Although the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated by Zhao Tai, Zhao Tai knew in his heart that with the size of the Southern Song Dynasty, its overall strength was still the second most powerful country after Mongolia.

If the Southern Song Dynasty could cheer up and realize its potential, it would be a big threat to Zhao Tai.

Recently, Zhao Tai received information from Lin'an that the emperors and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty had expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with the signed treaty.

Zhao Tai had an eye on the Southern Song Dynasty and was keeping an eye on the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty.

During the period when Zhao Tai was at war with Mongolia, the Southern Song Dynasty was not idle and was taking frequent actions.

As a country with a large population in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was no shortage of talents in the country. Zhao Tai felt a little uneasy when he heard that Zhao Yun asked the Meng Communist Party to take charge of Jinghu and Yu Jie to take charge of Jiangfang.

In addition, Jia Sidao had a bad reputation in history, but as a powerful official in the Southern Song Dynasty, his ability should not be underestimated.

The current confrontation between Meng and Qi across the Jiahe River has barely reached a balance, but if the Southern Song Dynasty decides to intervene, the balance between Meng and Qi will definitely be broken immediately.

This forced Zhao Tai to pay attention to the movements of the Southern Song Dynasty and try to prevent the Southern Song Dynasty from causing trouble for him during the battle between Meng and Qi.

For a big country like the Southern Song Dynasty, how Zhao Tai prevented the Southern Song Dynasty from causing trouble to him was a difficult problem to solve.

Zhao Tai stroked his beard and felt that it might be a good idea for Wang Wentong to force Song merchants to set up workshops in Huainan and seize the share of the Southern Song Dynasty's overseas trade.

War costs money, and it costs a lot of money. As long as Qi State tries to make the Southern Song Dynasty court have no money to use, won't the problem be solved?

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai felt a little excited and suddenly stood up.

Wang Wentong and others looked at Zhao Tai in surprise. Zhao Tai couldn't hide his joy, "Sir, this is a good idea!"

Wang Wentong was somewhat complacent, but he thought that this strategy was not good enough to make Zhao Tai jump.

Zhao Tai saw doubts in everyone's eyes and smiled mysteriously: "Sir's method gave me inspiration and gave me a strategy to impoverish the Song Dynasty."

"Poor Song Dynasty?" Everyone was a little confused.

Zhao Taidao: "The so-called poor Song Dynasty means that the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty was in a sluggish state and the Song Dynasty could not collect taxes."

Wang Wentong and others looked at each other and saluted in unison, "Please make it clear, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Tai stroked his beard, sorted out his thoughts, and thought about what to say so that Wang Wentong and others could understand his thoughts.

Zhao Tai pondered for a moment and said: "The Southern Song Dynasty was rich, but there was also a lot of money to spend. Redundant officials and redundant soldiers were very serious in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they could not be solved in the Southern Song Dynasty. These accumulated shortcomings consumed most of the Southern Song Dynasty's finances, and the Southern Song Dynasty

Despite the long-term disadvantages, they can still operate normally, mainly because they use business

We have made a lot of money from business and sea trade. Now if we can let the merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty transfer their industries to Daqi and take away the business of the Southern Song Dynasty through overseas trade, do you think the Southern Song Dynasty will still use its ability to target the orphans? I guess not.

If the troops were sent alone, the Southern Song Dynasty would have its own problems."

War is very expensive. If the Southern Song Dynasty had no money, there would be no money to spend.

Wang Wentong and others understood it immediately. He mused: "We took Huainan from the Southern Song Dynasty, and the taxation of Huainan can well explain the taxation structure of the Southern Song Dynasty. The land annexation in the Southern Song Dynasty was serious, and we could not collect anything from Huainan."

In terms of land tax, the Southern Song Dynasty did not even think about collecting much land tax. They really relied heavily on business tax for taxation."

Yuan Hao asked: "Then the problem now is how to prevent the Southern Song Dynasty from collecting commercial taxes."

