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"Ji Qing," Zhao Ji asked, "what do you think of the Jurchens' proposal?" ”

"Your Majesty," Ji Yi replied, "I think that you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to defend people." For the Zhou State, the imperial court should not have the idea of plotting to attack, nor should it be negligent in taking precautions. Therefore, it is not feasible to join forces with the Jin State to encircle the Zhou State, but it is necessary to build a fortress in Hebei to prevent the Zhou State from entering the country.

As for the supply of artillery to the Kingdom of Jin...... The Jin State was not an enemy of the imperial court, but a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty. Now the imperial court does not prohibit the export of artillery to the Liang Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom, the Jiaozhi Kingdom, the Donghai Kingdom and the Zhou Kingdom, and the artillery of the Zhou State is better than that of the Song State, so it will not be purchased, why should it be banned from exporting artillery to the Jin State? As long as the price is right, why can't it be sold? Now the imperial court has given the Jin State 1 million yuan a year, just so that they can use this money to buy artillery and gunpowder. ”

"Jin Guo has our cannon, will he turn the muzzle of the cannon to deal with us?" Uncle Zhang, who was in the Privy Council on the side, frowned and said.

Ji Yi said: "As long as the new army can be successfully organized and trained, what else is there to be afraid of in the Jin Kingdom?" If the war in the future really depends on artillery bombardment, what else can those herdsmen in the steppes and hunters in the mountains and forests rely on? The workshops in Xuzhou and Haizhou could cast 500 cannons a year and refine 100,000 catties of gunpowder. Jin Guo can't even imitate the Xiliang small cannon tiger squat cannon well, let alone the cannon. ”

Of course, the handicraft industry of the Jin Kingdom is backward, especially the bronze casting is a blank. The Liao State has a certain foundation, but the craftsmen of the Liao State either fell into the hands of Yelu Dashi, or were taken to Daning Mansion by Xiao Sese, and basically did not fall into the hands of the Jin State. So you can't cast a cannon at all, even if you barely cast a cannon shape, it will blow up at one point, killing a lot of brave gold soldiers!

As for black powder, it is simply magic for the current Jurchens......

Therefore, once the war enters the gunpowder age filled with gunpowder smoke and the roar of cannons, the era of the heroes of the steppe will come to an end. Unless they can occupy the territory of the agrarian people who can produce gunpowder in the "threshold age" of artillery.

But because of Wu Haogu, the "threshold era" of artillery has been greatly shortened!

Only a dozen years after the invention of artillery, bronze field cannons with extremely high practical value have been cast, and professional artillery has also been developed.

Moreover, not only did the Great Zhou have the technology of casting cannons, but the Haizhou Iron Smelting Institute of the Great Song Dynasty also cast field cannons that could be practical, and now it is a competition between the two Han regimes in the embryonic stage of capitalism!

All kinds of improvements, all kinds of plagiarism, all kinds of experiments, are all being carried out while you are chasing me, and no one dares to slack off in the slightest.

Even the "ultimate scaled-down modification" arquebus of artillery! All of them have been developed by the masters of both sides. It's just that the performance of the first generation of arquebuses is too poor and easy to explode, so it can't replace the bow and crossbow for the time being.

But as long as you continue to invest, a breakthrough is only a matter of time......

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"So...... Where did the cost of building a fortress in Hebei come from? Zhao Ji's topic turned to finance again.

During this time, he spent money like water!

Princess Gyeongdeok's dowry alone cost more than 2 million!

The marriage of the Donghai Feudal Kingdom and the later Donghai County King to marry Wu Meiniang had to continue to be expensed...... If you add two things together, why do you have to spend more than 4 million yuan, right?

In addition, the establishment of the Sin Chew feudal state in Nanyang has also been put on the agenda.

Because the Senate of the Zhou State has voted to pass the Concession Chamber of Commerce Act, now the head of the Great Zhou Republic can hand over a certain piece of offshore territory to the Concessionaire Chamber of Commerce for full development and operation after the approval of the Senate......

This also means that the Great Zhou Republic will soon start its feudal plans on the islands of Golden State and Java.

Da Song naturally has to follow up!

If you want to follow up, the Great Song Dynasty will have to pay for it!

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty is a family in the world, and it cannot hand over everything to the Concession Chamber of Commerce like the Zhou State, and must be crowned king. That's another big expense...... Is it okay to send a prince all the way to the South Seas and give more rewards?

A feudal monarch is not too much to give a few million!

Of course, the biggest expense is the 325th battalion of new troops!

The Privy Council has drawn up a plan for the reorganization of the Forces nouvelles. In addition to the 320 battalion plan proposed by Ji Yi earlier, artillery was also added. Each battalion had a small artillery corps, 4 field guns and a strength of 100 men, as well as a large number of wagons and tools. In addition, five additional artillery battalions were added, all equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery. Therefore, the new army plan of the 320 battalion has become the 325 battalion, and the military expenditure required has increased a lot compared with the original plan.

Thinking of these 325 gold-swallowing beasts, Zhao Ji couldn't help but miss the good days of "Fengheng Yuda" in the past...... Now that he can't spend money happily, he must tighten his belt to run a new policy and a new army, and this emperor is getting more and more tasteless!

