Great Tang princess

"It's not that the temptation is not big, but it's not big enough! At least not enough to pay the price for it." Li Yuechen shook his head slightly.

To be honest, it's not that she hasn't thought about this issue, but if she wants to bring it down, even if she puts aside morality and other things first, she doesn't mention the impact on the surrounding countries after the massacre or the soldiers' morale. psychological impact.

Even if you only consider the difficulty of this matter, there are probably only two options in the end.

First, abolish its royal family, incorporate its territory into the Great Zhou, and educate its people. After a few generations, they will naturally become Han people.

But such a huge project cannot be fully realized in China now, let alone abroad?
At present, not to mention the whole country, even Dongdu and Chang'an, not all children can go to school, so how can there be extra energy to educate foreigners?

As for the second option, it sounds simple, that is to completely eliminate it, not only subjugate the country, but also exterminate the species.

But in this way, it means that hundreds of thousands of troops will be needed to sail to the island.

And once a large-scale massacre is carried out, the other party will definitely not surrender obediently to you. At that time, the local aborigines will follow their instincts to escape, or go into the mountains and fight guerrillas, or they will desperately.

The trapped beast is still fighting, let alone the intelligent creature driven into a desperate situation?In this case, they will only try to fight back, even if they go all out.

Even if there are shotguns, grenades and artillery now, if you want to completely slaughter them, at least 10,000+ people will die on your side.

Not to mention this era, even during World War II, it was extremely dangerous for the army to enter the jungle to fight!

From Li Yuechen's point of view, losing 10,000+ people to do this is not worth it at all!

Now these soldiers are treasures that have been cultivated at a high price, but they are reluctant to let them die easily.

Not to mention that after doing this, you have to consider the impact on the surrounding countries. The surrounding countries will think, if you do this to a country, will you do the same to us in the future...

Taking these possible impacts into consideration, Li Yuechen gave an unrealistic answer.

Anyway, there is now the convenience of making them obediently pay tribute without war, so there is no need to waste people and money for it.

Coupled with the fact that there are more and more export commodities today, it would be nice to let them pay with gold and silver ore.

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Wu Zetian asked: "Then Chen'er said that the gold and silver mines should be developed and supervised by the state to prevent price fluctuations?"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Auntie is really smart! In fact, because every year there are always people who buy gold and silver for storage or to make jewelry, so a certain amount of gold and silver produced in my country every year has to be released into the folks for balance, to prevent banknotes There are violent fluctuations..."

Princess Xuancheng suddenly said: "I understand! What Chen'er means is that a certain amount of gold and silver will be distributed to the people every year to prevent their prices from rising sharply, so as to stabilize their prices. Because gold and silver are easy to be bought by others. Storage, so if it is not released every year, it will cause the price to exceed one year!"

"That's right!" Li Yuechen gave her a thumbs up, "That's what it means!"

At this time, Li Xian already felt that the temperature of his brain was obviously too high, and asked subconsciously: "But isn't it a good thing that the price increase? In this way, the banknotes will also rise accordingly. Can't the court issue more banknotes?"

"Brother is right, but the problems involved are extremely complicated and cannot be solved right now." Li Yuechen shook his head lightly, "Inflation is a very troublesome problem. At that time, the Ministry of Household Affairs will need to be responsible for all provinces, cities, and municipalities. , Counties have established statistics bureaus, and at the same time, a large number of accountants and actuaries are needed..."

"What do you mean by accounting?" Li Dan asked aloud.

The magic of Chinese allows him to roughly understand what an actuary does, but the word accounting is somewhat abstract.

"It's the person who calculates the data." Li Yuechen explained.

"What's the difference between the two?"

Li Yuechen thought for a while: "Accountants calculate the data that is already known, which is certain; while an actuary is to calculate the data that has not happened but may happen. Simply put, it is to measure the future! At present, people who can be called actuaries , I am afraid there is only one sister!"

"Isn't that simple?" Li Xian replied, "There are so many talents who have passed the examination in the Department of Accounting, let them do the calculations, and they will be rewarded if they can't be calculated..."

"It's useless!" Li Yuechen shook his head, and directly interrupted the elder brother's words, "Anaithology is a very special subject, if you can't do it, you can't! It's useless if you hold a knife holder on his neck. If you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out." !"

