Seriously, Li Chengqian never wanted to use troops against the Western Regions.

First, just as he said to the countries of the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions must exist at this stage, otherwise he would have no excuse to stay in the northwest.

Second, as a later generation, to deal with such a small country as the countries of the Western Regions, the use of troops may not be the only way.

Economic sanctions are quite powerful in later generations.

He also wanted to use this method to surrender without a fight.

Of course, economic warfare is not actually a precedent for later generations of Lao Meizi.

In the splendid civilization of China, there has long been a precedent.

"Your Highness, this is trying to indirectly control the commerce of the countries of the Western Regions?" Li Qinjian heard this and asked.

As a businessman, he can naturally understand some.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "It's not that we control the commerce of the Western Regions, it's still too difficult to control, but we can control and guide the commerce of the Western Regions, which is the most beneficial for us." ”

"But if the countries of the Western Regions build a trade port with us, it will inevitably increase their national strength, after all, we all know that this business must be profitable.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have paid so much for a trade port. Puxiru was a little puzzled, "After all, they still take advantage. ”

Li Qinjian also nodded.

As a businessman, from his professional business perspective, this trade port is definitely a win-win project.

Whether it is for the countries of the Western Regions or for the Tang Dynasty, it is a good thing. Li Chengqian wanted to use this to attack the countries of the Western Regions, but I am afraid it will not be so easy.

Li Chengqian smiled, got up and walked to the door, raised his head to look at the somewhat dim sky, and said, "You guys, you still don't understand."

A few days ago, this king read a book, which recorded the allusions of Guan Zhong and Guan Xiang who had destroyed Liang and Lu.

The name is called the country of mulberry misdirection.

This may be the earliest economic war that can be traced, when the Qi State was under the strategy of the prime minister, and easily destroyed the Liang and Lu countries without spending a single soldier. ”

"Planting mulberry and misleading the country?"

Both of them were a little stunned when they heard this.

Pu Xiruo naturally didn't know who Guan Zhong was, but the word Guan Xiang also made him realize that this was an amazing person.

As for Li Qinjian, he knows who Guan Zhong is, after all, he is the first minister in China! But he is not a scholar, and he has never heard of this kind of allusion to the country.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian immediately said: "Back then, Duke Qi Huan wanted to destroy the two kingdoms of Liang and Lu, but because of his own lack of strength, he didn't dare to rashly send troops.

At this time, Guan Xiang gave Qi Huan Gong an idea.

Because the people of Liang and Lu at that time usually loved to weave a kind of cloth called silk (ti), the minister suggested that Qi Huan take the lead in wearing silk clothing, and ordered Qi officials to wear silk clothing up and down.

As the so-called upward and downward effect, the common people saw that the monarch and the princes and nobles were wearing silk clothes, so they naturally began to follow suit.

However, in a few months, the price of silk in Qi has skyrocketed.

When the businessmen of Liang and Lu saw this, they were immediately overjoyed, and there were ministers in the middle to help them as a guarantee, and the businessmen of the two countries returned to their respective countries one after another to buy a large amount of silk materials.

But as you know, it is always the market that determines the price of goods.

They want a large amount, and the price naturally begins to rise wildly.

The people of Liang and Lu soon discovered that weaving silk is more interesting than farming! Even the monarchs of both countries discovered that weaving silk could bring great benefits.

After all, how much do you earn from farming?

So soon the monarchs of the two countries led the people of the two countries to start crazy weaving, and during that period of time, Liang and Lu were almost doing the same thing, planting mulberry, raising silkworms, and weaving!

In those years, they did earn a lot of money.

But this also made Liang and Lu waste their arable land, but at this time they didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, after all, with real money in their hands, the grain of Qi was still cheap, but they still earned it for ten dollars a bucket.

However, at this very moment.

Guan Xiang began to close the net, he first suggested that Qi Huan Gong no longer wear silk clothing, and ordered the entire Qi country to ban wearing silk clothing again, devaluing the silk material to worthless.

Well, there are many reasons.

For a time, the price of silk material plummeted, and Liang and Lu suffered heavy losses.

And this is not the end, immediately after, the minister suggested that Qi Huan Gong order that the sale of grain to Liang and Lu should be strictly prohibited.

Liang and Lu almost abandoned arable land in those years, and when Duke Qi Huan gave an order, the two countries immediately fell into a situation of food shortage.

However, in the past year, although the two countries have raised grain from various places to buy grain, the grain of the two countries is still soaring to the price of tens of dollars per bucket.

Even if the monarchs of the two countries realized the problem and immediately began to focus on agriculture and suppress business, it was still too late.

