At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 657: The institution that rules the world
Xu Aimin listened carefully to Zhang Pijiang's explanation of Rome, and then shook his head and said, "The Romans wasted their opportunity. An opportunity like this to completely cleanse the upper class only appears once every few hundred or even thousands of years. They actually let those elder families go. The Romans will pay the price for their weakness today."

If his father had not forcefully purged the nobles and powerful people of the seven kingdoms, there would be no prosperous Han Dynasty today. You must know that in the 3,000-year history of China since the Xia, Shang, Zhou and Qin dynasties, only the Han Dynasty can be said to have severed the aristocratic bloodline of 3,000 years. The reforms of the Han Dynasty in the past few decades have been more drastic than those in the Warring States Period. When the princes of the Warring States Period carried out reforms, there was no family without rivers of blood, and several kings died. The people who presided over the reforms ended up miserably. Shang Yang was torn into pieces by five horses, and Wu Qi was shot to death by arrows from the nobles of Chu.

However, the Han Dynasty's reforms over the past few decades did not encounter too many obstacles. This was because these obstacles had been cleared away during the founding period of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was like a blank sheet of paper for painting. The Romans also encountered such an opportunity but easily let it go.

Liu Chang said disdainfully: "Your Majesty, you overestimate these Romans. What kind of heroes can a small country with few people have? How can they have the same courage as the emperor? What they have achieved now is already their limit."

Chen Mai smiled and said, "The Roman Datong Society originally came from the family of the elders. It is only natural that they do not purge the elders' family. Moreover, the Romans are too ambitious, which is not a good thing for our Han Dynasty. It is just right now."

In Chen Mai's view, the Roman Civil War was originally a civil war between Roman senators. After the war, the rulers of Rome were still those senator families. Of course, there were changes in Rome. First, slavery was completely abolished. Second, the thoughts within the Roman upper class were finally integrated, the policy of building a country based on industry was determined, and industrialization was accelerated. The rulers of Rome changed from slave aristocrats to industrial and commercial aristocrats.

Xu Aimin said confidently: "Why should we, the Han Dynasty, fear heroes from other countries?"

Then he looked at Zhang Pijiang and said, "Pijiang, what do you mean by saying that the international division of labor has not been perfected? The Han Dynasty has been balancing global trade over the years."

Zhang Pijiang smiled and said, "These are some of the ideas I have been thinking about in Daqinzhou in recent years. At present, the global trade of the Han Dynasty is still mainly based on agriculture. Although this has played a role in balancing global trade to a certain extent, it is still not enough. The Han Dynasty is still in a deficit with most parts of the world.

Gold and silver from all over the world are still flowing into our Han Dynasty. Now the lack of foreign exchange has become a common problem faced by all countries and vassal states. In this case, our Han Dynasty is like a huge pump that draws the world's wealth to our Han Dynasty. Other countries in the world lack wealth for development, which in turn restricts the development of our Han Dynasty. "

"If you want to change this situation, Your Majesty should open your mind, look beyond the world, treat all countries in the world as your subjects, and establish a global market."

What will happen if Han, with its size, becomes the first industrialized country? It can be said that it is like raising a shark in a pond. Han can easily drain the world. Now Han's trade deficit is so exaggerated. Not to mention other materials, just talk about gold, a precious metal. The amount of gold entering Han is as high as 300 tons every year. The global gold price has been directly raised several times by Han.

Influenced by the Han Dynasty, various countries were forced to carry out monetary reforms and learn the Han Dynasty's paper currency in advance. This was not because their economy had reached the point where they needed to establish a credit currency, but because they did not have enough gold and could only use paper currency in advance to limit the outflow of gold and other precious metals from their own countries.

When Xu Aijun became the king of Tianzhu, the first thing he did was to establish the currency of Tianzhu. The Xiongnu Kingdom also established the Xiongnu currency in the second year after experiencing an economic crisis. Tianzhu currency and Xiongnu currency were not freely convertible currencies, but credit currencies based on the paper currency system of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, if these two countries wanted to trade with the Han Dynasty, they needed foreign exchange. Although this seemed to be controlled by others, it was better than the continuous loss of gold and silver in their own countries. The vassal states of the Han Dynasty used the paper currency of the Han Dynasty. The biggest problem for the vassal states now was to trade enough Han currency. Most of the vassal states, like Xu Aijun, could only spend as much money as they earned.

