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At the end of June, huge merchants and wealthy merchants from Sichuan, Jinghu, Shaanxi, Hedong and Guanluo gathered in Chang'an, Lishan, and discussed the reform of the financial system with the court.,

These huge and wealthy businessmen include big landlords, big merchants, big Jiaozi operators, and leaders of guilds in various industries such as mining, weaving, and transportation, with more than 60 people.

In the court, Prime Minister Li Gang, Deputy Prime Minister Huang She, Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Political Affairs and the Chief of the relevant government office participated in the discussion.

Before this, under the strong pressure of Li Hu and Hu Lie Ren, a group of officials with conservative reform attitudes, led by Li Gang, Li Fu, Zhao Mingcheng, Zhang Xiaochun, Ma Kuo, etc., had to give in and accept a new reform strategy formulated by Li Hu, Huang She, Fan Zhichang, Yan Qing and others.

This is the first time that the wealthy businessmen and wealthy businesses have participated in national decision-making and the first time they have obtained the opportunity to participate in politics and make decisions. This opportunity was given by Li Hu. So while they were grateful to Li Hu, they tried their best to contribute their intelligence and talents, and at the same time they also used all their strength to compete with the court for interests.

The scope of discussion is very wide, from national policies to academic theory, from economy to culture, from current situation to unified undertakings, everything is included

More than 100 people representing the interests of the two classes of officials and civilians discussed the causes of the financial crisis in the Song Dynasty, the experiences and lessons of the reforms of Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi and Cai Jing, the harm caused by the fighting between the old and the new parties, etc., while the focus was on a series of reform measures implemented based on the new national policy.

By mid-July, although the differences between the parties on the deliberation continued to narrow in the compromise, two major factions formed. These two factions gradually formed their own views in the fierce debate, and both sides held their own opinions and refused to give in to each other.

This was something Li Hu and everyone did not think about, and this incident affected national decision-making.

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The faction was eager to unify and was determined to restore the territory of the dynasty to the peak of the Han and Tang dynasties. During the period, it even demanded to open up a larger territory. For this reason, they hoped that the court could use the reform to increase fiscal revenue, strengthen national strength, eliminate all the enemies and potential enemies in Middle-earth, or drive them away from China, thereby eliminating the danger of invasion or harassment.

This active expansion strategy is reflected in the economy, which is to effectively make use of national resources and quickly achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the people. For this reason, they asked the court to try to control and cooperate.

To adjust economic development, a series of measures such as managing money minting, state supervision of salt and iron tea monopoly, and developing trade and other measures. In terms of law, they tend to punish severely and demand the amendment of the criminal laws of the Song Dynasty. The criminal laws of the Song Dynasty were loose, especially the punishment for officials was lighter. As long as they did not rebel, they would not rebel and would continue to enjoy the national salary in prison. This is also one of the important reasons why the corruption in the Song Dynasty became increasingly serious.

This faction constructs its national goals based on strategic interests rather than ideological perspectives, with a very radical idea in the present or future.

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The other faction tried hard to maintain national stability and unity, believing that the responsibility of the court was to improve the living standards of the people, govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, promote Confucianism, and try to restore the value of traditional rituals and learning in order to eliminate the accumulated shortcomings of China.

Economically, they advocate the economic model of "leniency and freedom without annexation". Although they also require state intervention, they only restrict private freedom and pioneering spirit, with the purpose of suppressing the oppression of the poor by the state and the rich.

This faction tends to be conservative in its external strategy, and they try to limit orders

The war purely to expand the territory of the empire or increase the prestige of Middle-earth, controlling the excessive consumption of national resources in this regard.

In terms of trade, they are also very conservative. They suggest shrinking rather than expanding trade with distant countries. Judging from the history of the Silk Road, the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and the maritime trade, this kind of trade is not good for China. The export of silk tea and other daily necessities and the import of luxury goods such as gold, silver and jewelry is not conducive to the improvement of China's national strength.

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The views of these two factions cannot be distinguished by radicalism and conservatism in general. In addition, officials who hold these two views are mixed between the northern Tiger Lieutenant and the southern Song people, and cannot be distinguished by the tiger Lieutenant and the Song people. Because the faction that adheres to the grand strategy of unification of China and foreign countries later gathered in Dongxi, the palace of Lishan, later gathered in Dongxi Sect of Lishan, and then called themselves the Lishan Xiguan Sect of Lishan.

In academic thought, their theoretical views are similar, and in basic national strategies, their views are probably the same. The contradiction between the two factions is mainly concentrated on the national development strategy, and this contradiction in the development strategy directly led to serious differences in the imperial court on a series of specific policies such as politics, economy, military, and culture.

If the court's future goal is to unify China and foreign countries, it is obvious that the court's policies should be formulated around this goal, and in terms of economic policies, they should be inclined to state monopoly, and in terms of resource allocation and wealth distribution, they should be inclined to the state so that the court can accumulate more wealth to support continuous wars.

On the contrary, if the court's future goal is to unify China and improve the living standards of the people in China, then the policies formulated by the court around this goal will be different. Especially economic policies, they must be willing to be laissez-faire and tend to be more "people" in resource allocation and wealth distribution, so as to achieve the goal of strengthening the country and rich people as soon as possible.

