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Chapter 333 The minister didn't want to sell it either

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, it is still urgent for the civil and military officials to discuss this matter, and the minister is helpless."

"It's hot in this hall, you two go out for a walk with me."

"Your Majesty."

"Yes, Father."

"I don't believe that Liu Xie Yuan, who can retreat from the Turks, will have no way to speak of it, your plan to push the grace order has made many ministers applauded, solve this matter for me, and I will be close to you as an official in the household department."

"For an official?" Liu Dashao's eyes lit up, and he became a little dying: "Your Majesty, the minister has a way that is not a way, but I am afraid that the civil and military officials will not agree." ”

"Let's talk about it first, if it's really a clever plan, I will naturally try my best to override public opinion and appease the officials."

"Your Majesty, Sun Tzu's Art of War strategy has a saying in the chapter, the upper army is scheming, the second is the war, the second is the army, and the next is the siege of the city, the minister thinks that now and the Turks must be valued for peace, accumulate troops, as long as the sea ships are completed, as soon as the taxes and silver arrive, Your Majesty can immediately form a strong new army, and when the time comes, the combination of the six guards and horses, will inevitably defeat the Turks, what Turkic court, Jin Guo are all younger brothers, the current plan, only peace is precious"

"Liu Aiqing, what is your plan?"

"Dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and develop the strength of the dragon to the greatest extent, as the saying goes, the mall is like a battlefield, and the strength of the Turks is gradually suppressed by the method of commercial warfare.

Li Zheng looked at Liu Dashao with a few thick black lines on his forehead: "Talking about people." ”

"Lord Liu, you haven't said how to solve the Turkic offense!" The prince timely reminded Liu Dashao not to go off-topic.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the Turkic natural disasters should be dealt with first with commerce, and if the commercial war is used well, its might can be defeated by 100,000 elite soldiers."

Li Zheng frowned slightly: "Go and sit in the pavilion in front of you, and tell me what is going on with your business war?" ”

Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while and sorted out his thoughts: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are many existing ways of warfare, and the sword and soldier are only one of them, and there are many other forms of war that Dalong does not possess now. But in the end, the purpose of these wars is only one, that is, the interests of the Great Dragon, the people of the Great Dragon, and the territory of the Great Dragon, the control and threat to foreign countries, all of which are premised on the protection of the interests of the Great Dragon. ”

"Lord Liu, can you say it in layman's terms, this palace is a little unclear."

"Your Highness, the fundamental reason for the so-called war is to maintain that the Great Dragon is not invaded by the Turkic Jin State at all, it is precisely because of this that the monarchs of all dynasties will launch wars, to expand, to plunder, in the face of the interests of the country, nothing can stop the pace of a striving nation, this is war."

Li Zheng frowned, Liu Dashao said these words, some of which he could understand, and some of which he couldn't: "Let's talk about the point." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, listen to the minister slowly tell you, just now the minister said that there are many forms of war, and most of the many forms of war that exist in our Dalong are based on the conscription of troops, but in the minister's opinion, if a country's military strength reserves are not very sufficient, it is best not to implement this method, which is also the reason why the minister does not recommend meeting with the Turkic soldiers, but chooses commercial warfare."

"I understand the current state of the treasury, which is why I will listen to your plan and then talk about what to do."

"Your Majesty, this war is not only a military war, but also a diplomatic, economic, cultural and other forms of war.

Looking at Li Zhengliu Mingzhi, who was listening quietly, he thought as he spoke: "If this time the Turks meet with the Turkic soldiers as in previous years, your attack on me and defense is tantamount to making it difficult for both sides to survive, and it will also give the Jin State a chance to take advantage of it, Dalong has just begun to recuperate, the treasury is difficult to support, and the rear is unstable, it is really not appropriate to use the sword and soldiers, otherwise Your Majesty's efforts over the years will be in vain, so the minister will talk about commercial wars." ”

"Prince, take a pen and paper and write down what Liu Aiqing said one by one." Li Zheng asked the crown prince to recount the conversation between the two, which had risen to the point where the monarch and the ministers played it right.

"Your Majesty, the so-called commercial war is a kind of commercial war, Your Majesty also knows that the most important thing in marching and fighting is grain and grass, and this is the reason why the three armies do not move the grain and grass first, in order to win the war, they often destroy the enemy's grain and grass These strategic materials, this is a kind of economic warfare, or buy the enemy's grain and grass, or burn their grain and grass."

"Yes, once the enemy loses food and grass, the army's spirit will be shaken, and if the army's spirit is shaken, it will often suffer defeat."

"My Dalong has a vast territory, no more than the Turks, where they are all grasslands, they can't grow crops, they all live by grazing, but many things of our Dalong are indispensable to them, they can't produce them, but they have to buy them from my Dalong through the caravan of Dalong."

