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The crisis lurking in the dark was cleverly resolved by Bai Gui's method of becoming a disciple of Song Jing.

He entered the palace and met the saint.

"Prime Minister Song is mature and prudent, capable of handling state affairs. You can use him as your teacher to learn some government affairs..."

"That's a good thing!"

Li Longji was fighting cocks in the courtyard, staring at the crowing General Jin Yu.

Two fighting cocks fight.

He kept his eyes on this and replied casually.

He worshiped Song Jing as his teacher, and the Prime Minister of Zhengshitang became Song Jing's one-note hall from then on.

Although there are suspicions of forming a party for personal gain.

However, Song Jing had a good official reputation and was upright and incorruptible. He made great efforts in eradicating Princess Taiping. Compared with Bai Gui, who was originally a side general with a strong reputation, this little taboo was nothing.

Similarly, Bai Gui's attitude of hibernating in the court this time also made him extremely satisfied.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."

"I have been at the border for a long time. When I entered the political affairs hall for the first time, no one gave me any advice. I was just panic-stricken. When I saw Prime Minister Song, I vaguely thought of the day when I entered the Gongyuan Academy of the Ministry of Rites and took the imperial examination... and then I decided to worship. The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty was my teacher, and I learned how to govern the country."

Bai Gui didn't know whether Li Longji was really absent-minded, but he still explained patiently.

To win people's trust, it's better to spend effort on small things than on big things.

For example, parents tend to be more partial to their children who are incompetent. The reason is that successful people are steady in dealing with things and will not say some flattering words easily from their mouths, while incompetent people have a carefree temperament and are willing to say any flattering words... .

Seeing the big from the small.

You have to learn to put down your airs.

"Prime Minister Song recently ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ministry of Punishment and other ministries to abolish the ban on illegal money near Chang'an. Many princes and princesses from the royal family have come to the palace to complain to me. Originally, I decided to remove Prime Minister Song and let him temporarily avoid the limelight."

"You now worship him as your teacher..."

"I feel a little uncomfortable now."

The outcome of the cockfight was decided, Li Longji turned around and said.

"Is this happening?"

Bai Gui asked knowingly.

This is also the reason why he worshiped Song Jing as his teacher. If Song Jing falls, his party members will definitely move closer to him, a disciple of the Political Affairs Hall. If Song Jing does not fall, there will be no harm to him.

As for the relationship between clan and bad money, this is not an uncommon topic.

Bad money is bad money.

Gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty were only valuables, not currency. Copper coins were currency.

From the early Tang Dynasty to the Kaiyuan period, the penalties for making money privately were severe.

Emperor Gaozong promulgated a law: "Anyone who mints money privately will travel three thousand miles."

But the reason why it is repeatedly banned is because the identities of the people who cast the private money are different.

Collusion between government and business has always been the mainstream.

Without the protection of the royal family and no background, if someone dared to mint private money, his whole family would have been killed long ago. And the people in exile are often not royal family members, but scapegoats used to support them.

Everyone knows this!

The status of the clan members is noble. Among the eight objections in the Tang Code, even if convicted, the punishment will be the loss of the title at most. They will not be seated consecutively, nor will they be exiled for three thousand miles. The same crime will be punished differently.

"Bad money affects taxation, which is a disadvantage to people's livelihood. However, many clans use this as a source of wealth..."

"Prime Minister Song's way of dealing with this matter was too upright. The heat has come. Now it's time to restore my image among these clan members. The word mean and unkind is not a good word."

Li Longji explained.

After hearing this, Bai Gui understood.

Song Jing's actions must have been under the instruction of the emperor Li Longji. After cracking down on private money making, it is conceivable that the tax revenue in recent years will at least look better.

But Li Longji definitely couldn't tell his clan that he authorized Song Jing to do it. Song Jing was Li Longji's Chao Cuo and scapegoat to pacify the clan. Of course, he didn't go so far as to kill Song Jing, but... he dismissed Song Jing as the prime minister. This matter of taking the position is imperative.

(Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty killed Chao Cuo who proposed to reduce the vassal state, in order to quell the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms.)

Li Longji can kill Princess Taiping, so he naturally has no feelings for these royal family members. But the emperor also had to be concerned about the opinions of his clan members to a certain extent. If he treated his clan members too harshly, he would be called mean and unkind...

Some people may wonder that abolishing evil money and prohibiting private coinage is obviously a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Isn't it a matter of course that justice should prevail over personal feelings?

But...this is wrong!

It was very rare in the feudal era to be praised for killing one's relatives for righteousness.

The thinking of the people in the feudal era was that if the emperor punished even the clan members so severely and was so harsh on the clan members, it is conceivable that this emperor would not be very kind to all the people in the world.

Unless this clan member has done all kinds of bad things... But the crackdown on bad money targets almost the entire clan group, not individuals, so even the emperor has to be wary of it.

"Now that Bai Qing is worshiping Prime Minister Song as your teacher, I am in some trouble."

Li Longji smiled.

After he ascended the throne, the royal family members must move closer to the royal children who are close to him, and the royal children who are close to him are the two princesses, Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen.

Although the two princesses are not Zongzheng who governs the clan, they have a considerable say in the clan. This is also the reason why all the concubines in the harem want to curry favor with Princess Jinxian.

There is no doubt about this.

Power is in the shape of a pyramid.

The emperor is the top of the pyramid, and those below him are the royal family members who are close to him by blood and the prime ministers who control the court.

Just like in the Qin Empire, after Ying Quliang became Qin Xiaogong, the royal family automatically moved closer to Ying Qian, the eldest son of Qin Xiangong, and Ying Qian became the royal family's talker.

