C747 Confusion of the Household Departments (1/2)

The 4 million silver that Letian Bank had transferred to the capital this time around had solved the urgent needs of the imperial government. The 10 million silver that was given to Zuo Zongtang as military expense at the start of the year had all been paid out by the imperial government, and only then did the imperial government obtain 5 million silver from the treasury.

As for the remaining 5 million, the imperial government could only let Zuo Zongtang raise his own funds. How could he raise his own funds?

Historically, the majority of Zuo Zongtang's military expenditures were split between the provincial ratehouses and the foreign bank in Shanghai, while the entire history of the Northwest military expenditures was not 10 million gold, but 40 million gold.

The rebellion of the Ganshan pars dorsalis and the reconstruction of the place were all added in, even the cost of shipping the materials to the northwest was also included.

Out of the 40 million silver taels, the provincial rates amounted to 2 million silver taels, the debt of the borrowing foreigners was over 8 million silver taels, the borrowing of the merchants was over 5.6 million silver taels, and the army's self-financing military expenditure was 4 million silver taels. Only 4.55 million silver, claiming it as 5 million silver.

Look, the imperial court can't even make up a whole number. It's clear that they've even dug out all the bases.

If the Ministry of Revenue did not have any money, then it would be impossible to give the officials of the Imperial Court a salary, and furthermore, it would be impossible to provide the funds for the six departments to operate normally. Besides the Head Office who still had some money left, the other departments would have already set up pots and pans to drink porridge.

The reason why the training for the new army led by the Prince Kung was still ineffective was, on one hand, that it was hard for the Eight Flag Master to teach, but on the other hand, it was also because the money was not enough. To date, the training camp had only conducted three target shooting training, so the Gun was complete, but the cost for the bullets and uniforms had not come down yet.

The's princes and empress dowagers s discussed for a while, and did not notify the Chinese Officer s, of which 2 million silver had been transferred to the New Army's training camp s.

It was a windy, windy, and eventful situation. If there was no always reliable army in hand, it was likely that the Manchu's nobles would not be able to sleep.

The salary of a hundred officials was more important than training the new army. The amount of debt the imperial court owed was simply too much. It was obvious that the capital officials under the feet of the Son of Heaven did not have all the bribes they needed.

What about the remaining thousands of officials below the fourth level? He had tightened his belt to the point where he had to work hard. He had even fallen to the point of lending money to others as jewelry.

This time, the six high officials were truly anxious. Their rare collective petition had even pressured the imperial government, if they did not give the officials working below a salary, then the six high officials would collectively die. Our collective strike did not want to play with the imperial government anymore.

Under the pressure of the high officials of the six divisions, the court quickly came to a decision. The officials of the fourth rank and above were to receive less, and each person was to pay a hundred silver coins, while the poor officials of the fourth rank and below were to receive better treatment.

A fifth rank official would receive a salary of 200 Dragon-striated Silver Coin s, a sixth rank official 150 Dragon-striated Silver Coin s, a seventh rank official 100 s, and the rest of the personnel of each department who were of no rank would receive 70, 50, and 30 silver coins depending on the nature of their work.

The ratio of compensation paid by the Baji was about the same as that paid by the officials of the imperial government.

Don't underestimate these few hundred silver coins. Even if you make up at least 30 silver coins, it would be equivalent to 23 taels of silver. This money isn't enough to sell your house and sell concubines.

Furthermore, as long as you reach the level of a seventh rank official, a hundred silver coins would be 77 taels of silver. In Beijing, renting a small courtyard would only cost thirty to forty taels of silver per year.