Fenghou

Chapter 1532 National Policy
In the early morning, a fleet of dozens of thousands of stone ships arrived at Guangyuntan outside the east city of Jingzhao City. Guangyuntan is still being excavated and constructed. It will be built into the world's largest shipping transit terminal. Meet here.

Dozens of thousand-stone cargo ships came from Xiangyang in the Yangtze River system. It was Liu Dajiang and his thousand men. They reached Tianzhu and Xilan as far as they could, and then returned to Nanyang. All the way back to the Yong Dynasty.

Liu Dajiang is not an official. Although he has a title, he has no official position. He is the emperor Chen Qing's imperial merchant, and he specializes in overseas trade for the emperor Chen Qing.

This time he brought back ten thousand stone ships worth hundreds of thousands of guan, mainly cat's eyes, gemstones, green and red orbs, white bean curds, magnolia bark, musk, ambergris, etc. goods, and purchased a large amount of spices in Nanyang.

Of course, not all of these goods will be shipped back to Jingzhao, and about half of them will be shipped to Pingjiang Mansion, which is Suzhou, which is the economic center of the entire Jiangnan, and Jiangnan is the most affluent place in the world, with the largest grain output in the world.

There is an astonishing demand for luxury goods such as spices and precious stones. Chen Qing’s imperial merchants are not just merchants, but also merchants. Huangshang is responsible for distribution and wholesale of goods shipped by Liu Dajiang from overseas.

Even if Pingjiang Mansion took away half of the goods, the goods carried on the dozens of thousand-stone cargo ships are only a small part of the other half, and a large amount of goods are hoarded in Xiangyang.

When the cargo ship arrived at the dock, it was immediately transported into the warehouse, while the soldiers went home on vacation, and they would return to the capital to assemble at the end of January next year.

Liu Dajiang took an ox cart to the palace. After a while, the ox cart arrived at the Taiji Palace. Liu Dajiang jumped off the ox cart with a big box in his hand.

When he reached the city gate, he took out the pass gold medal and showed it to the soldiers. The soldiers didn't stop him and let him in.
At this time, the emperor Chen Qing was holding a court meeting. The court meeting was also divided into a large court meeting and a small court meeting.The ceremonial court meeting, such as the first day of the first lunar month and the birthday of the emperor, is attended by all civil and military officials in Beijing.

The Grand Court Meeting is held once a month, with the participation of civil officials of rank seven or above and some military officials.

The Xiaochaohui is held on the fifth and tenth of every month, which is actually once every five days, and officials above rank five participate.

In addition, there are special special court meetings from time to time, which are basically attended by officials above the sub-officials of various temples, that is, officials above the ministers and Shaoqing.

Today's court meeting was a special discussion, and Chen Qing received an urgent eagle letter from Niu Gao who turned around on Yanshan Road.

"Everyone has also seen the latest information. It is indeed unexpected. There is actually a Jurchen army and tens of thousands of Jurchen people in Ketun City. Wanyan Wushu is also hiding there, but the situation is quite special now. The Xiliao army and the Naiman tribe Beginning to invade the Mobei Grassland, is the enemy's enemy our friend? Not necessarily, Xiliao is also our enemy, so can we reconcile with the Jurchens? It is even more impossible, so the current situation is very complicated, I called everyone to discuss , I mainly want to set a principle, and then all our subsequent deployments must be carried out around this principle, since it is a discussion, let's speak freely!"

Jiang Yanxian coughed and said, "Your Majesty, do you think there is a possibility of reconciliation between the Jurchens and the Khitans? For example, if the two families jointly deal with the ministries of the grassland and the Yong Dynasty, Xiliao occupies the grassland, and the Jurchens take back Liaodong. Is there such a possibility?"

Chen Qing said slowly: "We all know that the Jurchens and the Khitans have hatred for the destruction of the country. At this stage, it is absolutely impossible to reconcile, but there is a possibility of reconciliation, that is, the older generation of Khitans and Jurchens are all dead. , The new generation comes up, the new generation does not have the same hatred as the old generation, they may reconcile for the common benefit, but not now, the hatred between Wanyan Wushu and Yelu Dashi is irresistible."

