Chapter 174: Offensive and Defensive Changes

"No. Absolutely not." Yang Shiqi said sharply: "My lord, millions of soldiers are raised, and thousands of gold are consumed every day. It can be said that since the start of the war, Beijing has only seen a deficit and has not seen a turnaround. To be able to support it until now, it has been my painstaking management. And after this battle, the wounded were compensated, and the disaster along the canal. They all need money."

"Now there is a new title, with the meaning of the adult, with the hereditary hundred households as the lowest title, and the like. But according to the soldier of eighteen yuan a year, for example, the lowest knighthood, not three or fifty yuan a year, if it can show honor? Hedge the benefits brought by the hereditary hundred households. No, thirty or fifty dollars is not enough, it has to be 100 dollars. The rest of the land waits for the rest. But with such a great victory, it is estimated that there are more than 1,000 low-level nobles canonized. That's a lot of money. Coupled with other expenses, the imperial court will certainly not be able to support it."

"Xiaguan, it's not that you don't support the idea of adults. It's just that this matter can not be slowed down. Let Beijing's finances take a breather?"

Yang Shiqi is the biggest one. Fighting a war is essentially about money. Although this battle is likely to bring many prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River under rule. In terms of agricultural taxes alone, the taxes paid in these places are simply not comparable to the expenses of He Xi's investment in this war.

In this battle, in essence, the enemy was injured by his own strength, and it seemed that there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides. But He Xi spent much more money than Nanjing in the overall investment.

A lot of things can't be done, half of it is a problem of money, and half of it is a problem of people.

In this battle, the victory or defeat has already explained a lot.

Fu Youde did not have enough artillery and captured the artillery of the Northern Army. But here the Northern Army is how much to fight, how much to lose, and how much to make up. Heroic and generous. But the pressure is all here. Even if Japan has taken a mouthful of blood, Beijing's finances are now unable to support it.

After all, the Japanese market has reopened. It's even more open than it was at other times, but overall, it still takes time. It will take time to convert the Japanese market into fiscal revenue.

A big war costs millions of dollars directly and indirectly, and it doesn't mean that it doesn't cost money after the war.

After the battle, more money was spent and rewarded. Relieved. Battle damage is replenished. It's also a lot of money.

But Yang Shiqi also knows the severity. No matter how difficult it is, there are some things that cannot be saved. For example, the reward for the soldiers, the soldiers who participated in the war this time, whether they had military merits or not, would have double salaries, and there were some other rewards, not much. On average, one person is only two or three yuan, but there are many people, and this time it is two million yuan.

Naturally, the two million dollars are not average.

Rather, it is distributed according to the different merits of each person.

However, they are all rewards for low-level soldiers. As for the rewards of senior generals, Yang Shiqi's idea is to give the virtual and not the real. What hereditary 100 households, hereditary 1,000 households, are all okay. Although there are troubles, it is just a false name. At least you don't have to pay now.

The future is the future, and the present is the present.

He Xi said, "Can't you even take out this money, didn't I let you print it?"

Yang Shiqi said, "This is prudent. After all, the treasure money is a lesson from the past."

He Xi smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. I have a way. Let's do what is in front of you first. As for money, leave it to me."

Financially, Yang Shiqi is very conservative.

If someone said such a thing to him, Yang Shiqi would not look at one squarely. But this was said by He Xi.

Yang Shiqi had a glimmer of hope in his heart, he felt that He Xi would definitely be able to find some refreshing and good ways above the finances.

As for what the method is, he will wait and see.

Yang Shiqi said, "Okay."

persuaded Yang Shiqi, and there was little resistance from other aspects.

After the pursuit of the front line was over, the generals at all levels were summoned to return to Beijing, rewarded for meritorious deeds, and carried out military reform and major adjustments.

He Xi suddenly had an idea, and said secretly: "I don't know what Nanjing's financial situation will be like?"

No, He Xi underestimated Nanjing. In terms of economic volume, Nanjing is several times that of Beijing, but

In terms of the ability of both governments to mobilize resources, this is not the case.

