Chapter 623: The Country
The situation in India is heartbreaking.
At least that's true for Chang'an.
The exchange is full of chaos again. These days, the Dashi Trading Company has been falling continuously, and the letter of the country in India cannot be hidden from others.
When people realized that the damn Indians had such strong combat power, and that the Dashi Trading Company had obviously caused trouble, people began to shake the expansion of the Dashi Trading Company and its future profits.
Tens of millions of soldiers.
People were sitting here and couldn't help but curse. The big food store was so upset that it was really heartbreaking.
There are many recent rumors. In fact, the emergence of exchanges has made people gradually care about things outside the Tang Dynasty.
In the past, the Central Plains was the world, and people's vision was limited to this.
This is not because of a shallow vision, but because of the ends of the world, it is too far away.
At least for Li Shimin, Tianzhu, which was far away in the sky, became a heart-wrenching problem for him, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
Li Shimin was indifferent to Tianzhu, after all, it was too far away.
The Tang Dynasty was beyond the reach, and Li Shimin was reluctant to pay attention to such a legendary Buddhist country.
This is why, at the beginning, Xuanzang asked to go to India to seek scriptures several times, but he was not approved.
Moreover, I heard that people are not considered a Buddha country now. In short, Li Shimin even ignored the existence of India.
But now, it's different.
Dashi Trading Company wants to do business and trade, which involves the fundamentals of Dashi Trading Company.
Nowadays, the Indians actually made direct words to intimidate the Tang Dynasty court. This is simply a naked insult.
Of course, it’s okay to insult, but people like Li Shimin are not afraid of being so humiliated.
He was a pragmatic person, but he was still frightened by the national strength of India.
There are tens of millions of times, and there is such a big country in the world.
In this way, my Tang Dynasty and this Tianzhu are just a small place?
Li Shimin couldn't understand and asked all the officials.
No one can tell the reason.
There are also some classics about India. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were records of missions and some exchanges.
But these records are vague and cannot be explained clearly.
No one knows what kind of Mingtang this is.
But if I thought about it carefully, if it weren't for the fact that others had the strength, how could they dare to say such harsh words in front of the Tang Dynasty?
After all, in everyone's mind, the tone of speaking is proportional to strength.
Therefore, everyone agreed that the national strength of India should not be underestimated.
But now, there are two troubles in front of the Tang Dynasty. One is how to deal with this Tianzhu. If you turn a blind eye, then you will be despised and insult the majesty of the court.
In addition, the operation of Dashi Trading in Persia and other places is probably not going smoothly.
The current market value of Dashi Trading Company is too amazing, and it is so big that it cannot fail.
The wealth and life of many people have been hit by, with a total of 2 trillion yuan, which is the annual income of the Tang Dynasty for two or three years.
If Tianzhu really threatened Persia and let all the investments of Dashi Trading Company be wasted, the consequences would be disastrous.
At least so far, countless nobles and ministers have spoken to Li Shimin through various channels, saying that this big food business is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken.
Li Shimin couldn't help but think, thinking at the beginning, everyone said that aristocratic clans were the foundation of the country, but I moved all of this clan to Hexi, so what? This country is still good. Although I think this way, when I think of the royal family's wealth and life, it is also maintained by the Dashi Trading Company, Li Shimin felt that this Dashi Trading Company is just another Anxi Protectorate, which is related to the stability of the Western Regions and the lives of countless people. You must be careful.
Therefore, at this time, some people believed that 100,000 troops should be recruited and stationed in Persia in case of an accident.
There are quite a few people who make such requests.
Obviously, this is out of concern for protecting everyone's common property.
The social structure of the Tang Dynasty has changed now.
In the past, people's property was mainly land, but now, most of them are on exchanges.
The leader in the exchange is Dashi Trading Company. Some people may think that I did not spend my life and life in Dashi Trading Company. Even if Dashi Trading Company has a problem, what does it have to do with me?
People who think this way are too stupid.
Today, Dashi Trading Company is closely related to countless industries.
The railways planned by Dashi Trading Company have greatly benefited the steel and coal, as well as many steam engine workshops. The weapons sold by Dashi Trading Company are also closely related to steel. In addition, the supply of cotton cloth in the Western Regions involves the cotton spinning industry.
In this world, the prosperity of several important industries is related to the Dashi Trading Company.
With many strategies of Dashi Commercial Bank, many stocks on the exchange have risen.
In other words, when people calculate the market value of these industries, the benefits of Dashi Trading Company in the future have been superimposed.
