Chapter 190 The Army Arrives in Lulong

It was only after they stood up and moved their bodies that they realized the benefits of sitting for a meeting. In the past, they would have been unable to walk at this time.

A quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen came back with a few pieces of paper and put them on the table.

"Let me summarize it.

Ming Dynasty's first one-year planning meeting, organized by the Cabinet Committee, jointly established all goals.

Within one year, the Ministry of Household Affairs will establish a new tax department, restructure the tax system, and add commercial tax, ship tax, and shipping tax.

It is necessary to re-measure and register the land in the world. According to the stepped tax collection method, regardless of status, families with more land will be taxed more heavily.

If you are a person without land, you should seek their advice. If you are willing, you can register and then distribute farm tools and seeds, provide food loan subsidies for one year, tax exemption for three years, and immigrants to open up wasteland.

The Ministry of Personnel redesigned the proportion of officials in various governments across the country and re-estimated official salaries.

The personnel needed by each department will be allocated as soon as possible, and the missing personnel in the six departments will be filled as quickly as possible.

The Ministry of Rites classified and registered nearly a thousand students who came to the capital, and unified them into the preparatory classes of the Royal Academy, and revised their study subjects. In the future, science subjects must be added to the imperial examination.

The Ministry of Industry established the Ming Science and Technology Department to classify all craftsmen. The young people, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Rites, were taught simple literacy and then learned how to use factory equipment. This enabled the early mining plants, thermal power plants, and cement plants to operate normally.

The Ministry of War is sorting out the list of guard posts in the world. The Royal Army will take over the defense of the world in half a year. The Ministry of War will be placed under my direct jurisdiction, and the guard post system will be abolished in the world.

The Engineer Production and Construction Battalion brought back a garrison and presided over the construction of the Royal Army Academy.

After the establishment of the Ministry of Health, the current number of medical staff has been doubled to ensure that there are enough medical staff. I require that there be at least a thousand doctors who have studied the teachings of the Barefoot Doctors."

Chongzhen put down the manuscript paper and looked at the people in front of him. This was his family fortune and the direct person who changed the Ming Dynasty.

"Everyone, most of the products in the Royal Company can be produced in Ming Dynasty, so I will open more factories, and these factories will share profits with the Cabinet Committee.

I am here to announce today that the equipment costs of the twelve factories that I have built and introduced will be borne by the Household Department, and the income generated will be borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

10% will be allocated to the Cabinet Committee as stock dividends, 80% will be transferred to the national treasury, and the remaining 10% will be in my internal funds.

As long as Ming Dynasty continues to be good, I will build more factories in the future. If your dividends are enough, you can also let your family members come out to buy factory production.

As long as you pay taxes in accordance with the requirements of the Taxation Department, give employees adequate salaries according to the personnel treatment I planned, you can make more money by opening a factory than you can now by plundering people's wealth.

Gentlemen, this is a change of the times. Do you have the confidence to complete the first one-year plan of the Ming Dynasty?"

"I swear to be loyal to His Majesty to the death! I will definitely complete the first one-year plan with all my heart."

This sweet date from Chongzhen really hit a few people on the forehead.

If the income mentioned at the meeting is followed, the annual income of the twelve factories will be no less than five million taels, because the customers of this factory are the various ministries of the Ming Dynasty.

And this is still the first batch of factories. Chongzhen will continue to open new factories in the future, including various daily necessities factories. With the dividends, they can also open their own factories.

Chongzhen also thought about asking officials not to make money, but after Chen Ye's advice, he chose to listen to Chen Ye's opinion.

That is to strengthen the tax department and arm the tax department. As for officials making money, it certainly cannot be prohibited. This is an inevitable problem in human society. There is no need for him to create a utopia.

When the meeting on Chongzhen's side ended, Yongping Mansion on the other side.

After three days of marching, the Royal Army arrived at Lulong, the last county town inhabited by civilians before Shanhaiguan, at a speed of 70 kilometers a day.

After passing here, there is a military town in front of you. There are no ordinary people and not many businessmen passing by.

The shopkeeper of the Royal Merchant Branch in Lulong, after three days, had already spread the news throughout the city that the Royal Army was about to arrive.

Nowadays, this small town, which is home to both military households and merchants, is buzzing with people, all waiting for the Royal Army.

On the main road outside the city, a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp were carrying shovels and sitting on the ground eating steamed buns. In front of them was a new road that they had widened during this period.

There are many people waiting on the road, everyone has something in their hands. These people are the people of the Royal Merchant Organization.

The army carried many radio stations with them to facilitate contact with businesses along the road. According to the predictions of Cao Bianjiao, the temporary commander-in-chief of the three regiments, Lu Long knew that the Royal Army would arrive in the afternoon.

"Brother Li, what is the capability of this Royal Army? Look at how many people are greeting us. Governor Hong didn't have such a formation when he went on the expedition, right?"

"Who knows? It is said that these people are respected by the people because they go out on behalf of His Majesty.

And when the newspaper was published, the whole city knew about it.

You can eat your own steamed buns, such good steamed buns can't stop your mouth."