He Xi's method of mobilizing local resources is to print money, loosen money, and manipulate the market. But Nanjing is much simpler and crude. Direct conscription. Moreover, the people could not bear the conscription on the front line.

It is true that the battle was fought in Hebei. Hebei has been the most traumatized. But in essence, He Xi used currency depreciation and mobilized resources from other places to make up for Hebei. Not without problems. But at least before the currency is over-issued to a certain order of magnitude, there is no big problem, not to mention, He Xi also uses various means to find a market for the over-issued currency.

However, on the one hand, there was no atmosphere of war in the area south of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, the people in these places north of the Yellow River were conscripted by the army, and almost all the men were recruited.

After all, the army moved hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Army, and after a big war, nearly one million auxiliary soldiers and civilians were mobilized, and nearly 10 million were spent. The treasury was emptied. But the Yugoslav army will not have so much money. The Nanjing Imperial Court will not give so much expenditure, at most one or two million taels of military spending is good.

However, this kind of expenditure reduction is of course that the Southern Army is more economical than the Northern Army in all aspects. But in fact, the military burden is being passed on to the local level.

Let Shandong, Henan, the area north of the Yellow River, and some prefectures and counties in Hebei bear the burden of the southern army.

With such pressure, it is very simple for the local people to be ruined.

However, even so, the two wars, coupled with the Battle of Jingjiang, there were other big moves, and more importantly, the reduction of Tian Fu. After all, after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, the Shidafu group made a comeback. It is not daring to directly overthrow some of Zhu Yuanzhang's policies.

But the arrears of the tax due, but they dare.

In just over a year, the total tax arrears have exceeded 3 million stones.

There will only be more in the future.

This is the epitome of Nanjing's finances.

This affects not only the land tax, but also other local taxes.

It's just that it hasn't been revealed yet.

He Xi was sure that Nanjing's financial crisis would definitely come. It's just a matter of time.

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Fu Youde stood at the head of Qihe County, and behind him was the boiling Yellow River.

As mentioned above, the Yellow River in the early Ming Dynasty was divided into several parallel streams. Behind Qihe County is the northern share of the Yellow River.

Even if it is not a complete Yellow River, it has earth-shattering power.

The Yellow River is dangerous enough to stop the enemy.

But Fu Youde was unwilling to stick to the south of the Yellow River.

From Anlingbao all the way south, after Fu Youde's department and Sheng Yong's department converged, they had several battles with the Ming army. But because of Fu Youde's flood, the main force of the pursuit, that is, Ye Shen's department, almost lost its combat effectiveness.

If it weren't for the fact that the flood had passed, the ground was full of mud. Fu Youde has the idea of going north.

Except for Ye Shen, the other generals really didn't have the determination to fight against Fu Youde.

And after the big victory, He Xi ordered caution, and Ye Shen also ordered caution.

So, the two sides had a simple contact under the city of Texas. After that, it was almost always a send-off pursuit.

Fu Youde's main force suffered little loss.

Fu Youde's heart to fight back has never been broken. He didn't retreat because he was retreating, he just chose a favorable terrain to start the war again.

For example, the Yellow River.

The Yellow River is behind, and Fu Youde has no worries.

Don't worry, a man from the Northern Army suddenly inserted himself behind him and cut off the logistics, there are enough logistics materials, plus the firearms in Fu Youde's hands, whether it is to stick to the camp or the city, it can be guarded without leakage.

Not to mention, the Northern Army has just taken these prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River.

If you want to settle down a place, it also takes time.

Fu Youde wanted to carry out a series of counterattacks.

You don't need infantry, you just need cavalry. With a thousand horsemen as a unit, raid the north and keep the enemy at peace day and night. And the foot soldiers along the line of the Yellow River, camped

Set up a fortress and build a fortress. Back then, under the city of Anlingbao, Fu Youde did a lot of research.

At this moment, nature is to use the way of others to give back to others.

There is just one thing that Fu Youde doesn't want to admit and has to admit, that is, the offensive and defensive changes are changing.