Chapter 211 Break (1)
"Hmph!" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help laughing after reading the latest Yuan Dynasty report.
"Do you think it's funny, or are you laughing at something?" Zhao Qian asked his father very interested. When he heard this question, the prime ministers on both sides looked over, and the two ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Lifan who attended the meeting looked at Zhao Guanjia intently.
"I may not find it funny, I just think it's interesting. The Yuan Dynasty actually wants to use their money as the currency of the four-party alliance. Humph!"
The important officials looked at the Zhao Guan family and laughed, but found that there was no mockery or malice in the Zhao Guan family's voice. With their understanding of the Zhao Guan family, they could even feel a kind of sympathy and... nostalgia? Of course, these people could not understand China's feelings about the US currency hegemony in the 21st century, and these people also felt that this matter was insignificant compared to other things.
Luo Yiren asked: "Officials, I know that is important to issue currency. After the issuance of currency in various colonies in India, the economy is now much more active. I want to ask why the four-party alliances are so important. Is it more important than Hao Ren?"
"Acknowledge that the four-way exchange money issued by the Song Dynasty was to surrender to the economic system of the Song Dynasty. The borders of the country are divided into geographical borders and economic borders. You all understand what the geographical borders are, but the economic borders are not judged by distance or whether they are connected. The areas dominated by the Song Dynasty currency are within the Song Dynasty's economic borders, and those that are not accepted are outside the Song Dynasty's economic borders. For example, compared with the Eastern Roman Empire, Japan is on the edge of the economic borders, which is farther away than the Eastern Roman Empire. The colonization of the Indian capital is closer to the core area of the Song Dynasty's economic borders than the Eastern Roman Empire and Japan."
Luo Yiren's eyes shone when he heard this statement. He had this feeling, but now that the Zhao Guanjia clearly stated it, he immediately felt that his cognition was indeed completely correct and his joy was indescribable.
Seeing the young officials being overjoyed or gradually understood, Wen Tianxiang felt a little regretful. The Zhao official family had not changed much for decades. It can be seen from his support for Jia Sidao's public land reform that Wen Tianxiang initially thought that Zhao Jiaren would strongly oppose the public land reform. For decades, Zhao Jiaren's understanding of finance was far beyond Wen Tianxiang's imagination. What kind of understanding angle does this require to notice in so many major events that some people in the Yuan Dynasty opposed the currency dominance of the Europa Province in the four-party alliance.
Wen Tianxiang is a generous person. After working under Zhao Jiaren for so many years, he even said whatever he thought. When he had a question in his heart, Wen Tianxiang said: "Official family, is it not worth mentioning that the entire chaos in the Two Rivers Basin?"
Zhao Jiaren replied in a relaxed tone: "They messed up their troubles, why are we busy with leisure? Besides, can this be called chaos? Isn't this normal? Based on their view of the world, it will be so troublesome sooner or later."
Wen Tianxiang felt even more uneasy. The Zhao Guan family often showed delicateness and sensitivity to understand people's hearts. However, the world is balanced, and in many cases, the Zhao Guan family showed amazing heartlessness. From the Black Sea to the slave dynasty in the northern part of India, fifty or sixty million people were now involved in a huge turmoil. Before Hao Ren was killed, it may be said that the situation was still within an understandable scope. The turbulence caused by Hao Ren's assassination will make this vast area in an unpredictable future...
"What does the official think is normal?" Wen Tianxiang had to continue asking.
"The system triggers conflicts, and conflicts trigger changes, which is what I think is normal. But the Song Dynasty surpassed this stage, so we felt that it was so chaotic. In fact, we were like this back then."
Wen Tianxiang was about to break the casserole and asked to the end, "What was the same as them back then?"
"Let's talk about Mongolia first. Regardless of Tiemur's own level of understanding, his purpose of forming a flag army was to suppress those princes so that he could collect taxes. So the princes did not send troops to help this time. The means of realizing this struggle are high and low, and the essence and purpose are no different from public land reform."
Zhao Jiaren told his opinion plainly, and Zhao Qian felt that the complicated information in the information he saw seemed to be too far from his father's simple explanation. He couldn't help but ask: "Officials, should this be the overall trend or personal cognition? I think Tiemur doesn't seem to have such a deep understanding."
"Although personal ideas are unique, everyone's needs are unified. For example, according to the five-layer analysis method, physiological needs, security needs, social needs, respect needs and self-realization needs. However, Timur himself has not learned such knowledge, nor has it built scientific cognition, so he does not have to consider his own subjective initiative at all. Like most people, what he sees and hears is his entire personal world, and the so-called imagination just expands these intuitive feelings. For example, he has slept as a woman, and he is thinking that if he can sleep with a thousand women, he will be very great. In fact, what can he do if he does it? Timur's actions may change a lot, but his subjectiveness is still a little bit. So I personally do not recommend that everyone use the results triggered by simple scale to reverse the ideas of people like Timur."
