After the infantry is the horse team, the horse team wearing red hanging doves wears very bright long-waisted riding boots, holding a snow-bright saber and the feeling of colorful flags fluttering, it is really very majestic and mighty! All the equipment and uniforms of the entire Royal Guard were made in batches arranged by Xiao Ming, and the very colorful fabrics were specially selected, plus some metal decorations, the purpose was to achieve a pleasing viewing effect.

Even the horses were carefully chosen, with roughly the same size and coat color, and as they passed through the viewing platform, the soldiers shouted: "Long live my emperor!" The voice is loud and neat, this is all rehearsed in advance, and even Ma Jun has his own military song, which Xiao Ming picked up from a former TV series on a whim.

"The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiaoxiao, the gun is on the shoulder, the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a frenzy.

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, a good man is a good man, and a good man is serving the country in the present day.

Hurry up and don't be an old sick man, quickly unite and don't be sneering,

Hurry up, don't be an old sick man, unite quickly, don't be sneering.

Unite quickly, unite quickly, rise up quickly, unite quickly, rise up,

Quickly unite, rise up, unite, rise up, unite,

Rise up and unite, rise up and unite ......"

The singing is loud and intense! Zhao Gou was already feverish with excitement! He turned to the civil and military officials behind him and said, "You all say that Taishi Xiao spends too much money, and now that such a royal division has appeared, are you satisfied?" ”

Fan Zongyi, editor of the Hanlin Academy, said: "Your Majesty the dragon ascends to the prosperous world, when there is a prosperous appearance, the official family is the meaning of the great fortune of the sky, and the Taishi Xiao is a great meritorious, and he should make this first contribution!" ”

Xiao Ming felt sick for a while, this villain who slipped his beard and slapped horses! It's really tasteless and hateful! At the beginning, it was Fan Zongyi's gang who spent too much money to impeach Xiao Ming, and now it is this person who says that he has made great contributions! There is no shortage of this kind of courtier and thief who sees the wind and rudder, and that Qin Hui is also a villain!

When Xiao Ming was pondering how to deal with the few traitors and thieves who would cause trouble in the future and the government, Gaozong Zhao Gou spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that although Taishi Xiao spent a lot of money, he created a steel division for the Great Song Dynasty, and with such an army, why worry about the Central Plains!" But it takes time, and it's worth the cost! ”

Xiao Ming glanced at Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou also glanced at Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming suddenly smiled, and said: "Your Majesty is wise, to the point, it is to the truth, the matter of the Northern Expedition is already in the minister's chest, but it does take time to prepare!" ”

The glance between the two monarchs and ministers has a deep meaning, Xiao Ming knows that Zhao Gou still has not made up his mind to carry out the Northern Expedition, and the knot in this is that Qinzong is still alive, and this knot will not be untied, I am afraid that Zhao Gou will never sincerely carry out the Northern Expedition, but will be content with the current status quo and not want to forge ahead.

Then the army that Xiao Ming formed for him, in a sense, is a guarantee to ensure that he is content with the status quo, and it is also to block the mouth of the Chinese military officials of the DPRK who asked for the Northern Expedition, both of them said that they need time to prepare, this time is long and short, as for when the Northern Expedition can be completed, it depends on what time Xiao Ming thinks is appropriate.

One afternoon, Xiao Ming was edicted to enter the palace to meet Gaozong, Gaozong gave eight treasures lotus seed soup to eat with Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming thanked him, and the monarch and ministers gossiped, Gaozong asked Xiao Ming euphemistically: "Aiqing said that the Northern Expedition is already clear, I don't know if there is an exact time?" ”

Xiao Ming asked, "Does the official family really want to go on the Northern Expedition?" ”

Zhao Gou's face changed suddenly, and he just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Xiao Ming, and then motioned for Gaozong to retreat left and right, Zhao Gou did so, and then looked at Xiao Ming, his eyes blazing and waiting for his answer.

Xiao Ming said: "What do the officials want?" According to my military strength in Liaodong, it is easy to break the Jin Kingdom, but how do you want me to deal with the two emperors? ”

Zhao Gou burst into tears in a daze, and he said in a trembling voice: "Do you have to let the widow sit on that unfilial thing?" ”

Xiao Ming sighed and said, "In all fairness, I don't think Emperor Qinzong wants to snatch the throne with you, but he is afraid of those old ministers in the court!" I don't know what to do. ”

Gaozong gritted his teeth and said, "Is the widow just a generation?" ”

Xiao Ming glanced at him and said, "I once told the official family a sentence, do the official family remember?" ”

"You said, with you there, you will ensure my ......!" Zhao Gou hesitated.

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will do things safely and will not leave a tail!" ”

"Do you want to?" Zhao Gou asked in horror.

Xiao Ming said: "Don't guess what I'm going to do, what I'm doing is to make the Great Song Dynasty dominate the world and last for generations!" It's just a few times, and Your Majesty is the one who supports me behind my back! ”

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "I understand, you are kind to me, and you are the savior of my Great Song Dynasty, I ...... I won't forget your credit! ”

Xiao Ming thanked him and left, of course he would not let Zhao Gou understand what he meant, but it was enough to click, and the next day Xiao Ming took a series of actions, all the policies he proposed had Zhao Gou's nod, and the emperor's jade seal was stamped, and the official government under him followed the implementation, and did not dare to be sloppy at all.

The first thing is to establish the first royal bank of the Great Song Dynasty, the shareholders are the household department of the Great Song Dynasty, the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Taiping Yinzhuang three, jointly issue paper money, through the country's 53 Taiping Yinzhuang online stores quickly issue paper money, paper money according to the people's recognized iron money as the blueprint.

