Ming politicians

() When following Fan Jingwen to the yamen, Su Tiancheng was confused.

Fan Jingwen's sudden appearance was already a little bit meaningful, but now he has to find himself again, and privately said, what a big deal this should be, he is the leader of Nanzhili, although he has made a lot of limelight, it is Jiang Ning after all. The magistrate of the sixth grade of the county cannot be compared in terms of rank. If the Master Shangshu is willing to condescend to do this, it must be a big deal.

For some reason, Su Tiancheng suddenly thought of the Jiangning camp, the two big camps in Nanjing.

Zhang Taining is inside the official office.

The moment he saw Zhang Taining, Su Tiancheng's heart sank.

The Jiangning Camp and the Nanjing Camp are both stationed in Jiangning County, but there is a huge disparity in military pay. Su Tiancheng has no good way to solve this matter. It is impossible for him to think about the two camps. This is not what he cares about. category.But the impact of this is that the sergeants of the two battalions, seeing the treatment of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, felt aggrieved and their morale fluctuated.

When he was in the capital, he thought of such a problem. Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, specifically mentioned this matter. Although he didn't point it out clearly, he could imagine that what Wen Tiren was talking about must be the two camps in Nanjing.

It can be seen that the impact of this matter is not small.

The most important thing is that not only the sergeants of the two battalions have such thoughts, it is estimated that some officers of the two battalions are also aggrieved.

Fortunately, the military salary of the Jiangning battalion soldiers was not allocated by the imperial court.

This is the biggest advantage. For example, every family has different conditions.People live a good life, you only have to watch.

Fan Jingwen's expression.A little serious, Zhang Taining didn't have much expression on his face.

"Master Su, you have just returned to Jiangning County. It is said that you should be allowed to rest and adjust properly. However, there are some things that are difficult. I have to find you."

"If your lord has anything to do, just arrange it, and the next official will do his best to do it well."

"Well, a few days ago, General Zhang and I talked about some things. We were all very worried. There was a big gap in the salaries between the soldiers of the two battalions and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion. During this time, the two The sergeants of the big camp. Their hearts are a little fluctuating. They even thought that when they went to the Jiangning camp, it happened that the Jiangning camp was recruiting sergeants. There were already some sergeants. They discussed in private and left the two camps.

Su Tiancheng lowered his head and did not speak.

What are you afraid of, what can you do about such a thing, the sergeants of the two battalions, known as 10 people, if they are treated according to the treatment of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, they will need at least 700 million and [-] silver, not to mention Jiangning County Even Nanzhili could not come up with so much silver taels.

Besides, outsiders don't know how many sergeants there are in the two battalions. It is estimated that Zhang Taining would not dare to guarantee that 10 people are definitely not there. If there are 5 people, it is considered very good. In the past, some sergeants were transferred from the two battalions. There must have been losses, and there were also cases of fleeing.

Swallowing up the two camps and expanding the Jiangning camp, unless Su Tiancheng is crazy and thinks that the Jiangning camp will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

For now, the only option is to say nothing.

"I am the commander of the Jiangning battalion. Ordinarily, such things should not be mentioned. After all, the Jiangning battalion did not cost the court a tael of silver, and they all rely on Jiangning County. However, the two major battalions in Nanjing, after all, are in Jiangning County. It is very embarrassing, General Zhang has already done a lot of work to appease the resentment of the soldiers, and it is not a solution to continue like this."

There was no expression on Su Tiancheng's face.

What he is most worried about is that the two battalions will compare with the Jiangning battalion, or because the requirements cannot be met, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will reduce their military pay so that everyone can balance.

Such an approach would directly destroy the Jiangning camp. After all, they always shout slogans. Without the support of material conditions, it is difficult for the army to maintain for a long time.

What Fan Jingwen said next is very crucial, if it touches the bottom line of Jiangning Camp, Su Tiancheng will not agree, after all he is also the supervisor of Jiangning Camp.

"From what I see, the two battalions still have 2 hectares of arable land, all of which are leased to Jiangning County. The original 10 hectares of arable land, Jiangning County gave the two battalions [-] taels of silver every year. Now, they can get the [-] hectares. Guantian, Jiangning County gives [-] taels of silver to the two battalions every year."

Su Tiancheng took a deep breath, 10 taels of silver, this is really a lion's mouth.

30 hectares of arable land is only 10 mu. Calculated on the basis of [-] taels of silver, it is more than three renminbi per mu of arable land. Calculated according to the income from planting rice, it is equal to half of the income. Good weather will ensure that there will be no disasters and the price of food will be stable.

