At the time of the prince's group fight, Russia built the city of Verkhniy Angarsk on the shore of Lake Baikal.

It was the territory of the Buryat Mongols, and it was not that they could not defeat the Cossacks, but the further north they went, the more desolate and cold they became... The Buryat Mongols gathered their forces and went on a campaign against the Cossacks, who saw that the situation was not good and ran away and went to the northernmost point of Lake Baikal to rebuild the city.

These Cossacks, there were not many cavalry, but there were quite a lot of ships, and their shipbuilding skills beat the Mongols.

The Cossack boats, which could be used for fishing and settling down, plundered the natives of Western Lya along the river. You can even go ashore and drag it through the snow. The construction of the city next to Lake Baikal this time was tantamount to a complete foothold, and the western and northern shores of Lake Baikal were all controlled by Cossack villains.

And further east, the tribes of Sauron, the Savages of the Northern Mountains, the Kamunikan, and the Dachur...... With the Manchus losing control, the tribes were caught in a great scuffle.

The so-called melee means that today you sent dozens of people to raid and plunder my territory. Tomorrow I will send a hundred men to loot your goods, and by the way take some of your men prisoners. The Sauron tribes were originally the strongest, but they themselves fell into a civil war, because they were not of the same clan and were forcibly brought together by the Manchus.

The tribe that donated Dongzhu to Zhao Hanjin has received a certain amount of food support, and now it is still relatively nourishing.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, Kim Yu, the Korean minister who set off in the summer, finally came to Nanjing to meet the Chinese emperor due to a serious illness on the way.

Kim Yu can be regarded as North Korea's Zhang Juzheng.

Historically, he implemented the reform of the "Daedong Law" in North Korea, the main contents of which were: standardizing the currency system, apportioning the land to the mu, uniformly paying taxes, and cracking down on corruption.

It was also under Kim Yu's reforms that the Joseon Dynasty, which was on the verge of collapse, actually stepped on the brakes and slammed back a mouthful of blood, and the king still had money and food to overhaul the palace. Even under the abundance of the treasury, the king became self-confident, and planned to form 100,000 firecrackers within ten years and send troops to the Northern Expedition to help the Ming Dynasty restore the rivers and mountains.

North Korea in this time and space is worse than in history. A major uprising broke out last year, and although it was successfully suppressed, King Li Hao finally came to his senses and started this "Datong Law" reform several years ahead of schedule.

When he fell ill halfway, Jin Yu had already finished reading the "Datong Collection", regarded the Chinese emperor as a confidant, and at the same time felt that the Chinese emperor was too radical.

In Jin Yu's view, it is enough to divide the land into the mu, and there is really no need to divide the land among the landlords.

As for "Three Plains", Jin Yu agrees very much. But he did not dare to spread it on his own initiative, because it would offend the king and cause his next reforms to be abandoned.

Walking out of the bookstore and witnessing the prosperity of China all the way, Jin Yu's determination to reform was strengthened.

The temple is small and the demon is windy, the Chi Qian Wang is more than eight, and the party competition in North Korea is more powerful than that of the Ming Dynasty.

A hundred years ago, the descendants of the founding heroes of Korea and the early civil officials formed the outdated and corrupt "old school". Officials and scholars from small and medium-sized landlords urgently wanted to break the monopoly of the gate lords, so they formed the "Shilin faction".

The ascension of the "Shilin faction" led to the struggle between the royal power and the relative power, which became a struggle between the royal power and the admonishing power.

The king first used the Shilin faction to attack the old Xun faction that threatened him, and then borrowed the remaining Xun old faction to stab the Shilin faction with a backhand. Finally, the tripartite power balanced, and the king sat firmly in the Diaoyu Tai.

The Shilin faction, which had been hit, also had internal problems, and split into the East People's Party and the West People's Party.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Westerners Party controlled the government, and then the party struggle resumed, and the Westerners Party split into four major factions: the Luo Party, the Yuan Party, the Mountain Party, and the Han Party.

After Li Hao killed his father and usurped power, he first killed a group of Luo Dang, because the Luo Party was the strongest.

Then he used the Mountain Party, because the Mountain Party was all opposition hermits and had no foundation and backing in the court, which was very convenient for the king to control.

Unexpectedly, the Mountain Party represented the interests of the local gentry and quickly grew into a behemoth. So the king of Joseon, Li Hao, used the Han Party to balance it, and Kim Yu was the leader of the Han Party!

"Give a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "I heard that Your Excellency is a Korean Confucian? ”

"Da Confucian doesn't dare to be," Jin Yu hurriedly said modestly, "I just got a taste of some sexual science (Cheng Zhu science)." ”

Jin Yu has just been promoted and reused, and his official position is not very high, but the reform strategy has been formulated.

After some conversation, Jin Yu explained his intention: "Your Majesty, the minister's visit to Nanjing this time is because the lower kingdom admires the governance strategy of the upper kingdom and dares to follow it. Reform and change the law, currency should go first, please exchange the silver and copper of the next country for the silver dollars and copper coins of the upper country. ”

"Money?" Zhao Han was a little surprised, he didn't expect such a good thing to be delivered to the door.

North Korea intends to carry out reforms, and the first step seems to be to standardize the currency system, so it wants to take the initiative to import Chinese silver dollars and copper coins.

Historically, Jin Yu was asked for money from Emperor Shunzhi, and he exchanged 150,000 yuan for the first time, and then exchanged more than 1.3 million copper coins.

