The first assistant Song Yingxing, the second assistant Fei Chun, the cabinet ministers Liu Ziren, Yuan Yunlong, Chen Maosheng.

This cabinet, after gathering together and familiarizing himself with the affairs at hand, discussed the country's major policies with the emperor for the first time.

Song Yingxing first spoke: "With the two provinces of Shandong and Henan, after the full collection of taxes, the annual tax revenue has increased a lot. Excise taxes and customs duties in the provinces, especially in the coastal areas, are also rising, but the treasury is not full of much......"

"First, due to the surge in military spending, each division has increased from 10,000 to 11,000 people, and new cavalry divisions are still being formed. On the navy's side, ships are being built again, and all of this costs money. ”

"The second is to increase the income of officials, and increase the tax revenue withheld by the local government, one decrease and one increase, and the imperial court's financial revenue has disappeared a lot out of thin air."

"Third, education funding has increased year by year. Thanks to His Majesty's blessings, if there is peace today, and the exorbitant taxes are exempted, the number of children in the provinces has skyrocketed. Although the free lunch has been cancelled, the new school will be built when there are more children, and the teacher will continue to be recruited. The local government does not have enough money, which is also the reason for the increase in local interception. Small and medium places are spending, and the large provinces are directly allocated by the state treasury. The number of teachers is increasing day by day, and the number of teachers and students is also increasing, and the annual expenses are really a lot. ”

"Fourth, immigration expenses, this is a cliché. Last year, there were 250,000 official immigrants, including vehicles, boats, food, seeds, clothing, and cattle...... In total, the cost of immigration exceeded two million taels of silver. ”

"Fifth, waterway management. The Yellow River is the most expensive to remediate, and the existing river course needs to be continuously reinforced. Zhang Shangshu (Zhang Guowei) also excavated and dredged a new river channel in Shandong, and he had to allocate funds every year, and he didn't know when it would be completed. ”

"The minister suggested that after the two new cavalry divisions were formed, the number of troops should not be increased. There are too many troops in the north, and the troops in the south are empty, so one division should be transferred to Sichuan, then two divisions to Minyue, and two more divisions back to Nanjing. In the matter of immigration, the number of immigrants can be appropriately reduced, and 50,000 immigrants per year is enough. ”

Zhao Han nodded: "What Song Aiqing said is reasonable, after the two new cavalry divisions are formed, the army should indeed not be expanded. But there is still a war to be fought in the north, and there is no need to transfer so many troops to the south. In this way, transfer the first division to Chengdu, mainly to guard against the Tibetan side. Another division will be transferred back to Nanjing, so that it will be enough to defend the capital. ”

Zhao Han thought about it again: "As for immigration, the total number of immigrants this year will be reduced to 150,000. Among them, 50,000 people will emigrate beyond the Great Wall of Liao to fill the population void after the fall of the Tartars! Immigrants from bitter or remote places must be given preferential treatment. Prepare more clothes and food for them, and the more cattle you have, the better. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Song Yingxing arched his hand.

Fei Ruhe's brother-in-law Yuan Yunlong: "The new territory (Jilin) outside the Great Wall of Liao can be governed by additional civil officials, but it does not have to be directly managed by Liaoning. When a capital division is set up for military management, one is to prevent the Tartars from coming back, and the other is to deter those barbarians in the northeast. ”

Liu Ziren: "This is reasonable. The land of the former Ming Dynasty's slaves should also be recovered. After being ravaged by the Tatars for many years, Nuer Gandusi and the local people still admire China. Outside the Great Wall of Liao, the capital division and minister suggested that it be located in Jianzhou (Hetuala) and govern the vast area from the Great Wall of Liao to Heilongjiang. ”

Zhao Han shook his head and said: "The location of Jianzhou City is too western, where can I manage Heilongjiang?" Get the map! ”

A map of the Nuer Gandusi was quickly placed in front of Zhao Han, which was still obtained from the Wenyuan Pavilion Library in Beijing.

Zhao Han carefully examined the map and pointed to Harbin in later generations: "It is best to set up the seat of the capital here." ”

Harbin in the Ming Dynasty was called Laluwei, and it was the name of the Wei Institute when you heard it. There is also a post station there, called Zaranu Station.

The Ming Dynasty opened a post road, from Shenyang all the way to Heilongjiang.

The places along the post road are Yidong Hewei (Changchun), Laluwei (Harbin), Hasansuo (Tonghe), Huer Haiwei (Yilan), Zhubang Station (Jiamusi), Futiwei (Fujin), ...... Along the Heilongjiang River all the way to the estuary, the estuary is the seat of the Nuer Gandu Division.

