The colonization of the Ming Dynasty in Dongzhou was full of crises, and the Western colonizers quickly completed the accumulation with the great voyage and overseas colonization, and were about to challenge the original order of the world.The Ming Dynasty did not have time to take care of the Western colonizers at this time, and still needed to work hard to unify the world and end the civil war.Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty.After sending Zhu Youlang away, Zhao Ming became a veritable controller of Nanjing.In 1661, the New Year of the fourth year of Yongli, Zhao Ming had a good time.The only fly in the ointment is that the great world has not yet been unified, and overseas countries have not come to worship one after another.On the New Year's Day, with the exception of the Han Kingdom, the feudal states established by the Ming people, and the other people, only the three traditional vassals, Ryukyu and Annam, sent envoys to the court.This made Zhao Ming not experience the pleasure of Wanbang coming to the court when he was meeting in the New Year.However, this is also easy to explain, since all the nations have come to the dynasty, at least the world wants to achieve unity, and the world is still in division.In order to achieve reunification as soon as possible, in the year of his life, to create a prosperous era for all nations to come to the dynasty, just after the New Year, Zhao Ming ordered to mobilize military funds to Huguang and urge Li Dingguo to attack Sichuan as soon as possible.Although the Ming Dynasty fought again and again and needed to recuperate, the Ming Dynasty was large enough to launch a local war in the south while recuperating in the north.Let Li Dingguo attack Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty only needs to mobilize, the forces of Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Liangguang, the northern provinces will not be affected, and the commerce of all parts of the south of the Yangtze River will also be carried out as usual.This year, Zhao Ming set himself two small goals, to capture Sichuan and restore the economy of the north.Once the goal is set, it is necessary to convey its will and let the entire Ming Dynasty carry it out, and this depends on the bureaucratic system.In the early morning, in the meeting hall, seven cabinet ministers, as well as officials from various ministries, about 20 people had already arrived.Everyone sat in the council hall, whispering to each other and talking about today's topic.At this time, one of the guards shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has arrived!"
”The lobby suddenly fell silent, and I saw Zhao Ming walking in quickly, surrounded by more than a dozen guards with knives.Everyone in the hall got up one after another under the leadership of the cabinet ministers to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince Regent inside, Zhao Ming walked straight to the throne and sat down, smiled and waved his hand to ask everyone to sit without courtesy.The deliberations in the council hall were not as serious as those of the previous court, and the ministers were more relaxed and sat down on both sides.At this time, Chen Mingyu, the first assistant who presided over the council, smiled and said: "Your Highness has arrived, then the discussion will begin!"
The military affairs are great, and the military department will speak first!
”Gu Yanwu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up and saluted: "According to His Royal Highness's wishes, the imperial court will recover Sichuan this year."
The Ministry of War has drawn up a plan to do so, and hopes to get the support of the Cabinet and other ministries. ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, and Gu Yanwu continued: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.This time to recover Sichuan, the Ministry of War estimated that the household department still needed to allocate two million silver dollars, grain~" "Da Sima!
”Lu Zhenfei, the head of the household department, couldn't help but interrupt: "It costs two million silver dollars, so much money to fight Sichuan?"
”After pacifying the civil strife in Nanjing last year, Zhao Ming began to prepare to launch an attack from the southwest to recapture Sichuan.For this reason, last year, Zhao Ming spent more than 2 million silver dollars on military expenses for Li Dingguo, Gao Yigong, and others to raise military funds.Therefore, when the household department heard that it would cost two million, it immediately couldn't sit still."
Shao Sinong, don't worry!"
Gu Yanwu hurriedly appeased the God of Wealth and explained: "These two million silver dollars, part of it is military expenses, and part of it is to widen Yungui and the road into Sichuan.This is to facilitate the transportation of military materials, grain and grass, and the second is to facilitate the imperial court's control of the southwest!
”Lu Zhenfei frowned and said: "Last year, the imperial court went on another northern expedition, put down the rebellion, and fought a battle with Wu Sangui.How much money the imperial court spent, everyone knows.This road is not going to stop for a while, can it be done?
”When Gu Yanwu heard this, he looked at Zhao Ming, because this road was to be repaired by Zhao Ming."
Ahem~" Zhao Ming coughed and smiled at Lu Zhenfei: "Lu Aiqing, don't be in such a hurry!"
In the southwest, there are many toasts, and the imperial court is not strong in control, and in recent years, it has almost broken off contact.The widow thought that this road still had to be repaired, and the road was repaired, which would not only facilitate the mobilization of troops and the transportation of materials, but also strengthen the connection between the imperial court and the southwest.The imperial court built this road, not only to enter the river, but also to control the southwest, where the road is built, the imperial court can control it!
”Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Highness, the benefits of road construction are known, but the household account is really poor!"
”Zhao Ming ignored the difficulties of the household department, and said with a smile: "The household department wants to find a way, and other aspects are crowded!"
”When Lu Zhenfei heard this, he could only salute and sit back.Chen Mingyu said: "The matter of appropriation by the Ministry of War has been agreed upon. ”Next, the military department stated the plan for the use of troops, the situation of the mobilization of troops and materials, and the time of dispatch.After discussing the affairs of the Ministry of War, Chen Mingyu said: "The next topic is to restore the economy of the north.Let's talk about it!
”Lu Zhenfei immediately stood up, "Your Highness, colleagues.His Royal Highness went on a Northern Expedition to defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty and recover Beijing, as well as Henan and Shandong.These two places, as early as the Chongzhen Dynasty, have been repeatedly ravaged and dilapidated by Jiannu, and they have not recovered, and there have been continuous military disasters throughout the year last year, so now the hungry people are everywhere, and they urgently need the investment of the imperial court to restore the livelihood of the people as soon as possible. ”Zhao Ming said: "The northern land, the formation of farms, with the support of merchant stocks and the gentry's money, and the recovery, the pressure on the imperial court should not be great." ”Lu Zhenfei said: "Originally, there was no problem, the imperial court and the private businessmen and gentry have signed an agreement to determine the distribution of shares.The problem now is that Jiang Xiang entered Hebei last year, looted supplies and plundered population, making Hebei even more dilapidated.In this way, it is necessary to invest more silver than the money to restore Hebei.If this money is paid by businessmen and gentry, then they will definitely have to change the previous agreement and ask for more shares. ”Zhao Ming shook his head and said, "This will definitely not work!"
A widow cannot be dishonest with a soldier. ”Lu Zhenfei said: "If it is out according to the proportion of shares, the treasury will not be able to take out the excess silver." ”Zhao Ming frowned, understanding that after a toss last year, the treasury ran out of money again.Last year, Zhao Ming went on the Northern Expedition, quelled the rebellion, and fought with Wu Sangui, fighting continuously for a year, and the military expenditure alone was an astronomical amount.In addition, after the war, the equipment was repaired, the ordnance was replenished, the soldiers were rewarded, and hundreds of thousands of political prisoners were exiled and settled, which cost a lot of money.Now it seems that last year, the toss was too ruthless.However, Zhao Ming is not worried about money, "Maybe it's time to cut a wave of leeks." ”()