Wang Jilian and Lu Xiangsheng had very few contacts. Only when Lu Xiangsheng would pay tribute to the same year's ice charcoal during the third festival, he not only never met, but also had few letters.

There are hundreds of people in the same year in the same subject, and it is impossible to cover everything. The two of them are still calling each other as brothers, but not by font sizes because their relationship is still very distant.

"It's a matter of trouble for this." Wang Jilian said: "After the order, Yang He soldiers were on duty to train troops and allocate money and grain."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The just-issued decree?"

"Yes," Wang Jilian said: "The cabinet and the rituals are both edicts. Brother Nian, it seems that you are very holy."

Lu Xiangsheng was quite moved, but he tried his best to suppress his feelings and said calmly: "The emperor was as dedicated as the sun and the moon. We can only repay him for death. I don't know how much grain can be allocated by the Ministry of Revenue. I need to know that my brother went to Yanghe, and at least two to three thousand soldiers. For one or two taels of monthly salary, one or two taels of silver per person, there is a strange situation. If there is salt and vegetables, it costs 200 taels of silver per month, and the remaining expenses are also 100 taels of horses and the purchase of arms, food, beans, and grass buns, and it costs 100 taels per month. Finally, it costs 100 taels per month. Finally, it costs 100 taels per month, and 5000 taels of silver per year to be sufficient."

Lu Xiangsheng originally wanted to train tens of thousands of soldiers, but this was obviously an impossible plan. It was different from the situation where the training was conducted in several prefectures in Northern Zhili, that is, the Hebei prefectures. This was to recruit soldiers to wipe out the peasant army. This happened everywhere, but it was completely different in Datong. Datong still had 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 war horses. The court had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to raise these soldiers. It was obviously unlikely that a soldier would have to train more than 10,000 soldiers to take office.

To train a battalion of soldiers, two to three thousand people, you also need to select the original soldiers and generals. Of course, you also need to choose those who are unsuccessful and excluded, and you need to be careful to restrain and practice. This is Lu Xiangsheng's plan.

"It's hard, it's hard!" Wang Jilian frowned and shook his head, "Brother Nian doesn't know that autumn is coming this year, and there are still many military towns dragging the spring salary. The food is always given, otherwise the soldiers would have to rebel on hunger. Even so, there are many soldiers in each town who fled one after another, which is too difficult. However, there are many disaster-affected areas in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi provinces, and it is difficult to survive without being a military force. Therefore, although the military pay is owed, there are no major sergeants who have escaped. If this situation continues, a big problem will be really happening."

"I also know it's difficult." Lu Xiang rose up and bowed, "I will try to make a way to make a living for me."

"Our Ministry of Revenue can allocate grain to you, but it is really difficult to give me a maximum of 5,000 taels of silver."

"One tenth?" Lu Xiangsheng said: "This is too little, and even the airs cannot stand up."

"We also know this." Wang Jilian said: "Does Nian brother know that last year, Shanxi reported a flood, and the number of people affected was 100,000. How much relief money did we allocate?"

"I really don't know about this."

"Three thousand." Wang Jilian glared and said, "More than 100,000 people were affected by the disaster. More than 10,000 stones of food were given, and only three thousand silver was given!"

"How can this be done?"

"Of course it's not enough." Wang Jilian said: "The local governments think of ways to urge large households to open some porridge farms, so as not to cause trouble for the people, and only this can be done."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes showed sadness. The huge empire with hundreds of millions of people was so poor that it was so poor. In other words, looking at the Hutchison in a blink of an eye, the gap was so shameful.

"The Liao salary was only two kilograms per acre of grain." Wang Jilian said: "After my brother arrived at the local area, he might as well submit more memorials to see if the court would increase the salary."

"You must not add more." Lu Xiangsheng said: "The increase of salary is based on a mu rather than a min. The original idea was that those with more yields per mu would serve the country more. Those with less yields per mu would serve less. In addition to alleviating the insufficient national use, they could also suppress mergers. Now it seems that the landlords are mostly local officials and gentry, and the court's salary collected by a mu was spread to the people's land. It was said that one mu would only increase the income by two kilograms, but in fact, it might be more than twenty kilograms. Local clerks, yamen runners and gentry would take the opportunity to gather and use the yellow list to add the white list. The court's income was limited, but the people became more and more difficult."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Wang Jilian and said sincerely: "My brother has been in the capital for a long time, and I don't know these tricks in the local area. I was in Daming Mansion and once ruthlessly managed some clerks and yamen and suppressed some gentry landlords, but the results were very little. Generally, local gentry has fame and reputation, and the voices were connected in the same year, so I cannot over-oppress them. The situations in various places are different. The harvest in the south is higher and the people can still bear it. If the situation in the north and the salary is increased, it is really hard for me to imagine what the situation will be."

Wang Jilian kept saying a lot, and did not stick to his own opinions. In fact, Lu Xiangsheng's attitude was expected before coming here, just a little test.

Many officials are certainly happy to see the increase in Liao pay.

Not every official has a family and country in mind. In fact, the additional silver is not only a local advantage, but also a central government can make big moves.

As long as it is profitable, of course I will take care of myself. If the dynasty is overturned and the building will collapse, then it will go all out.

During the Chongzhen period, the emperor was deceived and lame. In addition, the peasant army was in full swing, and it was indeed necessary to train more troops. As a result, there were additional fees for training and suppression. All the knowledgeable people opposed it. Chongzhen severely rebuked it, believing that it was because he did not do anything and made trouble.

