On the one hand, Zhang Xiaowu certainly likes crayfish, but on the other hand, he also represents the position of the Holy Han Empire, and they are willing to accept gifts from Fanbang and are willing to be friendly with their neighbors. Soon, the news of the central order's overture to the envoys of Fusang spread to the ears of the envoys of various alien races in Longdu City, and they immediately received this signal that the Central Plains Dynasty was embracing all rivers, was making good neighbors, and was winning the respect of the world with its mind, rather than narrow force and deterrence.

Previously, the alien races submitted to the Holy Han Empire and were afraid of the Holy Han Empire, not because they were willing, but because the Holy Han Empire had always used force to deter its neighbors, exterminating the country and slaughtering the tribes at every turn, posing a great threat to the surrounding neighbors, and making the neighbors always fall into panic. And the empire is in today's difficult state, precisely because the emperors of the Holy Han never compromise with the outside world, although they were praised as "proud bones" by the Chinese military of the dynasty, but they made the empire increasingly difficult.

In fact, the reason why the successive emperors of the Holy Han Dynasty have never had the mind to accept the world is that on the one hand, they have been educated by the Celestial Empire since they were children, thinking that they do not need to show weakness to the Inuyi, on the other hand, the imperial family of the Holy Han will face a struggle after birth, each emperor has its own characteristics, but the emperors of the Xuanyuan family have a common character, that is, conceit, especially in the face of neighboring countries are tough and conceited.

The emperor and the ministers influenced each other, and the emperor was high in the face of Fanbang, and the ministers were naturally arrogant. Although the Imperial Court had a court, the most important thing it did was to receive worship and congratulatory gifts from various countries, rather than as a diplomatic institution. The Holy Han Empire can be said to have basically no diplomatic strategy, and at the same time, they are conceited that the attitude of the surrounding countries towards the Holy Han is "heartfelt" submission, but they do not know that all the neighboring countries have hidden hatred in their hearts.

As a traverser, Zhang Xiaowu has no discrimination against neighboring countries in his heart, and he has no conceit and pride in his heart, he believes that a country needs to have diplomacy, and it needs to know how to cooperate and indulge, and blindly being tough on the outside world will definitely empty his belongings. Not to mention the Ming Empire before the crossing, it was too far away, and the big brother of the Soviet Union collapsed because of conceit, and the American empire also declined in conceit and pride.

The decline of the Shenghan Empire did not begin with Emperor Taiqian, but the grandfather of Emperor Taiqian's grandfather, that is, Emperor Shengxiao, but because of the crazy plundering of the surrounding neighboring countries by the previous emperors, coupled with the unique geographical advantages of the Shenghan Empire, this made the Shenghan Empire still look extremely powerful.

By the time of Emperor Dade, the imperial court needed to borrow silver every year to survive, and the land area of the country was reduced to half of the founding of the country.

Zhang Xiaowu and even the state must do something, and the scholars must be contained, what he adopted is to stimulate trade, so that the scholars can focus on the field of trade and commerce, and not compete with the people for profits and grab the people's land. For this reason, on the fifth day of his tenure as the central commander, Zhang Xiaowu encouraged merchants to trade and encouraged merchants to trade overseas.

Through foreign trade, the Shenghan Empire not only introduced a large number of foreign goods, but also obtained a large amount of gold and silver wealth due to the trade surplus, and talents from many Fanbang countries also poured into Shenghan. There were craftsmen, scholars, painters, musicians, dancers, and aristocrats, who were attracted by the splendor of the Shenghan Empire, and many preferred to stay as foreign travelers rather than return to their home countries to be respected. In their opinion, their good life far exceeds the needs of the country, and these people naturally get Zhang Xiaowu's support, but not respect, after all, a person who does not love his country only has use value.

The third year of Dade was the first year that the Shenghan Empire opened its borders to support trade with its neighbors, and in this year alone, the foreign trade tax collected by the household department reached 800,000 taels, and the domestic commercial tax reached 3 million taels, which was not only more than the national treasury revenue when the agricultural tax was collected last year, but also had a lot of surplus.

"There are still two months to go until the end of the year." Shichong, the head of the household, said excitedly, "Lord Linggong, I never expected that after one year of exemption from agricultural taxes, the treasury of the household department would increase. It's just that last year, His Majesty also exempted the agricultural tax in the north, so why do you have to borrow money to get by? ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I think it's probably because you are all afraid of businessmen, and you are afraid that the energy of businessmen will exceed the energy of officials, which will make many people restless." ”

Shi Chong said: "Ling Gong, the household department speculates that by the end of the year, foreign trade can reach one million taels, what is the use of this million taels of silver?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "As the reserve of the central bank, Lord Shangshu, is there an eyebrow for the issuance of banknotes?" ”

Shi Chong said: "Now the Ministry of Industry is still developing currency paper, they have tried hundreds of papers, and tried hundreds of anti-counterfeiting methods, but still can't meet your requirements." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Don't be in a hurry, I plan to launch paper money after three years, only issue one penny, five pennies and ten cents, first use paper money instead of copper money, and then launch paper money instead of silver two ten years later." ”

Shi Chong smiled bitterly: "Ten years later, I have deliberately returned to my hometown. ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "That's impossible, as long as I am the central order, you will always be the head of the household." ”

Shi Chong nodded, and asked how this year's salary and bonus will be distributed, Zhang Xiaowu said that since he is rich at the end of this year, in December and next year, January and February, these three months, all officials will be paid. Shi Chong counted the money, nodded and said that he could support it, and the Jiangnan Battle was getting closer and closer to the end, so there was no need to invest too much. It's just that after Jiangnan is subdued, how to restore the people's livelihood and economy in the three states of Jiangnan will also be a difficult problem next year.

"Draw up next year's budget as soon as possible." Zhang Xiaowu commanded.

"Whoa."

After Shi Chong left, Zhang Xiaowu was the only one left in the Central Mansion, he was lying on the couch, the floor was very hot, and the surroundings were very warm. Since Zhang Xiaowu introduced floor heating from Saibei to Longdu, many large households have adopted this heating method, and the central government has naturally adopted floor heating, everyone working in such a warm place, will not help but want to sleep for a while. So Zhang Xiaowu asked people to move some seats to provide everyone with a rest at noon - the combination of work and rest is efficient.

"One catty, you say, what are the shortcomings of my central order to catch ducks on the shelves?" Zhang Xiaowu greeted Wang Yijin and asked.

Wang Yijin smiled shyly and said, "The disadvantage is that you have too little rest, my lord, and the imperial doctor has said that you should rest, you should rest, instead of working all the time." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I always rested some time ago, and I also paid a private visit, did you forget?" ”

Wang Yijin shook his head and said: "The rest that the imperial doctor said is to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and you don't want to do anything, that is the real rest." ”

Zhang Xiaowu pouted and said: "That's a vegetative person, okay, I can't ask you why." ”

Wang Yijin smiled and said, "I'll go to the door to guard, you can take a good rest and take a nap with peace of mind." ”