Chapter 1085: People die for wealth
Lihaiwei was renamed Jinhuawei, and its garrison was transferred from Lihai Town, Shaoxing Prefecture to defend Jinhuafu. The personnel quota remained unchanged, reaching 20,000 people. It was a second battalion under it to defend against the Qing army of Taizhou Prefecture.
Jinshan Guard was renamed Wusong Guard, transferred to Wusong New City in the north, expanded to 20,000 people, and served as the task of garrisoning in the new city.
Yanzhou Wei was renamed Chuzhou Wei, and the garrison was transferred from Yanzhou Prefecture to defend the Zhongzhou Prefecture. The personnel quota remained unchanged and reached 10,000 people to defend against the Qing army of Wenzhou Prefecture.
The Jingjiang Guard and Taizhou Guard merged, and the personnel quota remained unchanged, reaching 10,000, but the reserves had reached 20,000. The function was to defend against the Qing army invasions in the west of Yangzhou and the north.
The name of Ningbo Guard remains unchanged, and its posts are expanded to 20,000. It has formed a cross-border attack on the Qing army in Taizhou. That is to say, at this time, the only two prefectures in Zhejiang that were not under Wu Zheng were closely surrounded by the three guards of Jinhua, Ningbo and Chuzhou. Their only way out is to connect with the Qing army in Fujian.
Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Liu Tiren's Guangxin Guard remained unchanged, and his post was expanded to 30,000 to defend against invasions from the Qing army from Jiangxi and Fujian. This expansion made Li Guo, who was originally worried that the Zhongzhen Camp would be annexed by Wu Zheng, calmed down, and also made Mrs. Zhongyi feel relieved.
This reorganization shows that the strategic goals of the General's Mansion in the next three years have changed from the Northern Expedition to the Continent, and has a hint of intention to go west and south, which is extremely inducible.
At the same time, according to this blueprint for military expansion, the general's official army under the General's Mansion will reach 180,000 (including the Taizhou Hai 20,000 reserve service).
Of course, the money needed to complete this blueprint is also huge, and the number of troops has almost doubled. Although there are more places in Jiangxi and Yangzhou, Jiangbei and Yangzhou, they have just recovered this year, and the benefits of taxation will basically not appear next year.
Therefore, Wu Zheng faced the situation of waiting for money by turning his fingers.
This cannot be solved by the three million redemption money of the Qing court and the three million taels of deposit that Chen Yinwen took the initiative to deliver to his door.
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The Mo family has six sons.
The second legitimate wife, the fourth legitimate wife.
The eldest son Mo Chenbo, the second son Mo Chenwen, the third son Mo Chen made an appointment, the fourth son Mo Chenli, the fifth son Mo Chen cultivated, and the sixth son Mo Chendao.
Mo Zhinian is a scholar. Although he has no intention of career and only focuses on promoting the Mo family's industry, his family's heritage is deeply rooted.
It can be seen from naming a child that the name of the Six Sons is taken from the Analects of Confucius, which is also called "broadcasting articles, prose and practice Taoism".
Perhaps because of his connection with Shen Wansan of the previous dynasty, the Mo family's wealth, land, real estate, shops, and connections, even if Mo obsessed with following Wu Zheng in the past few years, Wu Zheng has not yet seen the whole story.
But at this time, in the Mo family's deep residence, the Mo family was holding a family meeting.
Mo Zhinian sat on the left side of the main hall, the second legitimate son sat on the front of the left and right sides, and the four concubines stood on the left and right sides, which can be said that the family rules were very strict.
Mo Chenbo held a book of accounts and said, "Father, in the past four years, the Mo family has filled more than 18.72 million taels of silver for the King of Wu, donated 2.6 million stones of grain, and donated more than 3,200 hectares of land. It is not enough to count the use of shops in various places to be assigned to money shops and the chief of the King of Wu... Today, Wu Qianhu had become His Highness the King of Wu at that time, but his father was still the chief of the Finance Secretary under the General's Office, and even a serious official position was not available... What made the child most sad is that Qing'er and him were in name only, and it was delayed for four years. Now Qing'er is already eighteen. If he drags on, I am afraid that the whole Jiangnan will laugh at me for no one in the Mo family!"
Mo Chenbo's words attracted the approval of the other five brothers.
The second son Mo Chenwen said: "Although my father and Your Highness had an agreement in advance, I did not say that Qing'er could not marry into the royal palace. I only said that the Mo family was born and could not be made a prince... Dad, now his highness is full of power and can be declared emperor at any time. If the Mo family does not occupy a place in it, it will not only make people laugh, but perhaps the Mo family's investment in the past four years will be wasted... I hope my father thinks twice."
Mo Zhinian narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You six brothers... all think so?"
The Mo brothers nodded one after another.
"What do you mean?" Mo Zhinian said lightly.
The Mo brothers looked at each other without answering.
"Since they all have the same meaning, I think it has been discussed, so there must be an effective method, right?" Mo Zhinian looked unmoved, "Tell me, don't hide it."
Mo Chenbo gently put the account book on the table, bit his teeth, and looked up and said, "The children have discussed it, please ask my father to reconsider the inheritance of the family business... My son and I hope that my father will choose one of our six brothers to inherit the family business of the Mo family."
Mo Zhinian's eyes flashed, "Qing'er is your biological flesh and blood?"
Mo Chenbo stuttered his neck and looked at Mo Zhennian and said, "Reply to his father, Qing'er is a child, but she is a woman after all, and a girl is outgoing. Since she has been approved by her father, she is a member of the Wu family... Will the father give up the Mo family's property and give up the Mo family's property a hundred years later? The child is also planning for the Mo family's property and the ancestors of the Mo family, please think twice!"
Mo Zhong Nian moved him. He opened his eyes wide and glanced at his six sons, once, twice, three times...
He wanted to speak but stopped. These six sons were too incompetent. When he was ordered by Wu Zheng to go to Yingtian Mansion, he did such a traitorous thing on his back.
Mo Zhinian wanted to take them and send them to the official court, but he really couldn't do it. After all, it was his own flesh and blood.
If one or two people were just ruthless, but all six were involved, how could Mo Zhinian be cruel?
As the saying goes, if the tiger poisons does not eat the child, don’t be obsessed with resentment, you can only hold it in your heart.
The six sons dared to look at their father at first, and slowly, they lowered their eyelids one by one.
Mo Zunnian sighed softly: "I have six sons, but none of them can be a great task. You six brothers, except Chen Bo, have children, but none of them can be a great use... The Mo family is unfortunate! Finally, it is the blessing of the ancestors. Qing'er, the eldest granddaughter, has been smart since childhood. He has always been talented in managing money and can inherit the Mo family's business."
Mo Chenbo said anxiously: "If Qing'er is a male, the child will naturally not have any objections, but she is a woman..."
"What's wrong with the woman?" Mo Zhinian glared at her eyes and scared Mo Chenbo back to death.
Mo Guaninian glanced around and said, "You have been doing business for a long time. You should understand that business is different from family, country and world. If the family business is passed down to mediocre people, it will be rich for only two or three generations. But if it is passed down to virtuous people, it can be more prosperous through their hands. It is time for the time when the day changes, four years ago, you have imagined that a mere general's mansion with only one mansion can establish such a huge foundation. Tens of thousands of students from three major academies and a military workshop with a radius of hundreds of miles can build a dock and a port that is far larger than the previous dynasty's blessing ships, and can fight firearms that the Qing army has no power to fight back..."
Chapter completed!