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First Acquaintance with the Temple Chapter 248: Transaction

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    Chapter 248: Transaction Song Kneeling has not yet formed a rule.  When the business group saw Zhao Yu in the palace, they did not kneel down.  And everyone was shocked by how young and beautiful Zhao Yu was.  It is hard to imagine that the emperor of a country with such an army and people was such a woman.  Zhao Yu was talking on top, and Ouyang squeezed out Eunuch Jiu's seat to translate next to him.  When it comes to setting up docks, Ouyang said: "Our emperor is very democratic. Since your opinions are not unified, let's vote. What we gave is Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou." Ouyang reported the situation of each port  After an introduction, everyone unanimously agreed to open a trading port in Hangzhou.  Then there are some details.  For example, Ouyang can take them from Tokyo to Hangzhou, and their fleet can allow the boatmen to follow the warships to Hangzhou.  Zhao Yu made a small move and poked Ouyang with his finger and asked in a low voice: "Did you translate it wrong? I asked you to ask them if they had eaten enough. They seemed to have a dispute. After all, they are guests who have been wandering for a year." "Don't worry, Your Majesty.  "Ouyang replied in a low voice: "They are not pursuing food, they just ask you to use Hangzhou Port as a trading port." "Huh, I haven't settled the relationship with you yet." Ouyang said hurriedly: "Explain Wei Chen.  We value friendship." Zhao Yu said: "This matter is big or small, you can't do anything wrong, otherwise you will force me to do it." "Yes" Ouyang translated: "Our emperor said, everyone comes from afar and has a hard time.  Food is the most important thing. Eat well and be full. Your Majesty, here's a toast." Zhao Yu stood up and said, "Please." Ouyang translated: "I hope our trade will continue and our cultural exchanges will deepen.  "For a long time." Zhao Yu is not an idiot. How can he translate so many words for the word "please"? "Wei Chen doesn't want to embarrass your majesty." Ouyang was very direct.  Zhao Yu blushed and sat down after drinking. She understood what Ouyang meant. Ouyang meant that she didn't understand the etiquette of these businessmen.  The next step was to persuade the ministers who were accompanying him to drink. Although there were a lot of civil servants, it was not possible to persuade him to drink. I made gestures for a long time and talked about how happy it was to have friends from far away, and I was ready to persuade the other party.  The general was rude and asked twice if he didn't understand, so he took the bowl.  If you still don¡¯t understand, take the jar and pour it into each person.  After a while, the foreigners understood that those with downward beards were good people.  Anyone with a thick beard is a bad person.  If the beard is thick and straight and still pointing upward, it is the bad guy among the bad guys.  They don't know that the standard of hospitality in China is whether the guests can drink under the table.  To foreigners, Chinese liquor smells good but is unpleasant to drink.  So they all changed to rice wine.  I didn't expect this thing to taste like sugar water and full of stamina.  Within half an hour, the generals completed their tasks.  Foreigners still don¡¯t understand a Chinese trick.  The trick is, the glass cannot be empty.  But if you are not empty, someone will ask you to drink. If you drink up, you cannot be empty. It is a vicious circle. You cannot understand the language, and you do not know how to cover the wine glass with a rude hand.  Not drunk is a ghost.  Zhao Yu saw Ouyang snickering and asked: "What's the fun?" Ouyang Le said: "I heard that General Li Bao was drunk and knocked down four times in the Mediterranean. When we get to our territory, we will make the decision. Revenge." "You know how to play this  Careful. I heard that Yelu Dashi returned to Linhuang to report on his duties and was put under house arrest. "Zhao Yu said: "I didn't expect you to do it so quickly." Ouyang said modestly: "It's just a matter of sending some thieves with some money to buy connections.  This requires the emperor to be stupid enough." "Then do you have any other ideas?" "Back then, Jin Guobu Gangda was so powerful that the main reason for his final victory was that someone in Liao State rebelled.  If the Liao Kingdom rebels, then we can show off our power." Zhao Yu smiled and asked, "Are you going?" Ouyang said, "When it comes to this, your Majesty has many capable people. As the saying goes, there are also ways to use treacherous ministers.  "They must understand the thoughts of the Liao ministers better than Wei Chen. Besides, can those Liao ministers not think about themselves?" "You mean to send Li Bangyan to your side?"  If you want to harm someone, it's better to send him out. " "Well, let me think about it. There is good news ahead, and I want to repay Sanqing to prevent him from doing evil again. " " This is Sanhe.  Ouyang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the three Qing Dynasties are all Han people. If they are really spiritual, they will have to help you even if you don't go. Otherwise, you will be collaborating with the enemy and the traitor. So avoid it if you can. The emperor is busy with official duties. If it happens again,  Three days" "Don't talk nonsense." Zhao Yuyun said angrily: "It's better to believe what ghosts and gods say than what they say. It's disrespectful for you to speak arrogantly. You are also a nominal disciple of Wang Wenqing, so you must speak in a measured way.  ¡± &nbsp"Yes"  After sending the drunkard away and cleaning up, Zhao Yu met Liang Hongyu and others in the side hall and had a meal.  Ouyang saw that Zhao Yu was really worried that they would have nothing to eat at sea.  Each person has a table, and there is a maid waiting at the table.  There was no maid in front of him, and Ouyang considered that foreigners had the habit of biting their hands.  So they were all replaced by eunuchs. If they want to bite you, just bite them.  Compared to foreigners, generals are much more polite.  I don't talk about my food, I am very careful when eating, just take a little bit.  Jiu Zhao Yu didn't scream or move.  Zhao Yuxian praised Liang Hongyu and called her the most amazing woman in the Song Dynasty.  Ouyang knew what he was going to say next.  Sure enough, Zhao Yu then praised everyone present.  To Ouyang's surprise, Zhao Yu was able to recite the places of origin of most of them and their voyages.  After hearing this, Ouyang not only admired, but also sympathized.  There is really nothing interesting in the palace, you can only read these boring official documents.  Forget about the male emperor, he can drink and play with women, three thousand beauties, a huge project that will take nearly ten years to complete, one every day.  Empress?  Drinking alcohol?  Otherwise it can only be homosexuality.  Ouyang knew that Zhao Yu was a strong woman who wanted face and reputation, and would not go to meet him.  This meal took a long time. Zhao Yu was very interested in looking at the charts made by Liang Hongyu and the interesting stories from various countries.  There are also various exotic fruits and foods.  Liang Hongyu also brought bread recipes.  There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Only then did Zhao Yu realize that the Crusade was not invented by Ouyang, but was indeed a form of religious scale.  Zhao Yu immediately said: "Ouyang, we have to warn them not to talk nonsense." She had never understood why Ouyang had such a strict rule on the Overland Silk Road that prohibited preaching and violators would be punished.  Only now do we know the influence of religion.  She did not want such a religion to dominate the people of her country.  Zhao Yu glanced at Ouyang one more time, and his evaluation of Ouyang was even higher.  Speaking of this, Zhao Yu suddenly remembered and asked: "Ouyang, do you know a person named Zhong Xiang?" "Zhong Xiang?" Ouyang nodded: "Yes." This is a person from Wuling, Dingzhou.  I have been preaching in my hometown for more than ten years.  It's called a mutual aid association, and farmers can join the sect by paying some money and grain.  He proposed the idea of ??equal wealth and social equality, and his influence spread over a hundred miles, and he was called the Great Sage of Heaven by the farmers.  Historically, this religion was part of a peasant uprising, and its teachings were not interfered with for thirty years, which shows that folk speech is relatively free.  "I always thought that I would just talk about my ideas, and seeing that the mutual aid association actually helps people, although some people have complained about it, I am open-minded. But when I heard about the origin of this crusade, I became a little worried." Ouyang has always been reluctant.  Like this person.  Average wealth equals communism.  The rewards obtained by those with the ability to work are the same as those obtained by those without the ability to work or those who have the ability not to work.  Social equality is even less possible because of the diverse division of labor in society.  If there is a shortage of intellectuals, the status of intellectuals will naturally be good.  If there is a shortage of skilled workers, the wages of skilled workers will be high.  There is a shortage of farmers and the price of food rises, which means that the status of farmers will be high.  The equality Ouyang advocates is the equality of human rights.  Protect some basic rights instead of pursuing class equality and wealth equality.  For example, a manager¡¯s monthly salary is one thousand and the employee¡¯s monthly salary is eight hundred.  Can employees demand a higher salary than managers?  Can I instruct the manager?  Ouyang is even more disgusted by using superstition to win over believers.  Ouyang said: "Actually, Wei Chen went to the government a few years ago to list this mutual aid association as a cult and suppress it." "Well" Zhao Yu thought about it and said, "Come here, tell Zhang Xuanming to come to see you." Zhao Yu thought that he should pay attention to religion.  this problem.  Especially people like Ouyang, who had the foresight to say that it was wrong, there was really no need for the mutual aid association to exist.  But you can't take action just because someone yells a few words.  We still have to find some means to come up with it.  There are several types of peasant uprisings.  The first is survival needs.  Such as Song Jiang.  Because Liangshanbo, where they lived, was taken into public ownership, they couldn't survive, and they couldn't live without it.  Ouyang holds a positive opinion.  The second type is persecution by the system. Because the status is too low, they are forced by strict laws to fight for death and rebel at the same time.  For example, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.  Ouyang is cautiously supportive.  The third type is Li Chuang type.  