Chapter 158: Self-righteousness

Two palace maids, eight internal guards, and nine fathers-in-law then served. Zhao Yu covered his nose lightly and frowned, the smell of this moldy wood was really bad. After only a few steps, I turned the corner and saw Ouyang. But seeing that Ouyang had not changed his prison uniform yet, he was sitting in a prison, with a piece of copywriting in front of him, and the people around him were busy packing up the paperwork as high as a hill. When several people saw Zhao Yu, they hurriedly bowed their heads together and said, "See Your Majesty." ”

"Lord Ou doesn't know if he can save his life, but he is still so busy and diligent in official business, he is really a model for my Great Song Dynasty officials." Zhao Yu said lukewarmly, while the ninth father-in-law put down his chair, Zhao Yu sat in the passage and said, "You guys stand down." ”

"Yes!" Ganxin, the officials, and the heavenly prison messengers all left. Only Zhao Yu's retinue and Ouyang remained.

Zhao Yu asked: "Lord Ou, you should say that Your Majesty is here to visit the criminal minister, and you are extremely frightened. ”

"Your Majesty'......"

"Humph! Exempt. Zhao Yu said: "You haven't taken me seriously." The majesty of the royal family is worthless in front of you. Are you guilty? ”

Ouyang Khan said: "Your Majesty did not say this. ”

"I ask you, why did you kill the Western Xia envoy?"

Ouyang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen ......"

"Sinner." The ninth father-in-law was busy correcting.

"Yes, sinner. The guilty minister felt that His Majesty's decree was not in accordance with the circumstances of the time. As the saying goes, there will be no order for the king outside. Kill the envoy and declare to the outside world that the envoy will surrender to the Song Dynasty, so that he can get the garrison arrangement of Xingqing Mansion and make it convenient for General Han. Second, we can understand the detailed military strength of Western Xia outside the county. Third, it can greatly damage the morale of the Western Xia army. This is the benefit of killing three birds with one stone, so why not? ”

"Where have you read all the books of the sages? Zhongjun, you don't. You don't have etiquette. What's your name? You're called unscrupulous. If the people of the Great Song Dynasty learn from you, and the word is the head, wouldn't the world be in chaos? Zhao Yu said: "Don't be unconvinced, let me ask you, that day General Liu designed the siege equipment of Western Xia." In case of failure, once the Western Xia people attack, can the county be defended? The county was lost, the northwest was defenseless, and a large number of military funds were allowed to be plundered by the Tanguts. Besides, the Korean generals are in a dead end, have you thought about it? Some people say that Liu Qi is insidious and despicable, and his methods are shameless. But I see that you are a disaster to the country and the people, and you are disregarding people's lives. ”

"Your Majesty, the Tangut people are not sincere in peace talks at all. They have to be cornered before they make peace. The guilty confessed that victory was a fluke. But His Majesty was lucky to see the battle of Weishui, and it was also a fluke for 20,000 Jurchens to defeat 700,000 Liao troops. Moreover, even if the county was broken, the Xixia people would not dare to go deeper, because it had already formed a siege on all sides. General Han can take Hengshan from Xingqing Mansion, and Yongxing Army Road will send troops to cooperate with Ling Yongle. The Liao people wreaked havoc in the north, and the Tibetans sent troops in the southwest. If that is the case, the destruction of the Western Xia is just around the corner. Therefore, even if the county is broken, they can only rob the local supplies, and then rush to help in all directions. ”

Zhao Yu asked lightly: "Are you right?" I don't believe you're selfless. ”

“…… Indeed, the criminal ministers wanted to open up the Silk Road, and secondly, they wanted to occupy Sha, Gua and Liangzhou, which were three places with great business. ”

Zhao Yu said: "You guard in all directions, and no one is allowed to approach." ”

"Yes!" The Ninth Gonggong knew that Zhao Yu was going to talk to Ouyang alone, and the internal guards began to see if there were any prisoners in the nearby prison and emptied the area.

Zhao Yu sighed: "Wanyan is afraid of you, Li Qianshun is afraid of you, do you know that I am also afraid of you." ”

Ouyang shook his head: "I won't hurt you, what are you afraid of?" ”

"I ask you, what purpose do you do so much. If it was for that night, I would not only release you immediately, but also seal your war exploits. Zhao Yu said: "If there are other purposes, you'd better say it honestly." Even if you covet the throne, I won't kill you. ”

"The Great Song Dynasty is prosperous, but the foundation is weak and sick. You see us on all sides, and on all sides we are nomads. The Great Song Dynasty did not raise horses, and the annual purchase of horses accounted for 30% of military spending. I run a military factory because I don't want you to become the king of the country, and I will become a slave of the country. And you see, in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been more than 100 cases of people***, why? But if they have a bite to eat, they will not rebel. How can we have food? I thought, if you have work, you will have food. But there are not many such opportunities, and if you don't develop business, how can you have so many opportunities to work? As for the bank...... You also know that when the alien race invades, it is all burning, killing and looting. But we people in the Central Plains are afraid of things, and no one dares to fight and resist. But I can't, I can't see my wife being *** and my relatives being ***, so I will not only resist, but also strangle this kind of sign in advance. Now, everyone in the north has deposited their money in the bank, and if anyone dares to beat us in the future, we will shout: You don't want to deposit? So they will unite as one, copy the sticks and go up. ”

Zhao Yu was amused by these words and smiled: "What you said makes sense, I see that the Western Xia people invaded many states, but the people are not willing to help defend the city unless they are forced." ”

"Well, because they feel that they are just changing managers, just like changing the county. You still have to pay the tax, and nothing has changed. ”

"Well, you mean to change the previous source of the treasury and reduce the taxes of ordinary people. Focus on developing business to fill treasury spending? ”

