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Chapter 419: Seeking the Country (Please subscribe)

Zhao Xu rested in the pavilion for a while, and Feng Jing reported from outside the curtain: "Everyone, Xing Shu, a member of the Zhongshu House, handed in a letter under the inner east gate and begged to see him."

Zhao Xu came to his senses and nodded: "Pass it!"

His mood finally brightened.

These bad things within the Song Dynasty made him feel bad, but as long as he thought that the Liao Kingdom was worse than the Song Dynasty, he became happy again.

In particular, watching the Liao people move towards the point of no return step by step under his design.

His mood was extremely happy.

A quarter of an hour later, Xing Shu was brought to Funing Hall.

"I respectfully wish your Majesty a long blessing!" Xing Shu bowed respectfully across the curtain.

Zhao Xu replied: "I am blessed."

Then he couldn't wait to ask: "Xing Sheren, how did the Liao envoy reply?"

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Liao said that he only dares to buy three and a half million catties for the first time, and he needs to submit a letter to the Lord of Liao for approval." Xing Shu answered honestly.

Zhao Xu pursed his lips: "Three and a half million pounds? It's a little less, but it's better than nothing."

"At the very least, the old tea and second-grade tea accumulated in Chengdu Fulu and other states have a place to go."

Old tea and second-grade tea are the lowest value but the largest quantity in the Song Dynasty tea production chain.

There is a backlog of several million kilograms every year.

The final fate of these accumulated tea leaves is that they are burned after becoming moldy and rotten.

The farmers were on the verge of crying, the government was also having a headache, and the tea merchants hated it even more.

Because, in order to ensure that farmers can continue to grow tea, and at the same time to reap benefits, the government often forces tea merchants to purchase or even bundle and sell tea.

Xing Shu lowered his head, stood in the hall, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I am stupid and don't know your Majesty's intentions. I would like to ask for your Majesty's advice."

He will become a Hanlin bachelor next year.

Hanlin bachelor, one of the four leaders, a candidate for future governance.

Naturally, he had to do everything possible to get close to the emperor and stay close to the emperor.

And this is a good opportunity.

Zhao Xu looked at Xing Shu through the curtain, smiled and said, "What do you want to know?"

"I don't understand why Your Majesty sets the price of old tea and second-grade tea at such a low price?"

At the current price of tea, old tea costs 25 cents per cake, and second-grade tea costs [-] to [-] cents per cake.

The Song Dynasty government made nothing in this process!
In addition to the purchase money given to the tenants, the remaining profit is probably enough to cover the freight.

Zhao Xu smiled. He admired Xing Shu's desire for knowledge, so he asked patiently: "Have you heard about the market?"

"Market?" Xing Shu seemed to understand.

Zhao Xu looked at him and said, "I am cultivating the market!"

"You would like to see how many people there are in Beilu?"

"How many people are there in Zubu, Bohai, and Nuzhi within the scope of its radiation and influence?"

"Especially Bohai and Jurchen, they didn't have the habit of drinking tea in the past."

Xing Shu didn't understand: "Your Majesty, what good will this do to our court?"

This is the limitation of the era of punishment and forgiveness.

Contemporary officials actually only care about profits.

This also has to do with the environment they rely on.

Political performance requires them to make money in order to be promoted. Anything that cannot make money is regarded as useless.

Zhao Xu smiled: "There are so many benefits!"

"If the farmers' old and second-grade tea can be sold, they will make more profits, and they will be more motivated to grow tea. In this way, more people will grow tea."

"Secondly, the civilian men hired to transport tea can also have jobs and support their families."

"If all the old and second-grade tea accumulated every year can be sold, this would be millions of kilograms of tea, which would require [-] to [-] young men to transport."

“Behind every person is a family.”

"This will allow [-] to [-] households to have jobs and have enough food and clothing."

Zhao Xu was in a good mood today, so he was very interested and patiently explained to Xing Shu: "In addition, when the Khitans, Xi people, Bohai people, female straight people and Zubu people under the rule of Beilu were used to drinking After tea, they definitely want to drink better tea.”

"In this way, Da Song's good tea will have a market in the future!"

The technology used in making tea in the Song Dynasty is very suitable for drinking on the grassland.

Until modern times, ethnic minorities on the grasslands still use tea bricks and tea cakes.

