Why marry someone when you are reborn?

Being praised by His Majesty Jiang Miao, Xu Yun felt embarrassed and said modestly: "Your Majesty thinks highly of me."

Xiao Zheyue also came to his senses at this time, and his face was stunned for a moment.

Born into a noble family, she had never suffered any hardship even during those most difficult years.

Moreover, when she followed His Majesty Jiang Miao, the north was actually peaceful. And His Majesty Jiang Miao did not go to the front line, but was doing research, preparing food and grass, and recruiting soldiers in the rear.

Therefore, although Xiao Zheyue has seen a lot of intrigue, he still has the innocence and arrogance unique to young people from aristocratic families.

Therefore, at first, she couldn't understand the purpose of this matter.

In fact, this million dollars and the library don’t care whether anyone wins the prize in the end.

What matters is that famous people from all over the world flock to come.

What matters is that while they are burning money on the war in the front, they can still come up with so much money in the rear to do these fancy things!

What signal does this send?

It simply means that China’s treasury is full and its national strength is strong!

Such a country not only attracts talented people to realize their ambitions.

It attracts more ordinary people!

Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life and have a safe and stable family?

Not only ordinary people, but even the small clans would be excited - because they could not withstand the impact of war.

Xu Yun's move was equivalent to showing everyone the strength of China. Then he wielded a hoe and dug hard at the foundation of the Southern Court. The common people were looking forward to China's attack soon so that they could live a peaceful life. What should these court officials and soldiers think?

It will definitely be affected.

Xiao Zheyue asked: "What if someone really took the money——"

"Nine times out of ten, he won't take the money. If he does, his reputation will be damaged. If he really comes for the money, we'll just give it to him. He can't take China away." Xu Yun smiled and said, "It's so heavy, how many carriages will it take to carry it away?"

"If he really wants to leave, he will only be afraid of dying without a burial place."

Robbers, people with covetous intentions, and even the Chinese imperial court—

Xu Yun thought, if I were to participate in this kind of competition, after winning, I would not want an official position or money, but would take a few gold cakes as travel expenses, and work hard to build a reputation of being indifferent to fame and wealth and having unparalleled knowledge, then I would be really powerful in the future...

It's a pity that she couldn't attend.

No, you can participate now, but you must have participated in it. Even if you win, you can't get the money.

Thinking of this, Xu Yun's face showed obvious regret.

His Majesty Jiang Miao pretended not to see it.

But she said: "We can't let any outsider win. When necessary, we will let our own people win."

She was a little surprised by Xiao Zheyue's arrogance.

His Majesty Jiang Miao smiled calmly: "We must severely strike a blow to the arrogance of these scholars in the south. Let them be dissatisfied. Only then will they stay, whether they want to avenge their previous humiliation or want to see why our scholars are more knowledgeable, they will stay longer."

And if you keep keeping it, you will really stay.

After seeing the good and stable situation in China, most of them will be tempted.

By then, maybe I can convince my family to move here.

Xiao Zheyue was silent.

She felt that she was really stupid. She couldn't think of these things.

Xu Yun saw Xiao Zheyue's mood and kindly said to her, "Don't be discouraged, Miss Xiao. My methods are not fair and just. They are not worthy of being in a formal setting. You and I are not of the same kind—"

In a court, there should be officials like Xiao Zheyue, who are of high integrity, noble and aloof, and there should also be officials like her, who use all means possible.

This is normal.

Xiao Zheyue glanced at His Majesty Jiang Miao and said softly, "You don't have to belittle yourself. As long as it is for the good of the court and the country, it is a good approach. I am too ignorant."

Her noble character cannot help China or the soldiers on the front line.

Xu Yun only said: "I really admire and respect people like Miss Xiao."

Xiao Zheyue wanted to say something else.

His Majesty Jiang Miao smiled and said, "Well, you are all people I value and I plan to cultivate you well. There is no need to flatter each other. Don't I know whether you are good or not? Zheyue, this time you cooperate with Ayun and get this done well."

Xu Yun was stunned: "Ah. Leave this matter to me?"

"Well. You just need to make preparations first, and then let Zhe Yue deal with those scholars." His Majesty Jiang Miao smiled and said, "After all, the money has to come from the Ministry of Revenue."

Xu Yun told the truth: "The Ministry of Revenue is really out of money. If we ask Minister Zhou for more, he will have to sell his own flesh to raise the money. Don't you and His Majesty have your own private treasury?"

She didn't even dare to ask Zhou Xin for this money!

His Majesty Jiang Miao thought for a moment and said, "There is a little in my private treasury, but it is not enough. I only have a little over a thousand gold in my private treasury—"

Xu Yun's eyes widened.

His Majesty the Emperor!

It’s just such a small private room!

If this gets out, who will believe it?

His Majesty Jiang Miao sighed, with a worried look on his face: "It's not that easy to do scientific research. Every project costs money. Zhou Xin, that stingy guy, is not that generous. I have to pay for it."

She herself feels sad to say the least!

Xu Yun also felt sad for His Majesty Jiang Miao.

Then she came up with an idea: "Why not, let's borrow some money. It would be painful for anyone to pay 10,000 gold. But if it's a thousand or a few hundred gold, then it's easier."

"We are borrowing it anyway, and we are not unwilling to pay it back later. There shouldn't be anyone who is unwilling, right?"

"By the way, we can also give some interest."

Xiao Zheyue simply didn't know what to say.

The imperial court controls officials from borrowing money...Isn't this absurd?

His Majesty Jiang Miao fell into deep thought.

Xu Yun smiled and said, "It's nothing. We only borrow from people we trust and calculate the interest. Then we ask them to keep it a secret."

After a pause, she said, "When the court really can't pay back the money, it can still use rewards such as official positions and titles to repay the debt—"

I think many people would be willing to spend money to buy an official position.

Jiang Miao was speechless for a moment. She looked at Xu Yun, and suddenly a thought popped up in her mind: It would be better if the prince was a little older. Otherwise, they could keep this talent in their family forever. In the future, whether it is managing the family or the country, they can be more assured.

However, the idea was a bit too offensive.

His Majesty Jiang Miao discarded this idea again. He just nodded and said, "That's a solution. Let me name a few people, and you go and invite them."

We are all grasshoppers on the same warship. If we don’t work together at this time, we will all die together.

His Majesty Jiang Miao was very calm.

I have also thought of ways to convince these people.

She even thought about how to embezzle this ten thousand gold to be used on the front line.

It's no wonder she's greedy, that's 10,000 taels of gold! I can't even imagine how big a mountain of gold it would be piled up there!