On the last day of the Longevity Festival, as usual, I still didn't go back to the Yamen to work, but Gao Pingshi's house was very lively. It might not be full of traffic, but it was still full of guests.
In the morning, four ministers from the Ministry of Revenue first came over and held a meeting in the name of a private party. The meeting mainly discussed the cost of rescuing Horqin.
There are generally two things to consider when it comes to spending. One is to make a total budget, and the other is where the money will come from.
The total budget obviously needs to be done in several parts. When the imperial court sends troops, it needs military pay, rewards, gunpowder and projectiles, food and horse materials, and of course pensions, etc., but in the final analysis
, the Ministry of Accounts has to pay for it, so we have to make calculations.
These are just things that Ming Dynasty paid for themselves. Yesterday, the matter of sending troops to assist Tumote, which was discussed privately yesterday, will obviously also cost money. However, fortunately, Gao Pragmatism has Tumote's unique status, and the relationship between public and private matters is considered strong.
Therefore, it is not necessary to directly spend money to reward, but to buy horses instead.
But there is a small episode here. Shortly after Erdemutu left last night, he returned to find Gao Pragmatic and said that according to his estimation, the number of war horses that Tumut could directly trade at this time may be relatively limited, because the war horses
Unlike the chariots of later generations, it is not a product of industrial production. It can be improved immediately by increasing production.
War horses are living creatures. They have both a growth cycle and a training cycle, as well as ensuring subsequent reproduction and reproduction, etc. So in general, Erdemutu estimates that Tumut will be able to ensure what he needs at this moment.
, probably only a maximum of 20,000 war horses (geldings) can be sold at one time.
The level of Tumut's war horses is relatively high. Originally, in the early days of Anda's tribute, the price was about 25-30 taels of silver per horse (because it is a living animal, the price of a single horse cannot be unified, and horses are often inspected and priced one by one.
), the average price is about 27 taels.
In the following years, as Daming was a big customer (both public and private), Tumut gradually increased the breeding of horses. As a result, the unit price of war horses dropped to a certain extent, with the average price starting at 23-24
It hovers around two (but overall Tumut still earns more, because the cost of raising horses for Mongolians is relatively low).
Since the horse purchase this time was of a certain reward nature, the price given by Gao Jingjing was "the average price of a single horse is twenty-five taels." In this way, the total value of the 20,000 war horses is as high as five hundred thousand taels.
Five hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic does not intend to give all of it in cash, or even not give most of it in cash, but barter.
The private part of this transaction is obviously dominated by Jinghua itself. Since Jinghua is a commercial overlord, bartering is easier to handle. No matter what Tumote needs, Jinghua can hardly be troubled. However, from the current high pragmatism of Tumut, Jinghua
Judging from Merter Trading's understanding, they will most likely focus on three types of products as their main "import" targets.
The first is metal agricultural tools and production tools. The three largest agricultural tools among them are iron hoes, shovels and iron plows, while daily utensils are iron pots and tin pots. Ironware is the best, and Kaiping has sufficient production capacity and inventory.
Satisfying this deal is a little more troublesome for tin pots, because most of this production capacity was transferred to southern Xinjiang by Gao pragmatism in the past few years.
The reason why it is southern Xinjiang is because the Indo-China Peninsula and the Longya Peninsula are areas with particularly dense tin resources in the world. Gao Pragmatism not only transferred the production of a large number of tin products, but also tin alloys such as various bronzes - including a large number of bronze cannons.
The manufacturing has also been moved so that minerals can be used nearby and costs can be reduced.
However, this only involves logistics issues, and production capacity is not a problem. In terms of Gao Jingshi's face in front of Han Naji, he can even play futures trading, and Han Naji will never worry about Gao Jingjing's default on some tin pots.
The second type of product that the Tumut people want is porcelain. Don't think that porcelain is a high-end product and has no market in nomadic areas. This is a huge misunderstanding, because the nobles of the Tumut people are now Chinese-especially "Han-style".
It's amazing. The consumption of high-end products is very similar to that of the tycoons in the Middle East in later generations.
The pricing power of porcelain is in the hands of Ming Dynasty. It is a typical high value-added product. A small amount of porcelain can be exchanged for a large number of livestock. Therefore, even if the total amount required by the other party is not large, the value is definitely not low. As for porcelain, porcelain is more pragmatic and does not panic.
, Since Yu Kiln (Jun Porcelain) came back to the world, its price has skyrocketed in recent years (it’s hard to blame Gao for making such a thing), and a set of tea sets for hundreds of high-quality war horses is by no means priceless.
