Chapter 113: Preparation for Jumping Ship

If Beijing can guarantee its power and have a place for him in the cabinet in the future, he can generously dismiss the first assistant, and there are many things that he cannot not consider.

Of course, this is also the worst choice for Ding Xian.

If possible, Ding Xian still wants to be the first assistant of the Nanjing court. This is also the fact that he was not prepared to jump ship before. Now he clearly felt something different.

In Ding Xian's position, there are actually a lot of things he can see.

Since the Battle of Hejian, most people in Nanjing have felt that Beijing is a fluke, but there are some things that have done well. As long as the deficiencies can be filled, they will be able to counterattack in a big way.

The Nanjing side is not without moving, and even the action is quite large, and it feels that it needs to be filled, and this is more and more to make up. Even Fang Xiaoru made sacrifices. But it's still nothing more than catching up.

It even makes people feel like they can't reach it.

There are some things that the Ming court simply cannot do. For example, He Xi has come up with a lot of charters, especially national bonds. But Ding Xian especially wanted to do it, but he couldn't do it.

After all, He Xi's treasury bonds are backed by a set of financial systems to establish basic financial trust. And Nanjing does not have this.

And there are many things in military transformation, Fu Youde doesn't want to follow suit, but this is simply going to revolutionize the life of the founding heroes group. The reason why the founding heroes have a special status is not because they have a special influence on the army.

And this kind of reform, the way of military training, the way of combat, and the way of personnel training have completely changed. The founding heroes must stand aside. Even a heavy general like Fu Youde can't move easily.

As for the railway, Ding Xian has organized a lot of people to study the steam engine.

But as a result, it is still very confused.

There is so much technology needed here.

Otherwise, He Xi invested nearly ten years before he could be regarded as a steam engine that could be placed on the train. It can be said that the study of the steam engine directly affected the entire industrial system in Beijing. It can also be said that it was the entire industrial system of Liaodong in Beijing that united to have the steam engine.

Zhang Zongde is just a leader.

But here in Nanjing, there is a lack of a scientist like Zhang Zongde, and there is a lack of He Xi's guidance from time to time. There is also a lack of large-scale investment and industrial systems. It's problematic to be able to build it.

In Ding Xian's position, he understands these things.

Before, he had the idea of turning the tide, or the north and the south, but now his instincts told him that it seemed unlikely.

Ding Xian retracted his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Marquis Changxing said is extremely true. We cannot sit idly by and ignore the situation in the northwest, and the front-line battles should be decided by the front-line generals, and it is better to send a heavy general to Hanzhong. Sit in Hanzhong and counterattack Longxi."

Zhu Yunwen said, "Who?"

Ding Xian said: "This is not something that the minister can know, so it is better to ask the Korean duke."

Zhu Yunwen understood Ding Xian's opinion, the Korean Gong Li Qi was the first group of people, and it was not a matter if they were pressed for a long time, and these people had a lot of experience in fighting in northwest Sichuan.

It's also a veteran. It can be used.

Zhu Yunwen said, "Okay."

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Ding Xian and Qi De walked out of the Qianqing Palace side by side.

Zid stopped talking.

To be honest, Zide's impression of Ding Xian is not very good. Not only Qi De, but most people in the Nanjing court do not have a very good impression of Qi De. This is also normal.

What Ding Xian has done will not have any good evaluation in today's society where morality is important.

But at the same time, Qi De still has a little understanding of Ding Xian.

Without him, Qi De is a person who does practical things, in his position, there are millions of troops on the front line, countless seals, soldiers, guns, artillery, silver, food, and so on.

Zid had to make arrangements.

In Fang Xiaoru's era, there was too much gap in this regard.

After Ding Xian came to power, he didn't care what Ding Xian did

Zid understands very well that the absolute supply of these materials has been increasing. As for the frontline, there is still a shortage because the fighting on the front line has been expanding.

