The Jurchens destroyed the Liao State in just ten years, and two years later broke through Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and captured the two emperors of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, which can be described as a great shame that the Han people have never had.

Cui Wenqing took precautions, so he asked Chen Hong to beware of these northern alien races.

Chen Hong pondered silently for a while, and said solemnly: "I have never heard of Xiao Cui Aiqing's words, and I will think about it carefully after I go down, and I am trying to countermeasure it, but for the current Great Qi, the main opponents in Northern Xinjiang are still in the Liao State and the Xia State, I don't know what unique insights Xiao Cui Aiqing has?" ”

In fact, as Cui Wenqing, it is absolutely impossible for Chen Hong to ask about such an important military matter.

But firstly, because many of Cui Wenqing's ideas were really good, and secondly, because he had such a deep understanding of the Jurchens just now, Chen Hong couldn't help but ask.

Cui Wenqing pondered for a while, and then spoke eloquently: "The official, in fact, in the view of the ministers, the contradictions between the Liao State and the Western Xia are completely impossible to reconcile, and it is impossible for the three kingdoms to coexist peacefully for a long time. Therefore, Weichen thinks that it is absolutely impossible for agricultural civilization to coexist harmoniously with the grassland civilization, so the warriors of the grassland people have a thought in their minds when they are very young, that is, to rob the wealth of the south, to rob the grain of the south, and to rob the women of the south. ”

Chen Hong's expression was solemn, and he bowed slightly: "Please also ask Xiao Cui Qing's family to continue." ”

Cui Wenqing has completely returned to normal at this time, even in the face of the supreme ruler of Daqi, there is no feeling of stage fright at all, and his thinking is becoming more and more fluent: "From a practical point of view, the Liao State rose in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, taking advantage of the chaos in the world to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, since then the northern territory of Daqi is almost gone, as long as the Yellow River freezes in winter, Hu Ma can easily cross the Yellow River and invade the hinterland of our Central Plains, because of this, our dynasty has to set up a large number of folding mansions around Luoyang City to resist the invasion of the Liao, In the past, Emperor Taizong was far-sighted and understood that only by recapturing the sixteen states of Yanyun could he ensure the stability of the hinterland of the Central Plains, so he did his best to fight a decisive battle with the Liao State, but unfortunately the Lianghe was defeated and the sixteen states of Yanyun were also held tighter by the Liao, and as long as the two dynasties mastered the sixteen characters of Yanyun, who would be more able to grasp the initiative, I believe that the official family also understands this truth, so the contradiction between us and the Liao State, the most important thing is in the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

"Let's talk about the Western Xia, the Li family of the Western Xia Dynasty was the envoy of the Tang Dynasty in the past, and it was also the last year of the Tang Dynasty to take advantage of the chaos to dominate Xiazhou, and after the establishment of the Great Qi State, Li Yuanhao vowed not to return to obedience, and resisted the Great Qi for many years with a lone army, and then took advantage of the defeat of the Great Qi Liang River when the Northwest War was flawless, and rose in Xingqing Mansion to establish the Xia State, and the place where the Xia State is located is also the homeland of the Tang Dynasty, which is part of the land of the Central Plains, so for the Xia Kingdom, I believe that the imperial court also wants to get rid of it quickly."

"Then the little Cui Qing family thinks that our dynasty should defend against the Liao State, Western Xia?"

"Official, the prosperity of the Western Xia of the Liao State, the key lies in the prosperity of the armor, as far as the Liao State is concerned, almost every adult man is a qualified cavalry, these Hu cavalry huss fast knives, come like the wind, go like electricity, it is really difficult to deal with, the two Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty to deal with the Hu cavalry method, it is also difficult to leave the idea of riding to ride, but as far as the current Great Qi is concerned, the land of horse breeding in Longxi is in the hands of the Tubo people, and the land of horse breeding in Hetao has been occupied by the Western Xia for a long time, so it is extremely difficult to establish a cavalry in the real sense, Therefore, it is even more difficult to fight against the Western Xia Liao Kingdom, which is good at horses. ”

Hearing this, Chen Hong sighed lightly: "Yes, judging from the armor, our dynasty is indeed inferior to the northern country. ”

Cui Wenqing smiled and said: "Actually, the official family doesn't have to worry about this, my military armor is indeed unsatisfactory, but if you talk about the economy, you can beat the Liao people and Xia people a few streets." ”

"What is a few streets?" Chen Hongda was puzzled.

Cui Wenqing couldn't change the habit of unconsciously popping up modern words when talking about the hearty place, smiled awkwardly, and said: "This meaning can be understood as a lot more than the other party." ”

Chen Hong understood, waved his hand and smiled, "Go on." ”

"Yes, official!" Cui Wenqing cleared his throat and continued, "The biggest advantage of our dynasty lies in the prosperity of wealth, to put it mildly, some time ago I issued military bonds on Hedong Road, and I thought I couldn't borrow much silver, but I didn't expect that just one Hedong Road, the silver lent to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Zhenwu Army and the Hedong Road Jingluo Mansion was as high as 10 million taels of silver, what is the concept of 10 million taels?" I heard from the Western Xia merchants in Fuzhou that the annual tax of the Western Xia was less than three million taels, and this was because the Western Xia was rich in green salt, and the taxes after selling a large amount of green salt to our dynasty and the Liao State. As for the Liao State, I believe that the tax revenue is less than 10 million taels, so to speak, the tax revenue of my Chaoguang is ten times that of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. ”

"However, what surprised me was that the Great Qi Imperial Court did not have much money, and a disaster relief in Jiangnan Province had already made the imperial court's finances unable to make ends meet, where did the Great Qi money go? It is very gratifying to say that it is all in the hands of the common people, but it is also a pity to say that the imperial court is very poor, so poor that it does not even have the money to support disaster relief and disaster relief. ”

After hearing such words, Chen Hong's face was slightly hot.

Cui Wenqing's words can be said to be the biggest embarrassment of the Great Qi court, that is, the lack of money, if it weren't for Cui Wenqing's whimsical idea not long ago to come up with a welfare lottery, plus the people who moved Jiangnan Province to Fuzhou, maybe Jiangnan Province, which is an important source of taxes for the imperial court, has all collapsed.

And for the sake of money, Han Qi, who is the prime minister, often fights with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government in the palace, and he is like a scoundrel, saying those nonsense words that he wants money and wants his life.

It can be said that the Great Qi court has been poor for a long time.

Thinking of this, Chen Hong couldn't help but feel a little hopeful for this sharp-eyed and talented young student, and asked Zhengrong: "Then I don't know what good strategy Xiao Cui Aiqing has for improving financial revenue?" ”

Cui Wenqing was also unambiguous, and bluntly stretched out three fingers and said: "Qiqi official, there are three methods, which can be upper, middle and lower." ”

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

(End of chapter)