Zhao Han looked at the map and continued: "The post stations set up by the former Ming Dynasty must all be restored. This year's immigrants will be given priority to the post station. The divisions in the northeast, don't be idle, dredge all the abandoned post roads. The amount of work to dredge the post road is quite large, and there are not so many people in the local area, so they can only let the Datong soldiers on top, and it is estimated that it will take one or two years to complete. After the post road was dredged, Li Zheng led the army to sit in Laluwei (Harbin), and the cavalry division also followed. In this way, the military power can radiate the Heilongjiang and Songhua River basins, and even deter the Jurchens in Beishan (Waixing'anling). ”

"To the south," Zhao Han pointed to the map, "don't continue to nest in Jianzhou, Hu Dinggui will lead troops to Huifa City (eastern Huinan County)." With Huifa City as the center, resettle immigrants, educate the natives, and when the population is large and the food is sufficient, you can go to Ningguta and destroy the remnants of those Tartars! Until the population is sufficient, it is also possible to sweep the mountains every year. Take away the people under the rule of the Tartars, take away those who can be taken away, and kill those who can't be taken away! Once a year, after a few years, the population of the Tartars is empty. ”

Zhao Han picked up another map: "Xiao Zongxian's troops moved to northern Liao, staring at the Mongols outside the Great Wall of Liao. Xiao Zongxian is not allowed to use troops this year, and Li Zheng, Hu Dinggui and other troops will consume a lot of grain and grass. When Liaodong's grain eases up next year, Xiao Zongxian can wait for the opportunity to move. Win over and divide, use force to negotiate, use any means, cooperate with the friendly army in Hebei, and take back all the land of Duoyan Sanwei! ”

Zhao Han continued to dig through the map and pointed to the Hetao area: "Last year, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi and Henan, and local grain reserves were exhausted. After the grain storage is restored, immediately let the local officials of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan provinces collect the grain that is often closed in the jurisdiction, send troops to recover the Hetao in one fell swoop, and all the south of Yinshan must be taken back! ”

The five ministers looked at each other, and the emperor had so many in one breath, all in the expansion plan of the north.

If it were all implemented, it would cost a lot of food.

In the past few years, it has not been moved, and that is because the population in the north is empty, a large amount of land has been abandoned, and it is necessary to transport grain from the south to the north for a big war. After several years of recovery, coupled with the continuous migration of grain from the south, the population of the northern provinces gradually increased, and the production of grain increased.

In this way, it is completely possible to collect grain on the spot and send troops to the grassland to recover the lost territory.

If it weren't for the severe drought in the north last year, which consumed too much grain stock, we would have been able to send troops to recover the Hetao this year.

Fei Chun asked: "Since the capital division in the northeast has changed the governing office, do you still want to call it the slave gan capital division?" ”

Zhao Han thought seriously and said: "Let's call it Heilongjiang Dusi." Li Zheng did not want to personally lead the troops, and appointed him as the commander of the Heilongjiang capital to take charge of Heilongjiang's military, political and civil affairs. ”

Military and civilian affairs were grasped, and its jurisdiction included Heilongjiang and Jilin in later generations, as well as a large territory of Russia. This power is large enough that it will certainly no longer be able to give actual command of the army.

By the way, in addition to being purchased from Korea and transported from southern China, some of the military rations in the Northeast actually came from Japan.

Frequent famines broke out in Japan, and every year farmers starved to death, but some local lords took the initiative to sell grain. The grain was first transported to Ganghwa Island, then transshipped to the Port of Arthur, and finally overland to the Taedong Army, which was originally a place for North Korean exiles as political prisoners, but now a place of maritime trade between the two countries, and the Taedong Navy rented a piece of it as a military port.

Liu Ziren suddenly: "Your Majesty, according to the report of Quang Nam Province, most of the officials who went to Guangnan to take up their posts after more than a year have learned the local dialect and are also familiar with the specific conditions of the people in Guangnan. This year, they will be heavy-handed and force the Quang Nam clan to divide the land...... Probably, the gentry of Quang Nam will bewitch the people and incite the people to riot again. The meaning of the household department and the military department both want to slow down. Quang Nam had a popular uprising last year, and if it is again this year, I am afraid it will not be conducive to winning over the hearts of the people in Quang Nam. ”

"Afraid of what?" Zhao Han sneered, "Cut through the mess quickly, otherwise how long will it have to be delayed?" When there was a popular uprising, the army was dispatched, and a few more squires were killed. As for the people of Quang Nam, it is inevitable that there will be casualties during the battle, and since they rebelled with the gentry, they must have the consciousness of dying by the sword! ”

Now that half of Vietnam is occupied, the division of land must be carried out.

First, this belonged to the national policy of the new dynasty, and secondly, it took the opportunity to eliminate the influence of the gentry. The land annexation there is too powerful, the common people don't understand how to kill, and the gentry are what they are. If the gentry want to rebel, the people will be bewitched, and if they are not dealt with, they will always be a hidden danger.

Only by implementing a policy of dividing the land, so that the gentry could not monopolize land resources, could the rebellion be solved once and for all.

Like the Ming Dynasty, some people rebelled and suppressed, but did not clean up the Vietnamese gentry. Then, after the national strength declines, the Vietnamese gentry will have different intentions, use the resources and influence in their hands, and bring the people who don't understand anything to chaos again.

The five ministers dispersed, and Zhao Han leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

A short time later, the British envoy was brought in.

"Meet His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Sit down. How many schools did you visit? ”

Milton: "We visited two small schools, one middle school, and even Jinling University. School education in China is very great, and we sincerely admire it. ”

"You don't have to admire, Britain can do the same." Zhao Han said with a smile.

"When I return to the UK, I will submit my recommendations to Parliament." Milton.

After a small talk, Milton suddenly extended an invitation: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, on behalf of the Republic of England, I invite Chinese officials to visit England. ”

These words made Zhao Han think about it seriously, and it seemed that he could indeed send an envoy group.

Not only to visit the UK, but also to visit other countries along the way, and strengthen China's official influence from Asia to Europe. By the way, collect intelligence information along the way, and compile new nautical charts like Zheng He.

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