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Chapter 1139 Stirring the Situation ([-])

On June 22nd of the third year of Renhe, the memorials of Jiao’ao Customs and Guangzhou Customs arrived in Beijing almost at the same time. The reports were basically the same, and they all reported the duties on the spoils carried by the fleet of the “Eight Banners Merchant” that had previously returned to China— —According to the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, one-third of the spoils captured by the army can be reserved for the army to distribute internally, and the rest will be turned over to the national treasury. The part, although not all, was amazing. The total price of the loot declared at Jiaoao Customs was 2000 million silver, and the total price of the goods declared at Guangzhou customs was as high as 500 million taels of silver. , because of the huge amount, neither of the two customs offices dared to make decisions without authorization, so I asked Emperor Renhe to judge it.

The customs structure of the Qing Dynasty is simple, and the tax system is also simple. Basically, it is [-] every [-], both in and out, which is half lower than the domestic commercial tax of [-] every [-]. The fundamental reason is to encourage ocean trade. , although the tax rate is not high, it can’t support the large amount. The annual tax revenue is almost catching up with the income of the land tax. There is no need for Hongqing to worry about it. The Overwatch Council is strictly examining it. The reason why the tax declaration has been brought to Hongqing this time is not that the two customs are not doing anything, but that the customs declaration involving the loot has not been done yet. There are precedents to follow, and there is also a lack of legislation in this regard, so the two customs offices dare not make their own claims.

The matter is not too big, and the tax that can be collected is only more than three million taels. In Hong Qing's view, it is nothing more than mediocrity, but it cannot be handled carelessly, after all, it involves legislation. Once a precedent is set, it will be very difficult to change it later. Because of this, Hong Qing did not make a hasty decision, but called the ministers of the military and aircraft to discuss it, and then made a decree First, the tax on spoils of war is levied at half of the normal tariff, and second, let Shangshu Haitao of the Ministry of Punishment organize manpower as soon as possible to perfect the relevant laws as a guideline for future implementation.

Although the matter of loot taxation is still important, it is not a big deal after all. After the disposal, Hong Qing didn't pay any more attention to it, but she never thought that such a trivial matter would cause a huge storm of war. Many officers of the First Group Army of the Chinese Communist Party jointly signed a petition for war. Immediately afterwards, the Sixth Army stationed in Xi'an, the Third Army stationed in Shengjing, the Seventh Army stationed in Chengdu, and the border guards stationed in Yili sent urgent telegrams, all of which were sent by Shangben. Asking for war, even Zhang Miao, the commander of the Fourth Army stationed in Jinling, joined in the fun and sent a telegram calling for war. As soon as this trend broke out, many courtiers also followed this chapter, all calling on the court to send troops as soon as possible to attack Huanglong. It took less than a few days to completely wipe out such a bad neighbor like Lao Maozi, and the voice of the whole country shouting for war has risen to a jaw-dropping level.

Of course there is a war. Hong Qing has worked hard for more than 20 years, isn't it just to change the century-old tragedy in China in that time and space in his previous life? If it wasn't for this purpose, he wouldn't have to work so hard The layout, but the timing is obviously not yet ripe. What Hongqing wants is not only to save the two countries of Tu and Kazakhstan from the fire and water, but also to lay down a huge territory for the future generations of China, and strive for the maximum for the descendants of China. In order to achieve this goal, no matter how big the sacrifice is, he will not hesitate to sacrifice it. Of course, Hong Qing will definitely not make unnecessary sacrifices with the lives of his soldiers. It is precisely because of this that he did not rush to send troops. Going to face the menacing Russian army is not only to let Turkey and Kazakhstan automatically join the territory of the Qing Dynasty when they are desperate, but more importantly, to use the power of Turkey and Kazakhstan to consume the strength of the Russian army .

Originally, Hongqing had already made arrangements to delay for a period of time, but she never thought that such a sudden storm of invitation to fight would disturb Hongqing, which would inevitably make Hongqing quite annoyed. Until now, if we don't come up with a safe method, I'm afraid that the morale of the army will inevitably be bruised. When it's time to mobilize, wouldn't it be difficult to boost morale?

"Go, announce both Fang Bao and Zhang Tingyu."

Such a storm of war came too suddenly. The so-called abnormality must be a demon. Hong Qing didn't believe that there was nothing wrong with it, nothing else. Of course, the second, fifth and navy fleets made a lot of money in Japan and Nanyang It will indeed make all the ministries jealous. The problem is that the speed of this kind of spread is obviously unreasonable. If no one is disturbing the trouble, how can the disturbance become so big. For this reason, Hongqing is the first Immediately, he called Chen Size, director of the National Security Bureau, into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and asked carefully about the origin of the turmoil. Daokou Yu.