In the end, the two countries had to submit to the state of Qi.

Qi Huan Gong is like this, without abandoning a single soldier, he will destroy the two countries of Liang and Lu.

Let's call it this king, planting mulberry and misleading the country! ”

(This allusion is true, but it is described in a slight historical source, mainly in classical Chinese, which is too laborious...... ）

After listening to Li Chengqian, Pu Xiruo and Li Qinjian were stunned.

Fuck, can you still play like this?

Li Qinjian even somewhat understood why all dynasties would crack down on merchants.

If this makes the merchant climate, it must not be a big scourge.

"How does this story sound so similar to the fact that Tibet wants to build a trade port with us?" Puxi muttered.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he smiled and said: "Now I understand, Tubo, that is, I don't have a good heart."

But they also want to calculate my Daming, hehe, it's a little tender. ”

"It's still Your Highness's wisdom." Puxiru said immediately.

He wasn't filming Li Chengqian's sycophants, but he really thought so.

You must know that if it weren't for Li Chengqian's solution to his doubts, he really thought that Tubo had given Daming a great opportunity.

Of course, he is not from a businessman's background, and it is normal that he will sink into huge interests.

It's just that this also shows that there is still a considerable gap between these courtiers of the Ming Dynasty and those courtiers of the Tang Dynasty.

If this is changed to the Tang Dynasty, there is no need for Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji to come forward, and any household Langzhong can probably see Tubo's uneasy kindness.

But there is no way to do this, there must be a process of human growth.

I believe that after experiencing this time, whether it is Puxiruo or Li Qinjian, they will realize their own shortcomings.

"Your Highness, the ministers and others will retire first, and we will go to plan a trade port with the countries of the Western Regions, Your Highness can rest assured, the ministers and others know what to do."

If in the past they only used to trade as a kind of business, now it is different.

With Zhuyu in front of them, they gradually understood that in Li Chengqian's heart, the biggest purpose of this trade port was not to make profits, but to seek the country.

The difference between the two is huge.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "This matter has to be done by Pu Shangshu and Li Shilang." By the way, by the way, you have to ask the people from the Ministry of Rites to inform Ashina that this king has a banquet tonight. ”

After the two of them left, Li Chengqian also pondered carefully.

After discovering that there was indeed nothing wrong, Li Chengqian took a nap.

It wasn't until sunset that Li Chengqian woke up.

"Dinner has been arranged?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Back to Your Highness, it has been arranged, it is estimated that everyone is here at this time, just wait for Your Highness." Chunhua said while changing Li Chengqian's clothes.

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Well, this king will go over." ”

Not long after, Li Chengqian came to the banquet.

Today, Li Chengqian only invited Ashina Ni to the banquet alone, and the people who were responsible for accompanying him were Qi Bi He Li, Pu Xiruo, Yi Yuanxi, Niu Jinda, Yi Yuanfeng, Changsun Chong, Wang Xuance, and Murong Xiaoyong, plus Li Chengqian and Ashina Ni, a total of ten people.

It's also interesting to say.

On this table, except for Murong Xiaoyong, Ashina Ni and Li Chengqian, everyone in the Ming Dynasty Hall came, and there was really no one missing.

This also reflects from the side how short of people there is in the Ming Dynasty.

As for Murong Xiaoyong, it would not be too much to say that he is a one-size-fits-all person.

"See Your Highness." Seeing Li Chengqian come in, everyone immediately got up and saluted.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Sit down." Saying that, Li Chengqian looked at Ashina Ni and said apologetically, "This king had a lot of official affairs before, but he neglected the Khan, and the Khan wouldn't mind, right?" ”

Ashina Ni immediately smiled and said: "Where is Your Highness, since the day I joined the Ming Dynasty, I am no longer a Western Turk Khan."

Now, I, Ashina Ni, am just a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and Your Highness must not mention any more khans and khans.

As for what you can do in the future, it's up to Your Highness to decide! ”

Li Chengqian pretended to be stunned, and said with a surprised face: "Khan, this really wants to belong to my Daming?" This king thought that the Khan was just joking before, after all, the Western Turks were as good as my Ming Dynasty, so how could they have any intention of returning. ”

It's too much to joke, since ancient times, no one has ever joked about this kind of thing, of course, both sides are playing games, both are fighting for their own maximum interests.

