Chapter 193: Li Hongzhang Plans for Coastal Defense (4)

Fourth, the original song is raised. Recently, the financial resources are extremely scarce, and everyone knows it. If you want to cheer up, you must unify the overall situation of the world, make a comprehensive plan, and then make a plan.

The cities of Xinjiang, since the Qianlong period, have returned to the territory, no matter how difficult it is to open up, that is, when there is nothing to do, the annual military expenditure is still more than 3 million, and the empty land of thousands of miles is collected in vain, and it is no longer worth the leakage of thousands of years. And it is bordered by Russia in the north, Turkey, Tianfang, and Persia in the west, and British India in the south. Considering the situation, Russia will encroach first, and Britain will share its benefits, and neither of them wants China to be interested in the West, and China's current strength is really not as good as focusing on the Western Regions.

Before Zeng Guofan, there was a proposal to temporarily abandon the customs outside the customs and clear the customs, and the old man became the view of seeking the country. Although he is destined to be sent out of the division today, the strength of the troops cannot be caught. Can you secretly tell the commanders of the western route, but strictly abide by the existing borders, and cultivate them, there is no need to rush forward. On the one hand, he appeased the chieftains of Yili, Urumqi, Kashgar and other people, and allowed them to be tribes. Such as the seedlings of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Shu, and Yao Toast.

We secretly believe that the existence of two will benefit both sides, and that Russia and Britain will avoid annexation, and China will not repeatedly bother with troops, which seems to be the way to endure. In addition, Xinjiang is no longer in Xinjiang, and there is no harm to the vitality of the limbs; If the sea frontier is not guarded, the great trouble in the heart will become more thorny, and there will be someone who can distinguish which is more important and which is lighter.

If this agreement is decided, it seems that all the armies that have already left the fortress and those that have not yet left the fortress will need to be slightly reduced, and they will be withdrawn if they can be withdrawn, and they will be stopped if they can be stopped. The salary of its suspension and withdrawal is evenly used as the salary of coastal defense. Otherwise, only this financial resources will prepare for the sea frontier of 10,000 miles in the southeast and 10,000 miles in the northwest.

At this time, the establishment of coastal defense will require at least more than 10 million taels of funds for the purchase of ships, military training, and simple weapons. In August of this year, the Ministry of Household Affairs replied that Wen Xiang had relaxed the need for a discount and requested the suspension of the internal affairs government's non-urgent needs, and there was still no money to be raised for coastal defense. Therefore, the provinces are ordered to do their best to delay the transfer of various deposits, offset the prevention expenses, and investigate the number of funds reserved and allocated by the provinces, compared with the number of annual income, all of which are several times overfloating, and what funds can be deposited and borrowed.

As a last resort, we should still follow the five-year plan of the Prime Minister's Yamen Tongzhi, and specifically mention the deposit of the Ministry and the 40% tariff of each customs, for the needs of the current operation, except for the Tianjin Customs, which is 40% of the Tianjin Customs, and the 20% of the Jiangsu Customs, which is the Shanghai Machinery Bureau, and the 40% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the Jiangsu Customs is the Shanghai Machinery Bureau, and the 40% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 20% of the 10% of the 10% of the 10% of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of the 10th of

After that, the customs were ordered to seal another paragraph and report it to the province for explanation, and the province was not allowed to borrow it, nor did it have to dissolve the ministry treasury, resulting in many turns, and this item could be obtained by hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, and the ministry treasury was deposited with more than three million. If there is no shortage, it is planned to still borrow foreign money temporarily, and it will be repaid under the renewal of 40% of the tariff to meet emergency needs. Its interest rate is seven or eight cents, and the return is ten or eight years, which is also a common thing in various countries, so there is no need to be surprised.

As for the long-term expenses in the future, it should be sought by opening up sources and reducing expenditures. Now Ding Cao's taxation is being supplied, adding two cents of gold and donating two funds, and digging in all directions, it is still insufficient. There is little money to be gained from donations, and there are great disadvantages. In the mainland, the gold is also limited by half taxes, such as copper and iron, feathers, foreign cloth, etc., all of which are related to the daily use of the people's livelihood. Bulk goods are exempted, because the tariff is contained in the peace treaty, there is no negotiable addition, so that there is a huge disparity between each other, and the merchants and people are in difficulty.