"Besides, since they drink tea, how can they not use tea sets?"

"In this way, porcelain from the Song Dynasty will also be marketable in the future."

"If I sell more porcelain, the porcelain kiln owner can hire more kiln workers if he makes money..."

Xing Shu listened and licked his tongue.

This was a possibility he had never thought possible.

His mind was buzzing, and he felt like a new door was being opened.

What the official described made him short of breath.

He thought about it carefully and found that what the official said was very reasonable.

But the problem is...

Xingshu bowed his head and said: "Your majesty is a saint, and you can see thousands of miles away. I surrender to you!"

"It's just that I'm scared..." He raised his head: "Where did Beilu get all this money?"

In the current Song and Liao New Testament, the exchange of Sui coins for jiaozi only costs 300 million coins a year.

The northern captives liked the luxurious things of the Song Dynasty.

A jianzhan costs thousands of guan without blinking an eye.

A good Shu brocade horse costs hundreds of dollars, and people buy hundreds of horses directly without any counter-offer.

A bottle of fine wine packaged in a white porcelain bottle from Ding kiln costs ten guan, and people can buy thousands of bottles at a time.

The other three bowls are not enough, and the jade liquor and other jars of wine are purchased by thousands of jars.

I don't treat money as money at all.

If they continue to be extravagant like this, Xingshu feels that the 300 million yuan Jiaozi will be completed in the first half of this year.

What will Beilu do once he runs out of money?
This makes Xing Shu a little unimaginable.

Zhao Xu smiled: "This is why I want to sell a large amount of old tea and second-grade tea to Beilu."

"It's not just tea, it will be the same for many things in the future." How much money can you make from luxury goods?
The annual Jiaozi trade of 300 million guan fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty. How much was the actual profit in the end?
Excluding kickbacks, can I earn 50 yuan?

How much of the 50 yuan fell into Zhao Xu's hands?
Besides, is it possible that Zhao Xu worked so hard to do so many things just to sell some luxury goods so that the people of Liao country can continue to live in intoxication and decadence?
Maybe that’s what I thought at first.

However, now that Zhao Xu saw the greed of the Liao nobles, he changed his mind.

Zhao Xu grinned as he spoke.

"Think about it, sir, after our court sells a large amount of old tea and second-grade tea to Beilu, what will Beilu do?"

“Are they not going to make money?”

Xingshu shook his head.

The nobles and scholar-bureaucrats of the Liao Kingdom were only more greedy and extravagant than those of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, they will definitely make money and sell the tea at a higher price.

Doubling or tripling it is their conscience.

Especially for Bohai and Nvzhi, the two tribes under the control of the Liao Kingdom.

Xingshu, Yeluju and others have become familiar with each other these days, and naturally they also know the Khitan people's attitude towards the various ethnic groups under their rule.

The nobles of the Xi people were allies of the Khitans and had a relatively high status.

The officials from the Youyan and Han Dynasties were the ones whom the Khitan Lord united with.

This has become more and more true since Liao Shengzong!
But Bohai people, female straight people, and divination people?

Even nobles, in the eyes of the Khitan people, are objects of defense and vigilance, and even enemies!
and so……

Xing Shu swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously: "What does your Majesty mean?"

"Huang Kao once told me that during the Renmiao period, Yuan Hao rebelled. When peace was negotiated in the third year of Qingli, Yuan Hao suddenly fell out with the Lord of Liao."

"At that time, no one in the court knew why, but later Renmiao found out that it was Yuan Hao who attracted the divination people, which made the Lord of Liao very angry!"

"It's just that the Northern and Western thieves are just telling the public that 'Yuan Hao tortured and killed the princess' to hide it from others."

The current international situation in Northeast Asia is the most chaotic in history.

The speed at which we and the enemy change and their faces change is so fast that it's overwhelming.

According to the historical data of the Liao Kingdom that Zhao Xu saw in modern times, the Liao Kingdom had always been the largest financial backer of the party members before the third year of Qingli.

They provided a large amount of economic and military assistance to Dangxiang, and even married the princess to Yuan Hao.

What's this?A typical proxy war!
In this war, the Liao people won.

Let Dangxiang and Song Dynasty fight to death and bleed their own blood.

However, Yuan Hao gradually became ambitious during the war.

So much so that they began to covet the grasslands of Liao Kingdom.