"Tea, silk, wine, the surrounding countries can only buy from my dragon, Your Majesty can mobilize private caravans, or officials and businessmen go deep into the hinterland of these surrounding countries to trade caravans, there is no tea and refined salt, we sell to them, there is no silk, we can also them, in addition to strategic materials, such as swords and weapons, bows, arrows, beds, crossbows, these things cannot be sold, we can buy what they want, as long as they dare to buy, we dare to sell."

"Dalong doesn't buy these things for high profits, His Majesty the civil caravan doesn't have to ask, but a certain tax must be charged, but officials and businessmen cannot, even if it is an equivalent transaction, or a loss of some silver, they can sell it to them."

"Wouldn't the treasury be even more susceptible? What kind of solution is this, it's just nonsense. Li Zheng looked at Liu Dashao with an unhappy expression.

"Your Majesty, and after listening to the minister, my big dragon is rich in products, as long as you work hard, some things are basically not lacking, what do the Turkic tribes have, horses, cattle and sheep, they only have a large number of horses, cattle and sheep, and want to exchange for our silk and tea, yes, there is no silver to pay, then use cattle and sheep to pay off the debt, some places in the Turks can also grow a little grain, but because of geographical restrictions, the yield is very low."

"Then we will give them preferential grain higher than their output, in exchange for their cattle and horses, in relative circumstances, the Turkic people will definitely not go to farming, can only go to graze cattle and sheep in exchange for more food, the Turkic people will also compare, this is the nature of people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as long as they are better than them, they will definitely choose better."

Li Zheng nodded lightly: "That's right, in all fairness, if I were a Turk, I would definitely choose grazing in exchange for food." ”

"Your Majesty is exactly like this, you can get more benefits, everyone will seek more benefits for themselves, this is human nature, when the time comes, the horses, cattle and sheep that are exchanged for will be better managed, the sturdy ones can stay and work in the fields, and the thin and old cattle will be killed to make dry and easy-to-store beef jerky and the like, cowhide will be made into fur, the Turkic winter is very cold, they will need it more, cow tendons and the like will be made into bed crossbows and the like, cow bones will be made into ornaments, and the Turks will also like it."

"Sheep can be the same as cattle, why are the Turks so strong, it is because they have been eating meat for a long time, and the meat made can not only be sold to the steppe by caravans, but we can also sell it to the people of Dalong all over the country, Your Majesty should know how difficult it is for the people of Dalong to eat a meal of meat, so it is more than one stone, why not."

"That's a good idea, go on. Has the prince written it all? ”

"Father, I've written it all down." The crown prince Li Baiyu did not stop writing for a moment

"As for the horses, it's better, all sent into the army, the Turkic horses are much stronger than the horses inside the dragon, Your Majesty should know that they are all very strong horses, even if they are old horses and the like, the cavalry is much stronger than the infantry, it only takes a few commercial trades, the old horses may be replaced by sturdy horses, at that time, the cavalry of the dragon will be strengthened little by little, and the army of the dragon will be invincible, and there will be no opponent."

"At that time, grain, silk, and refined salt will be sold to the Turks under the caravans, and beef and mutton can also be sold to them again, but after processing and the like, it must be more expensive, and wool can be made into winter clothes for soldiers guarding the frontier to wear, and almost can be sold to people in the steppe. Let them live the same life as the great dragon in the barren land, because of the caravan, there will be no more people in the steppe, only herding. ”

"But this is still losing what is in the treasury, no matter how you think about it, it looks like it is cheap Turks." The crown prince Li Baiyu had to stop and interject a sentence.

"Losses? No, Your Highness's so-called wool comes from the sheep, Your Highness should not forget the taxes of the private caravans, and the taxes of the family caravans, these are enough to make up for the losses caused by the officials and merchants, and it is possible to make a lot of money by obtaining the treasury, and the officials and merchants are not necessarily the losing treasury, we have obtained such important mobile equipment as horses, and you must know how much silver taels your Majesty spends every year to buy horses. ”

Li Zheng seems to have a little aftertaste: "But isn't collecting a large amount of taxes to compete with the people? In this way, Xia Yushi, these officials, will impeach me for being a faint king. ”

"Your Majesty, you are wrong, this time the imperial court encourages the caravan to export a large number of materials, instead of them secretly selling a little bit of things, and if they are not careful, they will be named as a capital enemy, this time they can earn as much as they have the ability, and they can earn as much as they have the family business. Moreover, the rise of civil caravans will indirectly hit the interests of those people? ”

"The family gate valve, many caravans are controlled by them."

"Exactly, the rise of the folk caravan, the people will be grateful for His Majesty's holy act, and at the same time it has hit the arrogance of the family, killing two birds with one stone, why not?"

Li Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly: "The Liu family shouldn't watch the fire from across the shore, right?" ”

Liu Dashao smiled stupidly: "Your Majesty, whoever sells is not selling, the minister also has to take care of the life of the family, the minister is forced to go out to sell, and the minister doesn't want to go out to sell, but if the minister doesn't sell, who will give the minister silver?" ”