Ding Richang planned to set up factories to build farming and weaving machines, and Zeng Guofan and his ministers asked for the opening of media, iron mines, and the trial establishment of China Merchants Steamships, all for the sake of opening up livelihoods in the mainland. The cover can neither prohibit the non-arrival of foreign goods, nor the non-use of Chinese people. British woolen cloth was shipped to China, and more than 30 million silver were sold every year, and millions of silver were sold in copper, iron, lead, and tin.

He also set up machines to be manufactured by himself, and steamships and railways to be transshipped by himself, but the essence of the goods was consistent with them. They come from the ocean, and they cannot be compared with those who produce them in the mainland. If I benefit from the sun, then I will be self-conscious, not only beneficial to the salary.

The mountains of the provinces, the place where the hardware and dansha, mercury and coal are abundant, China has not tasted the big opening for thousands of years, and the occasional opening is not its instrument and law, and often worries about the exhaustion of national strength.

Western geologists know what minerals are in the rocks and soils of the mountains. It is advisable to hire several people of this generation to go and inspect them, record their production, and choose the ones with good benefits. All imitations of Western law, or by the government to raise capital, or to persuade wealthy businessmen near and far to form a joint company, open a number of shares, and give up one or two points to the official, the results should be ten years later.

The ministers near the southern border of Zhili Cizhou Mountain discussed the opening of coal and iron mines, and ordered the members of the Tianjin and Shanghai Machinery Bureaus to buy foreign weapons, hire foreign craftsmen, and advocate for the purpose of casting military weapons, and also want to gradually open up the atmosphere to benefit the people.

In view of the loss of the Ming season, modern scholars have taken mining as a maladministration, and they do not know that the disadvantages are in employing people, and they cannot open up non-mines. Its ignorant gentry are confused by the destruction of feng shui, and the useless officials are afraid that they will gather all living beings, which is especially inadvertent. Carved the East and West are all mining countries, why is there no such disease. And they all get rich and strong with this.

If the coastal areas of the southern province can try to open the medium iron used in the manufacture of shipbuilding machinery, there is no need to purchase and transport it from foreign countries, and the rest of the profits can be raised, and the ships can be raised and the troops can be trained, which is also a great benefit of the militaristic state.

As for the foreign medicine, which poisoned China, in March of this year, Qin sent an edict to the prince of alcohol to ask him to put an end to it, and the reason for the proper discussion of measures and other reasons. The minister consulted the alcohol prince's fold: there is no need to rush to implement it, but to be determined to be slack, so that foreign opium @ pieces do not come, and then strictly ban Chinese poppies. It is really a general situation, and it is adapted to the Taiwan incident, so it is not discussed. Zicha foreign medicine is imported from India, about 70,000 thousands of boxes per year, and more than 30 million silver is sold. Britain knows what is harmful, but does not want to ban foreign traders from trafficking, and wants to ban Chinese mainland's own cultivation, and its intentions are extremely cunning.

Last year, when the treaty was amended, Prime Minister Yamen and the British envoy repeatedly stated that British businessmen could not be banned from selling foreign cigarettes, that is, Chinese people could not be banned from eating foreign cigarettes, and only by temporarily banning opium poppies would not only seize the rights of foreign businessmen, but also increase taxes.

At that time, the British envoy was also quite moved when he heard it, but the country did not hear it. Even if the minister argues again, it may not be of any use. We should still follow the original proposal of the Prime Minister's Yamen, resist the yin phase, and hope that foreign medicines are gradually decreasing, and it is advisable to tighten the ban.

Checking the various kinds of opium poppies in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces, every time the Xinjiang ministers and Taiwan admonished them to affirm the ban, they were beaten by foreign ministers and gave the officials the handle to disturb the extortion. In fact, the opium poppy is growing more and more widely, and it is inevitable that it cannot be banned.