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Song Xiaofei saw Sheng Xuanhuai coming to talk to Xi Muqing, and said with a smile: "Miss Xi, I am very optimistic, she did not listen to her sister Xi Muyan's words when I was removed from the post of army chief and navy chief and fell into a low point in my life, and she has always been by my side. It wasn't until Old Man Xi was seriously ill that he rushed back to visit his relatives, she was a woman who valued love and righteousness and filial piety, who could marry her, that was a blessing from the previous life. It's just that Xi Muyan mentioned to me back then that the son-in-law of the Xi family is not good, and if she wants to marry her sister, she can not only be monogamous, but also believe in Christianity. Not to mention that my wives have been with me for many years, even if they believe in Christ, as the president of China, I am afraid that they will not be able to agree to it now. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "This time and that time! Last time, your army chief and navy chief were dismissed, Xi Zhengfu was seriously ill, it was a fake, it was Xi Muyan's idea, and the purpose was to trick Xi Muqing home. As a result, when Xi Muqing went home, she found that she had been fooled and cried, and Xi Muyan locked her in the house and did not let her go out. Xi Muqing has real feelings for you, and she hasn't thought about tea and dinner for months, and she is very haggard, so Xi Muyan asked me to talk to the president. The matter of believing in Christianity can be discussed again, and if you think the president is not suitable, the Xi family will not be reluctant. ”

Song Xiaofei shook his head, "My wives have also been with me for many years, and the second lady has just added a big fat son to me, if I divorce them for Xi Muqing, then I'm not Chen Shimei?" What will the world think of me? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "This time, Xi Muyan didn't say that the president had to divorce his wife, but just said that the wedding must be held in the church. ”

Song Xiaofei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Are you serious? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "Don't dare to tell lies. However, the Xi family has one condition. That is to make Xi Muqing's third brother Xi Jiadong the chief financial officer. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Do you know Xi Jiadong, how about it?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "I heard that Xi Jiadong was born intelligent and was known as a prodigy, and graduated from St. John's College in Shanghai in his early years. Later, he went to Harvard University in the United States to study for a master's degree in economics, and then entered Columbia University and obtained a doctorate. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "How is it better than you?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "His talent is ten times better than me." ”

Song Xiaofei asked: "Xi Jiadong is the chief financial officer. Where is the right location for you? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "I can supervise the state-owned factories across the country. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Shanda is modest, high-spirited, it is really my blessing for China, only supervising the state-owned factories is too condescending, in this way, you are still the chief financial officer first, and then after the currency reform, and then become the prime minister, I have re-appointed Rong Hong as the secretary general of the presidential office, and Yan Fu and others discussed China's future political system." China is suitable for a cabinet republic under the leadership of the president, which means that I will be the president, responsible for the Baath Party and the whole team, as well as foreign affairs, and the government should do things such as education and abolish bad habits. To develop the economy, it is up to the prime minister to do it, and you can organize a cabinet of talented people, recruit talents from all over the world, and make bold reforms. I'm a big supporter behind the scenes. But if the economic reforms fail, your cabinet will have to fall, and this president will come out to clean up the mess and reorganize the cabinet so that the country can remain largely stable. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said: "This is very good, and I will let go of reform with peace of mind." The marriage with the Xi family. What do you think? If you marry the Xi family, most of the businessmen in the world will definitely support you. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "You help me make an appointment to meet Xi Jiadong, I want to see how godly the prodigy you are talking about." ”

Sheng Xuanhuai was overjoyed when he saw that Song Xiaofei was finally relieved, and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

Three days later. Song Xiaofei made an appointment to meet Xi Jiadong in the conference room of the Presidential Palace, Xi Jiadong was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, not tall, but his eyes were bright, and when he spoke, he spoke a little softly, but the logic was very clear.

Song Xiaofei asked Xi Jiadong his views on the reform of the currency system, and Xi Jiadong said in a surprising way: "The implementation of currency reform in China is, in fact, an all-out attack on the huge vested interest groups in the local provinces, and the president must be psychologically prepared." ”

Song Xiaofei asked, "How do you say this?"

Xi Jiadong said: "Since Zhang Zhidong, then the governor of Liangguang, introduced the new Taixi mint to roll copper dollars in 1887, there are now 846 minting machines in all provinces of the country, and if all of them are started, they can melt and cast copper blocks to produce 1,643.1 million copper dollars every year, and 40 pieces per capita of 400 million Chinese." The Chinese should exchange the grain they eat, the clothes they wear, the houses they live in, and even the children they have born. The income from the frenzied minting of copper dollars in various provinces has become the main financial revenue of local governments. Moreover, copper dollars have far outperformed silver dollars. Therefore, if the central government wants to reform the currency value, it must unify the name and process of the national mint, and also unify the most critical currency issuance rights. That is, the minting rights were nationalized. ”

Song Xiaofei felt that Xi Jiadong was reasonable, so he asked him: "If you are asked to be the deputy director of the Ministry of Finance, how will you reform the currency system?" ”

Xi Jiadong said: "The introduction of the gold standard, that is to say, the use of gold to define the value of the currency, each currency unit has a legal gold content, the currency of each country according to the weight of the gold contained in a certain price, the employment of experts as the monetary director, the preparation of the gold reserves needed to maintain the gold parity of the new currency." ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Now that the treasury is empty, how to prepare the gold reserves needed to maintain the gold parity of the new currency? ”

Xi Jiadong said: "I can only borrow from foreign bank groups. I can figure out a way to solve this. ”

When Song Xiaofei heard this, he understood why Sheng Xuanhuai was so eager to let himself marry the Xi family, except that Xi Zhengfu himself was the big comprador of HSBC Foreign Bank, his eldest son Xi Jiaming was the big comprador of the American-funded Qichang Foreign Company, and his second son Xi Jiahui was the big comprador of the British-funded Swire & Co., and if he wanted to find foreign loans, he could not bypass the Xi family. Song Xiaofei asked Xi Jiadong, "How will we repay the loan when the time comes?" ”

"If the currency reform is successful, the country's economy can double in at least a year," Xi said. In addition, if I were to become the chief of finance, I would also like to put the salt administration in order, implement the law of monopoly on the spot, unify the whole country, and estimate that I can increase the income of at least 80 million taels of silver a year, so that I can repay the foreign debt in a year or two. In addition, if it really can't be done, ask the countries of Thailand and Spain to agree to China's increase in import agreement tariffs, China's import tariffs are the lowest in the world, only 5%, and they are all levied according to silver, and they can consider raising the tariffs to 10%, which is still the lowest tariff in the world. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "The salt monopoly is feasible, you can raise tariffs slowly, you can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, and if you rashly raise tariffs, the foreigners will not agree." ”

During this inspection, Song Xiaofei was very satisfied with Xi Jiadong's talent and learning, so he decided to gain both talents. In July 1895, Song Xiaofei and Xi Muqing held a grand wedding at St. Joseph's Church in Pidgin, French Concession, and celebrities from Shanghai attended one after another. Subsequently, Song Xiaofei appointed Xi Jiadong as the deputy director of the Ministry of Finance of China to assist Sheng Xuanhuai in carrying out the national currency reform.