If there is no problem with Jiaozi, it is indeed very convenient, now mining and metallurgical technology are very backward, even if the Song Dynasty is promoted by Zheng Lang, the copper produced in a year is only 30,000 or 40,000 tons, and the iron produced is only 100,000 tons, which is already a great progress, the highest peak of copper production in the Song Dynasty in history is only 10,000 tons, and the iron is only 50,000 or 60,000 tons.

And there are other uses for metals. Therefore, the lack of currency was not only the confusion of the Song Dynasty, but also the confusion of the Khitan, Goryeo, Wa and Western Xia. The appearance of Jiaozi resolved this crisis. However, if the relative metal reserves were not prepared as in the Song Dynasty, a serious disaster would occur behind the convenience. The collapse of the monetary system of the Song Dynasty and the collapse of the coins of the Republic of China are the best examples.

Therefore, Zheng Lang Ningken Bank has developed slowly, and has not relaxed its metal reserves, as well as the joint-stock system. Western Xia Dong Shi Xiaofeng, one by one, also the shareholding system, but compared with the Song Dynasty national profits, the Liang family's shareholding system is only for the benefit of the Liang family, just like the four major families of the Republic of China, the so-called national bank, it is better to say that the Song family bank.

It can't be blamed that the Tangut people have no vision, and they don't understand it when they reach the Republic of China, and the current Xixia is now.

Now the general metal currency is very important, Jiaozi has a reputation is money, and even in the Song Dynasty because of the strict control of the amount of issuance, the value of Jiaozi is slightly above the metal currency, but without Jiaoyu it is paper, is a small silk, a piece of sheepskin.

got the news that the Song Dynasty was having a happy Lantern Festival, but there were long queues at the gates of various banks in Western Xia.

What did more than 50 million yuan mean to Western Xia?

The annual national income of the Northern Song Dynasty was generally more than 100 million yuan in history, and even less money, but it accounted for more than 60% of the world's income. That is, the annual national income of the whole world is less than 200 million yuan. Under the impetus of Zheng Lang, the Song Dynasty now accounts for at least eighty percent of the world's income. The Song Dynasty only issued 500 million jiaozi, and some of them circulated abroad. The Song Dynasty still had a shortage of currency, and many regions continued to barter due to currency problems. But this is the Song Dynasty. And not Western Xia. In terms of economic scale, at least 20 countries in the world at this time had a larger economic scale than the Western Xia, and even if the Hehuang and Tibetan were unified, they were better than the impoverished Western Xia, and even Goryeo and Jiaozhi were not inferior to the Western Xia in terms of military foundation.

Comparing the population, the Song Dynasty had more than 20 million households at this time, and the Western Xia Dynasty had only 700,000 households, which was one-thirtieth of the Song Dynasty. Not to mention how rich the Song Dynasty was, even if it was about the same. More than 20 million households have only more than 500 million Jiaozi, but more than 700,000 households in Western Xia have more than 50 million Jiaozi.

But in a few days, because there was not enough metal currency, all the more than 50 million Jiaozi were turned into a blank slate. It is still possible to save the market, if the nobles take the initiative to hand over the gold and silver, and quickly collect 20 million worth of gold and silver, the bank's credibility will be restored, and the crisis will be solved. But that aristocrat saw the price of Jiaozi falling sharply, and was willing to take out gold and silver to tide over this crisis for the country? And also. The attack was so fast, that is, the nobles of Western Xia were so patriotic that they didn't have time to react.

When the news came out, all the copper coins and gold and silver in the bank were exchanged. Empty. In fact, this strategy is too ruthless, of course, the most ruthless is not this strategy, it is on the endless timber of the Oriental Sea.

The richer the Song Dynasty was, the more wood was used. The more serious the destruction of the mountains and forests of the Wa Kingdom, but it has nothing to do with the government, and it is all private trade. Either the semi-official nature of the Ping An Prison has been intervened.

The New Year has not yet ended, and the ratio of Xixia Jiaozi to copper coins has reached one hundred to one, which means that in the past, one money Jiaozi can now only be exchanged for ten yuan. This proportion is less than one-fifth of the cost of issuance. But with this ratio, the Jiaozi in his hand can't be exchanged for copper coins. More than 50 million of them affected almost all strata of the entire country in Western Xia, and even the Song Dynasty. In recent years, the relationship between the two countries was not very good, most of the time the Song Dynasty cut off the annual gift, and closed the mutual market, but there are still many merchants in the people who are greedy for profits, smuggling the goods of the Song Dynasty to the Western Xia, so they also have some Western Xia Jiaozi in their hands. In just half a month, these Jiaozi turned into a small broken sheepskin.