The denomination of this whole set of currencies is all designed by Ai Qili, in the unit, the banknote is called "Guanzi" worth a hundred dollars, and at the same time is divided into consistent, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred, etc., the auxiliary currency uses small silver coins, one hundred into one gold coin! Taiping Silver Village also recycles iron and copper coins inward!

Lu Yihao asked Xiao Mingdao: "What is a shareholder?" ”

Xiao Ming told him that he was the person in charge of the capital contribution, and that the First Bank of the Great Song Dynasty was mainly formed by three joint contributions, and any one alone was not enough to bear the requirements of such a strong reserve! The purpose of the First Royal Bank was to issue money and prepare wealth for the whole country.

"But this dynasty has always had a foundry bureau sponsored by the Ministry of Households, which is used to mint money, no matter how much is minted and issued, it is the money of the imperial court, and the silver money circulating in the market represents the wealth of the country, so why not still let the Ministry of Households preside over it, why do you want to set up this bank again?" Lu Yihao's question represents the thoughts of many ministers.

For the people of the Great Song Dynasty who had no financial concept at all, how Xiao Ming could convince everyone was indeed a lot of headaches for him, which involved some basic concepts of commerce, the circulation theory of market money and some conceptual knowledge of the profit of financial capital, and it was necessary to explain all these things to the ministers, and it was estimated that even if they talked about it for a few days, they might not be able to understand.

Therefore, Xiao Ming can only prevaricate all the questions in that sentence, that is, on the basis of not increasing taxes, the preparation of funds for the Northern Expedition, and the issuance of currency is only carried out in a small area, and the whole country will first use it as a pilot in several economically developed areas, and then slowly promote it later, which is the basis for wealth accumulation.

Fooling is fooling those ministers, but how to get them to cooperate next needs the will of Emperor Zhao Gou and the jade seal! But Xiao Ming does have to face a lot of currency issuance problems, including the risk that the people are very recognized, but in the case of the imperial court's household department, the royal family, and Richanglong and Taiping Yinzhuang to jointly protect it, it should not be a big problem, and it takes a long process to issue money.

Since Liangzhejiang Road and Jiangnan East Road and other places are now the areas where merchants of the Great Song Dynasty gather, various large-scale workshops and super-large workshops are constantly emerging, and many powerful factory owners are interested in many technologies controlled by Richanglong, and they all want to get a piece of the pie, and they are in the idea and purpose of developing the overall country's basic industries, Xiao Ming decided to auction several important technologies.

These technologies are some of the raw materials that boiler manufacturing technology and basic chemical industry need to manufacture, of course, it is not so easy to completely scoop down such technical achievements alone, in terms of the core technology of steam power engine in boiler manufacturing, Mojia is now only a technology research and development institution, and other workshops are needed to participate in large-scale manufacturing.

The technology of boiler steam power is a top priority, and it must be difficult for a workshop to eat, so Xiao Ming has to pursue at least three or more, so all kinds of sufficient and insufficient funds must be reorganized in a process of capital reorganization, and the prototype of the joint enterprise was born.

Merchants and large workshops who want to buy this base must first deposit the purchase funds into the account of the First Royal Bank of the Great Song Dynasty, as a guarantee, and also have the guarantor's capital collateral, and finally after the successful purchase, if you want to organize production, you will face a shortage of funds, and at this time you can take out a loan from the First Royal Bank, which is the first attempt to carry out a loan to enterprises.

However, some industries need too many basic conditions, and Xiao Mingxiang's desire to quickly establish a basic chemical industry may not be so easy to realize, and this aspect can be found from other aspects, such as the method of the official camp, of course, the household department and the military department take the lead, because the workshop for manufacturing explosives must be carried out by the military department.

But the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War were not so reluctant to come forward, according to the reason, this is a matter that requires these two yamen to pay money, Xiao Ming thought that the official yamen would also manage the account book, and the official's money was issued by the imperial court, and the Qingshui Yamen did not mean that there was no oil and water in it, and later I learned that the yamen had a small treasury.

The bottleneck of the production of the arsenal has always existed, rifle weapons, cannons and all kinds of ammunition, the production capacity cannot be increased, and no matter how good the plan is, it is only on paper, Xiao Ming urgently needs someone in the society who can help him expand the scale of production, but this is a matter that cannot be rushed, even if he invites the Shangshu and the waiters of the household department and the military department to eat every day, it is useless.

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Ming decided to expand the scale by himself, so in addition to the ice factory in the Hangzhou base, the arsenal in the Weihai base is also being erected, in addition, various factories in Xuzhou Taiping City and Liaodong base are also under construction, and now Xiao Ming will incorporate the entire army system of the Great Song Dynasty into the application of the entire firearms and weapons.

The various undertakings of the Hangzhou base are developing steadily, Ding Jianpeng keeps going back and forth between Hangzhou from the Ryukyu Islands, and the base there is almost built, and Ding Jianpeng seems to like staying in the Ryukyus, so that Wei Sheng is left alone without the chemical laboratory he presides.

Xiao Ming hates that he has full authority to deal with political affairs and the military, so the decentralization of the Privy Council is also in progress, according to the reason, the Privy Council is equivalent to the general staff of the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is actually enough to find a few competent staff officers, there is no need to do the same as the Ministry of Defense, Xiao Ming actually opened a kind of bureaucratic reform within the court under the leadership of Xiao Ming this time.

It is not so simple to change the bureaucratic system, especially in the face of the Great Song Dynasty, which is known as "redundant officials", but everything is possible, Xiao Ming knows that many things seem to be solid, but as long as a breakthrough is found, it is still easy to break, but it takes time, and Xiao Ming has time now.