Chapter 113 Financial rights
People are in different angles, and the whole picture of the war they see is also different.
The war Lin Manjue saw was different from Chen Lin, and the war Chen Lin saw with his own eyes was also different from Chen Mu.
"Why not demolish and rebuild it?"
The Chihai Ship docked in Manila Bay. Gao Gong first asked this when he saw the castle hanging on the plaque of the Nanyang Military Government.
Along the way, although Chen Mu felt that Mr. Gao was trying his best to listen more and speak less, the intuitive feeling of the man Sailu Gong was that the person on the same boat as him was definitely not the assistant general of the Nanyang Military Office. Even if he was not the chief assistant Gao Xinzheng, he was still Gao Shegong.
Although Gao Gong was really embarrassed to walk the road to Guangdong.
Chen Mu was so angry that his teeth were itchy when he heard about it on the sea.
I won’t talk about the case of Minister Wang. Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong have no personal grudges, but others have too many personal grudges with Gao Gong. If Zhang Juzheng hadn’t finally let go, others would have to kill Gao Gong.
Since the Empress Dowager ordered Gao Gong to be expelled, the old man left Beijing in a ox cart that day, Feng Bao also sent someone to follow him and robbed the gifts and silver money to travel expenses, so that he could walk as miserably as possible.
Feng Bao and Gao Gong have a great grudge, and no one in Shuntian Mansion doesn't know about it.
Since ancient times, ministers have not been so miserable when they go to the country.
Immediately after he arrived in Xinzheng, an edict came from the house, and ordered him to take office as the deputy governor of the Nanyang Military Office - this appointment was like a nonsense, but it also gave him a reason.
The Northern Dynasties made contributions.
In other words, Gao Gong left Beijing to Xinzheng, which was the deposed identity of a criminal minister. Those who offended the past took this opportunity to beat the dog in the water. After the beating, he was returned to the military officer who was the deputy commander of the governor.
Others didn't know that Chen Mu had long seen that Gao Gong would be exiled to Nanyang because he knew that he would sooner or later. Of course, he was just speculating at that time. What does Gao Gong really mean when he came here?
This shows that God’s middle-aged man had already planned to find a nest for Gao Gong. Obviously, the humiliation was intentional by God’s middle-aged man.
Chen Mu didn't know why. Mr. Gao didn't care what he thought, and boarded the ship from Weigang. Chen Mu didn't complain about this, and he didn't mention the matter of dismissal.
But when he thought of Gao Gong's status as a noble man and the humiliation that Gao Gong suffered when he came, Chen Mu - it was useless to think about it, so he could only arrange the chef in the government office and invite Gao Gong to have a good meal.
It's great to be able to save your life.
"It's too expensive to demolish and rebuild. The Nanyang Military Palace has many people. It costs 400 taels of silver to rebuild a building." Chen Mu was amused when he said this, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "It's enough for Guam soldiers to eat for three days."
Gao Gong had a casual expression on his face. He believed that Chen Mu liked the appearance of this Shicheng Military Village and asked: "Shishou Chen paid millions of silver to the court a year. Even if you do whatever you want overseas, no one would be in charge. It was just that the 400 taels of the Xiufu Office."
Gao Gong had seen the way Chen Mu made money. Not to mention anything else, he now gave all of them to the coal balls and coal stoves in the royal treasury in the royal treasury, which cost more than 100,000 taels a year. He said he would not want it. The sea boat paid 2 million taels of silver from Tianjin Guard to the court in two years. Now he was reluctant to say that these 400 taels were.
Who believes it if you say it?
"Google thinks the younger generation is rich?"
Standing in the castle of Nanyang Military Mansion in the royal city of Manila, Chen Mu turned his head to look at Gao Gong, nodded by himself and said: "Minduluo Island opens a kiln and takes 300 taels of gold per day, and coal exceeds a thousand kilograms; Luzon Island opens a kiln and takes 100 taels of gold per day, and copper and iron per day; there are also maritime merchant ships, sulfur, nitroso, lime, giant trees, pearls, gibes, and cotton cloth trade, and the Nanyang Military Mansion is very rich in silver."
"But it also costs a lot. In the past few months, the military mansion, Zhao Changji and others have often argued over the cost of money. The Ge Lao came at the right time. The world is still as good as fish in water, let alone the financial affairs of the military mansion."
Recently, Chen Mu has also had a headache about the military government's money affairs. It's not because of lack of money, but mainly because of the bad hiring of people.
He was in charge of all power, but he still had the most important logistics. He couldn't do this alone, which made Zhao Shizhen unhappy in charge of Hai Rui. Old Master Hai always felt that Zhao Shizhen was a fool to settle the score, and spending money was like a waste of money.
It was even more stingy to ask Hai Rui to take care of money. Even Chen Mu was not happy to order a batch of short swords to reward military merits at the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau. He criticized him for a long time and said everything in a straightforward manner.