The main battlefield of the war just started is in the Hebei region.

Now the war is spreading, west to Longxi, east to the sea, forming the Fujian battlefield, the Shandong battlefield, the Henan battlefield, the northern Shaanxi battlefield, the direction of Xiaoguan, and now there is the Longxi battlefield.

These battles are just a sentence for the people above, but for the people below, they don't know how much work they have.

How much material is required.

It almost made Zid feel breathless.

In this situation. Whoever can solve the problem for Zid, this is the most important thing, and everything else must be put aside.

Ding Xian naturally knew how Qi De felt about him. Ding Xian and Qi De can be regarded as forbearance for the country. Ding Xian knew one thing very well, he couldn't hold it alone in the Nanjing Imperial Court. He lacks the right team and manpower.

He can't help but work with others.

Zid was his chosen partner.

On the one hand, Zid's ability is strong.

Logistical co-ordination in so many directions. Not everyone can do it well. Zid can.

On the other hand, Zid is a practical person. He doesn't have much of a moral ethic. And I know what it means to put the big picture first.

is a gentleman.

In this way, he will be able to kidnap Qi De morally, at least in Nanjing, if the situation does not change now, Qi De will not only not attack him, but will even prevent others from secretly dealing with him.

Count it all in one fell swoop.

Ding Xian saw Zide's expression. said, "Brother Qi, what's the matter with you?"

Zid said, "There's one thing I don't know if to ask?"

Ding Xian said, "If you want to ask, there is nothing in the world that you can't tell you."

Zid said, "How much of the new banknote was printed?"

Ding Xian said indifferently, "I don't remember."

Qi De's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his tone was full of anger, and he said, "Shousuke, this matter is not a joke, how can you not remember."

Ding Xian said: "This number is updated every day, how can I always remember it, probably I know the number. But I don't think you want to know that number."

Qi De was stunned for a moment, he understood what Ding Xian meant.

That's what worries him the most.

Yes. The income of the Nanjing Imperial Court was about fifty or sixty million taels a year. Now, with the occurrence of the Industrial Revolution, taxes have increased in all aspects. It's like customs. In the pre-industrial era, customs taxes were not very high at most, but in the industrial age, it was a different story.

Even if there is no industrial zone under the control of Nanjing, it will be affected.

Not to mention, Ding Xian didn't do nothing.

At least, the scene in Jiangning Town is quite good.

It not only brought a lot of tax revenue to Nanjing, but more importantly, stabilized the currency value. A large number of fabrics were listed, which supported the face value of the Nanjing new currency. Ding Xian is not clear about the reason. But Ding Xian only discovered this one thing.

But in any case, the huge war spending is not just leaving Beijing breathless. It also led to the collapse of Nanjing's finances.

Zid knows this in his heart.

After all, most of the military supplies were deployed by him. He had a good idea of how much money it spent. Where did the imperial court have so much money for him to spend?

The imperial court had big financial problems.

This is what Zid knows without asking.

The matter of treasure money can be regarded as a shallow financial education for Ming officials, and they all know that printing money is not sustainable. After a long time, there will definitely be problems.

But Zid still wanted to ask.

Because this one thing has too much impact. And the war has been going on for several years, and Zid has clearly felt the undercurrent caused by pressure from all sides. Especially on the battlefield of the Central Plains.

The pressure to maintain an army of hundreds of thousands is in the middle

It was not an easy thing for the original people.

The people's strength is in danger, the financial resources are in danger, and the military situation is not going well, and the whole thing is an internal and external trouble. If we don't pull ourselves together, we will be unpredictable about what we will win or lose. Qi De is dedicated to the country, and it is precisely because he sees these crises that he is more anxious in his heart. Want to solve a problem.

But if you want to solve the problem, you must first face the problem. If you don't even know what the problem really is. How can you solve the problem? Look at the book

Qi De took a deep breath and said, "Please also show Lord Shousuke, I must have a number in my heart."