"Imperial brother, I have settled the accounts. I have moved the town to Datong Prefecture. We also need to build a castle, set up pastures, and recruit people in the Ulan Qab League, the homeland of the two banners on the left and right of Tumut, the naturalized city, and the Zhenghong Banner of Chahar.

The Mongolian and Han herdsmen, farmland reclamation, and various expenses for sending troops to Mobei are added together, and 5.88 million taels is enough!"

"Your Majesty, I have decided to move the town to Xuanfu, build cities in Chahar, Zhaowuda and Xilin Gol to pacify the people, open farms and pastures, and send troops to Mobei. All in all, there will be

6.18 million is enough."

"Your Majesty, I can't calculate the cost of moving the town now. I can only calculate the cost of sending troops to attack Horqin. It will cost at least 25,000 troops, which will take at least two years. It will also cost money to bribe small Mongolian tribes. Five million is not enough.

It’s not enough no matter what.”

Five hundred and eighty-eight plus six hundred and eighteen plus five hundred, the total is 17.06 million. Emperor Zhu's face turned a little gloomy! Are you three born in the year of the lion? The lion's ability to open his mouth is amazing.

ah!

One mouth is more than 17 million!

Fortunately, I met a reasonable and wealthy gentleman like me. If anyone dared to repay the debt like this during the Chongzhen year, he would probably be sent to Jinyiwei's prison.

Emperor Zhu did not reply to the three of them, nor did he make a counteroffer, but continued to ask: "Third brother, Marshal Gao, how much subsidy and food will you need every year after you move to the town? Have you calculated it?"

What Zhu Cijiong and Gao Jie just reported was the cost of moving the town and sending troops to Mobei. That non-recurring expenditure would be lost year after year. Emperor Zhu could only cut back and save money like Grandpa Xuanmiao.

"I have calculated it," Zhu Cijiong said, "My brother has carefully calculated it. From now on, the Anbei Protectorate will need a subsidy of 800,000 taels of silver from the court every year."

Eight hundred thousand taels a year, good brothers! Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief and cast an approving look at Zhu Cijiong. After all, he is the "loan king" who has suffered a lot and knows how to live! Just for this, he will not be able to cut his vassal in the future.

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Emperor Zhu turned his expectant eyes to Gao Jie again, but saw Gao Jie's mournful face.

"Your Majesty, I have also made calculations. Without 1.5 million taels a year, the Peiping Jiedu Envoy Division cannot sustain itself."

"Really?" Zhu Cixiang nodded, appearing noncommittal on the surface, but in his heart he was like a mirror: Gao Jie, you are done, you will be the debt collector!

The Datong Prefecture that Zhu Cijiong received was previously a site with a green flag. Who are the people with the green flag? They are all landlords, rich farmers, and profiteers. They donated their money to the banner people and their land, and their management capabilities are very strong.

of!

Moreover, these bannermen with green flags in front are still running tens of thousands of farms of several hundred acres in Datong Prefecture. They can pay Zhu Cijiong at least one million stones of flour in rent every year. Generally speaking, the north is still relatively short of food.

Yes, as long as Anbei Army has food in hand, other things will be easy to handle.

In addition, Zhu Cijiong and his men are all good at living and managing, and of course they know how to make money.

And Gao Jie's people have been in Xuzhou and Haizhou, two prosperous agricultural states for so many years. Besides collecting rent, what else do they do? But except for some valleys in Xuanfu that have some agriculture, the Peking Army's territory is covered with grasslands and mountains.

, where to collect rent?

Relying on a subsidy of 1.5 million yuan to clear the hole in the Peking Army, even Zhu Cixiang, a great hero, would not believe it!

It seems that Gao Jie’s account is at a loss!

"That's 2.3 million a year." Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Huang Degong again, "Huang Shuai, from now on, I will give 2 million to the Daning Army every year. Is that enough?"

"It should be enough." Huang Degong also lived a hard life, so he didn't dare to say anything. "The details will have to be calculated after the Daning Army is captured."

Zhu Cixiang nodded. If the three towns of Anbei, Peiping, and Daning are really to be settled, it will cost an estimated five million a year. The Mobei grassland will cost more than seven hundred thousand. The total is more than five and a half million. It hurts to think about it.

ah!