The scholars saw the collapse of the Western Xia economy, but did not think of the seriousness. As Jiaozi lost its credibility, prices began to rise, first a silk horse changed from more than 2,000 Jiaozi to 20,000, then to 200,000, and then to 500,000 and 1 million. In the end, there was a copper coin in his hand, and it took more than 10,000 yuan to buy back a pair of silk, and the commerce of the entire Western Xia returned to the primitive society. All the workshops and shops went bankrupt one by one, and the wealth in the hands of the heads of the various clans shrank or even became nothing.

Fortunately, the economy of Western Xia was not very developed, otherwise it would have been this accident, and the Western Xia would have perished without the Song Dynasty sending troops.

But the crisis was still beyond the imagination of many ministers of the Song Dynasty, even in the Western Xia, once the business collapsed, the impact was very far-reaching, even if the simplest people bartered, they may not be able to be self-satisfied, and the Western Xia was not abundant, and many daily necessities had to be supplied from other places. However, in just over a month, Western Xia began to march into primitive society.

There are also talents in Western Xia, Li Qing saw the current situation, and thought of some changes in the Song Dynasty, and admonished the Liang family and Li Bingchang: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the country has suffered a great disaster, and the Song Dynasty changed the battalion to the regiment, changed the regiment to the army, and transferred Zhang Qi to Lanzhou. ”

At this time, the Liang family was anxious, and was greatly displeased after hearing it, and said angrily: "Could it be that the mourning family is even afraid of that Zhang Qi?" ”

It's not that Liang is not shrewd, on the contrary, this is a very shrewd and capable woman, but she is good at strategy, not military. The front line is again commanded by Liang Yiburi, and in order to conceal her failures, she has tampered with the truth a lot, which has affected her judgment. She attaches great importance to Zheng Lang and Wang Shao, but she may not have much regard for Zhang Qi.

Li Qing smiled bitterly.

In the first battle of Guweicheng, he has always been on the front line, and the prime minister of the Song Dynasty was like the first battle of Dingchuan, he handed over the Xia State's troops to Di Qing and the periphery, but this time it was handed over to Zhang Qi, and the delegation of power was greater, that is to say, Zhang Qi's military ability may still be above Di Qing, at least on par with it. But who can believe it?

He still admonished: "Queen Mother, the minister thinks it is better to be careful and strengthen the vigilance of Liangzhou." At the same time, an envoy was sent to the Song Dynasty to assign the two states of Suilan to the Song people. ”

In terms of diplomatic routes, Li Qing and Wei Minglang are the same, and the Western Xia national strength will definitely not be able to eat the Song Dynasty, so it is better to make friends. The two countries will be safe and sound, and they will benefit the people, otherwise this war will be endless. In history, it seems that their idea is not quite correct, but if there is no conservative to come to power, and then Tong Guan covets the king of the county to turn his gun and attack the sixteen states of Youyun. Now Li Qing still has this kind of diplomatic concept, anyway, Lanzhou and Suizhou can't be recovered, so it is better to hand them over to the Song Dynasty in the name of justice.

In the Song Dynasty, there were militant factions and Gou He factions, and if they officially stated that they did not want Suilan Erzhou, the Gou and He factions would have the upper hand. The Song Dynasty could not unanimously use troops against the Western Xia. After two years of suffering, this crisis will be resolved.

However, the Liang family was even more angry, and it was the original intention of the Liang family to use troops in the Song Dynasty, and now that they are reconciled, the royalists will inevitably have the upper hand, and the status of themselves and the Liang family will be in danger, so they shouted loudly: "Li Qing, you are originally from Qin." Could it be that the land is flattered to the Song people! ”

Li Qing didn't dare to be silent. In Liang's anger, he immediately thought of one word, death.

The Western Xia was in turmoil, which is believed to have angered the Liang family. She definitely didn't mind killing herself.

Then he thought of Liang Yi's incompetence and dictatorship, if it weren't for Liang Yi's autocracy and let Li Kaitai replace Liang Yongneng, would the right side of Western Xia be wiped out? So could the Song Dynasty succeed in forming a siege? Quite the opposite, however. Because of the defeat of Liang Yibu in the Huluchuan Campaign, Li Kaitai successfully kept the entire army of his subordinates, and the Liang family hid Li Kaitai even more.

