I remember that a long time ago, whenever someone proposed to use foreign troops, nine out of ten ministers in the court would oppose it. At that time, the entire Song Dynasty's grand strategy was to move inward, and the same was true at the ideological level, almost losing the ambition of external expansion like the Han and Tang Dynasties.

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But now this situation has obviously changed. They have just captured Xixia and Yunzhou, and are about to start using troops against the south again.

The ministers did not oppose it, but supported it. It can be seen that this is actually related to the national strength. In the past, I tolerated it as long as I could. There is no money in my pocket, and I am afraid of doing anything. Now my pocket is bulging, why don’t you jump again?

Give it a try.

From a strategic perspective, since we are heading towards imperial hegemony, this war cannot be stopped easily and we must expand externally.

For example, in the early Han and Tang Dynasties, there were no wars in any year.

Of course, the main purpose of using troops in the south was to confuse the Liao Kingdom, and secondly to weaken the Li Dynasty.

They also had to set up suspicions against the Liao State to make the Liao State believe that tax currency was the main reason for the growth of the Song Dynasty's national power.

Three divisions.

"We have already studied that it is not difficult to issue tax coins in Xiongzhou and other places, because shipping can directly reach our border with Liao Kingdom, and Jiangnan and Fuguang are also using tax coins, so we can use some of them.

Military pay is converted into tax coins, and then merchants are attracted to transport food to the border by sea. I have also discussed with the three major warehouse stores, and they will all go to the local area to establish warehouse stores to facilitate the use of tax coins by soldiers."

Xue Xiang said to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi nodded, and then asked Lu Huiqing on the side: "What is the current situation of shipping?"

Lu Huiqing replied: "Last year, the grain transported to Dengzhou from Fuguang, Champa and other places reached 100,000 dan, which was doubled from the previous year. The loss is currently only 10%, but compared with the canal

This cost is reduced by at least 40% because sea transportation mainly relies on wind power.

That is our expectation that if the imperial court decides to support Champa and attack the Li Dynasty, maritime trade will further increase."

The most exciting thing about using troops against the South is maritime trade. In the end, the name is to support Champa, but to support Champa, land is not feasible, so the only way is to go to sea. Once the court spends money on sea, sea trade

It will surely become prosperous.

Wang Anshi asked: "Have the major transportation groups under the Business Administration established their own seagoing fleets?"

Lu Huiqing shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"Why?" Wang Anshi asked in surprise.

Lu Huiqing said sarcastically: "Because these transportation groups still mainly supply the capital, but the capital is not close to the sea. Even if it is transported to Dengzhou, it has to be transported to the capital through the river. The distance is not much closer, and the losses are not huge.

reduce.

Moreover, sea transportation relies on the wind, and there are fixed dates for traveling south and north every year, but the supply from the capital city cannot be lost, so currently, all those on the sea are merchants."

Wang Anshi said: "In fact, the transportation group can also use money to cooperate with those maritime merchants to prepare for the future."

Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Students understand."

At this moment, Deng Wan suddenly walked into the house and said, "Ms. Wang, Third Secretary, Lu Shangshu, I have just received news that Chen Zhihua, the magistrate of Haimen County, has been accused of concealing the death of his father."

Wang Anshi frowned upon hearing this.

Lu Huiqing asked: "Who can sue?"

Deng Wan said: "It was the Yangzhou Procuratorate that received the report."

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Legislative Council.

"As tax coins become more and more popular, some cases of counterfeit tax coins have also been reported from various places. Although they are all shoddy and can only deceive some ignorant villagers, this situation cannot be allowed to continue to spread."

Fu Bi said slowly.

Sima Guang said: "Currently, counterfeiting tax coins is punishable by death, but judging from the situation in various places, those people are all desperadoes, and the death penalty cannot have a deterrent effect on them.

We should target those wealthy businessmen with wealth and impose controls."

Fu Bi asked: "How to control it?"

Sima Guang said: "The ink paper used to print tax coins is different from what we usually use, and ordinary people cannot use it. We can ask businessmen in this field to register the customers who buy them. Otherwise, we will take them away."

He will be held accountable, and at the same time, those who report will be heavily rewarded, and the Department of Taxation and the Department of Security will be required to conduct strict investigations in this area, so that we can effectively crack down."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Do you want to be so cruel?"

Fu Bi smiled slightly and said, "Aren't there other considerations?"

"Others...oh, I see."

Zhang Fei suddenly realized.

This was also to confuse the Liao Kingdom.

After discussing the tax coins, Fu Bi added: "In addition, there is another matter that I would like to seek your suggestions on, which is the issue of Xixia characters. A letter came from the imperial court of Xingqing Prefecture, asking the local Legislative Council whether

Do you have the right to decide which words to use?”

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "There is no longer a Jizhou system in our dynasty. There is only public security, procuratorate, and law. The books are written in the same language, and the cars are on the same track. This is inevitable.

