Chapter two thousand and twenty-three thieves
Renqin Sangbo was almost jumping and walking. After seeing the battle report in Qingtang, he was so happy that he was about to fly.
Qingtang defeated the Song Dynasty. Although the price paid was not small, if it won, it would be victorious. The Song people's conspiracy to attack Qingtang was shattered, and Liu Huan's trick could not succeed at all.
I have touched the best things right now, and Tubo has gradually stabilized during this period. The victory brought by Qingtang will only make the leaders of each tribe more confident.
The best opportunity is right in front of you, and Jiao Siluo should seize it.
Sure enough, before we even arrived in the palace, we saw the people from the Qingtang tribe constantly transporting things, and a large amount of money and goods were transported to the Red Palace.
“How many shipped?”
"Qi Zanpu has already shipped a small half and a large half, which will take a lot of time..."
Renqin Sangbo looked up and found that the person standing on the high place was Zanpu, the Tubo people's Zanpu!
"Are you ready to withdraw so soon? Qingtang is your place for many years after all, so wouldn't it be a pity to withdraw like this? The Western Army has been defeated in the two sessions in a row. If it was defeated in the third chapter, the Song Dynasty would probably be difficult to use troops against Qingtang within decades."
Jiao Siluo shook his head, "No, it's too close, it's too close to the Song Dynasty. The Song people were planning the two defeats, and there was no large amount of supplies to replenish them.
You don’t know that once the Song people planned to attack, there would be hundreds of thousands of people who would supply food, fodder and supplies, and be conquered with a large amount of labor. Every time a city was seized, there would be a road to follow."
Renqin Sangpo looked at Jiao Siluo in surprise and said, "Wouldn't you catch up with half of the tax burden of Jiangshan?"
Jiao Siluo sighed, "Half the country? More than that! If the Song army mobilized millions of troops to come out of their stomachs, the taxes for a year would not be enough!"
Renqin Sangbo said in shock, "Millions of troops?! Where did the Song people come from so many soldiers... Oh, the retired veterans of the Song people. But money, how much money can the Song people come from? How much money can be used after the agricultural tax is exempted?!"
Jiao Siluo shook his head and said, "You must think that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is crazy, but in fact, there is not much money in the treasury of the Song Dynasty. This huge empire spends amazing every year."
Looking at Renqin Sangbo's puzzled expression, Jiao Siluo said helplessly, "In fact, the treasure house of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is the richest. I am afraid that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty himself doesn't know how much wealth there is!"
"How could he be so rich? I heard that the Emperor of Song Dynasty was not a person who plundered people's wealth?"
"Of course not. He is a person who loves the people and even regards the people as his own children, but his methods of making money are also the best in the world. This emperor is very powerful, and it is different from the emperors of the Han Dynasty.
The way of merchants in the Song Dynasty was far away from today because of his Song Dynasty. Who would have thought that a prince could make something that could actually change an empire?!
Most merchants in the Song Dynasty followed the Cai Ji model. Look at the present? Not only are merchants prosperous, but also overseas places and the territory of merchants in the Song Dynasty. What kind of goods are there? What kind of money is there?
Originally, the Song Dynasty relied on its own people to support it, and at most it expanded with the Western Xia and Liao dynasties. But now you see? The world's money is supporting the Song Dynasty! Countless money flowed into the treasury of the Song Dynasty! Is such a country still short of money?"
"Why did the Emperor of the Song Dynasty have so much money in his own treasure house? I heard that Cai Ji has been incorporated into the Three Divisions..."
He sighed and said in a sad and angry tone, "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is a robber! The biggest robber in the world!
The Dali people were robbed by him, the Xixia people were robbed by him, and even the fierce Liao people were robbed by him! And his robbery was originally a robber!
The treasure houses of various countries were emptied by the Song Dynasty! The people of the Indians before were not spared. I heard that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty did not kill Nayepolo after taking over the Indians. Do you know why? Because the people of the Song Dynasty need to obtain their wealth!"
Renqin Sangbo was shocked by the robber theory of Jiao Siluo and robbed the treasure house of a group of "robbers". How much wealth should the treasure house of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty have?
This huge empire will have less wealth? How much wealth will that emperor have?
Renqin Sangbo has always felt that Zhao Zhen did not have much money, because when he was in the Song Dynasty, he often heard that when Sansi was short of money, he would borrow from the inner warehouse of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. The money borrowed by Sansi was often left and refused to be returned. The emperor issued an order more than once to waive these loans.
But who would have thought that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was so rich. Commercial tax and industrial tax had already occupied the majority of the tax revenue of the Song Dynasty. The remaining one was also tax related to transactions.
Not to mention that the passes of the Song Dynasty have also begun to be taxed. Under this system, the collection of agricultural taxes has no effect on the Song Dynasty.
Are farmers exempted from taxes?
Renqin Sangbo suddenly made a clever move, and his eyes looked at Jiao Siluo were filled with shock. "The Song people exempted the agricultural tax, so that they gained the support of farmers all over the world. Isn't this dynasty that originally focused on farming..."
"Wouldn't there be no rebellion?"
Jiao Siluo smiled and shook his head and said, "No, the farmers in the Song Dynasty have no agricultural tax, but the number of workers is increasing. These people have to pay the labor tax, which is actually a replacement for the farmers' position. Workers earn more money a year than farmers, and the tax they pay is collected monthly, so..."
Renqin Sangbo sighed, "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is smart! In this way, farmers are stable and workers seem to have a lot of money, but in the end they will use the money on the market, and the government will still collect a part of it.
Even if the workers could not survive one day, it was not caused by the imperial court, nor was it caused by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but by the merchants.
It is really the best of both worlds to be able to deal with merchants at any time! Who would still rebel if I were a Song Dynasty native, as long as I had a place to work or farm, a fool would do his head."
Jiao Siluo smiled and said, "How? This person is so smart, he is simply not a human being. It is impossible for me to compete with such a person. So I plan to shrink Qingtang into the abdomen of Tubo and increase difficulties for the Song army with a vast territory. It is best to consume this wise king to death!"
Renqin Sangbo smiled bitterly, Jiao Siluo's words were not without reason. People only place hope and time when they were helpless. The emperor of the Song Dynasty was too powerful and could not deal with it at all. It would be better to use time to consume him.
However, when the Emperor of the Song Dynasty passed away, he and Jiao Siluo were probably going to meet the ancestors of Tubo. You should know that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was twelve years younger than Jiao Siluo!
Renqin Sangbo understood what Jiao Siluo meant. Now he had no way to deal with the Song Dynasty. So use this time to accumulate strength, develop Tubo, cultivate the next Tubo Zanpu, and let him surpass the emperor of the Song Dynasty!
Everything they did was to think about the future of Tubo!
Chapter completed!