Chapter 2314 Seven Departments of the Ministry of Revenue, help the weak and resist the strong
Chapter 2311: The Seven Departments of the Ministry of Revenue, Support the weak and resist the strong
As soon as Wang Meng said this, Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and other advisers were uncontrollably nodding in agreement, obviously not optimistic about Dorgon and Maodun.
Ying Hao thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case. Kublai Khan and Aguda had too great advantages.
Although Maodun was unparalleled in cavalry battles, Kublai Khan also had Murong Ke. After a series of political struggles, Kublai Khan''s supporters had far surpassed Maodun.
Since Kublai Khan returned to Yuanmeng, facing Maodun, the enemy who killed his father, not only endured hatred and did not conflict with him as much as possible, but instead gradually took away the power from Maodun.
Now that Kublai Khan dares to take the initiative, it proves that he is at least 70% sure. If there is no external force intervention, Maodun will only end up losing.
The situation in the Qing Dynasty was different from that in the Yuan and Meng.
After Nurhaci''s death, Aguda was the real number one general in the Qing Dynasty, and no one could match him militarily.
After Dorgon murdered his brother in Shengjing and cheated Agu in public, he had already gained an advantage, but was completely defeated by Agu in military terms.
At the beginning, the gap between the Aisin Gioro family and the Wanyan family was not big. The Wanyan family only had a slight advantage in military strength. On the other hand, Aisin Gioro had an absolute advantage in terms of powerful generals.
On one side, Dorgon has three war gods: mountain lion camel, Yang Dayan, and Lian''er Xinshan (hidden figure of a foreign race,), while on the other side, Aguda only has Wanyan Jinbianzi, the war god.
Dorgon, who has three gods of war, is logically speaking, even if he is unable to defeat Aguda, he will definitely have no problem protecting himself, but the subsequent war is shocking.
Aguda used the strategy of showing the enemy as a weak point, and Dorgon was indeed trapped. After defeating Aguda for the first time, he began to become arrogant. In the end, he was defeated by Aguda''s plan to lure the enemy into depth. He was defeated and returned home. Even Lian''er, who was at the level of the God of War, was captured and surrendered to Aguda.
It is precisely because of this battle that the gap between the Qing and Jin Dynasties further widened. Aguda took advantage of the situation to lead two major war gods to surround Shengjing City. If Dorgon had not obtained the support of the Qing army of the Three Koreans, Shengjing would have been defeated by Aguda.
Although the first civil war in the Qing Dynasty ended with Aguda''s retreat, the comprehensive strength and even the recovery speed of the Wanyan family have surpassed the Aisin Jueluo family.
With evenly matched, Dorgon was not Aguda''s opponent. This time, Aguda made a comeback after sufficient preparation. Both the troops and morale were still stronger than the Aisin Jueluo family. It would be strange if Dorgon could win.
"For my Daqin, only Yuan Qing, who is divided and consumed internally, is the good Yuan Qing."
Ying Hao''s eyes were full of determination and he said in a deep voice: "No matter whether it is the Yuan Meng or the Qing Dynasty, I will not allow unification again. No matter who wants to unify, he is destined to be the enemy of the Qin Dynasty."
Ying Hao''s attitude is very clear. Whoever wants to unify the Yuan and Qing dynasties will be the enemy of the Qin Dynasty.
The reason why the Qin Dynasty took the initiative to release Kublai Khan back to China and supported Aguda to usurp power and seize the throne was to make the Yuan and Qing dynasties fall into internal struggle.
Now Kublai Khan and Aguda have gained advantages in China and are not satisfied with the status quo and want to unify. Naturally, the Qin Dynasty will not allow it. After all, letting Yuan Qing continue to consume internally, but the national policy formulated by the Qin Dynasty.
Then don’t blame Daqin for supporting their enemies.
The Qin Dynasty has formulated a plan to not launch a large-scale war within three years, so it is naturally impossible to send troops directly to support Dorgon and Maodun.
Although the Qin Dynasty could not send troops directly, it could provide support to Dorgon and Maodun in other aspects, such as selling equipment to them and allowing them to expand their troops quickly.
The situation between the Yuan and Qing dynasties was completely different from that in the Central Plains.
The proportion of militia in the Central Plains reaches 10 to 1, which is already the limit to expand the army. These two countries were previously nomadic people on the grassland. If they are forced to do so, they can even be soldiered by the whole nation.
Now Dorgon and Maodun are obviously forced to do so, so haven’t they expanded their troops?
Of course, the army has expanded.
It is only because of the embargo policy of Daqin that the grassland was in short supply of iron ore and steel.
Without enough iron ore and steel, there will be no enough weapons.
Without enough weapons, we naturally cannot arm enough troops.
