Excessive issuance of money will inevitably lead to currency depreciation, a decline in purchasing power, and a series of problems, which may be a good solution in the short term for a country like the Great Song Dynasty where industry and commerce are booming, because of the implementation of the gold standard system, but it will inevitably cause inflation over time.

This point is very clear to Ai Qili, but Xiao Ming does not believe that the bureaucrats in the household department will also know, which makes him feel quite tricky, since he ascended to the court to control the power, it is not as many people think, after the power is in hand, it is arbitrary, but trying to slowly implement a democratic atmosphere in the court, although this attempt is very slow, but it has gradually achieved certain results, the atmosphere of meetings in the court is very heavy, and many things are the result of everyone's collective decision-making.

But after all, it was in the Song Dynasty, where the feudal system was highly developed, and many people's inherent monarch-based thinking was still deep-rooted, so many things, Xiao Ming used the majesty of Gaozong to suppress things strongly, but at any time Xiao Ming knew that there were unspoken rules in the officialdom, and he must not be too sharp.

A really smart person behaves and does things just right, and he not only reaps real profits, but also loses a good reputation; And some people are knife-mouthed and tofu-hearted, and they do a lot of favors to others, but none of them say that they are good, and they have cultivated many enemies around them. And sometimes these enemies are not necessarily villains!

There are too many Chinese, and everyone has to face cruel competition! Because they don't understand the world, many heroes and famous generals in history who have made great contributions have finally ended up being killed, and they did not fall under the enemy's sword, but died unjustly in the hands of their own people. Blood splattered and brains smeared on the floor.

Yue Fei's death is actually a good example, not to say that it has to be Qin Hui and others who specifically want to harm him, but Yue Fei has already established Gaozong as his enemy, for emperors like Gaozong Zhao Gou, most of the time Xiao Ming always follows him, but he is not polite when it is time to show his edge, which makes Gaozong afraid of Xiao Ming from the heart, but he can't do anything to him.

Maybe this is a way of being an official in front of the emperor, but there are too many things like officials, not to mention redundant personnel, not to mention the idea of official position, and the stubborn concept of most scholars is the biggest obstacle! Officials in the household department may not want to subvert the country's economic lifeline, they simply think that printing paper money can bring a lot of benefits to the country in the short term.

So for these people, Xiao Ming really can't directly reprimand them, he still feels that he needs to be guided slowly, but some things can't be slowed down, and what kind of strategy to adopt according to what kind of situation is a question that Xiao Ming has been pondering for so many years, because what he thinks of is that officials are also human beings This fundamental problem.

There are unspoken rules for exchanges between people, and this is no exception for officialdom, and the essence of people-to-people exchanges is actually the exchange of interests. If you don't understand the principle of interest exchange, and you will take all the benefits by yourself, then even the amazing talent can only be reduced to useless blank paper!

And giving benefits is the highest means for Xiao Ming to continue to win people's hearts, which he understood a long time ago, benefits should be given to those who need it, so he has been doing this work, and now the land area of the entire Great Song Dynasty has increased a lot, and there is a shortage of officials in many places, which is a good opportunity to solve the problem.

That is to say, first of all, to solve the problem of a large number of redundant personnel in the imperial court, the method of dispatch can be used, and the rights given by Xiao Ming are relatively large, and within the controllable range, the rights and benefits of those officials who go to remote areas are increased, which can greatly make some officials go to profit.

At this stage, because of the great development of economy and trade, in order not to have a short-term amount of currency, it is possible to appropriately increase the amount of banknotes, but there must be an appropriate proportion, that is, to make adjustments according to the amount of their own gold reserves, and set a warning limit, when the amount is close to the warning line, a part of the currency must be recovered for destruction, and the annual printing of banknotes will be reduced by a certain amount, Xiao Ming will call: "monetary tightening"

Ai Qili is a financial genius, and he basically understands this kind of thing, so he naturally took the order and left, Xiao Ming still shook his head a little about this matter, the overall quality of officials is too poor, it must be the most important bottleneck in the development of the country! How can this problem be solved? Is it not possible to still adopt the "imperial examination" system?

Of course, this matter still needs to be carefully considered, in fact, the imperial examination system itself is the most beneficial invention of the Chinese to the world, but his direct linkage with the official position has made this whole system completely on the slope, if you can use good methods to guide, can you gradually help this imperial examination on the right track?

Xiao Ming thought of the modern civil service examination system, but he hadn't taken it himself, so he didn't know it very well, but there was a person who was more familiar with it, and this person was Ding Jianpeng, because he was a civil servant himself.

After making up his mind, Xiao Ming made up his mind a little, there was nothing to do in the past two days, Xiao Ming also wanted to take a good rest, he had been busy for more than half a month, and his body was nothing, mainly because he was too tired mentally, and he always used his brain excessively.

After returning to the original semicolon of Richanglong, Xiao Ming went into the house to rest, he never had a mansion in the capital, Xiao Ming, who was originally a Taishi according to the rules, should at least build a marquis' mansion according to the title, but Xiao Ming has been busy and has no time to engage in these things, his temperament is still the temperament of a modern person, how much place do you think it is necessary to live alone? It's enough to live, and he hates others serving him, and he can do whatever he can do with tea and water.

