Chapter 226 The crown prince ascends the throne! The Supreme Emperor only has one province left!
In the capital, Zhu Youjian received several bad news in succession before receiving the good news that the Eastward Rebellion Rebellion Corps had recaptured Shanhaiguan.
First, news came from Nanjing that the prince had ascended the throne in Nanjing and honored himself as the Supreme Emperor. Then the governors, governors, and chief envoys of Shandong and other provinces issued proclamations one after another, declaring allegiance to the new emperor!
The crown prince's ascension to the throne in Nanjing was something Zhu Youjian had anticipated these days. When he saw Shi Kefa and Wu Sangui standing together outside the Meridian Gate to force the palace, and when Zhou Yuji did not listen and rushed to Beijing, Zhu Youjian knew that this would happen.
thing.
He has worked hard for so many days and done so many tricks since time traveling. Looking back now! Zhu Youjian doesn’t know whether what he did was a success or a failure.
The success in retaking Shanhaiguan means that he should have escaped the law of historical causality, and escaped the crisis of national destruction and death!
However, the current situation does not seem to be very good! Except for the province of Beizhili, where he is still the emperor, other places are basically out of his control. Nanzhili and Shandong have declared that they respect the new emperor of Nanjing as the main one.
This is almost the same situation in other provinces. The Central Plains and Shanxi in the north are now occupied by Li Zicheng's invading army. The attitude of Sun Chuanting in Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces is still unclear. Even if he respects himself as emperor, due to Li Zicheng's obstruction, he is beyond the reach of his control. Hubei has
Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong are unknown to where they are now, and they are probably restless.
Once the prince ascends the throne in Nanjing, it will also cause a phenomenon, that is, the people of the entire Ming Dynasty will be completely dispersed, and the royal family will be divided into two. It would be strange if other ambitious people don't spring out. Even those who had no ambition before, now
Sometimes ambitions arise unconsciously.
A province is a province! The trouble is that the pressure faced has not been reduced because the territory has shrunk. He still has to face the main pressure from Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the two forces that destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Especially the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
, although they did not take advantage of the autumn wind this time and were withdrawing their troops to Liaodong. But in fact, they still gained huge benefits. If nothing else happens, Wu Sangui and Guan Ning's army will surrender immediately.
It is concluded that Wu Sangui will surrender to the Qing Dynasty not because he has a criminal record in history, but because the current Guan Ning Army has no choice but to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Unless the Donglin Party in Nanjing has a grand strategic vision and fully supports Guxuan from the sea
Wu Sangui of Ningyuan. This kind of thing will definitely not happen. A selfish and short-sighted interest group like the Donglin Party will never do such a thing. The Manchus will not allow this kind of thing to happen. They will not accept it.
How strange is it that Guan Ningjun has lost his backer!
Zhou Yanru was so frightened by these great changes that he lost all control and ran towards the palace as if seeing the emperor would make him feel a little more at ease.
"Grand Master, why are you so anxious? The moment when the sky fell and the earth fell has passed. Keep your heart in your stomach, the sky will not fall yet." Looking at Zhou Yanru who was in a hurry, Zhu Youjian had to give this old boy a lesson.
Dun. Looking at his careless appearance, how does he look like a dignified chief minister?
"Your Majesty, the country is in danger and the world is falling apart! Sir, can you not be anxious? What should we do in the current situation?"
"What should we do? Just keep going as usual! I ask you, is Nanjing unable to do the Northern Expedition?"
"They probably don't have the ability to make the Northern Expedition. The Ming Dynasty's strong troops are not in the south."
"Isn't this the end? After all, the crown prince's ascension to the throne in Nanjing did not cause us any losses! Why are you so anxious?"
"The south is an important land of wealth and food. Without wealth and food, how can the court support it and how can it quell chaos?"
"I don't think the situation is that serious! Right now, we have a full budget and can only support an army of 150,000 to 200,000. Calculated at 200,000, one soldier needs an average of 50 taels of pay per year, and 200,000 soldiers are only 1,000 at most.
It's only ten thousand taels. Officials in the capital plus officials in the province of Northern Zhili will pay a salary of three million taels a year. Is that enough? In other words, the total expenditure is more than ten million taels a year, so we are fine.
Isn’t it such a big deal?”
"More than ten million taels of silver! How can you generate so much money just by relying on the province of Beizhili?"
"It's a bit difficult, but it's not necessarily impossible! The working groups sent to various prefectures and counties in Zhili reported that this year North Zhili can pay three times more grain than before. The total agricultural tax here in North Zhili should be 200
Around 10,000 yuan! The situation at the customs is not bad. If you add in the tax of 600,000 to 700,000 yuan from the forecourt, you should be able to do it. For the factories, mines, and palaces in the palace, I can collect 50,000 to 600,000 yuan in tax for you this year.
It can be done. In other words, this year’s regular tax payment from the household department will be more than 3 million, which is similar to the previous regular tax payment, right?”
"According to His Majesty's calculation, it is indeed almost the same! But is there still a gap of more than seven million silver dollars?"
"The palace's property should be able to earn three to four million taels of profit this year. How big is the gap after this?"
"There's still a difference of three to four million taels!"
"Isn't it over then? The bulk of it has been solved. Let's figure out a way for the rest. There will always be a way."
"Your Majesty, even if there is no problem with money, how can we solve the problem of food? Without the canal road, food from the south cannot enter the capital. What will the millions of people in the capital and nearly 200,000 troops eat?"
"Food is a big problem. This year, a lot of miscellaneous grains have been planted in the Beizhi area. According to my estimation, we can increase the grain production by about 70 to 1 million dan to supply the capital market. The remaining grain gap has to be figured out by the customs.
Solution. Last year, the grain that came in from the customs was more than 700,000 shi. As long as it exceeds 1 million shi this year, the problem won't be big."
"The south has rebelled against the imperial court. Can people's food still enter the capital through customs?"
"It's not a big problem! As long as there is profit, merchants will be willing to behead people! Without the canal road, more of the accumulated grain in the south will flow to the sea."
Part of the grain produced in Nanzhili and other southern provinces will definitely flow into the sea, otherwise their excess grain will have no place to consume. It is not only Beijing that has demand for southern grain, but the south also needs this sales channel. In addition to relying on the south
, the sea route can also attract grain from Japan and Vietnam to Beijing, and the million-ton grain gap should be solved.
Of course, we cannot push Baodu to the sea. After the situation stabilizes, we will have to find some ways to produce food in Beizhili. It is best to rely on our own farming to solve most of the food supply problems and reduce the overall food gap.
Control it within one million stones.
In short, the current situation is not optimistic, but it is not pessimistic. As long as the right force is used, the current dilemma can still be solved. At least in Zhu Youjian's view, the situation will be much better than if he had just changed his soul. At least.
The basic base that I control now is much stronger than that then. At least there are nearly 100,000 troops now under my complete control.