"No way! It's so blocked, but this steamed bun still has a sweet taste.

I never imagined that by building roads for His Majesty, I could get enough money and have enough to eat.

I have to recite His Majesty's Quotations every night. It's so hard, and I have to remember the words in the quotations.

But I still want to thank His Majesty, the old man. If it weren't for the old man, I don't know how long it would be before I could get enough money to eat such good cornbread."

The military households who were patted by their colleagues quickly took a bite of the steamed bun. This coarse-grain steamed bun was already hard, but for them, it was still fine grain that they could never tire of.

After waiting for a while, with the red flag displayed in the distance and the sound of people coming, the Royal Army's cavalry reconnaissance force appeared in the sound.

The reconnaissance team composed of two platoons of cavalry caught everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.

After talking to the welcoming people, these cavalrymen quickly went to Lulong City Gate to meet with the Yongping Prefect of Lulong County to confirm the garrison of the army camp.

After half an hour, the trotting Royal Army finally appeared in front of everyone.

After three days of marching, the Royal Army was no longer as clean as when it started, but it was still relatively tidy. After the march, its morale was also much lower.

However, this did not affect their image of being elite at first glance. With the sound of whistles, the soldiers of the Royal Army ran up to the people and stopped, and the whole army stopped to rest.

Yongping Prefecture is the closest prefecture to Shanhaiguan, and most of the people here are involved with military households in Shanhaiguan, so their feelings for the Royal Army are more sincere.

When these soldiers rush to the front line, their relatives will have more help and less hope.

The people who welcomed the Royal Army presented various items brought by the Royal Merchant Company according to the advice of the Royal Merchant Company, and stuffed them all into the soldiers of the Royal Army.

The staff officers accompanying the army have been taking pictures with cameras. These photos will be very useful for future propaganda.

At night, the army marched outside Lulong City. According to the requirements, the soldiers took a detour and rushed to the open area on the other side of Lulong City, and then set up camp to rest without disturbing the people throughout the process.

In the camp at night, Xing Feiyue was wrapped in a sleeping bag when he felt someone squeezing him.

"Li Gui, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Brother Feiyue, an old woman handed me a piece of rice cake today, and when we passed by the city, the people in Lulong shouted to us, "Good man," I always feel very excited."

Xing Feiyue somewhat understood Li Gui's excitement. They were originally from military households. Except for the past few days, had they ever been treated like this before?

Today, as the company commander, when he was surrounded by many people asking about his birth date, his performance was not as good as Li Gui's.

"All of this is His Majesty's wisdom. He gave us the honor we have today, so we must be worthy of Your Majesty.

Only by killing more Tatars in battle can we be worthy of these people who saw us off."

"You are right, company commander! Only by killing the enemy can we repay His Majesty."

"The company commander is right."

Voices came one after another. Nowadays, the Royal Army has become accustomed to Chongzhen being the topic of conversation.

"Go to bed quickly, I have to get up early tomorrow, and I won't stop at Shanhaiguan tomorrow. It's another 140 miles to get to Shanhaiguan."

"Oh, my feet are almost broken. One hundred and forty miles a day, even the iron feet can't stand it."

"Yes, yes, meet Jiannu as soon as possible, and finish beating me quickly so that I can go back and get a wife."

The noisy voices of a group of people gradually became quieter, and eventually the entire camp was filled with the overwhelming sound of bombing, and all the soldiers fell asleep.

In modern time and space, Chen Ye's ship also docked in Male, Maldives.

"Boss, let's go play and you work overtime here, okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Just go and have fun."

Chen Ye looked at Su Qing, who had put on a one-piece swimsuit in front of him, and secretly swallowed his saliva.

The temptation of this kind of clothing makes people want to commit a crime.

But he had other things to do today, so he couldn't enjoy the beautiful scenery and green mountains with Su Qing and the others.

As soon as Su Qing left, Chen Ye locked the door, sent a message to Su Qing to agree on the time for dinner, and then traveled to the Ming Dynasty.

"Shopkeeper, you came so early."

As soon as Chen Ye came out, he saw that Chongzhen was having lunch. Queen Zhou was carefully picking up food for him. Chen Ye suddenly appeared, which scared her so much that she shook her chopsticks, but luckily she caught them.

She was not as accepting of Chen Ye's appearance out of thin air as Chongzhen. After all, Chongzhen communicated with Chen Ye at any time and knew when Chen Ye would come out, but she was completely unprepared for the timing of Chen Ye's appearance.

"Lao Zhu, hurry up and eat. After eating, we have to get down to business. Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about me. I've already eaten."

"Then I'd be rude, Your Majesty, why didn't you tell me in advance that the innkeeper was coming so that I could prepare the meal earlier."

"Isn't this the shopkeeper's side? I originally said we would eat together."

Chongzhen muttered a few words, finished the meal quickly, got up and left with Chen Ye, taking a car to the runway.

"Shop owner, I have already ordered the members of the Royal Merchant Company to send people to the top of the mountain to notify the warriors of the signal station on Mount Tai for simple maintenance."
Chapter completed!