Jiang Yanxian continued to ask: "Does Your Highness think that Wanyan Wushu will lead the army to evacuate again?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "In fact, Wanyan Wushu and his Jurchen army have no way out. If he escapes, firstly, the grassland ministries will not tolerate him, and secondly, he has nowhere to go. He dragged tens of thousands of Jurchen people back to Liaodong Impossible, going south is even more impossible, either they go north, which is possible, but there is a prerequisite for going north, they were defeated by the Xiliao army, so the biggest possibility is that Wanyan Wushu and his Jurchen army Become the leader of the grassland again and lead the troops of the grassland to fight against the army of the Western Liao Dynasty. Once they win a big victory, the Jurchens will become stronger again and become the overlord of the grassland."

Zhou Kuan said: "Your Highness has made a thorough analysis, but the question now is, do we want Xiliao to defeat Jurchen, or do we want Jurchen to defeat Xiliao? Should we tolerate Xiliao's reoccupation of the grassland, or the resurgence of Jurchen?"

Zhang Jun shook his head, "It's definitely unacceptable. The best way is to let them kill each other. The two sides are almost exhausted. Let's send troops again to make them both lose."

Zhang Jun's idea is good, but it is not realistic. The main reason is that it is difficult to grasp the opportunities inside.

Chen Qing coughed slightly, and everyone focused on Chen Qing again.

Chen Qing said calmly: "Actually, I have been thinking about this issue for a year, but I didn't realize that there was a Jurchen army before. Now I can tell you my thoughts frankly. I hope that the Western Liao army will win. It is impossible for the Xiliao Army to severely damage the tribes in the grassland for me, and it is impossible to wipe them out completely, at least they will not be able to recover for decades."

"But what about Xiliao?"

Jiang Yanxian asked worriedly: "Xiliao is not a loose tribal alliance, it is an empire. Once it is powerful, it will be more difficult to deal with than a loose tribe!"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "That's what I said, but Xiliao is fighting in a different place. We can completely force it to withdraw from the grassland by encircling Wei and saving Zhao. For example, if we defeat the Xiliao army in Anxi, Xiliao will inevitably withdraw from the grassland in a hurry. "

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "But in this way, the Naiman tribe will grow up in the grassland. They will probably unify the grassland and become a strong grassland. Your Majesty may not have considered this."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Zhang Xiangguo reminded you well, I really didn't consider the Naiman tribe, there are too many variables, we can't participate, so in conclusion, it is wise to prepare actively and adapt to all changes without change. "

Chen Qing's active preparation and strategy of keeping the same and responding to all changes won the unanimous support of everyone. Everyone reached a unified opinion and sent 30 troops to actively respond to the changes in the grassland and Western Liaoning.

Chen Qing returned to the Imperial Study Room, Yang Tai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is a man named Liu Dajiang asking to see him. He has His Majesty's gold medal, so I asked him to wait outside."

Chen Qing laughed and said: "He is Yao Zhaoyuan's uncle, and also my overseas royal businessman, you will know in the future, let him come to see me!"

"Wei Chen understands!"

Yang Tai hurriedly went, and not long after, Liu Dajiang walked into the imperial study room, and there was a guard behind him carrying the box for him.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

"We haven't seen each other for almost a year, thank you!"

Liu Dajiang took out a booklet and handed it to Chen Qing, "This is Weichen's procurement catalog for this year!"

Chen Qing took the brochure and put it aside, usually not for him to read, but for his wife Lu Xiu, and they went to discuss it.

"What's in the box?"

Chen Qing was very interested in that big box.

"It is a crop that is very similar to potatoes, but sweeter than potatoes. Unfortunately, half of them have gone bad, and there are only seven left."

"What is it?" Chen Qingrao asked with great interest.

The guard opened the box, Chen Qing stepped forward to take a closer look, and was stunned for a while.

Inside the box were seven sweet potatoes wrapped in soil.

(End of this chapter)