Once it starts to plummet, it is not a big food store that is shaken, but these two trillion yuan, but all the stocks plummet, and the wealth of countless people will be gone.
In the past, if the Central Plains dynasty abandoned Hexi, Liaodong and other places, although they felt that they had lost face, most people would be indifferent.
After all, that place has nothing to do with the vital interests of the vast majority of people. In the eyes of the world, this is the business of all the lords in the court.
But if the enemy in the grassland can actually go deep into the hinterland within the pass and rob, it will inevitably arouse fear and anger among the people in the world.
To be clear, the fields within the pass are at stake. Even if most people care about the territory far away, they are limited.
It would be strange if anyone threatens everyone's fields does not arouse the righteous indignation of the whole world.
But now... the fields that were originally people's main property have become stocks in exchanges, big food stores, steel workshops, cotton spinning workshops, coal mines, and machinery workshops.
Then, the same is true.
Some people have begun to realize that if there is a problem with the Dashi Trading Company, the biggest loss for the top meat eaters is the huge shrinkage of property caused by the plummeting market value.
At the same time, for ordinary merchants, it means that the workshops that were originally preparing to expand production may have sales problems in the future. After all, it is impossible to import them from Dashi Store around the world. What this may bring is the loss of future profits.
But for ordinary people, it is also a loss. If the market value plummets and people are not optimistic about the future market, the original workshops that expanded production will have to be straightforward, and the livelihoods of the craftsmen they hire may not be guaranteed.
Therefore, what was placed before Li Shimin was the anger of the people of the world.
The Dashi Trading Company is the foundation of the country.
Many newspapers have begun to add fuel to the fire.
This is actually understandable. Most of the big merchants behind the newspapers. These big merchants are often the owners behind the newspapers. Now, due to the Tianzhu, a huge crisis has been triggered, and may even shake their profits, which these people cannot bear.
Therefore, most of the discussions triggered in the market are mainly based on violent theories.
It can be said that this is not only far away from India, but also said that its national strength is particularly strong. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on the anger of the military and civilians of the world.
Li Shimin was determined to stabilize the situation first and order all officials to discuss the possibility of stationing troops in Persia and preventing them before they happen.
Stationing troops and horses is obviously a role in stabilizing people's hearts. This is to tell people all over the world that the court will not abandon the big food and trade business.
So, various ministries made suggestions, but... many people shook their heads.
The cost is too high.
It is not enough to not station a hundred thousand people, but a hundred thousand troops and horses can be supported by a lot of manpower. Not only that, a large amount of food consumption and countless war horses consumed, even the Tang Dynasty today feels laborious.
This is a place nearly ten thousand miles away from Guanzhong. Even if it is just stationed, it will cost no less than a long-term battle to fight against Goguryeo. "Ah..." Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in private: "Now what is placed in front of me is to spend money at all times. If the army and horses are not stationed, the people in the world will be angry and I cannot explain it. Moreover, if the Dashi merchants are instable, my treasury will probably be over. But if they make up their minds and really want to send army and horses, the annual expenses of the court will be amazing, especially before the railway is built. If they are fighting thousands of miles away with the Indians, it will be even more scary. They spend money like flowing water, and they don't know how to win or lose."
It's hard, it's really hard.
Li Shimin has encountered many enemies and is determined to win.
But this time, it wasn't that he felt afraid in his heart.
Instead, let the soldiers fight against the enemies far away, with horses wrapped in corpses, blood flowing into rivers, and consuming countless money and food in the court. It was just profit, but it could not be seen, not to mention that people like Li Shimin believed in knowing themselves and enemies, and winning every battle. But obviously, he didn't know anything about the situation in Tianzhu. Even if he wanted to know now and sent people to inquire, it would take nearly a year to find out their true situation. Not to mention, it would take several years to understand.
Li Shimin felt quite frustrated when he had no idea about an enemy but had to make decisions.
"I heard..." Zhang Qiandao: "The Indians have many soldiers and horses and many talents, so they have such courage... I am not destroying my own power, but I just hope that Your Majesty can think twice. I am afraid that to destroy India, at least one million soldiers, just one hundred thousand, and a drop in the bucket, what's the use of it?"
Li Shimin was not angry today because he knew that Zhang Qian had said what he was worried about in his heart.
The opponent has tens of millions of soldiers. Even if the Tang Dynasty can destroy the Five Barbarians in one Han, then it is concluded that one Han can destroy ten Indians, but it cannot withstand the opponent's many people.
Chapter completed!