There is no market without price. There is real market trading volume. Of course, in order to maintain scarcity, the trading volume is still relatively limited.
In addition, the third major category of products is textile products. Tumut has basically no output in these products, and relies almost entirely on imports from the Ming Dynasty, so whether it is coarse cloth and homespun cloth that ordinary herdsmen need, or various mid-to-high-end products
They have demand for silks, satins, and even the most high-end "Jing Rong, Su Satin, and Hang Luo" products.
However, when it comes to high-end fabrics, Gao Pragmatic does not intend to let Beijing get involved this time, because he has to leave a door for the court and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Many people in later generations know that the Qing Dynasty had the "three major weavings", and in fact the Ming Dynasty also had
In some cases, there is a weaving eunuch in charge of official weaving in Jiangning County, Nanjing.
The official weaving bureaus of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into imperial bureaus and local bureaus. Among them, the imperial bureaus include the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau located in Nanjing, also known as the Southern Bureau, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry; and the Outer Weaving and Dyeing Bureau located in Beijing, namely
The Weaving and Dyeing Institute of the Ministry of Industry; and the Shenbo Hall and Liujing Supply Machinery Room in Nanjing.
The local government bureaus included a total of 22 weaving and dyeing bureaus located in eight provinces including Zhejiang and Nanzhili. Later, after abolition, mergers and other rectifications, they were reduced to 19 in four provinces seven years after Jiajing. The official weaving and dyeing bureaus were mainly established
Based on the free labor of dyeing and weaving craftsmen in various places (some are craftsmen and some are corvee), centralized production is generally carried out in the form of bureau weaving.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The silk fabrics supplied by these weaving and dyeing bureaus are not only used by the palace, but are also often used to reward civil and military officials. According to statistics since Gao Pangshi took office as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue
, the brocade and other official uniforms given to officials alone require tens of thousands of brocade materials every year. For example, the "big red silk so-and-so clothes" he was given are all products of these weaving bureaus - of course,
It is only given once. If you keep wearing it out, you have to spend money to make it yourself. Anyway, the essence of "gift" is to give you the qualification to wear this kind of robe.
Such a huge demand made it difficult for government-run weaving to afford. Therefore, for a long time, the palace and the government often used methods such as "leading weaving", "acquisition", and "purchasing" to collect satin from the private sector. However, this situation has not reached high levels.
After the uncles and nephews successively took charge of financial affairs, the Ming court as a whole showed a "commercialization" tendency, so it improved to a certain extent.
There are two key points in the specific performance: First, due to the demonstration effect of Tumut, the products woven by the Ming government began to be sold commercially. The direct sales of the imperial court were mainly concentrated on land, of which the bulk was sold to the richest soil on the grassland.
Mert.
The second is Jinghua's consignment sales, which mainly takes the sea route. Since Jinghua itself has limited strength in Jiangnan and is even weaker in silk, Jinghua's textile business has been mainly concentrated on mid- to low-end products such as yarn and cloth for a long time.
The technological advantage of Jenny spinning machine is to achieve small profits but quick turnover.
But no matter how powerful the Jiangnan Merchant Gang's chaebols are, they don't dare to challenge the Tian family in person - well, in fact, the main reason is that they don't dare to challenge the "ancestral system", because the admiral's weaving eunuch belongs to the ancestral system and has been in existence for a long time. Therefore,
A new method emerged in which the government-run weaving company was responsible for production and the Jinghua Group was responsible for overseas sales.
This method is that Jinghua purchases a large number of products from various weaving bureaus at a price that is slightly less than half a percent of the market price, and then directly ships them to overseas for sale. The reason why this approach did not arouse strong opposition from the Jiangnan Merchant Gang chaebol is obvious.
: The sales market is overseas and has no direct relationship with China, so it has not shaken their fundamentals.
On the other hand, because the total output of the Weaving Bureau is actually not very large, it is impossible to meet the demand of the entire overseas market, and the Jiangnan chaebols continue to sell overseas without any impact.
One thing to say is that one of the important reasons why Gao Pragmatic is willing to carry out such consignment sales is that the government-owned weaving in the Ming Dynasty is not on the same level as the original government-owned military manufacturing. It is a commonplace that the products produced by the military industry are of poor quality.
, needless to say, but government-run weaving is completely different, and the quality of its products can almost be regarded as the best choice.
The government-run weaving in the Ming Dynasty has always been strictly managed. For example, later generations discovered that the fabrics unearthed from Dingling basically all had girdle seals, which were rectangular labels in regular script with clouds and dragons printed on both ends, which recorded the information on the fabrics.
