Chapter 623 Interlude

On the sea, the waves rolled, and Chang Lin led the fleet to move forward.

At the stern of the ship, Master Xuanfeng looked at the sea of ​​fog that was gradually receding, feeling a little bit emotional. This beautiful ocean has a terrifying name—Skull Sea! The sea of ​​fog at dusk is very beautiful.

Sea of ​​Fog is the name of the Sea Race; Sea of ​​Skeletons is named after the Human Race.

"The sea does have a beauty and a vastness that the land does not have!" Master Xuanfeng began to express emotion indiscriminately.

Chang Lin turned his head slightly from the side, wanting to plug his ears—who can tell me that this guy is actually the head teacher of Yunxiao Sect? Every day facing the sea with emotion!

"Chang Lin, how about the cooperation between our Yunxiao Sect and your Kingdom of Shang? Let's build a shipyard? In Haozhou, you can choose any location."

"Oh, the plane is also very good. Let's cooperate with another plane factory."

"With warships and airplanes, let's come to one of the supporting factories for artillery shells and the like..."

"Also, how about you helping us train a group of talents?"

Chang Lin sighed heavily, "Senior Xuanfeng, I am a general, it is useless for you to tell me these things!"

"How could it be? Didn't you say that you are the commander of the navy, and the navy is headed by you. What kind of king will always listen to what you say!" Master Xuanfeng is not joking, he is very serious.

If it is left in another country, the king generally has to consider the opinion of a commander.

However, this is Shang Kingdom! As early as the beginning of the military construction, Li Xian completed the separation of military, government, and finance!

Therefore, Chang Lin was in a bit of a dilemma, "Senior, if I really make such a suggestion, I will be taken away for investigation immediately. And you will never have the chance to meet the virtuous king.

In the Kingdom of Shang, military affairs, politics, wealth, people's livelihood, education, industry and commerce, judiciary, diplomacy, etc., are all completely separated and must not interfere with each other.

If the predecessors want to introduce general technology, they have to negotiate with the industrial and commercial departments.

If it is education, it is necessary to negotiate with the Ministry of Education.

If it is justice, negotiate with the Ministry of Justice.

If it is core technology, super-large-scale investment, large-scale arms purchase, training of core talents, etc., you can only negotiate with the virtuous king in person. "

Master Xuanfeng listened, thought for a while, and became interested: "I suddenly became interested in the virtuous king you mentioned. It is possible to create such a national system.

In your Kingdom of Shang, does the virtuous king completely control the power of the whole country in his own hands, keeping his word? "

"No, on the contrary!" Chang Lin showed pride, "Every department head has considerable power. For example, I have the right to declare war on a country without the permission of the virtuous king, as long as I think it is necessary."

"Oh?" Master Xuanfeng was really curious, "Then what if someone in charge of a department with malicious intentions appears?"

Chang Lin looked a little dignified, "Senior said, of course it cannot be completely avoided. But we can't give up because of choking. At least for the time being, this system has recruited countless talents for the Shang Kingdom. Some people would rather the Shang Kingdom be a five A small official of the first rank is unwilling to be a second-rank or even a first-rank official in other countries."

"Oh..." Master Xuanfeng didn't say anything, he seemed suspicious and curious. Perhaps, everything will not be known until after the Kingdom of Shang.

The more we talked along the way, the more confused Master Xuanfeng became. The Kingdom of Shang seemed to be completely different from the countries he had seen. The words from Chang Lin's mouth made Master Xuanfeng find it difficult to understand, such as:

There are no nobles in the Kingdom of Shang, yet no one objected! You must know that the title of nobility may not have much influence on the cultivator, but the luck brought by the nobility cannot be ignored. However, the Shang Kingdom abolished the aristocratic system, and no one objected.

Also, education for all? capitalism? The strange nouns and strange thoughts made Master Xuanfeng feel for the first time that his head seemed unable to digest these strange thoughts.

‘Shang Kingdom? interesting! ’ Master Xuanfeng looked at the waves in a daze. Originally, Master Xuanfeng was attracted by the mechanical arms of the Shang Kingdom, but now he is gradually attracted by the Shang Kingdom's system.

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But here in Jin State, the emperor of Jin State is conducting final negotiations with representatives of Sima Kingdom. After several days of confrontation, representatives of Sima Kingdom went back and forth several times, and finally signed the final negotiation.

