Sure enough, Huizong received a message from Master Li on his birthday, and one afternoon after the birthday celebration, Huizong came to Master Li's house, and he probably felt that he had been a little neglected by Master Li recently, so he took advantage of his happiness to come to see Master Li.

Huizong's sudden visit surprised Master Li, she didn't have time to inform Xiao Ming, but she was a smart person in Bingxue, and she quickly found a way.

Master Li first congratulated the emperor on his birthday, and then took out his carefully prepared gifts and poems, asked the emperor to comment, and asked Emperor Huizong to write a preface for him, which greatly satisfied Huizong's self-esteem, and the two seemed to be in love, but at this time Master Li asked Emperor Huizong to comb his hair.

For the beauty of such an elegant thing, of course Huizong is willing to do it, Master Li took out the mercury glass mirror given by Xiao Ming to comb the makeup, but Huizong was surprised to see it, and then took it over to play, and also couldn't put it down, you must know that people who think they are talented are very narcissistic, and Song Huizong Zhao Ji is the most obvious one.

Gu Ying's self-expectation is not just a woman's patent, a man with a lot of narcissism also loves to look in the mirror, and Huizong has set up a lot of large bronze mirrors in his bedroom is the best illustration, but the bronze mirror has never been able to catch up with this kind of mercury glass mirror that is abundant in modern Guangye civilization, and it is understandable that Huizong can't put it down.

At this time, Master Li seemed to suddenly remember Xiao Ming's matter, saying that someone specially made this kind of mirror for His Majesty, and there was no way to contribute to His Majesty, so he had to ask himself for help, but His Majesty had not come to see Master for a long time! The teacher has not seen His Majesty for a long time, let alone someone else.

Huizong said: "The tributary can go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, why bother you? ”

"This person has a special identity! And it's also an old acquaintance of His Majesty, you have met with me, if Your Majesty is willing to see him, then you will take the time to come tomorrow, I heard that he has a birthday gift for you, and you don't dare to accept it if you want to come to the Ministry of Rites! ”

Master Li's last words moved Huizong Zhao Ji very much, so he agreed to come here again tomorrow afternoon, and Master Li also sent someone to send a message to Xiao Ming, claiming that tomorrow afternoon, the small courtyard of the inner city master should come with gifts.

Xiao Ming was overjoyed by the information, and immediately carefully prepared gifts and rushed to Master Li's house in advance in the afternoon of the next day, when Master Li was drinking tea and chatting with him, Huizong arrived, Zhao Ji took the time to run this time, and he didn't have an early dynasty today, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xiao Ming!

"So it's you?"

"Wechen knocks on Your Majesty!" Xiao Ming knelt down and saluted.

The expression on Huizong's face changed several times, and after a long groan, he said, "Aiqing, let's be flat!" ”

"I originally had an agreement with you, and you can be regarded as having made great contributions to my Great Song Dynasty, but now you are the noble King of Dongdan! has dominated the entire land of Liaodong, and it is insincere to think that I can still be recognized as Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about! Weichen is naturally His Majesty's courtier, and he is the son of my Great Song Dynasty, and the minister has been plotting to seize Liaodong for a long time, but now he is surrounded by Jurchen Tartars, and his subordinates are all Liao, so he has to use a buffer plan to plan it."

"Then when do you plan to return to Song?"

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Ming suddenly smiled, "Wei Chen originally offered His Majesty the border trade in exchange for the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, did Wen Chen do it?" ”

The expression on Huizong's face immediately slowed, he knew that this was Xiao Ming's credit, the Great Song Dynasty was now subdued by the four seas due to the recovery of the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and he only now really felt the respect of the Fanbang vassal states for the Great Song Dynasty, although the cost of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun was not small, but it was always acceptable.

The cause and effect of all this must be counted as starting from seeing the person in front of him, so Huizong relaxed his expression and continued to listen to Xiao Ming say: "The land of Liaodong is not small, and the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom have been coveting it, and rashly returning Liaodong to the Song Dynasty will inevitably cause a backlash from the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom, which may accelerate the stimulation of them, and they have long coveted the prosperous Central Plains region of the Great Song Dynasty, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the war will be ruined together!" ”

"What is he afraid of those Jurchen Tartars? I already have 100,000 iron horsemen in Da Song, and I am not afraid of anyone at present! Hui Zong said.

"May I ask Your Majesty, how is the combat power of my Great Song soldiers? Is the Great Song Dynasty stronger or the Khitan Great Liao State stronger? The answer is easy to come up with, right? The battle of Youyan that has just ended is already very illustrative, obviously the Liao army is stronger, and it is not enough to explain the problem only by the remnants of Liao's soldiers and horses, but the strongest army of the Liao army has been defeated by the Jurchens of the Jin State, so may I ask Your Majesty, what is the combat power of the Jurchen Tartars? ”

Huizong, who asked a few words, didn't know how to answer, and now Huizong Zhao Ji himself knew that what Xiao Ming said was true, according to such an algorithm, the combat power of the Jurchen Tartars was terrifying! The Great Song army couldn't even defeat the remnants of Liao's army, let alone touch the Jin Jurchen army.

"That's what you say?" Huizong asked.

"It's easy!" Xiao Ming said eloquently: "The Jurchen clan is located in the northern barbarians, lack of education, I heard that they still have different calendars, people are both aggressive and insatiable, look at their greed for gold and silver things, you can see that what the Great Song Dynasty did before was very good, that is, to use the offensive of gold and silver bullets, and gradually divide and disintegrate them"

"But my Great Song Dynasty's annual tax taels may not be able to satisfy the greed of the Tartars!" Huizong Road.

