I am Da Song

Iron money on Guangnan East Road is booming, and a group of heroes happily discuss how to rob the rich and help the poor.

But will Zhao Huan really rectify it?

Obviously not.

Although the issue of private casting iron money seems to be a felony.

But currency is a general equivalent. If private casting of iron money is a crime, should the feudal state use a few broken shells as currency?
There are vassal states that regard porcelain and cloth as the most valuable currency, should they be punished?

Therefore, Zhao Huan would not specifically target those merchants who cast iron coins. They were equivalent to opening up a wider market for Song Dynasty.

The more people adapt to the use of Central Plains coins, the stronger the coin harvesting ability of imperial banknotes.

As long as the third division starts the machine to print money, the imperial banknotes can gradually replace the iron money in circulation.

In this case, as long as the money is printed, one billion coins can buy back one billion coins of wealth.

100 billion guan, you can buy back 100 billion guan of wealth.

This is also the reason why Song Dynasty had to issue banknotes. If only copper coins were used, it would be impossible to integrate such a huge market.

The copper coins of the various feudal states are not enough, so they can only find their own way to issue their own currencies to supplement the shortage of coins in the market.

Through the integration of the economies of various countries into one system through the imperial banknotes, the vassal and vassal tribute system of the Song Dynasty will be more stable, and the Central Plains can continuously harvest the wealth of the four countries through the right to mint coins.

Theoretically, if such a huge civilization system is a whole, the most likely thing to bring down the court is the successive rebellions in all directions.

If all rely on the king's teacher to suppress the rebellion, the empire will increase its military expenses every year and continue to expand.

But the suzerain-vassal system would not have such a problem. If the following vassal states could not control the rebellion, the imperial court would recognize the new ruling power at worst.

The dynasties of the Central Plains have done too many such things.

Moreover, wars that break out from time to time and the redistribution of benefits are also conducive to alleviating the accumulated contradictions in the system, providing an outlet for huge public grievances and pressure, and giving those violent elements and passionate heroes a stage to make contributions.

Zhao Huan skipped this question and asked instead: "Qing and others have been drifting at sea all year round and are very familiar with trade. What improvements do you think the imperial court should make if it wants to improve the trade in Nanyang?"

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, and a captain who was more courageous asked, "Can the imperial court cancel the payment of tribute?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Han Sui immediately scolded.

The captain who made the sound also knew that he had committed a taboo, and immediately shrank his head, hiding in the crowd, not daring to make another sound.

Zhao Huan sat upright, looked up at the crowd, and asked, "Who said that just now? Did it mean canceling the payment of tribute?"

"Today you will not be punished for your words, and everyone can speak freely. Tell me, why did you first think of canceling the tribute?"

Obviously, this question is more taboo and directly violates the interests of the emperor.

The tribute paid by the vassal state is really not a small number. For example, Pu Jin, the envoy of the Three Qi Buddhist Kingdoms in history, paid tribute in Shaoxing in 16 years. One tribute included [-] catties of frankincense, [-] catties of pepper, and [-] catties of ivory. …

According to the price of spices comparable to gold, 1208 catties of frankincense is equivalent to [-] catties of gold, a total of [-] million taels.

Not to mention 8 catties of gold, even [-] taels of gold is an extremely huge number.

This is just the tribute paid by the family of Sanqi Buddha Kingdom.

There are now more than 200 vassal states in the Central Plains. Close to the tribute paid by the vassal states, the royal family’s income is so rich that it is difficult to measure.

If it was the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, whoever dared to touch his small treasury, he dared to take his life.

After all, the ministers scolded the emperor a few words, but the emperor didn't care.Touching the emperor's internal treasury would really kill people.

Zhao Huan's temper was not so good, and he was still indifferent when others violated his interests.

He is not angry now, mainly because his internal treasury and Taicang income share weal and woe.

Ten percent of Taicang's income will be allocated to the royal family every year, so he can calmly restrain himself and choose to listen to the opinions of the ministers.

If the tribute is cancelled, the country's taxation will skyrocket, and one-tenth of the income is more than the tribute, he can cancel the tribute.

In the final analysis, all decisions are for profit, and no one will have trouble with white money.

If the vassal state can provide Zhao Huan with an income of more than one billion guan every year, Zhao Huan can make him a one-word shoulder-to-shoulder king, or the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

"No one said it, Han Sui, you say it! You interrupted someone else's speech just now." Seeing that everyone was afraid to make a sound, Zhao Huan called the name himself.

"Tell me why all the ministers don't like vassal states to pay tribute."

Han Sui was forced to put the ducks on the shelves, so he had no choice but to hesitate and say: "Probably...probably because many tribute envoys are fake."

Many tribute envoys are fake?
What does this have to do with a group of merchants and captains?
The privy envoy Yue Fei explained to Zhao Huan in a low voice: "According to the naval report compiled by the minister, our armed merchant ships in Nanyang will attack all foreign ships that have not obtained the naval order flag."

"There are only three kinds of ships sailing at sea today, one is the battleship of the navy, the other is the merchant ship of the Song Dynasty, and the third is the tribute ship of various countries."

Zhao Huan understood instantly, no wonder Han Sui faltered.

He couldn't just say that what they were doing overseas was plundering caravans and capturing merchant ships.

The captains set sail to attack all foreign ships and monopolize the position of coachmen on the sea.

This was originally the policy that Zhao Huan had envisioned.

But as the saying goes, there are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom.

In response to the conspiracy-like policy of the Song Dynasty, businessmen from various countries quickly speculated and found a countermeasure in the twists and turns.

That is the tribute envoy dressed as a tribute.

In this way, it is the merchant ships of Song Dynasty who are uncomfortable.

No one dared to rebelliously attack the tribute ship that paid tribute to the emperor.

Why did Wang Xuance lead his troops to sweep the flat seal?Isn't it because a bold and reckless king robbed the gold, silver and jewels of the tribute?

Regardless of whether the tribute ship is real or not, the fact that they robbed the tribute ship itself is an outrageous thing.

It means that they have stepped on the authority of the emperor in a grand manner.

Under the surveillance of the Imperial Navy, they could only give up this heaven-defying idea. Regardless of whether the opponent was a tribute ship or not, they exercised extreme restraint.

Therefore, the captains all hope to cancel the payment of tribute, so that without the tribute ship, the armed merchant ships of the Song Dynasty can swarm up and crush all the merchant ships of the vassal state.

If the captains only hated the tribute boats, then the merchants simply hated it.

Because the trade of tribute ships does not pay tariffs, the trade of tribute teams has been the most important part of the tribute system for many years.

These merchants evade taxes through the cover of paying tribute, and the merchants of the Song Dynasty must strictly abide by the tax system. Naturally, the merchants of the Song Dynasty fell into a disadvantage in commercial trade.