Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 201 Ru Taisu is a thief
Xu Hui was basically exempted. As for the possibility that he could actually forge such treasure banknotes, it was just a miracle as he thought.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's next words directly chilled his heart.

"Who do you think is more suitable to take over as Minister of Household Affairs?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Wei.

Li Wei was suddenly stunned. He was a minister, so was he qualified to speak on the minister's choice?

Everyone else was also extremely shocked. His Majesty just dismissed Xu Hui. How could Li Wei, a small minister, nominate the minister?

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored everyone's shocked looks and still looked at Li Wei waiting for his answer.

Li Wei was silent for a moment and said, "Let's be vegetarian."

"Huh? Why him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise. He remembered that Li Wei and Ru Taisu were not very enemies.

Others were also extremely surprised, wondering when Ru Taisu, the thief, rebelled.

In fact, Li Wei was helpless when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question. The people he knew well were very limited, and among these people, there were even fewer people who were qualified to be ministers. People like Wu Bozong and others were all minor officials below the fifth rank. It is impossible to directly commission the minister.After thinking about it, only this old man, who had become attached to him because of calligraphy, seemed suitable.

Although this old man didn't have a good relationship with him, he was quite upright. In addition to trying to get revenge on him for writing, he didn't want to kill him like Zhao Ben and Zhang Zongyi did.

"Master Ru is quite upright and has good abilities. Apart from being a bit verbose, everything else is fine."

Li Wei whispered his evaluation of Ru Taisu.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. He also recognized Ru Taisu's ability, but the memorial written by this guy was so stinky and long that he wanted to beat him up every time he read it.

"Well, okay..." Zhu Yuanzhang said casually.

Everyone was shocked. What if Li Wei decided to be the Minister of the Ministry of Finance with just one word?

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the national taxation and finance, and it has a very important relationship. I hope your Majesty will give it more consideration!"

Ruan Zhen didn't care about keeping a low profile and quickly spoke up.

Generally speaking, such an important position as the Six Ministers needs to be recommended by these important ministers, and then the court discussion can be finalized.

Now His Majesty not only asked Li Wei to recommend him, but also wanted to agree to it directly. He, the Minister of Civil Affairs, didn't say a word. How could this be possible?

Everyone else also quickly advised: "Yes, Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will consider it more!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at them and said calmly: "Well, we will consider it."

After hearing what he said, everyone relaxed a little.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had his own intention in doing this. He could clearly see Li Wei's situation just now. Except for Xue Xiang who would say a few words for him, almost everyone else was hostile to him.

This is due to his digging holes and Li Wei's own efforts. In short, Li Wei is basically alone now.

He also learned about Li Wei's series of actions this time through surveillance records, and was basically satisfied with them, especially since Li Wei didn't hide anything from him and didn't break any rules, which was good.

He wanted to train Li Wei to be a force to contain Huaixi. In the current situation, let alone contain the powerful people in Huaixi, Li Wei might not be able to deal with even the civil servants in the court without his protection. This is not possible. .

Xue Xiang is old, and he is Li Wei's immediate boss. If Li Wei wants to take over, Xue Xiang must retreat, and he must find another helper for this kid.

It happened that the treasure money matter needed the cooperation of the Ministry of Accounts, so he dismissed Xu Hui, who had no dealings with Li Wei, and found another person who had a better relationship with Li Wei.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, everyone pressed the button of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue in advance and returned to the matter of the treasure banknotes.

As for Xu Hui, the current Minister of Household Affairs, who was hanging there next to him, no one paid attention to him, as if he suddenly couldn't see him.

Xu Hui watched everyone arguing about who should take his place, and his face twitched with anger.

I haven't left yet, why are you so sure that I can't make such a useless treasure?This is really unreasonable!

Xu Hui secretly felt cruel. He must force the craftsmen of the Banknote Bureau to imitate this treasure banknote when he returns!

"Let's settle the matter of treasure banknotes. We will integrate the treasure banknote lifting department, the banknote paper bureau, and the new paper mill and printing factory established by the weapons bureau to establish Minghuang Bank, with a grade from the third grade. Well, let Li Wei take care of it for the time being."

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered softly.

"I will obey your orders!"

All the ministers responded in unison.

This result was within their expectations. From the beginning, Zhao Ben, Zhang Zongyi and others knew that since Li Wei had proposed the new yamen, Li Wei would definitely be the first chief. After all, what Li Wei had just said That set of things is quite complicated, and even if they were asked to do it, they wouldn’t be able to understand it.

From the rank of third grade, he is half a grade lower than Li Wei's current minister, and belongs to the rank of Xiaojiuqing. Moreover, as the chief official of a yamen, he also has considerable power, which makes the officials jealous.

After the matter was settled, Li Wei left the palace and took action quickly.

Before entering the palace, he had already asked the printing factory to start the money printing machine. Now the main thing is to quickly find a bigger shop and open the bank.The Minghuang Bank that is responsible for management is equivalent to the central bank of later generations. It is an official institution and is going to build a government office. Don't worry about it now. Anyway, it has offices in the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Bureau, so you can use it first. We will find a place to build later.

