Qin Lei flipped through the booklet while listening to Guantao's explanation: "The Government Affairs Temple has been established since the first lunar month. It has been eight months since it was established. It has been through the experience from scratch and has achieved certain results." As he said that, he came up with the specific situation one by one.
In terms of the Intelligence Department, it has established intelligence agencies in nine provinces across the country, plus the Zhongdu Intelligence Bureau, and has established a total of ten bureaus and also established intelligence agencies in important prefectures. So far, there are 64 intelligence agencies in the country, mostly concentrated in the three eastern provinces, two southern provinces, and the Gyeonggi region. Among them, the main counties in the south and Gyeonggi regions even have intelligence departments.
In addition to the several bureaus established in Nanchu and Dongqi, the architecture of the Longjun Prince's Mansion Intelligence Network has basically taken shape.
However, because the days are still short, they are generally facing the shortage of intelligence personnel and poor network construction, which is far from meeting the requirements of Qin Lei. In addition to the need to improve the quality of personnel, it is mainly because of lack of money. Buying informants, laying networks, and training in detail all require a lot of money. The budget for the Intelligence Bureau at the beginning of the year was 1.5 million taels, but the stalls were too large and were divided into about 10,000 taels per place. This was a drop in the bucket for the intelligence department that spent money like water. Therefore, the Intelligence Department requested an additional budget of 500,000 taels.
Hearing this, Qin Lei had a headache and sighed, "What is this not a gold-swallowing beast?" As he said, he said to Guantao, "The question is, where are the money spent? Gu did not see any effect. If Shen Bing asks you for money again, you will tell him clearly that he will not give another silver before the account check results are released at the end of the year."
Guantao pulled his sparse beard and laughed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if you want to give it to me, your subordinates don't have that money."
Qin Lei said in surprise: "It's so easy to spend? Isn't our business worth seeing money?"
Guantao smiled and said, "But there are more places to spend money, what kind of silver groove did you buy in the south..."
"Yindonggou." Qin Lei corrected.
"Oh, Yindonggou Mine, that's a total of 3.25 million taels of silver. Even if we borrowed 2.5 million taels of Xu's family, we would have drained all of our flowing water in an instant. We haven't recovered yet."
Qin Lei smiled mysteriously and said confidently: "You just wait, at most, at the first half of next year, you will be unable to stop yourself."
Guantao always thought that it was a political investment that Qin Lei made to maintain stability in the south. But now it sounds like there is another way. He said in his heart: "Is there any mineral veins there?"
Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "I can't dig it all in my next life, but I just need to dig it deeper."
Guantao said happily: "It's great, now we can show our strength next year."
Qin Lei shook his head and poured cold water on him, saying: "I have investigated. With the current mining technology, one million taels of pure silver a year and ten thousand taels of gold is good, and it cannot be harvested even if it is too much. Moreover, as the difficulty of mining increases, the quantity will decrease."
Guantao smiled and said, "That's not bad, so it will be much easier next year, and our education department can also prepare."
Qin Lei nodded and continued to look through the booklet in his hand. The next thing to introduce is the Liaison Department. The Liaison Department and the Intelligence Department complement each other. Where there is the Intelligence Bureau, there is the Liaison Bureau, and where there is the Intelligence Bureau, there is the Liaison Office. The difference is that the branches of the Liaison Department are only laid in the prefecture and do not set up points in the county town.
The task of the liaison department is mainly to deliver long-distance letters to each department, so the training expenditure of the hawk and pigeon is their main expense. The annual budget is 300,000 taels, and there is still 100,000 taels left so far, so the problem is not very big.
But they only completed the preliminary development plan. Starting from the spring of the 18th year of Zhaowu, the Liaison Department will set up vehicle and ships between the bureaus to provide materials for each department, and will also be opened to the public in the future, and eventually become a transportation nationwide, or even the Three Kingdoms, and eventually reaching its own profit and loss.
However, seeing benefits is the future, and the huge budget of 1.2 million taels next year is real.
After reading this part, Qin Lei said depressedly: "It seems that he will still tighten his belt next year."
Guantao was stunned when he heard this, and was immediately amused by Qin Lei's playful statements and smiled: "Next year is indeed a little more important." Seeing Qin Lei's face full of sorrow, he quickly comforted: "Your Majesty can check the situation of the Trade Department and may feel better."
Qin Lei smiled and said, "I hope this is the case." As he said that, he turned to the page of the Trade Department, took a look, and thought to himself that there was finally an investment.
The Trade Department is also accompanied by the other two departments, but they have higher degrees of freedom and denser networks. Each province, every prefecture and county has outlets, but unlike the former two, in addition to the commerce bureaus of each province, it does not set up subordinate agencies in the state prefectures, but instead it is the Business Situation Department responsible for collecting commercial information. The Trade Bureau buys low and sells high according to the information it collects and organizes, opens stores, and combines the protection of the Intelligence Bureau and the communication guarantee of the liaison department. As long as the decision makers are not stupid, it is not easy to lose money in this era of information blocked.
