0p0 The First Champion Chapter 273
The First Champion Chapter 273
However, everyone in the world knows that the Liao and Song Dynasties were feuds. During the Song Dynasty, the Khitan marched south and attacked Bianliang countless times.In the area of Hebei, the people suffered greatly from the Khitan military disaster, and all the people were sleeping on their arms, ready to fight the Liao people who attacked the grass valley at any time.
At that time, Khitan came to tease Da Song whenever he had something to do, killing, burning, prostitution and looting were no problem.In the later generations of Tianlong Babu, they insisted on whitewashing the Liao people, saying that the Song army also went to Khitan to fight grass valleys, and even tortured and killed Khitan old people and children.
In fact, Hebei has suffered from Khitan all the way, no less than Xixia suffered from Qinlong.
At that time, the Song Army, under the coercion of the civil official group, was like the Northeast Army before the Japanese invaded China. It was very restrained, for fear of giving Khitan a reason to go south.
The land of Youyan is a scar that the people of the Song Dynasty cannot uncover. If people know that you hinder the alliance between the Song and Jin Dynasties to destroy the Liao Dynasty, it may damage your reputation. "
Am I afraid of losing my reputation?There are nearly ten thousand people in my navy, and besides, if I don't come forward, it will be over.
Yang Lin was not worried about this in his heart, but was more worried about Cai Jing's attitude. If this old man insisted on an alliance between Song and Jin, he would really be difficult to deal with him.
However, his words were ambiguous, and he never expressed his opinion on what he was thinking.
Yang Lin asked tentatively, "How does Prime Minister En view this matter?"
Cai Jing chuckled, and a pretty maid stepped forward to fill him with tea.This is Cai Jing's privilege. The officials said that he is old enough to bring his maids to Mingtang to handle government affairs.
"It's you who asked me, how old is this old man, I don't think this matter should be dealt with urgently.
The situation between the Liao and Jin Dynasties is already at the same level, and the situation of the Song Dynasty is unprecedented. In the past, the foreign races outside the pass watched the civil strife in the Central Plains, so they could sit on the ground and raise prices.
Now we can do the same, you lean towards Khitan, Liang Shicheng leans towards Jurchen, I think this is pretty good.
Let them set a price, and the one with the highest price can form an alliance with Da Song. "
Jiang is still old and spicy, Yang Lin felt relieved immediately, as long as Cai Jing has this idea, he is willing to be used by him, even if it is used.
Why didn't he, Cai Jing, set the price on the ground, using the irreconcilable conflict between himself and Liang Shicheng to stabilize his position.
Now Master Liang is like Khitan, with great background but losing streak; he is like Jurchen, who is emerging but powerful; Cai Jing is still powerful.
Yang Lin is not Wang Fu, and if he doesn't rush to the last step every day, so what if he is the chief minister?
What's wrong with today's life, the heights are unbearably cold, no matter how glamorous the position of the chief prime minister is, how many cold arrows he has to bear.
As long as Cai Jing can maintain his current appearance and do something for Da Song, even if he is as corrupt as a tiger, he is willing to keep him.
Let him be greedy, how much he can be greedy, and I will give him a million coins myself, which is much better than a few incompetent mediocre people, that is really a disaster for the country and the people.
In the history of later generations, after Wang Fu drove Cai Jing out of the phase, he almost only did two things:
First, reset Cai Jing's embankment; second, obey Liang Shicheng's words.As for military and state affairs, it is not within the scope of this prime minister's consideration.
The most ruthless collapse of the Northern Song Dynasty was precisely in those few years. Later, Zhao Ji had to help Cai Jing, who was in his [-]s and [-]s, to become a phase again.
Knowing Cai Jing's thoughts today, Yang Lin felt relaxed, and arranged for several officials to accompany him to Khitan as envoys.
Yang Lin made a special name call: Qin Hui, Gao Gang, and Bai Shizhong are all well-known flattering ministers.Eating, drinking and having fun in Bianliang is also top-notch, not to mention going to Shangjing, it depends on these few goods to ruin the atmosphere of Khitan.
After leaving Mingtang, Yang Lin asked Yang San to drive to Xiulou, where several wealthy businessmen in charge had been waiting for a long time.
Yang Lin's carriage drove directly into the inner courtyard and stopped under a plum tree.
Wang Yun, the president of the chamber of commerce, has been downstairs for a while with such a group of wealthy businessmen.