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Hearing Hongqing's order, Li Dequan, who was waiting by the side, did not dare to delay at all, and hastily bowed to accept the promise, and hastily left the hall. After a short while, he accompanied Fang and Zhang from the The outside turned back.

"I'll wait to meet your Majesty."

Seeing that Hong Qing, who was sitting at the top, looked a little strange, both Fang and Zhang couldn't help but their hearts jumped, but they didn't dare to lose their courtesy, so they rushed forward, Qiqi There are too many worshippers.

"No, come and give me a seat."

Although Hong Qing was quite angry, she didn't vent her anger on the two old ministers, but calmly raised her hand and gave her a seat very politely.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Although both of them have doubts in their hearts, both Fang and Zhang are people whose city is as deep as the sea, so they will not be in a hurry to ask the truth, so they just thank each other respectfully, and sit side by side with a group of young people. On the Jindunzi brought by the eunuchs, Qi Qi pretended to listen to the instructions respectfully.

"You all back down!"

After Fang and Zhang sat down, Hong Qing didn't speak in a hurry, but waved at Li Dequan and the others, expressing her orders expressionlessly.

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Upon hearing Hong Qing's order, Li Dequan and the others dared not hesitate a bit, they hurriedly agreed, and filed out of the hall.

"The gang of bastards below are making a fuss about going to war. I think Lai Qing and others already know about it, so I won't say much more. What I want to say is that the reason for this turmoil is that someone is behind the scenes. The intentions are extremely impure, if Qing and others care about this, let me tell you all about it."

As soon as Li Dequan and the others retreated, Hong Qing didn't say much in the way of greetings, and directly stated the reason for calling the two of them to come.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to send troops too early?"

Although Hong Qing didn't say who the troublemaker was, Fang and Zhang knew what was going on after hearing it, and there was nothing else besides the fourth master who dared to make trouble with a powerful emperor like Hong Qing. , I am afraid that there will be no one else. Although the two of them knew it well, they both wisely pretended to be confused. After looking at each other quickly, Fang Bao opened the mouth first.

"Yes, the current battlefield is far away in the territory of the Kazakh Khanate. Even the nearest Tashan headquarters is thousands of miles away from the battlefield. If our army travels long distances, the grain road is too long and the loss will be great. Moreover, Lao Maozi is too close to his country, even if he can be defeated, there is no possibility of gathering and annihilating him. I originally planned to send his main force to our border to take action, and wipe out the main force of the enemy in one fell swoop, creating advantages for the follow-up battle The current situation, the public opinion is already strong, I am afraid that it will hurt morale, I am afraid that it is inevitable to launch it in advance, but it is not what I want, do you have any clever strategies?"

Fang and Zhang are Hong Qing's most trusted people, he will not hide too much, but seeing his brow raised, he has simply explained the original strategic plan.

"Your Majesty, I think it's okay to send troops ahead of time. Why don't we set up a large camp in Xi'an, gather all the soldiers and horses that are going to go out first, and go ahead with the food and fodder, so it's okay to delay the army for a while."

What Zhang Tingyu is best at is this kind of scheduling details, without even thinking about it, he has already given a safe suggestion.

"Well, I think it's feasible. It's okay to settle this matter first. Later, I will issue an edict to let Yue Zhongqi take command of the expedition, and transfer a part of the First Army, the Seventh Army, and the Sixth Army stationed in Xi'an to form a westward battalion. In addition, Li Shuangchun, governor of Shaanxi, is ordered to be the general manager of food and roads, with full power to take charge of the dispatch of food, fodder and supplies, and the ministries of households, industry, and soldiers to cooperate fully to ensure the needs of the military.”

What Zhang Tingyu said was exactly what Hongqing needed, so he would not have too much hesitation, after a moment of pondering, he had already made a decision.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

After Hongqing made up his mind, Fang and Zhang would not have any objections, and they just praised it together. However, their heartstrings did not relax because of this. People who are old and sophisticated, naturally don't think that Hong Qing's posture of secret talks is just for such a small matter.

"Let's talk about military affairs here. I'm calling Qing to come here today, and I want to talk about more than that. After all, the fourth uncle has caused such a big disturbance, and his intentions are unpredictable. Is it to ruin my strategy of slowing down the army? There is only one root cause, and that is to take advantage of the emptiness of the country to make dangerous moves. Although I am fearless, I am not patient with it. I plan to Take down this dog as soon as possible to avoid more troubles, can you wait and see if it is feasible?"

Fang and Zhang were indeed right. After finishing the expedition, Hong Qing only changed the subject of the conversation, and said in a murderous manner that she wanted to attack the fourth master immediately.

"..."

Hearing what Hong Qing said, even though Fang and Zhang's hearts jumped like a deer, they really didn't dare to speak casually for a while, and the hall became strangely quiet since then...

(End of this chapter)