What is a "vibrant social organization"?

Of course, it is still a group of people who are loyal to the family and country, bring their own dry food and armor, and share the worries of the court. It is referred to as the "armed caravan" and can be called "civil righteous men".

Yuwen Wen meant that the imperial court wanted to build and maintain the fortress group was quite expensive, and it was difficult to bear it over time. Moreover, the fortress group built had almost no income, so it was necessary to find a way to "invest investment."

That is to say, we need to introduce "vibrant social organizations" to take over... contract and reduce the burden on the court.

"Vibrant social organization" is of course manifested as an armed caravan.

Except for the fortresses in key areas, they are still controlled by the government army, other fortresses are opened to armed caravans, that is, these fortresses are "subcontracted" and the caravans are allowed to pay money and "contract".

These armed caravans spent a certain amount of money to "contract" the fortress, not only including buildings, but also artillery equipped by the fortress to ensure the safety of the fortress.

Then, as the contractor, obtain ownership of a certain area of ​​land around the fortress.

That's right, ownership of the pasture and water source, either you can raise people to grazing yourself, or you can collect taxes on herders entering your territory. At the same time, you can also use the fortress as a warehouse or a residence to carry out trade to the grassland.

"Everyone is very familiar with the grassland. You may ask: How much can these shabby grassland tribes exchange goods from the Central Plains caravan?"

Yuwen Wen paused after saying that, and continued: "The tribe is poor, but it doesn't matter if you want more than one thing. You can use credit."

"The tribal chiefs and adults, who have a fancy to the colorful Central Plains goods, can pay it back first and return it next year. If it is not paid back to the next year, continue to pay it back to the next year."

"In this way, I have been owing debts on credit, and it seems that I can't pay them back no matter how much, but I have to buy good things from the Central Plains Caravan every year. What should I do?"

"It's okay, take livestock and people to pay off debts. People are the people of the army. They have to do things for the caravan, sheep, horses, or work as long-term workers to pay off debts!"

"Just on credit, the debts and profits owed will never be paid back in your lifetime. Then use someone to mortgage the shopkeepers of the business. These officials will work for the shopkeepers for the rest of their lives!"

Speaking of this, Yuwen Wen smiled: "Life on the grassland is not easy, and the Central Plains caravan provides a large amount of goods of good quality and low price. Their temptation is not something that tribal chiefs and adults can resist."

"Then, they owe a lot of debts. As creditors, the Central Plains Caravan built forts in pastoral areas to facilitate debt collection. Is there any problem? The Turkic Khan was unhappy? Yes, let's stand up to fight the debt. If you pay off the debt, the fortress will naturally be withdrawn."

"Do they have to finish it? They can't pay it back, and the debt will only ow more and more. However, the merchants of Zhongyuan Business still allow credit. After all, the old customer is not so ruthless, right?"

"The more the fortress is built, the more and more tribes are owed, and the debts are not paid in a few lifetimes... Everyone, what would happen if it were the Turkic Khan and the leaders of each tribe?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Yuwen Wen asked and answered: "Of course it is a turnaround. If you fight, you can be refusing to pay the debt when you fight, or it is best to kill the creditor. If you don't forget to write off your debt, you might get a little more."

"In this way, the Turks first provoked the war and tried to make a profit. Then, it is natural that the court came out to uphold justice, and no one could find fault!"

When Shi Wansui and the generals heard this, their eyebrows raised: This kind of method of turning against each other can't tell anything wrong.

The emperor's idea is very simple. Most of the grassland tribes are poor. If they want to get them to the bait, they are loans for usury. This loans for usury are not released by the court, but are all handled by private merchants and merchants.

Ull-interest has been huge profits since ancient times, so many border tyrants and wealthy merchants will participate, actively "contracting" fortresses and conducting trade and lending business.

There are also a large number of civilian armed forces (armed caravans) active in the fortress group areas. The burden on the court has been greatly reduced, but it can effectively maintain control of the fortress area.

