Lu Huiqing and Sima Guang sat opposite each other, accompanied by Wu Shicheng and Xiang Hao, the faces of the four of them were not very good-looking, and Wu Shicheng took the lead in speaking.

"I really underestimated Li Liangzuo, a dignified meritorious old minister, he will kill him when he says he will kill him, blood is splashed three feet, the corpse is strewn across the Golden Palace, and he doesn't even blink his eyes, it's really ruthless!"

Xiang Hao worried: "We want to open up trade routes, we want to do business, Manba is the biggest supporter, he was killed, who can replace Manba?" If the Silk Road can't be opened, it won't be able to complete the adult's explanation. ”

Xiang Hao is obviously very worried, he ran a restaurant for Wang Ningan in his early years, and now he has hundreds of restaurants in his hands, and he knows best how to do catering and entertainment.

According to his estimates, if it is done well, the entire Hexi Corridor can earn millions of yuan every year, and it can also drive hundreds of thousands of jobs, if the purchase of agricultural and animal husbandry products is added, half of the people in the Western Xia will change their living conditions and become wage workers, in that case, the Western Xia will be completely torn in half, and it will collapse without doing anything.

It's just that as soon as the plan was implemented, Li Liangzuo was ruined, and Manba was killed, and business was not good.

"Lord Sima, Lord Lu, do you want to put pressure on Western Xia immediately to prevent them from obstructing trade?" Xiang Hao suggested.

Sima Guang shook his head, "Li Liangzuo also has talents in his hands, he just sent a message, saying that the business of the Silk Road is still the same, but it is not allowed to be privately owned, and it is all handed over to the Western Xia royal family to be responsible, and they will ensure the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the merchants, and they can also ensure safety, let us rest assured." ”

Wu Shicheng snorted, "Bullshit! How many people can Li Liangzuo arrange? 10,000, or 20,000? If you want to maintain thousands of miles of trade routes, it is simply not enough to have hundreds of thousands of people! If it is all handed over to Li Liangzuo, I am afraid that the Silk Road will not be opened for a long time, and they are simply prevaricating. ”

Sima Guang bowed, "Western Xia is indeed different from Da Liao, when the master and Da Liao traded, the business was getting bigger and bigger. But what about Xixia, they talked about the business of green salt back then, but Xixia didn't ask for expansion...... The clear interests are in front of them, and they can endure it, which is really surprising! ”

Lu Huiqing, who had been silent, finally spoke, "It's not surprising, the Western Xia has only been established for a few decades, and the Khitan has been more than a hundred years, and the current Western Xia still maintains a barbaric style and likes to loot and kill." Didn't you see it, I killed a man, and suddenly it was quiet, and the nobles who were originally warm with us disappeared. If you want to establish authority in Western Xia, you have to keep killing people, Li Yuanhao is like this, and so is his son! No exceptions! ”

The three of them nodded together and agreed with Lu Huiqing's words.

Sima Guang smiled: "Ji Fu, you have seen through Western Xia, so what countermeasures do you have?" ”

Lu Huiqing smiled slightly, "Jun is really fair, how can it be so simple for the master to make a move, and Li Liangzuo has great ability, don't even think about cracking it." He is the wolf who has fallen into the pit, and the harder he struggles, the faster he will die! ”

……

On the fifth day of Manba's killing, Lu Huiqing, on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, found Li Liangzuo again.

Lu Huiqing didn't talk about the matter, it was the housework of the Xixia monarchs, how could he interfere as an outsider. But Lu Huiqing proposed a more important matter.

The original plan was to draw 300,000 guan from the toll every year to compensate the Great Song Dynasty, in view of the slow action of the Western Xia side and the delay in the departure of business travel, it is foreseeable that the predetermined goal will be completed within the year, so the expenditure part of the annual income must be increased, that is to say, the Western Xia needs to take out 350,000 guan from the annual income as an indemnity and hand it over to the Great Song Dynasty!

Let's see it clearly!

Wang Ningan designed a double-kill game, and the amount of compensation was placed there anyway.

If you are honest and trade, it will corrupt you, and if you are not honest, then force you to pay for it!

Anyway, I don't suffer left and right!

Li Liangzuo was almost angry, and there was no way, so he brought Liang Yibury and Mousavi to give him ideas.

Liang Yibury first analyzed that although the 200 iron harriers were returned, there were still 600 people in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the elites recruited had not been trained yet, and it would definitely not work to tear the skin with the Great Song Dynasty now.

But if you trade according to the requirements of the Great Song Dynasty, the door will be wide open at that time, just imagine that the kind of person who can't withstand the temptation, let alone others!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Hexi Corridor must be controlled by the royal family, and cannot be handed over to others casually. The amount of trade is insufficient, and the taxes are not enough, so I can only endure it. ”

"What about the reparations? What to do? Li Liangzuo asked angrily.

"This ...... can only suffer the people of all departments, and in addition to the main class, an extra 20% will be levied to pay compensation. Liang Yibury continued: "As long as you survive this period of time and strive to return all the iron harriers, you can repay the account openly, and when the time comes, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to send troops, it will not be afraid." ”

Mousavi also strongly supported Liang's claim.

Li Liangzuo thought about it for a long time, as an emperor, he knew that the people of Western Xia were very bitter, and it was very difficult to squeeze out a little money, but he couldn't jump into the trap of the Great Song Dynasty.