Seeing the carriages coming in, they stepped forward one after another. Yang Lin got out of the carriage with a smile, and said, "I was detained by Prime Minister Cai for tea. It took me a while, but I kept you waiting for a long time."
Wang Yun hurriedly smiled and said, "The most important thing is to reduce the state affairs, and we should wait for a year."
After entering a fragrant pavilion, Yang Lin relaxed a lot. Three maids from Zhaode Square had already laid the seat cushion for him, and they stood beside him, holding their shoulders with their slender hands.
Yang Lin took a sip of tea, motioned everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "I called you here today, there are two main things to discuss. First, I plan to set up an award for those who invent tools and machines. .”
"Young Master, please forgive Cao Min and others for their ignorance. What is a machine?"
"Spinning wheels, water wheels, and stone mills can all be called machines if they can replace manpower."
Everyone suddenly realized that the literal meaning also made sense, Yang Lin said: "In business, the sleeve building is the chamber of commerce, and you all know how much profit a hydraulic spinning wheel can bring to a merchant's workshop.
It's a pity that few people are willing to devote themselves to research, and I think it's nothing more than no benefit.
I plan to take out 20 guan from my own bonus in the sleeve building. There will be a selection every year. If a good machine is born, it will be awarded.
You find some highly respected people, not limited to sleeve buildings or merchants, and they will be selected uniformly.Then report all the useful ones to me, and after I bring people on-site to inspect, I will personally evaluate the rankings. "
Shao Zai was so proud that everyone rushed to praise him. Yang Lin's move will vigorously promote the invention and creation of skilled craftsmen among the people.
20 Guan is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, and it is wealth that many families will not be able to earn in dozens of lifetimes.
After all, there are only a small number of folks who can read. Yang Lin is equivalent to finding a way out for miscellaneous scholars. After all, there are 20 books every year.
Wang Yun woke up from the shock and asked, "Young Zai, what's the second thing?"
Yang Lin hesitated for a moment, sighed, and said: "I am ready, please Your Majesty, use silver as currency."
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of exclamation below, this is the real big hand.
Silver has always had an embarrassing place in history.On the one hand, it is suppressed by the same precious metal gold, on the other hand, it is restrained by the copper coins minted in the past dynasties, and the output of domestic silver mines is small. For a long time, silver has not been used as an official currency.Taking the Tang Dynasty as an example, although silver began to emerge in large quantities at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there is no doubt that gold was still the main reserve currency, and copper coins were mainly circulated in the market, and silver was at most a minor supporting role.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, after a long period of evolution, silver began to have currency.At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was a shortage of copper coins and folk currencies were in short supply. Some areas gradually allowed people to pay taxes with silver instead of copper coins, and silver gained a little legal status.
So now, silver can be used as currency in many cases, but it is not popular.Silver was not a complete currency in the Song Dynasty, because it was neither the measure of value nor the main means of circulation. Sometimes it was used as payment, but it was not the only payment. The use of silver in daily transactions among the people was extremely limited.
Now that maritime commerce is developed, and the commercial roads in the Western Regions have been reopened, just wait for the Karahan Dynasty to be opened up, and the glory of the past will be completely restored.
The Western Regions have always used silver as currency, and the Song Dynasty has begun to be affected by this. Silver is becoming more and more common as currency in the Northwest.
Yang Lin has already prepared to invite Zhao Ji to start casting the first batch of silver and gold ingots.
Otherwise, copper coins would be too difficult to carry and easy to counterfeit.
The maritime trade of the Great Song Dynasty was so developed, who would have thought that the best-selling item would be copper coins from the Song Dynasty.
Especially in the country of Wa, where there is a lot of gold and silver, but they don't know how to cast copper coins. They often ship whole ships of gold and silver in exchange for copper coins, the currency of the Song Dynasty.
Once the country switches to gold and silver currency, it will be a big change for merchants in the Western Regions and coastal ports, which will help silver flow into the Central Plains, increase the purchasing power of the Song Dynasty, and increase the value of the imperial government's treasury money.
With more and more foreign trade and more and more territory to conquer, this move can be said to be imminent.
Chapter 324 The Leaky Room Meets the Evening Rain
The merchants in the sleeve building actually each have their own property, and now they are tied to the chamber of commerce just for the convenience of making money.
They are all independent individuals and have not been annexed by Yang Lin. What Yang Lin wants to do with the money is his own business, and he will not use the money of other members of the chamber of commerce.
As the most money-sensitive businessman, many people in the sleeve building can't understand why less slaughter is like having a grudge against money. Although they earn a lot, they spend it in different ways.