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Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "Now there are only two railways from the northern mountains of Nurgandusi to Liaodong and Mongolia, and the transportation capacity is greatly insufficient. If the plan for the Northern Expedition is delayed, who will bear the responsibility?"

Seeing that the three big brothers were arguing fiercely, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but said, "Aren't there a large number of Romans in Daming now? Just hire them directly, the kind that pay wages."

Zhang Yingxuan bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's not because the ministers are unwilling, but because they can't do it.

Most of the places where labor is needed are digging mountains and digging holes. Many places that are difficult to reach by manpower have to be filled with human lives. This is the reason why the ministers did not recruit too many Ming people.

Although there are many Romans making a living in our Ming Dynasty, according to the "Mingluo Friendship and Trade Treaty", those Romans cannot be used as laborers. "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Sign a contract with them, and if you die, you will be compensated with a certain amount of silver. Any problem that can be solved with money is still a problem?"

Wu Ganlai's face turned dark, and he coughed lightly before he opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, the problems that money can solve are not problems. The problem is that there is not so much money in the treasury, and I dare not make such an opening!"

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen looking at him curiously, Wu Ganlai finally patiently explained: "In the 25 years and one year of Chongzhen, the death toll of workers under the Ministry of Industry was about [-], and that of the Ministry of Communications was about [-]. The Ministry of Railways..."

After a sneer, Wu Ganlai continued: "Only the Ministry of Railways has about 20 dead laborers, almost three times that of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Communications.

Moreover, since these Romans cannot be directly used as laborers, they have to be paid. If there is less, no one is willing to do it. If there is too much, it will be a big expense.

Calculated based on two pennies per month for each person, 30 laborers are 60 pennies, plus the compensation for one death, I am afraid that this amount will be multiplied several times.

Calculated on the basis of 30 guan compensation for one worker who dies, 600 workers who die a year will need to spend 600 million guan.Although [-] million is not much, "

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded.

600 million guan is not much at all, just grab a few corrupt officials and throw it away, you can get a lot of 600 million guan...

"However, there is only so much money in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the regular budget expenditures every year, there are occasional emergencies that require expenditures. If an additional expenditure of 600 million yuan is added out of thin air, it may be difficult for the treasury to support it. "

Wu Ganlai's meaning is very simple. It is not a big deal to increase the expenditure by 600 million guan. If there is such money in the treasury, even 6000 million guan will be fine. It is a small amount of money.

The real big head is the natural disasters that appear from time to time.

Regardless of whether the natural disaster is a punishment from God in order to remind my stupid son that there are officials who are corrupt and harm the people, anyway, the Ministry of Households has to provide real money for disaster relief, and in the second year, it will have to replenish the emergency supplies consumed by the local government , but also to ensure that there will be no disturbances in the lives of ordinary people in the second year.

There are also those broken things that Emperor Chongzhen himself did.

From Wu Ganlai's point of view, what Emperor Chongzhen did was obviously more disgusting than those natural disasters.

Natural disasters are temporary at any rate, and the past will pass away, and the money spent will always be counted.

The things that Emperor Chongzhen did were different.

Although a large amount of arms was sold, which added a tax to the national treasury, the immigration, military rewards, and pensions needed after the war were far from being covered by that little tax.

If it hadn't been for the victories in the foreign wars in the past few years, and the countless invisible benefits obtained, I am afraid that the Ministry of Household Affairs would have jumped out to oppose the Chongzhen Emperor.

He knows his own affairs well, and Emperor Chongzhen of course also knows that Wu Laojiao is beating around the bush and saying that he is messing around.

But as the saying goes, if you make a mistake, you have to admit it, and you must not correct it. Emperor Chongzhen has no intention to correct his mistakes immediately.

It is impossible not to do things, and it is impossible in this life. In this life, I am either doing things or on the way to doing things.