Taking advantage of the psychology of large groups of farmers to carry out land equalization and tax exemption policies, leading them to rebel to achieve their own political goals.  The type Ouyang hates.  Because Ouyang knows a basic rule, tax exemption is just a cover for deception. Needless to say, if you have an army to support, you cannot be exempt from taxes.  Without taxes, how can we build officialdom?  What will be used to build infrastructure?  If superstitious incitement is added to the third type, Ouyang is not just as simple as hating.  Ouyang believes that the development of society leads to uneven wealth, which can be adjusted through society, such as changing the objects of taxation, etc.  But you absolutely cannot not pay taxes, because a country needs the most basic operating funds.  The most important point is that the policy of blindly emphasizing equality and distributing according to people will greatly dampen people's enthusiasm for production and restrict social progress.  Ouyang believed that distribution according to work was a policy more suitable for promotion in Song Dynasty.  Never think that corruption is very simple for a magistrate. First, in order to become a magistrate, he must study hard for n years, and then he mustYou can become an official only if you have good luck.  When you become an official, you still need to check whether there are real vacancies. Only when there are vacancies will there be opportunities for corruption.  Although there were many corrupt officials in Ouyang's era, Ouyang would rather use the method of diversion to shift from embezzling people's money and treasury to colluding with officials and businessmen.  After all, this is not a legal society, and it is impossible to clean up the case just by beating it.  Besides, the Song Dynasty Code dealt with criminal cases very fairly, and punished those who caused public outrage for corruption.  Ouyang implemented measures such as increasing grain prices, liberating rural labor, and attracting officials to do business, all of which were designed to alleviate social conflicts.  After Zhao Yu talked about this little thing, he continued to ask a lot of questions.  For example, foreign language, culture, crops, population, soldiers, shipping industry, clothing, customs, etc.  Liang Hongyu and others were all promoted to the second level. Although it was quite cruel, after all, they were promoted to military officers, and no one had any objections.  Liang Hongyu himself was sealed as the Duke of West County.  He has not yet reached the level of becoming a king.  And it is lower than everyone expected.  Wang Fu: Duke of Chu.  Tong Guan: Prince of Guangyang County.  There is also Zhang Jun, a military commander later in real history: King of Qinghe County.  The title of Han Shizhong appointed by Zhao Yu only reached the founding Duke.  During the Huizong era of Song Dynasty, there were already dukes and princes.  According to everyone's opinion, Han Shizhong can definitely be crowned king, and Liang Hongyu will still have a duke no matter what.  But it was obvious that Zhao Yu didn't want to be so generous.  Titles are generally reserved for members of the royal family. Unless they have made great achievements, once they are knighted, the benefits are great.  For example, Liang Hongyu has two thousand households collecting food.  In other words, there are 2,000 households managed by Liang Hongyu, and the surplus value obtained is also obtained by Liang Hongyu.  ¡­ ¡­ Ouyang¡¯s duty is to lead these businessmen by land from Tokyo to Hangzhou.  Liu Qi himself will no longer participate, but 300 troops from his headquarters will follow and protect him.  Of course, on the one hand, it is also surveillance. It is the understanding of many people that those who are not of my race must have different minds.  Although they may not be here to do bad things, they must be guarded against.  Ouyang also cheated. All the way through the official document, no government officials were allowed to receive extravagant receptions. Diligent performance was better than food performance.  The first stop was Shanggu. Shanggu did not fake it because his magistrate was not there at all.  Go to the countryside to gather fields and invest in them.  What Magistrate Shanggu did is a very popular practice now.  The landowners agreed, then measured the land and established an agricultural joint-stock company based on the land area and soil quality.  The landowners will no longer manage the land, but will appoint experienced people to manage it uniformly.  It seems that the cost has increased, but due to the increased use of oxen and horses, the efficiency has increased, and fewer farmers have been hired.  Irrigation is convenient and no water is wasted.  Professional farmers are more competent in field management than landlords, and farmers are more motivated to work from day to night.  It can be plowed for two seasons.  Although this method is good, it has some limitations.  Terraces are difficult to plan.  This is the result of the Yangping Commercial Association's agricultural-oriented research, and this measure is generally well received by the landlord class.  Equal to indirect cost reduction.  As we approach Yangping, the expansion of Shanggu is also visible.  It has been a private consensus among everyone to select rural soldiers to serve as government officials.  The receptionist was the county magistrate who imitated Yangping Ganxin.  He speaks well, is shrewd in his work, and even temporarily learned a few foreign languages.  The reception was respectful and dignified, and Ouyang was quite optimistic about the county magistrate.  