"Your Majesty, now although my Great Song Dynasty is rich on the surface, but in fact there are many places where the people can't eat, although the imperial court has made some achievements in encouraging the development of agriculture and industry and commerce over the years, it is still far from reaching the real wealth of the country and the strength of the people, if you want to break the greed of the women of the Jin Kingdom through rich gold and silver, Weichen has some good ways!"

Huizong stared at Xiao Ming and asked, "Is it a way for you to vigorously promote trade in Liaodong?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "That's just one of them, the key depends on the ability of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Huizong didn't speak, his eyes kept rolling, Xiao Ming knew that the current Song Huizong Zhao Ji still didn't believe in himself, so he said: "Your Majesty, all the net worth and business of Weichen are in the Great Song Dynasty, if you can make new contributions to the Great Song Dynasty, I just ask Your Majesty to give me the first merchant of the Great Song Dynasty for my Xiao family, and I will be satisfied!" ”

Huizong nodded, it seems that the intelligence said that Xiao Ming already has a family and a business in Hangzhou, which is true! Since having these things is equivalent to having scruples and shortcomings, a person with flaws and scruples is easy to control, he nodded and motioned for Xiao Ming to continue.

Xiao Ming's requirements are actually two points, the first point is that the imperial court supports all the businesses of Richanglong's Tianping Yinzhuang, and the second is the establishment of Hangzhou City, which has all the exemptions from tariffs, which involves the distribution principle of many government interests, of course, the emperor can't suffer too much, so Xiao Ming's proposal is supervision.

In the first three years, the total import tariffs of the city and the imperial court were divided in half with the imperial court, which was the supervision period, and the imperial court took back all the management rights, and the imperial court did not participate in the management, but the overseas trade of the Japanese and Changlong could be permanently exempt from tax.

Such a request seems to be a bit overbearing, and the setting also takes advantage of the imperial court, but as a result, the Great Song Dynasty can establish and set up a city division without paying a penny, increasing the wealth of an unknown amount, in fact, the imperial court took advantage.

After Huizong waited for Xiao Ming to finish speaking, he accepted all his conditions, and the imperial court could even set up a special agency to help Xiao Ming manage the institutions in various places, but he only put forward one condition, that is, within five years, Liaodong must be returned to the Song Dynasty!

Five years! Xiao Ming felt that it was another opportunity, and something might not happen in five years! In the hands of Huizong, maybe the southeast festival can be exchanged, and besides, with five years of preparation time, relying on the land of Liaodong, he may be able to destroy the Jurchen of the Jin Kingdom! At that time, it doesn't matter whether he returns to the Song Dynasty or not, Xiao Ming thinks that Huizong can't hold himself.

According to the historical progress, it is now 1126 years, Emperor Huizong has been the emperor for one more year due to his appearance, if there are a few more loyal ministers such as Li Gang in the court, Xiao Ming can also protect Huizong to be the emperor for a few more years, and Xiao Ming's birthday gift to Huizong also made the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty even more happy, it is a glass mirror more than half a person high, Huizong naturally loves it very much, so Xiao Ming's other requirements are also Chrysostom's promises.

Anyway, Xiao Ming had a promise to Huizong, and Huizong also had to express it, so Xiao Ming was promoted again in the Great Song Dynasty! Specially named as a direct bachelor of Guanwen Pavilion, Liaodong Jiedu envoy, cheap to make Liaodong return to the Song Dynasty within five years, Xiao Ming is now a big official from the second grade, but he, an important minister of the court, is a person who no one knows above the court, and he is only an invisible figure who is recorded in the ministry.

With Huizong's handwritten edict, Xiao Ming immediately sent Ai Qili to the household department the next day, and Wang Xiaodi, the secretary of the household department, was mediocre and old, but the great eunuch Liang Shicheng was a party, and he had long been out of the world, and all government affairs were handed over to Wang Anzhong, the servant of the household department, and Wang Anzhong almost held the power of the household department.

Huizong's holy decree was sent to Taiping Yinzhuang by the Yellow Gate of the West Temple, coupled with Huizong's edict, Wang Anzhong had no reason not to do it, he according to Huizong's will, the grain tax and silver of last year's treasury and household department were about 1.38 million iron money, equivalent to 1.5 million taels of silver, all of which were deposited in Taiping Yinzhuang!

The sensational effect caused by this behavior greatly shook the merchants of the entire capital, and they only then knew how hard Richanglong was in the real background of the imperial court, so they followed the wind and blew violently, and for a time the merchants who came to Taiping Yinzhuang to deposit silver almost lined up, and also drove a large number of private retail investors to deposit silver, and Tianping Yinzhuang's business in Tokyo was finally on track.

For such a large household as the Ministry of Households, Tianping Yinzhuang also specially made a gold medal, on the book VIP 00 No. 1, this is Xiao Ming's VIP system, Ai Qi Li comprehended, will give full play to this point, in the future, all can be played on the merchant deposit for more than two years, all by Taiping Yinzhuang as a VIP user to enjoy the treatment that others do not have, the VIP gold medal was only awarded twenty in the end, these twenty VIP level of large business customers are almost supremely glorious, Being awarded a gold medal by a VIP customer is a dream for many businesses.

At the same time, Xiao Ming arranged for Richanglong to open more than 30 Taiping Yinzhuang branches in the main cities of the 24th Road Prefecture in the country. For a time, the Taiping Silver Village was almost synonymous with silver deposits and loans in various places, and the business was booming.