The Son of Heaven smiled and put the matter aside.

Then he played with the wall glass offered by Zhang Yue with peace of mind.

No one doesn't like babes.

Especially valuable babes.

Playing with this thing, let this majesty be in a good mood.

"That Pop Country is really rich!" The Son of Heaven sighed: "It's too far away from Han......"

If it was closer, even if it was just across the green mountains, he would instigate the Wusun people to go over to fight the autumn wind.

Just like a few years ago, this majesty instigated the Wusun people to bully Kangju once.

Zhang Yue listened, and was worried that he couldn't find a topic to intervene in this matter, so he hurriedly said: "What did Your Majesty say......

"I heard that the Han family buys a large number of poppy specialties from outside the Saiwai every year, including wall glaze, fire cloth, beads, poppy cloth and other things, of which half of Thailand is produced from poppy cloth, for this reason, the Han family business travel, every year to exchange a large number of silk, tea and other commodities with poppy ......"

"In the archives of the Chancellor Lantai, it is found that in recent years, the trade between the Popbins has increased greatly, and if only the trade between the Popbins and the Han is counted, then the Han has a net outflow of gold to the Popbins every year......"

At present, the trade of the Silk Road, the Han dynasty occupies an absolute advantage and initiative.

Because, the Han can do without the specialties and treasures of the Western Regions, but the distant country cannot do without the silk, tea and rhubarb of the Han!

Especially tea and rhubarb, in this current earth, only the Han family has them!

This is the only one with no other branches!

Monopoly is equivalent to having 100% of the right to speak.

Especially for other kingdoms that are dominated by meat and dairy products, without China's rhubarb and tea, their quality of life will be reduced by several levels, and maybe it will make many big people miserable.

As for silk, the most important trade commodity on the Silk Road, it was the core of the entire trade route.

A piece of silk, from the Yumen Gate, arrived in the Western Regions, the price can be doubled.

If you cross the Green Ridge, the price can be doubled.

Crossing the water and entering the Great Xia, it can be doubled again.

If you cross the Eurasian continent and enter Rome, its price is already dozens or even hundreds of times that of its origin.

The Romans have now gone mad for silk.

But few people pay attention to this, let alone strategize against it.

Fortunately, as a traverser, Zhang Yue knows very well how much benefit he can bring by mastering the dominance of trade.

A good foreign trade policy can reap huge wealth far beyond the past.

But when the Son of Heaven listened, he didn't care much.

The Han dynasty benefited greatly from the Silk Road.

Every year, through the trade of the Silk Road, a large amount of gold was obtained from outside the territory.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to the issue of trade between Popbin and Han.

Even in the minds of many ministers, this question is not a big deal.

My Han family is in the country, the land is vast, and the country of Yidi has some benefits, and there is nothing.

As soon as Zhang Yue saw this situation, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Pop Bin Kingdom relies on trade with the Han to make money every day, but the Han has almost nothing, and even if he gets it, it is just some useless things......

"Like wall glass, fire cloth, and pearl things, they are of no use to the country and the people, they are just a waste of wealth!"

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven finally reacted and asked, "Does Qing want to ban trade in the Western Regions?" ”

Over the years, there have been voices in the court that want to ban trade with the Western Regions.

Although the voice is not loud, it has always been heard, especially those scholars and doctors, who always want to use their naivety on the state.

"No!" Zhang Yue hurriedly cleared up the relationship, the Silk Road was opened up by the lives and blood of the Han army, and it was maintained by the Han family with countless manpower and material resources, even if it was not a traverser, Zhang Yue should understand that encountering this problem is equivalent to self-isolation from the world.

"The minister just wants to ask Your Majesty to set up officials in Yumen Pass and other Hansai to ......tax all goods and merchants who enter China from the Western Regions," Zhang Yue said, "Especially for the wall glass, beads, fire cloth and other things purchased from Zongbin, heavy taxes will be levied!" ”

"Such things are not beneficial to the country or the people, and what China gets is only used for luxury and comparison, and there is no need for heavy taxes, which is not enough to prevent it from wreaking!"

And that's true!

Huohuan cloth is just asbestos, which is not only toxic, harmful to health, but also expensive!

However, many scholars and nobles have big dogs, and they are eager to buy them.

A piece of fire cloth with a length of two feet and a width of two feet will cost tens or even hundreds of gold, which is enough to support a cavalry of 200 people.

As for the pearl, it is just jade, and the so-called wall glass is just opal.

These things, a large influx into the Han Dynasty, led to a significant reduction in the profits of the Han Dynasty on the Silk Road.

It's hard to accept.

If it is a popper, it is just a pro-Han person, and the right to invest in raising a younger brother may be used in the future.

The key is......

Far from being pro-Han, the Popin are the largest anti-Han kingdom in the Indian subcontinent!

For decades, if not centuries, the country has been preaching the Han threat in the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere, and has tried to shape hatred of the Han family among people everywhere.

In history, this country has killed Han envoys many times, and even Emperor Yuan and Emperor Cheng can't stand it.