Maodun is currently in a dilemma where some people have money, food and horses, but they do not have enough equipment to expand their army.
Dorgon''s situation was relatively better. After all, there were many iron ore in the Northeast, but the number of craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty was too small. In addition, iron smelting and forging techniques were relatively backward. Even if we built weapons day and night, it would not be possible for the Qing army to expand its army in the short term.
Maodun and Dorgon had thought about buying equipment from Daqin before, but they would not sell it to them even if they offered high prices. The reason was very simple that their power exceeded Kublai Khan and Aguda.
But the situation is different now. Aguda and Kublai Khan have already had a great advantage. If the Qin Dynasty does not lift the ban on both sides and provides weapons support, Maodun and Dorgon may be really annexed.
If you really get to this point, the strategy of allowing Yuan Qing to continue to consume internally will naturally fail completely.
Jia Xu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Dorgon and Maodun both sent envoys to the court, and they both expressed their urgently that they hope that the Qin Dynasty could sell them a batch of equipment."
Ying Hao couldn''t help but sneer when he heard this.
Look, before Daqin contacted them, they came to him on their own initiative.
If it weren''t for being forced to do so, it would definitely not be so urgent. He took the initiative to come to the door and was beaten by Daqin.
"Sell it, whether it is weapons, armor, or crossbow (castrated version of powerful crossbows), I will sell it to them, but at this price, it will cost 30% of the premium."
Ying Hao sneered and said, after all, both of these families took the initiative to send them and asked to be slaughtered. Then could he miss such a good opportunity to make money?
Dorgon and Maodun can actually buy arms from the Qin, Sui, Tang and Tang dynasties, but the Tang Kingdom is now too busy to take care of itself. The military production capacity of the Sui Kingdom is too low. The only place where it can obtain a large amount of equipment is the only place.
In this case, let alone the premium of 30%, even if it is 40% or 50%, the two companies must agree.
Now, the most important thing for them is to win this civil war. Once they lose, no matter how much wealth they have, it will make no sense. Instead, they will be cheaper to their mortal enemies.
In the eyes of Maodun and Dorgon, it is better to be cheaper than Kublai Khan and Aguda.
"Where is Mi Zhu?" Ying Hao said. Mi Zhu stood in the middle of the crowd and immediately stood up after hearing this: "I am here."
"You are the director of the Trade Department, and you will be responsible for the negotiations between the arms sales of Maodun and Dorgon."
“Abide by the order.”
The Trade Department belongs to the Ministry of Revenue and is one of the seven departments of the Ministry of Revenue.
The Ministry of Revenue has a total of seven departments, namely:
The Taxation Department is responsible for the taxation of states and counties across the country, and the director is Zhang Hong;
The Household Registration Department is responsible for managing the household registration issues of the people in the world, and the director is Zhong Yao;
The Military Control Department is responsible for managing all arsenals across the country and the maintenance and dispatch of equipment, while the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Works is only responsible for building it, and the director is Xun Yan;
The Salary Department is responsible for managing the salary issues of all civil officials in the Qin Dynasty, and the director is Qin Guan;
The Food and Pay Department is responsible for managing the food and pay issues of the national army, and the director is Qin Chu;
Salt and Iron Department, salt and iron are a violent industry, and the salt and iron of Daqin have been nationalized and can only be operated by the state. Therefore, the Salt and Iron Department is specially established to be responsible for many matters of salt and iron in the country. The director is Zhang Ji;
The Trade Department, after the commercialization of Daqin, the commercial tax accounted for a huge proportion of the national revenue after the commercialization of Daqin, so the Trade Department was specially established to be responsible for managing the major caravans across the country and the commercial trade in various states and regions. The director was Mi Zhu.
Just by looking at the functions of the Seventh Department of the Ministry of Revenue, you can see how much power Xun Yu, the Minister of Revenue, has.
It is precisely because the Ministry of Revenue has too much power that Ying Hao assigned the right to mint the Qin Dynasty to the Ministry of Industry and set up a coin department in order to prevent the Ministry of Revenue from being too strong.
If the Ministry of Revenue has both tax and coins, then Xun Yu, the Minister of Revenue, has too great power, and can even threaten Prime Minister Wang Meng. If the other five ministers compete for the Prime Minister, it will be impossible to compete for the Ministry of Revenue.
The Trade Department under Mi Zhu still has great power. He is now very glad that he had a decision to go all out and join the clan to surrender to Ying Hao. Otherwise, how could he have gone from a merchant who was despised to become the director of the Trade Department, one of the seven departments of the Ministry of Revenue of the Qin Dynasty.
If you do well in the future and make great contributions, Mi Zhu can even compete with the Minister of Revenue.
