My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 334 I Don't Want To Sell It
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is better to call all civil and military officials to discuss this matter, and there is nothing I can do."

"It's sweltering in this hall, you two go out with me for a walk."

"It's Your Majesty."

"Yes, Father."

"I don't believe that Liu Jieyuan, who can retreat from the Turks with a single word, will be helpless. Your plan of twittering grace has made many ministers applaud. You have solved this matter for me. I am very close to your household department as an official. "

"To be an official?" Young Master Liu's eyes lit up, and then he became a little shy again: "Your Majesty, I have an unreasonable idea, and I am afraid that all civil and military officials will not agree."

"Let's talk about it first. If it is a clever plan, I will naturally try my best to appease the officials."

"Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Art of War by Sun Tzu that the first is to attack the army, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. I believe that peace with the Turks must be the most important thing now. If you accumulate troops, you only need [-]% of the sea ships. As soon as the tax money arrives, His Majesty will be able to form a powerful new army immediately. When the time comes, the combination of six guards and horses will surely defeat the Turks. The Turkic royal family and the Kingdom of Jin are all younger brothers. The only strategy at the moment is peace."

"Liu Aiqing, what is your plan?"

"Dig deep, accumulate food widely, and develop the strength of Dalong to the greatest extent. As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, and the strength of Turkic is gradually suppressed by means of commercial warfare. As long as Turkic's strength is weakened, one will fade away, and the time will come." , you can take down the Turks without any effort, and you will be ashamed."

A few thick black lines appeared on Li Zheng's forehead and looked at First Young Master Liu: "Speak humanly."

"Master Liu, you still haven't said how to solve the Turkic crime!" The crown prince reminded Young Master Liu not to digress.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that business should be used first to deal with the natural disasters of the Turks. If the commercial war is used well, it will be as powerful as a hundred thousand elite soldiers."

Li Zheng frowned slightly: "Sit down in the pavilion in front, and tell me what is going on with your business war?"

Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while and sorted out his thoughts: "Your Majesty, there are actually many ways of existing warfare, swords and soldiers are just one of them, and there are many other forms of warfare that the current Dalong does not have. But these wars have only one purpose in the end, and that is the interests of the Great Dragon, the people of the Great Dragon, and the territory of the Great Dragon, as well as its control and threat to foreign countries. All these things are based on the guarantee of the interests of the Great Dragon.”

"Master Liu, can you speak more generally, I don't understand much."

"Your Highness, the fundamental reason for the so-called war is to protect Dalong from being invaded by the Turkic Jin Kingdom. It is precisely because of this that the monarchs of all dynasties launched wars to expand and plunder. In the face of the interests of the country, nothing can To stop the advance of a rising nation is war."

Li Zheng frowned. Some of the words Young Master Liu said could be understood by him, while others couldn't: "Talk about the key points."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, let me tell you slowly. Just now I said that there are many forms of war. Most of the existing forms of war in our Dalong are based on sending troops to conquer. However, in my opinion, if a country's It is best not to implement this method when the military reserve is not very sufficient, which is why I do not recommend fighting with the Turks, but choose a commercial war."

"I understand the current situation of the national treasury, so I will follow your plan, and then talk about how to deal with it."

"Your Majesty is wise, this war is not only a military war, but also a diplomatic, economic, cultural and other forms of war. In the eyes of the minister, the military war is a last resort. It is also what the minister said. .”

Looking at Li Zheng and Liu Mingzhi, who were listening quietly, he said while thinking: "If the Turks meet with the Turks in the same way as in previous years, you attacking and defending will be difficult for both sides, and it will also give the Jin Kingdom a chance to take advantage of it. Longan has just started to recuperate, the treasury is difficult to support, and the rear is unstable, it is really not appropriate to use weapons rashly, otherwise His Majesty's efforts these years will be in vain, so I will talk about commercial wars."

"Prince, take a pen and paper, and write down everything Liu Aiqing said." Li Zheng asked the prince to record the conversation between the two, which has risen to the point where the monarch and his ministers are right.

"Your Majesty, the so-called commercial war is a war of a commercial nature. Your Majesty also knows that the most important thing in marching and fighting is food and grass. This is the reason why the three armies go first before using food and grass. In order to win a war, they often destroy the enemy's food and grass. These strategic materials are a type of economic warfare, either buying the enemy’s food and grass, or burning their food and grass.”

"Yes, once the enemy loses food and grass, the morale of the army will be shaken. If the morale of the army is shaken, they will often lose the battle."

"My Dalong has a vast territory, unlike the Turks where there are grasslands. They cannot grow crops and they all rely on grazing for a living. However, many things of our Dalong are indispensable to them. They cannot produce, but they have to pass Dalong's caravan buys from me, Dalong."

