When it comes to giving money, of course it doesn't mean waiting for the person who wants money to come in and ask for it, and allocate as much money as he wants.
This is not the right way to do things. If the money can be obtained so easily, the person asking for the money will inevitably feel that it is easy to be fooled by the person asking for the money. Maybe he has other thoughts. Qian Wubing is thinking
He might as well hand out the money without any hesitation. The problem is, if he doesn't want to be taken advantage of and make people feel easy to deceive, he'd better listen carefully to where the other party asks for money and how much it costs.
Enough to make his head spin.
Wait until he has finished listening, no matter whether he understands or not - it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, there will always be someone around the big shot who understands, wait until those people who stretch their necks waiting to ask for money look at him dryly, waiting for him to make a decision
When he saw it, he waved his hand again: We are also nervous about this money. Otherwise, we need to allocate half of it. You can spend it first. It is really not enough. I will come up with ideas for you later.
This is the official rule for the court to allocate money. In the past, the money allocated from the court, take the money for Shanxi disaster relief as an example, 10,000 taels of silver, and the officials in charge of the matter in Beijing passed it.
When they arrived in Shanxi, the officials of the Shanxi Chief Envoy's Department went through another hand. When they arrived at the local county government, the magistrate's yamen, the magistrate's yamen went through another hand. Finally, they were distributed to all the victims.
If there is even 10% among the 10%, it is already a great favor from the emperor. If there is 20% to 30%, then the local officials can be described as "incorruptible".
This time, there was no need for so many Taoist hands. It was allocated directly from Sihai Commercial Bank and Qian Wubing. However, even like this, Qian Wubing could not guarantee that 100% of the money he allocated would be used on this warship.
In terms of construction, during the reign of Emperor Taizu, officials who embezzled sixty taels of stolen goods could be punished with "peeling off their skins and filling them with grass." The officials were punished very harshly, but even under such circumstances, corrupt officials still followed one after another. In the Hongwu Dynasty, a certain
Three years later, except for five of the first, second and third graders who were sent to the army and were exiled, they were all dismissed for embezzlement! It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, the word "greed" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it was difficult to reverse the evils!
The first two officials who came in were the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Qian Wubing didn't understand why officials from the Ministry of Household were involved in the shipbuilding matter. However, the official explained that the shipbuilders and craftsmen came from all over the country.
Households, these people all need to be allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Households is in charge of money, and the Ministry of Works is responsible for spending money. Even if people from the Ministry of Works spend money, in this shipyard, they still have to discuss it with people from the Ministry of Households.
, this really cannot happen without the participation of people from the Ministry of Accounts. With this said, Qian Wubing feels it is understandable.
The next time was very boring. The two officials were presented with a series of data one after another. Qian Wubing only dozed off after listening to it. However, in order to show his sense of existence, he had to resist the sleepiness.
I would like to pick out one or two questions from their words from time to time and cross-examine them carefully. This consumes even more time.
A full hour and a half passed, and when even Qian Wubing felt like he needed to urinate, the two officials finally concluded their report.
"To sum up, if the four shipyards start construction at the same time, eight lucky ships worth one thousand taels can be launched about every three months. In terms of material cost, it will cost approximately 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver per month.
, This does not include the large number of firearms customized by the Manufacturing Bureau. Master Qiu of the Ministry of Industry has already made a budget. As for personnel expenses, it roughly employs more than 5,000 people, and the monthly expenditure is around 40,000 silver taels!"
The official from the Ministry of Industry was a bit dull. Obviously he was a technical official. The official from the Ministry of Revenue was much more skilled than him in these matters.
Qian Wubing looked at him. He reached out and took out an atlas and handed it to Qian Wubing. Qian Wubing took it and took a look. This should be the configuration diagram of the battleship, various firearms, and the positions of the weapons in the weapon.
, the number is clearly marked on it.
"According to the navy's arrangement, the firearms and ship planks on this kind of lucky ship, a ship without iron armor, is worth 30,000 taels of silver, and covered with iron armor, is 50,000 taels of silver!" After speaking, he also raised a slap: "
This is the least, but I just suggest covering it with iron armor, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, costs a lot of money, and slows down the ship, so it’s not useful!”
Qian Wubing silently calculated in his mind. The cost of eight warships in the past three months was about 1.5 million to 1.6 million. In total, one warship cost 200,000 taels.
The cost is really not too high! As for what the official said later, he simply ignored it. It's not a matter of money. I don't have much else, but I have a lot of money.
Although the Sihai fleet took advantage of Liu Jin at the beginning, the fleet that was put together by Baba, with more than a dozen ships and more than a dozen ships, cost about four million taels of silver. In total, the construction cost was
It is almost twice the size of these new ships. Moreover, Qian Wubing himself knows that in terms of combat capabilities, these newly built ships are really better than the current ships in the Sihai Fleet. One is armed.
There is simply no comparison between a merchant ship and a regular naval warship.