In fact, the amount of money added to the levy is not enough, and the court still does not have enough money. The places where the levy are not enough, and the people are living in poverty, and there are more rebels.

In the name of military training, no available military force was trained. During the Tianqi period, the towns could be controlled extremely strictly. By the Chongzhen period, the laws and regulations collapsed, and warlords appeared everywhere.

The additional suppression of the money was accelerated by the 12th year of Chongzhen. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the three money was actually continued to be collected, and the Qing Dynasty could maintain its rule, mainly because it was reshuffled in the war. The original officials, gentry and students of the Ming Dynasty were cleaned up, and the taxes went straight to the center of the Qing court, rather than being doubled or divided by local forces.

Lu Xiangsheng was determined, and Wang Jilian had no intention of persuading him. He just smiled and said, "If there is still a way, the Hong Junmen in Datong still has some money and food. Brother Nian can find him and think of a solution."

Hong Chengchou was an official in Datong and had a clear mind. Before Tianqi appointed him as the governor, he specially summoned the court three times and gave him a decree every time. Tianqi was very satisfied and believed that Hong was a rare talent.

With clear ideas, symmetrical and strong, he is a talent that can be used for twenty years. Of course, Tianqi is very moved.

A person who has left a famous name in history and has always been resourceful will surely emerge if he gives him a chance. Hong Chengchou is such a person, and he will definitely seize it as long as he has an opportunity.

After taking office as the governor of Datong, the court allocated a batch of money and grain to support it. With the help of General Huang Degong, Hong Chengchou trained some of the Datong border troops, enriching his own Fubiao and Huang Degong's Zhenbiao camp. He trained five or six thousand troops in Datong, which was quite rare and precious.

With Fubiao and Zhenbiao, we must consider sorting out the defenses in the Yanghedao area. The general in Wanquan Youwei and Zhangjiakou is Zhou Yuji, who has formed a good interaction with Datong.

The court's consideration was to connect Datong to the Xiongfu Road, and re-appoint a group of soldiers, generals and civil servants, and to select some effective patrols and surveillance. In this way, Hutchison re-election will take time, energy and money, and it is not easy to win over and apply for Hutchison again. At least a relatively solid defense line was formed from Xuandaji Town to Liao Town, including the reconstruction of the Great Wall Dunbao enemy platform. It is expected that at least millions of dollars will be spent in three to five years. The expenses of Liao Town have been greatly reduced, and they will no longer spend uncontrollable money as in the previous two years. Rebuilding the defense line of Xuandaji Town is also an important reason.

There are also Shanxi Town, Yulin Town, Gansu Town, and these towns are not allowed to be taken care of. Gansu and Yulin have also changed their generals. It takes several years to train troops and re-sort and inventory the troops. These places are also relatively remote. Even if Hutchison fights, they can be abandoned first. This is also part of the court's helpless strategy.

Lu Xiangsheng saw this very clearly. At the beginning of the report, he didn't know where he would be sent, but he also clearly pointed out that the three towns of Xuanda Ji Town are the most important. At least 100,000 strong soldiers must be trained, and a large section of city defense fortifications should be rebuilt, and more artillery firearms should be cast.

Of course, an attack is impossible, but the old lair of Datong, which occupy the righteous public opinion and controls and keeps in mind, can at least maintain the current situation. It may take more than ten or twenty years later, the Liaodong issue will be resolved, or the Jianlu will be unable to attack again, and the nine sides will become stronger again. Only then can the discussion be made on the complete resolution of Jianlu or the Guanlu.

This is a big overall strategy. At the age of Emperor Aoki in his early twenties, he should be able to do it slowly, and there is no need to be too anxious.

What Lu Xiangsheng was most worried about was that the emperor was too fussy and he would create something that could easily arouse conflicts. Once he found an excuse for Hutchison... Judging from the results of Lu Xiangsheng's observation, purely by force, the Ming Dynasty was really not a match for Hutchison now.

At least it is difficult to protect all the territory outside the capital. If it reaches that point, there will be Hutchison in the north and Jianlu in the east, how will the court handle itself?

Maybe there is only one way to retreat to Nanjing and save half of the south of the Yangtze River.

And Hutchison is not an Eastern Barbarian. It is hard to say whether he will be satisfied with occupying only the north. It is possible that the world will be overturned only in the emperor's thoughts.

Lu Xiangsheng made a straightforward statement, but Tianqi was not angry, and he was quite impressed by Lu Xiangsheng's meticulous and capable of thinking from a certain height.

In some aspects, Lu Xiangsheng is even better than Hong Chengchou, whom Tianqi had seen, because he not only looked lofty and accurate in his view, but also dared to speak out in a blunt manner.

Hong Chengchou gave Tianqi the feeling that he was absolutely shrewd and cautious, but he might be too cautious.

On the premise of being able to hold power, Hong Chengchou will do his job well. Once it is out of order, he will be less persevering than a person like Lu Xiangsheng.

In any case, as the governor, Hong Chengchou must have received much greater support than Lu Xiangsheng. For major strategic considerations, Hong Chengchou must provide support to Lu Xiangsheng.

This is something Lu Xiangsheng had already understood, which means that this time, except for the limited money and grain assistance, the Ministry of Revenue can only rely on itself.

"Thank you, Brother Nian, for your reminder." Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "When you get to the local area, of course you have to go to the Governor's Junmen first, and I hope Hong Junmen can support one or two."
Chapter completed!