Li Xun said: "What you mean is that this fiscal reform may not be successful?"

"Not possible, but certain."

Fan Zhongyun said this indifferently.

Li Xun disagrees with Fan Zhongyun's point of view: "It's up to people, and I don't agree with what you said so surely."

Fan Zhongyun smiled and asked back: "My Great Jin lasted for more than 500 years, and there were three major reforms in total. Do you know these?"

"These three major political and economic reforms in Chengzong, Xuanzong and Wuzong were all very successful."

Li Xun naturally knew these basic historical knowledge.

Fan Zhongyun said: "You only saw the success of these three reforms, but you didn't see the common characteristics between them."

Common characteristics?

“What is it?”

Li Xun didn't understand a little.

"The central government has great power and the imperial power is strong."

Fan Zhongyun said in a deep voice: "What is the driving force for reform? It is strength. Only with enough strength can others obey. If your strength is not enough, no matter how good your motivation is, can the reform continue?"

Li Xun remained silent. What is the standard for the strong imperial power? It is to be able to occupy a dominant position in politics and military aspects. With these two points as strong reliance, the emperor's authority can be fully reflected. However, in the current situation, Zhao Xun cannot occupy a dominant position in politics and military aspects. However, Zhao Xun actively formed a new army, obviously trying to occupy a dominant position in the military aspect first. However, the premise of military strength is that the court must have enough money and food to support it, and the wealth of the Western Regions cannot be supported forever.

Li Xun said: "It is not impossible for the emperor to rely on the new army and forcefully promote reforms."

"You can see this, and others can naturally see it, but it's strange that since you have seen the emperor's intentions, why didn't those aristocratic families try their best to stop or oppose it?"

Fan Zhongyun said indifferently: "If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. The emperor's formation of a new army is undoubtedly a huge threat to all aristocratic families, but they are not too strong. What does this mean? It means that Zhao Xun's formation of a new army and the aristocratic family group is not afraid of it."

Li Xun asked, "You mean, there is a conspiracy here?"

Fan Zhongyun shook her head: "I don't know if there is any conspiracy, I'm just explaining the facts."

After listening to Fan Zhongyun's words, Li Xun suddenly fell into deep thought. He felt that he was trapped in a misunderstanding. Zhao Xun used the imperial guards as exchange of interests in exchange for the compromise of the aristocratic family groups, so that he could successfully form a new army. This seems to be a favorable thing for both sides, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the exchange of interests between the two sides is disproportionate. Zhao Xun did not give the imperial guards to them, but only gave the six leading generals of the imperial guards. Among them,

The four quotas were given to the aristocratic family group, which increased their strength in the imperial guards, but the main control of the entire imperial guards was still in Zhao Xun's hands, because General Huang Hui was like doing business. If you use something worth ten cents to exchange for items worth one hundred cents, the price was not equal, unless you were a fool, you would exchange it. Will the aristocratic family group be a fool? Even if one or two were fools, would everyone be fools?

"Li Xun, what I am worried about now is not here. As long as there is no war, even if they fight hard, they will never completely turn against each other in a short period of time. What I am really worried about is the Western Regions."

Fan Zhongyun said with a worried look.

Li Xun nodded and agreed with this.

The Western Regions are indeed very important to the court, at least for now.

The reason why Zhao Xun was confident to form a new army and even launched financial reforms requires huge manpower and material resources. Without the money and grain transported from the Western Regions, the new army and reforms could only become Zhao Xun's dream and could not become a reality. You must know that not long ago, Yu Wen Zhen sent 8 million taels of silver, more than 500,000 taels of gold, and four million dens of grain from the Western Regions at one time. The total value of these things was close to 20 million taels of silver, close to the total fiscal and tax revenue of the entire year of the Jin Dynasty. It was precisely because of this huge amount of money and grain that Zhao Xun had the confidence and courage to take action.

Li Xun said: "I have persuaded the emperor several times that he should not be too harsh on the Western Regions. He should use long-term fish to catch big fish and slowly squeeze out the value of the Western Regions by raising pigs so that he can last long. However, the emperor disagrees with this, and I really don't understand."

Fan Zhongyun said: "What's wrong with this? The emperor does not intend to occupy the Western Regions for a long time. What he wants is to squeeze the wealth of the Western Regions as much as possible in a short period of time. You have also seen that Yuwen Zhen is so arbitrary in the Western Regions, and the emperor disagrees with it. This is enough to prove the emperor's intention."

Li Xun said in confusion: "Why did the emperor do this? In terms of long-term profits, this is not cost-effective."

Fan Zhongyun said, "Who knows? Since the emperor wants to do this, there must be his reasons. As for what reason, it is unknown."

Li Xun was silent, and after a while, he said: "If you continue to fish in such a way, the people of the Western Regions will probably lose all their favor for our Great Jin Dynasty soon."

"The people of the Western Regions no longer have any good feelings for us."

Fan Zhongyun said coldly: "The people of the Western Regions hate us now, which is even better than Dashi in the past. From Yuwen Zhen taking over the overall situation of the Western Regions, you have seen that five large-scale rebellions have occurred one after another, which is enough to prove that the hatred and dissatisfaction of the Western Regions towards us is already very serious."

Li Xun heard something from Fan Zhongyun's words.

"I'll listen to your opinion, in the Western Regions..."

"It's almost collapsed."

Fan Zhongyun said affirmatively.

"You're thinking too seriously, right? My Jin Dynasty now has nearly 100,000 troops in the Western Regions, and also has the troops from the seven states in the western region as support. The main military forces in the Western Regions were almost wiped out by me, so it's difficult to organize a powerful armed force. Over the past year, you have also seen that although several rebellions broke out in the Western Regions and were not small in scale, they were all suppressed very quickly. Without systematic training and stable territory, the countries in the Western Regions may not be able to shake our rule in a short period of time."

Li Xun did not agree with Fan Zhongyun's idea, and felt that he was thinking too seriously about the problem.

Fan Zhongyun sneered: "A powerful whole is often compromised from the inside. The power of the Western Regions may not be enough, but what if others are added?"

"You mean Dashi?"
Chapter completed!