Zhou Zheng is not only the position of Tianjin Bingbei Dao, but also Zhou Qingli's identity, and he is finally eligible to be interviewed by Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
When Zhou Zheng saw the ceremony, he complained directly, saying: "My lord, not to mention the military payment owed by the Yongping Mansion and Hejian Mansion. The payment owed by Tianjin Wei is only half for a year, and the other armors and weapons are half the amount. Not at all. The Ministry of Defense said years ago that it was issued in the middle of the year. Later, it said that it will be issued in the middle of the year. Now it is said that it will be issued in the middle of the year. My lord, let me give you a quasi-believe. The next officer may have a reason to go back. I really can’t delay..."
Xiong Mingyu was most afraid of coming to ask for money and food, and he didn't have it either.
Xiong Mingyu, like a good old man, smiled and said, "Next year, in March at the latest, I will post it."
"Then, the subordinates wait until Qianliangbingjia arrives in Qi and then go to Liaodong? It's not that the subordinates are ignorant, but if the subordinates pass back in such empty words, how could they follow the subordinates to Liaodong? Even if they go to Liaodong, they have to go to Liaodong. Rich food, can't you let the soldiers guard the city hungry?" Zhou Zheng continued to pour bitter water.
This is not something Zhou Zheng deliberately threatened, but a real problem. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. This is a theorem since ancient times.
Xiong Mingyu looked at Zhou Zheng and still smiled and said, "Don't ask me for the money and food. The money and food are in your father's hands. Ask your father how much he wants, and I will give you as much as he wants. Never keep it privately."
Old bureaucrat!
Zhou Zheng said inwardly, but he said: "My lord, you don't know the temperament of my father. I was sent by him. The soldier's salary is under the control of the Ministry of War and cannot be sent directly from the Ministry of Housing... My lord, in this way, I don't know. Request to make up the arrears over the past years. You will send me the next year's, as well as weapons and armor. If I bring 30,000 people in ragged clothes into Shanhaiguan, Mr. Sun has seen it. I think I will write to you, so you are fine. , I have an explanation when I go back..."
Xiong Mingyu sat down and said, "Well, the Ministry of Engineering owes 200,000 silver to our Ministry of War. If you can get it back, I will give you half."
Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly on his face, and said, "My lord, why should you embarrass you for dismissing an official if you don't give it? In this way, you can give the official armour and weapon to the official, right
Xiong Mingyu looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "You Tianjin Guard also has the Military Weaponry Bureau. Didn't you give you the power before and let you build it yourself?"
Zhou Zheng smiled more bitterly and said: "My lord, the Ministry of Defense only gave a quota of 15,000 people and refused to pay a penny. Only five cannons for the officials were given. You said, isn't it embarrassing to be an official?"
Xiong Ming met more officials who came to ask for money and food. He was not moved at all, pretending to indulge for a moment, and said, "Well, let me give you thirty thousand for the amount of soldiers. Artillery, you can build as many as you can. , You report a number and I will approve it."
If you change other officials, you will definitely continue to spit. Because Bingjia didn't say, a cannon cost at least seven thousand taels, and the heavy one could only be used to defend the city. Except Yuan Chonghuan originally wanted it, no one else wanted it. The cost was high, and it was small in practicality. It was simply tasteless.
But Zhou Zheng is different. What Zhou Zheng lacks is power.
Zhou Zheng looked at Xiong Mingyu, smiled bitterly on his face, but stopped talking, and his heart blossomed.
With the power to recklessly make armored cannons, the equipment problem is solved!
If you are as cunning as a fox, there are times when you miscalculate!
Xiong Mingyu thought he was embarrassed by Zhou Zheng, and said with a smile: "Okay, the Ministry of War has money. It's not the first time to call Liaodong, go back and wait."
With the power in his hands, Zhou Zheng pretended to raise his hand helplessly, and said, "The official resigns."
Xiong Mingyu shook his head watching Zhou Zheng go.
Daming owes more than Tianjin Wei, the most serious ones are Liaodong and Sichuan. Don’t look at the three payments in Liaodong. It’s because there is really no way, and they have to resist the prisoners. As a last resort, they have to raise money. If it is in other places, they are in arrears. A year or a half is good.
Therefore, mutinies have been happening everywhere, even in places like Hangzhou!
Zhou Zheng was gone, and Zhang Fengyi, the minister of war, came in from the side door and said with a smile: "Sent away?"
Xiong Mingyu sighed helplessly, and said, "Zhou Yuanshan is about to resign. He is a hidden mansion veteran. The emperor is reluctant to bear it. If he has any request before leaving, the emperor will most likely agree to it. Now he can speak nicely. It’s best to persuade him to leave. If Zhou Zhengyun gets up in the Ministry of War, whether it’s good or not, it’s mostly us who are embarrassed when it comes to the palace."
Xiong Mingyu was also the person who was about to resign, and he didn't want anything to happen at this time.
Zhang Fengyi is the soon-to-be-sponsored man of the Ministry of War. He smiled and said: "Fortunately, he has a clear sense of truth and no mischief. However, he must always give a little bit, otherwise he will go to Liaodong hungry next year and make trouble there, which is more serious than Beijing.
Xiong Mingyu shook his head and said: "The Northwest chaos is intensifying. The royal government's military pay is either in Liaodong or in the northwest, where there is a balance. Bi Shangshu tried his best, but the treasury has increased, but there are too many holes everywhere... "
Daming is a mansion riddled with holes and leaks everywhere. If you want to repair it, how can the treasury's money be able to do it
Listening to Zhang Fengyi, he sighed secretly, and said, "I will go to the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Industry later, and find a way to squeeze out three to fifty thousand, so that Zhou Zhengyun will go back and have an explanation, so that there will be more troubles."
Xiong Mingyu nodded unavoidably, and then said: "Yang He was imprisoned. I heard that his son, Yang Sichang, has written a letter to replace his father?"
Zhang Fengyi said: "Well, the emperor admired his filial piety and saved Yang He from the death penalty. He also allowed Governor Yang Sichang to perform military affairs in the Henan Sanfu."
Xiong Mingyu nodded silently, holding the tea cup without speaking.
He worked with Yang He in the Ministry of War for a long time, and Yang He's imprisonment was also one of the reasons that prompted him to protect his life and resign.
Zhou Zheng left the Ministry of War and quickly began to write official documents and sent Chen to the Ministry of War.
He not only asked for the authority to manufacture weapons, but also the power to'self-raise military pay' and'recruit soldiers'.
The latter two will be liberalized in one or two years, because the civil unrest in the northwest is getting bigger and bigger, and the imperial court’s defeats are beginning to increase. The civil unrest began in Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Guizhou, Huguang, Shandong, etc. Blooming everywhere, the imperial court was unable to cope with the lack of money and food and the army, "self-raising military pay" and "recruiting soldiers courage", which are absolutely impossible powers, were given one after another, even more encouragement.
When Zhou Zheng's official document arrived at the Ministry of War, Xiong Mingyu glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and smiled: "Young people always have passion, good things."
With that, he stamped it.
'Self-raising military pay' and'recruiting soldiers bravely' may seem simple, but in fact it is not that easy. If you want to feed an army of 10,000 people, you need less than one hundred thousand taels every year.
This means that recruiting can be recruited
Zhang Fengyi didn't make any sense to this. When he wanted to come, Zhou Zheng went to Liaodong. If he can recruit, he can recruit as many as he can. There is no upper limit, and the money is not enough, and the Ministry of War will take the initiative to provide subsidies!
It is too difficult to recruit troops in Liaodong!
Without money and food, it is easy to die. (End of this chapter)