It's just that the guards Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Shouxin often help him do some cleaning and washing work, and now Gu Xiaoliu is not around, and his Japanese wife is about to give birth, so Gu Xiaoliu is in the Ryukyus, and Guo Shouxin is by his side, Xiao Ming once asked Guo Shouxin to take his mother, wife and children to live in Hangzhou, but he refused to say that his mother thinks Shandong is very good and does not need to move.

But Xiao Ming's identity is indeed too special, at least the carriage they parked can be seen identity, although the Richanglong branch is large, there are also stables and carports, but Xiao Ming has a lot of things, sometimes the carriage can only be parked at the door, the people who drive the car are on call at any time, and the houses where they live are not too many, in addition to the coachman, there are a few old workers, as well as cooks, cooking guys, wells, etc. are all in the house.

The neighbors around him actually knew Xiao Ming's identity, but he didn't put up any shelf, he just lived here from beginning to end, and everyone got along very well, which was also Xiao Ming's statement in the court and among the people, everyone said that Xiao Ming was a clean official and approachable, and no one knew that in fact, his wealth was already rich enough to rival the country.

Xiao Ming was resting at home, but after a while, he saw Zhao Fujin coming to the house in a carriage, now in the capital, only Zhao Fujin accompanied Xiao Ming, but Zhao Fujin sometimes went to the palace to live for a few days, and sometimes came back to live with Xiao Ming, just entered the palace yesterday, why did he come back today?

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Xiao Ming saw that Zhao Fujin's face was very ugly, and couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Jiu is too much, he actually asked me to be a spy?" Zhao Fujin snorted angrily.

"What spy?" Xiao Ming was puzzled.

"Every time I enter the palace, Brother Jiu asks me this and that? I thought he cared about me, but who knew that he wanted to tell him all your whereabouts and thoughts from my mouth, so didn't I become a spy by my husband's side? ”

When Xiao Ming heard this, he was silent for a while, "Zhao Gou has never been completely at ease with himself, and he seems to be still obsessed with power!" He asked Zhao Fujin, "Where did you know that?" ”

"Xue Bingchang told me secretly," Zhao Fujin said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Xue Bingchang's relationship with himself was really entangled, and only he could now understand some of Gaozong's true thoughts, did what he did there make Gaozong suspicious? It seems that you need to ask Xue Bingchang about it.

"Master Hou, I want to go back to Ryukyu to be with my sisters, I don't want to stay in the capital anymore, I ...... hold my breath here!" Zhao Fujin said.

Xiao Ming thought about it, it was best to let her go to Ryukyu Shuri with her family, and it would be reassuring to be far away from the capital and the mainland, and besides, it was almost summer, and it was the best place to go there for a vacation. So he nodded in agreement.

The next day, Xiao Ming secretly asked Xue Bingchang to come to a small hotel outside, and after the two sat down, Xiao Ming raised the question in his heart, and Xue Bingchang said: "Brother Xiao, I didn't say you, what you did did make others have ideas!" ”

Why is that? Please help me! Xiao Ming was puzzled.

Xue Bingchang took a sip of wine and said: "You are rich enough to rival the country, but you are deliberately content with poverty, not extravagant and wasteful, living in poor streets and alleys, without family servants, on the surface, self-denial and honesty, but this is nothing more than to earn a good reputation for yourself, do you want a good reputation?" Is there really a bad intention? ”

Xiao Ming gasped when he heard this, and only then did he know why Zhao Gou doubted himself! Some of his unintentional actions happened to fall into the taboo of the emperor, as the biggest threat in the emperor's life comes from the safety of his own throne, if someone has the slightest threat to the safety of the throne, the emperor's ruthlessness and cruelty will be completely exposed.

Such examples abound in ancient China, even if there are people with great virtue, whether you are selling your reputation or really having great virtue, the praise in the mouth of the people and vassals will often arouse the suspicion of the emperor, if there is no ambition, you will not be willing to endure poverty and hunger to be honest, ambition is naturally unscrupulous! The king is absolutely intolerable.

Gaozong Zhao Gou has been the emperor for many years, and his heart is no longer the righteous and heroic King Kang, but an emperor who is ruthless to protect the throne, if it were not for Qinzong in Xiao Ming's hands, I am afraid that Zhao Gou would have already attacked Xiao Ming, how could he easily let him take charge of the court.

After figuring out this truth, Xiao Ming completely understood it in his heart! Since Xue Bingchang is equivalent to his own pawn by Zhao Gou's side, then he should be able to prevent it in advance, but since Zhao Gou is so attentive, Xiao Ming doesn't seem to tease him, because at this stage, he still has to rely on Zhao Gou's status to do things, so he can't turn his face for the time being, but it's still okay to confuse him.

So soon, Xiao Ming chose a residential land in the Zhongshan Scenic Area on the north side of Kangjing, and began the construction of the project with great fanfare, the extravagance of the building, the luxury of the materials are jaw-dropping, and at the same time, the roads in Zhongshan and the city are also under construction, Xiao Ming wants to build a wide road around Xuanwu Lake.

A large number of workers, craftsmen and laborers were transferred to the construction site, all of which were paid by Xiao Ming himself, the wages were generous, and the construction period was long, although he built the Marquis Mansion on a large scale, but the workers at the bottom still said that his benefits, because the treatment he gave was really good, at the same time, Xiao Ming took leave and went on a trip to the ...... with Zhao Fujin Donghai!