevitably end in nothing, and after a little groaning, he spoke: "I am not short of silver, why should I still worry about implementing the new policy, have you ever thought about it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Yinxiang bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the new green camp has increased salaries, the eight banners have increased welfare silver, the officials have increased their salaries, and the navy and the new army of the Praetorian Guard have frequently expanded their recruitment, and the ministers are dull, and they secretly think that the implementation of the new policy is because the court cannot make ends meet." ”

Zhenwu and Yinxiang answered this question, and all the ministers under the order cheered up, who didn't know that Yinxiang, the king of Yijun, was Zhenwu's right-hand man, how could he openly oppose Zhenwu in the court, which was obviously singing a double reed, and no one expected that Zhenwu would explain the reasons for the implementation of the new policy in this more relaxed way, which was quite fresh.

"The implementation of the new policy is indeed because the imperial court cannot make ends meet." Zhenwu glanced at Yinxiang with satisfaction, and said slowly: "I don't lack silver, but the court lacks it!" In recent years, Guotai Min'an, the national treasury of silver has been steadily increasing, and now it is close to 20 million taels, which looks like a lot, but this is the accumulation over the years.

Twenty million taels is indeed a lot, but for the entire Qing Dynasty, it is not less, but too little! Shanxi Jin merchants set up a 'Jin Hesheng' ticket number and raised 70 million taels, and the dignified Qing court only raised 20 million taels of silver.

Besides, 20 million taels really won't be of much use, just this year's relief for the drought in the northern provinces, the salary of the Eight Banners Green Battalion, the increase in the salaries of officials, and the expansion of the new army of the Navy Praetorian Guard, I have spent more than 20 million taels of silver from the internal funds. ”

Hearing this, a group of ministers couldn't help but secretly slander themselves, they spent more than 10 million taels on relief for an ordinary spring drought, and they also exempted the provinces from paying a year's positive endowment, who is to blame? No matter how much you can earn, you can't help but throw silver like splashing water.

After a slight pause, Zhenwu continued: "Don't always keep an eye on my Guangchu Treasury. I am not short of silver. But there are many places to spend money, the summer resort where the emperor lives must be overhauled, the Guozijian, Zongxue, Jueluoxue, and Eight Banners official schools in Jingshi, and the provincial government, state, and county schools will be expanded on a large scale. These are huge expenses.

It stands to reason that these huge expenditures should be spent from the treasury of the imperial court, but how much can the treasury of the imperial court save in a year? Millions of taels, compared to the huge expenses above, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket!

Why did I implement a new policy to increase the revenue of the imperial court? This is a rainy day, and my internal funds have been quite rich in recent years. But these incomes are not sustainable, this year's sea trade routes have been auctioned off more than 10 million taels, this is a hammer deal, I can't auction it again in a few years, right? The same is true for ocean-going trading fleets.

If the internal treasury is not able to succeed it, these expenditures can only be spent from the treasury, and the treasury has no money, so what is the consequence? ”

Zhenwu glanced at everyone under the stairs as he spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Who is in the household?" ”

Wang Yuanqi, the left attendant of the household department, hurriedly bowed out. said: "Go back to the emperor." The left attendant of the minion household department, Wang Yuanqi, is here. ”

Zhenwu nodded and said, "Settle accounts for them." How much land did the Qing Dynasty have, and how much did the Manchus occupy? ”

After a little hesitation, Wang Yuanqi said aloud: "Back to the emperor, last year's statistical results show that there are fields, mountains, dang, and furrows in the Qing Dynasty, with a total of 6,950,764 acres and 90 acres, and the specific amount of land occupied by the Manchurians has not been counted, but the total is estimated to be less than 400,000 hectares!" ”

"With such a proportion, what are the pros and cons of implementing the new policy in the imperial court and the Manchurians?" Zhenwu asked.

Wang Yuanqi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, this can't be a simple conversion and comparison, although the amount of Manchurians is small, but they are all good and good land, and the mountains, the land is not the same, and the new deal is mainly aimed at the fields under the names of the officials and gentry who do not pay food, how can this be compared? He reacted violently, Zhenwu was deliberately trying to divert flowers and trees and confuse the public.

He was very nervous when he boarded, it was absolutely impossible to debunk it, it was not easy to mix with the second-grade officials, but the dismissal and dismissal was just a matter of Zhenwu's words, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, that is, in the simplest conversion, for every seven hundred taels of silver collected by the imperial court, only forty taels were paid by the Manchurians, and the rest were all from the Han people." ”

Seeing that Wang Yuanqi actually came to such a conclusion, all the princes and nobles, and the ministers of civil and military affairs all secretly scolded him for being shameless, but no one came forward to refute it, one did not know the specific number, and the other was that the land of the Han officials and gentry was indeed countless times more than that of the Manchus, which is a fact.

