Looking at these unfortunate people, I went down crying.
Chongzhen felt a little relieved. The punishment was neither light nor heavy, but they went to Liaodong and Rehe, and they suffered a lot. Let's see who dares to show off their cleverness with me in the future, let them all try to survive.
"Jiuyuan City is in danger. Uncle Dingyuan asked me for help. All of you, dear friends, will discuss this." Chongzhen continued.
Li Biao and Qian Longxi looked at each other, and finally got to the point today. Uncle Dingyuan's matter is what His Majesty really wants to deal with today.
Li Banghua took a step forward and said: "The Ministry of War is already aware of the current situation in Jiuyuan City. It is said that reinforcements should be sent. However, at this time, the Ministry of War has no troops to dispatch."
"Ji Town originally had 100,000 troops, but a rebellion just broke out. Although it was suppressed, the losses were huge. Even though the Ministry of War reorganized the surrendered rebels into Ji Town, the number of troops in Ji Town was less than 30,000. The beacons along the Great Wall
The defense is somewhat stretched, so how can we mobilize extra troops to go to the northwest?"
Chongzhen was silent. What Li Banghua said was the truth. Ji Town was ruined and there were no troops to mobilize.
"Let's talk about the disbanded troops from the five towns. The elite troops have all gone to Liaodong and Rehe. The old and weak have been organized into patrol battalions, responsible for local security. They have been assigned to prefectures and counties. They are considered local troops. They are paid, paid, and provided with food and grass by the local government.
.As for the ordinary soldiers who plan to form a battalion and go to Shaanxi to quell the rebellion. Now that civil unrest is happening in Shaanxi, Shaanxi itself cannot suppress it at all. There is a serious shortage of troops. So these people can't move."
Chongzhen asked: "Jiuyuan City is related to the entire northwest war situation and must not be compromised. The issue of slave creation has not been solved yet. If the Oirat people invade, the situation will be even worse. Could it be that the imperial court does nothing and just sits back and watches Dingyuan Bo's failure?
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Li Banghua was speechless. No soldiers meant no soldiers. He had no choice but to do otherwise.
Chongzhen ignored him and turned to ask Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, "How much money does the Ministry of Revenue still have in savings? Is it feasible to allocate some to recruit soldiers?"
Bi Ziyan said: "Your Majesty, in the past two years, I have increased revenue and reduced expenditure. I have saved five hundred thousand taels from fines, taxes, discounts and other items over the years. This is to prepare life-saving money for the court in case of emergency. You must not
It's easy to use. The account department only has this little money."
Bi Ziyan's meaning was obvious. If these five hundred thousand taels were used to recruit troops, the court would not be able to get the money if there was an emergency in the future.
Chongzhen felt very agitated. He had no troops to mobilize and no money to recruit troops.
Qian Longxi suddenly came out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, Uncle Dingyuan has always been good at training soldiers. He is known as a teacher without distinction. Anyone who comes to him can be trained as a good soldier. Why not send all the prisoners from all provinces to Jiuyuan City and send them to Jiuyuan City?"
The merits are worth the crime and the army is serving in front of the army. In this way, the court does not have to spend a penny. At the same time, it can also help Ding Yuanbo defend the city. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
As soon as Qian Longxi said these words, there was a burst of exclamation.
These prisoners do not need to be paid by the military, they are just responsible for the food. They are still carrying crimes themselves. It is perfect to use them as death squads and cannon fodder.
This method can really silence Uncle Dingyuan, and it does not require the court to spend money, and it does not require the deployment of troops controlled by various forces. Except for Uncle Dingyuan, almost everyone is happy, which is really great.
Li Banghua said to himself, if Yang Fan were here, he would probably spit out sweet things. I will thank you as hard as I can.
There is no one else who could fool Uncle Ding Yuan so cunningly.