The difference in development strategies is also reflected in foreign policies. If the court wants to unify China and foreign countries, the foreign policy will be very tough overall and mainly based on force. For example, in the near future, in order to break the pattern of three-part world, we must quickly launch a Western Expedition to eliminate the Dangxiang people; on the contrary, if the goal is only the unification of Sino-Turkey, then the foreign policy will be more flexible and changeable, especially in the period of three-part world, we must unite and unite and trade at the minimum price for the greatest benefit. For example, now, we must form an alliance with the Dangxiang people as soon as possible, negotiate peace with the Southeast, negotiate peace with the Jin Kingdom, and try every means to destroy the alliance between the Jurchens, Dangxiang people, and rebels in the Southeast.

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Development strategy, three-part pattern, change strategy, fiscal crisis, and the needs of interests of all parties, various contradictions were entangled, making the prospect of discussing national affairs suddenly become extremely bleak.

On July 18th, Li Hu heard that Li Qingzhao was sick and took time to visit her.

Li Qingzhao is currently editing the national history as a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion. This famous talented woman was highly valued by the emperor with the recommendation of Li Hu and became the first female grandfather in the history of the Song Dynasty.

After chatting for a few seconds, Li Hu's topic turned to this time of Lishan's political discussion. All his thoughts are on Lishan. The debates on strategy and policy made him unable to make a decision and he was in a particularly heavy mood.

"Whether it is the unification of China and foreign countries or the unification of China and Turkey, it requires national strength to support it. After all, the national strategy is subject to finance, and the financial system has been repeatedly repeated over and over the decades of reforms. There is no long-term measure to implement it, which eventually leads to a financial collapse. This has taught us a painful lesson. Therefore, the people in Lishan are speaking up and firmly demanding the formulation of a long-term goal.

, a sustainable development strategy, and then ensure that the reform strategy and financial system are implemented throughout the process, and that the country will develop steadily." Li Hu frowned deeply and sighed heavily, "This view is obviously correct, otherwise party struggles may appear again, policies may be repeated again, and the kingdom and the people will be seriously hurt again."

Li Qingzhao leaned against the cushion and looked at Li Hu with concern, not knowing how to help him. She knew everything about the debate in Lishan. She and Zhao Mingcheng often discussed it late at night at home. The two had different opinions and were arguing endlessly.

"In my opinion, it would be great for the court to achieve the unification of China and Turkey in the short term."

Li Qingzhao gave examples of the Three Kingdoms and the late Northern and Southern Dynasties. Today's pattern is different from that of the Five Dynasties, but it is quite similar to the pattern of the Three Kingdoms and the late Northern Dynasties. After years of war, even if Middle-earth was unified, the country was poor and weak, and needed a long recovery period. Before that, they basically did not meet the conditions for unification between China and foreign countries.

Li Qingzhao therefore showed an example of the Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang unified the world, he recovered his national strength after the rule of Wen and Jing. It was not until Emperor Wu of Han that he began to implement new changes and began to expand his territory.

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"You can go in two steps." Li Qingzhao expressed his thoughts, "dividing the long-term goal of unification between China and foreign countries into two steps. First, unify China and Turkey, and under this strategy, it introduced a financial system based on laissez-faire freedom and unrestrained mergers. Decades later, China and Turkey were unified, national strength was restored, and then the grand cause of unification between China and foreign countries began to be implemented, and then the financial system was gradually modified."

"No, no..." Li Hu shook his hand repeatedly, "I'll ask you something. If there was no Chanyuan Alliance and a hundred years of peace, would the army of the Song Dynasty be vulnerable? Will there be no army in Hebei? Will the scholars of the Song Dynasty surrender to the Jurchens without resisting?"

Li Qingzhao was stunned and didn't understand what Li Hu meant.

"Our development strategy and long-term development strategy are directly related to the formulation of all policies, including academic, financial, education and other systems. These systems are not only directly related to the improvement of national strength, but also deeply imprint our spirit of advocating progress in the soul of every Chinese, so that courage, loyalty, tenacity and confidence will always flow in their blood, so that they can fight at all times, fight for the strength of the kingdom, and fight for the honor and dignity of the kingdom."

Li Hu's face turned red, his eyes were scorching, and his expression was a little excited. He waved his arms vigorously and continued: "Unifying the Central Earth is actually self-confidence, which will make the Chinese lose the goal of striving for progress, and then become blindly arrogant. In this blind arrogance, he will gradually lose everything."

"Today's Song Dynasty is an example. From the basic national policies to various specific systems, they are self-confidence and have no enterprising spirit. The Song people devoted all their energy to "guarding the inner world", and as a result, from every Song people to the entire Song Kingdom, they became cowardly. Since its establishment, the Song Dynasty was filled with a strong atmosphere of death, which made people feel sad, angry, disappointed and painful. In military terms, from the war in the early days of its founding, to the repeated defeats, the top and the other party lost confidence and seek peace; in national affairs, from the initial desire to reform to act intent, they finally became corrupt and selfish desires. What was particularly distressing is the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty, who went from being generous and loving to being bloody and cruel, and in the end they simply abandoned human nature, were shameless, betrayed the monarch and ancestors, and sold their country for honor."

"Why did the scholars of the Song Dynasty fall to this level?" Li Hu sighed to the sky, "Are they born so shameless and dirty? The education they received since childhood was to turn them into complete traitors? No, this is not their fault,

This is the mistake of the Song Dynasty. It is the national policy and system of the Song Dynasty that turned the scholars of the Song Dynasty into executioners who betrayed the Song Dynasty and destroyed the Song Dynasty.”
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