"In this way, I will allocate 100,000 yuan from the internal treasury as an example for the world, and the community will be in trouble!"

"My Emperor Shengming!"

Immediately the two men fell to the ground and sang praises.

Li Liangzuo felt a little more comfortable, as if he had become a wise and martial emperor again, and he could lead Xixia out of the predicament and create a more brilliant future!

……

"Hahaha, hahaha, Li Liangzuo's child, in the end, he is not calculating enough, he is dead this time!"

Lu Huiqing laughed uncontrollably, not to mention how happy she was.

Even Sima Guang grabbed his short beard and smiled with satisfaction.

What are these two scoundrels up to?

They have carefully deduced that the annual income of Western Xia is about 5 million guan, of which the currency part is only 500,000 guan, and the rest are cattle, sheep, grain and other physical goods.

Obviously, it can't be used as compensation in kind, but only the monetary part, can it be used as compensation?

Of course not!

Li Liangzuo also has to restore the iron harrier, and also purchase some luxury goods for the court, and compensate the Great Song Dynasty with a maximum of 200,000 yuan every year, and 150,000 yuan, which needs to be levied from the people.

This amount of money in the Great Song Dynasty is really pitiful, but the problem is that the Western Xia is still in the tribal stage, and their goods are far from being monetized!

In a word, additional taxes are imposed, and there are physical objects, but there is no currency!

All of this involves a monetization problem, and there is too much room for operation!

Sima Guang and Lu Huiqing have both mixed up in the three divisions, and now Sima Guang is the head of the household department, how can he not know the power of realization!

You must know that Wang Anshi has always pushed hard and likes to use monetary taxation instead of physical taxation.

But Sima Guang has always objected, the reason is very simple, although the collection of currency is very simple, but in many remote mountain villages, the people have no money in their hands, they all rely on barter.

There is no problem with collecting the real thing, but if the currency is collected, it will be realized, and if something is sold in a hurry, the price will plummet, and if the currency must be collected, it will be equivalent to giving the gentry and merchants a great opportunity to exploit the people!

Until monetization is not promoted, the imposition of a monetary tax will only be a disaster! It turned into a frenzied plunder of the common people!

The Great Song Dynasty did not dare to play, the foundation of Western Xia was far inferior to that of the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to pay compensation, they had to levy a monetary tax.

Don't look at the fact that there are only a few hundred thousand, but if you really implement it, it will be like a snowball, expanding rapidly, until the whole country is crushed!

"Wu Shicheng, good, you immediately secretly contact the nobles of Western Xia and provide them with loans, as much as you want!" Lu Huiqing decisively ordered: "Let them come forward to buy the people's native products, as for how to set the price, it all depends on their meaning." ”

"Wonderful!"

Wu Shicheng and Xiang Hao glanced at each other, and immediately laughed wildly: "This is to force the Xixia people to kill each other, it's really ruthless!" ”

Lu Huiqing glanced at them, "Could it be that you are distressed?" ”

"No, absolutely not!" The two of them immediately got up and ran away, not daring to delay for a moment.

……

The autumn wind came to the Hetao Plain, blowing away the green of the grass and trees, blowing the crops in the field, the cattle and horses were fat and strong, and the people welcomed the harvest...... In previous years, this was the best time, and when the harvest was over, the men would mount their horses, pick up their scimitars, and go around plundering, bringing back rich booty, even slaves.

Families worked hard to make their tents tighter and warmer, stockpiled enough hay and fuel, and the winter could get through.

It's just that today is different, the Iron Harrier was defeated, and the most powerful army of Western Xia was wiped out, not to mention a war with the Great Song Dynasty, even if they went to the Western Regions to loot, the Western Xia people did not have the courage.

What's more, there is Di Qing's army of 300,000, and the people and horses of Western Xia cannot be mobilized at all.

The extra fast is lost, and the days are tight all of a sudden.

What's even more terrifying is that His Majesty sent a captive army, which was personally commanded by Minister of State Liang Yiburi, and they collected taxes everywhere, not polite at all.

In previous years, you can use cattle and sheep to offset it, but this year it is not possible, in addition to cattle and sheep, you also have to pay copper coins, war horses, gold and silver jewelry, in short, it is all the hard currency!

God is pitiful, many people in Western Xia have never used copper coins in their lives, they only need to barter is enough, Your Majesty urges copper coins, where can they find them?

Many people use jewelry to offset it, but they have handed in jewelry this year, and no one can do anything about next year, panic is like grass in the field, permeating the sky, endless.

Just when many people were helpless, there was finally good news, some nobles took pity on everyone, and they took out precious copper, which could be used to pay taxes.

It's just that copper is not unwanted, and something needs to be taken out!

A bullock can be exchanged for 200 coppers, a horse for 150 coppers, and a sheep for 20 coppers...... The people of many tribes drove their livestock and exchanged them for copper coins, which were handed over to the imperial court, and finally paid the taxes and were taken away without having to carry them.

But when they looked back, they all cried!

Most of the family's livestock is gone, and the rest is not enough for the New Year!

Especially many tribes that are not party items, there are Tubo people, Qiang people, and Han people, and they are exploited even more ruthlessly!

There is nothing left, but you still have to face a cruel winter, how can people live?

A bold thought came to the hearts of all people almost at the same time - let's rebel!