Around the Shang Kingdom, representatives from many countries were communicating. However, the place where these representatives were communicating was in Anyang City!
But today's communication has an additional special content - the capital of the Shang Kingdom!
"There's a problem with the capital operation of the Shang Kingdom!" Shao Kingdom's Prime Minister Wan Shunde keenly discovered the problem.
Han Yuanchang, the prime minister of the Liu Kingdom, immediately became curious, "What do you mean?"
"Have you noticed that prices in the Shang Kingdom have started to rise recently? Many stocks used to rise all the way, but now some stocks have started to fall."
"What's the big deal? Isn't this what should happen whenever a war breaks out?" Cai Chaoyang, the new prime minister of Jin, was puzzled.
"No, no, no!" Wan Shun shook his head. "If you study the development process of the Shang Dynasty, you will find that the operation of funds and capital is directly linked to the national conditions of the Shang Dynasty. The biggest difference between capitalism and our past feudal system is that the social foundation of the feudal system is the people. The social foundation of capitalism is wealth. The people are real, and there is no way to fake it. But wealth is a vague concept. Because of this characteristic of wealth, when society develops healthily, wealth will greatly promote national development. But when society is weak, wealth will evaporate out of thin air. The current Shang Dynasty, in terms of economy and finance, should have begun to enter a process of decline from prosperity, and a lot of the Shang Dynasty's wealth has evaporated out of thin air."
The people present were all elites, so it would have been fine if they hadn't thought of it at first; but now that Wan Shunde had pointed it out, everyone immediately realized it. Yes, it really seemed to be the case!
"So, is the Shang Kingdom finally going to decline? Is it going to disappear like a flash in the pan?" Han Yuanchang, Prime Minister of the State of Liu, asked the question that everyone was thinking.
"No!" Wan Shunde's eyes flashed with vigilance. "If we only look at the economy of the Shang Kingdom, this is of course a change from prosperity to decline. However, it is normal for a country to have slight ups and downs in development, and we cannot judge it based on this. Besides, don't forget that the Shang Kingdom also has a powerful army. And the army can go out and plunder wealth!"
The last sentence struck everyone's heart with a bang. Wan Shunde's words made everyone suddenly remember that the Shang Kingdom was not a vegetarian!
In fact, there is a notable example of the Shang Dynasty’s external expansion, and that is Qingcheng!
An overseas base, with an area of 5,000 miles, all of which are fertile islands. When other places began to dry up, Qingcheng was full of rice.
After a short pause, Wan Shunde continued, "What I want to say today is: Be vigilant against the Shang Kingdom. The Shang Kingdom today is like a greedy wolf armed to the teeth. If this greedy wolf is well fed and well-drinking, it's fine; but if the greedy wolf is hungry... it will hunt!"
Everyone suddenly became alert and looked at each other in bewilderment. Was what Wan Shunde said true? After a little thought, everyone came to a conclusion: it was possible that some of it was exaggerated or had some hidden purpose, but most of it was true!
But at this time, someone said: "The Shang Kingdom has already been expanding. Whether it is the construction of the aorta, or the exploration of Haozhou to the south, or even the current battle with the demon tribe, they are all manifestations of expansion. In addition, the Shang Kingdom has already begun capital expansion. This capital expansion includes investment, banking, etc."