Xiao Ming wanted to give Emperor Tianzuo ideas to make money, and Yelu Yanxi was also on the road, retiring the palace maids from the left and right prisons, and asking people to send lamb wine and roast venison, looking at Xiao Ming very eagerly, to see what good ideas he gave him to make money.

In fact, Xiao Ming's idea to Emperor Tianzuo was very simple, that is, to trade with the Great Song Dynasty, and increase trade efforts, follow the practice of the Tang Empire, and trade with the four seas, when the Tang Empire was at its peak, the entire Chang'an City was full of foreign merchants, engaged in the trade of various commodities, and the development of commerce also promoted the exchange of culture and technology, many crop varieties that were not available in the Central Plains were also introduced, and the Tang Empire's national policy of establishing agriculture also benefited from it.

The most important thing to engage in commercial trade is to carry out commercial taxation, the land and water thoroughfares of the gate wharf can pay taxes, and the tax can top seventy or eighty percent of the treasury cashier at that time, and the commercial trade tax collection in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who was known as the Heavenly Khan, in order to show the magnanimity of the Heavenly Empire, collected very low taxes on foreign merchants or only charged a small part, and the target of tax collection was the merchants of their own country, even so, it was still profitable.

Since the rise of the Han bureaucracy, the varieties of taxes are also limited to agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, and the conscription of the Liao State is a national conscription, and every tribe except women, the elderly and teenage children need to take responsibility for military service and conscription.

In addition to the professionalization of the Southern Courtyard in the gradual formation, the army of the Liao State still retains the system of tribal conscription without military pay, and all the army supplies are completely dependent on the army itself to fight the grass valley and rob it, which was before the Song Dynasty fought the grass valley, and after the alliance with the Song Dynasty, it turned to other backward tribes and the Western Xia on the northwest border.

Such an act caused tension in relations with the Western Xia, and at the same time forced the Jurchen tribe to rebel, and now it is obviously impossible to completely change this status quo, which is undoubtedly to implement a "change" in the Great Liao Kingdom! Xiao Ming knew that in history, all those who carried out reform in the Central Plains Dynasty did not end well, let alone in a nomadic dynasty that was traditionally a little incompatible with Han culture, so he would not adopt the method of changing the law.

As long as you persuade the emperor of Liao, but Emperor Tianzuo is a little hesitant, since the Song Liao came to the enemy, the Song State regarded the Liao State as a mortal enemy, and the Liao State is not, Emperor Tianzuo is an emperor who has done nothing, and the flowers and rivers in the south are not attractive to him at all, and it is not as good as Emperor Daozong who always sighs that he is not sorry for the Song people, but in his bones he covets the wealth and rivers in the south.

In addition to being mediocre, Emperor Tianzuo is still very pedantic, but this person has one of the biggest shortcomings is greed, which can be seen from the historical records, Xiao Ming just gave him an estimate of how much money he could collect from commercial trade every year, and his eyes lit up.

Emperor Tianzuo has always insisted that the Song Dynasty and his Liao State are brothers, and the purpose of refusing to tear off his face and quarrel with the Song State is to covet the annual tribute given by people every year.

In addition to his covetousness for the 300,000-year-old tribute every year, although the Great Liao Kingdom claims to have millions of people with armor, once these people move, how can there be any silver in the treasury that has already been squandered by him? According to Xiao Ming's plan, as long as he has been in business for a few years, he can make a lot of money, and when he has money, what can he do?

However, trade with the Great Song Dynasty will not be opposed by the ministers of the court, the Liao State has always controlled the horse trade with the Song Dynasty in order to control the Song Dynasty's armament, that is, it does not want to cultivate a strong opponent for itself, and the Song Dynasty strongly requires the biggest trade with the Great Liao is the horse trade.

"Your Majesty, Wechen has been in the south for a long time, do you know what the Song people need so many horses for?" Xiao Ming asked.

Tianzuo Diqi said: "Isn't it for arming cavalry?" ”

"Where" Xiao Ming analyzed to Emperor Tianzuo: "As we all know, my Daliao's iron weapons are all over the world, and the Iron Futu is invincible, but this requires a lot of practice, the Song people are already short of horses, many people can't even ride horses, their army is infantry, and they use heavy infantry to counter the cavalry, this is their strategy, not the development of cavalry, Your Majesty admits this?" ”

Emperor Tianzuo nodded: "Then what do they need a lot of horses for?" ”

Xiao Ming moved the wine glass and meat bowl on the table to the side, then spread a piece of white paper, and drew a picture for Emperor Tianzuo, which was a picture of a loom, and in terms of power use, Xiao Ming drew a few horses on the side that were circling around a wheel, and the transmission device acted directly on the loom.

