Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

"Should we recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun as soon as possible?"

"It depends on the specific circumstances."

"If it's too difficult to conquer, there's no need to retake it for now."

"Because it cost money and grain to recover,"

"We still have to subsidize it with public funds."

Zhao Yuan said, "Let's get the money for the rewards and pensions first."

"If it's urgent, contact the Coastal Maritime Trade Office,"

"They can still make a lot of money by robbing others."

Chen Dong suddenly said something.

Zhao Yuan asked, "How's the investigation going?"

Chen Dong said, "The maritime trade offices, maritime trade bureaus, and maritime trade stations in various places,"

"From officials to clerks, none of them are immune to corruption."

"We've been investigating for three months,"

"Several major corrupt officials have been uncovered."

"But no matter how corrupt they were, the officials appointed by the Ming Dynasty only served for less than a year,"

"The ones being investigated and punished most often are the old officials of the Maritime Trade Office."

"If you want to confiscate property and make even more money,"

"Investigate the officials of the former Song Dynasty's Maritime Trade Office!"

Zhao Yuan shook his head: "Let's leave the former Song officials out of it, don't make people panic."

“They have already left the Maritime Trade Office,”

"Another case of corruption during the previous dynasty,"

"What's the point of the new dynasty investigating corruption from the previous one?"

Chen Dong immediately shut up.

Zhao Yuan then asked, "What about the mint?"

Qian Chen said, "We can have them expedite the minting of 200,000 strings of copper coins."

"Any more and I can't handle it,"

"Unless another large denomination coin is minted."

"As for silver dollars, there are many silver mines in the newly recovered Hunan and Fujian provinces,"

"We can produce tens of thousands more silver dollars."

Merchants and gentry were truly amazing at hiding money.

The Ming Dynasty minted over three million taels of silver coins annually.

The national treasury reserves are almost depleted.

However, silver coins circulating in the market are becoming increasingly scarce.

Even merchants from Huainan and Zhejiang,

Transport goods to the Central Plains for sale.

I'd rather bear more transportation costs.

They also wanted to transport the silver dollars back to their hometown and hide them in the cellar.

Chapter 3006 Cross-regional Transportation

The new Ming Dynasty was too benevolent.

If this were set in the Northern Song Dynasty...

Transporting gold, silver, and copper coins to different locations.

Taxes were also levied proportionally along the route—this was to enhance the circulation of currency in the Ming Dynasty.

Cross-border taxes on gold, silver, and copper coins were abolished.

Zhao Yuan said, "Let's issue more bonds."

"In Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Jiangzhou (Jiujiang), Luoyang, and Chengdu,"

“Each will have one bond issuance office,”

“Alum monopolists must subscribe to bonds,”

"The rest of the merchants are entirely at their own discretion."

Alum was a monopolized commodity in ancient times.

A franchise license issued by the government is required.

This thing has so many uses!

It can be used in the manufacture of cosmetics, papermaking, leather making, dyeing, etc.

It is even a traditional Chinese medicine in itself.

Forced alum monopoly dealers to subscribe to government bonds

We'll definitely make a lot of money.

Qian Chen reminded him, "When the bonds were issued in Sichuan, His Majesty personally oversaw the process."

"Corruption and malpractice still occur."

"Currently, there are six bond issuance offices nationwide,"

"The Inspectorate will probably need to conduct thorough investigations regularly!"

Chen Dong said, "The Inspectorate will closely monitor the situation."

Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of the officials, Qian Chen smiled and comforted them:

"Gentlemen, there is no need to worry. As long as there is no major war for a year,"

"The national treasury's revenue and expenditure can then be balanced."

"If there is no major war for three years, the newly recovered provinces will have passed the period of tax reduction and exemption,"

"As people gradually resume production, the national treasury will become full."

"After all, the previous dynasty had too many soldiers, too many officials, and too much expense,"

"The new dynasty no longer exists."

Meng Zhao suddenly interjected, "According to a report from the Court of State Ceremonial, it was an envoy from the Dali Kingdom..."

"We've already passed Jiangling, and we should be able to enter the capital around New Year's Day."

"Another one seeking official appointment. Just send them away easily," Zhang Gen said.

Zhai Ruwen also said, "The Dali Kingdom was like a jackal."

"They are eyeing the borders of our Great Ming with covetous intent,"

'It is forbidden to appoint a king to his kingdom.'

The Dali Kingdom was very interesting.

Kings and powerful ministers throughout history

He requested investiture time and time again.

The emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty,

Apart from Emperor Huizong and his group,

At other times, they were unwilling to officially recognize the Dali Kingdom.

The Northern Song Dynasty alone refused to grant the Dali Kingdom the title eleven times.

Each time, they only accepted tribute from the Dali Kingdom.

Then, they would return the favor with a gift and find an excuse to send it away.

Both the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty still remember it.

Since the Nanzhao Kingdom

Dali has always wanted to seize and expand its territory.

Only Emperor Huizong of Song liked the idea of ​​all nations paying tribute.

This was an unprecedented and unique conferment of a title upon Duan Yu.

The rulers and officials of Dali were eager to request investiture.

It's nothing more than an unstable regime.

They needed investiture from the Central Plains dynasty.

Only then can one strengthen one's legal authority.

To prevent other surnames from plotting rebellion.

Last year, the small regime in the southeast collapsed.

The Dali Kingdom received the news.

Immediately send someone to Lizhou to request investiture.

After the Ming Dynasty court refused,

This year they even sent envoys.

They came to pay tribute with a large number of gifts.

Zhao Yuan said, "There's no need to refuse outright."

"It must be that the Dali Kingdom is afraid of the Ming Dynasty,"

"Instead of the Ming Dynasty being afraid of the Dali Kingdom."

"You should discuss when to send troops to recapture Dali."

"If we have to wait a long time, it doesn't matter if we confer the title first,"

"We'll just find an excuse to send troops later."

"It can also be traded in Guangxi,"

"Encourage merchants to trade in Dali,"

"Get more news about Dali and other parts of China."

Minister of War Zhao Yu warned, "The Dali Kingdom is plagued by miasma."

"If we are to attack Dali, we should train our southern troops in combat."

"We cannot allow the northerners to embark on a distant expedition."

Chapter 3007 Exhausting the Army and Rushing into War

“That’s natural.” Zhao Yuan nodded in agreement.

Zhang Gen and Zhai Ruwen exchanged a glance.

I feel a little out of place.

Moreover, I was quite worried.

Given Your Majesty's character and ambition,

I'm afraid that in the next twenty or thirty years,

Wars were inevitable in both the North and the South.