"Third brother, Marshal Huang, Marshal Gao," Zhu Cixiang paused, "I have approved the accounts you submitted! But I have said something ugly before, I will pay the bill in full, and I will not miss you one tael!

But this job must not be messed up. First of all, the Battle of Mobei must not be messed up. Even if it is a sledgehammer, the three Khalkha units in Mobei must be smashed and driven away! You three are the coaches of the Northern Expedition.

Discuss one.

In addition, don’t increase the price midway! If you don’t have enough money, you can figure it out on your own. If you have wealth, it will be yours. Don’t ask me for money again!

If you can't continue, then take the lead in resigning, not just by yourself, but by the group commander or above!

Do you understand? If you understand, wait until the Imperial Academy prepares the military order (contract) tomorrow, and you will sign it."

Emperor Zhu is using Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, and Gao Jie as general contractors!

However, with a one-time expenditure of more than 17 million yuan, plus an annual long-term expenditure of more than 5.7 million yuan, Emperor Zhu was extremely benevolent to these three towns.

If the Ming Dynasty in history could provide subsidies of more than 5.7 million taels to the four towns of Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Liaodong every year, and then provide military expenditures of more than 17 million in one go, Huang Taiji could do whatever he wanted

It's impossible to call in!

"King Xuan Tang, Duke Liang, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Choros, Chuhu'er Ubas, come to the palace!"

Zhu Cijiong, Huang Degong, Gao Jie left on the front foot, Zhu Yujian, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Choros, Chu Huer Ubas and the five "creditors" of the West Road were announced to the main hall again.

The East Road has fought brilliantly in the past two years, even defeating the Qing Dynasty! The West Road has also been fighting in the past two years, and it has been quite difficult!

Abdullah Khan of the Yerqiang Khanate and his son Yulbals, the governor of Kashgar, were both tough opponents. The Mongols under them who believed in the Tianfang Sect were also quite capable, but their political abilities were too high.

They are poor at governing the country, and they especially like to fight civil wars! In order to reward the soldiers, they will rob, and if they can't rob other countries' cities, they will rob their own. Therefore, the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions are really suffering under their rule.

In addition, the Tianfang Sect was also in great turmoil, with one sect fighting against another, and it was mixed with the Mongols' internal strife.

Therefore, the later history of the Yeerqiang Khanate was characterized by being beaten, smashed, and robbed by the Oara people (Zhungeer, Heshuote all beat them), or by themselves, but after so many years of being beaten, smashed, and robbed, they still developed their combat effectiveness.

And they can also get assistance from the Uzbeks and Kazakhs (Yerqiang Khanate, Uzbek Khanate, and Kazakh Khanate are allies), so the war to destroy the Yeerqiang Khanate is also a Western Region war to a certain extent.

People of all ethnic groups join forces to fight against the Central Asian invaders!

Of course it was very fierce! Even capable masters like Wu Sangui and Seng Ge were beaten to a pulp. It was not until the early winter of last year that they managed to destroy the Yeerqiang Khanate and rescue the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions from the sea of ​​suffering.

However, the fierce war also caused serious damage to various places in the Western Region, and also caused Wu Sangui's Hexi and Anxi towns to suffer a lot of losses.

In addition, during the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Emperor Zhu also captured many traitors who needed to go to the Western Regions for labor reform, and Wu Sangui also needed to spend money to resettle them. Moreover, Wu Sangui had more than 200 thousand households under his command (some of the thousand households chose to stay in Shaanxi

They were disarmed and returned to their fields) to be relocated in Hexi and the Western Regions (some of them were originally in Hexi), which was another huge expense.

So Wu Sangui now comes to Zhu Cixiang with a bill worth several million taels!

Choros. Chuhuur Ubas, who represented the Zhungar tribe and the Beiting Army, not only wanted to get military subsidies from Zhu Cixiang, but also wanted to get a batch of firearms and artillery to use against the Uzbek Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate.

war.

As for the two traitors, Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, they dare not ask for money for their merits, but the supply of military rations on the way to the west must be ensured!

In addition to military rations, the two of them also wanted to get some weapons and ammunition from Emperor Zhu in order to fight the troops of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai. The two guys also wanted to ask Gu Shihan's price. If Gu Shihan was caught, they would be destroyed.
Chapter completed!