I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"You continue to discuss, and when you have the results, hand over the final plan to me."

Wu Changqing left first after speaking, it was useless for him to stay here anyway.

As the final decision maker, it is not easy for him to end the game directly and express his thoughts. Any of his biases will have a great impact on the people below.

He doesn't speak, and the people below can fight to their heart's content.

The result of the fight will definitely be the result of all parties, and it will not hurt the peace.

But if he himself said that military spending should not be so much, Li Shaobin and the others would definitely not dare to talk back. In this way, it is easy to cause Wu Changqing to favor one side.

This is not necessary. Wu Changqing, as an emperor, actually only needs to wait for the final result that they are satisfied with.

After Wu Changqing left, everyone could quarrel to their heart's content, and they could even start scolding directly when they were in a hurry.

"I don't even look at the current army's food. If you have enough food, you will have meat for three days. Not to mention farmers, even the families of some small landlords with a little petty bourgeoisie, can't eat as well as the army."

Liu Dahua complained about the army's food, which was too good.

When the world has not completely solved the problem of food and clothing, the soldiers of the army have already lived a well-off life.

Naturally, other civil servants are not used to this.

In the past, in the eyes of the civil servants, all those who served in the army were Qiu Ba, who were untouchables. It would be good for such a person to have food, but it is too extravagant to actually eat meat all the time now.

Since the change of Tumubao in the Ming Dynasty, the status of military generals has gradually become inferior to that of dogs.

Civil servants have always looked down on them.

It is not long before the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and the concept of these civil servants has not completely changed for a while.

In other words, they don't want to change at all, but want to gradually deprive the generals of the power as before, and then slowly control the army.

"Master Liu is afraid that he has never fought before. I don't know what morale is. I don't usually give soldiers a good meal. Do you think our Dahua soldiers are not afraid of death by nature?

Why did the Ming army and the Qing army collapse when they met us, not because our soldiers were better fed and more willing to sacrifice their lives? "

Chen Shichang retorted.

Eating well is also an important reason why they can often win battles, but it's just that ordinary people can't see it.

"No matter what you say, fifty-five million is more, minus fifteen million."

Qian Taoli bargained for the price and directly beheaded 15 million from the military.

The military is naturally unhappy. The 55 million offer was not just shouted out by them, but was calculated by the logistics department and the staff department.

Without this 15 million, they have a lot of strategic plans they can't achieve.

Either pay less for the army, eat a little bit of food, or lay off part of the army.

No matter which option, the people in the military are not happy.

The first two are directly related to the rights of soldiers, and soldiers will definitely not agree.

As for disarmament, the officers did not agree.

Under the current military system, the number of officers is determined by the number of soldiers.

Some of the troops were cut off, and some officers had to be demoted.

Where are the officers willing to, they all want to continue to expand the army, and then have a few more positions of commanders and commanders.

Dahua's senior officers were not allowed to be on the most dangerous front lines, so the death rate was low.

If the generals below want to be promoted, they can only rely on more positions. It is too difficult to squeeze the original commander.

"Fifteen million is too much to deduct. We need at most five million less. This way we can tighten our belts and make it through."

Tao Dongcheng said.

Competing for a budget is something that ultimately requires everyone to do something right.

If one insisted that 55 million could not be missing a penny, then the meeting would not go on.

If it really gets to that point, it won't make any sense except to make Wu Changqing feel that this term's cabinet is trash.

"50 million is still too high. It is 15 million taels more than this year. You know, the military spending of the Qing Dynasty can't be used for 15 million taels for a year."

In the civil service group, there are still people who disagree.

At this point in the meeting, there has been a stalemate.

It is not a matter of one or two days to decide such a major event as a budget competition.

So, when everyone was tired, everyone dispersed.

Besides negotiating this matter, they have other work to do.

On the second day, the heads of various departments got together again to discuss the budget.

"Everyone, everyone should take a step back and negotiate the budget as soon as possible, so that you can settle down and do other things."

Qian Qianyi said that he was the oldest among all of them, and he used to be highly respected.

What he said, everyone would give some face.

"I heard that the military is spending a lot of money on breech guns. Isn't the current flintlock gun capable of crushing the enemy? It's not a waste of money to study more advanced weapons."

Ruan Dacheng said that he came to find out the news on purpose, saying that the military is now spending a lot of money on a new gun.

"The flintlock gun is advanced enough, what else are you studying? Is it possible that your military wants to fight without dying?"

Liu Shijin followed suit.

"What do you short-sighted guys know, this is your majesty

For the project that was personally explained, the breech gun should be researched. Now, whether it is the Qing army or the Ming army, their troops are equipped with large-scale flintlock guns.

When we play against them, the advantage is not as big as it used to be. Only by constantly developing new weapons can the casualties of soldiers be reduced. "

Li Shaobin moved Wu Changqing out, and those civil servants were at a loss for words.

Of course, they did not dare to say that the project Wu Changqing personally explained was wrong.

"We're not saying that you shouldn't develop research and development, but there's no need to rush it. The military's equipment is already advanced enough, but what kind of breech guns, 20-pound heavy artillery are you still researching, and the air force, the navy, a All of them are gold-devouring beasts."

Gu Yanwu also made a statement.

Originally, he was the most leisurely in the funding battle.

He is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel and holds the rights to the fate of many officials, and does not require much funding.

However, out of responsibility for the court, he also hopes that the funding dispute can be resolved as soon as possible.

"We have calculated that the military's military spending next year is 46 million taels."

At this time, Hong Chengchou also spoke.

Moreover, he didn't bargain casually, he really did the calculations.

He took out a table that deduced the various expenses of the military.

According to his calculations, 46 million is enough.

With reason and evidence, the military boss was stunned for a moment. In terms of lip service, they are probably not the opponents of these civil servants.

"No, no, that's not how military spending is calculated. The battlefield is unpredictable, and anything can happen. As long as there is an accident, such as a delay due to the weather, it will cost extra money."

Tao Dongcheng defended.

"Master Tao, it's not like I haven't led troops to fight. The battlefield is unpredictable. Maybe Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Jinan and these cities don't need to be attacked, and the enemy will just look at the wind. In this way, I don't know how much military expenditure can be saved. ."

Hong Chengchou's mouth was terrifying, and his words were broken.

The battlefield is unpredictable, and it is possible to encounter situations that are unfavorable to one's own side, but it is also possible to encounter unexpected benefits.

Therefore, the two can be offset.

Moreover, judging from the current situation of the huge gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves, there are bound to be more good surprises than bad ones.

Fighting all the way, there will be many enemies who surrender

These words blocked Tao Dongcheng's mouth. Several other military leaders wanted to argue, but could not find a reason, so they could only be anxious.

When the other civilians saw the situation, they struck while the iron was hot and made a fuss about their position, asking the military to accept the figure of 46 million.