Chapter 417 Solutions
The so-called plot reversal is probably what Qin Hao has in mind.
When the King of Nanzhao accused him at their doorstep, everyone thought that he was a hypocrite with false benevolence and righteousness, and he had to be somewhat contemptuous of him. But in a few days, the King of Nanzhao and the King of Nanzhao came out with him and even publicized everywhere that Duke Rong was a good friend of Nanzhao, which made the people who didn't know the truth confused.
Seeing that Qin Hao could really come up with a solution to the Nanzhao problem, Li Shimin summoned him soon. He had been worried about this in the past two days.
The Tiankhan system was the most awesome achievement he thought he had ever done, and he knew better than anyone else what this meant for a regime without border defense. In fact, the King of Nanzhao was so upset when he held the Fengshan Mountains, he was already in a bad mood.
The reason why he ignored the mansion of the King of Nanzhao, blocking the door of the Duke Rong, was that he had the intention to force Qin Hao. Look, this kid is smart, and he could do it if he was forced to force him.
In fact, Qin Hao really worked a lot. He and Li Shimin were in Zichen Hall, and asked Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji to discuss it for an afternoon, but they were still stumbling.
The most difficult thing about the whole thing is not whether to support the unification of Nanzhao and whether to send troops to Nanzhao. Fang Xuanling or Li Shimin were all very clever politicians. Qin Hao's economic restraint had already been played in Silla. If the economic pillar after the unification of Nanzhao was to sell wood and sugarcane for the Tang Dynasty, such a country would not even have the qualifications to become an enemy, let alone the two powerful weapons of the Concession and the Tang Federal Reserve.
As for sending troops, it is even simpler. There is no need to send any generals. Xu Jie can lead the Jiangnan soldiers in and attack them by just telling them that the prisoners are slaves, and their morale is so angry.
The real difficulty is to let the merchants and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty move their eyes from slaves to economy. In other words, the trade line between the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao must be established, otherwise everything would be nonsense.
In order to convince Li Shimin, Qin Hao asked the craftsmen to make a soil erosion model overnight and explained to him the disadvantages of cutting down trees in an easy-to-understand manner. Li Shimin also said that he understood, and he also said that even if he didn't understand, as long as he could solve the problem of the Nanzhao slave trade, he would accept it if he spent some money to buy wood.
But he just understands that there is a ball for him, but the people don’t understand. He understands that he can only ensure that the official purchases wood without Guanzhong wood. Perhaps he can also give a law. He is not allowed to cut trees in Guanzhong in the future, but with his toes, he can even know the absurdity of this law, especially the local political autonomy of the Tang Dynasty is quite high.
So as soon as the few people put together, the burden fell on Changsun Chong's Fengyan Yamen.
When Changsun Wuji called him, he said this: "I don't care what you do. In short, when Fengshan comes back, you must make the people of the whole country believe that the century-old ancient trees in Nanzhao are better than those in our Tang Dynasty."
Qin Hao also gave an idea and said, "I can give you several concepts, namely Huanghuali, small-leafed red sandalwood, and golden nanmu. These types of wood can be used for thousands of years without rotting. They can make furniture and do not attract insects and ants. We only have a little bit of Sichuan and Shu. Seal the Sichuan ones and look for people to see them and don't cut them. As long as you can stir-fry this concept, the wood from Nanzhao can be sold."
"Then... the kinds of wood you mentioned can really not be rotten for thousands of years?"
Not to mention Changsun Chong, even Li Shimin and others were interested. These woods became popular in history during the Ming Dynasty. The Tang people had no idea about this thing. If there was a coffin that would not be rotten for thousands of years, Li Shimin would also want to use it.
Qin Hao said, "I just realized that the tomb robbers have never seen a thousand-year-old coffin, but the wood is good but real, hard, beautiful, moisture-proof, and a little fragrance. Just say go, and if there are too many people, it will naturally become true."
Everyone was speechless.
Qin Hao thought for a while and said, "By the way, didn't the shipyard in Yangzhou move? I mentioned a new type of sea boat before. I think it can be launched in Yangzhou. Although this new type of sea boat is not big, it has high requirements for keel bones. I was worried about where to get the wood. Now it's better. Although there are not many keel bones, the advertising effect is good. The big keel bones of sea boats are used. Isn't that good wood? You have to make the people of the Tang Dynasty feel that being able to use the old wood in Nanzhao is called face. If you die, you can use the coffin of Huanghuali. That's called identity."
Fang Xuanling had an idea and said, "Master, I suggest that the court set rules that only those above viscounts or above, or above fourth-grade purple robes can use yellow rosewood coffins and small-leaf red sandalwood furniture."
Everyone was stunned. They were racking their brains to figure out how to make the people of the Tang Dynasty use more and import more. It would be better to cut down all the trees in Nanzhao. To be honest, if Nanzhao really doesn't have so many trees, even if they hit them, it would be easier. Why did Fang Xuanling say less of them?
The first person to react was Qin Hao, and he clapped his hands and said, "The house is so tall! Your move is too high! Master, what is the most noble thing? Of course, only noble people can use things that the people cannot use. As long as we issue this law, we turn a blind eye when enforcing it, and are still afraid that this thing will not become popular among the people? I am afraid it can be sold at a high price!"
Qin Hao suddenly thought of the Ming Dynasty officials' statement that this Huanghuali was used by the palace and could only be used by people with extremely noble identities. But by the Qing Dynasty, even the Huanghuali in Southeast Asia was cut down. Could it be that there were only a few Huanghuali in Asia?
Of course not. The court can control such things, the central government cannot control the local government, and the more it is, the more it is possible for the people to use them.
Now everyone reacted, and Changsun Chong breathed a sigh of relief. With such a law, his work would be much less difficult.
So, the Nanzhao problem was finally barely solved.
The imperial court was studying which concession to use, but Qin Hao wanted to propose the Erhai Lake area. However, the Erhai Lake area is now the main economic zone of Nanzhao. It is estimated that it is impossible to kill others, so Qin Hao would not get involved. In his opinion, there is no difference between renting it at the same time.
The court also issued an order to Xu Jie that once Nanzhao had requests, he had to enter the hinterland to capture prisoners. Oh, he was going to help uphold justice. Yes, Xu Jie, the generals of Guanzhong did not move, and he was so at ease.
Well, this kind of instruction does not require mobilization at all. It can organize tens of thousands of people purely voluntarily. Those slave traders and even those who are not soldiers in the palace have to join in the fun. Many ordinary people thought they were not going to fight but to make money. In the end, many people followed the troops to find a bargain, and this battle has almost become a strange flower in the history of war. ()
Chapter completed!