The Roman Datong Society had just unified the north and the south, and their first decree was the gold exchange decree, which strictly prohibited the buying and selling of gold and silver among the people and exchanged all gold for paper money issued by the Datong Society. After raising this batch of gold and silver, they immediately used it to purchase machines from the Han Dynasty in order to develop their own industry.

Zhang Pijiang realized this and understood that if the Han Dynasty wanted to continue to develop, it had to find a way to establish a global market and distribute some of its industries to other countries. The Han Dynasty was the world's hegemon, and it had to take on the responsibility of establishing a global market in order to take advantage of global trade. There was no such thing as enjoying rights without fulfilling responsibilities in this world. If the Han Dynasty wanted to continue to develop and build a harmonious world, it could not only manage the Han Dynasty itself, but also the industries of the Han vassal states and other countries in the world.

"Open your mind, think globally, and build a global market!" The more Xu Aimin heard these words, the more excited he became. It would be difficult for him to surpass his father in the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty, but if he built a global market abroad, this would, to some extent, be surpassing his father.

Chen Mai cursed inwardly: "The Zhang family is good at theoretical research. Building a global market is what hits the spot. Our Chen family suffers because of our lack of knowledge."

Although Zhang Pijiang was his childhood friend, he was now also a political rival. He was 47 this year. He was too young to be the prime minister last year. Chen Mai was worried that the tree that stood out in the forest would be destroyed by the wind. Moreover, the only way for him to be the prime minister was to retire. After the prime minister retired, his influence in the Han Dynasty's political arena would be reduced. He did not want to live a retirement life at the age of 57.

So when Xu Aimin asked him if he wanted to become prime minister, Chen Mai said he wanted to gain more experience. He had no competition for the position of prime minister last year, but he would be fifty-seven by the next term. If he didn't become prime minister again, the possibility of becoming prime minister would be slim. Even if he became prime minister, it could only be a fake prime minister. Although there is only one word difference between fake prime minister and prime minister, the political status is very different.

In the Han Dynasty, the prime minister was truly second only to the emperor, and could even be said to be a fake emperor, holding a part of the imperial power. The power of the fake prime minister was much less, and it could be said that he was just one of the nine ministers with relatively great power. The most regrettable thing in his father's life was that he failed at this half step and did not truly rule the world.

Zhang Pijiang was the same age as him, and both of them were highly valued by the emperor. There was a great possibility that the two of them would form the new leadership of the Han Dynasty, but the powers obtained by one of them as prime minister and the other as fake prime minister were completely different. He did not want to become a fake prime minister and assist Zhang Pijiang in governing.

Just like his father was also the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but when the people of the Han Dynasty think of the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, they will definitely think of the old prime minister Zhou Zhang, and when they think of the person who made the policy for the Han Dynasty, they will definitely think of the old prime minister Zhang Liang, but his father, the vast majority of the people of the Han Dynasty, did not know that there was such a founding prime minister. Chen Mai did not want to repeat his father's tragedy. The status of the prime minister and the false prime minister in history books is different, and he did not want to find his name in the history books.

Originally, Zhang Pijiang had been in Daqinzhou for more than ten years. He thought that he was half a level more important in His Majesty's heart than Zhang Pijiang. But now that Pijiang has created this global market, he is afraid that this may not be the case.

Xu Aimin was unaware of Chen Mai's complicated feelings, and asked, "Pijiang, please explain in detail."

Zhang Pijiang said: "The establishment of a global market is, to some extent, an amplified version of industrial division of labor. The establishment of a global market is to maintain the stability of each country, mediate social conflicts, and use the power of the court to develop the economy.

What is happening around the world right now is that the Han Dynasty has an absolute advantage in industrialization, and the industries of other countries cannot compete with the Han Dynasty. Under the influence of the Han Dynasty, the economies of all countries are declining, social contradictions are intensifying, and the countries are in turmoil. This is the case with several countries in the Qin Continent. In a turbulent Qin Continent, most of its wealth is spent on war and maintaining stability, which in turn affects the economic interests of the Han Dynasty. "

In order to change this, the Han Dynasty must expand the industrial chains of other Han dynasties to the world, split part of the industrial chain and give it to other countries, allowing each country to build industries with their advantages. In this way, productivity can be further increased, prices will fall, and the wealth of countries around the world will increase exponentially. The Han Dynasty will occupy the upstream of the industrial chain, and if the wealth in the downstream increases by one, the wealth will increase by ten in our hands.

