C2030 Military financial power

Time was of the essence, Liu Dadao knew that if he stayed here for too long, suspicions would definitely arise outside. He pushed the wonton in front of Xiao Sixi, "Eat! "Don't arouse suspicion from others when the time comes …"

"Mistress!" You have to understand, the most important thing to do now is to get points, the most urgent matter at hand is the life and death of our Great Qing, as for the commoners, whether or not they have meat to eat everyday, or whether or not Golden Age is your time so you shouldn't consider it! "

"Before leaving, the empress dowager secretly summoned servants to tell her everything about the imperial court's crisis …"

"Your majesty!" Right now, the empress dowager and you have no one to rely on. With Xiao Letian eyeing the Eastern Sea Region like a tiger, the four hundred thousand to five hundred thousand Xiang Army s that Southern Ceng Guofan left behind are even more troublesome … "

"Prince Kung has already trained thirty to forty thousand new soldiers in the Western Mountain. Although they are nominally the army of the imperial government, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are f * cking all private troops of General Xie Zi Liu!"

"Foreign and domestic difficulties! Foreign and foreign affairs! "Not only do we not have any soldiers, we don't even have any money left …"

"The government's little taxes are not even enough to cover the expenses, the interest on the compensation to the foreigners can only be settled with the help of the customs. The Northwest Zuo Zongtang Army's western expedition, military telegraph money daily is almost enough to fill Yangxin Palace up."

"Gather troops if you have no money!" He had no right to do so if he was unarmed! If you don't have the authority, you will die! "

It seemed like her mother had been too anxious. She could no longer control the chaotic situation in the imperial palace, and at this moment, she placed all of her hopes on his son who was overseas, the Zai Chun who had always felt that he was young and inexperienced.

Zai Chun never thought that the Mother would say such words. In his impression, his mother was an extremely forceful woman, no matter how difficult and complicated the imperial government was, she did not reveal any signs of weakness or withdrawal.

I really did not expect that Mother would actually hide so much bitterness, so much helplessness.

"Don't we still have the North Ticket as our source of income? "Is there a need to be so poor?"

"Aiyo, my good His Majesty!" The North Ticket was indeed a gold mine, but they couldn't hold on to too many! Do you know how many are taken by Baozi Liu alone? "A full half …"

"The other six divisions must be divided equally. When they finally land in your Majesty's hands, there will only be a little bit of silver left …"

Liu Dadao was really the empress dowager's relative, he did not care about the methods used to speak, and in the end, gritted his teeth and said harshly, "His Majesty, I, your servant, have said something disrespectful to you. You're the emperor if you have money, but if you don't have money, then you're the yellow soup!"

"How dare you!" Da Sixi growled as he was about to slap him, but Zai Chun raised his hand to stop him.

The young emperor was also so angry that his ears were red, but this anger was not directed at Liu Dadao, but at the harsh situation before his eyes.

"What are you doing?" What Liu Dadao said was not wrong... "I am no longer the prisoner trapped in the Forbidden City. After walking out from that place, I finally know what the outside world looks like …"

"How foolish I used to be. I thought that if someone kowtowed to me and shouted 'Long live my life', would I truly live long live on? Everyone said that the Emperor was the Son of Heaven, but wasn't there still someone who rebelled in Great Qing? Aren't there still foreign countries overseas that are stronger than us? "

"Master once said, power is not something that can be inherited from the start. Even if you are your own son and can take away justice, if you don't have the ability and can't grasp the power that your father passed on to you, you are still a puppet!"

"This is what an official is like. My Ama is able to order around, but I may not be able to do so. Those who are loyal to me are not necessarily loyal to my son!"

"One has to be tough in order to forge iron!"

"That's right!" "That's exactly what the empress dowager said …" Liu Dadao rubbed his hands together in excitement and said, "The empress dowager wants me to tell Your Majesty … In the past, the empress dowager had expressed her displeasure and reprimand towards Your Majesty in front of everyone, but that was also to numb the enemies inside and outside! "

"The imperial court is too complicated. Normal people can't figure out who is their enemy or friend. Many of them are even from the Swing Faction. In the morning, they expressed their loyalty to you, but when the situation changes this afternoon, they will immediately bite you …"

"His Majesty, don't blame the empress dowager …" 's mother wiped away her tears. "The empress dowager's dissatisfaction with you is often an act! The empress dowager alone was already extremely fearful of the six devils, not to mention others! Thirty four thousand soldiers of the new army, Chen Bing and Xishan, what do you want the empress dowager to do? "

"Your Majesty, the New Imperial Army that you practiced in Fujian, as well as the ones you helped in Heilongjiang and Jilin, the empress dowager called you unfilial and unfilial on the surface, as well as your powerlessness. But what's the actual situation …"

"Hehe …" The empress dowager had already understood long ago that His Majesty had the right to capture soldiers and that was the idea. Regardless of whether the method is correct or not, your general direction is the right one, so this is what you should do! "

"Giving the land in the Far East to the Russian or Xiao Letian is not much of a big deal, the bitter cold lands are places to send prisoners, as long as it can give us benefits!"

"On the contrary, to exchange for Hun Chun's loyalty and devotion, this is real dry goods! The two provinces have already been tightly controlled by Your Majesty. Do you know how happy the empress dowager is behind all of this? "

"Your Majesty, you must be more clear-headed. Military and financial power must be grasped in one's own hands, not in the hands of the imperial government …" The emperor is the emperor, and the imperial government is the imperial government.

If it was the old Zai Chun, the little emperor who had never left the palace and had always been educated by the scholars, he would definitely not understand the meaning of those words.

In Confucian education, the emperor and the imperial court were one and the same. The emperor was supposed to be a saint and a moral gentleman, while the imperial court ruled the Nine Prefectures around the emperor.

It was a pity that there was often a gap between imagination and reality. The emperor represented the supreme imperial power, while the imperial court was the main battlefield for the bureaucracy. He represented the interests of the world's scholars and officials.

There was cooperation between the two powers, but there were also conflicts. A very simple example was Dazhi. The officials in the imperial court were good at crying and staring at the emperor's coffers, occasionally saying that the Ministry of Revenue was out of money and the emperor had to pay them with his own pocket to support the imperial court.

A classic example of this was the three battles over ten thousand li. Many bureaucrats objected to those three battles because they had no money.

His teacher, Zhang Juzheng, had saved up quite a lot for him. In addition, the eunuchs were helping the emperor collect taxes throughout the country, so the Emperor was still very wealthy.

In one breath, Emperor Wanli opened up his coffers and used the royal family's money to fight these three battles. This was basically the last military glory of the Great Ming Dynasty.

In the end, it was the end of the Ming dynasty. The emperor had less and less money to control, and without money, he could not do much until he forced Chong Zhen to ask a group of officials to lend him money.

Of course the Qing Dynasty knew how to judge others by their history. Ci Xi was not a merciful person, she obviously understood the logic behind this, which was why she took the risk and thought of ways to mix in sand within Xiao Letian's envoys. What she was afraid of was that Zai Chun would fall for Xiao Letian's trick.