"That is to say, it is completely impossible to replace copper coins with paper money at present?" Wu Zetian asked.

Li Yuechen nodded: "It will take at least a few years. If some of the children taught by the school under my name can become sister's apprentice in the future and be admitted to her graduate school, they should be able to train more and more talents in mathematics. "

Although the current Princess Xuancheng is the Secretary of the Household Department, she does not usually deal with small matters, and spends most of her time studying mathematics.

Now he is the person with the highest level of mathematics in this era. In the future, when the school system is completed, he can really become a mathematics professor, and he will naturally have his own graduate students under his name.

Wu Zetian nodded slightly: "However, this system is not bad. When the time comes in the future, it can indeed be implemented!"

"wrong!"

Li Xian immediately discovered the loophole: "This is not okay, isn't Japan paying a large amount of gold and silver ore every year? In addition to the production in Dazhou, wouldn't it also cause that... depreciation? "

Hearing his question, Li Yuechen nodded slightly: "Actually, this involves another issue, that is, domestic and foreign countries adopt the same but not interoperable system!"

"Why?"

"Store the gold and silver tribute separately, and then print another set of banknotes. If foreign businessmen want to purchase in our Dazhou territory, they need to exchange the currency they bring into this set of banknotes before they can use it in our Dazhou territory. Big shopping!"

Now even Princess Yiyang felt her brain start to heat up: "Doesn't that mean that more banknotes will flow into my Dazhou territory? On the contrary, the expansion will accelerate."

"No, the banknotes they use are not interoperable with those used in China, they belong to another system." Li Yuechen shook his head, "In other words, domestic and foreign are completely separated!"

"Why do we still have to separate? Isn't it troublesome?" Li Dan also felt his brain start to heat up.

Only Wu Zetian remained calm on the surface, pretending to understand.

"Ah! I know!" Princess Xuancheng yelled suddenly, and then said: "Chen'er means that foreign businessmen come to our Dazhou to do business, sell their goods, and get this second set of banknotes , when you finish your business and leave, you can exchange those tribute gold and silver that have been stored separately!"

"That's right!" Li Yuechen nodded and gave her a thumbs up.

Li Dan frowned: "But isn't it troublesome to come and go? Why does it have to be like this?"

"It's easy!"

There is no need for Li Yuechen to explain this time. Princess Xuancheng said with a smile: "Because the price of gold and silver in Dazhou will be slightly higher than that of foreign countries, so there will be huge room for profit! Those foreign businessmen can use cheap foreign gold and silver. To buy high-priced domestic goods, it will eventually lead to that...inflation!"

After explaining this, Wu Zetian also understood, nodded slightly and said: "Because of Chener's existence, my Da Zhou must sell more goods than I buy. Cheaper gold and silver. This separately stored tribute gold and silver inventory will increase over time!"

As an emperor, Wu Zetian may not understand economics and finances, but she understands people's hearts and human nature, and she knows how to play tricks.

There is no need for Li Yuechen to continue explaining the follow-up questions.

She picked up her teacup and said, "According to what Chen'er said, this world is a ball. The gold and silver on this ball must be limited! According to this method, after hundreds of years, most of the gold and silver on this ball All the silver will be in the hands of Da Zhou. At that time, Da Zhou will have the final say on the price of gold and silver on the ball!"

"hiss--"

Hearing her words, Li Yuechen couldn't help gasping!
She really deserves to be a wise and scheming empress in history, and she is really a brilliant strategist!When it comes to conspiracies, her savvy is even smarter and more terrifying than Shangguan Wan'er, she can be called a monster!
It's a pity that due to the limitations of the times, she can only think of this.

The next question still needs to be explained by Li Yuechen.

"Aniang is right, when the time comes, most of the gold and silver in the world will be in our hands, and we will be able to require all countries that have trade with me to use this second set of banknotes as the settlement method for future transactions!" Li Yuechen said.

Now that the words have reached this point, the others understand, and they can't help but open their eyes wide and look at Li Yuechen who is sitting there smiling.

Although she is more than 30 years old, she looks no different from a 20-year-old girl. Once she smiles, her originally heroic face is full of affinity.

It's just that at this moment, I only feel that the smile shows not affinity, but a very terrifying pressure!

At this time, her smile really looked like an emperor sitting in the dark: "From now on, I, Da Zhou, will be the only lighthouse in the world!"

