On December 9, Li Chengzhong returned to Liucheng.
The entire Liucheng, including the entire Yingzhou, is in a state of tightness on the outside and tight on the inside. On the surface, business travel is smooth, people are having fun, and it is peaceful and peaceful, but in fact, all the workshops related to military products are working hard.
Treasurys and warehouses in various places are also working hard to stockpile supplies; the recruit training camp has been training soldiers, and all recruits are undergoing training extremely intensely; all officer training courses at Bailangshan Military Academy have also switched to wartime teaching, taking into account the terrain of the various states in the pass.
It mainly focuses on getting familiar with checkpoints and towns, as well as marching and offensive and defensive drills.
Although it has not been publicly announced, raising troops to enter the customs has become a consensus among Yingzhou's military and political leaders. In fact, the situation has evolved to this point, and any compromise plan has become very unrealistic. Under such a high-intensity war preparation state, once
The material losses caused by the decision to suspend customs entry will be unbearable, and the blow to the morale of the army will also be extremely huge.
Once the war machine is started, its inertia will crush all obstacles blocking the way forward!
Yingzhou's preparations for war started at the end of October and gradually accelerated after entering November. Therefore, when Li Chengzhong returned to Zhongnanhai, the governor's office, reports and plans from all aspects had already piled up on his desk. Waiting.
The generals and officials summoned by Li Chengzhong were so crowded in the official room in the front hall of the Governor's Mansion that the host had to temporarily move many stools from other places and borrow many tea cups to barely cope.
Governor Shi Fengdao was having a detailed discussion with Li Chengzhong in Zhongnanhai's study room. As the highest civilian official in Yingzhou, Feng Dao actually played the role of Li Chengzhong's first aide, so during the three months during Li Chengzhong's northern expedition to Khitan
The general situation of Yingzhou's development still needs a report-like explanation from Feng Dao. Of course, this explanation is from a macro perspective, and the specific details need to be reported one by one by each official.
After briefly describing the general situation of Yingzhou within three months, Feng Dao began to introduce relevant matters related to preparations for this war.
"There are 1.67 million guan remaining in the Yingzhou government treasury, including an additional 300,000 guan sent by Balhae Kingdom, Silla and Ungjin Prefecture. The Logistics Office of the Yuhousi and the Examination Office of the Education Department jointly submitted a letter to the Changshi Study Room
The total amount of money used to reward meritorious sergeants and provide pensions for the disabled during the Northern Expedition was reported, totaling 147,000 guan. They complained to a certain person that after all the money was spent, the military resources warehouse of the Logistics Department was already empty.
, unable to continue to pay for weapons in various military workshops and to replenish the consumption of war horses..."
"I remember that in April this year, the Yingzhou Treasury had sent this year's military supplies to the Logistics Department. Before the Northern Expedition, I specifically asked Mr. Zhao from the Logistics Department. He said that there was more than 400,000 yuan left in the military treasury. Why?
It’s gone in three months?” Li Chengzhong was a little confused.
"I'm afraid this situation is true. Someone has learned about it. The money used to pay for the winter training uniforms of various workshops is about 30,000 guan. In the past three months, 4,300 horses were purchased, and 70,000 guan was spent. This is ten thousand guan.
Wan Guan. According to the wartime ratio of one for one weapon, two for armor, and one for two bows and arrows, in order to reserve the military armor required for entry into the customs, the Logistics Department has paid 70,000 guan to various military workshops in advance. It will be needed later.
40,000 yuan is not available. In addition, three months of military pay is the bulk of it. This money is paid monthly and has been fully transferred to the sergeant savings bank, so there should really be no money." Feng Dao explained.
Li Chengzhong rubbed his neck, frowned and thought for a while. Indeed, as Feng Dao said, just from a simple calculation based on the approximate number, he already knew the difficult situation of the military resources treasury of the Logistics Department.
Of course Feng Dao was not here to complain to Li Chengzhong, he was here to provide a solution. In this regard, he proposed two plans.
"Currently, the treasury of Yingzhou Prefecture is quite sufficient for the time being, so Chang Shifang has two plans, which need to be decided by the governor. The first is to allocate next year's Yingzhou Army military resources to the military resources treasury of the Logistics Department in advance.
Liu Zixu of the branch has estimated that the total revenue of the Yingzhou treasury next year will be about 1.2 million guan, including military supplies from Bohae, Silla and Ungjinzhou. According to the budget sharing ratio, the Logistics Department treasury can get 1.2 million guan.
Half, that is, 600,000 guan."
According to Liu Zixu, the chief of the Du Branch, Yingzhou’s income in Tianfu Year 2 mainly consists of four items:
Bohae, Silla and Ungjin Prefecture turn over the annual routine in the name of "Warai Treaty Allied Forces Troops", including 200,000 guan from Bohae and 100,000 guan each from Silla and Ungjin Prefecture. This money is real hard currency such as gold, silver and copper coins.
Of course, if the governor of Yingzhou issues a special call-up order, they will have to pay additional taxes;
Industrial and commercial income includes the profits turned over by the government's shareholding and taxes from all workshops and shops. The majority of the profits are turned over, about 250,000 guan, and the tax is 150,000 guan. The difficulty of collecting taxes has always been a big problem, and this amount is also
Mainly hard currency;
Agricultural tax revenue, mainly farmers' farmland output and herdsmen's livestock income, are handed over to the government in proportion. However, Yingzhou agriculture is still in the protective development stage, and farmers and herdsmen still enjoy many preferential treatment and exemptions. This tax is not
Large, about 50,000 guan, basically based on grain, cattle, sheep and horses;
There is also the "donation" income. The main source is the "Yingzhou Social and Livelihood Development Welfare Fund" controlled by Li Suomo. The fund board held a meeting as early as last month and decided to donate money to Yingzhou in the second year of Tianfu.
