The Wei Empire and the Ming Empire are different.

In the late Ming Dynasty, especially after Zhang Juzheng's death, the central government's rule was weak, tax payments in some areas were almost paralyzed, the central government could not collect taxes at all, and the imperial finances were on the verge of collapse.

The treasury has no money and lacks effective macro-control capabilities. It has basically no control over the outward-oriented economy in the southeast, so it is difficult to interfere and allow it to grow wildly.

The landlords and gentry who had enough food and drink in this wave of silver flow naturally would not take out the money to re-production or investment, and only knew how to store or buy land.

Apart from storing and buying land, they will not do anything else. If there is no land to buy, they will think about storing silver.

Hidden silver in various unexpected places, or simply cast it into heavy chunks, even if you see it, you can't move it or take it away.

The silver was hidden and had not been circulated into society at all, and could not create economic benefits. This wave of economic prosperity in the southeast coast did not bring any real benefits to the Ming Empire.

So the Spanish didn't come anymore, no one sent silver to them, and people were stunned.

When I saw that the Spanish were not coming, the things could not be sold, and there was no money, I didn't dare to use the money, and I hid it all for myself.

Local governments have no money and cannot regulate the situation, so they can only sit and stare at each other, which immediately triggers deflation.

But fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was still dominated by agricultural economy, not a commodity economy and society at all, and there was no key point to be caught. There would be no economic crisis in the whole country.

The Southeast and the maritime trade-related areas are being deflated by deflation, while other places are still self-sufficiency in their small peasant economy.

You play with yours, I play with mine, from top to bottom, everyone swept the snow in front of the door, who cares about the frost on others?

The Wei Kingdom is different.

The Maritime Silk Road and Land Silk Road were interrupted from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Yande period again. It only lasted for several years and could not have a substantial impact on the Wei economy.

Furthermore, the central government of the Wei Empire is currently very strong in regulation and control, and it controls the lifeline of the national economy.

Moreover, the economic entities of Wei State are also self-sufficiency small peasant economy based on military farms. The commodity economy is not large in scale, the foreign trade economy is just starting, accounting for a small proportion, and the proportion of business is far from reaching the point where it can surpass agriculture.

Therefore, the economic growth of Wei State mainly relies on the internal circulation within the empire, and the huge agricultural taxes brought by the military farms and developed transportation networks.

Even in the three Western Regions where the commercial tax rate is the highest, agricultural tax revenue accounts for more than half.

So the two Silk Roads are just icing on the cake for the economy of the Wei Empire? The Wei Empire is still the standard typical agricultural empire, and the economic crisis cannot have actual impact.

Even if all overseas trade collapses? Rome, Kushan and Anxi explode in place in an instant? The two Silk Roads on the sea and land are all interrupted, and the economy of the Wei Empire will not collapse.

Although a self-sufficiency agricultural economy is closed? It is difficult to make progress, but it also has the benefits of self-sufficiency? As long as the land is not merged in place, life can continue, society will be generally stable, and at most a group of people will live a good life without the past.

In the past, I could eat some rice and eat enough? If something went wrong, I could only eat braised vegetables and it was difficult to eat enough. I would not starve to death when I was hungry.

But this is enough to make the few people who have not experienced such ups and downs still feel scared? Develop a huge psychological shadow.

For example, Ma Bo.

"I have never thought so before. The Supreme Emperor gave me some advice? I was like a sudden enlightenment, and then I realized the danger of this matter!"

Ma Bo felt deeply scared.

"If you are not prepared for that day? When that day comes, you will naturally be at a loss? There will be heavy losses."

Guo Peng sighed: "Of course? Such things are often not something we can predict? When things happen, we don't know, but when we know, things are over, and we can only passively accept them and find it difficult to deal with them."

Ma Bo was silent for a long time and asked, "The Supreme Emperor, what should I do if there is really that day?"

"It's not easy to deal with."

Guo Peng shook his head: "So when I was in Wuwei County, I met your envoy Lu and talked about this matter with him. You probably don't know that there was another war between Lou Mo and the Sabre Kingdom. A few months ago, Lou Mo had already broken through the imperial capital of the Sabre Kingdom."

Ma Bo's heart tightened.

"Will...rest in peace will destroy the country?"

"It's hard to say, but it's obvious that even if it hasn't happened yet, for a long time in the future, the number of merchants from Anxi and the merchants who are about to go to Anxi will be greatly reduced. Until there is no more, there are still the Western Regions in Yongliang and the Western Regions. We need to prepare for a hard life."

"What should I do?"

Ma Bo was uneasy and said, "If the business trips decrease, the Western Regions and Yongliang prefectures will be affected, tax revenue will decline and people's hearts will also fluctuate. The Supreme Emperor, this matter needs to be prevented as soon as possible."