"Your Majesty, please see." Ji Yi handed a string of "Great Zhou Tongbao" to a small yellow door, who handed it to Zhao Ji.

"This is ......" Zhao Ji looked at the copper coin, "Da Zhou Tongbao?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a copper coin minted by the Great Zhou Bank of the Zhou Kingdom." Ji recalled, "It's half lead and half copper. ”

"Oh, I remember." Zhao Ji nodded, "The newspapers are saying that this kind of money is not good, saying that our copper coins in the Great Song Dynasty are easy to use." Ji Qing, you don't want to cast bad money and loot people's wealth, right? ”

"Your Majesty," Ji Yi hurriedly shook his head and said, "The minister didn't want to mint bad coins. The minister only wanted to concentrate the power of coinage and open the Great Song Bank. Only by centralizing the power to mint and issue banknotes could the imperial court raise funds through the issuance of bonds. With money, it is not a problem to run a new army, build a fortress, or build a feudal state.

If the imperial court always hesitates and procrastinates, once the bad money of the Zhou State passes through the world, our copper-standard bank bills will not be issued. At that time, all that was common in the Great Song Dynasty was the bad money of the Zhou State or the bank bills linked to one or two silver of the Zhou State...... The finances of the imperial court are about to be controlled by the Zhou State! ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately felt a chill in his back.

If the money bag of the Great Song Dynasty is mastered by the Zhou State, then the world will be lost!

"Ji Qing, the Great Song Bank must be established, and the right to mint money must also be handed over to the Great Zhou Bank. Just ......"

It's just that the financial power in the palace can't be reduced!

Of course, Ji Yi understands Zhao Ji's thoughts, the family and the country are all over the world!

"Your Majesty, the Great Song Bank can set up a double promotion, one person in the political hall and one person in the palace." Ji Yi took a step forward, "The supervisor of the supervisory committee is also nominated by the government hall and the palace, and the other third is nominated by the major commercial banks. ”

"Do you want to deposit the money in the palace in the stake vault into the Great Song Bank?" Zhao Ji asked again.

Deposit?

Ji Yi thought to himself: If the money from the pile vault is "deposited" in Da Song Bank, instead of being "invested" in Da Song Bank as share capital, then Da Song Bank will not be an empty shelf?

"Deposit, of course." Ji Yi still gave a satisfactory answer to Zhao Ji.

"So...... How should the matter of equalizing the land be implemented? Zhao Ji suddenly changed the topic.

Ji Yi's reform has three banners, one is to train the new army; the second is to build a feudal state; The third is to suppress mergers and acquisitions, and all fields!

Among them, there is no objection to the training of the new army and the establishment of a feudal state in the general direction, but there are many disputes about annexation and equalization of land.

"This matter ......" Ji Yi paused, "When it is properly implemented, it must not provoke the people to change their grievances." However, we can't help but do it, after all, the land in the world is limited, and the people are multiplying day by day, there are more people and less land, and the land is becoming more and more concentrated, which is a hidden danger after all. Now the silk and cloth in the southeast and Tianjin are sold all over the world, making the women's weaving unprofitable, and the small people in the world all rely on the land for their livelihood. So the imperial court must suppress the annexation! Even if there's no good way to do it, it's better to do a little than nothing! Although He Li, Chen Dong and others acted carefully and were hated by the powerful, the imperial court really needed them, so please treat them with kindness to Your Majesty. ”

"I see!" Zhao Ji sighed and said to the Zhongshu who was standing in Chongzheng's shop, "Zhongshu is going to recruit!" The two governments were allowed to meet to open the Great Song Bank, and grant the right to mint money and issue bank bills! The copper coins, silver, and gold hidden in the pile sealing warehouse were deposited in the Da Song Bank......"

……

The most critical step of the Politics and New Deal has finally been taken!

With the Great Song Bank, it was possible to issue bank bills based on copper coins, and with bank bills, the imperial court was able to issue bonds to raise funds to start the new policy.

Otherwise, the annual interest rate of more than 20 will make the Great Song Finance bankrupt soon...... Borrow 100 million, and the interest is 20 million a year! What else is the New Deal?

And with the injection of liquidity with bank bills, the deflation that Da Song encounters now will soon pass.

Investment and trade will prosper again, and the southeastern commercial markets and silk states will soon come out of recession and usher in an era of rapid development.

And all kinds of new-style talents will also benefit from this round of new policies and rapid economic development, and temporarily put aside the abolition of the imperial examination and the revolution.

However, the society of the Great Song Dynasty will not become more stable and harmonious because of the "political and new deal", but will become more turbulent because of the acceleration of the new deal.

Because the interest groups that tore the Great Song still exist, and they will become stronger in the process of implementing the New Deal!

At the same time, only the more than 10 states on the southeast coast were able to benefit from the New Deal, and the remaining 300 states still could not escape the fate of economic colonies.

Although the most fundamental land issue was included in the New Deal plan, there was no solution to it......

Therefore, in the eyes of later historians, the political peace, re-peace, and Xuanhe New Policies led by Ji Yi were just a superficial reform movement that did not touch the fundamentals.

Although certain results have been achieved, it has also planted the seeds of disaster for the arrival of the next troubled times!

At the same time, the Great Zhou Republic in the north is also making the most critical preparations for the arrival of troubled times, raising a new generation of military citizens!

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