Xu Aimin nodded after listening to it. This is similar to the current layout of the Han Dynasty's industrial chain. Some industries are distributed according to regional advantages and regions, just like Taiyuan and Shangdang County develop coal-based coal chemical industries, and in the desert, they develop animal husbandry and wool textile industries, plus some fiscal transfers to stabilize the local areas. Now Zhang Pijiang wants to expand the Han Dynasty's industrial layout to the world, so that all countries in the world can become a link in the Han Dynasty's industrial chain.

Chen Mai frowned and said, "If we place heavy industry in other countries, won't it be a disaster? You know, the reason why the Han Dynasty has the current national strength is because of the development of industry, especially heavy industry mainly based on steel."

Zhang Pijiang said: "The probability of this happening is relatively small. Although we cannot say that this situation will not happen, our Han Dynasty controls the global industry. Even if a big country like the Xiongnu wants to resist our Han Dynasty, it is a country against the global industry. In this case, the Xiongnu will definitely lose. The only country in the world that has the strength to fight against this global industrial chain is our Han Dynasty. Therefore, when the Han Dynasty occupies the core position of the industrial chain, other big countries in the world will never be the opponent of our Han Dynasty."

"The second is to control the industrial chain in the hands of the Han Dynasty. Take the Xiongnu Kingdom as an example. If the Xiongnu's steel industry threatens the Han Dynasty, the imperial court can reduce the import of iron ore and coal to the Xiongnu Kingdom, making the Xiongnu Kingdom's steel industry a waste of resources."

Chen Maidao said: "The Xiongnu is a big country. There are iron and coal mines in their territory. They use their own iron and coal mines as raw materials to make iron. What should the court do?"

Zhang Pijiang said confidently: "The court can find a way to lower the cost of the shipping industry, reduce the price of coal and iron ore, and use the steel industry of Kuaiji County and Tianzhu to defeat the steel industry of the Xiongnu Kingdom."

Chen Mai said, "What if the Xiongnu use high tariffs to restrict steel from other regions from entering their country?" Zhang Pijiang said, "Those countries that want to take over our Han industry must lower their tariffs. If the Xiongnu raise their tariffs alone, our Han can lead all the princes to raise the Xiongnu's tariffs as well. This is equivalent to the Xiongnu cutting themselves off from the global trade system. The Xiongnu's steel industry will be preserved, but their oil, textile, and animal husbandry industries will develop economic crises."

The Xiongnu Kingdom was an export-oriented country, among which the oil industry had the highest export proportion, reaching 70%. If the Xiongnu's oil could not be exported, the Xiongnu Kingdom's wealth would be reduced by billions. Such a large-scale reduction in wealth would be difficult for even a big country like the Xiongnu to bear.

Zhang Pijiang said with even more confidence: "If the Huns really raise tariffs, it would be equivalent to them using one country to resist global industrialization. The Huns will undoubtedly fail. Integrating the world into an industrial chain is an open conspiracy. If we don't join, we will be one country against the world. If we join, we will become a link in the industrial chain, and it will be even more difficult to resist the rule of our Han Dynasty. As long as we complete the layout of the global industrial chain, our Han Dynasty will be equivalent to completing the economic rule of the world, which can greatly consolidate the Han Dynasty's position as the overlord."

Liu Chang thought for a moment and said, "If I were the Khan of the Xiongnu, I would learn from the tyrannical Qin and reduce the wages of craftsmen so that they could survive. In this way, the wages of Xiongnu craftsmen would be only one tenth of that of the Han Dynasty. I could even turn the entire Xiongnu into a military camp and expand outward to resolve internal conflicts."

Zhang Pijiang said: "As the world's hegemon, the Han Dynasty naturally cares about the lives of the Xiongnu people. We must increase the propaganda of the Great Harmony in the Xiongnu. If the Xiongnu dare to learn from the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu will overthrow the rule of the Chanyu themselves."

Xu Aimin smiled and said: "This is to promote the rule of great harmony to the world!"

Zhang Pijiang nodded and said, "The Great Harmony is the political and cultural hegemony of our Han Dynasty. If countries around the world want to enter our Han Dynasty's industrial chain, they must take the Great Harmony as their political program. They must, under the supervision of our Han Dynasty, increase the salaries of craftsmen, ensure their welfare, increase public spending on medical and other social services, and build schools, hospitals and other welfare facilities.

