Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei

The army, since ancient times, has been a gold swallowing beast.

But now, more than 200,000 troops have been reorganized, and every moment, the money and food consumed is a huge number.

Jizhen, Xuanfu, Jingying, and even Yongwei Camp, from the beginning of the reorganization to the present, have only taken a few months. Compared with the growth of an army, it is only the initial stage.

But in this initial stage alone, nearly one million taels of silver have been spent. Among them, weapons and armor, and even the repair of the city defense fortress of Xuanfu in Ji Town, undoubtedly occupied the bulk.

Of course, military salaries and silver are also a number that cannot be ignored. On average, the annual salary of each soldier is around 12 taels of silver, which is not too high. Some hard currencies such as grain and salt are subsidized for those with families.

Just this, the army of more than 200,000 people, paid in full, consumes more than two million taels of silver every year, not to mention all kinds of consumption throughout the year.

Just a rough estimate, to maintain this huge army and make it capable of combat, the annual consumption of silver is nearly three million taels, and the food and grass materials are countless!

If it is in the initial stage now, this number needs to be raised by another level!

In addition, nowadays, it is necessary to change the flintlock guns on a large scale, this astronomical figure, there is no doubt that there is a further level up!

And this amount, for today's Daming, is obviously an unbearable number!

You must know that the tax that Daming can collect every year is only more than four million taels, and the tax in the first year of Chongzhen, due to the frequent occurrence of natural and man-made disasters, has set a record low in the taxation of Daming!

The annual tax in Beijing is only 3.56 million taels!

This figure, for a central dynasty that rules the world and still has authority, is like a joke compared to an era when there is a large influx of silver from the outside world and there is no shortage of silver at all!

No, even more speechless than a joke!

Everyone knows that this number is wrong, but... not many people will stand up and expose this big joke!

This number, there is no doubt, if nothing else, even raising this army is somewhat difficult.

Not to mention, in this country, the place where money and food need to be consumed is far more than the army.

In this way, it is completely predictable that, in a maximum of a year or two, if a method to increase its financial resources has not been found, this army will have to cut its troops due to lack of money and food, until it loses its combat effectiveness.

This question has long been an undeniable fact.

Before the reorganization was started, this opinion also occupied the vast majority of the memorials opposed by the courtiers.

But being ignored by the emperor, the blood and rain that followed also silenced the courtiers.

The problem that everyone can see will break out soon, and the mountain that is pressing on their heads will collapse on its own at that time...

They are waiting, waiting for the arrival of that day, when the time comes, it will not be too late to settle accounts after the autumn.

If it develops like this according to the normal law, this army, in the eyes of future generations, may be the last glory of the Ming Dynasty, and of course, it may have to wear the hat of the cause of Ming's death.

After all, hundreds of thousands of well-trained soldiers, once out of control, are far from being able to be extinguished by today's Ming Dynasty!

Naturally, Li Xiu could see all of this clearly, and Zhu Youjian could also see clearly.

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If you say that Zhu Youjian was in power, in order to have insurmountable confidence, it prompted the birth of this army.

As for Li Xiu, it was because he knew of the endless thieves and chaos in history, and the unstoppable military fronts of the Golden Moment, that he single-handedly created this army.

The situation is very obvious, if there is no strong army, Daming will just linger, and then wait until the day when it dies.

If there is a strong army, there may be the power to fight to the death!

It seems that Li Xiu and Zhu Youjian's idea is to create a new sky with the sun and moon.

But compared to Zhu Youjian's apprehension, Li Xiu seemed much calmer.

In fact, it may be the long-term peace and the long-term view of the world that many people have forgotten that an army, a large and well-trained army, within the rules, naturally appears harmless to humans and animals. , even if there are outrageous movements, there are always reins bound.

But... once this rule is truly broken, once it reaches a truly irreversible margin, this army will not sit still, and neither will Li Xiu.

Over the years, Li Xiu, through various means, has also searched for a little of his family's property, which is stored in the Yongwei Jintaifang camp. Zhu Youjian is also clear and well aware.

Once you reach a dead end...

Then, you can only take risks!

Of course, this is just an expectation of the worst-case scenario, and the possibility of reaching this point is very small.

At this time, in the Qianqing Palace, both Li Xiu and Zhu Youjian fell silent for a rare moment.

The cause was due to the batch of flintlock spears. Of course, flintlock spears were only tens of thousands of pieces, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver would not cause the two to be too entangled.

The real reason for the entanglement was the financial and tax issues that both of them brought up because of the flintlock gun.

Today, the reason why such a huge army can be organized and maintained to shock the world is only because of the confidence created by a few windfalls.

Unexpected wealth is naturally unlikely to last long, and sustainable tax revenue is the foundation.

And the reason why the two are really tangled is this!

"This is not feasible?"

In the silence, Zhu Youjian asked again.

Looking at Zhu Youjian's expectant eyes, Li Xiu was silent for a long time before saying, "It's possible, but it's not feasible now!"

After speaking, Li Xiu added:

"The political situation is not stable, the government is not clear, the people are in chaos, and taxation reform is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and the world is in chaos, only in the blink of an eye!"

"Chaos is chaos, and it is not impossible to destroy and establish!"

This time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhu Youjian rarely listened to Li Xiu's advice, but instead said something that was definitely not what he would say as the emperor.

As soon as this statement came out, Li Xiu was also a little stunned. Shouldn't he be a warrior who said this, and then the emperor refuted it?

Now it seems... the other way around!

But when he saw Zhu Youjian's pale demeanor, his unconcealed eagerness, and even his eagerness, Li Xiu's heart was also shocked.

He... can he let the emperor not be too hasty?

Son of Heaven... Does he still have time to rush?

silence!

Li Xiu is also rarely silent about it!

Although the current situation seems to be calm, it was only forcibly suppressed by the soldiers.

Now, what we need to do is to stabilize the situation, stabilize the foundation, and take every step of the way.

But...if there are waves again...