Cai Chaoyang, the former grand master of the state of Jin and now the new prime minister, represents the state of Jin;

Li He, the former housekeeper of Sima Xuan and now the Prime Minister of the Sima Kingdom, represents the Sima Kingdom;

The two signed, stamped and swore together. Then jointly read out the final negotiated conditions:

"The Kingdom of Jin recognized the establishment of the Sima Kingdom, and formally conferred the title of the Sima Kingdom and Sima Xuan as the 'King of Jin' by imperial decree.

The state of Jin allowed the people in the country to move freely without any restrictions. Including family members of expeditionary forces.

The state of Jin allowed officials and their family members to move freely, including the family members of King Jin.

Jin State..."

"The Kingdom of Sima respects the State of Jin as the superior state.

The Sima Kingdom pays tribute and pays homage to His Majesty Jin every year.

The Kingdom of Sima repaid all the debts of the Kingdom of Shang on behalf of the Kingdom of Jin.

The Sima Kingdom does not restrict the free movement of people, officials, soldiers, generals, etc..."

After the reading is completed, it means that the negotiation document has been formally implemented. From this moment on, the Kingdom of Jin got rid of all the debts of the Kingdom of Shang in one fell swoop, and began to develop "with a light body".

The Sima Kingdom obtained the country's most important name, morality, etc., but it paid a heavy price for it-to fully undertake the debts of the Shang Kingdom! This debt is as high as 500 million taels of gold.

What, it turned out to be 100 million taels? I'm sorry, but during the negotiation period, Jin State bought a lot of machinery and equipment from Shang Kingdom, even including a complete set of relatively good oil refining equipment!

Of course, if things can be done to this extent, Li Yuanming often gave advice to the Emperor of Jin behind his back.

An increase of 400 million taels of gold has almost completely cut off the last goodwill between the Sima Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom. This is Li Yuanming's method, and it also brings huge benefits to the Shang Kingdom.

In this way, the state of Jin got rid of the crisis and began to develop vigorously; the state of Jin, the state of Lu, and the state of Liu became a three-legged posture, and the state of Shang, as a referee, stood aloof.

And the newly born Sima Kingdom was put on the reins by the Shang Kingdom as soon as it was born! The debt of 500 million taels of gold is enough to make the blank Sima Kingdom breathless.

But there is no way! The establishment of the Sima Kingdom lacked morality, and most of the soldiers' families were in the Jin Kingdom. The Sima Kingdom could only stretch its neck and let the Jin State cut it. This cut is 500 million taels of gold.

Another point is that Shang Kingdom's loan has "compound interest". It is the so-called donkey rolling and profit rolling. However, the annual interest rate is only 15%~~~ This is still the "benevolence" of the Shang Kingdom. You must know that the interest rate of Jin's war reparations is 20%.

In the middle of the night, after Sima Xuan received this negotiation document, he felt his eyes darken! Once, before the emergence of the Shang Kingdom, when the Jin Kingdom was at its most powerful, the annual net financial income was only more than 10 million taels of gold; and the annual interest rate of 15% meant that the annual interest would cost 75 million taels of gold!

The co-author's annual financial income is not enough to repay the interest; this means that as long as the Sima Kingdom still exists, they will have to work for the Shang Kingdom forever to pay off their debts!

The future of the new Sima Kingdom is bleak!

And there is another point, since the Sima Kingdom nominally obeys the Jin State as the superior state, it means that some terms, including some unequal treaties between the Jin State and the Shang Kingdom, are still feasible in the Sima Kingdom!

After Sima Xuan saw such terms, his eyes darkened with anger.

But at this moment, someone came to report, "King Jin, a message from the Kingdom of Shang, Li Yuanming and Yan Ze'an sent congratulations on the formal establishment of the Sima Kingdom.

Li Yuanming and Yan Ze'an formally established diplomatic relations with Sima Kingdom on behalf of Shang Kingdom.

Li Yuanming plans to make an official diplomatic visit tomorrow, waiting for King Jin's reply. "

Li Yuanming! ! ! When Sima Xuan saw this name, he immediately gritted his teeth. During the negotiations in the past few days, how could Sima Xuan not know what good deeds Li Yuanming had done. But after the anger passed, Sima Xuan could only nod his head, "Li He, if you write back, just say that I have time at noon tomorrow."

But after being angry, Sima Xuan still did not dare to offend the creditor Shang Kingdom; and the exchange between countries is the exchange of interests, Li Yuanming's actions are understandable; even from the perspective of Shang Kingdom, Li Yuanming is still a hero.

"But what is Li Yuanming doing here?" Sima Xuan frowned slightly. This Li Yuanming is not a good person. The conflicts among the countries around the Shang Kingdom all have Li Yuanming's shadow behind them.