In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Although China is vast and rich in resources, many open-air gold, silver, copper and iron mines have been mined almost completely since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Even though the Song Dynasty is still mining continuously, it still cannot alleviate the reality of money shortage, so that by the time of Huizong, iron money became the mainstream.

So in summary, the business and handicraft manufacturing industries of the Song Dynasty were actually very developed, and what was lacking was not enough money.

Once a large amount of funds flowed in, it would greatly alleviate the pressure of using money and make the economy more developed.

At present, the situation in the Song Dynasty is that there has been an agricultural revolution and it can support so many people.

It's just that countless landlords have annexed too much land, leaving many landless farmers without land to farm, and a large number of floating populations have appeared.

In theory, this situation is exactly what the industrial revolution needs.

But the problem is that commodities cannot be circulated, and the total economic volume is so small. Even if the landless farmers flow into the city on a large scale to engage in handicraft manufacturing, they still have no food to eat.

In short, the current business plate is a bit small, and it can only continue to consume internal consumption, resulting in farmers' increasingly miserable lives and eventually an uprising.

Therefore, Zhao Jun believes that it is necessary to expand the business plate and increase the business cake.

And the key to all this is money!

Money is as important in business as food is in agriculture!

The Song Dynasty lacked money, so it had to rob.

There happened to be a piece of fat meat nearby, which would become the main source of silver and foreign exchange in the coastal areas of Jiangnan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But the Ming and Qing Dynasties closed the sea and closed the country to the outside world, and these silver and foreign exchange were basically earned by the gentry in Jiangnan.

So instead of giving those bad guys in the coastal areas of Jiangnan in the Ming and Qing Dynasties a bargain, it is better to give it to the current Song Dynasty.

At least the Song Dynasty has always maintained an open attitude and has done business in Europe.

As long as it can continue to maintain such productivity and capital inflow, sooner or later the wealth of the world will be concentrated in the Song Dynasty, allowing the Song Dynasty to maintain a strong national strength!

But after Zhao Jun finished speaking, everyone present had a hint of embarrassment on their faces.

Zhao Zhen stammered, "Do you mean to send troops to Japan to rob their gold, silver and copper mines?"

"What else?"

Zhao Jun was puzzled and said, "Isn't what I said clear enough?"

Song Shou, who used to be the Junior Minister of Honglu, had to say awkwardly, "Japan has been on good terms with us for many years. If we send troops to attack, it will be against morality."

"What bullshit is against morality?"

Zhao Jun was unhappy at the time and said, "I hate you corrupt scholars the most. The interests of the country will always be above personal morality. Don't you understand that there is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period?"

"Uh"

Everyone was even more embarrassed, and even Zhao Zhen's expression was a little embarrassed.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Jun frowned.

Is there something inside?

I couldn't help but start to recall carefully. He didn't read "History of Song Dynasty" much, but when he was studying "History of Tang Dynasty", he had heard people say it.

There are a lot of official records of exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and Japan in "History of Tang Dynasty", but there is almost no content in this regard in "History of Song Dynasty".

Is it because Japan closed its doors to the outside world and stopped communicating with the Song Dynasty at this time?

That doesn't make sense. He remembered that during the Song Dynasty, didn't a large number of Japanese come to the Song Dynasty to do business?

"What's going on? Now it's an important issue for national development. Why are you all so fussy?"

Zhao Jun was a little impatient.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Song Shou told him the reason.

It turned out that the international situation of the Song Dynasty was not very good at this time.

The Liao Kingdom and Western Xia in the north, Tubo in the west, Dali and Yue Dynasty in the southwest, and Goryeo in the northeast all had tense relations with the Song Dynasty.

Dali was still okay, but the Liao Kingdom, Western Xia, Tubo, and Yue Dynasty were different. Both sides had troops stationed on the border.

Goryeo had a good relationship with the Song Dynasty at first, but it couldn't stand the Liao Kingdom next to it. After the Battle of Chanzhou, the Liao Kingdom seemed to be defeated, but it won all the face and money, which led to the further weakening of the influence of the Song Dynasty, and finally Goryeo and the Song Dynasty broke off diplomatic relations.

Under such circumstances, the only countries that still barely maintain relations with the Song Dynasty are Japan and Dali.

Even Japan has been under pressure from the Liao Kingdom in recent years and has no official exchanges with the Song Dynasty, only private trade exchanges. This is why the "History of the Song Dynasty" does not record official exchanges between the Song Dynasty and Japan.

If the Song Dynasty sends troops to attack Japan again, the situation will be even worse.

Originally, it was surrounded on all sides. Before, it was an enemy on land. If Japan had not been dealt with, and they broke off diplomatic relations with them and harassed the coastal areas in the south of the Song Dynasty from the sea, it would be a disaster for the Song Dynasty.

"I'm really convinced."

After listening to Song Shou's explanation, Zhao Jun looked at these bird people and clenched his fists. He was almost angry to death.

This is not the Japan of later generations, but the Japan of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Jun has studied "World History" and knows that Japan is now in the Heian period. Although it is not backward to a primitive tribe, it is still a world apart from the Song Dynasty in terms of national strength, productivity and strength.

In simple terms, Japan at that time can be understood as a smaller version of the late Tang Dynasty. Whether it was the system, culture, clothing, or architecture, they all imitated the Tang Dynasty, and there were also many warlords and rebellions.

Even at that time, Japan had not yet merged into a nation. There were still discussions of indigenous peoples, conquerors, and even colonists among the four islands.

Some places, such as Honshu Island and Kyushu Island, are close to China. They have learned advanced culture and have a higher level of civilization. Some places, such as Hokkaido and Shikoku Island, have a much lower level of civilization. The various local forces are basically one city and one country, and they operate independently.

