As Guo Ning's status became higher and higher, more and more people responded to his words. After he became the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, he would sometimes summon his officials and casually tell a not-so-funny joke, and dozens of officials would laugh, as if they had heard the funniest story in the world.
As for the arrangements for important military and political affairs, as soon as he opened his mouth, there were countless people below who fawned over him and expressed their determination by patting their chests.
Seeing this situation too often can become annoying. Therefore, when there are really important arrangements, Guo Ning always summons a few close ministers and relevant important ministers to announce them in a small area, and it is the same today.
At this time, Guo Ning's words came out, and the hall was very quiet.
Guo Ning turned around with some doubts, then heard Han Xuan cough slightly and asked, "Do you want to send troops later?"
Du Shisheng said: "In the next few months, the business in Licheng Port of Korea will be booming. If Yin Chang makes too much noise there and it affects this year's business... the loss will not be three to five years. I can make up for it.”
As the country prospered, the income of the imperial court increased rapidly. However, the garrison on the northern border faced a formidable enemy. Many generals were proposing further changes in uniforms, arming every soldier to the teeth, and raising military pay and pensions. high.
Then the navy also kept asking for an increase in the number of large ships. This is all because even if we do not consider the confrontation with the Southern Dynasty navy, the scale of various trading houses and even pirates is expanding. If the navy does not invest money, there is no guarantee that the situation will be unstoppable one day.
These require substantial and sustained capital investment. No matter which one of them costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the expansion of factories and ports and the expansion of personnel, it is a bottomless pit for swallowing gold.
Compared with the Jin Kingdom, which had a rough land, the Great Zhou Dynasty had a lot of financial resources, but its economic conditions were not unlimited.
Moreover, with the development of industry and commerce, various trading houses themselves gradually gained political influence. On the one hand, a trading house acted according to the will of the imperial court; on the other hand, if it wanted to make money, it must have its independence.
So many people have been recruited from the Song Dynasty this year, almost all of them can read and write, and many of them are bereaved dogs, not like ordinary scholars. With a little training, they can invest in shops, guilds and strongholds in various places. Many business bank executives hope to use this resource to launch a new round of expansion.
Including Yelu Chucai, Li Yun, and Du Shisheng, who started participating last year, they all felt that the commercial bank's demands were reasonable.
Since the Southern Song Dynasty had limited control over industry and commerce, its most powerful person in the court, Shi Miyuan, was more willing to use commercial interests to satisfy the expansion of his own political power. Therefore, to a certain extent, Zhou merchants could move almost freely in the Southern Dynasties.
The only hidden danger is that we don’t know how long Shi Miyuan will be in power. But because of this, why not seize the opportunity to seize land and make money now?
At this time, Guo Ning suddenly suggested that he had already planned to get involved in the Japanese country in Haidong and even further away... Everyone was inevitably a little suspicious.
Goryeo was not the enemy of Zhou Dynasty.
For several consecutive years, merchants from Zhou Dynasty and Korea had enjoyed happy cooperation at sea. The Goryeo fleet helped the Zhou Dynasty get rid of the restrictions on grain trade imposed by the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. The two companies jointly maintained the output and transshipment of materials at the northernmost point of maritime trade, and jointly shared huge profits on this golden road that exceeded anyone's expectations. ….
Distance is the biggest factor that affects input costs. Goryeo is close to the sea everywhere, and local output can easily be connected with shipping. Therefore, although the territory is small, it has sufficient advantages in maritime trade and the output of profits is also huge.
In contrast, if we were to display military power in Goryeo, the amount of human, financial and material resources consumed would be unimaginable.
At that time, the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, and the whole family was defeated; the Khitan conquered Goguryeo three times, claiming to have used 400,000 cavalry at most, but did not gain much benefit. Not to mention the Kingdom of Jin. Many Jurchen tribes, including the Wanyan tribe, were once vassals of Goryeo. After several small-scale battles between the two sides, didn't the Jurchens choose to rush into the Central Plains?
The current military regime of the Great Zhou Dynasty does not care about fame and status, and only cares about profits in overseas matters. This is a step in. Success is good, but if it affects the original cooperation, is it worth it? What price do you have to pay for success?
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"It doesn't cost anything."
Yelu Chucai answered on Guo Ning's behalf: "Yin Chang is the one who was deprived of his official position; the one who was taken by Yin Chang is a fugitive from the Song Dynasty. Whether this can succeed or not, no additional support is needed... Please..." You guys are preparing in advance, just as a precaution."
After a pause, he looked at Guo Ning's expression and said, "But I am absolutely sure that this will definitely happen."
It was rare for everyone to hear such a firm guarantee from Yelu Chucai. Han Xuan felt much more relaxed all of a sudden; Wang Shixian next to him also looked relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. Du Shisheng touched his increasingly sparse beard and laughed twice.
As the business system becomes larger and larger, it is not a good idea to let Li Yun alone always hold the power. Therefore, in addition to a number of trading firms directly under the Left and Right Division, the management functions of other merchants have recently been gradually transferred to Du Shisheng.
Du Shisheng is a bit old and in poor health, but he is more than enough to supervise the remote control. Due to his unique political acumen, the cooperation between many business firms and all parties will be smoother, including coordination with Yelu Chucai.
Seeing that no one had any doubts, Guo Ning waved his hand: "That's it, let's break up."
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, an important official who was sent to Nanjing as a deputy to stay behind was demoted. In anger, he set up a trading company and went to sea, intending to do business between Shandong and Goryeo. The story soon spread.
Some maritime merchants are worried that the already highly competitive trade routes may not be able to accommodate a new shark. Some people think that the officials who stepped down are just toothless tigers and it is no big deal.
As for the maritime merchants with a background in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, most of them admired the crispness of the northern warriors. The dignified third-rank officials tried their best to seize power on stage, and when they got off stage, they rolled up their sleeves and made money without hiding anything. They were not as secretive as the scholar-bureaucrats in the Southern Dynasties.
This news quickly spread to Goryeo with the help of certain specific people.
The Wang Dynasty of Goryeo was established in the Later Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties of the Central Plains. At that time, the Central Plains was in chaos and the rulers had no time to take care of the East Fan. Therefore, Goryeo overstepped the etiquette system and imitated the royal system of the Celestial Dynasty in everything. For example, the capital was called the "Imperial Capital"; the palace was called "Imperial City"; the king's order is called "Edict"; the king's successor is called "Prince"; the king's mother is called "Queen Mother" and so on. Only the king himself did not dare to call himself emperor, but called himself "king".
These transgressions have been followed for hundreds of years. The people of Korea have been used to it for hundreds of years, but the Song people or other foreign merchants who came to Korea just pretended that it didn't exist.
However, if a predecessor of the Zhou Dynasty came to Goryeo and saw these things, would he be touched?
It is said that the Great Zhou Dynasty was a powerful and ferocious military regime. The former leader's name was Yin Chang, and he was also a murderous bandit in Shandong. Will he make a fuss about this and use it as a reason for his turnaround in the Great Zhou Dynasty?
After hearing the news, the officials of Lishenggang in Korea did not dare to ignore it and wrote letters for several days. In particular, it was pointed out that envoys from the Central Plains departed from Dengzhou and usually sailed eastward via Zhifu Island to Wengjin, Haizhou in the Koryo Kingdom, and then traveled by land via Haizhou, Yanzhou, and Baizhou to reach the imperial capital Kaicheng.
This route is too long to walk in the interior of Korea, and there are too many opportunities to explore everywhere. If someone comes from this way, we must make plans in advance to lead him by sea to Licheng Port and settle down safely. 39314825.
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