Therefore, the meaning of Li Longji's words is very obvious. Let Bai Gui persuade Princess Jinxian, and then use Princess Jinxian as a medium to let the clan members sell face to see if they can quell the resentment between the royal clan and the clan.

"I do have a way, which may be able to solve your Majesty's problem."

"This will end the money shortage in the future..."

Bai Gui's heart moved and he spoke.

The commotion caused by Song Jing's incident is neither big nor small.

If it is said that it is great, it will only mean that the prime minister is dismissed. If it is said that it is small, all the prime ministers of the country will be dismissed.

Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen are both female crown princes. Although the royal family members often visit and have a certain say, Bai Gui feels that it is very unsettling to ask the family members to sell them to him to save face. Even if you succeed, it is not good to lose favors.

"you say?"

Li Longji said casually.

He didn't think Bai Gui could come up with any good ideas. There are so many learned people in the world, and after thousands of years, no one has a solution to the problem of money shortage. No matter how smart Bai Gui is, he can't come up with any good solution.

"Character money, legal currency!"

"There is Taoism and magic power on top of the copper coins..."

"I dare to assert that if you do this, even if there are people in the world who dare to imitate it and use it to mint private money. The government uses Taoism to trace it back, and it is easy to find the criminal who minted private money."

"Similarly, collecting all the money from the world and putting it into the government, so that the imperial court has a surplus of money and giving it to the kings, can also dispel the resentment."

Bai Gui cupped his hands and said something shocking.

From the unification of currency in the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, money shortages never disappeared. The reason is that the coins are made of metal. When used as copper coins, the price is low. However, after the copper coins are cast, the value is doubled several times. If the copper coins are mixed with tin, iron, wax, etc., the value can be doubled. Many times the profit.

But in later generations, there was no money shortage, just because paper money appeared as a unified currency and was unprofitable. Private money... has also become counterfeit money, but with anti-counterfeiting technology, even if there are counterfeit money, there are not many counterfeit money. It is far less than the shocking phenomenon of private money in the feudal era. Probably more than half of all copper coins are private money. .

"Character money? Legal currency?"

Li Longji frowned, seeming to have some realization, and he hurriedly said: "Ai Qing, please explain in detail, I still don't understand."

"The talisman money is condensed with the monk's magic power into copper, jade, and talisman paper, and the talisman is burned into it. This suppression is used to maintain the continuous magic power. The monks are different, and the magic power in the talisman money is also different..."

"Therefore, mana can be used as a basis to judge whether it is real money! If the mana in the talisman money dissipates, you can go to the government... and have the monks re-inject it with mana."

"But these are miscellaneous coins..."

Having said this, Bai Gui smiled and said, "The imperial court recruits high-minded people, and selects five people in ten years to cast Five Emperors coins. Each coin has pure magic power and is a five-element coin. This coin can also be used by monks for trading and cultivation. Over time, not only will the wealth of all the people in the world be gathered in the treasury, but the scattered monks will also be unified by the imperial court!"

"Another point is that demons are everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, taking people's lives. This Talisman Money and the Five Emperors' Money are carried by the luck of the court and inherited by the high magic power. If they are gathered together in one place, they can also destroy the demons! The world is at peace!"

After hearing this, Li Longji walked a few steps, made a fist with his right hand, and hit the palm of his left hand hard several times, and couldn't help but say "good words".

He is not a shallow person, so he naturally understands the benefits of this Talisman Money and Five Emperors Money.

The talisman money and Five Emperors money mentioned by Bai Gui have made it more difficult to cast and counterfeit private money, which is equivalent to a superb anti-counterfeiting method. In the past, private money was mixed with a lot of metals. Although the thickness, weight, and color were different, it was difficult to distinguish them. As for talisman money, as long as the supervision is strict and the source can be traced, counterfeit money can be eliminated.

"I dare you to let Zong Shengguan handle this matter and bypass the Shaofu Supervisor..."

"The specific regulations for casting Talisman Money and Five Emperors Money will be reported to Your Majesty in a secret edict. Your Majesty is also asked to keep this secret. The casting and preparation of Talisman Money and Five Emperors Money will still take a certain amount of time..."

Bai Gui said again.

He proposed Talisman Money and Five Emperors Money not without selfish motives.

On the contrary, he is very selfish!

In the Tang Dynasty, the Shaofu Supervisor had the Money Making Supervisor, who was in charge of coining coins.

Bypassing the casting of talisman money and Five Emperors money and other matters to the Shaofu Supervisor and returning them to Zong Shengguan is equivalent to taking away the power of money! In the imperial court, the importance of money and power is self-evident.

In addition, Zhongshu Ling had great power and was responsible for the secret "sealing matters" reported directly to the emperor.

It can be said that from the perspective of the court's procedures, Bai Gui's actions were in line with the procedures. Even if the foreign ministers knew about it, they would not be able to find any fault.

"Zongshenguan, Li Tang, is responsible for Taoism, spells, etc..."

"Even if the matter of casting talisman coins and Five Emperors coins is given to the Shaofu Supervisor, the Shaofu Supervisor does not have the ability. I agree to this matter."

Li Longji nodded and said.

At this point, he could also see that Bai Gui had selfish motives. It would be strange if he didn't have selfish motives. It is extremely normal for a prime minister to seize power. This is the first step towards becoming a prime minister with real power.

Secondly, it is reasonable and reasonable for Zong Shengguan to do this.

"What about Prime Minister Song and his ministers?"

Bai Gui asked.

"I'll take this matter down for the time being, and let the matter of Prime Minister Song's resignation be over."

"You don't have to go find your clan relatives anymore."

Li Longji waved his hand and said.

As long as this is done, he will be one step closer to becoming the emperor of the ages. He can still pay this small price. Anyway, the temporary resentment of the royal family members will not lead to any big mistakes.