Chapter seven hundred and seventy-fifth currency in hand, I have the world
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Since Song Huizong came to the throne, he has won more victories against Xixia than lost, so he is not afraid of Xixia. However, he still sees the power of the Jin Kingdom, and he is more or less afraid in his heart. After hearing Li Qi's words,
He began to feel a little withdrawn in his heart, and gradually leaned towards the side of the Lord He faction, but he did not show it, and said: "Then what should I do according to your words?"
Li Qi said with a smile: "Actually, Wei Chen thinks that not only can we not send troops to Xixia now, but we have to win over him. Even if we want to punish Xixia, we don't have to send troops. There are many ways."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Song Huizong frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Li Qidao: "The Jin Kingdom still occupies Yunzhou and other places. If we attack Xixia, let alone whether the Jin Kingdom sends troops or not, if they use this as an excuse to refuse to return Yunzhou to us, it will be enough for us to drink.
In addition, Xixia surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, which means that the Jin Kingdom simultaneously controlled our two throats in the northwest and north, forming a semi-encirclement. If we fight one against two, it will be difficult for us to win, so what we have to do is to destroy them.
The alliance between the two countries aims to achieve the purpose of restraining each other. In this way, we can get a breather and vigorously develop the military and economy. The right way is that when fighting against foreign countries, we must first stabilize the country at home, first enrich and strengthen the country, and then pursue other things."
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty squinted his eyes and said thoughtfully: "In order to fight against the outside world, we must first make peace with the inside."
In fact, this sentence has been the central idea of the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and it lasted until the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Li Bangyan said: "But it is not easy to destroy the relationship between Jin and Xixia!"
Li Qi chuckled: "It all depends on people."
Song Huizong smiled and said, "What good advice do you have?"
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, everyone, have you ever thought about why our army wiped out 10,000 Xixia soldiers and horses, but they held back and instead retreated to seek peace?"
Tong Guan chuckled and said: "This can be attributed to the economic planner's clever plan to enhance the power of our Song army and scare away the Xixia army."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "This is just one of them. The most important thing is that if Xixia dares to come, then Xixia will die. In fact, Xixia has been fighting continuously in recent years and aiding the Liao Kingdom, so that it is internally empty. Now they have no
Capital will no longer fight protracted wars. Once a war that lasts and is accompanied by huge losses occurs, there is no need for us to take action. The people of Xixia will be the first to stop fighting. When the time comes, there will be internal and external troubles, and Xixia will not be able to escape the fate of exile.
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Song Huizong nodded and said: "In this case, if we take the opportunity to attack Xixia, we will definitely win."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Theoretically, this is true, but the Jin State will not allow this to happen. Not to mention whether the Jin State will take action, even if it does not take action, if we fight this battle, it will do more harm than good."
After a pause, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for saying something inappropriate. Xixia is empty inside, and the Song Dynasty is not the same. First, Fang La caused chaos and destroyed our Jiangnan. Then he sent troops to the Northern Expedition, and the national treasury was tight."
, combined with the two, even the Song Dynasty feels very strenuous. Of course, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse. If we have to fight a war of attrition, Xixia is not our opponent, but in this way, we will not be able to compete with the Jin Dynasty.
As far as the country is concerned, it is a trade-off. The Jin State is already militarily stronger than our country. If we are further ahead of our country financially, we will be in a completely passive position towards the Jin State. Therefore, please think twice before making any move.
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Cai Jingdao: "The old minister also agrees with what the economic envoy said. The Song Dynasty and Xixia fought no less than a hundred times, but every time we failed, the main reason was that the Liao Kingdom at that time, whenever it was critical,
The Liao Kingdom put pressure on the Song Dynasty, so that the Song Dynasty had to withdraw its troops. Although the Jin Kingdom has replaced the Liao Kingdom, I estimate that they will also adopt this strategy."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, the existence of the Xixia country was a mistake. If you want to destroy it, you don't need to spend too much energy. Our strategic goal in the Song Dynasty must be in the north."
Song Huizong frowned and said: "Li Qi, you have repeatedly said that Xixia is nothing to worry about. What is the reason?"
