For thousands of years, China's military expenditure has occupied the majority of national fiscal expenditure. Due to different fiscal expenditures, the proportion can be large and small, but in the final analysis, it is a considerable expenditure.

There are two types of military recruitment: the conscription system and the recruitment system. The difference is that the conscription system is obligation and recruitment is profession.

The conscription system is also called the world military system. There are two forms, one is the government military system, and the other is the military household system. Both the country has its own land and the effort, and they will eventually be abolished. For example, the military households of the Ming Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were invincible at the beginning, but they were abolished in the past hundred years.

The recruiting representatives were from the middle Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Republic of China. When they were in the army to eat food, they would listen to whoever had money, as long as you paid the money.

Now, Li Jia's Tang Dynasty also has this kind of recruitment system. Its advantages are obvious and his fighting will is strong, especially after the reward money and land are parallel, it has aroused the morale of the army.

No matter how rich money is, it cannot reach the land.

However, this kind of recruitment is a huge burden for the finance department.

First of all, there are military funds. There are several types of military expenditures. First of all, conventional clothing, grain, sauce, vegetables, etc., as well as salary, which accounts for half of the military expenditures.

For officers and ordinary soldiers, the monthly expenditure is 50,000 jin per 10,000 jin, while cavalry is even more exaggerated, ten times more than infantry, and people eat horses and chew.

The cost of building armored military weapons, as well as medical herbs, tens of thousands of people must have thousands of silos every month, and a knife will be dull if it is chopped dozens of times.

What is exaggerating is that in addition to the conventional money oak, the one that occupies the majority is rewarded with money.

That is, "reward" and "feasting". Under the recruitment system, if you have milk, you are a mother. Whether it is recruiting soldiers or keeping loyalty among soldiers, money and wine are inseparable from them. This is a huge expense and the quota cannot be measured.

In short, before the war begins, you will worry that you will not win, and after the victory, you will worry that you will not have money to reward.

For example, this time, Li Xin alone captured the Southern Tang Dynasty, only three thousand guan coins were 3,000 guan coins, plus two hundred hectares of land (20,000 mu), with a total of more than 100,000 guan coins, and the rewards of the remaining 40,000 soldiers, plus land rewards, the total value exceeded three million guan coins, and the average per capita was 7 guan coins.

However, the purchase fee for gunpowder is tens of thousands of chunks, and the food loss is several times that of daily life.

In fact, the loss of war is several times the gains, no wonder Li Jia has always complained that he has lost all his money.

This is also the reason why the Northern Song Dynasty did not dare to go to war on both sides. If the opponent was not a rich country, he would definitely lose money, such as the poor Northern Han, and the last one would be dealt with.

In the Military Affairs Office, Wang Ning was pumping air conditioning, while calculating with the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the governor of the Five Army, and then reported to the emperor tremblingly.

"That's really a considerable expense."

Li Jia looked at the account book and suddenly wanted to smoke. She touched it casually, but it was empty. He was a little stunned. This is his battle to destroy the country, and it is really impossible to fight.

The total time has not exceeded half a year, but the total expenditure is nearly three million guan, which is almost a year's tax on the court, if one more million guan is added.

"How much is transported back from Jinling?" Li Jia asked.

"Li Xin sent back about one million guan of gold, silver and jewelry. Zhang Weiqing also sent back 200,000 guan in Hongzhou." Wang Ning said softly.

"There are nearly two million coins left. How much can the court take out?" Li Jia looked at the Minister of Revenue.

"The autumn tax has not been collected yet, and the court will receive at most 500,000 guan." The Minister of Revenue lowered his head, his tone was very weak.

"Then, how much can you afford to land?"

"If you can use the land as much as possible, you can get one million.5 million guan, about 500,000 mu. There are not many official land in Hunan, most of them are wasteland. If you give it a reward, it will be difficult to take it out."

After thinking for a while, the Minister of Revenue said in a deep voice: "But in this way, the imperial court has lost its official land in Hunan. What should we do if the official land is in office?"

The salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty were generally composed of rice, manpower, field, monthly payment, regular physical treatment and special physical treatment. The Five Dynasties and Song Dynasties were followed, and there was no change.

For example, the third rank has a salary of only 400 shi per year, but other mixed income, such as nine hectares of land, which is half a share of tenants, and hundreds of shi per year, which is equivalent to the salary. In addition, the rewards for the New Year and the holidays are almost ten times that of them. If they are exchanged for money, they will earn 3,000 shi per year, which is the most basic thing.

If you add other benefits and filial piety, it is easy to earn 5,000 jin a year.

Compared with the Tang and Song dynasties, although their official positions were not as good as those of the government, they actually lived better if they calculated the price of grain and other living costs.

In fact, the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were not low, and the annual salary of the third rank was also 400 stones, but there were no welfare such as job land and land, and the rewards were small on weekdays, so the officials complained that it was too low.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was shouting to follow the example of the Han and Tang dynasties, so his salary was naturally the same, but this honest boy had forgotten the benefits intentionally or unintentionally.

It's a long way to go...

"Job land should be converted directly into food!" Li Jia said casually: "According to the rules, how much does one acre of land be converted?"

"Whoever gives land but has no land, give a mu of millet two dou of acre!"

"Since the rules are here, then do it like this!" Li Jia said with a smile: "The management of official fields is complicated and easy to be attacked by local governments or even embezzled by local governments. It is better to discount the land directly and distribute the land to the soldiers."

"Your Majesty's wise!" What can the others do, but just follow it.

But Wang Ning felt something was wrong. The Military Affairs Office has always dealt with military affairs, but now it is mixed with other political affairs, which is a kind of infringement on the power of the Political Affairs Hall.

For him, it is naturally good. After all, as long as there is no war, the Military Affairs Office will be idle. Now if it is divided, it will be great.

Therefore, even if the emperor violated the rules, he would not speak.

Other ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War, etc. are naturally clear, but they are naturally happy to share the power of the prime minister, so they will not take the initiative to remind the emperor.

"There are still a few months before the autumn tax. The Ministry of Revenue still needs to keep some money. Let the 500,000 guan be kept and let the inner treasury pay!"

Li Jia waved her hand, sat on the chair, and said casually.

"Here!" The Minister of Revenue was overjoyed when he heard this. The Ministry of Revenue had no money, which was an important blow to him, the head of the country.

"There is still a gap of 500,000 yuan, what should I do?" Li Jia murmured.

He was unwilling to let the inner treasury come out again. The court was the imperial court and the inner treasury was the inner treasury, so he could not settle the matter. Moreover, if this was a convention, the inner treasury's power would be swallowed up by the outer treasury, and he would think about the inner treasury once he had no money. This was worth it.

In a healthy dynasty, the internal and external treasury have always been clearly distinguished. When the emperor randomly subscribes the external treasury, the court will inevitably collapse in finance and will be destroyed not far away.

However, the Ministry of Revenue has no money, and the emperor can temporarily lend it.

Do the Ministry of Revenue dare not pay back the money?

He offended the emperor and was dismissed directly.
Chapter completed!