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and raised his voice: "The Eight Banners of Manchuria are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and you don't care about the affairs of the imperial court?" I have vigorously expanded the new navy and the new army of the Navy, for you to expand overseas, to open up overseas feudal countries, in exchange for your insensitivity to the imperial court, in exchange for your intransmissible hair? ”

Seeing that Zhenwu had a tendency to be angry, Yinxu and Yinxiang hurriedly took the lead in kneeling down, Yinyu, Yinli and Xiao Yongzao, Songzhu, the ministers of the upper study, also knelt down, and a group of royal clansmen, princes and nobles, civil and military officials saw this situation, how dare they hesitate, and they knelt on the ground one after another.

Seeing Zhenwu point out of the overseas feudal, all the princes and nobles of the Americas are very panicked, the American feudal countries not only invest a lot, but also have a large income, they can not afford to lose, if they anger Zhenwu, the consequences are really unimaginable, now the conquest of Africa has kicked off, Zhenwu's attention has begun to turn to Africa, if they do not know the practice, the American feudal country is very likely to fall into the situation that the grandmother is not close, and the uncle is not painful.

As soon as Prince Jian Yaerjianga knelt down, he preemptively spoke: "The emperor is angry, he wants to compare the overseas feudal country, and it is not worth mentioning that he will be divided into acres and the officials and gentry will be put before the horse, and they will definitely fully support the new policy." ”

Prince Yu Baotai also followed closely and said: "Daqingsheng, then the Eight Banners are prosperous, and the skin will be attached if there is no hair?" But whatever is beneficial to the imperial court, the children of the Eight Banners will support it without hesitation, and they will not hesitate to break the family and serve the country. ”

Prince Xian Yanhuang also knelt out, but Bao Tai, who listened to it, finished saying everything he was about to say, and couldn't help but slander himself, and hurriedly followed: "The slave seconded the proposal." ”

For a while, a series of "seconding" voices sounded in the square.

Zhenwu looked at the people under the stairs lightly, knowing that they were just afraid that he would no longer vigorously support the overseas feudal state, not really support the new policy, he didn't want them to disobey the yin, it would be a bad thing, and the crowd gradually quieted down, he said: "I wantonly expand the Eight Banners, expand the navy and the new army of the Praetorian Guard, in order to speed up the speed of overseas expansion, you want to get rich, although you go overseas to enclose land to build manors, dig mountains and mines, think that the money is slow, you can go to catch slaves and trade slaves, you can also go to burn and loot, I can't see it, Following the conquest of Africa, the next step is to start plundering the three major empires of Arabia, Ottoman, and Mughal, and the division of Africa and the Americas will continue to expand, and there is a chance for you to make a fortune! ”

As soon as he heard this, the royal family in the square, the princes and nobles, and the ministers of civil and military affairs opened their eyes wide, no wonder Zhenwu vigorously expanded the army, it turned out that there was such a big ambition, and the generals were even more red-eyed, Zhenwu this time he made it clear that he plundered the three major empires of Arabia, Ottoman, and Mughal, and with the combat power of the navy and the new army, he was simply going to grab money!

The expansion of the feudal division in Africa and the Americas also made the princes and nobles and the ministers of civil and military affairs who did not have the feudal feudal see the opportunity of overseas feudal division, and they were all greatly excited, and what was even more rare was that Zhenwu clearly stated that he did not care about the overseas feudal countries, and they acted arbitrarily as much as they could, which made them dislike.

Zhenwu glanced at everyone, raised his voice and said: "Overseas can let you do whatever you want, but in the Qing Dynasty, you must follow the rules and try your best to protect the interests of the imperial court.

The reason why we want to implement the new policy is not only to consolidate the rule of the Qing Dynasty and continuously expand the number of troops, but also to concentrate financial and material resources to develop military workshops.

I can tell you unabashedly that the implementation of the new policy is not only beneficial to the country and the people, but also to Manchuria! ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to vigorously develop military workshops, increase the speed of manufacturing firearms, and that they were about to set up large-scale military workshops in Beijing, all the princes and nobles who had dreamed of forming an overseas all-firearms battalion became excited and bowed down one after another and said: "Your Majesty

For a while, the words of praise continued one after another, and one by one they were afraid of falling behind.

Seeing this situation, Yinxi, Yinxiang and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Zhenwu this vertical and tight, back and forth rubbing, and drew a few big cakes, which can make a lot of princes and nobles obey and fit, this prestige is all brought by the navy and overseas separation, and now with the strong support of the full staff, no matter how much the Han people jump, they can't make much waves, and this matter can finally be revealed.

Zhenwu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and promised everyone, what he wrote was not a blank check, as long as the Northwest War started, the new Praetorian Guard Army would not only be satisfied with pacifying the Dzungar Department, but would inevitably expand from the northwest to Central Asia, and there was basically no risk in the African conquest, occupying South Africa, Arabia, and the Mughal empires in West Africa, and it was indeed time to do it.

The crowd was quiet for a while, and then he commanded in a deep voice: "Let all the officials waiting outside come in." (To be continued.) )