I am Da Song

Chapter 177 Large Armed Salt Owl Group
It was the key decision made by Zuo Prime Minister Mei Zhili to Zhao Huan in exchange for Xixia's surrender of the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers occupied by the Great Song Dynasty on the condition of lifting the salt ban and opening a market for exchange.

This proposal is very spiritual, like an antelope hanging horns. When it was proposed on the first day of the new year, Zhao Huan praised it very much and immediately adopted it.And I am sure that Mei Zhili's judgment is very accurate, and there will be a great probability that the land will be recovered through negotiation.

This has to mention the attributes of the country Xixia.

There are a total of 300 million people in Xixia, and it is impossible to withstand the repeated attacks of the Song Dynasty by relying on farming.

In fact, every such segregated regime must trade wealth from the Central Plains to barely support it.

For example, the Tunguska wild boar skin relies on Shanxi merchants to obtain key supplies, while Xixia obtains supplies through Shaanxi.

The only difference is that Daming only blocked Houjin for decades before it collapsed.

In response to Xixia, the Song Dynasty carried out an economic blockade and military encirclement for nearly a hundred years.

The severe economic blockade caused Xixia's economy to almost collapse, and the financial stability could only be maintained by relying on private salt trade.

If the hairy bears of later generations are gas stations disguised as the country, then Xixia is a large armed salt lord group disguised as the country in this era.Talking about farming or nomadic countries is really flattering Xixia.

Think of him as a country with a population of 300 million, but he frequently dispatched 10,000+ or ​​hundreds of thousands of troops to fight the Song Dynasty for many years. More than half of his financial income depends on the smuggling of green salt.

Because of the official operation of salt tea in Song Dynasty, the quality of salt is extremely poor, but the price is dozens of times that of Xixia.

The green salt of Xixia is fine in texture and is a high-grade salt, which tastes better than the Hedong salt of Song Dynasty.However, the price of smuggled salt is only one-tenth of the price of Dasong salt.Therefore, the high-quality and cheap green salt was welcomed by the people in the Song Dynasty in the border areas.

The famous ministers of the Song Dynasty promised to sum up this as follows: "In the land of several states in Yuanhao, the money is used and given to Qingyan."

Now that this reality has been discovered, the Song Dynasty’s spirit of reformation immediately made targeted deployments, and issued strict salt prohibition orders several times. Everyone sit dead!"

In addition to the prohibition of harsh torture laws, the imperial court also introduced a series of measures to unite all forces and various ethnic groups to target the party's green salt trade.

This caused Xixia's finances to almost completely collapse. There was no tea in the country, expensive clothes, and the whole country was miserable.

In order to force the Song Dynasty to lift the salt ban, this armed salt lord group launched several large-scale military wars, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides.

It can be said that land is dispensable to this country. They are not good at farming, and the impact of having thousands of miles of land is negligible.But the opening of the salt ban is related to the life and death of Xixia, and even the prosperity of the entire country.

So that when he suddenly heard the Emperor Song's statement, Mou Ning Keren lost his composure with excitement, and asked in a trembling tone: "Your Majesty's words are serious?"

Qin Hui, the imperial censor Zhongcheng who supervised Baiguan Chaoyi in front of the palace, immediately scolded: "Presumptuous! The official's golden words, how can you allow a vassal to question it!"

Mou Ningke Ren Fan suddenly came to his senses, and quickly knelt down to plead guilty, saying: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking in a panic. If the salt ban can be lifted, our country will have a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty from generation to generation."

Zhao Huan didn't care about the relationship between generations.As long as you have a slightly mature mind, you will know that the reliability of this guarantee is not as good as the toilet paper in the hut.

But at least by lifting the salt ban and opening a discussion field, Xixia will not meet the Song Dynasty in a short period of time.

On the Shaanxi battlefield, the Song Dynasty would not be in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, and could concentrate on dealing with the Jin Dynasty.

So Zhao Huan said indifferently: "I will not care about you this time if you made an unintentional mistake. I hope you can properly convey the goodwill of the Song Dynasty and turn the two countries into friendship."

"Since my Great Song has lifted the salt ban, I will naturally not wage war with Xia Guo again, but the golden man is ambitious and greedy. If Shaanxi is occupied, Xia Guo will no longer be able to trade with us. I hope you can ask me Lord Xia elaborates on the interests and risks, and our two countries will fight against gold together."

Mou Ning Keren hurriedly responded respectfully and said: "Your Majesty's goodwill will be explained to my lord in detail, so that our country and the Song Dynasty will be married forever!"

This is not a false statement, Mou Ning Keren can even imagine how the whole country will be boiled if he passes this news back to the country.

Once the salt ban is lifted in Shaanxi, the green salt from Xixia will be sold to the territory of Song Dynasty continuously, and countless wealth can be reaped.

As a minister who promoted this good governance, I will definitely gain an unparalleled reputation in the country. The officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the whole country will praise my deeds.He will become the most prestigious and influential official in Xixia.

In any case, Mouning Keren must facilitate this negotiation.

What makes Mou Ning Keren hesitate is whether to be close to the Song Dynasty.

In any country, there are inevitably officials from various factions.Where there is a pro-gold faction, there is a pro-Song faction.

Prior to this, most of the Xixia people were pro-gold factions, but there were also a large number of pro-Song factions.After all, being beaten so badly by the Song Dynasty, many people had weak knees and tried their best to avoid fighting with the Song Dynasty.

This is the same as the Song Dynasty on the eve of the maritime alliance. Some ministers advocated being pro-Liao and others were pro-gold.

The key problem is that the current situation is complicated, and Xixia can't tell whether the Jin Dynasty is stronger or the Song Dynasty is stronger.

But Zhao Huan didn't intend to give Xixia too much time to think, and said bluntly: "I have already bestowed heaven's favor on Xia Guo. If the time comes, I will suffer from it. I only give Xia Guo three months! Xia Guo may be in three months." Immediately return the land within the month and trade with us. Or in three months, the two countries will meet each other!"

It seems that this requirement is very harsh, but there is a sense of urgency, which can highlight the preciousness of this reward, and make Xixia monarchs and ministers more eager to get this reward.What can be lost at any time will make people want to get it more urgently.

Zhao Huan was very much looking forward to how Xixia would react after receiving this reward, and his expression must be very exciting.

The opening of the salt ban this time will become a piece of chicken rib hanging in front of the eyes of all Xixia monarchs and ministers!Tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard.

It is obvious that Da Songken opened up and insisted on the salt ban for decades, and it was not a whim, a decision made with a slap in the head.

But after the Song Dynasty reformed the country's regular taxation, it had the confidence to let go of the salt and tea official operations.

On the bright side of the Song Dynasty, there were more than 5 million mu of land borrowed. This is the background regardless of whether Zhao Huan reformed or not.Even if the implementation of Fangtian’s average tax law fails, the reform of only one whip method will generate [-] million yuan in fiscal revenue from taxation per mu.

Salt and tea will no longer be the financial expenditure of the Song Dynasty. After the private operation is released, the private salt price will quickly return to normal within a few years.

That is to say, Xixia can only enjoy the huge profits from selling green salt in the first one or two years of the mutual market, and soon they will find that green salt is no longer as popular as before in the Song Dynasty!

Although there is still a meager profit, it is by no means enough to support Xixia to expand its strength!

And the most important point is that the powerful economy of Song Dynasty and the right to mint coins will continuously harvest Xixia resources.

If you want to participate in the Great Song Mutual Market, you must have enough Great Song Emperor Banknotes.Every transaction between the two parties is paying seigniorage to Da Song!

(End of this chapter)