An order was issued to prohibit the Popbins from entering the areas controlled by the Han Dynasty, and to prohibit all trade with the Popbins.

Even now, there are often Han businessmen who collude with Kangju and Yueshi to be intercepted and killed in Central Asia.

The purpose of the Zobin people was obviously, to monopolize the transit trade along the Silk Road.

In particular, to monopolize, trade in the direction of the Indian subcontinent.

In order to achieve this goal, they did everything possible to join forces with Kangju, and even formed an anti-Han axis in Central Asia-the Indian subcontinent for a time.

And Zhang Yue's attitude towards Zhengbin and Kangju is naturally obvious.

If it weren't for the fact that the Han army was out of reach now, he would definitely ask for battle at this moment and wipe them off the face of the earth!

To be reasonable, Zhang Yue actually can't figure out the brain circuits of the Zobin people.

To be reasonable, in the current trade relations between the Han and the Popbins, the Popkins are completely dependent on and need the Han family.

They needed to import silk, tea, rhubarb, peppercorns, and other spices from the Han dynasty and sell them to wealthy nobles and merchants at home, as well as other kingdoms in the Indian subcontinent.

They also sold a large number of beads, wall glaze, fire cloth, and poppy cloth to the Han family every year.

In trade, the Poppy people are in surplus and on a large scale.

But such a kingdom, which had benefited particularly much from trade with Han, was the most extreme anti-Han force.

They are even more extreme than Kangju!

Although the Kangju people were also anti-Han, they did not dare to offend the Han envoys.

Only the Zobin people launched anti-Han waves again and again, murdering and imprisoning Han envoys and businessmen again and again.

They were far away from the Han family, and the Han army couldn't help them, and they became more and more arrogant.

It is true that now the Han family will be in a meeting for a while, and they can't take care of the distant guests.

But, if you want to take care of the poppers, what else can you do?

Not to mention, the trade stick is a very effective means.

The Son of Heaven listened, but he was very interested.

He is interested in anything that can make money.

There's just one question – will anyone oppose it?

Especially the army of the border stoppers, will they be disgusted?

After all, the border soldiers were very close to the border trade merchants, and some caravans were actually the white gloves of a certain Han general!

So, the Son of Heaven said: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the people of the world will criticize it......"

He just set up a salt and iron official camp, and he lost evenly, and he was already in a uproar.

If you levy a commercial tax on the border again, you can't make a fuss?

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister thinks that the world will only support ...... in this matter" Zhang Yue raised his head and grinned: "First, the minister's suggestion is that only the goods stuffed into the customs from the border will be taxed......"

That's for sure, who would have raised taxes on exports since ancient times?

It's too late for tax rebates and subsidies!

Zhang Yue would not be stupid enough to do such a thing.

"Second, the tax rate is different for different types of goods......

"Commodities such as brown cloth and grain, crops, etc., instead of recommending a tax increase, the minister suggested that a certain subsidy be given to encourage merchants to import!"

The so-called brown cloth is a kind of woolen fabric popular in the Western Regions and Mobei, which is very thick and is the main source of warm cloth for the soldiers and civilians of the Han family.

What's more, the main exporter of brown cloth is now Wusun, an ally of the Han family.

Encouraging and expanding the import of brown cloth is actually a blood transfusion for Wusun, so that the Wusun people will be more dependent on and close to the Han family.

As for the grain?

Now, the effect of the Han family in Juyan and other places has not yet been brought into play.

Every year, it is necessary to deliver large quantities of military rations from the rear, which is very costly.

If you can import it from the Western Regions nearby, even if the price is higher, the Han family can accept it.

Not to mention that in fact, you only need to use silk, tea, and rhubarb to exchange for a large amount of grain.

The only problem was that the trade of commodities such as grain was very likely to attract Xiongnu interference, so the Han army might need to escort them.

And once this happens, war will inevitably break out between Han and Hungary.

A food war!

However, this is exactly what the Han family needs.

The Han-Hungarian War has been fought until now, and the reason why it has been a stalemate is that the Han army has not been able to catch the main force of the Xiongnu every time.

Even if it is caught, it is far from the supply line in the rear, and the battle is very difficult.

If the battlefield could be predetermined so that the Huns had to fight in a place where the Han army was well prepared, then this would be the best news.

This is also the reason why Li Guangli desperately wants to launch the Cheshi Campaign - to fight in a place that is beneficial to himself rather than the opposite, and the combat power of the Han army is very high!

When the Son of Heaven listened, his eyes lit up.

He didn't think too much about it, he just felt that introducing grain from the Western Regions was really a good way out!

I listened to Zhang Yue continue: "Third, the treasury can also obtain a lot of income through this......

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he finally couldn't help but get up, looked at Zhang Yue, and asked, "What does Qing mean to let this tax go into the treasury?" ”

Zhang Yue bowed his head and said: "The minister is ignorant, I think it has to be like this!" ”

If you want the bureaucracy to agree, you have to give them a taste of sweetness, and they must be driven by profits.