Chapter 696: The Role of Commerce

Even Cai Boyu could see that he was planning to move the capital, and Zhao Zhen said with a little embarrassment: "Do you say that I have a drama in moving?" He can only show this kind of inquiring attitude to Cai Boyu, he will not be like this in front of others, he must be tough, otherwise people feel that there is still room for maneuver in this matter.

Cai Boyu thought for a moment, and then asked, "Do you think the official family has to move?" ”

Only Cai Boyu dared to ask a rhetorical question in front of Zhao Zhen like this, he was actually not a submissive person, he had been with Zhao Zhen for a long time, he had already learned to think independently, and he would not desperately cater to the emperor, which was exactly what Zhao Zhen needed.

Nodding slightly, Zhao Zhen said with a straight face: "The matter of moving the capital is imperative, you should also be able to see the benefits of moving the capital to the Great Song Dynasty, and if the trouble of the grassland is not eliminated, I am uneasy!" ”

Cai Boyu nodded and said: "In this case, then the relocation of the capital must be done, even if there are people in the court who oppose it, it should be moved to Xijin Mansion, Your Majesty's thoughts and ministers know that the best way to guard the grassland is to make the grassland the racetrack of my Great Song Dynasty, so that the grassland and the Great Song Dynasty are connected together, and become something within the reach of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, it seems that Cai Boyu has also found the most fundamental way to solve the problem of the grassland, moving the capital to guard is the best policy, since ancient times, the grassland has been the main problem of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the dynasties in history are also fighting against the grassland, but Zhao Zhen knows that only the grassland of the two dynasties is small and small, even if there is a commotion, it will be quickly eliminated in the bud.

One is the Ming Dynasty, the other is the Qing Dynasty, and the only place that these two dynasties have the same is the capital of Beijing, the easiest way to treat the grassland people is to guard the country by the Son of Heaven, which is what the king of a country should do, put the king of a country at the gateway of the territory, the enemy invasion will make the king's safety threatened at the first time, and the country will naturally struggle to resist the enemy and the country.

It can be said that according to the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty today, it only needs a few years of rest to fully support Zhao Zhen to carry out two large-scale expeditions.

Zhao Zhen will not let the pace of the Great Song Dynasty expedition stop, because of the special cultural concept, because of the high heart, because of all kinds of fetters, the pace of the Han Dynasty's conquest is basically inversely proportional to the reign time, the longer the rule, the stiffer the pace of the expedition, not to mention that it will even retreat, giving up a large area of so-called "unwanted" land!

This is a beautiful era, in this era, no one, no country, dare to restrict the rights of an empire, unless he wants to fight against this empire, Zhao Zhen can let the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty stand in any place and declare that this is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the territory is not as big as possible, too far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains to make the Great Song Dynasty whip out of reach, as early as when he was still the prince did a little imagination, to go boating in the Erhai Lake, to fish on Lake Baikal, to gallop in the steppe, and now there is another one, to soak in the hot springs in Mount Fuji!

In this era, if you don't do it to fight for more land for the Great Song Dynasty, do you want to let the king of Shoucheng do it? That's even more impossible! The expansion of territory can only happen during the rise of an empire, after which the successor will have no ambition and no understanding of the purpose.

Anyway, Zhao Zhen felt that his thoughts would not be understood by future generations.

The Wa State is the place where Zhao Zhen has long planned to do it, and has been actively preparing for this, and the Wa State has the most scarce resources in the Great Song Dynasty - silver and gold.

China's territory is so large, but the reserves of silver and gold are not as much as a small Wa State, and the position of the Wa State is very unique, surrounded by the sea, it can be defended, and it can even become a springboard for the Great Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Dynasty and Goryeo.

In this era, the navigation technology of the Great Song Dynasty can be said to be the world's leading, through large-scale sales to European dynasties, the navigation technology of the Great Song Dynasty has made a qualitative leap, not only the appearance of the spinnaker, but also the emergence of watertight compartments!

And the big guy of artillery has also begun to gradually miniaturize, and it can be fully used on the ships of the Great Song Dynasty. That's why Zhao Zhen is very confident in his own navy, and sometimes the Great Song Dynasty navy is not necessarily needed to occupy the island country, and even mercenaries can be used......

Cai Boyu was silent on the side when he saw Zhao Zhen's thoughts drifting away, the entire Yanyun has returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and the official family has completed the long-cherished wish of Taizu, which can be described as the unification of the country, but the pace of the official conquest will not stop, and now Cai Boyu has long been different from what it used to be, as Cai Ji is getting bigger and bigger, Cai Boyu found that merchants and land are inseparable, whenever the land of the Great Song Dynasty expands, merchants will also expand, correspondingly, the tax revenue of the treasury will rise with the tide.

The official family developed the land of Jinghu Lake, brought vast farmland to the Great Song Dynasty, and the grain produced in the land of Lingnan can supply the entire Great Song Dynasty, even Cai Boyu did not expect that the land of Lingnan was so easy to grow rice, and the South China Sea countries conquered by the Great Song Dynasty needless to say, just sprinkle a handful of rice seeds, you can take root and sprout in the ground by yourself, no wonder those islanders are so lazy, lazy to eat all day long, and were defeated by the Great Song Dynasty army with a blow.

Such land in the hands of the people of the Great Song Dynasty must be able to produce grain exponentially, and the Great Song Dynasty has begun to immigrate there, and it does not need too much population to occupy the entire South China Sea countries, just extract from the coastal people.

The fruit there can even be dried and shipped to the city of Tokyo for sale, but the price is not cheap, and I heard that the merchants who went there made a fortune. Cai Ji's semicolon there earns a lot of money every year, and although the people of the Great Song Dynasty work hard, they will also enjoy it, and the expenses are naturally not low.

The two of them came back to their senses, Zhao Zhen pointed to Datong Mansion and said: "I have taken Datong Mansion, you will be responsible for making this place as prosperous as the Great Song Dynasty, Datong Mansion has a special geographical location, north of the Liao Dynasty, west of the party, can be described as a place of communication in the northwest, there will be no longer a few merchants coming and going, we must turn this place into an important town, but also turn this place into a prosperous place of commerce and trade!" ”

Cai Boyu nodded, it seems that it has always been like this, the official family takes a piece of land, and they will develop a piece of land by themselves, and the prosperity of commerce and trade will bring a series of benefits to Datong Mansion, the road will become better and better, extending in all directions, and it will be easier to replenish the garrison and materials.

Cai Boyu recalled that the official family seems to have always used this method to make all the places that have been conquered can be quickly stabilized, after all, compared to resistance and bloodshed, the people prefer a stable life, after the official family took the Xijin Mansion, except for the Liao nobles, no one else resisted, this is still the case in the land that has been operated by the Liao people for a long time, let alone other places?