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Chapter 835 Open Your Eyes and Tell Nonsense

All in all, the plan to employ the people of the Holy Roman Empire as half-workers is a bust.

In addition to those reasons mentioned above, there is another more important reason.

human rights issues.

Emperor Chongzhen believed that the people of Ming Dynasty had human rights, and the officials everywhere also believed that the people of Ming Dynasty had human rights. Even if they wanted to bully the people, they did not dare to do so blatantly.

However, do those people without Daming household registration have human rights?

Undoubtedly, Emperor Chongzhen thought they did not, and officials everywhere did not think they had human rights.

For example, after being brought home by some curious people, barbarian children are often beaten to death by housewives because of some loud voices.

What are you calling so loudly for?Are you afraid that the neighbors won't hear you?Simply indecent!

Then these men didn't care about it at all, and when they turned around, they might find a way to buy another one, and they didn't have to worry about the housewife being jealous and angry.

In fact, this is the case, no one will get angry with pets like cats and dogs, just beat them to death if they look unpleasant, and the government will not care about these bullshit things.

The women in the Holy Roman Empire are different, or in other words, because of the existence of the "Mingluo Treaty of Friendship and Commerce", those women from the Holy Roman Empire have some human rights.

In addition, the third son Zhu Ciyi's main concubine is the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire - the people of Ming Dynasty have no idea what a Bavarian grand duchess is, so they naturally think that she is the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire.

The general opinion among the people is that since Emperor Chongzhen could marry the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire for the third son of the emperor, it means that the people of the Holy Roman Empire are human at least.

They are human-like and have relatives with Ming Dynasty. The civilians of the Holy Roman Empire will naturally be looked up to in Daming, and they will not be equated with other barbarians.

The minds of the people are more simple, at least not like those bigwigs in the local government and the court, the hearts of the whole people are black and clear from the inside to the outside.

The bigwigs in the court, especially the position above the minister, can basically see the purpose of Emperor Chongzhen to let the third son of the emperor marry the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire as his concubine.

Didn't he fall in love with other people's territory, and by the way, he wanted to add fire to Europe...

In addition to these bullshit reasons, there is another reason, that is, the laborers who were brought back by the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion were all castrated...

Now if you want to use the people of the Holy Roman Empire as half laborers, is that eunuch or not?

For the sake of relatives, if these Romans do something, it will be Daming who will be disgusted at that time.

If you are eunuch, you will definitely face the risk that a large number of people from the Holy Roman Empire may die and various follow-up compensation issues.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was having a headache because of the labor issue, Wu Ganlai turned his attention to Zhang Zhiji: "Now the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has dispatched a large army to the north. I don't know when there will be results?"

Zhang Zhiji said with a chuckle: "Wu Butang thought that the thing on the battlefield is just like a woman giving birth to a baby in ten months of pregnancy?

According to the plan of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, this time it can be regarded as the three-way army targeting the Tsarist Russia. The mobilization of soldiers and the preparation of materials have just been completed some time ago, and it is estimated that the three-way army has just started.

If the progress is fast, there will be good news in three months. If the progress is slow, and the extremely cold weather over there, it is estimated that it will be delayed until next year. "

Wu Ganlai also had a headache now.

Originally, I thought Zhang Zhiji would be able to get some laborers to come to Daming, at least to ease the conflicts between the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Communications, and the Ministry of Industry. Unexpectedly, there will be no news until three months later.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hands with a smile on his face and said, "That's all, it doesn't matter if it's three months or a year, there are all these projects left and right, if it doesn't work, just take your time, don't be in a hurry."

Since there was no risk of hanging on the old crooked neck tree, Emperor Chongzhen was no longer in a hurry, at least he was not in a hurry to deal with Tsarist Russia immediately, nor was he in a hurry to deal with the Mughals, Ottomans, and European barbarians immediately.

Take your time, don't rush.

After all the cavaliers under his command bowed and responded, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Aside from these things, are there other things?"