The ten bureaus of Qin and the two bureaus of the Southern Chu and Dongqi did not show any deficits. The best performance was the Jiangbei Trade Bureau, with a net income of 75,000 taels of silver in three quarters. The second best Zhongdu Bureau was 44,000 taels, and the third best was Hou Xin's South Chu Trade Bureau, with a huge amount of 40,000 taels.
As for the three countdowns, they are Hexi Bureau, 10,000 taels; the Guan Internal Bureau, 7,000 taels; and the Shannan Bureau, 1,500 taels.
The twelve bureaus achieved a net income of 300,000 taels in total, of course, this was based on the fact that the previous one million taels investment was not included. According to the fourth quarter forecast submitted by each province, there is no problem with the income of 200,000 taels of silver. After all, the fourth quarter is affected by an annual end.
Qin Lei was happy and smiled and said, "I will have an income of 500,000 taels in the first year. I think I can earn back my capital in the third quarter of next year."
Guantao also smiled and said, "I hope so." As he said, he sighed with emotion: "The two southern provinces have the first and the last, and the income difference is fifty times, which is incredible."
Qin Lei smiled and said, "I think Ma Xing from Shannan Bureau is more capable than Xu Chun from Jiangbei Bureau."
Guantao said curiously: "How do you say this?"
"This is not surprising. One of the two provinces made a fortune in the war, and the other was bad for the war. Jiangbei gathered almost all the big tribes in the two provinces, as well as countless merchants. With the procurement of Zhennan Army, even if all the goods from Beppu were smashed, the income of only more than 70,000 taels was not high. The entire Shannan area collapsed, and Ma Xing was smashed. Since its opening, he could actually take advantage of the reconstruction of Shannan to smooth out the losses. This is not something that ordinary people can do."
Guantao said understandably: "Then will Shannan Bureau not join the assessment this year?"
Qin Lei nodded and said, "That's what it means. Otherwise it would be too unfair."
"Does the assessment coefficient need to be adjusted?" Guantao asked.
Qin Lei thought for a while and nodded, "It's necessary. Jiangbei and Zhongdu are at the same level." The rewards and punishments of the Qin Lei Government Government System are all determined based on the assessment results. Take the Bureau of Commerce and Trade for example. According to the government government audit results at the end of the year, each bureau will have a net income, but the prosperity of each province is different. Compared with the income alone, it is obviously unfair.
Therefore, Qin Lei introduced the concept of prosperity coefficient. This number is derived from the total tax payments of each province in the previous year, the natural climate and political environment of the year. Qin Lei regards Zhongdu as a coefficient of one in the best year. If other provinces are stronger than Zhongdu, the basic coefficient will be greater than one, and if they are weaker than Zhongdu, the basic coefficient will be less than one. If there are natural disasters and man-made disasters this year, the coefficient will be appropriately adjusted. Finally, use this coefficient to multiply the total income, and the ranking obtained is the final ranking.
After seeing the situation of the Trade Department, Qin Lei turned to the Garrison Department again. After looking at the numbers above, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. He couldn't tell the truth and said, "Two million and four hundred thousand taels? Is there really so much expenditure?"
Guantao nodded and said helplessly: "It's true. It's exactly the military expenditure of Zhennan Army for a year. However, they have more than 200,000 soldiers, and we only have 6,000 people."
Seeing Guantao's face full of pain, Qin Lei comforted him, "I have to spend money on everything in the first year, and I won't have to buy so many businesses next year. The military expenditure will be reduced, and it is estimated that it will not exceed one million a year."
Guantao shook his head and said, "If you feel sorry for the money, you will not approve the 2.4 million yuan." He said seriously, "The 'Yuan Rule' that the prince told his subordinates was a little skeptical, but when he carefully examined the history, he found that this was an immortal truth."
Qin Lei nodded and said in a solemn voice: "All rules are established, after all, follow a fundamental rule: the strongest violence has the final say. This is the meta-rule, the rule that determines the rules."
Guantao nodded a little heavy, "That is why his subordinates would rather sacrifice other departments to satisfy the garrison." He sighed and said, "It's just that if he is like Emperor Shi, who advocates violence too much, it is not a blessing for all people."
Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Sir, I'm too worried. King Wu defeated Zhou and Emperor Gaozu destroyed Chu. These are all violent duels. In the end, the more violent ones won. However, the Zhou family had been eight hundred years and the Han family had been four hundred years, but they did not die in the second lifetime like the tyrannical Qin."
Guantao was silent, Qin Lei took a sip of tea and continued: "In the era of great unification, the emperor was the strongest violent person, but he was not the same for the world. To put it, the most distinctive Sui Dynasty, it was precisely because of the strongest violence that Emperor Wen obtained the country from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, destroyed the Southern Dynasty and unified the world, ending the chaotic times of four hundred years, but also gave the world twenty years of "Kaihuang Governance". It can be said that he was loved by the people and benefited the world."