This strategy is too scary. In the future, you will have to use the currency of other countries to buy things, which means you have to act according to the face of others and put it on yourself. How embarrassing is that?
Moreover, in case there is inflationary pressure in the country, it can be sent to other countries through depreciation, thereby diluting the domestic pressure.

The simplest way to explain it is: how much the money in your hand is worth, it is up to others to decide!
Does that sound like a beggar?That's it!How many people want to kneel have no way out!
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The shock brought by this strategy made Jixian Temple fall into a moment of silence, and everyone picked up their teacups and took a sip to ease the surprise from the future.

Wu Zetian turned her head and asked Shangguan Wan'er: "How much have you recorded today's conversation?"

"Returning to the saint, I didn't remember a single word!" Shangguan Wan'er replied with a smile.

This kind of answer made Wu Zetian smile slightly: "Just write something casually, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the daily notes."

"Saint, don't worry, Wan'er understands!"

At this time, Li Xian suddenly raised his head after regaining his senses: "Wait, brother, I thought of another question. What if there are people in the country hoarding gold and silver to raise the price?"

But I wanted to slap myself just after I asked this question, it was a bit stupid to ask this question.

Li Yuechen fiddled with the tea leaves with a bowl lid with a smile: "Gold and silver are no different than others, and their value is very high. If the imperial court does not intervene, few families can afford it."

After all, it is gold and silver. If you want to increase the price by hoarding, the capital you need to invest is not 01:30.

"But there are still some after all, right?" Li Xian twirled his fingers and said, "The Kong family, the Wang family, and... In short, the seven surnames and ten families should all have such abilities."

After all, it is a thousand-year-old family with a terrifyingly rich background, which is probably not inferior to the royal family.

"Brother, don't worry, the Kong family won't!"

Li Yuechen smiled lightly, she knew the Kong family very well.

The family motto of the Kong family is: Never go against the court!
It is also because of this that they can be passed on for thousands of years until the future.

"What about the other companies?" Li Xian asked.

Li Yuechen turned his head to look at his mother, and said with a slight smile: "If someone really dares to do this, then, Auntie will let him understand what is meant by 'Under the world, is it the king's soil!', right?"

Wu Zetian didn't speak, just showed a smile, and gently took a sip from the teacup.

Just such a simple action is full of the terrifying power of the emperor, making people almost dare not look directly at it.

On this point, Li Yuechen and Wu Zetian have the same attitude.

Li Yuechen is not a bloodthirsty person, but she has a firm bottom line: that is, no one is allowed to destroy the stability of the country!

If someone dared to violate this principle, she would definitely not be merciless in cutting it.

……

Today's chat caused quite a shock to my mother and brothers and sisters, no less than the surprise of seeing Li Yuechen flying into the sky back then.

So instead of continuing to chat in the afternoon, Li Xian directly played mahjong with his two brothers and his mother.

Although Wu Zetian wasn't very interested, but the children were finally here today, so it didn't matter to play, so under Li Xian's begging, he "reluctantly" agreed to play for a while.

On the other hand, Li Yuechen, his two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er gathered at another table and played mahjong.

It's a pity that Li Yuechen doesn't seem to have much talent in gambling, and he lost nearly 1 yuan in one afternoon.

Fortunately, he has money, so he doesn't care about losing, so he played with them all afternoon with a smile on his face.

In the evening, Wu Zetian asked the children to eat together, and the family sat at the big round table and chatted while eating.

Li Xian asked suddenly: "Speaking of which, I visited the medical school for my brother a few days ago, and saw a group of prisoners puffing away. What kind of novelty is that?"

"That's called tobacco, brother, you'd better not touch it! It's the same as Wushi powder and various elixir, it's a chronic poison!" Li Yuechen replied.

"How can the elixir be called poison? You know, back then Emperor Taizong still..."

"If Emperor Taizong didn't eat those elixir, he wouldn't have passed away so early!" Li Yuechen interrupted him directly.

Wu Zetian directly raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder: "You damn girl! From childhood to adulthood, my ancestors are not big or small!"

"Don't worry, Auntie, I'm a junior, Taizong won't blame me!" Li Yuechen waved his hand nonchalantly.

Then I started to popularize the dangers of tobacco with them.