You say that with your mouth, but you may not really think that in your heart.

At least Wu Lin's elite will have to stay in Dali for a while until they achieve the political goal Zhao Ning wants.

War is for political purposes.

A war without political purpose is no different from children playing house.

Zhao Ning's political purpose at this stage was to squeeze all aspects of Dali's tea. As the name suggests, the money flowed into Dali, and the court printed money to get the tea at a low cost, and then sold it to the Central Plains, the north, or exported at a normal price.

In short, it’s all about making a lot of money!

Form a healthy tea industry in the southwest and increase national treasury revenue.

As for how much it will cost, Zhao Ning has already thought about it.

Dali squeezes 30 million kilograms of tea every year.

Half went to sea in Qinzhou.

Zhao Ning had already figured out the model, and the imperial court sold it directly to maritime merchants at an average price of 200 wen per catty.

At this price, maritime merchants can definitely make a lot of money by selling it to the South China Sea.

The imperial court's profit per catty was at least 150 guan, and for 150,000 jins, it could earn 2.25 million guan.

Maritime merchants can sell tea for 350 Wen per catty, and their profits can reach 150 Wen per catty.

A business tax of 2 out of 10 is not excessive, right?

The commercial tax for commercial maritime merchants can collect nearly 500,000 yuan each year.

Half of it is sold in the Central Plains, where it can be cheaper.

Calculated as half the price, you would earn 1 million guan per year, plus a tax of 200,000 guan.

The total income is nearly 4 million yuan.

Won’t Liaodong’s military spending come out?

In addition, a large number of tea plantations are being planted in the southeastern areas and Sichuan and Sichuan areas.

In a few years, the income from tea alone will be at least 10 million yuan per year.

If the conversion of rice to mulberry in the southeast is completed, the annual income from silk and ceramics exported overseas and sold domestically can also exceed 10 million guan.

With such a huge industry as the backing support, what else can Zhao Ning do?

Of course, throw money north!

Use money to throw Yanyun and Xixia back!

Use money to bring back the Western Regions!

Use money to transfer a large number of people there and let the Han people settle there!

These all cost money!

If you want to temporarily occupy, you only need a strong army, but if you want to integrate those places for a long time, you must have strong financial support.

This is the game of chess played by Zhao Ning.

Of course, in order to achieve annual income of more than 10 million yuan from tea, silk, ceramics, etc., the overseas market alone is definitely not enough.

Overseas unit prices are high, but demand is limited.

The demand in the domestic market is extremely huge, but most ordinary people now have no money to spend.

No money to spend?

Then find a way to make them rich!

there is always a solution to a problem!

Problems are solved one by one.

Zhao Ning was thinking about it in his mind. Seeing that everyone was silent, he said: "Let's stop the matter in the southwest. Mei Shangshu will take care of the treasury matter."

After saying that, Zhao Ning stood up and left.

"Farewell to Your Majesty."

The ministers came out of the hall, and many people came to Zhao Ding and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhao on the great victory in the southwest. Mr. Zhao has made another great contribution!"

"Your Majesty has such a wise prime minister as the Grand Prime Minister. It is truly a blessing to the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ding said: "You guys praise me so much."

Wang Ciweng came over and said: "Master, those who opposed the crusade against Dali before, I think they have ulterior motives and should be investigated!"

When he said this, the ears of the people around him immediately stood up.

Zhao Ding said: "Opposition is not necessarily wrong, and praising is not necessarily right."

After saying that, he ignored Wang Ciweng.

Cai Mao sneered on the side and said in his heart: This villain Wang Ciweng actually wants to set up a trap for Zhao Ding. No matter how high he is, he dares to play such a trick in front of Zhao Ding. It is really because Zhao Ding has a public heart, otherwise you Wang Ciweng

Get out already!

In any case, Dali's first victory brought much less pressure to Zhao Ning.

Next, Dali's control space becomes much more flexible.

Zhao Ning guessed that if nothing unexpected happened, Dali would send an envoy over soon, or even the envoy was already on the way.

What will Zhao Ning do next?

What else can you do?

Zhao Ning sat in the Hall of Wende and counted on his fingers. Qin Hui and Qian Yuqing's policies should have almost achieved results.

Mulberry seedlings can grow mulberry leaves in a few months.

You can see with the naked eye how many fields have been changed and how many mulberry leaves have grown.

Of course, three years later, transplanting it elsewhere and becoming a mulberry tree is another matter.

The first step now is to change the mulberry field.

As for the food in Jiangning Mansion, Zhao Ning is not worried. He has arranged for Tang Ke to be dispatched from Jinghu this year, just down the river.

While Zhao Ning was thinking about it, Wang Huaiji said at the door: "Guan family, a secret report has been sent from Jiangdong."

"Oh, bring it in."

Zhao Ning cut the seal with a dagger and took out Li Guang's secret memorial.

After reading it, he was stunned for a moment and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Hui is still difficult to deal with. This guy's political skills are quite powerful.

He was not caught in the Qingzhou case, and this time he was not caught in the Jiangdong case of changing rice to mulberry and robbing grain.

Why couldn't he catch Qin Hui's tail when it came to grabbing grain?

Because Qin Hui could not be involved in this matter, he is not that stupid.

If the imperial court found out, Qin Hui would immediately go on a killing spree in Jiangdong, pretending that he had just discovered it, and find a few scapegoats to kill.

Then he wrote a letter of apology, saying that it was all his own negligence, and asked Guan Zhao to remove him from office.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the emperor's intelligence is normal, he will not be dismissed from office.

Why?

If the people below immediately remove the governor as soon as they cause trouble, then every governor will basically be unable to remain in office for a month before stepping down.

That would cause a political disaster in the Song Dynasty.

Why did Chongzhen change his chief ministers more than fifty times in just seventeen years?

Is he stupid?

That's right! He is indeed stupid!

If there is any problem at all, the chief minister and the governors will be attacked immediately.

Such an emperor can easily be led by others.

The person who prepares the first assistant only needs to spend some money to bribe the subordinates and screw up the matter, and then the emperor will replace the first assistant.

The consequence of this is that the prime ministers who assist the king no longer dare to do things boldly and confidently, and only want to be wise and protect themselves.

Therefore, Zhao Ning will not dismiss Qin Hui because of the grain robbery case.

However, the key to this matter is not the food robbery case.

But it lies in another very important thing.

In the evening, Wang Boyan arrived at Mei Zhili's house.

Mei Zhili showed Li Guang's letter to Wang Boyan.

Li Guang's letter to Mei Zhili was very tactful, and naturally he did not point out Jiangdong's problems as sharply as when he reported it to Zhao Guan's family.

However, just from the grain robbery case, Wang Boyan captured important information.
Chapter completed!