In the four quarters of the second year of the Tianqi period, the most profitable fiscal revenue was naturally the minting. Through cooperation with Shanxi Piaohao, a large amount of silver was transported to the capital to mint silver dollars. The silver minted throughout the year reached 230 million taels, and the profit reached 45 million yuan. It was 20 million yuan more than the original budget of 25 million yuan.

The profits of copper ore mining in various places and the casting of copper coins are not too high, only about 4 million yuan, but copper coins worth 12 million yuan were cast throughout the year. The reason why profits are lowered is mainly because the cost of copper ore is relatively high. Because of vigorously mining copper ore, many copper ore with not too much value is also in the mining range.

Although the mining of these copper mines has lowered profits and increased material costs, it has supported many workers, which is completely acceptable.

Most of the assets of those smuggled merchants were cashed out by the end of the year, and they received about 13 million yuan of funds, plus the funds left by Zhu Youxiao of about 15 million yuan of house searches.

So much so that by the end of the year, Zhu Youxiao's money had reached 48 million yuan.

Before he knew it, Zhu Youxiao had already revitalized the finances. However, this way of increasing fiscal revenue mainly relies on coins and house searches, and then achieves the purpose of wealth redistribution.

In this way, there is enough manpower and material resources to be drawn when a large population like the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do and when productivity has developed to a certain level.

Wealth is actually created by labor, and it also depends on the amount of per capita resources. The Ming Dynasty actually has no shortage of resources, but there are problems with distribution.

Therefore, if you redistribute wealth, spend this wealth and nourish the people at the bottom of society, you can make the economy change. Under the promotion of the market, you will naturally create more wealth.

With so much money in my hand, my fiscal budget for next year is obviously very full.

At the end of the year, the cabinet is speeding up its fiscal budget and constantly communicating with the six ministries, reporting expenditure projects to Zhu Youxiao one by one.

Military expenditure continued to increase in the third year of the Apocalypse, and the Central Army's military expenditure budget increased to 15 million, and the Central Army's salary was relatively high. Military pay, combined with the daily consumption of military supplies and equipment loss supplement, requires 15 million to maintain.

The military expenditure of Liaodong Town increased to 8 million yuan. The treatment of soldiers has increased to a certain extent, but the soldiers of Liaodong Town still have a self-sufficiency model. Liaodong's land is fertile, and self-sufficiency can still be maintained when there is enough land. The increased military expenditure of 3 million yuan is used to increase the treatment. The second is used to build forts and continue to strengthen defense fortifications.

The military expenditure of the Dongjiang Army was given 3 million yuan.

There are also border towns. According to the previous restructuring plan, each soldier would pay nearly 5 million shi of military rations every year. Basically, the agricultural tax for the north for one year was left to border towns. Converted into silver dollars, it would be about 7.5 million yuan.

At the same time, the other personal guards and 7 garrison mixed brigades allocated 3 million yuan of military salaries.

The military expenditure of the newly established navy has been allocated, and the navy still has about 5 million yuan in costs, so it does not need to be included in the financial budget for the three-year Apocalypse.

In total, the military expenditure of the third year of the Tianqi period would be required to be 36.5 million yuan to maintain the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty. But if the scale of fighting with Jiannu was still large, it would be obvious that it would not be able to hold on if there were tens of millions of yuan left.

"Next year, our Ming Dynasty will inevitably need to move in Liaodong. It is impossible to focus on guarding as it is now, so military expenditure is definitely indispensable." Sun Chuanting said to Zhu Youxiao, "I think that a reserved military expenditure of 8 million is not enough."

"The treasury will leave 30 million yuan to deal with the battle situation in Liaodong. When will the troops be arranged?" Zhu Youchao asked Sun Chuanting.

"Before the end of the year, most of the troops can be in place. Now, eight infantry divisions have been mobilized to Jinzhou. The artillery division is expected to be transferred to Jinzhou until mid-next year."

"Okay, I'm ready. I'll be in charge of Jinzhou next year, otherwise there will be no one in charge of the Central Army. In the formation of the Central Army, I've basically participated in the formation of the Central Army. That is, I know the Central Army best, so I'm not at ease when I get to someone else." Zhu Youchao said to Sun Chuanting.

"I obey the order." Sun Chuanting knew that this matter was unavoidable, and the emperor really had no other candidates.

In terms of familiarity with the Central Army, no court official can compare with Sun Chuanting. And no one knows the strategies formulated by the commander-in-chief better than Sun Chuanting. At the same time, when it comes to military management, there are only a few who can compare with Sun Chuanting, but they can't go to Jinzhou.

It was a convention for the Ming Dynasty to use civil warfare to generalize military affairs. If such a system is rashly abolished, chaos may occur. After all, this system is a complete strategy to maintain the stability of the central imperial power. This system was born from the bloody lessons of all dynasties. Since the Song Dynasty emphasized civil warfare over military warfare, the Chinese dynasty has never been in chaos with military rebellion.

There was a saying in later generations, saying, "Reform paved the way for revolutionaries." The reforms of the last dynasties were often accelerating their demise.

Now that Zhu Youxiao is implementing reforms, he is as careful as walking on a tightrope, walking on thin ice, and dare not relax at all.

At this time, the command power of military generals can be increased, but it is best not to move around according to the customs of civil unification and military affairs. What Zhu Youxiao did was to establish a command department so that civil officials could become more professional in military affairs, so as not to command internal officials.

The only thing that has not been controlled now is Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army. The military supervisor Zhang Yan has withdrawn, and Zhu Youxiao has not sent civil servants to control it. The main reason is that the Dongjiang Army's combat method is relatively special and requires greater autonomy. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army have irreconcilable hatred with Jiannu, and the court has never treated military salaries and combat materials, so there is basically no possibility of rebellion. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao is only sending people to maintain the military discipline of the Dongjiang Army and has given Mao Wenlong the combat goals. How to implement this goal specifically, Mao Wenlong has great autonomy.

Jinzhou is different. More than a dozen divisions of the Central Army gather here. Zhu Youxiao’s remote control command in the capital is not reliable. After all, the war changes rapidly and there is no time to react. Therefore, a civil official must be sent to Jinzhou to be the head coach, rather than choosing a military general to be the head coach.

There is no first in literature, no second in martial arts. Once a general breaks the balance of power and suppresses other generals, even if he has no intention of rebelling, it will be very difficult to deal with.
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