Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1320 Dumping
The old man deceived the public?

Is the old man short-sighted?

motherfucker!

Wei Zheng was so angry that his white beard turned up, and he pointed his halberd, "It's just full of nonsense and nonsense! The Goguryeo land is barren and sparsely populated. What good is it to conquer and occupy it? The undeveloped land of the Tang Dynasty is far more than that. Tens of thousands of acres, even if there is so much land in my own family that has not been opened up for cultivation, but I am thinking about the land of other families, and I want thousands of soldiers to shed blood for nothing! Come on, you yellow-mouthed child, tell me how the old man deceives you. Everyone, how short-sighted are you? Tell me one, two, three, and I will apologize to you, if you can’t tell, I will try my best today, and I will strangle you, a sycophant, to death!"

Wei Zheng was furious, staring at Fang Jun wishing he could bite him to death...

After rolling in the court all his life, there are countless people who scold him, and there are many people who hate him, but no one has ever dared to scold him for being deceptive and short-sighted!
The old man lost his temper, raised his beard and bared his teeth, planning to fight Fang Jun desperately if he couldn't say anything!
Seeing their own Erlang and Wei Zheng topping the cows, the farmers next to them trembled in fright, and retreated far away automatically. Even the guards who followed His Majesty Li Er and the officials of Sinong Temple also looked nervous, fearing that it would harm Chi Yu...

At the level of Wei Zheng and Fang Jun, ordinary officials naturally avoided them.

Fang Jun also lost his temper, pulled off the bamboo hat from his head, and stared at Wei Zheng.When we talk to the emperor, it's you who are the ones who talk about it. Open your mouth and shut up your mouth. Why don't others be impatient?

Come on, old man, let your second brother teach you what global strategy is, what is colonization, and what is dumping today!

"In the ancient conquests, one was the land, and the other was the population. It is true that Goguryeo's land was barren and the population was scarce. What’s more, you must know how to forge ahead and blindly stick to the weak, which is really a big crime! Although the population of Goguryeo is small, how can there be millions of people? The food, clothing, housing and transportation of so many people need to consume astronomical figures. As long as Datang can control ten of them Seven or eight times, it can create millions or even tens of millions of profits for the national treasury every year!"

Wei Zheng was confused when he heard this, he waved his hands hastily, and asked, "How can the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Goguryeo people bring profits to the Tang Dynasty? Could it be that you want to nationalize all the land in Goguryeo and lease it to the Goguryeo people?" In addition to taxes, don’t you need rent? No, no, if this is the case, as long as Goguryeo is not dead, the resistance will never stop! It’s so stupid!"

The most difficult thing in a battle is not to eliminate the opponent's military power, but how to appease the people at the bottom.

You occupy all the land, and the land of the common people is not their own, so how can they have a sense of identity with you?
If you don't rebel against you, then there is a ghost!
Fang Jun squinted at him, and said with a sneer, "So Zheng Guogong is short-sighted..."

Seeing that Wei Zheng's expression changed and he wanted to get angry, and His Majesty Li Er also looked searching, Fang Jun hurriedly said: "The law of economics is ever-changing, and using the land to bind the people is really the worst strategy. Datang products are very popular in Goguryeo, such as silk, porcelain, glass, etc. Both of the former two Goguryeo have their own output, although the quality is not good enough to be compared with the high-quality products of Datang, but the price is cheap, and Goguryeo High taxes will be imposed on Datang products, which in fact constitute a boycott of Datang products. If one day Datang captures the entire Goguryeo, it is entirely possible to support a puppet regime, and then sign a trade agreement with the other party, stipulating that every year A certain amount of Datang goods must be given tax-free or low-tax qualifications, so as to flow into Goguryeo, and completely deal a fatal blow to the local business of Goguryeo..."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the cotton seeds in His Majesty Li Er's hand: "Your Majesty just asked me why I planted all the land with cotton instead of grain. What I want to tell Your Majesty is that this thing looks It seems cheap, and it is not as important as food, but when all the idle land in Datang is planted with cotton, the income of all people in Datang will be at least double that of now!"