The Weifu Supervisory Military Department of Montenegro built the fortress directly on the Hetao grassland.

The Liao Kingdom was furious.

Xingzong of Liao Dynasty then led the expedition in person!
The excuse was that the princess was tortured and killed - but all fools knew that the so-called princess was a clan girl, the same status as the princesses who got married in the Han Dynasty.

This is the international background of the Song-Xia peace negotiation - if there is no peace negotiation, Song and Liao will fight a mixed doubles attack on Dangxiang.

In addition, according to modern historical data, there is another reason why Yuan Hao hated the Liao Kingdom - Liao Xingzong not only supported the Dangxiang people to deal with the Song Dynasty, he also roundaboutly passed the Black Khan people and found Dangxiang's real mortal enemy at the time. In the Qing Tang Dynasty, Tubo also married a princess to Xisiluo.

what is this?
We must repeat our old tricks, support the Tubo people, and attack the Party members.

When Yuan Hao knew about this, he tortured and killed the princess.

Put yourself in Yuan Hao's shoes, what would be the behavior of the Khitan people?
I have shed my blood for you, but you support my enemies?

Straight girl thief!
Did the Liao people have a lot of fun?

They have even more fun with female straight women, Bohai, and Korea!
If it weren't for the nvzhi who sent the macho Wanyan Aguda from heaven, or if it weren't for the Liao Kingdom's 'holy lord' Emperor Tianzuo.

This game played by the Liao people may continue to be played for another 100 years.

Thinking about these things, Zhao Xu licked his lips, looked at Xing Shu, and said, "This is also the reason why the Ren Temple Committee agreed to negotiate peace."

The story of the fight between the Western bandits and the Northern barbarians spread to Bianjing, and the government and the public were full of joy.

Everyone agreed that it would be best for the two thieves to die together.

This also proves how failed the Song Dynasty's diplomacy was.

If it were the Qin Dynasty or the Han and Tang Dynasties, what they should have done was to immediately support Yuan Hao with all their strength, and even let the Song army put on the clothes of a party member to join the battle.

The Dangxiang people could only perish in the hands of the Song Dynasty and could never be annexed by the Liao Kingdom.

Otherwise, the strategic situation of the Song Dynasty will fall into an extremely passive and disadvantageous situation!
Fortunately, Yuan Haosui's blood counterattack was successful.

Otherwise, what Zhao Xu has to face now is a super Liao kingdom that occupies Yanyou, grassland, Hexi, and Lingxia.

Considering the Song Dynasty's fear of the Liao Dynasty, wouldn't it be necessary to pile up more than 200 million standing troops on the border to feel at ease?
Of course, as the grandson of Renmiao in terms of etiquette, Zhao Xu must also beautify Renmiao.

Don't expose other people's shortcomings!
"If we take history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall." Zhao Xu said leisurely: "What do you think?"

Xing Shu's heart was beating wildly.

The truth revealed to him by Zhao Xu passed through his mind like a blade, making his whole body excited.

At this moment, Xing Shu felt that even the position of a Hanlin scholar and the temptation of a parasol were not as exciting as the official description of the international situation, intrigues, and changes in the situation.

At this moment, Xing Shu thought of Zhang Yi and Su Qin.

He clenched his fists, feeling excited all over, excited that he could participate in such a huge and magnificent cause.

If it can subvert the Liao Kingdom, it will even just make the people of the Liao Kingdom feel uncomfortable.

Xing Shu felt that his life was not in vain.

He almost knows what this official wants to do?
He originally thought that the officials simply wanted to use the 300 million yuan of Jiaozi to make the upper echelons of the Liao Kingdom drunk and wealthy.

Then use kickbacks to bribe and corrupt Liao envoys.

In this way, the Liao people were made dependent on the Song Dynasty, and then the close relationship between Song and Liao was used to oppress the Western thieves and force them to surrender.

This is also something recognized by both the government and the opposition.

His Majesty also relied on this operation to convince the courtiers.

Ke Xingshu never expected that the official family's grand plan was so grand.

He is seeking the country!

Incredible!It's incredible!

How old is the official family today?He actually had the idea of ​​​​subverting the Liao Kingdom.

What's even more exaggerated is that he has no fear of the Liao people.

They don’t look like Taizong’s descendants at all!

　I've been losing a lot of money recently, please help me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)