Chapter 80 Shan Yu
A high platform for oath was built on the north side of Honggou, the kings of the four kings ascended the steps one after another on the auspicious day, and then the Qian family of Bai Yi, Xiandui, and Wu Yanci took the stage. In order to appear grand, the artillery soldiers on both sides of the north and south of the Honggou fired salutes together. Amid the rumbling sound of cannons, the long letter of alliance was read by the Si Meng.
The Four-Nation Alliance will hand over the four-country gold bank that has the right to mint coins to the Ziqian family to obtain the Ziqian family to accept and underwrite the national debt. The relationship between the two sides seems to be an ordinary lending relationship, but in fact, the Four-Nation Gold Bank will not be able to recover it if it does not use force in the future. The war with Qin will cost a huge amount of gold and silver. After the demise of Qin, the war between various countries will consume a huge amount of gold and silver. The right to mint coins will probably be mortgaged for the first time.
Xiong Jing was happy to see this situation. The rights of coins from various countries were mortgaged, but Wang Ting was free. Wang Ting was not only free, but also shared this privilege with the twelve merchants and the Ziqian family through the profits of the spice trade. Wang Ting also became a big son's family. Wang Ting lent the money to various countries, and then obtained the rights of coins from various countries to control the finances of various countries. In order to ensure the annual payment of coins, the financial bank must monitor the fiscal revenue and expenditure of various countries, right?
Which country dares to increase taxes and repay debts in arbitrarily in order to get rid of the control of Jinchang, and the merchants and common people under their rule must resist; if the country cannot collect taxes, Jinchang will establish a general tax police group in its country, and the Jinchang will be responsible for collecting taxes. Money is the cornerstone of the country. In the future, countries want to fight, especially if they want to fight a big battle, they must first ask whether the Jinchang agrees or not, and only if they agree can they fight. If they don’t agree, they cannot fight.
Capital controls everything, this may be the most disgusting model in later generations, and Xiong Jing also dislikes it very much. He always remembers that the US dollar minting power was under the control of capitalists. In a hundred years, one hundred dollars depreciated by ninety dollars. · It is outrageous! If the coining power was in the hands of the national government, in a hundred years, one hundred dollars depreciated by at most ten dollars, and it will never exceed twenty dollars.
Reading the alliance books, slaughtering blood, adding books to Kan, sacrifice, and finally another feast. The Qian family of the middle school sat on one side, and the kings and ministers of the four countries sat on the other side, Bai Yi, Xian Dui and others laughed at each other. This was the first time that the Shang people were sitting in the same class as the king. The Shang people were the Shang people. In order to belittle the people of the Shang people, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the Zhou people listed the Shang people as the last. But this time, they were finally no longer the last.
The King of Wei Wei Zeng's surname was Ji, and the son Qian family was not a good thing, so he was not very happy. King Zhao was young and did not know what the alliance represented. He didn't know, and Guo Kai and Zhao Sheng and others who knew were helpless. Zhao State was basically destroyed, and the Zhao State in the North City of Daliang was just in exile. Since they were all in exile, they naturally had to make friends with great powers and merchants to prepare for the future restoration of the country.
King Tian Jian of Qi was unaware of this. His main task for coming to Daliang was to persuade the Three Kingdoms to save Qi. Qi was only affected by the war last year and was still rich. In order to repay the national debt, a lot of gold and silver hidden underground were dug out. Tian Doujin, Cheng Li, Diao Zhen, Wu Yanci and others sat in the opposite seat, and thirteen seats occupied four of them. During the banquet, Tian Jian kept winking at them and asked them to speak for Qi. However, Xiong Jing asked about the matter outside the border at this time.
Xiong Jing had been outside the Great Wall, but he didn't know much about the Huns. When Duan Quan said that it was Li Mu who defeated the Hu people and ordered the Hu people to be the Shanyu after Xia Jie. He said in disgrace: "Is this true? Did Li Mu not defeat the Hu people, but the Hu people?"
"The Huns were destroyed by the Marquis of Wu'an, and there were also Hu people. The Huns were the biggest, so they were called Xiongs. After this battle, the Hu people learned their mistakes and recommended that Jie of Xia be the descendants of Da Ao, so they could support Li Gu Tu Shanyu." Duan Quan said. "The Qin State drove the Rongdi in Henan, and tens of thousands of people came to surrender, and the Xiongs were even more powerful. If Qin State attacked Dai County again, Yan and the Xiongs were stronger, it would be a disaster for the world..."
The kings of China rarely care about the grasslands outside the border. Zhao State wanted to maintain the business road leading to the West, so it opened westward. It was considered to be the country that cares most about the Hu people outside the border. In addition to the business road, the model division of Hu clothing and riding and shooting, that is, the officers' regiment was not located in Handan, the capital, but in Yuanyang (now east of Hohhot City).
