The seemingly shameful treaty actually had deep economic principles behind it. The scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty were not idiots. They had already understood the truth behind it.
First of all, they knew very well that the economic strength of the Song Dynasty was unparalleled among all the others. Without the court having to think hard, private businessmen could easily wipe out the wealth of surrounding ethnic groups.
There was no way anyone could make all the nations at that time absolutely dependent on the economy of the Song Dynasty. The commodities of the Song Dynasty had no rivals in the international market.
In this context, millions of old coins are nothing at all. You can easily earn them back several times. It is nothing more than leaving the hands of the court and then returning to the people.
And if the people are prosperous, the imperial court will naturally not be so poor.
More importantly, through the economic subsidy policy of Suiyuan, minority countries such as the Liao Kingdom, which are suffering from serious trade deficits, will not face economic collapse.
In the final analysis, this is a desperate plan. At the moment when the trade deficit is about to collapse, it injects a shot in the arm to allow the business game to continue to operate.
As long as business and trade are not interrupted, the lives of ethnic minorities can be maintained, and they can still enjoy various daily necessities in the Central Plains.
When life is no longer so difficult, the desire for war and plunder will not be so high, and the threat of war will naturally be reduced to a minimum.
The third benefit is that when the threat of war is gone, the Song Dynasty will no longer need to maintain too many troops on the border and reduce the number of troops. The annual savings in military expenses will not only be a few million yuan, but maybe a few. Millions of real money.
This is how the accounts should be settled, instead of being fanatical and insisting on genocide of the Liao Khitan people!
Xiao Letian cannot cite too many examples because many things have not happened in this world, such as the two world wars.
Anyone who studies history knows that the United States and Germany were both hostile countries in the two world wars, and they fought fiercely. But after the war, Germany's economic recovery relied entirely on financial aid from the United States.
After World War I, Germany obtained more than 20 billion gold marks in loans from the United States and Britain through the "Dawes Plan", of which the United States accounted for 70%, but the compensation it paid was only 11 billion gold marks.
Capital from the United States injected a boost into the German economy, which was on the brink of collapse, allowing it to quickly recover and develop. This laid the foundation for it to re-enter the ranks of Western powers politically and to further break away from the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles.
What about after World War II? That was the famous 'Marshall Plan', with more than 13 billion US dollars in aid flowing to Europe, of which Germany also enjoyed a large amount of US aid funds.
It is clear that you are being killed on the battlefield, millions of soldiers on both sides have been killed, and the hatred among the people has reached its peak. Are those American parents whose sons and daughters died at the gunpoint of the Nazis really willing to spend money to help their enemies with their economic recovery?
In the eyes of narrow-minded nationalists, what is this kind of behavior that pleases relatives and enemies but is not traitorous?
However, the progress of human history does not depend on the likes and dislikes of these narrow-minded nationalists. The economic field naturally has its own operating rules.
Putting aside the so-called humanitarian considerations and the strategic balance of major powers, from a purely commercial perspective, this seemingly stupid behavior of the United States in capitalizing on the enemy actually contains a very clever strategic intention.
The foundation of commercial trade is buying and selling, and buying and selling requires money. If you want to sell American goods all over the world, you must first ensure that your buyers have money.
Only when money flows can business prosper and both parties can benefit!
Helping the entire European economy to revive can, on the one hand, lay the foundation for dollar hegemony, and on the other hand, only when the European economy recovers can private business and trade continue.
This is a mutually beneficial and win-win game. I am afraid that narrow-minded ultra-nationalists cannot understand this level.
In the hearts of these narrow-minded people, watching aliens starve to death is the happiest thing in the world, and genocide is the deepest groove in their brains.
Xiao Letian cannot explain this truth to Xiang Ying in too much detail. This is a truth that has been verified with blood in human history. Nationalism flourished most during World War I and World War II. After World War II, nationalism was The suppression went down.
What will truly replace nationalism? It’s actually class!
When human beings no longer use blood, skin color, language, and characters to divide people into categories, and when people choose to use class to divide you and me, a truly more fanatical power breaks out.
That was a storm more violent than racism, sweeping across the world and making the entire human society tremble.
Xiao Letian has seen this kind of storm, so he knows very well that the extreme nationalist idea chosen by Xiang Ying is only so powerful.
Xiao Letian looked at Xiang Ying and sighed softly, "Actually, sometimes, when analyzing problems, we cannot forcefully divide factions based on national borders and ethnic boundaries. We cannot say that this is your territory on the map and where is mine. Territory, and then the two sides became very clear..."
"You can pretend to use the economy to replace the concept of the country and the concept of the nation's inherent territory. If you think about it this way and regard a huge economy as a country, then you can understand what I mean! "
"The Central Plains economy, dominated by the Han people, is surrounded by countless client economies, just like Jiangnan is rich but Gansu and Shaanxi are poor. Why does the country use the wealth of the rich areas to regularly subsidize poor and backward areas?"
“Why do Han people’s wealth often invest in border minority areas?”
"Think about it! If you understand the principle of the economic pump, and you understand who is whose economic vassal, and this issue of primary and secondary relationships, you may not be so narrow-minded!"
"Xiang Ying! I have said all the good things and explained the truth clearly. Whether you can understand it thoroughly or not is your problem!"
"But fortunately today you came to me and surrendered as soon as possible. This shows that you still have me as your master in your eyes, and there is still a trace of reason in your fanatical thoughts..."
"I have to admit that your previous analysis does have some truth to it. You said that I will not punish you openly. This is very right. I am not a fool and cannot admit my officer's plan in front of the whole world. This assassination operation!”
"And I also agree that ideas cannot be killed! The military is such an environment. It is easy to be brainwashed by fanatical militaristic ideas. There is no way to do this!"
"The army needs some iron blood. If everyone becomes a lamb, who will protect the country?"
Hearing the words of the head of state, Xiang Ying's pale face turned a little red, but when Xiao Letian said the next words, Xiang Ying almost fainted.
"However, guilt cannot go unpunished! You, Xiang Ying, don't have any privileges..."
"Wang Junlan! Remember every word I say below, and record my final decision on punishment for Xiang Ying!"
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