However, just halfway through, he met the angry He Luohui.

"Master, it's broken." He Luohui said with a dark face, "The Taojiadian ferry wharf, as well as the fishing boats we collected, were all burned by Minggou, and the Minggou sailor blocked the river and was bombarding us with cannons." ”

"Damn!" Dorgon said angrily, "This is bullying us for not having a redcoat cannon. ”

When Dolgon brought the army to Germany, he didn't think about fighting a tough battle, so he didn't carry the Hongyi cannon.

As a result, the Hongyi artillery left on the west bank of the Yellow River was destroyed by the Ming army.

The Hongyi cannons left on the east bank had been taken to Shandong by Duoduo.

"Master, what can I do now?" He Luohui asked again.

"Let's go upstream and find a ferry to cross the river." Dolgon said with a dark face, "This king doesn't believe it, the Ming army sailors can still follow us upstream, there will always be river beaches that they can't go up." ”

If there is no water division and no Hongyi cannon, then you can only take a detour.

Dolgonle turned his horse's head and turned onto the official road leading to Zhongmu.

But after walking a few steps, Dolgon couldn't help but look back at the direction of Xuzhou, and swore in his heart, Chongzhen, I, Dolgon, will kill back, you wait!

……

Chongzhen lay lazily on the soft couch.

Listening to Zhu Cihong reporting to him on the battle damage of the Battle of Xuzhou.

The Battle of Xuzhou, which decided the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, has officially ended, and Chongzhen's heart hanging in the air has finally fallen back into his stomach, and the whole person suddenly feels lazy, and he doesn't even want to move a finger.

Zhu Cihong opened the account book and read: "Father, from the outbreak of the war at the end of February to today, in the battle of Xuzhou, our army has killed more than 8,000 generals, 107 soldiers, more than 300 internal servants, more than 1,600 sailors, and more than 30,000 wounded. ”

"The people of Xuzhou suffered more than 50,000 casualties, including more than 10,000 deaths."

"A total of three Hongyi cannons, nine Franc machine guns, 47 tiger squat cannons, more than 800 bird guns, three-eyed guns and Lumi guns, more than 9,000 pairs of armor were damaged, and more than 2,000 wooden plaques were lost."

"Also, more than 10,000 bamboo poles and spears were damaged, and more than 1,000 waist knives were damaged."

"In addition, a total of 180,000 catties of lime and about 20,000 catties of gunpowder were consumed."

"About 8,000 barrels of gold juice are consumed, about 6,000 pairs of fishing nets, and about 800 catties of peppers."

Zhu Cihong wanted to continue reading, but was interrupted by Chongzhen: "Okay, don't read it, how much silver is the value of all these lost materials, have you calculated it?" ”

"Father, the son has roughly estimated it just now."

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "All of them add up to no more than 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"Less than 100,000 taels?" Chongzhen was a little surprised, "It's much less than pensions and bounties." ”

"Yes." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Just the death pension is about 500,000 taels, and the final result has not yet been counted, but 3,000 real slaves, 5,000 Han soldiers plus 20,000 coats are only a lot more, and the total of these bounties is at least 400,000." ”

"That means a million taels of silver are gone?"

Zhu Cijiong was speechless: "It's really a waste of money to fight, and Huai'an Mansion hasn't counted it yet." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said: "If Huai'an Mansion is counted, it is estimated that two million taels will not be able to fight, after all, Yan Yingyuan has even burned down Shanyang Xicheng." ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "You guys, the bulk of the expenses hasn't been counted." ”

"Big head?" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed greatly, "Father is talking about the war salary of the soldiers in the border town?" ”

"War pay?" Zhu Cijiong's face also changed greatly, "The border army of the thirty towns of Xuzhou compares the salary of Liaozhen, and the salary is two taels per month per ding, and the war salary is three times that of six taels!" ”

"Thirty towns and border troops, a total of 160,000 people."

"A month's salary is 960,000!"

After a pause, Zhu Cijiong said with a dark face: "The battle of Xuzhou started in February, and now it is June, and it lasts for a total of five months, and a total of 4.8 million taels of silver needs to be paid!" ”

"Four million eight million?!" Both brothers were scared.

"Doesn't this mean that seven million taels of silver were lost in one battle?"

"Now you know how expensive it is to go to war, right?" Chongzhen actually laughed.

"Compared with the loss of grain, grass, ordnance and various military supplies, the real big part of the expenditure is the silver expenditure! The state finances of our Ming Dynasty were dragged down by Liao's salary. ”

"What can I do?" Zhu Cijiong said hurriedly, "160,000 border troops will bring down our Ming treasury, and in the future, the Northern Expedition will not be able to have four or five hundred thousand troops, or even millions?" I can't afford it at all! ”

Zhu Cihong also said: "Relying on the market to issue bonds is not a long-term solution. ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Chongzhen teased, "Bad debts? ”

"That's definitely not going to work." Zhu Cihong said solemnly, "Father, you must not be repaid. ”

Zhu Cijiong also said: "Father, I often teach my eldest brother, I and my fifth brother, and people do not stand without trust......"

