Borrow the day to change the day

"Master Zhong, Haizhou has won a great victory, so what should we do next?" Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhong Jinwei with a smile.

When the officials in the Wenhua Palace heard that Emperor Chongzhen mentioned the Battle of Haizhou, they all relaxed and looked at Zhong Jinwei with a smile.

But Zhong Jinwei was not as happy as they imagined after hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said. He said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the war in Haizhou has not yet ended. Whether Haizhou can be held or not depends on the arrangement of the officials." Just send the follow-up materials for the city defense."

Emperor Chongzhen remembered that there was indeed such a thing, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and still smiled and said to Zhong Jinwei: "It's okay, then let the new army go again, and Master Zhong will stay in the capital to deal with the discussion just now. matter."

Zhong Jinwei turned his head slightly to look at Wen Tiren and the others. Seeing that they also looked relaxed, he couldn't help emphasizing: "Your Majesty, Jianlu should not be underestimated! There is a lot of luck in this battle of Haizhou. The generals of each army are veterans in the army and cooperate well with each other. Even so, the casualties of the new army in this battle are the heaviest in history."

This time, Emperor Chongzhen's face finally no longer looked relaxed.Before that, he only knew that Haizhou had won, but he didn't care about the specific situation of the Haizhou battle.Now listening to what Master Zhong said, he is still playing very hard.

"Master Zhong, how is the battle going?" Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked with concern.

The Wenhua Hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Zhongxing Hou and listened to him talk about the Battle of Haizhou.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei recounted the battle of Haizhou to them from beginning to end, especially when it came to the Niutougang blockade, it was even more worrying.

However, when they heard that the new army was on the way back to Niuzhuang Station, when Jianlu basically had nothing to do, they showed a happy expression.

It was indeed unexpected that the new army had so many casualties.This is because the previous casualties of the new army are used as a reference, and the comparison effect is more obvious.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately said: "Master Zhong, the new army is in such a dangerous situation, is it because the number of new army is not enough?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhong Jinwei nodded and replied.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand imposingly, and said at the same time: "Then expand the new army again, this time reorganize the capital camp into a new army!"

The new army was very easy to use, and Emperor Chongzhen was completely relieved of this way of building an army.

In this way, the new army can be expanded from 5000 people to about 5 people.This is simply a flying speed, which is too surprising.

Upon hearing this, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court still spends a lot of money, and the new army will expand so much at once, which will affect the disaster relief of feudal North America and other places."

Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also objected: "Your Majesty, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and you need to take care of it from all over the world!"

Other civil servants also followed suit, saying how much money they would spend this year on their one-third of an acre of land.

You say I say, when it comes to the latter, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated.

When Zhong Jinwei saw him, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it's easier to take a big step... Well, that is to say, the new army does not need to increase so much. If there are [-] new troops, I feel that I can attack Liaoyang .”

He slipped the tongue, and almost said the words of later generations that are too big to talk about.Fortunately, it was discovered in time later and replaced.

When Zhong Jinwei, the commander of the new army, said so, it was tantamount to giving Emperor Chongzhen a step up.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei, nodded in agreement and said, "In this case, we can temporarily expand the number to 2 according to what Master Zhong said."

In the past, every time a battle was fought, a sum of money could be brought in.Especially in the battle against Shenyang, there was countless money.

But the last few times, they just spent money and didn't make money.The vassal king's feudal North America has to be accelerated, and it will cost a lot of money.The bottleneck in the development of everything, the matter of money began to appear again.

"Bi Qing, regarding the matter of money and food, you have to plan carefully, and save all non-essential expenses." Emperor Chongzhen ordered Bi Ziyan to say.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan agreed, then changed the subject and immediately played again, "I know how to reduce expenditure, but it's not the way to rely on it alone. I think we need to increase income."

Everyone in the Wenhua Palace, not only the Emperor Chongzhen, but also the cabinet, the six ministries, or the admiral of the East Factory and the commander of Jinyiwei, all turned their attention to Zhongxing Hou when they heard Bi Ziyan talk about open source.Only Zheng Zhilong was left feeling baffled, and followed everyone's gazes at Zhongxinghou.

Zhong Jinwei was a little speechless, he couldn't keep looking for himself!But he did not shirk.Because he knows that what they want to open source is nothing more than taxation and the like. Their thinking is limited and they will not have good ideas.In the final analysis, it is better to think about this open source method by yourself.

Therefore, he thought for a while before playing to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the sea ban be formally lifted, and a city ship department be established to collect commercial taxes on goods imported and exported from Ming Dynasty."

The Dutch have focused on the power of the city shipping department in this request, and one can imagine how big the benefits are.

Zhong Jinwei thought that after he said his idea, someone would definitely ask questions, and he had already prepared the method of how to operate this city ship company.

He was right. Sure enough, someone had doubts, but it was not what he thought.I only heard Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, say: "Marquis Zhongxing, although the sea is banned in my dynasty, there are also shipping bureaus. But most of them are unable to make ends meet. Right now, there are only two shipping bureaus in Fujian and Guangzhou."

"What?" Zhong Jinwei was taken aback, thinking he had heard it wrong.He looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and then at the other people in the hall, and found that they had such expressions on their faces, so he couldn't help but wonder.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei hurriedly asked: "How can you make ends meet?"

"There are big winds and waves on the sea, and the risk is great. The imperial court did not impose heavy taxes in order to sympathize with the sufferings of the people. Therefore, each municipal ship division has a limited annual income. Up to now, each municipal ship division has adopted a quota tax package system. The imperial court only manages the municipal ship division. If you hand over the pre-set taxes, you will no longer be required to collect taxes." Bi Ziyan explained to Zhong Jinwei.

After he finished speaking, he found that Zhong Jinwei's eyes were dull, as if he was stupid.Can't help but wonder, I don't know where I said wrong.

Emperor Chongzhen also found out, so he called Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Zhong, Master Zhong..."

After calling three times in a row, Zhong Jinwei was called back from the sluggish state.

"Your Majesty, who came up with this nonsense city ship system, it's just kicked in the head by a donkey!"

Zhong Jinwei's words shocked everyone in Wenhua Hall.They didn't expect that Hou Zhongxing, who was usually considered gentle and refined, would utter such foul language.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Zhong Jinwei was so excited, he immediately realized that there might be a lot of tricks involved, and he quickly asked: "Master Zhong, why do you say that?"