Editing history: the opening inventory of the top ten emperors

Still no money.

And for them, the sea is indeed more important than the land.

As for the important aspects, of course it is.

money.

How much money do those poor ghosts on land have?
But what about at sea?

What about foreigners?What about those warships?
That's not white money running into one's own pocket.

No one can see clearly about this matter, right?

Zuo Zongtang was also helpless.

But he is the minister of state after all, so under his constant request.

In the end, the court allocated funds.

Ok.

200 million taels of silver, plus the 300 million taels of silver raised by other provinces, add up to 500 million taels of mobile phones.

This number seems to be quite huge, quite a lot.

But there's actually a huge problem here.

That's every era, even what you have to say.

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, or before the Qing Dynasty, silver was a very, very valuable thing.

One tael of silver is equal to a thousand copper coins.

This is already a huge number.

But during the Qing and Ming dynasties.

Still some problems occurred.

The preciousness of silver lies in its status as a scarce metal.

It is difficult to excavate, so the amount of existence is rare.

This is why silver was a precious metal before the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the curtain of the whole world was gradually opened.

The gradual integration of the world has resulted in the continuous inflow of silver.

This seems to be a very inconspicuous thing, but it is actually quite fatal to a country and society.

Because he will bring another rather terrible thing, inflation!

Silver is gradually becoming worthless, which means that everyone's money is worthless and is constantly depreciating.

The amount of silver is constantly increasing and increasing, but the things that can actually be purchased in the market have not changed at all.

This is the depreciation of assets and one of the vicious consequences of inflation.

this consequence.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was particularly serious, and in this time period, it was the most serious time.

Because the closed country has been completely opened.

Silver is constantly flowing out.

As China itself is a huge country, the inflow and outflow of silver is an incomparably huge number.

Yet they are going through a labor pain that they are not even aware of.

That is from inflation, to deflation.

The price on the market has not yet decreased, but the amount of silver circulating in the country has decreased.

This means that the entire country is rapidly becoming impoverished.

Before the Opium War, a large inflow of silver led to a rapid rise in the price of the domestic market.

However, after the Opium War, silver continued to flow out because of opium, but no one noticed that the market price did not fluctuate.

That's the really suffocating thing.

The market is still there, but the silver is gone, which means you can’t afford things anymore.

But the price has been standing there without changing.

what should you do?
This is an invisible way to kill people, because in fact, in this era, silver has assumed the role of currency.

And the currency has not yet appeared!

This is a completely unsolvable thing, unless.

It can reverse the continuous outflow of silver, otherwise the whole country will always be poor.

until death.

This is an economic war!
However, on the economic side, they really don't realize it.

So 500 million taels of silver seems a lot, but for the Qing Dynasty at that time, the military salary at that time, and the market at that time.

But it is so small that it is quite difficult to arm an army of tens of thousands of people and supply them for war.

After all, this is different from counterinsurgency.

To counter the rebellion, if you don’t go, you will die.

So you may have no money, but now you have to go on an expedition, and this is a change in meaning.

Of course, some people will say that Xinjiang is their place. Didn't they suppress rebellion in the past?

well said.

Except for a few people from Zuo Zongtang's side, who else would think that this is their place?

Are Zuo Zongtang's troops local?
Is it a person trained on the spot to regain his hometown so that he will no longer suffer?
neither!
so money!Particularly important!
2000 million taels of silver is already impossible.

So after a series of cost reductions, Zuo Zongtang's estimated military expenditure.

Around 1000 million taels.

But the court gave him 500 million taels, so there are 500 million taels left.

The imperial court had no choice but to give Zuo Zongtang another thing.

"You are allowed to borrow 500 million taels of silver from outside! The state will pay back the money!"

So Zuo Zongtang found Hu Xueyan.

This red top businessman.

Although a little embarrassing, there is nothing to say in front of national affairs.

"it is good!"

Hu Xueyan only had one sentence.

Finally, everything is ready.

The battle in Xinjiang is about to begin.

At that time, the situation in Xinjiang was actually a bit complicated. After Yagubo raised his troops, he occupied a considerable area.

Established its own khanate and announced its separation from the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, these are okay, there is no big problem.

The real problem is actually that he has Russia and Britain behind him.

This is what causes headaches.

Because this khanate has been recognized by Russia.

So if the situation at that time was really ignored, there would be no more.

So Zuo Zongtang's dispatch of troops was really necessary.

But at this time, facing Zuo Zongtang's elite troops.

Yagubo really couldn't afford to turn up any storms.

Not to mention guns and the like, Agubo's army is no match for Zuo Zongtang's army.

On the other hand, it is also their perverse actions that have led to the disapproval of the people.

After Zuo Zongtang's plan, Xinjiang was restored in ten months.

In two more months, conquer all the land.

Overcome all lands!

But there is one more place, and this place is important, and it has been taken by someone else.

Yili.

The center of this Xinjiang.

More than 20 square kilometers of land.

During this period of time, Tsarist Russia frantically occupied the land of the Qing Dynasty.

It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty really didn't have the extra energy to refute some things.

If one day, judging from the current timeline, one day in the future, from here to Kurmansk and even the Arctic Circle will belong to China.

I don't know if Huaxia will call it regaining its homeland.

Thinking about it this way, it's kind of interesting.

After all, it took a hundred years, or even a thousand years to regain the homeland.

It's not like it didn't happen.

So ready to fight Tsarist Russia again.

At that time, Tsarist Russia was also a character with a swollen face and a fat man. The civil strife in the country had just subsided, and it was similar to the Qing Dynasty.

Not much energy left.

Reluctantly, under Zuo Zongtang's intimidation, Yili was handed back again.

This is the end.

Xinjiang was recovered, and then under Zuo Zongtang's repeated resistance, Xinjiang Province was established.

Finally, this piece of land was secured and still belonged to the Qing Dynasty.