The second time there was too much money, and in the capital region, all the brains flowed into the market. As a result, inflation has been caused in the capital region, and the local people have no money to use to pay taxes. The Korean people complained, and the king had to order a ban on the circulation of Chinese copper coins.

At that time, they planned to use Chinese copper coins as tax currency after the reform. After self-defeating, rice had to be designated as the only tax revenue for North Korea.

Jin Yu said: "China's silver dollars and copper coins have been circulated in China's coastal cities. The money of the upper country is exquisite, and the people of the lower country love it, so please exchange it for more Chinese coins. In this way, the people have Chinese money and will be able to pay taxes with Chinese money in the future. ”

Zhao Han subconsciously felt inappropriate and asked: "You have changed Chinese money, how do you flow Chinese money into the people, and how do rural people get this money?" ”

Kim Yu said, "Exchange the money to the Gyeonggi merchants, and the merchants will circulate it." ”

What the hell.

Zhao Han, who doesn't understand the principles of economics at all, knows that this approach will definitely blow up.

The basis of Zhang Juzheng's tax reform is the money and grain shops that are widely distributed in villages and towns. In the nearby villages and towns, the common people can exchange grain for money, although they are often victimized by the landlords, but they can finally exchange it for silver to pay taxes.

As for North Korea, the technology of minting money is terrible, and it loses a lot of money, so it is looking for China to exchange money. North Korea has been collecting taxes in kind, and rural areas are widely bartering, and if the private money and grain stores are not spread, no amount of Chinese money will flow into the hands of the peasants.

This money will only circulate around the capital, and once it flows too much in the short term, it will inflation to explode in minutes.

The reason why Zhao Han knows so clearly about the situation in North Korea is because a minister has reported it. In recent years, North Korea has been forced to sell grain, and many times the silver cannot be used, and it must be transported to cloth and other goods for exchange.

Chinese maritime merchants also often barter in North Korea.

Until after the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, more and more people went to Liaodong and Korea from Jiangnan to do business. Chinese silver and copper coins were gradually accepted by the Koreans, and they were only used in Seoul.

"You can't do this," Zhao Han said to the attendant lady, "Call Fei Chun here, and take the carriage to come and go." ”

Fei Chun soon took the imperial chariot into the palace, and Zhao Han introduced the situation.

As a result, Fei Chun began to patiently explain and design a coin circulation framework for North Korea. Still follow the Ming Dynasty, after the North Korean government exchanged money, it lent money to merchants and gentry from all over the country. Those merchants and gentry lent money to the next gentry. The low-level gentry and landlords opened money and grain shops in villages and towns for the peasants to exchange grain for money when they paid taxes.

After listening to this, Jin Yu carefully thought about the pros and cons. He could fully imagine that the peasants, eager to exchange grain for money in order to pay taxes, must have been severely slaughtered by the landlords.

But this can only be used, the farmers of the Ming Dynasty exchange money for silver to pay taxes, and they have always come over like this - they can not be extorted by the money and grain shops, and directly transport the grain to the county government, and then be charged by the official for additional fire consumption.

A bright light flashed through his head, and Jin Yu was suddenly overjoyed, because he thought of the benefits of doing so.

He was responsible for coming to China to exchange money, and in the future, he must have been in charge of lending money to the local gentry. Lending Chinese money to whomever it belongs to a kind of power, and using this to win over and divide the gentry and businessmen can effectively reduce the resistance to reform. It can also make its own power stronger, and completely overwhelm the mountain party during the party struggle.

"Thank you for your advice!" Jin Yu stood up and saluted Fei Chun.

As for how to exchange copper and silver for money, this kind of detail does not need to be handled by Zhao Han, and it can be handed over to Datong Bank to handle.

In any case, the Chinese government will certainly not lose, and the North Korean officials will also make money, which is a profit from the cost of coinage on both sides.

Sending this North Korean Zhang Juzheng away, Fei Chun was puzzled: "Your Majesty, why do you want to help North Korea stabilize the currency system?" ”

Zhao Han sighed: "North Korea is withering too much, and it has to be restored to life as soon as possible." In the short term, it is impossible for China to expand in Korea, and it is only necessary to develop steadily on its border, Baozhou. In this case, it is better to use commerce and currency to gradually control the government and the opposition in North Korea. We can't let the Korean monarchs and ministers fool around, because once they are broken, the Chinese coins will not be accepted by the Korean people, and it will be the Chinese merchants who will suffer at that time. ”

"I see, Your Majesty Shengming!" Fei Chun hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Zhao Han smiled: "You kid, don't make a fool of yourself." ”

Fei Chun also laughed: "This is not sycophancy, and it is also a heartfelt word." ”

Zhao Han said with emotion: "This year's provincial disasters have finally survived, thanks to your maneuvers left and right. ”

Fei Chun said helplessly: "I just hope that the wind and rain will be smooth next year, and it is best not to have a big battle." ”

"The wind and rain are smooth, and you don't have to hope for a few provincial disasters." Zhao Han's expectations for God are not high.

Today, however, it is a happy event that if China's silver and copper coins become the tax currency of North Korea, they will be able to earn a lot of money every year in the future.

And the Korean monarchs and ministers did not realize the stakes at all, but felt that they had taken advantage of it.

After all, it is cheaper to ship copper and silver to China for money than to mint coinage directly in North Korea.

(Carvin, more on that tomorrow.) ）

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