Chapter 170 Economy is a Weapon (1)
Zhang Yi felt something was wrong, so Li Er would forget it, but it was obviously unreasonable for Li Gang to say such words. However, when he thought that Li Gang, as a literary sect in the world, said something was naturally credible, so he had no scruples.
"Your Majesty, Master Li! In fact, the boy's idea is very simple and his purpose is very clear!" Zhang Yi said immediately: " Raising Tibetan Mastiffs and advocating Tibetan Mastiffs is actually just a gimmick. The purpose is to transport materials to Tubo through this guise and cultivate them to be lazy and hate work. Let them have a thought of getting something for nothing!
Of course, if we want to cultivate their ideas, we need a lot of money and materials, because only by letting them feel this practical benefit can they give up their weapons and the land they originally depend on to engage in Tibetan mastiff breeding, which we think is not of any benefit to the country and the people.
Once the breeding of Tibetan mastiffs becomes a trend, everyone can participate in Tubo and everyone has the opportunity to live without the need to obtain food through war, then their original way of survival will change.
This change is very slow. At the same time, I just mentioned that we can also sell them the luxury goods unique to our Tang Dynasty so that they can enjoy them fully after they have money. When three or five years pass, this lifestyle is accepted by them and they feel at ease, it will become a disaster."
It was not until now that Li Chengqian truly understood the so-called meaning of Zhang Yi's dog to defend against the enemy.
No wonder Li Er kept closing his eyes and resting, no wonder the angry Li Gang only sighed in the end, no wonder Zhang Yi dared to talk about how to make a fortune in front of the two... He just felt that he didn't seem as smart as he originally thought.
Because if Zhang Yi didn't say it, he even thought that Zhang Yi was just joking, or just sensationalism.
However... all this was just his guess. When he understood everything, he saw the gap between the two, which made him once again confirm from the bottom of his heart that he must pull Zhang Yi into his camp.
As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find!
In his opinion, Zhang Yi is such a person who is hard to find, and even Zhang Yi can almost match all the counselors under his sect.
With such thoughts, Li Chengqian's eyes became hotter. In contrast, Li Er just continued all the silence he thought, and stretched out two fingers to knock on the table.
"It's right, it's also very good!" After a long time, seeing Zhang Yi not continuing, Li Er spoke again and broke his silence and said, "That is to say, I raised them for three or five years, consumed their spirits and mastered the foundation of their survival. From this, I couldn't help but think of the old story of King Goujian of Yue who borrowed grain!"
"Yes, how similar the two are! It's just one way to show weakness, but Zhang Yi's method is to show benefits!" Li Gang touched his beard and said, "When Yue State encountered a famine, Fan Li once borrowed grain from Wu State. In fact, Wu Zixu was unwilling to do so, and he also knew that Yue State had always been harboring evil intentions. Unfortunately, the favorite minister of the King of Wu, Bo Yu, had been bribed and fought with him. In addition, the palace concubine interfered in politics later, so Fan Li finally successfully borrowed grain.
However, the Yue Kingdom will have a bumper harvest next year, and the grains returned will be full of grains and full of grains, so the Wu Kingdom will farm this grain. However, all these grains will be steamed and cooked, and how can the grains take root and sprout? That's why the Wu Kingdom was almost grainy in the country. When the people had no grains to eat, Yue Kingdom even brought troops to invade, and thus became the name of the heroic ruler of the King of Yue! It is the origin of the allusion of the saying "Work hard for man and heaven will live up to the gods, taste gall without any firewood, and three thousand Yue armors can swallow Wu!"
While speaking, Li Gang looked at Li Er and bowed, "Your Majesty, placing the foundation of survival in the hands of others is a lesson from the past. Although Zhang Yi's method seems absurd, it is not impossible to use. However, when I was established in the Tang Dynasty and committed natural disasters, I should not be too hasty. I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"
"Yes, it is not appropriate for the Tang Dynasty to act with this method now. However, Zhang Yi's words made me suddenly realize something that I had never had before!" Li Er laughed. He was in a very good mood and said frankly: "That is that we can first consume the enemy's fighting spirit in this more tactful way, and then fight with it. In this way, my Tang Dynasty men may survive more!"
"Your Majesty, what you are talking about is just some unrealistic ideas. Don't be too serious! But when it comes to the use of money, the fighting spirit of consuming the enemy and the national strength, you really have some ideas. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to listen?"
Since he was halfway through, Zhang Yi couldn't control his mouth. Because he felt so nervous that he didn't finish speaking!
Especially just now, because Li Er promised not to cause trouble for her, he became even more unscrupulous. He thought to himself that anyway, anyway, wouldn’t it be better to stay in Jingyang as a lazy uncle in the future?
"Oh? Let's talk about it?" Li Er was even more interested and stood up and moved the wooden couch that he was kneeling to Zhang Yi so that he could hear it more clearly.
"Your Majesty, in fact, this method is also a kind of conspiracy!" Zhang Yi said: "You call this method dumping!"
"Dumping? What does it mean?" Li Er was a little puzzled.
Although I was puzzled, when I heard this name, Li Er felt that it should be related to the merchants, so he said, "Isn't it a business for merchants?"
In fact, Li Gang was also confused, but Li Gang was different from Li Er. Although he didn't understand, he would not speak casually, but waited for Zhang Yi to continue explaining.
This is how he is a human being. He asks if he doesn't understand, and does not talk nonsense because of his identity.
Zhang Yi nodded, approving Li Er's idea, and then said: "But the so-called dumping of a boy does not mean doing business with them. We are doing business as a means of business as a purpose to make profits, but dumping is different. We are doing business for losing money."
As he said that, Zhang Yi gave an example: "For example, the pig iron of our Tang Dynasty actually produced iron in Goryeo industry. In terms of technology, there is actually not much difference between our two countries. The only difference is that our output is larger. Even if it is more advanced, it is very limited!
Chapter completed!