serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 461 Imperial Bank
Today, there are two rows of long red sandalwood cases outside the beaded curtain of the Nuan Pavilion in Ning'an Hall. On each case are six large mahogany abacus and corresponding pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

In the center of the Nuan Pavilion, there were four large wooden boxes trimmed with copper. The boxes were opened, and the three characters "House of Internal Affairs" could be clearly seen on the remaining half of the seal on the wooden boxes!
Cheng Shiyao led six accountants to stand in front of the long red sandalwood table on the left, and Ma Yong led six accountants to stand in front of the long table on the right.

Everyone was quietly waiting for the order to come from the bead curtain.

Finally, there were footsteps inside, and the bead curtain was slowly opened by a hand, and Grandma Wang led the two old ladies out of it.

"Princess!" Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong, the foremen, all knelt down where they stood.

Lin Daiyu's voice came from inside the bead curtain: "Let's get started."

"Yes." Everyone kowtowed and stood up.

Soon, the sound of abacus dialing beads could be heard in the Nuan Pavilion!

Twelve accountants sat there, quickly turning beads with their left hands and waving hairs with their right hands to calculate the account books shipped from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The two old ladies took out the account books from the big wooden box and sent them to the long desk, and then took the calculated account books from the long desk back to the wooden box.

Soon, the accountant in front of the long desk on the left quickly finished calculating a bill, then put down his pen, picked up the bill, held it to his mouth, blew on the ink, and then presented it to Cheng Shiyao with both hands.

Cheng Shiyao walked over and took the bill.

When Ma Yong saw it, his smile disappeared and he became a little anxious.

At this time, the accountant in front of the long desk on the right also picked up a written bill and blew it to his mouth, showing it with both hands.

Ma Yong felt relieved, walked over quickly, took the bill, and quickly presented it to Grandma Wang.

Grandma Wang took a look at the two bills that were still stained with ink, then lifted a corner of the bead curtain and walked lightly into the inner room.

In the inner room, sister and brother Jia Jinxuan and Jia Song were sitting on the soft couch at the top, playing with Zijuan and Xueyan looking after them.

Lin Daiyu was sitting in front of the desk against the wall, writing something with a pen.

Grandma Wang neatly placed the two bills in her hand on the desk and walked out lightly.

Lin Daiyu did not raise her head and was still writing quickly.

After a while, two rows of bills were placed on the desk.

After Lin Daiyu finished writing, she put down her pen and glanced at the desk. On the first page on the left, she could clearly see the words "The First Year of Jianwu", and a few pages later, the words "The Second Year of Jianwu" were written. Next is the "Three Years of Jianwu" and "The Fourth Year of Jianwu", with different page numbers, arranged in order. At the end of the second row of major cases, it is already the "First Year of Yongxing", and there is no more after that.

Lin Daiyu stood up, picked up the Qibao rosary on the big case, and slowly turned the rosary while looking at the bills placed on the case one by one.

The sound of bead counting gradually became less intense, and almost at the same time, the first twelve accountants in the two long cases finished calculating all the account books.

The twelve accountants simultaneously picked up the last bill they had written down, held it to their mouths and blew it dry.

Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong collected the bills they were responsible for, and they both walked towards Grandma Wang and presented them with both hands.

Grandma Wang took the twelve pages of bills and said, "You two stay." After saying that, she walked in holding the bills.

The two old ladies locked all the wooden boxes and followed them in with the keys.

Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong looked at each other and whispered: "Withdraw."

For a moment, only Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong were left outside the bead curtain, and both of them quietly looked sideways at the bead curtain.

At this time, Grandma Wang came out holding a royal note: "Princess, I want you all to take a look."

Cheng Shiyao made a humble gesture to Ma Yong.

Ma Yong smiled, stepped forward and took the imperial note with both hands, and Cheng Shiyao leaned his head over.

The paper is imperial paper, and the characters are Lin Daiyu's familiar Zhongwang small regular script.

The four words "Imperial Bank" first caught their eyes. After only reading a few lines, Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong were stunned. They looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes, and then continued to look down. go.
On the other side, the string of seven treasure rosary beads in Lin Daiyu's hand turned slowly, faster and faster.

Zijuan, who had been secretly paying attention to Lin Daiyu, felt her heart skip a beat. She walked over quickly and silently, poured a bowl of hot tea and said softly: "Princess, have a sip of hot tea."

Lin Daiyu was still staring at the bill, but she said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs is an empty shell. The Zhen family still owes hundreds of thousands in Suzhou Weaving Bureau and Jiangning Weaving Bureau. Even the Ministry of Internal Affairs still owes Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces The vassal's treasury is worth more than 300 million, it's really a loss of conscience!" Zijuan was shocked: "This, what should we do?"

"Humph", Lin Daiyu said: "I'm not a big sister. I'll let them fool me. I figured it out early in the morning. The property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is sold at a 500% discount. Excluding the funds allocated to the national treasury and the northwest army, there should be at least [-] million left. .”