"You see, a chicken factory in Yangping paid 30,000 percent of its profits last year, and before I arrived in Yangping, the county's tax profits were more than 30,000 yuan a year. After the development of business, the tax profit reached four ...... last year Wanguan. ”

"Forty thousand? It's four million. Zhao Yu glanced at him with contempt and said: "But there are officials on the table, saying that the wind of Yangping cannot be raised, and that filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness, and honesty are the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty." He also said that you are disloyal, unbelieving, rude, unrighteous, and shameless, and you are the first traitor of my Great Song Dynasty. Some people also say that you love the people like a son, you have made great achievements, and you have scattered all your wealth for the country, and you are the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty. In order to argue about this, the court almost fought. ”

Ouyang asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't think I can help Yan Agu." Zhao Yu said: "I don't believe you are a traitor, so many things are there, you are not." I don't believe you when you say that you are loyal to your minister, and you run away from the usurpation, and you have no intention of protecting the lord at all. And this time, there is a purpose that is not respected. ”

"Many loyal ministers died, and many traitors left a stench." Ouyang smiled: "So I don't want to do both." ”

"And what are you going to do?"

"Nengchen!"

"Nengchen?" Zhao Yu was thoughtful.

"Yes!" Ouyang didn't know he had said the wrong thing.

Zhao Yu asked in general: "There is another matter, the Jin State has sent envoys, hoping that we can jointly attack the Liao State." In the future, give us the sixteen states of Yanyun. Zhao Yu asked, "What do you think?" ”

"No, Jin is very poor now, and Liao is also a drain on national strength after many years of war, I wanted to make a fortune from Western Xia this time, but I didn't think about it, but I was pitted. You wouldn't want a neighbor with a strong army, would you? ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Could it be that the Song Kingdom can't stop the Jin people?" ”

Ouyang Dao: "You see, this time, General Liu is most worried about the Xixia people to attack the city to the death. And to be able to do this, Liao can't do it, Western Xia can't do it, but the Jurchen can do it. They can build a mountain out of their own corpses to climb the city. If you want me to see it, we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, sell weapons on both sides, sell them until they can't afford them, and then exchange them for the city. At present, we should immediately raise the export price of iron, and now that we have our own horse farm, we can export iron tenfold at a price of tenfold. At the same time, a war of currency aggression is being waged. ”

"How?"

"Liao, Jurchen all use Song money. For example, we now have 1,000 guan of money circulating in the market, and we use 100 guan to buy things in Chaoliao. After buying, we will issue another 1,000 yuan, although the Liao people still have 100 yuan in their hands, but the only thing he can buy is 50 yuan. You see, in this way, we can earn back fifty times. This topic is being studied by Yangping Qianzhuang and is preparing to issue a bank note to Liao with low reserves, which will eventually lead to a full-scale bubble in Liao's economy and the collapse of the economic system. ”

"......" Zhao Yu wiped his sweat and couldn't understand.

"Let's put it this way, for example, I bought a piece of land in Liao for 100 guan, and then I put the land for 120 guan......"

Zhao Yu shook his head, walked to Ouyang's side and said, "Needless to say, I know that you can live up to me." ”

"......" Ouyang felt that there was something in the words, and after thinking about it, he still couldn't entangle whether there was something in his words, and it was very troublesome to get involved with the royal family. As Li Han said, the Great Song Dynasty killed three kinds of officials, first, rebellion and usurpation. Second, the master of merit holds the power of the army. Third, there is the matter of the throne. So he continued: "War, there is military aggression, there is economic aggression, there is currency aggression, there is cultural aggression. For example, currency invasion, the Liao State is a good example, he gave up the right to mint money, and the Song currency became its most important circulating currency, which is equivalent to the Liao economy in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty. As you know, this war is about logistics, and the source of logistics is the economy. However, I only have a vague understanding of this topic, and I need to find some specialized people to study strategies. Cultural aggression was now underway, with Confucianism being promoted in the Dali, Western Xia, Liao, and Jin states. Economic aggression is investment and control of industry. This is relatively difficult at present, and other key departments are prohibited from investing. In order to guide the emergence of economic aggression, I would like to list the Liaoguo casino ......"

"Going public?" Zhao Yu asked weakly, and he couldn't understand at all.

"Yes, let's say Yangping kiln, the total assets are now 10,000. 1,000 shares will be issued, and its majority shareholders will hold 60% of the non-trading shares. Each of these 1,000 shares is worth 20,000 shares, and the 1,000 shares should be 20,000 after the sale. The assets equal to Yangping kiln are 30,000 guan. The major shareholders hold 60 percent, and although they have divided some of the shares, the actual assets have reached 18,000 yuan, and the profit is nearly doubled. The people who buy these shares, called minority shareholders, do not have management rights, but they can receive dividends. For example, the annual profit of Yangping kiln is 1,000 yuan, the major shareholder has 600, and the remaining 400 is distributed to the holder of 1,000 shares. In this way, the benefits are many, and it can be quickly financed and scaled up in a short period of time. If once the hot money enters, the stock price is speculated to 40, 80, or even 100, the assets will turn geometrically, and finally when the eyes of the masses are hot, they will start to sell......"

Zhao Yu interrupted with a headache: "Can you say something that I understand." ”

"Well...... It is a process of defrauding people who think they are smart out of their money into the hands of one or two people. ”

"I understand that it is to make the Liao country unstable."

"In addition, I have the idea of forming a fleet on my side."

"Stop, you go to the table, I'll take a look." Zhao Yu said tiredly: "Help me call someone." ”

"Someone!"

"In!"

Zhao Yu closed his eyes and pressed his temples and said, "Drive back to the palace!" ”