"Precautions will naturally be prevented. I asked Mao Jie and Lu Qian to submit a letter to the emperor, discuss this matter with the emperor, and make some preparations."

Guo Peng slowly spoke: "Some minerals were discovered in the Western Regions earlier, and the number was quite large, but because the journey was long, I didn't go to open it. Now, since the Western Regions and Liangzhou are in danger, let the mining team give priority to mining the Western Regions mines and give more people to go there.

The Kingdom of Rest is over and Kushan is still there. Let the emperor send someone to discuss with the Kingdom of Kushan. The Kingdom of Kushan had always wanted to send someone to Wei to learn the culture of Wei. I had never agreed before. This time I promised them that they would send someone to study, increase the contact between the two sides, and could also come more people."

As he said this, Guo Peng looked at Ma Bo again.

"I also heard from the Envoy Lu that since he became the governor of Liangzhou, he has repeatedly ordered you county magistrates to no longer allow unlimited arrangements for restaurants and hotels to be reduced in scale and restricted in settings. But you are lip service and have many resistances. Is this true?"

Ma Bo was stunned, and then his expression became a little embarrassed.

"this……"

"It seems to be true."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Only looking at the interests in front of you, but not the risks behind it. If people are allowed to set up shops without restrictions, once the merchants don't come, whose business do you do? How do you recover the capital you paid?

Once a large-scale hotel or a restaurant closure occurs among the people, it will inevitably lead to a great crisis. The income of merchants and farmers will drop greatly. There are countless bankrupt people, so no one can escape the entire Liangzhou. People are panic and turbulent. What will you do at that time?"

Guo Peng's question made Ma Bo's face turn pale and fine beads of sweat seeped out from his forehead.

He reached out and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead.

"The Supreme Emperor, I... I am confused. I didn't think of these things. I only care about my own political achievements and did not think of the future consequences. I am guilty!"

"Of course you are guilty. You county magistrates who are lip service and disobedient, all must reflect on them!"

Guo Peng frowned and said, "Soon, the court will order to authorize the envoy Lu to be fully responsible for the management of this matter. At that time, if he has any orders, you must obey them all. Don't be lucky. Otherwise, it will lead to civil rebellion, and you will go to Luoyang to apologize."

Ma Bo knelt on the ground and bowed heavily.

"I will follow the sage order!"

"Get up."

Guo Peng waved his hand: "The reason why I don't ask you about this matter now is mainly because this is the first time. Everyone has no experience and does not know how to deal with it, so it is not too late to punish the crime and make up for the loss of the sheep.

Next, before Lu Jun’s order is issued, you can take action and do not encourage more restaurants and hotels to be opened. You have encouraged them to be opened before. Now you must tighten them. Any applications will be rejected and no openings are allowed.

Then I can also use the excuse of a comprehensive inspection to close a group of low-quality restaurants and hotels. I have seen many such low-quality restaurants and hotels. When there are many tourists, such restaurants and hotels can still hold on. If there are few tourists, they will fall down the first wave.

Now turn off a batch of people to give more opportunities to restaurants and hotels with higher quality and better conditions in all aspects. Anyway, if you can hold on for a longer period of time, things may turn around at that time."

Ma Bo nodded in a heavy mood and then reacted.

"Turn the way?"

"Well, chaos will eventually end. Anxue is a great country that will not perish. Moreover, Anxue is different from the Wei Kingdom. Many powerful people in the local area are very powerful. Just like the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, capturing their capital does not mean that Anxue has been destroyed.

Take a step back and say that even if Anxi is really destroyed, the princes in those places may not be willing to cooperate with Lou Mo. In this battle for hegemony in troubled times, some forces in troubled times may inherit Anxi's status. In short, when they recover, what should come will come."

Guo Peng narrowed his eyes and turned his gaze to the distance: "We must not only see the future crisis, but also see the future opportunities. Crisis and crisis, there will be opportunities when there is crisis. Hiding opportunities in crisis. Only by overcoming danger can we usher in opportunities, and our vision should be longer-term."

The Rest Empire did not live long, but there were still a group of people living on that land, and there were powerful local governments maintaining it.

The Absas collapsed, like Qin lost its deer, and the world chased it together. Sassanthemum stood up and established regional hegemony.

It was still the same group of people, just changed the government, and Chinese goods still maintained their attractiveness to them. They returned it, but it only took time.

Ma Bo couldn't feel the opportunity in this regard. He felt that maybe he was not standing high enough, so he couldn't see so many things.

It seems that it is indeed the case.

There are always limits when standing in the local area. Only by going to the center and standing in the court in Luoyang can you see more and more valuable things.

At this moment, Ma Bo made up his mind to fight to Luoyang and take over the world.
Chapter completed!