Zhao Taidao: "The Southern Song Dynasty has prosperous commerce and developed handicraft industry. It will not decline in a day or two. This will be a long process. What we have to do now is to use the terms of peace negotiations with the Southern Song Dynasty to consolidate the commerce and handicraft industry in Qi State."

developed, and then competed with the Southern Song Dynasty. Their goods entered our Qi State, and we conquered them

Charging heavy taxes will prevent the goods from the Southern Song Dynasty from entering, ensuring the development of our country's commerce. When our goods enter the Southern Song Dynasty, they can enter the Southern Song Dynasty with low taxes and low prices according to the treaty. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty will impose heavy taxes on their merchants, and the workshops of the Southern Song Dynasty will

They can't compete with our Qi State. If the Southern Song Dynasty reduced taxes, the Southern Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue would drop sharply."

Zhao Tai paused and continued: "Let's talk about overseas trade. We have to press hard on the Southern Song Dynasty, and first seize their share in Korea and Japan. These two places are close to us, so we should have an advantage. The Southern Song Dynasty lost the north.

The market was lost to Goryeo and Japan. Within five years, there would be a crisis in the Southern Song Dynasty."

After Wang Wentong heard this, he couldn't help but salute, "Your Majesty, you are wise! In this way, our country of Qi can not only open up its source, but also impoverish the Song Dynasty. It really kills two birds with one stone!"

Zhao Tai smiled and said: "I came up with this strategy because of my husband's words. I just briefly explained the idea and how to implement it. Your cabinet will formulate a complete strategy."

Wang Wentong and others clasped their fists and saluted, "I accept your orders!"

Zhao Tai nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Then let's call it a night!"

After a few people left, Zhao Tai immediately returned to the public room to work.

When Batu heard from Han counselors that the Liang-Jin Dynasty was facing a confrontation at Jiahe, Zhao Tai was also looking through the "Book of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou" compiled by the Northern Song Dynasty, and read about Li Cunxu's destruction of the Liang Dynasty in a hundred battles.

Although Zhao Tai has defeated Ogedai now, Mongolia is still a behemoth to Qi.

Now the Mongolian army is stationed in the Central Plains, making it difficult for Zhao Tai to sleep and eat well.

At this time, the Yellow River has not yet frozen. When the Yellow River freezes, Zhao Tai estimates that he will suffer from insomnia.

Because before he went to bed, the Mongolian army might still be in Henan. When he woke up, the Mongolian army would surround Yecheng. It was not impossible, so how could he feel at ease.

In this battle of Langshan, the Qi army suffered heavy losses, and Zhao Tai would not take the initiative to launch a war for a while.

This means that the Qi army will have a long-term confrontation with the Mongolian army along the Yellow River, and this confrontation will obviously put the Qi army at a disadvantage.

Although Zhao Tai is located in the north and Mongolia is in the south, from the actual situation, the Qi State is more like the Liang State that was constantly harassed by the Jin cavalry.

The land of Henan has been war-torn for a long time and the population has been depleted. The Mongols directly used the plains of eastern Henan as pasture. Behind the Mongolian army's defense line was a barren area of ​​several hundred miles. The Mongolian army had no cities or villages that needed to be defended.

On the Qi side, behind the Qi army's defense line were the people of Hebei and Shandong. The Mongolian army could make a lot of money by conquering any city.

At this time, Zhao Tai was reading history books, looking for inspiration to fight against the Mongols. Zhao Hu suddenly came to the door and reported: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"

Hearing this, Zhao Tai recovered his thoughts and said, "Come in!"

Zhao Hu walked in and bowed again, while Zhao Tai put down his book and asked directly: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Reporting to your Majesty, Jin Yiwei found a brothel in Ye City, and many women inside were suspicious." Zhao Hu said: "The threshold of this brothel is very high, and you may not be able to get in if you have money. They seem to only deal with the business of high-ranking officials in our country. I suspect them.
Chapter completed!