Xiao Ming explained: "As we all know, the textile and silk of the Song people are very developed, they are all woven and spun in this way, you see, the use of animal power is a good means, and the ploughing of cattle is too slow, and the ploughing of cattle is easy to use, and the peasants are not willing to do it."

Xiao Ming's picture is very clear, almost at a glance, and Emperor Tianzuo also understands it, "No wonder the Song people can weave such beautiful brocade silk, it turns out that their weaving methods are so advanced!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Not only that, the Song people can also carry out wool weaving, which I can't do in Daliao, a large amount of wool is made into felt carpets, which is a waste, so we trade with the Song people, not only with horses but also engaged in wool, fur, medicinal materials, ores, etc., these things are what they need, and we can exchange for a large number of food, silk, tea, ceramics, ironware, salt and other necessities of life, as long as we give some preferential policies then the Song people will flock to it, At that time, we just collected taxes from these people, and then it was developed! ”

Emperor Tianzuo nodded again and again, but he asked, "The Song people have always had a hostile attitude towards my Great Liao, will they come to do business with us in large numbers?" ”

"Yes, of course it will, people are driven by interests!" Xiao Ming said.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Song people have always had a hostile attitude towards Da Liao is because of historical reasons, not because of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, right?"

Emperor Tianzuo nodded and said, "I know this, but why?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "The Han people are nostalgic for their homeland, after the sixteen states of Youyun were sent to Daliao by Shi Jingjiao, all the wars between us and the Song people were for this, what if we gave them a few states?" ”

Emperor Tianzuo's face changed color, and his eyes looked at Xiao Ming coldly: "What did you say?" How can the inheritance of our ancestors be given away? Uncle Guo, what do you mean by this? ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" Xiao Mingcheng said with trepidation: "Please listen to Weichen, you will understand"

Emperor Tianzuo said with an unswerving face: "You speak"

"Yes!" Xiao Ming couldn't help but secretly be a little funny, but still said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, of course I know that the inheritance of my ancestors can't be given away, but we only rent it!" ”

Emperor Tianzuo asked, "How is this said?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Ming saw that Emperor Tianzuo took the bait, so he said slowly: "Although the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are good, except for a few grain-producing areas over the years, what benefits have the other states brought us?" ”

What he said is very reasonable, since the Liao State got the sixteen states of Youyun, in addition to the several state capitals near Youzhou, which produce grain and wheat, the land close to the Jinzhong region is mostly mountainous, and the terrain is also very treacherous, but from a strategic point of view, it is very important, it is a strategic buffer zone for the Liao State to contain the attack of the Song Dynasty, do you want to say benefits? Not much, really.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is this, we will lease the ten states south of Youzhou to the Song people in the form of lease, let them take out a large amount of silver, and then use half of the local grain and taxes to offset the rent every year, so that we will not only get benefits, but also let the Song people invest a lot of money can also weaken their strength, and eliminate their hostility to our Daliao"

"At the same time," Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "We have set up a free trade area here for taxation, and although the Song people have obtained these places, they have become our tenants, renting our land and paying us grain, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

No matter from which direction, Xiao Ming's proposal was a huge temptation for Emperor Tianzuo, the Liao State could draw out the elite troops deployed in the south to deal with the Jurchen Jin State with all its might, and it could relieve the financial pressure in a very short period of time.

There is no problem with the ownership of Youyun and other states, but in fact, once it is leased to the Song Dynasty, it is actually equivalent to cutting the land, who will care about the issue of contract rent for you, this is not what the greedy Emperor Tianzuo can think of, what he is thinking about now is the problem of money.

After repeated consultations with Xiao Ming, the leased place was finally positioned as six states, that is, the six eastern states, which are Ulzhou, Wuzhou, Fuzhou, Jizhou, Danzhou, and Yingzhou. It is also known as the six eastern states, which are connected with the famous mansions of the Northern Song Dynasty, and can be regarded as a large state in the east that produces grain and pays taxes.

After a series of debates and consultations, and the differentiation of interests one by one, Xiao Ming and Emperor Tianzuo quickly finalized the most famous in the history of the Great Liao Kingdom: the "Regulations on Land Lease and Commerce" can be described as extremely humiliating and humiliating, and there is also a suspicion of ceding land, but now Emperor Tianzuo's eyes are full of gold and silver, and with his full force, it is estimated that no one dares to oppose it.

As a result, Xiao Ming's greatest achievement was to induce the Liao State to temporarily return the six eastern states of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and began to trade with the Song Dynasty on a large scale. Of course, all operations will not be implemented until the Spring Festival is over.

ps: Emperor Tianzuo: Come on, give a ticket to return to the sea for fish, and collect one! Chin this.

Fisherman (in the middle of old tears): Thank you, Your Majesty Longen......

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