Guantao was originally a very smart person. After Qin Lei mentioned it, he suddenly said: "And his son Yang Guang completely inherited his strongest violence, but he was entrusted with excessive taxes and was arrogant and extravagant, and finally finished my world. The harm to the people is unprecedented."
Qin Lei laughed and said, "Sir, I understand. That's it. The key is who the strongest violence is in, and you can't be afraid of it because of this. You should know that if you don't have the strongest violence, the original second-strong will become the strongest, and you will become fish."
Guantao smiled and said, "In this way, our Majesty's accounts are a bit confused." He already knew Emperor Zhaowu's appointment to Qin Lei. "It not only creates conditions for absolute violence for you, but also fantasizes that you can abide by his rules of the game. This is not a contradiction."
Qin Lei looked a little cold and said, "The Lone King can give in to anything, but it is absolutely violent and must be in his hands." As he said that, he clenched his open palms into fists.
Guantao pondered for a moment and said quietly: "What if the future ruling of Your Majesty is not passed on to you, the prince who masters the most violent?"
Qin Lei narrowed his eyes, and the cold light emitted from the eagle's eyes made Guantao shudder, but he still insisted on looking at Qin Lei.
Qin Lei suddenly burst into laughter, his cold expression suddenly became brighter and said lightly: "This will not happen, isn't it?"
Guantao was finally satisfied, got up from his seat, kowtowed respectfully, "I am willing to follow the prince to achieve the great cause of Kaihuang and achieve the achievements of all eternal generations."
Qin Lei nodded and smiled and said, "Get up, just think about this kind of thing in your heart, there is no need to say it."
Guantao got up from the ground and laughed: "A big rock fell into the ground in his heart, and he was a little lost."
Qin Lei knew about it and said a little Xiao Suo: "You are too worried. With so many of you brothers, I have entrusted your wealth and life to the Lone King. Does Lone King have any other choice?"
Guantao bowed to the end and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Gao Yi."
Qin Lei quickly adjusted his emotions and laughed: "I'm off topic. Let's continue talking about the situation of our royal family."
Guantao quickly reviewed himself and said, "It's because my subordinates are not good, but the big one is not good."
Qin Lei waved his hand and told him not to be noisy. He turned the booklet to the last page and whispered: "Total recurring income of 300,000 taels, or sexual income of 3 million taels, foreign debt of 3.5 million taels, and total silver and money flowed in 6.8 million taels in three quarters."
Among them, regular income refers to reliable income that is available every year. Now only the net income of the Trade Department is the same. Or income is naturally unreliable and not necessarily available every year, including Mr. Shen’s New Year’s money, Emperor Zhaowu’s rewards, and the income from the robbery of the fourth brother. Foreign debts were borrowed from the Xu family and the Shen family.
"The total recurring expenditure is 1.7 million taels, or sexual expenditure is 2.7 million taels, and the investment is 4.4 million taels, and the total outflow of 8.8 million taels in three quarters."
Correspondingly, regular expenditures are the expenses that are received every year, including their salary and salary, daily expenses of each department, etc. Naturally, there are not necessarily any annual expenses. They are mainly the start-up fees of several departments outside the Trade Department, as well as the purchase fees of the Garrison Department. The start-up fees of the Trade Department and the purchase expenses of the Mines are placed in the investment column.
Guantao nodded and said, "The total inflow plus the 2.2 million taels of surplus of the previous year, and then the total outflow is the money we have in hand now." He exclaimed, "The prince's method of keeping accounts is really amazing. It's clear and clear."
Qin Lei smiled bitterly and said, "No matter how much you understand, you can't get any money."
Guantao pointed to the lowest balance and comforted him: "At least there are 200,000 taels of cash, which is not too bad."
Qin Lei said angrily: "Why don't you say that the five million taels added last year, the Gu King would have 8.5 million taels of foreign debt. Gu's position as the first in Qin Dynasty is probably no one can surpass it within a thousand years."
Guantao was a little confused and said, "Prince, why do you have to regard these 8.5 million taels as foreign debt? This is clearly the 'dedication' you said."
Qin Lei drank a sip of water, put down the cup in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The Lone King does not have to repay it with real money and silver. Maybe he will use some kind of rights and a certain pardon instead, but no matter what method is used, the Lone King will pay the debt with the principal and the interests. If the Lone King cannot pay it back, let the descendants pay it back. The Lone King cannot set an example for the descendants who only want to ask for it but are unwilling to give it. The Lone hopes that they can repay the kindness and not become like Yang Guang."
Guantao praised respectfully: "The prince is planning for a hundred generations."
Qin Lei scratched his head and said, "Although it sounds very pleasant, it's good to be able to plan for three generations. The only thing behind him is to see the fortunes of the Qin family."
Guantao asked unwillingly: "I feel that there is no way to make a lasting life?"
Qin Lei closed his eyes and lay back on the recliner, without saying a word for a long time. Just when Guantao thought the prince had no good idea, he heard Qin Lei say quietly: "Maybe there is, maybe not, but the Lone King will not try."
Guantao said in surprise: "Why?"
Chapter completed!