However, Minghuang Bank, which directly targets the people and is used for business operations, must quickly find a store to open.

When Li Wei returned to the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, he summoned Shen Jing and Laifu.

"You guys hurry up and look for a bigger shop. I'm of great use, so hurry up!"

Li Wei hurriedly ordered, "There have been a lot of things recently. This matter should have been arranged in advance, but he neglected it."

"May I ask what kind of shop you want, sir?"

Seeing that he was anxious, Shen Jing hurriedly asked. He still had a lot of shop space in his hand. If it was suitable, he could use it directly.

Li Wei pondered for a moment and told him a bit about the bank.

Shen Jing is also a very smart businessman. After hearing this, he was shocked. He finally understood why Mr. Li wanted to collect so many treasure notes. If this bank can develop smoothly, the value of the treasure notes will definitely rise rapidly. Return to the original value, if this is the case, then their Minghuang Chamber of Commerce will make a lot of money this time!

"Sir, I happen to have a pawn shop here. The location is not bad. It is suitable to change it to a bank like the one you mentioned. I will order someone to clean it up right now!"

Li Wei was slightly stunned after hearing this. This Shen Jing was really a treasure boy. He even doubted that he could get a mine even if he asked for it.

"Okay, then let people clean it up quickly. The Minghuang Chamber of Commerce bought this store, and it will be calculated according to the market price!"

Li Wei quickly ordered that he did not let Shen Jing suffer a loss, and he would not lose the money to buy the shop.

"You're welcome, sir. Just count this shop as my contribution to the Chamber of Commerce." Shen Jing said respectfully.

The 50% of the shares he bought for [-] guan would be worth at least [-] guan if resold now. Not counting the positive impact on his own stores, if everything goes well this time, the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce will make more than [-] million guan. , he can also get a lot, and it is nothing to contribute a shop.

Li Wei waved his hand: "One code is one code, you hurry up and make arrangements. The Chamber of Commerce is not short of money now, so you can take it with confidence."

Shen Jing hesitated for a moment and then said no more, "Hey, okay, I'll go right away."

Shen Jing left in a hurry, and Li Wei gave some instructions to Lai Fu. After all, banks are a new thing, and the people will definitely not recognize it at first, so some means will have to be used.

After Shen Jing left, he immediately followed Li Wei's idea and found someone to clean up his pawn shop.

The area of ​​his shop is quite large. The original structure of the pawn shop is somewhat similar to the bank envisioned by Li Wei. It is easy to transform this place into a bank. If you put things away in a corner, the pawn shop business can continue, but it is quite crowded. That’s all.

Three days later, Li Wei made a special report to Zhu Yuanzhang and mobilized a team of soldiers from Shenji Camp. Together with his own bodyguards, they escorted 50 official numbered banknotes to Minghuang Bank.

This was originally used by Shen Jing's pawnshop to store valuables, and now it can barely be used to store treasures. However, for the sake of safety, Li Wei arranged for soldiers from the Shenji Battalion to guard it, just in case.

In the lobby of Minghuang Bank, guards such as Shen Jing, Lai Fu, Abu, and Wu Yong Xiaohuo gathered around Li Wei, followed by a group of salesmen and several accountants.

"Sir, these are the accounting offices that were seconded from the Chamber of Commerce at your request." Shen Jing introduced them.

"Master, these are the goods I selected according to your requirements. They are all eloquent and smart." Laifu then introduced.

"See you sir!"

The group of people saluted.

Li Wei nodded slightly and said loudly to these people: "Okay, I will give you some training first, and we will open the business when you are familiar with the process!"

"Yes!"

Everyone respectfully responded.

Later, Li Wei asked Abu to take some treasure notes and distribute them to these people.

When everyone got the new treasure banknote, they didn't know what it was, but when they saw the emperor's statue on it, they were all shocked, causing an uproar.

Li Wei raised his hand and pressed it down, and said loudly: "What you are holding in your hands is the new treasure banknote we are about to issue. There is no need to worry about the emperor and the prime minister. His Majesty has a decree. As long as the damage is not intentional, there will be no charges. Even if it is not It’s okay if it gets dirty.”

Li Wei specifically mentioned this in his memorial, and Zhu Yuanzhang agreed and wrote it into the Ming Dynasty Code.

When everyone heard this, they gradually became quiet, but they still looked cautious, for fear of damaging it.

Seeing this situation, Li Wei couldn't help but frown slightly, but this matter couldn't be changed for a while. He could only let them adapt slowly, and it would naturally get better with more contact in the future.

"Okay, let me give you some training now."

After Li Wei finished speaking, he began to teach them how to identify the authenticity of treasure banknotes. It is not difficult to identify these anti-counterfeiting techniques, and it will become clear after teaching them a few times.

In addition to identifying authenticity, he also guided these accountants on systematic processes such as deposits and withdrawals.

As for these salesmen, their main task is to take turns queuing up to deposit money after the bank opens!
People have a herd mentality, especially these ordinary people who don’t understand anything. Seeing so many people queuing up to save money, someone must take the initiative to inquire. Then it will be time for these salesmen to give them knowledge about banks and new treasure notes.

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