Chapter 685 The Pattern Opens! This Little Money Is Nothing!

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Zhu Gaoxu and Xue Lu finished their discussion.

The two formulated a series of plans.

Then Zhu Gaoxu found Zhu Di with this plan.

As soon as Zhu Di saw him, he smiled and asked, "What? All those arrogant and powerful generals agreed?"

"It's not a good thing if you want to cut meat from their mouths. With the temper of those guys, it's strange that they would agree!"

Zhu Di spoke with a smile, waiting to see Zhu Gaoxu deflated.

It was he, Zhu Di, who led Xue Lu, Liu Sheng and other Jingnan generals to rebel, so Zhu Di knew the temperaments of these guys very well.

He is indeed good at fighting, but apart from fighting, he has no other advantages.

On the contrary, because they have been marching and fighting all year round, these guys all have a lot of problems. They are bloodthirsty, greedy for money, lustful... Anyway, none of them are good!

Over the years, Lord Jingnan has secretly done a lot of bad things. How could the emperor Zhu Di not know about it?

However, thinking of their affection for joining him in raising troops to quell the war in the north and south, Zhu Di chose to turn a blind eye, as long as these guys didn't do too much and didn't take the lives of innocent people on their hands. , Zhu Di can tolerate them.

Fortunately, Zhu Di's prestige was still there, so Mr. Jingnan didn't do anything too outrageous. At most, he just took advantage of his position to be corrupt and accept bribes to earn more money.

However, the prince Zhu Gaoxu wants to reform the military system, and has also established the Military Review Department and the Taxation Bureau. In the future, it will be even more difficult for these guys to take corruption and bribery. It is strange that they will agree to this new military system!

Zhu Di was looking at Zhu Gaoxu with a smile, waiting for the traitor to ask him to take action.

However, Zhu Gaoxu looked at him with the same smile and handed over the plan directly.

"Dad, it seems you made a miscalculation this time."

"It went smoothly. All the generals agreed and no one objected!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di was immediately confused.

"How can this be?"

"Are those guys so cowardly now?"

Zhu Gaoxu explained angrily: "What does it mean to be 'cowardly'? People who understand current affairs are considered heroes!"

"Besides, I gave them five more quotas for ocean trade, which is equivalent to making up for their losses in disguise. These guys are not stupid, how can they dare to object?"

Zhu Di stared blankly after hearing this, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You're such a traitor, you're really good at it!"

"You've figured out how to use coercion and inducement!"

After laughing and scolding for a few times, Zhu Di quietly read through the plan.

"Eh? Are you going to let Xue Lu take charge of reforming the military system?"

"Well, Xue Lu is loyal to the royal family and has a high prestige in the military. He is the most suitable candidate at present."

Zhu Di took a deep look at Zhu Gaoxu and said nothing more.

Even if Xue Lu is a die-hard princeling, Zhu Di is too lazy to argue with Zhu Gaoxu.

Anyway, he had the idea of ​​a Zen position, and the overall situation of the government was based on Zhu Gaoxu, the prince, so why should he care about it?

After reading the plan carefully, Zhu Di asked a question.

"If this happens, the financial pressure on the royal family will be too great!"

"Can miscellaneous taxes such as commercial tax and mining tax really afford these huge military expenditures?"

You must know that military expenditures are not only the salaries and wages of soldiers, but also include ordnance and baggage, grain and grass supplies, armament development, etc.

If the new military system is implemented according to Zhu Gaoxu's plan, the royal family will have to invest at least five million taels of silver every year. Once there is a war, the military expenditure will be doubled, and it may even be as high as tens of millions of taels of silver!

To be honest, Zhu Di is a little panicked now.

He has fought a shabby life all his life. Where has he seen such a big deal?

Upon seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu just smiled, stretched out two fingers, and then slowly opened them.

"Dad, you are Emperor Yongle, you have to open up the situation!"

"I have asked businessmen from Northern Zhili to go to the south to develop industry and commerce. I have given them the model. Coupled with the full cooperation of Zhou Chen, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, it will not be long before industry and commerce will sweep the world, and the commercial tax will also be affected by this. Gradually increase the height, and there will be at least tens of millions of taels of snowflakes and silver every year!”

"In addition to commercial taxes, mining taxes should not be ignored. I intend to lift the restrictions on private mining. The court only needs to be responsible for collecting mining taxes. As for the court's previous concerns about the flow of iron into the private sector, someone would take the opportunity to build ordnance. The equipment conspired to rebel, this is a big joke."

"The Royal Manufacturing Bureau is now developing the Rumi Gun and the God-Destroying Cannon, and the major iron factories in the Ming Dynasty are also staffed by technical experts from the Royal Manufacturing Bureau. The iron and steelmaking technology has made great progress by leaps and bounds. , if this development continues, batches of advanced ordnance will be continuously developed, and then replace the previous ones. "

"Even if iron tools flow into the people and some people plot to rebel, is it possible that the rebels armed with swords, guns, swords and halberds can still compete with the elites of the court armed with spray guns?"

"Dad, times have changed. Now is not the time when you can rule the roost with swords, guns and armor."

After hearing this, Zhu Di's face changed slightly, and finally he sighed sadly.

This traitor is right, times have really changed!

I remember that when Zhu Di raised an army to quell Jingnan, he still relied on real swords and guns to fight the Southern Army. Even he himself narrowly escaped death several times, and then he successfully entered Jinling and seized the country.

But now, if you really let Zhu Di lead his elite troops to fight against the current imperial army, Zhu Di would choose to surrender without hesitation and directly touch his nose and commit suicide to apologize.

The reason is very simple. The firearms owned by the imperial court are simply not something that the rebels can match!

This era is no longer an era where force can rule the roost!

No matter how awesome you are, can you resist the trolls?

Your armor will be sprayed into a hornet's nest!

"One more thing, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net Dad, have you forgotten the huge silver mine in Ningguo?"

"Calculating the time, after investing so long in the early stage, the silver mine has begun to produce output."

"And this silver mine is in the hands of the royal family, and all transportation depends on the Ming Navy. The Ministry of Revenue has no idea how much this silver mine actually produces."

"So, dad, you have to open up the money. The era when the royal family was short of money has passed. In the future, the royal family will only live a prosperous life, let alone provide military expenses for the soldiers of the three armies. Even if the number of soldiers increases several times, Even the royal family can afford it!”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, with money in his eyes.

Damn it, he has never fought such a battle for wealth!

"In that case, then do as you say!"

"But I have a condition. You must leave some money for me to provide for my retirement. Don't empty out all your money!"

"Retirement?" Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "Retirement for what?"

"With the implementation of the new military system soon, you, the emperor, will be very busy and want to provide for your retirement!"

Zhu Di stared and slammed the desk.

"What do you mean, you bastard?"

"You proposed this new military system, shouldn't you, the prince, be responsible for it?"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered, "I'm just the prince, not the emperor!"

"I have already laid out the general direction, and I will leave the rest to you to implement."

"No, I'm a little dizzy. I spent all my efforts writing this plan."

"Little Sniffle, where did you go? Help me back to the East Palace quickly. I'm going to faint."

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to call Little Nose, then greased his feet and ran away.

Zhu Di looked at his back and cursed angrily with a smile.

"This brat!"

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