Zhao Qian originally felt that he had mastered the essence of the human heart, and recently he felt that he could understand many things that he could not understand and people he could not understand. However, after listening to what his father said, Zhao Qian only felt that he had seen a broader world. However, the difficulty of trying to figure out this broader world is increasing. How can we determine a person's vision? Just like Wen Tianxiang in front of us, although there is a big gap between him and Zhao Qian in terms of scientific cognition and logic, Zhao Qian could feel that Wen Tianxiang has many places that are stronger than himself.
Just as I was thinking, my father said, "Zhao Qian, you should be responsible for the affairs of the Two Rivers Basin."
"This... I'm worried about what I'm going to do..." Zhao Qian felt very embarrassed.
"There is no one in this world who can control thousands of miles away. You know what you should do, know what you can do, and do your best."
When Zhao Qian heard this, he felt shocked. What his father was referring to was Zhao Qian's heart disease at this time. He wanted to do everything as well as his father. Although he already knew that he was his father and his father, he also knew that any matter would have different effects on different periods of time, whether right or wrong, or stupid or clear. If a hundred-year plan was taken from the perspective of a ten-year plan, it would be very foolish. If he watched from the perspective of a thousand-year plan, he felt that it was not profound enough. However, the person who made the decision only made a decision at that moment, at most he had accumulated over the past few decades. How could he make an absolutely correct decision?
Thinking of this, Zhao Qian put down his thoughts and answered decisively: "I understand."
The important ministers listened to the dialogue between the monarch and minister and father and son. The left prime minister Wen Tianxiang seemed to be thinking about something else, while the right prime minister looked unresponsive. Foreign Minister Lu Bofeng looked at Zhao Jiaren, and the Minister of the Lifan Luo Yiren stared at Zhao Qian for a while, with thoughts in his eyes.
After the meeting ended, Zhao Qian had a small meeting with Lu Bofeng and Luo Yiren. Zhao Qian was considering saying something, Luo Yiren asked, "Crown Prince, I wonder what you think of the economic frontier that the government mentioned?"
Zhao Qian was stunned, and his eyes immediately became bright. He asked Luo Yiren: "What do you think of Minister Luo?"
"What the officials talk about in the economic frontier probably refers to the economic order, that is, the system of currency issuance and circulation. Now I see, what the officials talk about is exactly what the officials have been doing. The main currency used in a region is the issuance and management of the Song Dynasty, and local money houses and financial investment are all done according to the requirements of the Song Dynasty. This place is within the economic frontier of the Song Dynasty. As long as the troubles below do not touch this point, it is just a matter of those local people."
What Luo Yiren said was similar to what Zhao Qian thought, and was more straightforward and clearer than what Zhao Qian could think at this time. Zhao Qian nodded slightly. This was probably what my father said to know what he should do.
Lu Bofeng was a little worried when he heard what Luo Yiren said. Luo Yiren was about the same age as Zhao Qian, and as long as he didn't have any trouble, he would definitely be a minister of the two dynasties. Luo Yiren is now the minister of the vassal state, and he would be ranked among the top 30 in the Song Dynasty court. It can be said that his future is promising. However, Luo Yiren gave people a little bit of the taste of an imperial teacher at this time, and Lu Bofeng only felt that this young colleague was too aggressive.
Zhao Qian doesn't care about this kind of thing. There are many people in his life full of spirits. Compared with the feeling that his father caused to Zhao Qian, Luo Yiren is simply a warm spring breeze. Since Luo Yiren reminded him to know what he should do, he should understand what he could do according to his father's guidance. Zhao Qian asked: "How much impact do we have on Mongolia's economics?"
"It's all barter trade, and there are a small amount of gold and silver payments. Even if these trades have an impact, they will not change anything existing."
"So...what about the other three countries in the Four-Party Alliance?" Zhao Qian asked. After asking this question, he felt very uncomfortable. This was not too far from his previous understanding of the world. Originally, Zhao Qian was more willing to believe that swords, guns and conquest could control a country, but now he found that swords, guns and conquest were just means, and conquest was just to achieve more important goals.
"It's hard to say what those two countries think. I have to ask Vice Minister Yang." After Luo Yiren finished speaking, he looked at Lu Bofeng.
Lu Bofeng did not expect that Luo Yiren brought the topic to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so he could only get up and ordered someone to call Yang Congrong, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Yang Congrong came soon. After listening to the question, he thought for a moment and replied: "As far as I know, there are people in both Eastern and Western Romans who have the same attitude as the Yuan Kingdom. It is really because of Hao Ren's personal reasons. As for whether Hao Ren understood the key here, I can't say. Maybe Hao Ren just simply thought that doing this was right, but in fact he had only a little understanding of it."
Chapter completed!