The treasury donated 250,000 yuan. Of course, this donation came with conditions. The foundation board hoped that Yingzhou could take a strong stance to help Yingzhou’s industrial and commercial peers gain a foothold in Youzhou - although it was not stated clearly.
But the meaning is self-evident.
The revenue budget for the second year of Tianfu made by Du Zhike is of course far different from this year, but the income of the state in the first year of Tianfu is a special case that cannot be copied. It is not easy to reach the level of one million yuan. You must know
, in the first year of Guanghua when the Lulong Army was at its peak, the income of the entire Lulong Jiedu Mansion was only 1.5 million yuan.
Obviously, the Duzhike budget was planned according to Li Chengzhong's policy on dealing with the Khitan people. Li Chengzhong did not adopt a predatory policy towards the Khitan people. On the contrary, he also proposed a huge people's livelihood plan, so it is expected that at least three people will be affected in the next three years.
During the year, the grassland was not a source of income for the state, but a burden.
Of course, the above is only a conclusion drawn from a purely financial perspective. Because of the control of various grassland ministries, the war potential of Yingzhou will be rapidly improved, and once the people's livelihood plan takes effect, it is certain that the industrial and commercial
The development of animal husbandry and animal husbandry will also reap huge benefits.
From the huge profits made by Yingzhou from the Eastern Expedition from the winter of the third year of Guanghua to the spring of the first year of Tianfu, the Yingzhou treasury had enough money to allocate military funds in advance. This was the source of the chief minister Feng Dao's confidence. But Feng Dao actually
We don’t want to do this. In the annual revenue and expenditure, the actual collection and payment of funds are carried out in the spring, that is, between March and April, because various accounting work and collection work take time to complete. Once the advance is made, it will be very difficult.
It is easy to break the existing tax and expenditure system, and many things are often out of control once they are breached.
Li Chengzhong naturally knew the joints involved, so he wanted to hear Feng Dao's second suggestion.
"Another idea is how to make an annual budget. The expenditure for this entry will be paid separately by the Yingzhou treasury as an additional special war fund and will not be included in next year's budget. As I just said, so far,
So far, there is still a surplus of money and food in the treasury, with a total value of 1.67 million guan, which is enough to bear the cost of this war.
This requires the Logistics Department to come up with a separate additional budget for the war. According to the budget estimate of the Duzhi Branch, if the entry operation can be ended within two months, an additional 300,000 yuan will be needed. If the war is extended to three months
, an additional 400,000 guan is needed. In addition, if the loss of soldiers can be limited to less than a thousand, an additional 100,000 guan will be needed. If the loss reaches 2,000 guan, an additional 200,000 guan will be needed.
If the war drags on, the cost will increase exponentially. So I need to remind the governor that if we want to fight, we must fight as soon as possible, and it is best to end the war before spring comes!"
"Before spring comes?..." Li Chengzhong silently thought about Feng Dao's proposal.
"Yes, once spring comes, it will affect spring plowing, affect the normal production and operation of workshops and shops, and affect the smooth flow of business travel after the spring begins. By then, the budget revenue of the Yingzhou treasury will suffer a great loss." Feng Dao.
His tone was firm.
"The losses will be very heavy. I know that, but how big will it be? We cannot decide the war ourselves. It depends on the situation. Of course I hope to win as soon as possible, but you know, this is not a war fought by our Yingzhou Army.
, there is more than one protagonist." Li Chengzhong frowned.
"The army entering the pass is different from fighting on the grassland, and it is different from the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Sea. From Pingzhou to Jizhou, to Youzhou, and then to Cangzhou, there are countless pass cities and countless siege equipment that need to be used; at the same time,
Inside the pass is no better than outside the pass. The war horses will need more food and more specific types. These are not something that a mere thousand people in the logistics city can complete. Therefore, the Changshi Study Room has come up with a mobilization plan. As soon as it is launched, the civilians will be mobilized.
Go into battle. It is initially estimated that 30,000 civilians will be mobilized, 20,000 in Yingzhou, and 10,000 in Pingzhou. These are only those who directly follow the army. There will be more people working and producing in the rear..."
Li Chengzhong pinched his forehead in pain and said feebly: "I understand, these are young men. Once March passes, the impact on production will be very big..."
Feng Dao nodded and was silent for a moment. After Li Chengzhong finished absorbing it, he continued: "Let's talk about the post-war issues. If the war goes well and Youzhou is invaded, what are the governor's plans? No matter what the governor thinks, at least in
In terms of civilian governance, we need to consider how to build a government structure, how to integrate the governance framework of Yingzhou Dudufu and Changshifang with Youzhou? Or should we focus on Yingzhou alone and conduct cold war? In addition, if the war does not go well, we still
We need to consider how to maintain the current achievements, build the defense line to the west of Pingzhou or retreat into the pass? Governor, don't blame me, this is calculating victory before calculating defeat..."
So Li Chengzhong cheered up and continued to discuss the matter with Feng Dao. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.