"Tea, silk, fine wine, the surrounding countries can only buy from me, Dalong. Your Majesty can mobilize private caravans, or government businessmen go deep into the hinterland of these surrounding countries for caravan transactions. If there is no tea and refined salt, let's sell them , without silk, we can do them, except for strategic materials, such as swords and weapons, bows, arrows, beds and crossbows, which cannot be sold, we will buy whatever they want, as long as they dare to buy, we will dare to sell."

"Dalong doesn't buy these things for high profits. His Majesty the private caravans don't need to ask, but they have to collect a certain amount of tax, but the government and businessmen can't. Even if they are equivalent transactions, or they lose some money, they can be sold to them. "

"If this is the case, won't the treasury be able to make ends meet? What kind of solution is this? It's just nonsense." Li Zheng looked at First Young Master Liu with an unhappy expression.

"Your Majesty, after listening to my ministers, my Dalong is rich in products. As long as you work hard, there are basically some things that are not lacking. What do the Turkic tribes have? Horses, cattle and sheep. They only have a lot of horses, cattle and sheep. They want to exchange them for us. Silk and tea leaves, that’s fine, if you don’t have money to pay, then use cattle and sheep to pay off the debt, some places in Turkic can also grow a little grain, but due to geographical restrictions, the output is very low.”

"Then we will give them a preferential grain that is higher than their output in exchange for their cattle and horses. Under relative circumstances, the Turkic people will definitely not go to farm anymore, but will only graze cattle and sheep in exchange for more grain. , Turkic people will also compare, this is the nature of people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as long as they are better than them, they will definitely choose better."

Li Zheng nodded lightly: "Yes, in all fairness, if I were a Turk, I would definitely choose to graze in exchange for food."

"Your Majesty is like this. You can get more benefits. Everyone will seek more benefits for themselves. This is human nature. When the time comes, it will be easier to exchange horses, cattle and sheep. If the cattle are strong, you can keep them." When they come down to work on the land, those thin and old cows are killed and made into dry and easy-to-store beef jerky and the like, and the cowhide is made into furs. The Turkic winter is very cold, and they will need more, such as beef tendon. The Turkic people would like to make bed crossbows and other decorations from ox bones.”

"Sheep can be the same as cattle. The reason why the Turkic people are so strong is because they eat meat for a long time. The meat they make can not only be sold to the grasslands by caravans, but also sold to the people in Dalong. Your Majesty should know Dalong. How difficult it is for the people of Long to eat a meal of meat, so it will kill multiple birds with one stone, so why not do it."

"That's a good idea, let's go on. Did the prince remember everything?"

"Father, write it all down." The prince Li Baiyu did not stop writing for a moment.

"As for the horses, it is even better. They are all sent to the army. Turkic horses are much stronger than the horses in Dalong. Your Majesty should know that they are all very strong BMWs. Even old horses and the like can form cavalry. The infantry should be much stronger, and it only takes a few trades, and the old horses may be replaced with strong horses. At that time, Dalong's cavalry will be strengthened little by little, and Dalong's army will be invincible and invincible."

"At that time, food, silk, and refined salt will be sold to the Turks under the caravan. Beef and mutton can also be sold to them again, but after processing, it will definitely be more expensive. Wool can be made into winter clothes for guards. Soldiers in the frontier wear them, and they can almost sell them to people in the grassland. Let them live the same life as the dragon in the barren land. Because of the caravan, there will be no farmers in the grassland. Only Grazing."

"But this is something that is in the national treasury at a loss. No matter how you think about it, it looks like you are taking advantage of the Turks." Prince Li Baiyu had to stop and interject.

"Loss? No, Your Highness said that the wool comes from the sheep. Your Highness, don't forget the taxes from the private caravans and the family caravans. These are enough to make up for the losses caused by the government and businessmen, and they will make a lot of money if they get the treasury." Uncertain, and the government and businessmen do not necessarily lose the national treasury, we have obtained important mobile equipment such as horses, and we must know how much silver taels His Majesty spends on buying horses every year."

Li Zheng seems to have come to his senses: "But isn't collecting a large amount of taxes to compete for the interests of the people? In this way, officials like Xia Yushi will impeach me for being a fool."

"Your Majesty, you are wrong. This time, the imperial court encouraged the caravan to export a large amount of supplies, instead of secretly selling a little bit of things. If they are not careful, they will be called enemies. This time it is They can earn as much money as they can, and earn as much family business as they can. Moreover, the rise of private caravans will indirectly affect the interests of those people?"

"The aristocratic family, many caravans are controlled by them."

"Exactly, with the rise of private caravans, the common people will be grateful for His Majesty's sagely deeds, and at the same time, it will blow the arrogance of the aristocratic family, killing two birds with one stone, why not?"

Li Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Shouldn't the Liu family watch the fire from the other side?"

Young Master Liu smiled resentfully: "Your Majesty, whoever sells is not a seller, and I have to take care of the family's life, right? I have no choice but to sell it. I don't want to sell it, but if I don't sell it, who will give me money?" where?"

(End of this chapter)