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Chapter 708

Seeing this, Zhenwu couldn't help but frowned slightly. When he implemented the new policy, he must get the strong support of the royal family, princes and nobles, and civil and military ministers. Otherwise, the new policy will definitely end in vain. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I don't lack money, why do you still have to seek trouble to implement the new policy? Have you ever thought about it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinxiang stepped out and bowed and said, "Return to the emperor, the green camp has increased the salary, the Eight Banners have increased welfare silver, officials have increased their salaries, and the new navy and imperial guards have frequently expanded their enrollment. The ministers are stupid and I think the new policy is implemented because the court is unable to make ends meet."

Zhenwu and Yinxiang answered the questions and answers, and the ministers below immediately became energetic. Who wouldn't know that Prince Yi County Yinxiang was a capable general of Zhenwu, so how could he openly oppose Zhenwu in the court? This was obviously a double act. No one expected that Zhenwu would explain the reasons for the implementation of the new policy in this relatively relaxed way, which was quite fresh.

"The new policy was indeed because the court was unable to make ends meet." Zhenwu glanced at Yinxiang with satisfaction and said slowly: "I don't lack money, but the court lacked it! In recent years, the country's national peace and security, and the national treasury has been increasing steadily. Now it has reached nearly 20 million taels, which seems to be a lot, but this is a accumulation over the years.

Twenty million taels are indeed a lot, but for the entire Qing Dynasty, it is not a small one, but too little! Shanxi merchants raised 70 million taels when they established a "Jin Hesheng" ticket account. The Qing Dynasty court only had 20 million taels of silver. You don't realize it is so cold?

Besides, 20 million taels are indeed not very useful. I only pay more than 20 million taels of silver from the treasury this year to provide relief to the drought in northern provinces, increase the salary for the Eight Banners Green Camp, increase the salary for officials, and expand the recruitment of the new Navy Guards. I have paid more than 20 million taels of silver from the treasury."

After hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but secretly complained that they would spend more than 10 million taels of money to provide relief to the spring drought, and they also exempted the provinces from a year's regular tax. Who is this strange? No matter how hard they can earn, they can't help but throw away silver like water.

After a slight pause, Zhenwu continued: "Don't always keep an eye on my Guangchu Department's bank treasury. I don't lack money, but there are many places to spend money. The summer resort where the Emperor lives is going to be overhauled, the auspicious school of the capital, the clan school, the Jueluo school, the Eight Banners official school, the provincial school, the county school of the provinces, the provincial school, and the county school of Australia will be expanded on a large scale, and the annual Eight Banners Green Camp, the annual salary increase, the officials' salary increase, and the new Navy Guards' new army are all huge expenses.

Logically, these huge expenses should be from the treasury expenses of the imperial court, but how much can the imperial treasury save in a year? Millions of taels are no different from the huge expenses above!

Why do I implement the new policy to increase the annual income of the court? This is to prepare for the future. My treasury has been quite rich in recent years, but these incomes are unsustainable. This year, the maritime trade routes are auctioned for more than 10 million taels. This is a one-time transaction. I can’t auction it again in a few years, right? The same is true for the ocean trade fleet.

If the treasury is unable to succeed, these expenses can only be paid to the treasury. If the treasury has no money, what is the consequence?”

Zhenwu said, glanced at everyone below the stairs and said in a deep voice: "Who is Yan's man?"

Wang Yuanqi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurriedly bowed and set out: "Go back to the emperor, Wang Yuanqi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is here."

Zhenwu nodded and said, "Do you make a calculation for them how much land there is in the Qing Dynasty and how many people occupy?"

After a moment of pondering, Wang Yuanqi said loudly: "Return to the emperor, the statistics from last year were that there were fields, mountains, storms and ridges in the Qing Dynasty, with a total of 6.95764 hectares and 90 acres of strange land. The specific amount of land occupied by the people in the Ministry of Households did not count, but the total number was estimated to be less than 400,000 hectares!"

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the new policy in this proportion? "Zhenwu asked after all.

Wang Yuanqi couldn't help but be slightly stunned. This could not be simply converted into comparison. Although the amount occupied by the Manchus was small, they were all good fertile fields, which were not the same as the mountains and shores. Moreover, the new policy was mainly aimed at the fields that did not pay grain under the names of officials and gentry. How could this be compared? He suddenly realized that Zhenwu was deliberately trying to transfer flowers and trees to confuse the public.

He was immediately nervous and it would be impossible to expose it. It was not easy to get into a second-rank official, but it was only a matter of Zhenwu's words. He bowed and said, "When you go back to the emperor, in the simplest way, the imperial court collected only 40 taels of silver for every 700 taels of silver, and the rest were paid by the Han people."

Seeing that Wang Yuanqi had come to such a conclusion, the princes, nobles, civil and military ministers all secretly called him shameless, but no one came forward to argue. One was unable to explain the specific number, and the other was that the land of Han officials and gentry was countless times more than that of the people. This was the case.

Zhenwu nodded slightly and said loudly: "The Eight Banners of Manchuria are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. It will benefit the court's affairs. Do you not want to do it? I vigorously expand the new Navy Guard Army to expand overseas and open up overseas fining countries for you. What is the exchange for your insensitiveness to the court, and what is the exchange for your unyielding penalties?