Moreover, the reason why Xixia created writing in the first place was to be on an equal footing with our country and the Liao Kingdom. This must be abolished, and such matters must also be decided by the imperial court."

Sima Guang said: "Of course this matter must be decided by the court, but I think we should be cautious whether to abolish the legislation, because Buddhism is prevalent in Tubo, Xihe, Xixia and other places, and as far as I know, there are nine out of ten Buddhist temples in the local areas.

They all use the Xixia script, and if this is abolished rashly, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the local monks."

Wen Yanbo said: "Xixia promotes Xixia writing through Buddhist temples."

Sima Guang said: "But this has become a reality."

"It is also with this in mind that I dare not make a rash decision."

Fu Bi nodded slightly, "But a specific bill must be given on this matter, because we will encounter similar situations in the future."

While speaking, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei said: "I agree with Wen Gong's writings and cars running on the same track, but I don't want to adopt the Qin Dynasty's approach. I don't think it is necessary.

The reason why the Qin Dynasty was so violent was because its culture was not superior to the other six countries, and the Qin Dynasty was a completely violent conquest, so if we didn't do this, the Qin Dynasty's system might be backlashed by the six countries. Legalism would always have only one way to solve the problem.

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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But we in the Song Dynasty do not need it at all. Take Xihe as an example. The local businessmen are all learning Chinese characters and using Chinese characters. No one uses them anymore.

Because they do not use Chinese characters, they cannot make contracts independently. In terms of trade, we Han people dominate, and it is impossible for Han people to learn Xixia characters.

The imperial court only needs to determine the official script and official language. The reason is to facilitate everyone's trade and resolve disputes. There is no need to legislate to abolish the Xixia script. You don't have to think about it. There will definitely be fewer and fewer people using it. It won't take a few years.

Xixia writing will disappear."

Sima Guang also nodded and said: "I agree with Zhang San's words. In fact, the Xixia characters are only more than 5,000, which is less than one-tenth of the Chinese characters. Moreover, they are created after the Chinese characters. Sooner or later they will be replaced. By then we will still have

It can be gradually popularized through business academies. As long as the official language and official characters are clear, that will be enough."

Wen Yanbo said: "Although what you two said makes sense, it is limited to the cultural aspect and does not consider the political aspect. The Qin State's books are in the same text and the carriages are in the same track to avoid the resurgence of the Six Kingdoms. The same is true for Xixia. If the Xixia writing continues to exist

, just like the ghost of Xixia has been wandering in the Hetao area, although words are harmless, they will inevitably be used by those with evil intentions."

Sima Guang retorted: "The purpose of the Qin State's books and chariots are to unify the country. As for whether it is to prevent the resurgence of the Six Kingdoms, there may be this reason, but I think the text is not the key to it, because the Qin State will be destroyed."

Yes, isn't it the Overlord of Chu?

The key is, as the sage said, those who have gained the Tao will have many help, while those who have lost the Tao will have little help. If Xixia is revived, it can only show that the court's policy is unpopular. And Buddhism has a large number of local believers. Taking a tough approach will only

Creating chaos is not conducive to the stability of Xixia."

"You can't just focus on the present and ignore the long term." Seeing that he was in the minority, Wen Yanbo immediately said: "Anyway, I am firmly opposed to retaining the Xixia script. This is not a trivial matter and must be resolved at the Legislative Assembly."

Seeing that Wen Yanbo was very unhappy, Fu Bi nodded quickly and said, "That's what I planned. I invite you here today just to hear your thoughts."

Due to Wen Yanbo's firm attitude, this matter can only be discussed at the Legislative Assembly.

Zhang Fei also agrees with this.

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Returning to the Supreme Court, Xu Zhiqian immediately came over and asked, "What did Mr. Fu ask you to come over to talk about?"

Zhang Fei sat down and asked, "Should we abolish the Xixia script?"

Xu Zhiqian was stunned for a moment and said: "With Chinese characters, who would use Xixia's extremely complicated characters that have no artistic conception or beauty."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "But before the Xixia writing came out, Chinese characters already existed."

Xu Zhiqian said: "I heard that the reason why Xixia wanted to create writing was purely because they wanted to separate from the Central Plains."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "So what we consider is not the artistic conception and beauty, or the number of strokes, but political factors."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Then what is the result of your discussion?"

Zhang Fei said: "It will be decided by the Legislative Assembly at that time."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Then what do you think?"

Zhang Fei said: "I think the Xixia civilization is completely modeled after the Central Plains civilization. The difference is not that big. Moreover, our civilization is more excellent. It is crushed in all aspects and relies entirely on the economy. The civilization will change subtly. There is no need to forcibly abolish it. But this kind of thing

There are many levels to consider, especially the political level, and if politics needs to be abolished, there is nothing to say."

Xu Zhiqian nodded, as if she suddenly remembered something, "Maybe there are more headaches than this now."
To be continued...