"Alright, I'm in a hurry." Chongzhen didn't have a good breath and said, "Father is just joking with you." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "But how to redeem it, we really have to sum it up, and we will definitely not be able to distribute the silver directly to the soldiers in the border towns, so we can only give them the land." ”

"Divide the field?" Zhu Cihong said, "Father means to take the field as a salary? ”

"That's right, take the field to pay for the silver." Looking at Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong's serious thinking, Chongzhen was quite relieved in his heart, and after teaching hard for nearly a year, he could finally help the staff officers with some things that were inconvenient for the ministers to participate in, such as taking Xuzhou Guantian to offset the silver and bounty to Shanyang Xiangyong and the border army in Xuzhou.

This kind of thing, even the prince of Qinwang cannot participate in it.

Because the stakes are so great that no one can afford to remain indifferent.

How many officials can keep their original intentions like Ma Mingluo?

What's more, it is unknown whether Ma Mingluo can still keep his original intention as he did at this time.

"Not only the salaries of the soldiers in the border towns, but also the bounties of the township warriors can also be offset by the official fields."

Chongzhen said: "At present, Jiannu has decided to retire, I believe that from now on no one will doubt whether our Ming can hold the Huanghuai defense line, at this time Xuzhou and even the official land of Guide, not to mention five taels of silver per mu, even ten taels of silver per mu There will be countless people rushing to buy, I will pay two taels of five dollars a mu to the border town soldiers and Huai'an Fu Xiangyong, presumably no one will refuse, so Xuzhou's four million acres of official land can be worth 10 million taels of silver!" ”

"The salary of 4.8 million taels is only half of it."

After a pause, Chongzhen smiled again and said: "All the losses of Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou in this war are enough to make up for it, and there is still a lot of surplus. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "But Father, what about the first bond?" ”

As soon as he was halfway through the words, Zhu Cihong suddenly reacted, and then said: "Has Deputy Director Ma already bought back all the first bonds at a low price?" ”

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Even if you don't buy it all, there won't be much left." ”

Zhu Cihong was overjoyed and said: "In this case, it will be no problem to use the four million mu of official land in Xuzhou to offset the silver and bounty, and even more to use it to offset the people's green seedling money." ”

"Speaking of Seedlings Money." Chongzhen smiled and asked, "A total of 200 million catties of green seedlings have been collected?" ”

Zhu Cihong corrected: "Father, a total of 240 million catties, and later the remaining green seedlings on the north bank were also collected, so there are 40 million catties of green seedlings more." ”

"Speaking of this green seedling, the price you set is really too high, father."

Zhu Cijiong complained: "One hundred catties and one tael, and two hundred and forty million catties is two million and four hundred thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Is it set high?" Chongzhen smiled again and asked Zhu Cihong, "Hong'er, do you think your father is set high?" ”

"There is actually no difference between the price being set high and low." Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "Because even if there are no millions of taels of green seedling money, my father will give the people of Xuzhou the land for nothing." ”

For these people who fled from Beizhi and Shandong to Xuzhou, the imperial court will definitely divide the fields for them to plant.

Therefore, even if there is no seedling money, the imperial court still wants to divide the field, but now it is just a different form, from dividing the field for nothing to letting the people use the green seedling money to buy the field, there is no difference in essence.

Tapping his finger lightly on the soft couch, Chongzhen groaned and said, "Father is thinking about another question now, should you take this opportunity to let the border army of Thirty Towns retire from active service?" ”

If you don't retire, you can't do it.

I really can't afford to raise these border troops.

"What? Let the Thirty Towns Border Army retire from active service? ”

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong were taken aback, how can this work?

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, if the border army is retired, who will defend the Huanghuai defense line?" ”

"Of course, it's still these 160,000 border soldiers." Chongzhen said, "Although the border town has been withdrawn, these 160,000 soldiers are still living in Xuzhou. ”

"Hmm." When Zhu Cihong heard this, he somewhat understood Chongzhen's intentions.

"What my father means is that he will get rid of the big burden of the border army of Thirty Towns, and at the same time, he will not be able to shake the Huanghuai defense line, and the price paid is two million acres of official land in Xuzhou."

"It's not two million acres, it's four million acres!" Chongzhen waved his hand and said.

"Salary plus bounty, 160,000 border troops, 25 acres of land per person!"

"And all taxes, regular taxes, forced labor, and Ding Yin, are exempted, but when the Ming Dynasty is invaded by foreign enemies, each household needs to contribute one Ding to fight for the country."

"Father, isn't this the military household system of the great grandfather?" Zhu Cihong said, "The problem of the military household system is not small, and those military households have become the slaves of the generals and have been squeezed very badly. ”

"This is not a military household system, because there are no 100 households, 1,000 households, and health centers." Chongzhen shook his head, "Only the Lijia is set up, and the Lichang and the Jiachang are only responsible for communication, only the emperor has the right to recruit these militias, and when there is a war, they are led by the governor, and they are scattered in the township for ordinary people in peacetime, and their heirs can also take the imperial examination." ”

(End of chapter)