When they saw Zhenwu being furious, Yinji and Yinxiang were the first to kneel down. Yinfu, Yinli, the ministers of Shangshuo, Xiao Yongzao, and Songzhu also knelt down immediately. Seeing this, the royal family, princes, nobles, and civil and military officials did not dare to hesitate, and they all knelt down the ground.

Seeing that Zhenwu was pointing out overseas bans, the princes and nobles who enfeoffed America were panicked. The American bans not only invested heavily, but also made great gains, and they could not afford to lose. If they angered Zhenwu, the consequences would be unimaginable. Now that the conquest in Africa has begun, Zhenwu's attention has begun to turn to Africa. If they do not know the practice, the American ban will most likely fall into a situation where grandma does not associate with her and uncles do not care about her.

As soon as Prince Jian Yaer Jiang A knelt down, he spoke first: "The emperor calmed down. He wanted to compare with overseas bans. It was not worth mentioning that he had a place to join the government and gentry. How could slaves and others put the cart before the horse? They would definitely support the new policy with all their strength."

Prince Yu Baotai also followed closely and said: "When the Qing Dynasty is prosperous, the Eight Banners will prosper, where will the skin be without hair? Any action that is beneficial to the court, the Eight Banners will support them unswervingly, and it is not hesitant to destroy the family and the country."

Prince Xian Yanhuang also knelt out, but Bao Tai finished what he was going to say, and couldn't help but secretly complain, and hurriedly said, "Slave's advice."

For a time, a series of "subjectives" sounded in the square one after another.

Zhenwu looked at the people below, knowing that they were just afraid that he would no longer support overseas bans, not sincerely support the new policy. He did not want them to persevere, which would be bad things. He waited for the people to calm down and then he started. He said: "I have greatly expanded the Eight Banners and recruited new navy and imperial guards to achieve the speed of expansion of Jiawu overseas. You must make a fortune. Even though you go to the overseas land to build a manor and dig mountains and mines, you may find it slow to make money. You can catch slaves and sell slaves, or burn, kill and loot. I have no idea. After conquering Africa, the next step is to start plundering the three empires of Arabia, Ottoman, and Mughal. The feudalism in Africa and America will continue to expand, and there are some opportunities for you to make money!"

When he heard this, the royal family, princes, nobles, and civil and military ministers in the square immediately opened their eyes wide. No wonder Zhenwu had strongly expanded his army. It turned out that he had such great ambitions, and the generals' eyes were even red. Zhenwu made it clear this time that the three empires, including Arabia, Ottoman, and Mughal. With the combat power of the navy and the new guards, he was just to rob money!

The expansion of the eschatology in Africa and the Americas also allowed the princes, nobles and civil and military ministers who had not eschatology to see the opportunity for overseas eschatology. They were all very excited. What is even more rare is that Zhenwu Bo has expressed his intention to ignore overseas eschatology and punish them as much as possible, which makes them displeased.

Zhenwu glanced at everyone and raised his voice and said, "You can let you punish your recklessness overseas, but in the Qing Dynasty, you must follow the rules and strive to safeguard the interests of the court. Compared with overseas territories, the Qing Dynasty is the foundation. If the local area is not protected, overseas fining countries are no different from rootless duckweed. No matter how good the development is, they will be a wedding dress for European countries.

The reason why I want to implement the poison and implement the new policy is not only to consolidate the rule of the Qing Dynasty, but also to continuously expand the recruitment of troops, but also to concentrate financial and material resources to develop military workshops. The capital will soon establish a large military workshop. This move can not only solve the livelihood of the bannermen, but also continuously improve the energy of firearms and increase the manufacturing speed of firearms and ammunition.

I can tell you without hesitation that implementing the taxi and implementing the new policy will not only benefit the country and the people, but also Manchuria!”

When he heard that he wanted to vigorously develop military workshops to improve the speed of firearm manufacturing, and to set up a large military workshop in the capital, the royal and nobles who dreamed of forming overseas firearm battalions were immediately excited and bowed and said, "The Emperor is the Holy Spirit..."

For a time, the chants of the saints continued, and they all feared being behind.

Seeing this, Yinju, Yinxiang and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Zhenwu tightened his legs and rubbed them back and forth, and drew a few big cakes to make the princes and nobles obeyed the posts. The letters were all brought by the navy and overseas escorts. Now with the strong support of the staff, no matter how hard the Han officials jumped, they could not make much trouble. This matter can finally be revealed.

Zhenwu also breathed a sigh of relief. He made a promise to everyone that he did not write a blank check. As long as the Northwest War was launched, the new Imperial Guards would not only satisfy the quellation of the Junggar tribe. They would inevitably expand from northwest to Central Asia. There was basically no risk in African conquests. It was indeed time to take action if they occupied West Africa, South Africa, Arabia and Mughal empires. The eldest son Yin and the second son Yinshu were probably impatient.

After the waiter calmed down, he ordered in a deep voice: "Let all the officials who are waiting outside come in."
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