At the end of the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere, a eunuch suddenly went to Wang Chengen to write a few words, and then Wang Chengen went to Chongzhen to report something …
Dozens of pairs of eyes looked at everyone and clearly saw that Chongzhen’s smile disappeared in just a blink of an eye and then his face was dignified and said, "It must be that the navy had an accident in such a hurry … Ma Xuanliu Aiqing entered the temple …"
Look tired Liu Yun just walked into the hall and knelt in the center of the hall with a face of grief and cried …
"The emperor I navy soldiers battlefield death is too hatred, the emperor must make decision for them ….."
"The emperor, you must make decision for the navy men ….. the men died in the hands of one of their own when they didn’t die in the naval battle …"
A few years ago, neither the army nor the military commander Chongzhen paid much attention to it …
However, with the tiger and leopard army actually getting stronger and stronger, Chongzhen finally realized the importance of the army to himself.
Chongzhen has greatly improved the status of military attache court since it moved its capital to Nanjing.
Staring at the sight, almost half of the navy company commanders were in charge of the dynasty, so they shouted and wronged a bad feeling regardless of their identity and quickly floated to Chongzhen’s heart.
Without thinking, he said, "If Liu Aiqing’s navy men have any grievances, just say that I will give you justice … whoever wants to disrespect the army in Dachao is disrespectful to me …"
Chongzhen watched Liu Yunma tell the story …
When Chongzhen heard that the warships and artillery just built by the Ministry of War could not make him think that it was not the loss of navy soldiers but that he had invested five million and two thousand silver in the navy …
A face of incredible Chongzhen consciousness asked, "Liu Aiqing’s warships and red cannons really can’t make me lose five million and two thousand silver …"
Liu Yun nodded and affirmed, "It’s the emperor … not only did the imperial court invest five million and two thousand silver admirals in the navy, but it’s still unknown how much this navy can finally survive by recruiting thousands of elite sailors from various navy divisions …"
Chapter seven hundred and nineteen I want to kill people!
You know, this five million and two thousand silver was dug out by yourself from the new army, but you have placed a lot of expectations on this five million and two thousand silver Chongzhen.
Now, not only expectations have been dashed, but five million and two thousand silver has also hit Shui Piao …
Liu Yun, the company commander of the navy, had just finished saying that Emperor Chongzhen was filled with anger …
Because of anger, he clenched his fist and smashed the dragon case in front of him. After Chongzhen was full of anger and murderous look, the horse was transferred to the Ministry of War …
At this moment, the Ministry of War’s forehead is already full of bean sweat because of nervousness.
Even if you can’t blame yourself for such a big thing, you can’t stand it.
At this moment, sweating profusely, he is frowning and thinking about whether the Ministry of War has any scapegoats to help him share some Chongzhen anger and let himself not die too badly …
But the whole body has been shrouded in anger. Chongzhen obviously doesn’t intend to give him this opportunity …
The whole person is like an angry lion to the Ministry of War Shang Da and asks, "Zhang Aiqing, do you remember your guarantee in the hall ten days ago … Now what else can you say …"
An old minister is still very familiar with the temper of Emperor Chongzhen.
At this moment, a rebuttal may cause even greater anger of Emperor Chongzhen.
The Chongzhen words had just finished when the Ministry of War knelt down and said with regret, "The veteran is guilty, please calm down … but I hope we can tell the truth before the veteran confesses …"
"Say …" The Ministry of War is still following himself for several years and never leaving the old minister to himself.
Even if there is no credit, there is hard work. The Ministry of War is still old and kneeling in the hall. At that moment, Chongzhen’s heart still reveals a trace of sympathy.
"Xie Huang … the veteran is the Ministry of War and still assists the emperor in managing the * * team … more importantly, the veteran is a scholar who has never been exposed to naval warfare and water army although he has fought …"
"The veteran of the navy needs equipment is a knowledge … If the emperor really wants to cure the veteran sin, please wait a few days later for the veteran to punish the Ministry of War officials who have neglected their duties … Of course, this is also the last request of the veteran to fulfill his promise before he died …"
"I must …" Chongzhen answered without thinking.
Then it seems that something came to mind and continued, "Ai Qing, even if you are guilty, you will not die … As you just said, you don’t know whether the navy equipment is really guilty or not …"
"I believe you, I will give you ten days to redeem oneself by good service and find out those dereliction of duty officials of the Ministry of War … this time I have to kill people, and they told the civil and military officials in Manchuria that no matter how profitable anyone is, they can’t make a small move on our army or kill them …"
After hearing that Chongzhen was full of killing decisions, all the military commanders in the court showed a heartfelt expression.