In the Central Plains merchants, merchants constantly lend money to the tribes of the grassland, which can eat each other tightly, but the Turkic Khans and nobles are not good at saying: it is natural to pay back the debt.

Tribal chiefs, adults are on credit and borrowing loans. No one is forced to take a knife. They cannot borrow money on credit. If they borrow money, they will not pay it back. How can this be done in the world?

It doesn’t matter if you can’t pay it back, pay it back slowly. If you owe a lot of debts, then use the ministry to pay off the debt. Isn’t that right?

Creditors build fortresses in pastoral areas to collect debts at any time so as not to avoid meeting the debt tribes. Isn’t that a problem?

If this continues, more than ten years will be passed, a large group of nobles, tribal chiefs and adults in the Turkic country will owe a lot of debts, and the profits will not be paid back, and there is a high probability that they will turn against each other.

So, the court sent troops to make a business that was about to cry but did not cry, and the merchants were in justice. Who would dare to talk too much inside and outside the court?

The two countries have a good relationship, and the Turks are the first to turn against each other. At that time, the full-scale war broke out, but no wonder the dynasty is not moral.

If you want to fight, the dynasty is not afraid. After fighting, you can expand your territory, build more fortresses, continue to "outsource", and allow "vibrant social organizations" to continue to lend usury.

If the Turks dare not turn against each other, then you will continue to owe debts. All the tribes of all sizes give to the Central Plains merchants and merchants, which is very good!

Yuwen Wen was dry and said, drinking a cup of tea to moisten his throat. While the generals were thinking about his "new ideas", he was also sorting out his ideas.

"Vibrant social organization" is the euphemism of the gangsters in later generations. Ultimate loans have undoubtedly been cancerous since ancient times. He does not allow people in China to blatantly use usury to harm the people, but when the lending target is transferred abroad, that is different.

"Violent social organizations" are actually cowards who are arrogant and will only bully the common people. But now, "Violent social organizations" backed by absolute force have the courage to gain the courage of cannons.

So if you dare to lend usury to the grassland tribe, the other party will definitely not be able to pay it back, so you have to have something to pay off the debt.

First of all, the ranch is mortgaged in disguise (building a fortress to facilitate debt collection) to turn it into a tenant for the landlord.

Secondly, the ministry and civil servants worked for creditors in a short-term worker, from relying on their own to their tribe leaders, and from relying on their own to their own to their own creditors.

Finally, it is "labor output", that is, disguised subtraction.

Tribes that cannot afford to pay back their debts will be transferred to young and strong men to serve as long-term workers for creditors, and creditors will arrange for these young and strong men to go to far away places to do things, called "labor export".

How far is it? It is probably as far as Australia.

Anyway, grazing sheep on the grassland is the same as grazing sheep on the Australian grassland!

As for you asking me, when will people come back? I don’t know, maybe it will last for a lifetime.

Therefore, tribes that owe a lot of debts will be unknowingly reduced in disguise due to "labor exports". This is the evil usury.

It can be imagined that if bilateral trade is carried out, if the grassland tribe is not purchasing power, its leaders and tribes will inevitably fall into the usury trap in order to enjoy the quality and low-cost Central Plains specialties and handicraft products.

Then, the Turkic tribes exploited by usury will not be able to stand it sooner or later and will instigate the Khan to declare war.

However, facing the Zhou army equipped with artillery and strong explosives but not short of horses, the result of the full war between the two sides is self-evident.

The armed forces who owe the debts depend on the debts, the person who lent the debts will collect the debts, and the person who owe the debts will die on the battlefield, and the person who collects the debts will control the pastoral area as a payment, and become his own private property.

It makes sense to be reasonable!

Yuwen Wen was thinking about things, and Shi Wansui exchanged glances with several generals, and each saw shock and admiration in each other's eyes.
Chapter completed!