Come to think of it. He lowered his head.

The murderous aura in Liang's eyes showed up, and when he saw him admit defeat, the murderous aura in his eyes was eliminated.

Two days later, Li Qing found another person, Feng Gao, but his name at this time was Li Yan. At that time, the six major rebel generals of the Song Dynasty, who did not think of repentance, followed the Tibetan False Pang all the way to the black, and was "killed" by the Song people, and the remaining five people were led by Li Yan, loyal to the first emperor, and made many military exploits. After the death of Li Liangzuo, the five generals were loyal to the royal family and were hidden by the Liang family, and after many years, the five generals were old, and Li Huang died, but the remaining four generals still had prestige in Western Xia.

The four generals were excluded, sympathized with each other, and continued to be led by Li Yan, but the four generals walked on thin ice every day, cautiously, and saw that they were very honest, and the Liang family did not poison them. Li Qing found Li Yan and said, "General Li, the Great Xia country is in danger." ”

Feng Gaoyi waved his hand and said: "General Li Qing, I am a slave with three surnames, and I don't want to be a slave with four surnames, besides, I am nearly seventy years old, and the state of Great Xia has nothing to do with Weichen." ”

The three surnames refer to the original pseudonym, the second surname is Wuzang, and the third surname is Li.

Everyone didn't say it explicitly, but Feng Gao and Gao directly rejected Li Qing's invitation.

Li Qing was afraid of Feng Gao's informant and did not dare to persuade him again.

But here's the truth......

Feng Gao then sent the news to the imperial court.

The affairs of Xifu had nothing to do with Zheng Lang, but to prevent the news from leaking, the special agent battalion was directly taken over by Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji got the information and called Zheng Lang over, Wei Yang died, the loss was heavy, the future is immeasurable, Li Qing's influence in Western Xia is not as good as the four scouts, but the real power is more than four scouts, there are many troops in his hands, Li Qing is dissatisfied with the Liang family, it seems to be an opportunity.

Zheng Lang read the information, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, Li Qing is disgusted by the Liang family, not Western Xia, and he can't be appeased." ”

"This person is a tiger general."

"Yes, he went to Western Xia as an ordinary Guanzhong clan, and he won the position with military merits, how could he not be a tiger general. But this tiger general will not be able to be used by our dynasty in the end, but this is an opportunity," Zheng Lang lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked Zhao Ji to write two short letters himself.

The first letter was written to Li Qing: General Li Qing, Wen Jun has elegant intentions and is friendly with my Great Song Dynasty, but Xia Guo is treacherous and evil, and he can't do it in the end. If the Xia lord is in charge of the country and loyal to China, I should restore the year's gifts, reopen the mutual market, and save the people of Xia from fire and water.

If you have the ability to take back the power from the Liang family, our Song Dynasty will help you Western Xia tide over the difficulties. Seem...... Yes, when the Western Xia and the Khitan were at war, the Song Dynasty had great help, and when there was no rebellion, Di Qing came to the rescue, and then handed over the land of the six states to Li Liangzuo free of charge.

This letter asked Zhou Yuan to send a scout to Li Qing, what Li Qing thought, Zheng Lang didn't care.

There is also an order, which is written to Feng Gao, can exchange military power, and sell Li Qing!

Only Zheng Lang and Zhao Ji knew the inside story of this, but the situation in Western Xia, the scholars and doctors in the temples of the Song Dynasty heard about it, and they were all relatives. The economy of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty cannot be compared, and it is impossible to leverage the economy of the Song Dynasty with external forces. However, the Song Dynasty had a developed commercial economy, and the proportion of urban people was close to 20 percent, and commerce supported more than half of the economic income of the Song Dynasty. The consequences are more severe.

The collapse of the Western Xia economy reflected the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

At the end of February, the report of the three divisions was submitted, and the economic income of the Song Dynasty reached more than 194 million yuan in this year, of which the income of the joint venture and the state supervisors reached nearly 82 million yuan, the money of the Fangchang River crossing was nearly 8 million, and the various commercial taxes were more than 22 million, excluding other industrial and commercial income and the salt and wine franchise, and the direct industrial and commercial income accounted for nearly 70% of the Song Dynasty's income, and the number of two taxes was still very large. Nearly 40 million, but many of them are grain and grass, and the money turned into silk is only equivalent to 30 million yuan, which is actually less than one-sixth of the income of the Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for the preparation for war, theoretically the Song Dynasty could have been exempted from the two taxes now. Of course, this is only a theory, and it is still impossible in practice, and in addition to paying two taxes, the peasants also have various additional taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the state capitals. If you want to exempt all taxes, in addition to reducing the revenue of the two taxes, the imperial court will have to spend at least 60 million extra money.