The color, name, pattern, origin, as well as the name of the weaving and dyeing craftsman, the supervisor, etc. From this information, it can be inferred that an accountability system was most likely implemented for the craftsmen at that time.
This is actually easy to understand. The users of military products are military households who have almost no human rights. As mentioned above, government-owned woven products are often given to civil and military officials - those who can be given submissions are not small officials.
, give them some rags to make do?
Hey, you are a great eunuch, and all the princes in the court have to dig up all the ancestral graves for you!
Therefore, one of the important issues discussed by Gao Pangshi and the four ministers that morning was to urgently dispatch a large number of finished products from various weaving bureaus in the south of the Yangtze River to go northward to offset part of the capital of the imperial court's purchase of horses.
Of course, it is not enough for the Ministry of Household Affairs to just talk about this discussion. After all, the textile bureaus are under the Ministry of Industry. Although the Ministry of Household Affairs gathered most of the financial power last year, this reform has not been fully completed. Therefore, although the Ministry of Household Affairs can
To decide on the use of the product, you still need to send a letter explaining it to the Ministry of Industry and report to the emperor for approval.
Gao Wuzhen was very busy now and had no time to write the memorial himself, so this work was handed over to his senior brother Cheng Wen, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs. If the position of Zuo Shilang were to be expressed in the words of later generations, it would be roughly equivalent to "Executive Deputy XX"
", the first duty listed is "Assist XX (chief officer) to grasp the overall situation", and Cheng Wenwen is one of the core generals of the high-pragmatic department of the Practical School, so it is appropriate for him to do this.
This time the share of the horse purchase was divided. The imperial court shouldered a huge 350,000 taels, and Jinghua helped take away the share of 150,000 taels. Basically, the imperial court wanted to buy 14,000 geldings, and Jinghua bought it.
The remaining 6,000 horses.
On average, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty cannot reach the level of one man and two horses, but it is not as good as one man. The 14,000 horses can still be equipped with at least 10,000 cavalry. This is very important to Jiubian's overall military strength.
It was quite helpful. At this time when the war was approaching, Gao Pragmatic believed that the emperor should be able to agree. As long as the emperor agreed, even though the minister of the Ministry of Industry was stone star, he could not object.
In the afternoon, a different group of people came to Shangshu Gaofu. Zhou Yong, the Minister of War, came with three ministers to visit - there was another minister who was not in the capital and went to inspect the defense of Jizhen. Now he is in Daning.
Of course he can't come.
Although almost all officials in the capital know that Zhou Yong, the Minister of War, is almost a mouthpiece for Gao Pragmatism, the Ming Dynasty is about rules and etiquette after all, so Zhou Yong still pretends that "Gao Situ is familiar with Liao affairs and asks for advice."
The flag comes.
Because of the presence of his staff, Gao Pragmatic also gave him extra face. His words were all "suggestions", "Pragmatically thinks", "seems appropriate", "maybe" and so on. However, attitude is attitude, in fact Gao Pragmatic
The "recommendations" not only include who should lead the troops, how many troops should be led, but also details such as how many troops a certain unit should send, when and where each army should assemble, at what speed they should march, and which route they should take.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Well, to put it simply, Zhou Benbing only needs to say, "Master Situ Gao, Yong et al. will definitely do what he says."
After talking about the arrangements for the imperial army's economic system, Gao Pragmatic also took the initiative to mention the issue of two reinforcements, namely the Tumote reinforcements and the Jinghua reinforcements.
Tumut is relatively far away from Liaodong. It is impossible for his cavalry to drive all the way from Datong to outside the border wall of Liaodong. It is even more inconvenient to let them travel hundreds of miles within the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Tumut's
Reinforcements are mainly responsible for creating military pressure on Tumen.
To put it simply, Tumut sent troops to march eastward, setting up a posture with Daning City as a stronghold and pointing directly at Chahanhot. As for the follow-up, unless the Tumen army gave up attacking Horqin and Yehe and fully retreated to Chahan
Haote even simply faced the Tumed army westward, otherwise the Tumed cavalry would slowly approach Chahanhot.
However, Gao Pragmatic also made it clear that Tumote was obviously not here to fight a decisive battle with Tumen this time. Once the main force of Tumen Khan moved westward, Tumote would retreat. As for the reason, it was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who pacified Chahar.
If Tumote really took the credit for the goal he set for himself, wouldn't it be embarrassing for Ming Dynasty?
Besides... I didn’t give enough money!
The problem with Beijing was much simpler. Gao Pragmatic made his position clear in one sentence: "The cavalry of Ding Siqian is temporarily under the command of Xiao Ruxun and is under his command. Pragmatically will not be controlled remotely."
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