I am Da Song

Chapter 278

In July, the palace is full of trees and flowers in full bloom, and the crabapple trees bloom brightly in the sun, and the fragrance of flowers fills the whole palace.

Right Prime Minister Mei Zhili followed Zhao Huan and reported the latest government affairs in detail.Among them, the five-nation talks in Jingzhaofu are the top priority.

"Officials, our dynasty's intervention in the Northwest War is almost finished. Mongolia and Jin have agreed to stop fighting and make peace. The two sides will use the Khitan Great Wall as a boundary to rule."

After listening, Zhao Huan said: "The left Mongolia is closer to the Western Silk Road, and they cannot be allowed to decline. You can give them a little support and let them become the guardians of the Silk Road. In order to prevent the rise of Hebul Khan in the middle , to plunder the Silk Road west."

Hebrekhan.

As the negotiations progressed, this name quickly entered the field of vision of the entire world.

This Mongolian Khan has a great reputation and is good at fighting, and his seven sons are all very brave.Under their unification, the central Mongolian tribal alliance quickly became a force to be reckoned with.

Moreover, Zhao Huan is particularly concerned about this lineage. It was Genghis Khan, the descendant of Hebul Khan, who unified Mongolia, and the iron hooves of the Golden Family trampled on the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.

Mei Zhili said: "Kuer Zhahu Sihan also has this intention. The Mongolian envoy Guerhan has been asking us to help him with a batch of military equipment. Strengthen his combat power to resist the pressure from Hebul Khan."

"Both the Jin Dynasty and the Western Liao Dynasty strictly guarded the customs, and no inch of iron could flow into the grassland. Therefore, Mongolia's military equipment is very backward, and it is ignorant, and now it treats diseases and believes in witch doctors."

Zhao Huan didn't care too much, waved his hand and said, "Let the Privy Council dispatch a batch of eliminated military equipment to them as appropriate. The Kingdom of Jin can't control the grasslands, and the Mongol forces invade south. A little behind, but within a few decades they will catch up."

The diffusion of civilization is inevitable, and Zhao Huan did not have the confidence to attack Mei Zhili.If we only rely on guarding the customs, Mongolia's technology will overtake countries such as Xiliao and Jin in less than a hundred years.

Mei Zhili asked worriedly: "But the flow of fine gold and iron into the grassland will cause the Mongols to expand rapidly, get out of control, and eventually breed tigers?"

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "As long as Song Dynasty is strong enough, Mongolia will not backfire."

"The real defense is to continuously improve the level of civilization and armaments of the Song Dynasty. It will never be able to match the nomadic civilization of Mongolia."

For the Kelie tribe, Zhao Huan's plan was to turn them into Song's thugs.Similar to the relationship between the Cossacks and Tsarist Russia.

This is a typical unequal civilization. The Tsarist Russian Empire learned the achievements of industrialization in the West and formed musketeers who lined up to shoot.

A country close to industrialization has completely opened up the level of civilization with the Cossacks, and the Cossack cavalry can only be the sharpest sword in the hands of the tsar.

The Ming army, which also popularized firearms in large numbers, could also drive Mongolia all the way to the fishing sea.

Even if the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty had three layers of debuffs including the cabinet, corruption, and scholar-bureaucrats, Mongolia still couldn't stand up.

Zhao Huan said: "The right minister's so-called fine gold and iron will be out of date in a few years. Our elite army will be replaced with new equipment in batches. So instead of hiding it, it is better to directly give it to Klein. department."

"But the Kelie tribe can be armed, but the Kelie tribe will never be allowed to participate in the Silk Road trade. This is my bottom line, otherwise Jianer is the only one."

Mei Zhili frowned, the official's methods were completely opposite to the methods used by the Central Plains dynasty to restrain the nomads in the past.

In the past, the Central Plains strictly prohibited fine gold and iron from flowing into the grasslands, but did not prohibit trade with nomadic tribes.

But the officials did the opposite. They didn't care about the Hu people's cavalry improving their armaments, but strictly controlled the trading channels.

The Kelie tribe can only replace the Song army to protect trade and transportation and expand their sphere of influence, and they are never allowed to do business directly.

The Mongolians wanted to sell leather, wood, and horses only through the chieftains and nobles of their tribes, and then the royal consortium of the Central Plains directly purchased materials from the nobles of the Mongolian tribes.

The century-old war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia made the ministers no strangers to economic warfare, but Mei Zhili still could not understand the significance of this method.

He had to hesitate and said: "If you want to restrict the Klei tribe economically, you should completely block it and prevent any items from the Klei tribe from flowing out. But the government let the consortium take over the leather and timber of the Klei tribe. The worries of the Lie tribe? Let them produce items more unscrupulously."

What is the most comfortable mode for commercial trade?
Of course, there is a stable buyer. As long as the producer can rest assured to produce, he will have no worries at all.That's why there is a futures trading model.

If the leather and wood of the Kelei tribe can have a stable market.In Mei Zhili's view, this is not simply a blockade and sanctions, but a strong support.

Zhao Huan said solemnly: "Your Minister, Confucianism really needs to be improved. It is suitable for officials to cultivate themselves, to regulate their families, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world. The reason is that the evil of human nature is underestimated, leading to corrupt officials with ulterior motives, distorted laws, and corruption.”

"Xunzi, Li Si, and Han Fei's masters and apprentices talked about evil nature, and human nature is evil. The transaction between the Song Dynasty and the Kelei tribe, in terms of economics and trade, is undoubtedly to support the Kelei tribe. But from the perspective of human nature However, it completely blocked the possibility of the development of the Kelei tribe."

An economic model as long as people participate cannot be the ideal model considered by Confucianism.

Song Dynasty mastered the sales channels of leather, wood, ore, war horses, etc. of the Kelie tribe, which greatly restricted the Kelie tribe's way of contacting the outside world and absorbing civilization.

But this is only the most insignificant point. More importantly, where will the wealth flow under this trade model?

Obviously there is only one class, and that is in the hands of the nobles and nobles of the Kelei tribe.

The tribal aristocrats and the comprador class are the biggest beneficiaries of this model, but the people of the entire Kerai tribe have lost the possibility of development and have been reduced to slaves. Most of the wealth created has been exploited by a few nobles.

Such a Kelei tribe would be very similar to the Qing Dynasty. The high-level officials were clear about the advanced civilization on the outside, but they strictly ignorant the people inside, exploited cruelly, closed the country, and did not allow any serfs or herdsmen to contact the outside world.

They will be the most determined party to maintain this operating system, because as long as this system exists, they, a small number of nobles, can lie down and earn a steady stream of wealth.

Their exploitation of the tribe will be like the scholar-bureaucrats of the Great Song Dynasty. Once they lie down, they will be completely corrupt and degenerate.

(End of this chapter)