Zicuckoo opened her eyes wide: "How dare they!"

The rosary beads slowed down and Lin Daiyu turned around: "Who's here?"

The sound of hurried running was heard, and then the voice of a soldier came from outside the bead curtain: "Princess!"

Lin Daiyu: "Tell Jingtian Hou Qiuliang and Jinxiang Bo Hanqi that just as I say, people from the Army and Horse Department and the Infantry Yamen of the five cities will be gathered to ransack the homes of all the officials of the fifth rank and above of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

The soldier replied: "Yes." Then there was the sound of footsteps walking quickly.

There was silence.

Lin Daiyu took a sip of tea, calmed down her mood, turned around, walked to the head of the table, sat down, and said to the outside of the bead curtain: "How is it?"

Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong replied in unison: "Princess Shengming!"

Lin Daiyu continued: "This is not what I meant. The prince had this plan a long time ago, but he had to shelve it for some reasons. The Imperial Bank is the bank of the country, not the bank of the royal family, but the decision-making power lies in the hands of the emperor. The Imperial Bank's responsibilities are to implement the country's economic policies and supervise and manage bank accounts and banks across the country. In the future, these bank accounts and banks must pay a certain deposit to the Imperial Bank, otherwise they will be banned. The main duties of the Imperial Bank are to deposit money, Lending money, exchanging money, and saving money. From now on, officials’ salaries and soldiers’ military pay will all be distributed through the Imperial Bank.”

At this point, after a pause, Lin Daiyu continued: "The banks on the market will charge management fees based on the length of time when people save money, but the Imperial Bank not only does not charge people's fees, but also charges them according to the time they save money." Interest will be paid to the people for the length of time. In addition, there will be no fees for exchanging bills of exchange."

Hearing this, Cheng Shiyao was shocked and looked at Ma Yong.

Ma Yong was also startled and looked at Cheng Shiyao with shock in his eyes.

Lin Daiyu: "The Imperial Bank is not for profit. It is dedicated to implementing and cooperating with the imperial court's economic policies and controlling private money!"

Cheng Shiyao was shocked again. As long as he succeeded, all the money among the people would be in the hands of the court and the emperor.

This is equivalent to controlling the people of the whole country!
Lin Daiyu continued: "The prince said before that one of you will be selected to serve as the vice president of the Imperial Bank. The Imperial Bank does not have the position of president."

After a pause, "I discussed it with the chief minister yesterday. The vice president of the Imperial Bank is a first-grade civil servant, with the same rank as the six ministers."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong looked at each other fiercely, and they both looked at the bead curtain at the same time.

Lin Daiyu: "I have seriously considered it. The position of vice president of Imperial Bank will be temporarily held by Cheng Shiyao."

Cheng Shiyao's face turned red. He directly ignored the word "temporarily", his legs softened and he knelt down. He kowtowed repeatedly and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness!"

Lin Daiyu looked at Ma Yong: "Although the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only a second-rank official, he is serving the emperor after all. You don't mind if you don't mind."

Before he could finish his words, Ma Yong knelt down directly: "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness! I am willing to serve the prince and the crown prince!" As he said that, he knelt down loudly.

At this moment, a soldier came in with an envelope and reported to Lin Daiyu: "Princess, this is a letter sent by Ni Er. He said that it is of great importance and please open it immediately." Then he handed the letter to Grandma Wang.

Grandma Wang took the letter and went in, presenting it to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu took the letter and tore it open to read. She couldn't read a few lines. Her brows furrowed and she sighed in her heart. They were both children of the Jia family, so why was the gap so big?

Jia Qin and Xing Dequan made a big fuss in the casino, even if they were out of money, several of the Jia family's children actually went to the brothel to cause mischief. After drinking too much, they started to touch and touch the brothel accompanying them, and even tried to force them, but they were beaten by the old madam. Dude stop it.The few people became so angry that they not only beat the madam and the servants, but also stripped several servants and threw them from the second floor. They shouted at the censor and soldiers who patrolled the streets. They were the emperor's nephews and they were the king. Who dares to disobey the law?

Fortunately, Jia Lian arrived in time and arrested them.

A group of moths, even if they are left alone, they will be a disaster!

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu walked to the desk without sitting down. She stood up, picked up a pen, and wrote the four regular characters "severely punished according to law" on a blank piece of imperial paper. She handed it to Grandma Wang and told the relative Bing said: "Hurry up and give it to Mr. Xiaoge and tell him to immediately double the compensation for the people's losses!"

The soldier responded loudly: "Yes."

Lin Daiyu thought for a while and said to Zijuan: "Let me invite the old lady and the two great masters Daixiu and Dairu to come and tell me that I have something important to discuss with you!"

Zijuan: "Yes." She turned around and walked to the back hall.

Lin Daiyu looked at Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong who were kneeling there again: "You go back and write a chapter and send it to me. Write whatever you want."

Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong replied in unison: "Yes." They kowtowed again, then stood up, bowed and walked out.
(End of this chapter)