It can be said that Japan in the Song Dynasty was not a whole at all, nor did it have a strong government. The so-called emperor's power was limited, and the national affairs were also controlled by the Fujiwara family, the emperor's in-laws. The central control area was basically maintained around Honshu Island, which was far from radiating to the entire country. Japan.

So in a sense, Japan is actually very weak now. It was not until the Kamakura Shogunate era, when the Yuan Dynasty invaded, that a large number of local princes joined forces with the Kamakura Shogunate to resist the Yuan Dynasty's attack, and the Kamakura Shogunate was objectively strengthened. The rule of Japan increased the centralization of power in Japan.

The result was such a fragile country that even the Song Dynasty could not handle, which was really disappointing.

The more Zhao Jun thought about it, the angrier he became. He was so angry that he gave them a fierce middle finger: "You can't even handle a place like Japan. You guys are too useless, so how can you be successful? "

"But our Song Dynasty is already surrounded by enemies on all sides. If we attack Japan again, will we make too many enemies?"

Lu Yijian expressed concern.

"And we don't know much about Japan's internal situation. If we send troops hastily, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen."

"Yes, otherwise we should put this matter on hold for now and send someone to understand the situation before we discuss it."

"Well, I also think it's best not to rush things."

Several prime ministers expressed their opinions one after another.

Even Wang Zeng, who had no dealings with Lu Yijian, thought that he should not be impatient.

Everyone's words almost made Zhao Jun faint.

He hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, pointed at them and said: "You are so stupid! You can make people angry to death!"

Lu Yijian was not happy and frowned: "Zhao Jun, stop using dirty words. We are all scholars, how can we be polite and polite?"

"The key point is that you can really piss people off. Do you know how the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty fell? It's because you scholar-bureaucrats are pedantic and stupid because of reading, and you don't know how to adapt."

Zhao Jun said angrily: "There are many ways of invasion, economic invasion, cultural invasion, political invasion, military invasion. I'm not asking you to send troops immediately to wipe out the entire Japan. I just want you to plunder resources. Without intelligence, the Song Dynasty didn't have Are there many Japanese businessmen? Ask them to find out how much influence the Tang and Song Dynasties had on Japan. Don’t you know how to find Japanese traitors in Japan? If the central government in Japan is not powerful enough and the local feudal towns are divided, you will not find local feudal towns to win over. Are they giving conditions, supporting local agents, and mining their national assets? Are they also secretly provoking them to fight among themselves, instigating their warriors to rebel against the central government, colluding with their merchants and landlords to send slaves for mining, and looking for someone to replace them? Song propaganda.”

Zhao Jun talked about more than ten policies that later led to the colonization of the world in history, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The unscrupulousness brought about by later generations really shocked these monarchs and ministers who had never seen the world.

They discovered that these tricks were really destructive. Is this something that humans can do?

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that it can really work.

Because the Song Dynasty has relatively close business contacts with Japanese people, they do have a relatively good understanding of the domestic situation in Japan.

Nowadays, Japan is already in a state of separatism and internal strife. As long as it is not a direct armed invasion, with Japan's admiration for Tang and Song culture, it seems that they can really intervene in Japan's domestic affairs in various ways.

It's just that these moves were a bit too sinister and vicious, which made the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty, who considered themselves gentlemen, look at each other with hesitation.

Wang Sui hesitated and said: "We, China, are a country of etiquette and have always convinced people with virtue. Will these methods be used?"

"madness."

Zhao Jun glanced at him: "As I said before, in international exchanges, strength is always the basis for safeguarding justice, and national defense is the real backing of diplomacy. Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon! Do you know what Confucius said about convincing people with virtue?”

"What is it?"

Wang Sui wrote subconsciously.

"That's telling you that if you hold a sword in your right hand, with the word "德" engraved on it, and put the sword on someone's neck, they will obey. There is also Chao Wen Dao, who will die at night. That's when I know in the morning. The enemy's road will lead to death at night, do you understand?"

Zhao Jun scolded loudly.

These words shocked Wang Sui, as well as Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Cai Qi, Sheng Du, Song Shou and others.

Because although these words are all distortions of the holy will, they are really reasonable and quite satisfying.

It's just that doing this kind of thing violates the standards of scholar-bureaucrats.

Therefore, everyone still dare not take up the challenge.

Even Zhao Zhen closed his mouth and only dared to watch Zhao Jun's rage quietly.

Finally, Yan Shu, who had always supported Zhao Jun, stood up and asked tentatively: "So, are we really going to attack Japan?"

"Not attacking, but cooperating with them!"

Zhao Jun sneered and said: "Military invasion will only make them more united. Only cultural invasion and political invasion are silent. Now you can give me a nice word, will we do anything about it?"

"Is this another discussion?"

Zhao Zhen was still a little hesitant.

Zhao Jun said coldly: "If you can't do it, don't discuss it. I won't give you any advice in the future. You can make up your own mind."

Lü Yijian said helplessly: "Zhao Jun, attacking a country is a big deal. You should think twice before you act. Will your recklessness cause any serious consequences?"

"No consequences. As long as the right method is used, based on my understanding of Japan now, they can't resist it at all, even the Liao Kingdom can't. The Liao Kingdom has no navy!"

Zhao Jun said seriously: "And the method I used is already the mildest method. The Japanese will not think that this is an invasion. By the time they react, the mineral resources have been taken away by us! This is what they owe us in the future. I will remember every account. Now I just collect some interest and wait for the Song Dynasty to become strong in the future, hehe."

At the end, Zhao Jun was already sneering, and no one knew what he was thinking.

So when everyone saw his almost ferocious face, they shuddered unconsciously.

What did Japan do in the future to make Zhao Jun so disgusted?