Chen Mai looked at Zhang Pijiang with a puzzled expression. This was a blatant conspiracy. The productivity of the Han Dynasty was the strongest in the world, but even so, it could only barely maintain the current welfare benefits of the Han Dynasty's craftsmen. The productivity of other vassal states and countries could not compare with that of the Han Dynasty, but if the salaries of their craftsmen were improved, it would be almost impossible for them to catch up with the Han Dynasty.

If the Han Dynasty really established a global industrial chain, other countries would only be screws in the industrial chain. If they were separated from this system, their countries would collapse. With such a perfect system, it was hard for him to imagine how other countries could resist the Han Dynasty. With this global industrial chain established, Zhang Pijiang would have laid a century-long foundation for the Han Dynasty's hegemony.

Xu Aimin excitedly asked a servant to find a global map and spread it on the hall. Then he looked at the map and said excitedly: "The desert is the pasture and wool textile factory of our Han people."

Zhang Pijiang pointed to the vast area south of the Yangtze River and said, "Jiangnan is the orchard, rubber plantation and cigarette production base of our Han people."

"Nanyang provides us with spice gardens, oil and minerals."

Xu Aimin saw South Korea in the South Central region and said, "Give it to the rubber and coal chemical industries in the South Central region."

Zhang Pijiang bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

His brother Zhang Buyi owned a large anthracite mine in South Korea, leaving behind a coal chemical industry that was enough to sustain South Korea for decades.

Then Zhang Pijiang pointed to South Asia and said, "Tianzhu provides us with gems, spices, and cotton."

Xu Aimin thought for a moment and said, "Leave a steel base for my third brother."

Zhang Pijiang nodded and said, "Yes!"

Then he pointed to the Western Regions and said, "Jiguo, the Xiongnu Kingdom provides oil and cotton to our Han Dynasty."

"Yinzhou provides gold and silver to our Han Dynasty and becomes our Han Dynasty's money bag."

Xu Aimin said: "My second brother is also building cotton plantations and tobacco leaves in Yinzhou, and let Tangguo establish a part of the textile industry to produce clothes, hats, shoes, bags and other textiles for our Han Dynasty."

Xu Aimin still took good care of his two brothers and divided some higher-value properties for them.

"Ptolemy produces cotton for us, Rome produces soybeans for our Han Dynasty, and the Carthaginians are the sea chariot drivers of our Han Dynasty."

"Finally, the outermost Nanzhou and Yanzhou provide our Han people with precious metals such as gold and silver."

The reason why Dahan can absorb 300 tons of gold every year is due to the discovery of Nanzhou Gold Mine and Yanzhou Gold Mine. In particular, Yanzhou Gold Mine can provide Dahan with more than 120 tons of gold every year, making it the largest gold producing area in Dahan.

Xu Aimin looked at the Han natives and smiled: "Our Han natives have developed high value-added industries such as the steel industry, machinery manufacturing, machine tools, shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, telegraph industry, and chemical industry."

Zhang Pijiang said: "Your Majesty, the current princes' assembly should be expanded to include the countries of Daqinzhou to meet the needs of our Han Dynasty to rule the world. At the same time, some new institutions should be established under the princes' assembly, such as political and cultural institutions to promote the rule of Datong, financial institutions to help countries develop, rights institutions to formulate and punish countries for arbitrary tax increases, and war institutions to balance disputes among countries."

Xu Aimin nodded. If the name is not right, then the words will not flow. Xu Aimin is only the emperor of the Han Dynasty, not the emperor of the world. But after such reforms, the Princes Assembly became the authority of the Han Dynasty to rule the world, which increased the control of the Han Dynasty over various countries. He is the legitimate emperor of the world.

Zhang Pijiang continued, "Our Great Han should hold an International Expo, allowing all nations to bring their own specialties to our Great Han for exhibition, so that the court can better understand the specialties of various countries and provide data support for the Great Han to formulate industries in various countries."

Xu Aimin pointed at Chen Mai and said with a smile: "Ama, I'll leave the World Expo to you. This is the first step for our Han Dynasty to establish a global industrial chain. You have to do it properly."

Chen Mai bowed and said, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)