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Chapter 87 Economic Sanctions
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Lu Chengqi nodded and said: "Yes, the strategy of making long distance and close attack is good, but I don't understand the urgent need. Now that I have lost face in Dashun, I have to get back. I called you here today, just to hear what you are doing. What do you think?"

At this time, Jiang Yu, the privy envoy of the military staff who had always been taciturn, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, this battle can't be fought, and soldiers can't be dispatched. How can we find a way back?"

Xu Chongguang nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Yes, how can we punish such villains without using weapons?"

The rest are silent, thinking that this matter is quite powerless.Lu Chengqi also knew that the concept of these people has not reached the level of later generations, and they will not maximize the advantages of their own country.In this time and space, the Dashun Dynasty is equivalent to the Song Dynasty in official history. I dare not say that its hard power is the strongest, but it is not weak; its soft power is recognized as the strongest.

Moreover, the level of economy and technology in hard power is the highest in the world. If so, why not make use of it?After Lu Chengqi said this way of thinking, he wanted to induce these important ministers of the country to think in this way.

Xu Chongguang and Lin Zhenzhong were worthy of being the ministers of the transfer department, and they immediately understood what Lu Chengqi meant.Xu Chongguang winked at Lin Zhenzhong, and Lin Zhenzhong said cautiously: "Your Majesty means to start with the commercial route?"

Lu Chengqi nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Yes, Lin Qing understands it quite well. But it's more than that. The effect I want is to completely block the trade with Korea and the export of technology. Bring the businessmen of Korea out of the country. Shunchao drove them out, confiscated their property, stopped importing all goods from Koryo, and completely sealed off the borders of Koryo."

When the officials heard Lu Chengqi's economic sanction measures, they couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts. They had never heard of this kind of move, they had never seen it before, and they didn't know how effective it would be, but according to the strength of the Dashun Dynasty, it was not difficult to do so.It's just that this is a bit too ruthless, which is equivalent to killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. They don't know how many merchants in the Dashun Dynasty survived by trading with Korea.But the number will never go down.As soon as such sanctions are imposed, I am afraid that these people will be the first to be injured.If they make trouble, it will be a small trouble.

After Wu Xianzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, expressed his opinion, Lu Chengqi nodded.His opinion is actually the opinion of everyone, and it was only through his mouth that he raised it.Lu Chengqi said: "That's right, economic sanctions are a way to kill one thousand enemies and harm eight hundred, but my Dashun Dynasty's economy was prosperous, how could a small Koryo country be able to match it? I did this, but lost one It’s nothing more than a small market, but the gains you can get are weakening the enemy’s strength. This kind of business can be done well. For those businessmen who have lost their livelihood, I also have a way to compensate for their losses. Zhu Qing may not be clear, Haimao How lucrative is the profit? Lin Qing, you are the Minister of the Household Department, tell me, what was the tax revenue of the Shipping Department last year?"

Lin Zhenzhong recalled it carefully, and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, since the opening of the Shipping Department in March, the tax revenue has reached 700 million yuan."

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "This is just the trade with the Japanese country, so there can be such a huge profit. If my merchant fleet goes to Dashi, Tianzhu, Zhuren Kingdom, Daqin (Byzantine Empire), Luzon , Seljuk Turks, Khmer, Bagan... wouldn't it be hundreds of times more profitable than a small Koryo country?"

The officials didn't know the countries mentioned by Lu Chengqi except Tianzhu and Daqin, so they couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.Xu Chongguang asked cautiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, where are the Dashi, Zhuren Kingdom, Luzon, and Sai Turks?"

Lu Chengqi also knew that they didn't know how big the world was, and had already drawn an incomplete world map in advance.It's just that his drawing skills are not good enough, and the whole map seems specious.Lu Chengqi passed the map to the officials to check, and the officials were really shocked. They didn't expect that Dashun's territory is so small, and it is not in the center of the world.Although they can't understand general military maps, because those maps don't have the concept of east, west, north, south.But they can see this world map very clearly.Because Lu Chengqi marked out the directions and the territory of each country.Making this map took a lot of thought from Lu Chengqi.The important ministers of these countries were silent, and no one dared to speak.

After a long time, Xu Chongguang said: "Your Majesty, this map is... is it real?"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "Dashun, Liao, Koryo, Wa, Tianzhu, etc. are all relatively accurate and drawn from the information collected by the Supervision Department. The rest are based on the charts provided by the merchants who went to sea. I guessed it." The reason why Lu Chengqi said this was because he was afraid that they would regard him as a monster.

After Xu Chongguang was convinced of this, he sighed: "I thought that Dashun was the largest country, living in the world, but I didn't know how vast the world is. Now it seems that it is the same as the ancient Yelang country and What's the difference?"

Lu Chengqi nodded and said: "The world is far bigger than you and I imagined. I hope that in my lifetime, I can see a complete map of the world. In Zhuqing's opinion, can this kind of ocean trade be compared to the country of Korea? ?”

None of the officials can guarantee it, but the benefits of sea trade are huge, but it is everyone's consensus.Seeing that no one objected, Lu Chengqi made a final decision on the plan, using economic sanctions to deal with the immoral Korea.Lu Chengqi firmly believed that Koryo, a country with low production, low consumption and barren land, would not be able to compete with Dashun economically.The gap between the two, like elephants and ants, is not a heavyweight.Once Dashun starts to impose economic sanctions on Goryeo, it will be the end of Goryeo.

The next day, after receiving a letter written by Lu Chengqi himself, inspectors were dispatched from all over the country to arrest Korean merchants everywhere, confiscated their property, and sent them back to the country.

"Dashun People's Daily" also published a news that shocked the whole country. The original hard-core ally, Koryo, actually defected to Dashun's deadly enemy Liao.As soon as this news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and the rest of the newspapers frantically started to crusade against Goryeo. For a while, the people of Goryeo were like rats crossing the street in the territory of Dashun. Even a three-year-old child knew their bad deeds.

More ruthless tricks are yet to come. Dashun has already publicly broken his face with Koryo, firmly controlled the Youyun border, and completely blocked trade with Koryo.As a result, many businessmen panicked. The goods they bought could not be shipped to Korea for sale, and they might go bankrupt.

Fortunately, businessmen also pay attention to news. They noticed that "Dashun Min Bao" called on businessmen who trade with Korea to switch to maritime trade. If they can develop a new route, the profit will be a hundred times, or even a thousand times that of trading with Korea.The Ship Department also provides some ships to go to sea for free, the number is not large, first come, first served.

Merchants are chasing profit, and seeing that it is impossible to go to Korea for trade, if they are caught by inspectors, their homes will be ransacked and confiscated. Such a high risk, no one will do it.Since there is no way out, it is better to give it a go.As a result, businessmen on the border of Youzhou went to Chenzhou or Laizhou one after another, and hired sailors to sail to Japan for trade through the Shipping Department.

(End of this chapter)