"Because Xixia must rely on our Song Dynasty, this is our fundamental advantage over it." Li Qi chuckled: "As we all know, Xixia has to buy a large amount of grain from our Song Dynasty every year, otherwise they will have famine every year.
, a country that does not even have the ability to be self-sufficient, why should we worry about it? Judging from past facts, Xixia actually defeated me, the Song Dynasty, but in the end, Xixia was always the first to bow. Why?
For the same reason, he can't afford it, because once the two countries go to war, the bilateral trade relationship will definitely stop, and even smuggling will be reduced. Without the export of our Song Dynasty, Xixia will be like cutting off its arms, so
, For Xixia, economic sanctions are the most beneficial method for our Song Dynasty, and sending troops is too wasteful."
"Economic sanctions?"
Song Huizong chuckled and said: "This word is quite interesting, but speaking of it, our Song Dynasty has indeed implemented economic sanctions on Xixia many times, and has achieved good results every time, but that's all."
Li Qidao: "That's because the intensity is not enough. It's not the intensity of sanctions, but the intensity of economic control over Xixia."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Li Qidao: "I believe that the emperor has heard from Gao Taiwei about the development of the northwest. In fact, the poor country of Xixia did not play a big role in revitalizing the economy of the Song Dynasty. The key lies in the countries in the Western Regions, but we can use this to develop Xixia.
Economic invasion in order to achieve strategic goals. As long as the economic lifeline of Xixia is controlled and he surrenders obediently, it will be a matter of course. Now there is a great opportunity here. The reason why Xixia retreated so quickly this time is that
The fundamental reason is that their finances have reached a low point and public dissatisfaction is boiling in the country. What they have to do is to appease the people and enrich the country and the people. This must rely on us, the Song Dynasty, and our Song Dynasty merchants can take the opportunity to pour into Xixia and compete with Xixia.
Launching a series of trade cooperation is only one of them. The second is to let our merchants enter Xixia to replace their merchants and seize their economic lifeline. I have full confidence in our merchants. Once
Our merchants have controlled the economy of Xixia and brought wealth to their people. It can be expected that if Xixia wants to be detrimental to our Song Dynasty, then their people will be the first to oppose it. Vice versa. If
If there is any conflict between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, we only need to adopt economic sanctions and cut off all trade imports and exports. Then Xixia's economy will collapse instantly, and the whole country will be unemployed. By then, their people will have nothing to do all day long, except for rebellion.
I really can’t think of anything else to do. We in the Song Dynasty can even provide weapons and money to support an opposition force and dismantle their regime from within.”
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was filled with joy after hearing this. He stroked his beard and said: "Okay, okay, what an economic sanction."
Li Qi added: "Your Majesty, according to Wei Chen's research over the past few days, we have found that if we strengthen trade with various countries, we can not only solve the currency crisis, but also achieve the effect of economic dominance over other countries."
Song Huizong's eyes lit up when he heard this. He said happily: "Tell me quickly."
Li Qidao: "The reason why currency crises occurred frequently in the Song Dynasty is that the value of copper is higher than the value of currency, so that people collect coins in large quantities, but this is only one of the reasons. Another reason is that many surrounding countries do not produce currency.
, even if they are produced, they are not recognized by the people of the country. They all use our Song Dynasty currency, like Japan, Xixia, Goryeo, and now the Jin Kingdom. In this way, it is equivalent to being cast in one dynasty and shared by the four dynasties.
This is the fundamental reason why although the currency output of the Song Dynasty has exceeded that of previous dynasties by several times, it always feels that there is not enough. But this situation is not a bad thing for us, because currency is the foundation of the economy. In other words
In short, currency is a weapon in economic war. As long as we stabilize the domestic situation and carry out currency reforms, we can then use currency to impose sanctions on any country that uses our currency. Because of the value of currency
All changes are based on the policies of our country. The appreciation and depreciation of the currency will have a huge impact on those countries that use our currency. Therefore, we have absolute dominance. We can use the currency as a macro-control tool.
