The seemingly shameful treaty actually has deep economic principles behind it. The scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty were not idiots, they had long understood the principles here.

First of all, they knew very well that the Song Dynasty was the best in economic strength, and there was no need for the court to spend any effort. Just the businessmen and people could easily eliminate the wealth of the surrounding nations.

There was no way for all the nations at that time to be absolutely dependent on the economy of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's commodities had no rivals in the international market.

In this context, millions of yuan are nothing at all, and it is easy to earn back several times. It is nothing more than going out of the court and then returning to the people.

If the people are rich, the court will naturally not be poor there.

More importantly, through the economic subsidy policy of annual monies, the economic subsidy policy will prevent ethnic minority countries such as the Liao Kingdom, which are plagued by severe trade deficits, from facing economic collapse.

After all, this is a life-threatening old ginseng soup. At the moment when the trade deficit is too big, a shot of cardiotropic agent is injected to allow the business game to continue running.

As long as commercial trade remains uninterrupted, the lives of ethnic minorities can be maintained, and they can still enjoy various daily necessities in the Central Plains.

When life is not that difficult, the desire for war looting is not so high, and the threat of war will naturally be reduced to a minimum.

The third advantage is that when the threat of war is gone, there is no need for the Song Dynasty to maintain too many troops on the border and reduce the number of troops. The military expenditure saved every year is more than these millions of yuan, maybe tens of millions of real money.

The accounts must be settled in this way, not to be fanatical and insist on genocide by the Khitans in Liao Kingdom to be relieved!

There are many examples that Xiao Letian cannot give too much because many things have not happened in this world, such as the two world wars.

Those who study history know that during the two world wars, the United States and Germany were both hostile countries and fought very fiercely. However, after the war, the recovery of Germany's economy relied on US financial aid.

After World War I, Germany obtained more than 20 billion goldmark loans from the United States and Britain through the "Dowes Plan", of which the United States accounted for 70%, but the compensation it paid was only 11 billion goldmark.

Capital from America injected a dose of heart-warming agent into the desperate German economy, allowing it to recover and develop quickly, which laid the foundation for it to re-enter the ranks of Western powers politically and to further escape from the shackles of the Peace of Versailles.

What happened after World War II? That was the famous "Marshall Plan". More than 13 billion US dollars of aid flowed to Europe, and Germany also enjoyed a large amount of US aid funds.

It was obvious that they were killed on the battlefield and millions of soldiers on both sides were killed. The hatred among the people had reached its peak. Are the American parents whose children died at the gun of the Nazis really willing to pay for their enemies to recover their economic recovery?

In the eyes of narrow nationalists, what is this behavior of the relatives suffering from the enemy and being happy is not a treason?

However, the advancement of human history does not operate based on the likes and dislikes of these narrow nationalists, and the economic field naturally has their own operating rules.

Putting aside the so-called humanitarianism and strategic balance between major powers, just from a business perspective, the seemingly stupid behavior of capital and enemy in the United States actually contains very clever strategic attempts.

The fundamental thing about commercial trade is buying and selling, and buying and selling must have money. If American goods want to be sold to the whole world, you must first ensure that your buyer has money.

Only when money flows can business prosper and achieve benefits for both parties!

Helping the entire European economy revival can lay the foundation for US dollar hegemony on the one hand, and only by allowing the European economy to recover can private commercial trade continue.

This is a mutually beneficial and win-win game. I am afraid that narrow-minded extreme nationalists will not be able to understand this level.

In the hearts of these narrow-minded people, watching the aliens starve to death is the happiest thing in the world, and genocide is the deepest groove in their brains.

Xiao Letian could not explain this kind of principle too carefully to Xiang Ying. These are all truths verified by human history with blood. Nationalism was the most prosperous and developed during World War I and World War II, and nationalism was suppressed after World War II.

What really replaces nationalism? It is actually class!

When humans no longer use blood, skin color, language, and words to divide categories, and when humans choose to divide you and me with their class, a truly more fanatical force exploded.

It was a storm that was more violent than racism, sweeping the world and causing the entire human society to tremble.

Xiao Letian had seen such a storm, so he knew very well that the extreme nationalist idea that Xiang Ying chose was nothing but that power.

Xiao Letian looked at Xiang Ying and sighed softly, "Actually, sometimes, analyzing problems cannot be used to force the division of factions according to the national borders and ethnic boundaries. It cannot be said that this is your territory on the map, and where is my territory, and then the two sides will be clearly divided..."

"You can imagine using an economy to replace the concept of a country and the concept of an inherent territory of the nation. If you think about it like this and regard a huge economy as a country, then you will understand what I mean!"

"The Central Plains economy, dominated by the Han people, has influenced countless vassal economies around it, just like Jiangnan is rich and Gansu is poor. Why should the country use the wealth of the rich land to regularly subsidize poor and backward areas?"

"Why should the wealth of the Han people be invested frequently in frontier ethnic minority areas?"

"Think about it carefully! If you understand the principle of economic pumps, you understand who is the economic vassal of whom, and the issue of the primary and secondary relationship, you may not be so narrow-minded!"

"Xiang Ying! I have already told you all the good things and I have already explained the truth. Whether you can understand it thoroughly is your problem!"

"But today, fortunately you were able to surrender in front of me as soon as possible. This means that you still have me as a master in your eyes, and your fanatical thoughts can still have a trace of rationality..."

"I must admit that what you analyzed before does have some truths. You said I would not punish you explicitly. This is right. I am not a fool and I cannot admit that my officer planned this assassination in front of the whole world!"

"And I also agree that thoughts cannot be killed! The army is such an environment, and it is easy to be brainwashed by fanatical militarism. There is nothing we can do about it!"

"The army needs a little iron blood. If it becomes a lamb, who will defend its country?"

Hearing the head of state's voice, Xiang Ying's pale face turned a little bloody, but when Xiao Letian said the words behind him, Xiang Ying almost fainted.

"But, if you are guilty, you cannot be punished! You, Xiang Ying, have no privileges..."
Chapter completed!