But Ying Yuan has no idea how terrifying the growth of financial resources in the national treasury is.
Therefore, with the strength of the Qin Dynasty, it is completely possible to withstand this part of the soldiers' wages.
Of course, this is only about gold and silver.
In addition, what about the food needed by the army every month?
Soldiers have to go through brutal training every day, and the amount of food they need must be astonishing.
Also, during wartime, the number of civilian laborers required was extremely outrageous.
As a result, the military expenditure that Qin needs to spend in peacetime may be as high as 30 million taels per year.
This includes food prices.
During the war, a conservative estimate is that 60 million or even 100 million taels of silver would be needed.
But this is not a problem at all for the Qin State!
So, just as Ying Yuan was feeling complacent, he ordered someone to send the details he had modified to Xianyang by express horse.
This time.
Ying Yuan was accompanied by Zhu Di and his wife as he toured the border area of Jin.
Just consider it a way to relax.
When the people of Jin learned that the emperor of Qin was coming, most of them were very excited.
There are also some people who think this is not a good thing.
In a teahouse in the capital of Jin.
There were three or five people discussing this matter secretly:
"The arrival of the Qin Emperor, I wonder whether he will be happy or worried for common people like us. I hope he can treat us, the remnants of the Jin State, well."
"What good can come of this? Rumor has it that the Qin Emperor loves his people like his own children, but I think that's bullshit. It's been so long, and we haven't seen any benefits!"
"That's not true. At the very least, the taxes you have to pay to the government every month will be much less, right? I heard that the Qin State is going to distribute land to some poor people."
"Really? If so, will those noble families agree? I'm afraid the Qin State will be wearing the same pants as them, right?"
"Alas, when we were still the State of Jin, wasn't it the same? I thought that with the change of dynasties, life would be a little better."
"Just wait and see. I believe that the Qin Emperor's arrival will definitely bring some benefits to us ordinary people, but we don't know what they are yet."
"Think about our Great Jin, which has been established for hundreds of years, how could it be defeated by Qin?"
"Okay, stop talking like that. Now, we are all Qin people!"
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Some people are looking forward to Ying Yuan's arrival.
Some people also expressed concern about this.
They believed that the Qin Emperor came to plunder the people's wealth.
After all, throughout history, which high-ranking official would not be harsh on the people during a parade?
I guess Emperor Qin is no exception.
But there is no doubt that everyone wants to see what the arrival of Emperor Qin can bring to Jin.
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Seven days later.
An urgent letter sent thousands of miles from Jin was delivered to Cao Cao.
He summoned all the officials and discussed the matter with Daji in the court hall.
In recent years, Daji has obviously restrained herself a lot. After all, Ying Yuan has firmly controlled the government.
She could naturally rest assured.
In addition, she really didn't understand some things about the military reform, so she pretended to listen carefully.
Nor do they interrupt to express their own opinions.
Cao Cao looked at the officials and spoke first, "Your Majesty's meaning is very clear."
"Divide all the troops in the Great Qin into five major camps: east, west, north, south, and center, to guard the five directions of the Great Qin."
"As for the reduction in troops, we will follow your Majesty's instructions and set it at 300,000. Ministers, do you have any objections?"
This was Ying Yuan's idea, they definitely had no objection.
Moreover, the positions of five commanders and five generals are both reasonable. The five commanders have the qualifications and the five generals can lead and train troops.
No one said no.
In terms of experience in marching and fighting, Bai Qi has already firmly ranked among the top generals in the court.
Yue Fei and others were convinced that he would be one of the five generals.
Amidst the voices of agreement, Cao Cao began to talk about the most important thing.
"Your Majesty also mentioned in his letter that he would increase military pay for the soldiers, and that a large amount of money would be needed to properly resettle those soldiers who were laid off."
"I wonder if there are any difficulties at the Ministry of Revenue?"
He and all the officials felt that given the current financial resources of the Qin Dynasty, it was indeed time to increase the salaries of the soldiers.
So after they learned about the increase in military spending, they all seemed very calm and did not feel that there was anything wrong.
I even feel that this is a very natural thing.
If Ying Yuan knew their mentality was like this, he would probably question his life.
After all, he felt that the salary increase to four to eight qian of silver was already a terrifying thing.
However, he had not dealt with state affairs for a long time and did not care about how much money was in the treasury, so he had no idea how rich Daqin was now.
Let’s put it this way, the Qin Dynasty has never been so wealthy in all its history.
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