The strategy is to invisibly plunder the wealth of other countries and contain them. Also, once our export trade is much higher than that of other countries, then we can use businessmen to seize currency from other countries and gain many benefits in one fell swoop. Why not do it."
Cai Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Your Majesty, I think this move is very feasible."
Seeing Cai Jing being so excited, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty asked, "Why does Aiqing say that?"
Cai Jing laughed happily and said: "Reporting to the emperor, in fact, currency has brought huge profits to our Song Dynasty. I think when our Song Dynasty signed the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom, many people in the court opposed it, saying that Tanyuan
The alliance brought humiliation to ourselves and damaged the prestige of our great country in the Central Plains. But judging from the facts later, the profits brought by the Tanyuan Alliance to our Song Dynasty were simply immeasurable. Yes, at that time, our Song Dynasty every year
The annual tribute of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk to the Liao Kingdom sounds like a lot, but the Song Dynasty’s military expenditures on the Liao Dynasty are more than a hundred times the expenditure of this year’s coins. Calculated in this way, Tan Yuan
The alliance was not a bad move. Moreover, after the Tanyuan Alliance, our Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom launched free trade, which also brought our Song Dynasty to its highest peak since the founding of the country. However, the Liao Kingdom's finances became very chaotic. This
It is because the goods exported by the Song Dynasty are all urgently needed by the Liao people, and the only goods of the Liao people are animal husbandry that the Song Dynasty lacks. So, the annual tribute we paid to the Liao Kingdom at the beginning of the year was all gone before the middle of the year.
They made a lot of money back. However, it was precisely because of this unequal trade relationship that the Song Dynasty earned countless currencies from the Liao Kingdom every year, so that the Liao Kingdom was in short supply of currency, which eventually led to their
War horses must be exchanged for the currency of the Song Dynasty. Although the Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty later banned the sale of horses to the Song Dynasty, due to the need for currency, there were many reasons for smuggling horses, and the shortage of currency also caused great harm to the economy of the Liao Kingdom.
The damage caused the Liao Kingdom's economic depression, and it became a strong foreign power while the middle was weak, and was finally destroyed by the Jin Dynasty. We can follow the same method and strengthen trade with the Jin Kingdom, Xixia, Japan, Jiaozhi, Goryeo and other countries, and use currency to earn wealth. The veteran thinks this is also
Economy is the main purpose of economic construction.”
Japan. This Lao Cai is really a genius! He actually thought of using currency war to erase the humiliation suffered by the Tanyuan Alliance, and he was able to draw inferences from one instance and turn the topic to economic construction. It is really amazing. He is worthy of being called a reform maniac.
, everything can be related to the reform. Li Qi admired Cai Jing's words.
Zhao Huan also said: "My father and I also think that this strategy is the best policy. If a country has no currency, it will surely perish. The more countries use our currency, the more Song Dynasty can control."
The country’s economy. On the one hand, we encourage them to use our currency of the Song Dynasty, on the other hand, we strengthen foreign trade exports and rely on merchants to plunder their country’s currency. If one goes and the other goes, our national power of the Song Dynasty will definitely be far better than other countries."
"Wei Chen seconded the proposal."
"I also second the proposal."
Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong and others also stood up.
Li Qi struck while the iron was hot: "What the Grand Master and His Highness the Prince said is really wonderful. In short, if I have the money in my hand, I have the world."
Song Huizong was so happy that he wanted to start a fight. He could just kill them with money. He said haha: "Okay! I have a good coin in my hand, and I have the world! Wow, haha! Li Qi."
"Wei Chen is here."
"Whether this move is successful or not depends on your Commerce Bureau."
"Weak ministers must live up to the divine grace."
"I believe you."
Li Qi rubbed his hands with a smile on his face, secretly happy that now it's time to reward him based on his merits.
Sure enough, Song Huizong laughed and said: "You have made extraordinary achievements during your trip to Fengxiang. You should be rewarded heavily, but before that, you have to solve this problem in advance." As he spoke, he pointed his hand toward a person in the left corner.
A finger of mahogany box.
Li Qi turned his head and looked curiously, his expression tightened. Could it be another box of memorials? Oh my God! There is still more to come.
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