"Your Highness has a good reputation." Ashina said with a smile, "My Western Turks were indeed quite strong in the past, but in recent years, it has been worse than a year, especially after several wars, my Western Turks have long had the image of sunset in the Western Mountains.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the support of His Highness last year, my Western Turks might not be Xue Yantuo's opponents, so this time, my Western Turks are sincere. ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he immediately became serious and said: "If the Khan really intends to lead the Western Turks to join my Daming, it is a big deal, and this has to be discussed carefully, come, please take a seat." ”

As he spoke, Li Chengqian also made a gesture of please.

Niu Jinda watched Li Chengqian's performance from the sidelines, and had to admit that Li Chengqian today is much more mature than Li Chengqian in Chang'an.

Everyone knows that the annexation of the Western Turks is a foregone conclusion, but in order to seize the initiative, Li Chengqian really doesn't even want to lose face.

Ashina was stunned for a moment, and immediately sat down.

Li Chengqian then said: "Since the Western Turks intend to belong to my Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty naturally does not refuse to come.

This is the book of the Ming Dynasty Military Department, and he ...... said, and he introduced the people present to Ashina Ni in turn.

In fact, these people, Ashina Ni has already figured it out, and there are only such people in the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't take much effort to understand them.

However, Li Chengqian had the heart to introduce, so of course he had to say a few polite words.

After they finished greetings, Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Since Ashina has already belonged to my Daming, then everyone will be their own people from now on."

By the way, Pu Shangshu, what official positions are still vacant in my Ming Dynasty now? ”

When Pu Xiru heard this, he immediately said: "Back to Your Highness, now the positions of the three Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment are still vacant. ”

As soon as he said this, Murong Xiaoyong, Changsun Chong, and Wang Xuance were all stunned.

Although the three of them are not a book, because their department does not have a book, they still have the corresponding right to speak in their respective departments.

If they had to have an extra book on their heads to take care of, the future would not be so easy.

Li Chengqian nodded, looked at Ashina again, and said with a smile: "Since the Western Turks sincerely belong to this king, this king naturally can't treat you badly.

In this way, don't go back to the Western Turks, now my ministry just lacks a book, do you have confidence? ”

At this point, he didn't say a word about joking, he just wanted to get the initiative.

As for a good discussion, hehe, he will consult with you?

Ashina was stunned, he couldn't keep up with Li Chengqian's rhythm, just now you still doubted whether I really belonged to him, so he directly arranged a position for me at this time?

The question is, does he have faith?

Is that right?

Can he say no?

Moreover, there is another important message in Li Chengqian's words, that is, the Western Turks, don't go back.

At this time, he was wondering, if he insisted on returning to the Western Turks, would Li Chengqian refuse to accept the Western Turks?

Judging from what he knows about Li Chengqian, this is by no means a mediocre person, otherwise he would not have commanded Li Chengqian's army at the founding ceremony of the Ming Dynasty.

is worried that Li Chengqian will refuse.

Besides, he has been here for so long, and Li Chengqian has never met him alone, and it seems that he is not interested in his Western Turkic annexation, but Ashina knows that this Li Chengqian is definitely thinking of countermeasures.

Since he was invited to a banquet today, it means that the countermeasures have been met.

Perhaps, at this time, if he dares to refuse and insists on returning to the Western Turks, then Li Chengqian will inevitably use the excuse that the Western Turks' annexation is not sincere, and he will make enemies with the Western Turks.

After thinking about it, Ashina nodded after all, and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen will definitely live up to His Highness's trust." ”

Even if he stayed in Daming, it would not have much impact on the Western Turks.

On the contrary, he can still keep an eye on Da Ming's every move all the time.

In other words, he was a hostage of the Western Turks in the Ming Dynasty.

"Tell the world." When Li Chengqian heard this, he said with a smile, "From now on, this king will appoint the former Western Turkic Khan, and Ashina Ni will be appointed as the first official of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian looked at Niu Jinda again and said with a smile, "In addition, since the Western Turks have been attached to my Ming Dynasty, the post of the protector of the Western Regions has been added to oversee all military and political affairs of the Western Turks.

This king appointed Niu Jinda as the first protector of the Western Regions. ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian patted Ashina's shoulder and said, "Ashina Shangshu, Niu Jinda served as the protector of the Western Regions, and I hope that Ashina Shangshu will support him a lot." ”

Ashina was stunned.

So soon to see the dagger?

He also thought that Li Chengqian would have a false relationship with him, but he didn't expect that his sinister intentions would be exposed so soon.

"Your Highness, no!" Ashina Ni looked at Niu Jinda and said immediately.

PS: I drank too much yesterday, and I woke up at three o'clock, sorry, this month's difference, make up for it next month! Dogs don't make up!

(End of chapter)