The prosperity of Tokyo has amazed foreigners, and Kamiya is even more impressive.  When he arrived in Yangping, Ouyang really strengthened his national self-esteem.  A prefecture is incomparable to Tokyo.  And its neat planning and scientific management are more dazzling than Tokyo.  Yangping has a complete range of goods. Under Ouyang's instruction, the retail prices of all goods have increased by 200%.  If you want to place an order, Ouyang is very welcome.  The transactions between the two parties are relatively systematic and based on the gold standard.  When Song Dynasty bought foreign goods, they used gold to compare prices, and foreign businessmen also used gold to buy Song goods.  When Yangping goes up, prices in Hangzhou and other places will naturally go up.  The government will take 40% of their price increase as tax revenue.  The expansion of the Hangzhou trading market has not yet been completed, so Song merchants can only free up some space for foreign merchants.  When the foreign businessmen arrived, their sailors had already put product samples on the shelves as required.  As soon as the foreign businessmen arrived, the bargaining transaction officially began.  Don't think that foreigners are honest. Ouyang Mingming found that foreigners also raise prices randomly.  But Ouyang also understands that after all, characters who can sail for more than a year are adventurers.  And Ouyang is not worried about the loss of gold.  Because they brought gold back to the Mediterranean, the gold was still gold and its value would not increase because of the long voyage.  All gold must be exchanged for commodities in order to increase the value due to voyages.  Among the goods sold by Song merchants, tea, ceramics and silk were the three best-selling items.  Ink painting is also popular.  Seed commodities are purchased by merchants from all over the world.  According to overall management, ten warships from the Hangzhou fleet will escort merchant ships to the Mediterranean in two months. The Song Dynasty officially opened the maritime silk route.  Of course, the second batch of businessmen who came, not to mention Zhao Yu and Ouyang, may not be able to see them even the local magistrate.  Just like the man who landed on the moon, A is one step ahead of B. A is a household name, but who is B?  Ninety percent* people don¡¯t know.  Ouyang, the Southeast Business Association, and the local magistrate worked out a set of transaction procedures, which became a reference for the Silk Road in the future.  Show to the present??, the Yangping Business Association has the dominance of the land Silk Road, while the Southeast Business Association has the dominance of the Maritime Silk Road.  Both business associations handle issues of cooperation and competition with each other very carefully.  The fly in the ointment is that Liang Hongyu did not return to Hangzhou, but went to Dengzhou to rest and recuperate. After the ship was repaired and the personnel rested, she would join the battle against Liao.  Although the strategic significance will no longer be significant by then.  The Northwest Military Road progressed smoothly and Bai Dadan's tribe on the Xijing Road was defeated. After negotiations, Bai Dadan announced that all the tribesmen would surrender.  Opened the door to the Northwest Military Road.  The Yongxing Army captured the two major military locations of Yunnei Prefecture and Fengsheng Prefecture.  There is no strong resistance force south of the Dihe River.  Laizhou won a great victory.  Wang Yan and Xue Bing each led a thousand men pretending to be Liao troops and sneaked into the Liao army at night. They falsely claimed that they were defeated soldiers from Feng Sheng Prefecture and were placed in the rear army.  Xiao Fengxian was a man of great ambition and talent. When he heard that Fengsheng Prefecture had been defeated, he became anxious and wanted to capture Laizhou in one fell swoop and take in all the defeated troops coming from the south.  Wang Jun decided to take a gamble just because he received this news.  The next night, no one expected that the cavalry that had not been used by the Song Army would be dispatched.  Twenty thousand cavalry took the east and west camps directly.  Before the Liao army could resist, rumors spread that Xiao Fengxian had been killed and that soldiers and horses from the Northwest Military Road and Yongxing Military Road had already arrived.  So the Liao army blew up the camp.  In China¡¯s ancient and modern history, camp bombings occurred from time to time, mainly due to mental fatigue of soldiers and grassroots officials.  The original intention of bombing the camp was not caused by external interference, but by the terror of the own soldiers at night.  Psychologists call it mass hypnosis, and some people call it paranormal events.  The closest camp bombing to us was the Battle of Huaihai. A certain Kuomintang unit was defeated by tens of thousands of people because a soldier screamed, causing the entire army to kill each other.  If there are rumors and spies infiltrating, and there are fires on all sides, strictly speaking, it cannot be called a camp bombing, but a camp fraud.  No matter what, the Liao army was in chaos, the general died, and all the troops were gone.  In addition, there were no broadcasts in ancient times, and communication basically relied on shouting. Xiao Fengxian was unable to control such a large-scale camp chaos, and fled towards Jinzhou under the protection of his own soldiers.
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