As for Mi Zhu''s younger brother Mi Yuan, he is now the director of the Examination Department, one of the four departments of the Ministry of Personnel, responsible for the performance appraisal of officials.
The Mi family has produced two directors of the six ministries, which is enough to highlight the ancestors.
So, sometimes, choice is really more important than hard work.
The Mi family has been working hard in Xuzhou for more than a hundred years, but they are still just businessmen. After being passed down to Mi Zhu''s generation and making the right choice, the entire family completely ushered in transformation.
Ying Hao''s kindness of knowing and meeting naturally made Mi Zhu cry, so he worked diligently after taking office, fearing that any mistakes would become an excuse for others to criticize him.
Mi Zhu, who was a businessman, is still very good at commercial negotiations. Ying Hao only asked for a premium of 30%, but in the negotiations with Maodun Dorgon, he talked about a premium of 40%.
Mi Zhu was even sure to talk about 50%, but considering that the two companies are not in good condition now and if the price is too harsh, they can''t buy too much equipment. If they fail to stop Kublai and Aguda in the end, it would be a big loss.
“Report to Your Majesty, I have negotiated with both parties to sell arms at a premium of 40%.
Maodun''s side requested to purchase: 80,000 sabers, 100,000 sets of horse harnesses, 20,000 pairs of leather armor, 5,000 iron armor, 8,000 shields, 1,000 crossbows, and 1,500,000 arrows...
Dorgon''s side requested to purchase: 50,000 steel knives, 30,000 spears, 20,000 sabers, 50,000 sets of horse harnesses, 10,000 pairs of leather armor, 5,000 iron armor, 5,000 shields, 10,000 crossbows, and 1 million arrows..."
After listening to Mi Zhu''s report, Ying Hao said in surprise: "Why are there so many?"
He thought that it would be good to buy equipment for a 100,000 army of troops, but the materials on the list could even arm the 200,000 army.
Maodun and Dorgon, Aguda Kublai Khan, were fighting to the end, who was about to give up everything and betray everything.
The conflict between the two sides is completely irreconcilable. Only when one side is defeated will the war be completely over.
This is great news for Daqin.
The Qin Dynasty was able to provoke it and support one side to suppress the other side, causing Yuan Qing to fall into continuous internal friction, and its national strength became weaker and weaker. It could also earn a lot of wealth by selling weapons, food and other materials to develop itself. It can be said that it is beneficial but harmless.
The Qin Dynasty seized up to one million military equipment through many major battles in Hebei, Youzhou, Jingbei, Sizhou, Yongzhou and other countries. With the equipment of 300,000 disarmament, the Qin Dynasty had as many as 1.3 million equipment alone.
Ye Qingmei''s voyage to the West this time took away the inventory of the army of 400,000 equipment, and now he will sell it to Maodun and Dorgon 200,000, which means that half of the discarded equipment has been disposed of.
After Ye Qingmei returned, the remaining discarded equipment could be completely completely processed after the second and third time he went to the West.
"If all these million and three million equipment are sold out, will it be sold out next? And Daqin will also lose a major fiscal revenue, which is absolutely not possible."
As soon as he thought of this, Ying Hao''s eyes fell on Song Yingxing and asked, "Song Yingxing, you are in charge of the Ordnance Department. Now, if my craftsmen in Daqin are working hard to build equipment, what is the annual production capacity?"
Song Yingxing stood up decisively and answered directly without thinking: "Report to Your Majesty, if there is no shortage of raw materials, all the craftsmen in Daqin will have a total of 120,000, and they can build a large army of 500,000 in one year."
“Are you half a million?”
Ying Hao showed thoughtful look and said seriously: "It''s not enough. The Ministry of Works'' production needs to continue to expand. You can only recruit the number of craftsmen to 150,000 in one year, and divide 50,000 craftsmen to create castrated versions of inferior equipment, specifically for sale."
The equipment of the Daqin army is naturally impossible to be sold to the outside world. After all, to ensure the leading position of the Daqin equipment, but it is possible to give up the big cake of arms sales, so you can only create some castrated versions of inferior goods to make money.
Other countries definitely cannot do this. After all, their production capacity supply is a bit reluctant, and only Daqin, who has overcapacity, can do this.
After hearing what Ying Hao said, Song Yingxing couldn''t help but look embarrassed. After all, craftsmen are different from soldiers. They need to master the skills of a large number. They trained 30,000 qualified craftsmen in a year, which is a bit heavy.
"What, are there any difficulties?" Ying Hao asked with a faint smile.
Song Yingxing''s thoughts were seen through, and he suddenly felt excited, and then gritted his teeth and said, "No, I will definitely complete the task."
But he said in his heart: It seems that he is going to ask for help from the master.
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(This chapter ends)