Because for hundreds of years, they have been pressed by civilian officials to look at civilian eyes.
Now Emperor Chongzhen has acted directly to tell them that the civilian position is higher than that of the military attache, which is gone forever. From now on, they can also raise their heads and be officials without worrying about civilian persecution …
After the words of Chongzhen, including more than a dozen military commanders of Liu Yun, it was as if they had discussed it. At the same time, they knelt on their knees and shouted, "Emperor Ying … I thank the soldiers with days …"
The sudden arrival of Liu Yun, the company commander of the Navy, not only subverted the relaxed atmosphere of the court, but also made Emperor Chongzhen suppress his anger and have no place to vent …
The warships and artillery have just been solved, and Chongzhen, still angry, is going to signal Wang Chengen to announce his withdrawal from the DPRK …
And when Wang Chengen was ready to speak, Bu Shang suddenly came out.
Before chongzhen responded, he looked dignified and said …
"The emperor has something to play … the navy warship method goes to sea to fight, which means that the tiger and leopard navy warships can still turn the coastal waters of Jiangnan into their back garden …"
"In this case, our access to the outside world is blocked, and there is no way for merchant ships to go out to sea to trade with Portugal and other countries in exchange for the urgent need of silver in the court …"
"Adding salt tax has greatly reduced the transfer to the Navy’s five million and two thousand silver departments, and the new imperial army has also increased the Gansu-Ningxia new army’s twenty thousand soldiers to spend up to fifteen million and two thousand yuan in court tax revenue this year."
"It’s only in the past month since now that the fifteen million and two thousand silver taxes have been exhausted …"
"Although there are three hundred and two thousand pieces of silver, these are all to maintain the normal operation of the court. Never …"
"If the imperial court wants to ensure stability and insist on less tax revenue in the year, there is still a gap of two million silver …"
"Of course, the gap mentioned by the veteran only refers to the gap in the situation that the imperial army will no longer continue to expand its troops …"
"If the imperial army is expanded to 200,000 people before the end of the year according to the pursuit requirements, the gap will be directly increased to 15 million … After all, it takes a lot of silver to increase the salary and equipment of the imperial army …"
"If the court can’t raise so much money in a short time, the new army of 120,000 courts will be paid at the latest next month …"
Four months, fifteen million taels of silver is astronomical even for Emperor Chongzhen.
After a brief discussion, the great court of Nuonuo quickly recovered its calm, including the face of Emperor Chongzhen, which showed an incredible and shocking expression.
Of course, behind the shocked expression, they are hidden from their hearts.
There is no way to make things worse for those civil and military officials who are not in contact with taxes.
So cabinet records had to come out to break the atmosphere …
On the same face, Emperor Chongzhen said, "There is no way for the imperial court to increase taxes to the people as it did a few years ago … To double the current tax revenue, we can get fifteen million and two thousand silver to supplement the financial gap in a short time to ensure that the imperial court and one hundred and twenty thousand new troops can survive this crisis …"
Chapter seven hundred and ninety Militarism
"Tax increase …" When I heard these two words, Chongzhen’s consciousness was moved …
Because before the imperial court moved its capital to Nanjing, one crisis after another was through tax increase.
However, this kind of heartbeat did not last long and was covered by hesitation.
Increasing taxes can really help the court to tide over the current crisis and get silver for a short time.
But tax increase may bring bad consequences, and it is also very big …
Although Chongzhen is not clear about the income of the people in Jiangnan area, doubling the income at one time will definitely ruin many people’s homes …
This situation is still very stable once it is benefited by some people with a will. Several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will certainly become turbulent because of this …
A large number of people have to rise up against their own rule …
Cabinet records seem to see what Chongzhen is thinking, and then he said, "The income of the people in the south of the Emperor is much higher than that in the north … Double the tax will make many people unable to stand it, but it will never cause turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River …"
"In addition, the number of landlords and gentry in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River is far higher than that in the north … We can add most of these tax increases to these landlords and gentry and let them take the bulk …"
"The imperial court established a new army to protect their fields from being taken away by the butch army. On the one hand, they all have to contribute …"
See cabinet records so sure chongzhen face worried that the horse will disappear.
Then quickly turned his attention to the Ministry and asked, "Ai Qing, you are the Ministry that is in charge of the tax and money of the country. Do you think this law is appropriate …"
It’s still clear to the Ministry of Officials that if most of the fifteen million taels of silver are added to the landlords and gentry according to the cabinet records, it will not affect the stability of the whole south of the Yangtze River.
However, the Ministry still knows that no matter how good the policy is, it will be completely different when it comes to it.