As an official land, such a rent fee is not too high, and it is reasonable to put it outside. After all, military households may pay heavier taxes for farming. field.

However, the situation in Jiangning County is very special. Almost all of these official lands are cultivated by the family members of Jiangning soldiers. The county government does not actually collect any land taxes. The only advantage is that when purchasing grain, the price is lower than the market price.In other words, all these taxes are borne by the county government.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the income of Jiangning County was calculated to be about 260 million silver. Among them, the salt merchants accounted for the vast majority, with 160 million taels, and the silver donations from commerce and trade were 60 taels. , 35 taels, and the remaining 5 taels belong to normal taxes such as commercial tax.

But the expenses are not small, such as repairing ditches and fields, buying grain, ensuring the expenses of the Jiangning camp, ensuring the daily expenses of the county government, paying the taxes of the imperial court, and paying the money of the Six Ministries of Nanjing and the Yamen of Yingtianfu, etc.

So far, 160 million taels of silver have been spent.

On the surface, Jiangning County is still very wealthy, even the Suzhou and Yangzhou prefectures dare not compare.

However, Su Tiancheng was aware of the huge expenses that would be needed immediately. The emperor and the court had already made up their minds. The time Jiang Ningying would stay in the south was unlikely to be very long. Therefore, it was necessary to use about two years to gather as much money as possible. More silver taels are prepared for the Jiangning battalion. After the Jiangning battalion recruits sergeants and reaches a scale of 3, the annual expenditure of silver taels will be more than 200 million taels. Therefore, when the Jiangning battalion leaves Jiangning County, at least 400 taels must be prepared. Ten thousand taels of silver.

In addition, there are ditches and farmland renovations. If you can't invest a lot of money in water conservancy construction and completely transform the situation of Jiangningying water conservancy facilities, don't think about getting a bumper harvest every year for the grain in Jiangning County. Moreover, this kind of transformation must be carried out. This year's harvest shows a big problem. The harvest of the official land in Jiangning County is about [-]% more than that of the rest of the cultivated land.

These money can only be used in the income of the county government.

After the beginning of the new year, the income of the Shibo Department is estimated to exceed one million taels, which will increase significantly on the basis of this year. Therefore, there is still hope for the preparation of silver taels for the Jiangning camp.

However, Fan Jingwen made such a request, and it was quite difficult.

10 taels of silver is not a big number, but once such an opening is made, there will be countless reasons to come here in the future. Every matter must be resolved and money will be spent. If there is too much money, Jiang Ningying's deposits cannot be guaranteed.

There is also the most critical thing, if the sergeants of the two battalions must leave the two battalions and ask to enter the Jiangning battalion when recruiting sergeants in the Jiangning battalion, this is the most dangerous thing, the duty of the two battalions is to escort the capital Although the safety of the Beijing camp is not as important as the Beijing camp, it still involves the imperial power. If the Jiangning camp is suspected of annexing the two camps, no one can bear such a crime.

Besides, Su Tiancheng didn't like the quality of the sergeants of the two battalions. Although the hundreds of soldiers in the Xiaoqi battalion were good at fighting, they had some bad tempers. Time.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Zhang Taining took the initiative to speak.

"Master Su, I also know that you are in a difficult situation, but the two battalions have no choice but to rely on the support of Jiangning County and Master Su."

Su Tiancheng finally raised his head.

"Lord Fan, General Zhang, Jiangning County agrees to lease 10 hectares of official land, and [-] taels of silver can be given out. However, the lower officials have some things to say beforehand."

Seeing Su Tiancheng nod his head, Fan Jingwen's expression softened a little.

"Master Su, if you have any request, just ask."

"You're welcome, I'm an official. Two things. First, Jiangning County took out 10 taels of silver. It's just this one time. We can't continue to have such things in the future. Second, Jiangning County can't bear it. Second, the Jiangning Battalion has recruited [-] sergeants in Beizhili. According to the plan, it will continue to recruit [-] sergeants in about half a year. The Jiangning Battalion will never recruit the sergeants of the two battalions. What happened has shaken the morale of the two battalions, the Jiangning battalion cannot afford such a crime, and I ask General Zhang to help."

Fan Jingwen nodded, this is not a big deal.

"Master Su, the two requirements you mentioned are also reasonable. General Zhang, there is nothing wrong with you."

Zhang Taining nodded, although he said that he felt a little uncomfortable, but Jiangning County was willing to hand over 10 taels of silver, so what else could he say, so he could control the matter of not continuing to ask for silver. The sergeant of the camp entered, this matter is still a bit difficult.

Seeing Zhang Taining nod his head, Fan Jingwen showed a smile on his face.