His Majesty Li Er was taken aback: "Is it just such a thing?"

Fang Jun nodded: "It's just such a thing! Clothes should be ranked ahead of food, showing its importance. Your Majesty, don't underestimate cotton. Why is Jiangnan rich? Although the humid climate and land production are mostly a reason, but silk The wealth brought by them cannot be ignored! In the south of the Yangtze River, every household has to raise silkworms to make silk, and silk has become the most important foreign trade commodity in the Tang Dynasty! One day, every family in the south of the Yangtze River will weave brocade, and households in the north will weave cotton. Cotton cloth is sold overseas, why worry that the people are not rich, and why worry that the empire is not strong?"

What is the greatest value of cotton?
In terms of the social status quo at this stage of the Tang Dynasty, the greatest value is to form the handicraft industrialization of cotton spinning!The quality of cotton cloth is infinitely better than kudzu linen, and it is cheaper than silk. Once it comes out, it will inevitably be a revolution that will sweep the world!

And Goguryeo is the dumping place of Tang goods!
Fang Jun's eyes were burning: "We occupied Goguryeo, and then strictly prohibited the local people from weaving cotton cloth. Of course, they don't have any cotton...Your Majesty can imagine that if millions of Goguryeo people all wear cotton cloth from the Tang Dynasty, it will be able to serve the Tang Dynasty every year." How much wealth has been created? Most of this money will flow into the hands of the people who cultivate cotton and weave cotton cloth. Who will rebel if their brains are pumped?"

Wei Zheng stared, unable to understand...

It wasn't that he was stupid, but that this change of concept made it difficult for him to adapt for a while.

Since ancient times, the results of wars have been nothing more than two, either occupying the land and taking the people of the enemy country under rule, or burning, killing and looting a group of troops and returning to the court, leaving a piece of scorched earth...

But Fang Jun didn't need to kill or rob, and he could still rely on this kind of business behavior to collect huge wealth?
His Majesty Li Er thought far more than Wei Zheng!
War is cruel, regardless of victory or defeat, it needs to be fought with blood, so soldiers have been weary of war since ancient times.No one is willing to provoke a war for no reason, even if they are accompanied by the title of military exploits.But if he wants to achieve the thousand-year dominance of the Three Emperors, he must support it with one war after another, and one victory after another.

Even if he is the emperor, even if his prestige is as high as the mountains and the sea, it is impossible for everyone to willingly risk death to expand the territory...

But if Fang Jun's idea can really be implemented, the situation will be completely different!
That kind of huge economic benefits will directly prompt all aristocratic families to flock to it, and even go crazy!
Don't be surprised, even if His Majesty Li Er is unwilling to admit it, he still can't get rid of the fact that the government military system has gradually been controlled by the aristocratic family.He tried his best to suppress the aristocratic family and support the rise of the poor family. The most direct reason is that the army has gradually become the hardest hit area for the aristocratic family to infiltrate.

But at the current stage, once the dividends of war have induced the enthusiasm of the aristocratic families, then there is no doubt that Datang will become a crazy chariot, crazy to conquer cities, crazy to expand territories, crazy to start wars, the flames of war It will burn to the territory of every neighboring country!
The war opens the way, the economy benefits!

His Majesty Li Er put his hands behind his back, and looked up at the falling rain in silence. Because of the appearance of firearms, the situation of the war has quietly changed; is it now because of the economy that the nature of the war must change?

Wei Zheng was full of disbelief!

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a clear meaning at the beginning: "Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be investigated."

In this masterpiece of the art of war that has lasted through the ages, it further elaborated on the seriousness of the consequences of war in terms of the relationship between war and economy, and repeatedly pointed out that "carrying one hundred thousand armor" would cost "a thousand dollars a day" and "a long-term violent division will not be enough for the country." , "Those who have a foreign army but benefit the country do not have it"... All in all, war is costly and cannot be used easily.

But if according to Fang Jun's theory, the war will not lead to serious consequences caused by the severe loss of domestic money and food, but can make money through war?
Isn't this, this, this... nonsense?

(End of this chapter)