It can be said that as soon as this new fleet comes out, these old ships in the Sihai fleet can be retired directly. Apart from being bigger, they really have no advantage. Moreover, these new ships are all made of at least one thousand materials.
Yes, being big doesn’t seem to be an advantage anymore.
"Here at the Ministry of Industry, I will allocate one hundred thousand taels of silver to you every month!" Qian Wubing first said to the guy who raised his hand: "I will allocate the money to you on time, but the progress of building this warship.
You have to promise me that I won’t say any threatening words. All you need to know is that not only my royal guards are watching this matter, but also His Majesty is paying close attention to it!"
"One hundred thousand taels is not enough. These general cannons, fire-breathing dragons, and bird guns must all be new. The things in stock in the manufacturing bureau are completely useless!" This official did not give Qian Wubing any face.
: "At least 150,000 taels, otherwise, we will have to mobilize these firearms from arsenals everywhere!"
"Sure!" Qian Wubing actually admired this guy a little. At least this guy spoke straightforwardly. Enough is enough, and not enough is not enough. This kind of person is generally reliable.
"On the tenth of every month, you take the note and use the seal at the Household Department. After that, go to my Nanjing Zhenfu Department to use the seal, and then go to the bank to withdraw the money!"
"Yes, sir!" The official nodded and stepped aside. After struggling for a month, he was finally going to get the money. Even though he was a straight man, he couldn't hide the joy on his face at this moment.
"You!" Qian Wubing pointed at the official from the Ministry of Household Affairs: "You, here, get two hundred thousand taels of silver per month, and you have the same regulations as raising money!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"No need to thank me!" Qian Wubing waved his hand: "The accounts must be clear about how the money is spent. I, Jin Yiwei, will send people to check at any time. Don't be clever. When it comes to accounting, Sihai Trading Company is very good at it. I will do this.
No more reminder!”
"Understood, then we are leaving!" The two of them were about to leave.
"Wait!" Qian Wubing called the official from the Ministry of Household Affairs, "What's your name?"
"Your Majesty, Zhao Xicun, do you have any other instructions?"
"Is the treasure banknote withdrawal department of the Ministry of Household Affairs still in operation now?" Qian Wubing asked: "Now in our Ming Dynasty, what is the exchange ratio of treasure banknotes and silver?"
The official named Zhao Xicun was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that Qian Wubing would ask such a question.
"The Department of Baochao Lisu, that is the extremely cold yamen in our household department!" He smiled bitterly and said: "There are always people in this yamen, but they are all dissatisfied and have not gone to live in the yamen.
It exists in name only!”
"As for the exchange ratio of these treasure notes and silver!" He shook his head: "Sir, you asked this question to me, you must have had some calculations. I really can't say this ratio..."
Seeing Qian Wubing looking towards him with a slightly dissatisfied look on his face, he hurriedly explained: "The lower official has been in the Ministry of Household Affairs for more than ten years. He has been working step by step from a humble official to an official.
Since that day, I haven’t seen anyone using treasure banknotes on the market!”
"Do the people not recognize the laws of the imperial court?" Qian Wubing asked, but he was not dissatisfied. He also came from the bottom. If he used money to buy things and the store gave him money to change, he would have to change it.
It was impossible to smash the store's shop. The treasure banknotes could actually be turned into waste paper in the Ming Dynasty. This was something that many people knew. However, he still wanted to get a concrete answer from the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Your Majesty is a royal guard. You must know more about the sufferings of the people than the lower officials. The common people don't use our imperial court's treasures, and the imperial court can't do anything about it. If you push it too hard, it might even cause civil unrest. That
How dare local officials take such liberties with their subordinates?
"Although the imperial court allocated me three million taels of silver, the imperial court didn't take out a penny!" Qian Wubing nodded and said to him: "Your household department just took the note from the internal official prison.
I approached him directly. This was nothing at first. However, it was an unfair name. If someone made an issue about this matter in the future, whether it was to accuse the court or to criticize me, Qian, it would be a troublesome matter. This charter is not right.
Well!"
"Yes, sir, I have thought carefully about these things. I am afraid that the lower officials and the officials in our yamen have neglected these matters!" Zhao Xicun curled his lips and answered respectfully, but he didn't think so in his heart. Who knows that you Qian Wubing has a disease?
Money, that's what the imperial court is here for. Isn't it nonsense to ask the imperial court to take silver?
"Let's do this!" Qian Wubing seemed to ponder for a moment: "We can't give opportunities to people with ulterior motives. Let's take this charter to court! Your Ministry of Revenue will still allocate three million taels of silver to Jin Yiwei, and then I will
Allocate it to Longjiang Shipyard!"
He laughed and said, "Since no one uses the treasure banknotes, the Ministry of Revenue will print three million taels of treasure banknotes for me. This is not an embarrassing thing, right?"
"Don't be embarrassed, don't worry about that!" When Zhao Xicun heard about this matter, he agreed without any pressure at all, "Sir, are you sure you only want three million guan, not more? Those people who brought Baochao to file the case, are you free?
It’s been too long, it’s time to find something to do!”