This means that the northern border not only brings trade, but also new military technology. After the Yin cavalry tactics disappeared in China, new cavalry tactics came from the grassland. Hu clothing and cavalry shooting were not just as simple as changing clothes - narrow-sleeved military uniforms in the Central Plains, but also in the Chu State. Many narrow-sleeved short suits were unearthed in later generations; leather boots and leather pads only had shape differences, no essential differences; belts, in order to hang jade pendants, men have been belts since ancient times, not cloth ribbons...
The rituals and music collapsed to the Warring States Period, and the clothing regulations were no longer as strict as those in the Western Zhou Dynasty and Spring and Autumn Period. Hu clothing and cavalry truly represented military technology and the replacement of military organizations. Just the changes in the clothing of generals led soldiers, the "conservative" Gongzicheng and others could not object (later, it was Gongzicheng who led his army to besiege the sand dunes and starved to death King Wuling of Zhao). Military technology, especially the changes in military organizations, would affect the balance of power in Zhao State. A very simple question: What should I do if the trained new army rebelled in the future?
Hu clothing and cavalry are a past style. The Huns exist and have been growing stronger. This is what Xiong Jing is vaguely worried about. Duan Quan said that Xiong Jing was silent for a while. At this time, Tian Jian, the King of Qi, asked the Three Kingdoms to save Qi again. Without thinking, he said: "If the military power is not given, how can the Three Kingdoms save Qi?"
The command of the Qi army was requested a few months ago. That time, Zhao Wei compromised. A few days ago, the King of Wei proposed to hand over military power. Whether it was Tian Jian or Tian Gua, he was speechless when he encountered this problem. Qi did not want the coalition forces to defeat and annihilate Wang Jian. If Wang Jian was destroyed, Qin would be destroyed, Qin would be destroyed, Qi would be destroyed.
The world seems to have become a three-legged tripod. Qi has become the weakest one, and Qin and Chu are in equal strength. Qin and Chu are invincible when attacking Qi, and handing over military power is also invincible. Qi is very clear about this and is very careful to guard this.
Tian Jian and Tian Kuo had nothing to say, Xiong Jing then asked Duan Quan again. "Is the Xiongnu Shanyu called Maodun?"
"Maodun?" Duan Quan was puzzled, and said, "The people close to him called Shanyu the Touman. Touman was the leader of ten thousand cavalry. At first, there was only one headman in the Huns, but now there were three headmans in the Huns. If the soldiers from each tribe were summoned, several headmans could be obtained."
Duan Quan couldn't remember Xiong Han even though he said that when he said that Maodun was not the first Shanyu, but the second. This guy came to power by killing his father. Xiong Jing thought about Maodun, and Wei Zeng, the King of Wei, said in surprise, "Isn't there a 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry in the Huns?"
"Yes." This time it was not Duan Quan's speech, but Zhao Ying, the king of Pingyuan. "Before the destruction of Yan State, the Grand Tutor of Prince Dan, Ju Wu, once went to Handan to advise, asking me not to destroy Yan State. At that time, Qi and Chu were connected to the south, and the Xiongnu were peace in the north, and rejected Qin together. Qi and Chu were all the countries that were the crowned ones, and the Xiongnu were Rongdi. Rongdi had no trust. How could I be harmonious?"
"What happened?" Xiong Jing looked at Nao Xin. He didn't know that there was such lobbying before the demise of Yan State.
"That's right." Zhao Wangqian finally made a splash. "The Yan people deceived the previous kings and died. I was young and I was helpless."
"The Huns are greedy for money and have little righteousness, and they are indeed untrustful." Duan Quan also said.
"If you have no faith, how can you buy or sell?" Xiong Jing said unconsciously. Duan Quan seemed to be pinching his throat when he heard this. Fortunately, Xiong Jing asked again: "All the horses I need are purchased from the Huns?"
"Yes, the grassland tribes are no longer scattered, they are all ordered by Shanyu, and the same is true for horses. The king's horses are all purchased from the Huns." Duan Quanduo glanced at Xiong Jing and replied.
"When will the horses enter the barrier?" Purchasing 50,000 horses was the decision of the Grand Sima Mansion. Unlike the Qin army, the Chu State relied on boats and oars more.
"I will enter the barrier this month." Duan Quan said. He had to tell the truth in front of Xiong Jing. "Although the price of horses has increased, they are trustworthy. 50,000 horses and 45,000 gold is enough. Shanyu sent hundreds of good horses to the king, asking for the great iron blade of Chu."
"The King of Chu must not be greedy for the Hu people. If you give the Huns a huge iron blade, the world will be in danger." Pingyuan Jun Zhao Ying was worried that Xiong Jing would agree. The Chu State did not border the Huns. The two were theoretically natural alliances, which Zhao State did not want to see.
Chapter completed!