However, the taxes of the Song Dynasty have become lighter and lighter, although the commercial tax has increased. However, it is the joint venture supervisors who bring at least more than 60 million yuan of income to the major tycoon deed stocks a year, and the direct commercial tax is less than 20 million. This alone gags the mouths of many.

At the same time, another data from Dongfu. It also proves the development of the Song Dynasty.

At the end of last year, the number of households in the Song Dynasty reached 21.6 million, while during the period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the number of households was only 20.9 million. Although the number of households in the middle includes the river river. There are 1.2 million households in Hehuang Road, and more than 800,000 Qiang households have returned, but the number of Hehuang households in history is also counted. Although there were more hidden households in the Daguan period than now, at least the accounts in the Daguan period were not much different from those in the Daguan period. Moreover, the area occupied by more than 20 million households is less than 3.5 million square kilometers, if it is not humiliated by the Khitan and forced by the Western Xia, it can be said that during the Yuanfeng period, it almost reached the peak of the history of Chinese feudal rule.

These two data are so dazzling that even Gao Tao sighed after reading them: "The rule of the emperor is not now." ”

But at this time, something happened that worried Zheng Lang, in March Wu Chong became seriously ill and resigned as prime minister, and Wu Chong died shortly thereafter.

There is also the Prime Minister, Han Jiang, and Han Jiang has a good relationship with Zheng Lang, but if Zheng Lang leaves Zhongshu, Han Jiang's ability is limited, and he can't provoke the big beam. Even including Lu Gongshu and Fan Chunren, the same is true.

There is another person in the court who has the qualifications to carry this heavy burden, Wang Qi.

Wang Anshi is also fine, but if Wang Anshi is the prime minister again, it will inevitably cause many contradictions.

Therefore, Wang Qi's return to the Chinese book is inevitable.

With Wang Jue's character, it doesn't seem to have much impact.

However, Zheng Lang suddenly thought of one thing, the Song Dynasty was defeated in history for three reasons, underestimating the resistance of the Western Xia people, the commander was not effective, and the logistics were not ready. At that time, the Song Dynasty was not as benevolent as it is now, the treasury was very sufficient, and even after the failure of the Wulu Expedition, there was still the financial resources to launch the Battle of Yongle City in the second year. But why is the logistics insufficient?

There is no analysis in the history books, and Zheng Lang does not believe it in the analysis, since Zhao Wei ascended the throne, the history of the Song Dynasty has been tampered with to a mess.

But there is one thing that cannot be tampered with, at that time, there was only one prime minister in the court, Wang Qi. Unlike Wu Chong, although Wu Chong is a little conservative, he is a righteous gentleman, and he has been Zheng Lang's subordinate, Zheng Lang and his brother Wu Yu are friends, so after Zheng Lang went to the northwest, no one in the court stabbed him in the back.

But what about Wang Jue?

The collapse of the Western Xia economy and better preparation made the future Vaxia have a greater chance of victory than in history. But if someone stabs in the back, it's hard to say whether the winner will be defeated. This is not a battle, but a battle to destroy the country!

It's not that Zheng Lang is suspicious, this back is very important in the future, and it is vital to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, whether he can succeed in sharpening his sword for more than 40 years. Handing it over to Wang Jue, Zheng Lang was somewhat uneasy. Just when he was worried, Zhao Ji had already asked this question: "Gong Zheng, who will replace Wu Qing?" ”

With the collapse of the Western Xia economy, the Xia Dynasty is ready to fly, it cannot be Zheng Lang, and it is necessary to prepare for the successor after Zheng Lang leaves the court. Who will succeed, the best candidate in Zhao Ji's heart is indeed Wang Qi, but because of his performance in Liu Zhi's matter, Zhao Ji is also not very relieved in his heart, so he asked.

In fact, he asked, which also proved that he was thinking about Wang Jue.

Zheng Lang couldn't say no, pondered for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, you can issue an edict to hold a military parade ceremony on the Royal Road during the Dragon Boat Festival." (To be continued......)