Chapter 961: Economic Invasion
As soon as Qin Hui returned to his mansion from the palace, he saw Wan Qian coming out of the lobby, with a hint of sycophancy on his face, and stepped forward to salute. This guy, who had just ruined Yue Fei's big incident in Jiangnan, knew that Zhao Gou didn't want to see him at this time, so he didn't dare to see Zhao Gou, but came to see Qin Hui, hoping that Qin Hui would intercede for him.
"Qin Xiang, aren't you against attacking Li Jing? Why did you agree to attack Li Jing at this time, attack Jiangnan East Road, if you don't get it right, it will make Li Jing use a large army against Jiangnan, at this time, my Great Song Dynasty has just pacified the civil strife, and it is the time to recuperate, so I really shouldn't mess with Li Jing. Wan Qian thought of the news he had just gotten, and asked with some puzzlement.
"At this time, it is naturally not suitable to start a war with Li Jing, but it does not prevent Li Jing from fighting with Jinren." Qin Hui sat down, took off the black gauze hat on his head, the maid on one side hurriedly took it, and the maid served tea, Qin Hui straightened the chair on the side, let Wan Qian sit down, Fang said: "Although the Jin people are brave and good at fighting, but what is the place in Ludi, that is the Central Plains, on the one hand, the Jin people want to pacify the land of Hebei, on the other hand, they are busy fighting for power and profit internally, and Li Jing is fighting in Ludi, the Jin people are definitely not Li Jing's opponents, and the final victory must be Li Jing, what we need is to extend the time for the two to fight, It's a good thing to be able to take advantage of it. ”
Qin Hui has seen the strength of the Jin people and Li Jing, because of this, he is not arrogant enough to defeat Li Jing and the Jin people with the power of the Southern Song Dynasty and recover the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains.
"Prime Minister Shengming." Wan Qiyu hurriedly patted his ass and said.
"In the end, the result will also depend on Li Jing's countermeasures, in fact, the result I want to see the most is to form an alliance with Li Jing and the Jin people, so that my Great Song Dynasty can put it out of the way and sit and watch the success or failure of the world." Qin Hui shook his head and said, "My Great Song Dynasty is now in the south of the Yangtze River, and the place has just settled down, and it can't withstand a large-scale war, so it can't fight for the time being, otherwise, this is an excellent opportunity." ”
"Li Jing was attacked from two sides this time, which is indeed a good opportunity, but it's a pity." Although Wan Qiyu is a traitor, he is not a fool to be able to get to his current position, knowing that Li Jing is on the eastward expedition, and there is only one soldier and horse in the south of the Yangtze River, which is definitely an opportunity for the Southern Song Dynasty.
"Hmph, although an opportunity is an opportunity, it's a pity that you can't use too many troops, although Jiangnan is rich, but do you know that a lot of grain, grass and equipment have been bought?" Qin Hui suddenly sneered: "There is not much grain and grass in the treasury, how can it support the imperial war?" ”
"Why is this so? The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is pleasant, suitable for crop production, basically two crops a year, and even three crops a year in some places, and there is enough grain, why does this happen. Wan Qiao's face changed, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, the Southern Song Dynasty had the confidence to resist the powerful Li Jing, it was nothing more than the wealth of Jiangnan. At this time, I suddenly heard that there was a shortage of grain and grass in Jiangnan, how could I not be surprised.
"Damn Li Jing, the Central Plains is prevalent in gold and silver coins, in Jiangnan is still the currency of the Great Song Dynasty, Li Jing used the Great Song Dynasty Tongbao or bad money to buy all kinds of materials from Jiangnan at a high price, resulting in a shortage of various materials in Jiangnan, plus local officials saw the money, did not stop it, a large number of grain and grass equipment have flowed into the Central Plains. On the contrary, the rich Jiangnan lacks materials, and even the people in some places are struggling to make a living. Qin Hui said in a low voice with a gloomy face.
Wan Qiyu suddenly realized, his face suddenly showed a look of horror, Fengbo Pavilion monitored inside and outside, and he also knew something about this kind of corrupt officials, but Wan Qiyu didn't have any way, the reason for officials to protect each other was not to mention for the time being, the key is that the Great Song Dynasty was really good to the civil officials, there was nothing angry and resentful, most of them lost their officials and went to work, and even after a certain period of time, they could continue to be officials in other places.
"I advocated the recovery of Jiangnan East Road this time, mainly because I wanted to master the Yangtze River route and prohibit the transportation of materials from Jiangnan to Jiangbei." Qin Hui sighed. Qin Hui knew the situation in the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he had no way to confront the entire civilian-official group, so he could only use this method to solve it and reduce Li Jing's material plundering of Jiangnan.
"Is this possible? Li Jing does not rely on the Yangtze River, but also on Shudi, which is too far away from the south of the Yangtze River to reach the whip, and the officials in that place don't know how corrupt they are? Fengbo Pavilion can't take root in Shu in a short time. Wan Qiyu smiled bitterly. Fengbo Pavilion cared very little about Shu before, but it didn't mean that he didn't know anything about the situation in Shu, Qin Hui wanted to block the Yangtze River, but this kind of strategy had no effect on Shu.
"The world is not chaotic before Shu is chaotic, the world has been governed by Shu has not been governed, and this has been the case in Shu since ancient times. I couldn't help it. Qin Hui sighed, in addition to the inconvenient transportation, Shu is a heavy grain production land, Li Jing is not short of money, but lack of grain, compared with Jiangnan and Bashu, there are not many places where grain is produced in the Central Plains, and it cannot support Li Jing's perennial campaign, so there will be today's material grain and grass plundering plan.
Wan Qian didn't expect that under the calm Jiangnan, there were so many horrific things hidden, he believed that Zhao Gou didn't know this, but Jiangnan was slowly recovering, and I was afraid that he didn't have any ability to resist Li Jing's plunder.
"I am going to make new money, take back all the old currency, prohibit the circulation of bad money, and prohibit Jiangbei gold and silver coins from entering Jiangnan, so that I can cut off exchanges with Jiangbei business travelers in a very short period of time, even if Li Jing has more money, I can't help Jiangnan." Qin Hui said coldly.
"Li Jing started as a businessman, and if he cuts off the business and travel exchanges in Jiangbei, he can definitely cut off Li Jing's plundering of Jiangnan." Wan Qian also nodded, his eyes flashed with excitement, and said, "Xiaguan heard that Li Jing's secret guard mainly relies on his shops to act, so we might as well seize all shops and restaurants related to Jiangbei." This will also be able to strike the Dark Guard. ”
"No." Qin Hui hesitated for a while, shook his head and said, "Jiangnan has just returned to calm, and doing so can only make Jiangnan fall into chaos again, which will affect the overall situation of the imperial court." However, you can come up with evidence first, monitor these places, and when the time is right, catch them all, especially the situation in Lin'an City, Li Jing must have a secret guard in Lin'an City. First of all, you have to make sure of that. ”
"Yes, the lower official will arrange it." A smile suddenly appeared on Wan Qiao's face, monitoring the secret guard, which means that the next step is to raid the house and kill people, and Wan Qiaowei will also get what he wants.
Qin Hui heard the meaning of Wan Qian's words, and didn't say anything, but just sighed deeply, all the ministers in the court and the central government are like this, what can Qin Hui do? I can only open one eye and close one eye.