Qian Longxi understood Chongzhen's thoughts. He was not willing to let Yang Fan lose the battle and cause the Oirats to attack the Great Wall, but he was also unwilling to pay for it. Moreover, Liaodong had just stabilized, and he was unwilling to mobilize troops from Liaodong.
Yang Fan is indeed good at team training. However, at this time, Jiuyuan City is already full of people's heads and dogs' heads. There is no time for you to train your troops calmly. Now as long as there is a soldier there, Yang Fan has to take over.
Qian Longxi, is this disgusting to Yang Fan? There are no good people in prison.
Just managing them well, not causing trouble, and not escaping are big problems, but I also want to drive them into battle.
What a joke.
However, Qian Longxi, an old thief, saw that His Majesty would not give up his wealth, so he deliberately came up with this bad idea.
Many times, people are willing to believe in the results that are beneficial to them, and are unwilling to believe in the results that they do not want to see.
Sure enough, the emperor was tempted.
"It is difficult to raise prisoners across the country. How many prisoners are there in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili, Henan, and Shandong provinces?"
Soon the data from Dali Temple came up. There were a total of 256,000 people in custody in these five provinces.
Chongzhen was shocked. He never thought that so many people were in jail.
With so many people, it shouldn't be a problem to single out the 100,000 people who are in good health.
However, could these people fight? Chongzhen himself had no idea.
He became entangled again. He felt that this was a bit too much for Uncle Dingyuan. However, he was reluctant to part with military expenditures. After finally dismantling five towns, Jizhen also succeeded in losing weight. He was not willing to increase military expenditures at all.
When prisoners were used as soldiers, it was just a matter of saving money. All they had to do was take care of their food. Chongzhen always purchased three kilograms of cornmeal from Yang Fan for one penny, and he could afford the food.
If they perform meritorious service, they don't need rewards or promotions. They just need to have their sentences reduced.
But he also knew that these people were all scum and extremely vicious people.
No matter how they fought, they were restless in prison. How many people died in the fights every day.
Yang Fan was so angry when he saw these people.
Qian Longxi was very proud in his heart. Seeing these thieves, they were wasting troops, feeding, and wasting food. They were a burden to the court and had to use troops to guard them.
Let alone fight, they would have run away as soon as they had the chance. Who will sacrifice their lives for you?
Recruiting troops must be done by honest farm boys who are afraid of the government. How dare you recruit these street gangsters? The slick people in the market will only destroy your army. There will be no good results.
However, as soon as these people put on their mandarin duck war jackets and escorted them to Jiuyuan City, they said they were newly recruited soldiers. Yang Fan had to take them even if he didn't want them.
Since you don't want to help him, you have no choice but to cause trouble. Wait until he is defeated and the Beijing camp collapses, then you can go back and deal with him.
Chongzhen's face kept changing. He struggled for a while and finally made up his mind.
After all, the imperial finances put too much pressure on him. In the past two years, the Queen has invested in several of Yang Fan's businesses, which have been very profitable, with an income of 700,000 to 800,000 taels of silver every year.
With the development of Beicheng, commerce also prospered. Yang Fan paid taxes in accordance with regulations. Although the commercial tax rate in the Ming Dynasty was very low, and many gentry refused to pay commercial tax, Yang Fan still paid commercial tax. One is that Yang Fan wanted to give
Set an example to the world. Secondly, Yang Fan's products are so profitable that he doesn't care about these three melons and two dates.
Although the commercial tax rate is very low, it still collects a lot of money. Moreover, the consumer market driven by hundreds of thousands of workers also provides a lot of tax revenue to the court. At least many people can afford to pay the tax.
Although the Treasury's bank account is still tight and cannot make ends meet, he does have a lot of money.
"Let's handle this matter according to Qian Qing's wishes. As long as the prisoners from the five provinces can run away and tease, they will be sent to Uncle Yuan. Let them serve in the army and strive for a reduced sentence. I will give Uncle Yuan a reward later.
I wish them to understand the difficulties faced by the imperial court. Let’s leave it at that.”