From the end of Wanli to the twelfth year of Chongzhen, 16.5 million taels have been added, why is t

From the end of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty to the 12th year of Chongzhen, the country's taxes had increased to more than 16 million taels, but these funds still could not meet the cost of military salaries. Why is that? We know that at the beginning of the Wanli year, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, presided over the government and was supervised by Feng Bao, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, but Feng Bao and the empress dowager actively supported Zhang Juzheng's reforms, which prompted the emergence of the Wanli New Deal in the Ming Dynasty.

This was the best time for the economy of the Ming Dynasty, when the income of the household department was about 4 million taels per year. This money is already enough to meet the needs of all parties.

However, from the late Wanli period to the Chongzhen period, a lot of expenses were added. The total annual income of the state is nearly 20 million taels**. This is the painstaking efforts of the people of the whole country, all in their hands.

However, this amount of money is still not enough to meet the cost of military salaries. What is the reason for this? According to historical records, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the normal annual income was more than 14 million taels.

Most of this money was taken up by the emperor and the court. They left only more than 400,000 taels to the household department. In other words, most of the money was squandered by the protection of the emperor and the court.

At this time, it was already different from the court pattern presided over by Zhang Juzheng, and there were many peasant uprisings and rebellions inside, and a lot of money was consumed every year in order to suppress the rebellion. On the other hand, the Houjin Group on the Liaodong Peninsula is on the move, and their strength is growing. However, as the Ming army's attack on these local forces, the officers and men of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Ming Dynasty did not receive financial guarantees, resulting in the army's combat effectiveness declining year by year.

Later, the Ningyuan Mutiny occurred, in order to quell the incident. Wu Sangui had the soldiers kill each other, and in the end only 53 of the most elite forces remained. So, Wu Sangui took these 53 people as the core, shared the salary and silver allocated by the imperial court, and formed his own troops.

From the end of Wanli to the twelfth year of Chongzhen, although there were many endowments, there were also many kinds of food and clothing for the palace, as well as various rewards.

This figure should be viewed in combination with the price level at that time, and at the same time, it should also take into account whether the army was expanded, and the army increased at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so it will not be enough.

The emperor needs to spend about 200,000 taels of gold and silver every year to the military generals of the capital division as a salary, and also has to deal with various imperial expenses, so the emperor really does not have much silver.

Because most of this silver was used for court expenses, there was not much money to be allocated to the army, so the food was insufficient.

That's because Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty didn't have much money at that time, and Chongzhen was also very stingy militarily.

At the time of the death of the Wanli Emperor, there were about 7 million taels**, most of which were transferred to the ministries by the two heirs. When Wanli's huge amount reached Chongzhen's hands, it had been almost consumed. Before the huge financial pressure of making ends meet at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor wanted to pay more military salaries, but he didn't.

In fact, Wanli is very stingy in spending on state affairs, and he spent a lot of money on the construction of his mausoleum and marrying the princess.

The military commander who needs to spend about 200,000 taels from the gold and silver to the Jingshi as a fortune is a lot of money but is unwilling to take it out.

To deal with all kinds of royal expenses, and he guards a lot of money and doesn't want to pay the military salary, which will lead to insufficient military pay.

According to Guo Moruo's meaning, Chongzhen guarded tens of millions of taels**, but he cried poor all day long, and even when he was about to hang himself, he refused to take out one or two aids and salaries.

Because all the money was in Chongzhen's hands at that time, Chongzhen can be said to be guarding so much money and then not wanting to pay military salaries, which will lead to insufficient military salaries.

40 million stone is grain.

4 million taels is ** finished.