Some people are stingy because they are unhappy in spending money on themselves, while others are unhappy in spending money on others. Mr. Hai is really unhappy in anyone's spending. In his eyes, these silver should be kept for the court and used for the baby.
Now that Gao Gong comes, his life in the future should be comfortable.
Gao Gong did not comment, refused or agreed, and reached forward to signal Chen Mu to enter the government office, saying, "I will first see how many times the Nanyang Military Mansion will be in and out in a year."
When he entered the government office, Chen Mu took Gao Gong directly to the second floor. Along the way, the military officers in the government office were in charge of the service. The civil servants heard that Chen Mu led Gao Gong into the government and did not even dare to leave. The same was true for Zhao Shizhen above. However, Hai Rui brought a few new Jinshi to the designated prefecture and county where the familiar places were not there, otherwise the two bulls would have to argue again.
Gao Gong once used Hai Rui to attack Xu Jie. Now Hai Rui sees Gao Gong falling into trouble. If you don’t say anything else, it will definitely be very satisfying. Although Mr. Hai will not take anyone who sins against him like Feng Bao, he will never be afraid of sarcasm in front of him.
"Is it amazing to have a 2.7 million taels account in a year?"
When the account book was placed in front of Gao Gong, he opened the general ledger and stared at him and forgot to close his mouth.
Gao Gong always thought that Chen Mu's Nanyang Military Mansion would have a surplus of 200,000 to 300,000 taels, but he didn't know that the Nanyang Military Mansion had more left than the national treasury. He was surprised and thoughts in his heart - why did Chen Mu dare to let him read this account?
Zhao Shizhen stood cautiously and nodded, "Last year, there were one million taels of goods on the ships of Western Yi, which is far from that, but this year, Luzon's 17 kiln copper and iron gold, and Minduluo Island's four kilns gold, will be almost the same as the account at the end of the year."
Gao Gong quickly flipped the account book. The military expenses in the Nanyang military were not large. Although he was more than 40,000 yuan, only more than 10,000 yuan needed to be raised by Chen Mu. The total amount of food, grass, and armor was less than 300,000 taels a year.
Although this is much higher than the military cost in the northern border, which is calculated separately by military rations and pay, it is not much more than the Nanyang Military Palace. However, it costs 40,000 to 50,000 taels to maintain warships and artillery every year, which is even more terrifying.
Of course, the cost of shipbuilding and artillery is indispensable.
Gao Gong pondered for a long time and finally asked what he wanted to ask. He looked at Chen Mu and said, "Shishuai Chen, where is the remaining silver?"
The account book clearly states that the two-year balance is 700,000 taels. Isn’t this bullying and not knowing the numbers?
After asking, Gao Gong saw a line of small characters on the account book, with the handwriting flying and flying dragons and phoenixes. It was written by Zhao Shizhen that "the money is misappropriated by Chen Shuai" - an average of 800,000 taels of silver per year was misappropriated?
"it took."
Chen Mu replied very reasonably, saying: "Sponsored the Ministry of Industry to develop new ordnances and new equipment. They were very greedy, 100,000 taels in two years; the two military weapons bureaus in Nanyang and Xuanfu were 400,000 taels in two years; encouraged Guangdong merchants to increase production, farmers increase grain production, and craftsmen create new tools, 400,000 taels in two years; there are also Army Martial Arts Hall and Navy Martial Arts Hall, 200,000 taels in two years to encourage tactic innovation, and military equipment, 200,000 taels in two years, which is a must."
"The remaining money is the repairs and daily supplies of the Liaoze Garden, Yangjiyuan and Huimin Pharmacy Bureau in various places, and the daily expenses of the clan society in Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian Province, and send some meat to teachers and support orphans. The poor young students will go to school." Chen Mu scratched his nose and said, "There is no money. All localities are ordering to report to the Nanyang Military Office. In addition to having to intercept 100,000 taels a year to wait for disaster relief, they use all the things they should use, and as much as they have left, they will be given to the students."
"I have been too concerned about these things and I haven't recorded them in the account."
Chen Mu said that, his movements increased significantly, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Gao Gong was dumbfounded, paused for a moment before frowned and asked in confusion: "You, why are you?"
"I am grateful to the late emperor for his kindness and love, and I give me great power. I have all the promotion and wealth that others want. I don't live much better than me in the whole world, so I have to pursue it!"
"Everyone is warlike. There are many censors in the country who impeached Chen with this, but the younger generations are not so slandered. They think that there are many people in the country. They want to send thousands of young people in their great years to Nanyang to sacrifice their lives. Conquering land and money is not the purpose. In the final analysis, these methods are just to be a country of majesty for their parents, and their fellow-ethnics will not suffer poverty and benefit future generations."
"No matter whether the local officials in the court are greedy or not, there are few stupid people. They are all talented, but it is not easy to manage the local area well. They can do big things for five or ten years, but even if they are determined, they cannot and dare not think about the century-old policy plan."
Chen Mu patted his chest.
Chapter completed!