Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After Shen Jie thanked him, he flattered him again.

After a while, he felt tired of hearing it, so he took a sip of tea. Seeing this, Shen Jie was very sensible and immediately stood up and left.

After Shen Jie left, Li Wei sighed slightly. In fact, he was not tired of hearing it just now, mainly because he didn't understand it. If Shen Jie could open his mouth like later generations of netizens, he would be a direct compliment like "I'm fucked" or "Niubi". Li Wei Wei can definitely chat with him for an hour or two.

Shen Jie's visit seemed to have caused a chain reaction after word spread throughout the court. Various people, including those who were depressed, those who wanted to be promoted, those who were ambitious, all approached Li Wei one after another.

Li Wei did not refuse, and received and examined them one by one. Those who thought they could be used were noted down, and corresponding official positions were arranged for them.

A few days later, Li Wei drafted a memorial with the list of these people and the location of the yamen, etc. and submitted it to Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he revised it slightly and approved it and sent it to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works for processing. The Ministry of Personnel was responsible. Officials were transferred and the Ministry of Works was responsible for starting construction of government offices.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with the Ministry of Works. It is Li Wei's own family, but the Ministry of Personnel is different. Ruan Zhen's face was very ugly when he received the list. The appointment, removal and promotion of officials are in charge of their Ministry of Personnel. Now Li Wei He didn't even say hello, but just sent a letter to ask these people to go over. If they were all like him, wouldn't the staff become decorations in the future?

Ruan Quan immediately joined several ministers such as Zhao Ben and Zhang Zongyi to write a letter to impeach Li Wei for appointing officials without permission and forming cliques for personal gain. However, after the letter was submitted, there was no news like the previous impeachment.

Li Wei, on the other hand, has recruited these people to the Ministry of Works and officially formed the team of the new yamen. Now that the yamen has not been built yet, he can only borrow the space from the Ministry of Works first.

The titles he submitted for Minghuang Bank, President and Vice President were indistinguishable from the professional titles of ordinary banks, so they were rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang and changed to the title of Director of the Banking Department, Director of Operations, etc. Li Wei was appointed as the Director of the Banking Department. In the third rank, Wang Jie is appointed as the deputy envoy and is promoted to the fourth rank. Shen Jie and Feng An, a former official in charge of treasure affairs, are appointed as the left and right counselors and is promoted to the fifth rank.

The Banking Department is in charge of the bank exchange of treasure banknotes, gold, silver, copper coins and other currencies as well as various affairs of the world bank. In addition to these main officials, there are also secretary generals, governors and some officials, etc.

Li Wei introduced the currency system he had formulated to everyone in detail, and then assigned the affairs that everyone was responsible for. Now it is mainly about the issuance of new banknotes and the recycling of old banknotes. In the future, there will also be the exchange of gold, silver and copper coins, when everything is stable Yes, they still need to set interest rates, withdraw reserves, and supervise all banks, including Li Wei's Minghuang Bank.

There are many things, so you have to take your time.

With the manpower fully staffed, the business process of the branch office has also become regular. There are fixed banknote transport officers leading the escorts between the banknote printing factory and Minghuang Bank, transporting new banknotes, recycling old banknotes, and then handing them over to the dedicated staff. people destroyed.

At Minghuang Bank, as people arranged by Li Wei repeatedly acted out the drama of receiving "interest" by surprise, and some people who exchanged large amounts of banknotes had to deposit for more than a month, they did receive interest and tasted the sweetness. Ordinary people and Merchants finally gradually accepted this method of saving money, and began to deposit their temporarily unused treasure notes in banks to earn interest, thus eliminating the trouble of keeping them themselves.

Moreover, those shops and merchants that had hoarded goods and refused to accept Baobao during the period of depreciation were on the verge of collapse. Li Wei took the opportunity to launch a loan business, doubling the interest rate on deposits and earning spread.

These businesses, which were about to go bankrupt, were able to survive with his loan support, and they all immediately expressed their gratitude to him.

As for the high interest rates and the huge fluctuations in treasure money, it was originally caused by him. These small flaws are naturally ignored by people. Some people don't understand, and some people pretend not to understand. Anyway, the overall situation has been decided now. If they are obedient, they can still get loans and survive. If they are disobedient, they will go bankrupt.

Moreover, the annual interest rate of 20.00% is not too high for them now. You must know that some loan sharks are always successful. The private loan interest rate is generally above [-]%. Li Wei's annual interest rate is only [-]%. It's been very merciful.

At the headquarters of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, Li Wei was sitting in the main seat. In front of him stood a group of stewards selected from among the merchants. Laifu and Abu stood beside him on the left and right. "Sir, these are the stewards that Abu and I selected according to your requirements..."

Laifu introduced.

Li Wei observed these stewards standing respectfully and nodded lightly.

Now that the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce has basically monopolized all the stores in the capital, and has sufficient funds, it is time to expand outwards.

Some of these managers are Laifu's people who are responsible for contacting stores for promotion, and some are Abu's people who just deliver goods and do hard work.

The people in Laifu are all smart and well-spoken, while those in Abu are much worse, but on the other hand, these people are also more honest and reliable.

After Laifu and Abu finished their introductions, Li Wei stood up and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, you are all elites selected from the Chamber of Commerce. Being able to come here shows that your abilities are pretty good. This time You all know the reason why you called me here, so I won’t say more. There are other things I hope you can remember!”

Li Wei paused for a moment when he said this, and many stewards quickly bowed and said: "Please give me the president's orders!"

Li Wei took a long breath and said sternly: "Then don't take bribes! Take what's yours, and don't reach out for what's not yours, otherwise don't blame me for being cruel!"

Li Wei's eyes showed a cold light and he warned these stewards in a deep voice!
These stewards all showed fear on their faces: "I don't dare, sir, please don't worry, sir!"

They also knew very well that the president in front of them was not an ordinary businessman, but a prince-in-law and an important official of the court. If they really wanted to punish them, it would really kill them!
"Well, that's good, I hope you will keep it in mind!"

Li Wei nodded slightly. He also knew that even with such a warning, some of these managers would definitely have dirty hands and feet when they went to other places. This matter could not be avoided whether it was due to strong suppression or institutional restrictions, but he could not rest on his laurels just because of this. , instead of expanding outward, we can only give a warning and then do more supervision.

After Li Wei finished speaking, all the stewards said yes one after another.

Afterwards, Li Wei asked Laifu to show them the route he had arranged for them to go to the government, and gave them some instructions that needed attention.

After these people go to other places, they first examine the situation in each place. It is still necessary to decide whether to launch a local chamber of commerce. If it is suitable, they can refer to the model of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce in the capital to conduct business locally.

After they settle down, Minghuang Bank will gradually expand to various places, and then they can launch online exchange business!
However, Minghuang Bank has to wait until it prepares enough new banknotes before it can expand outward. Otherwise, it will be useless if there are no new banknotes for people to exchange.

With the Baochao matter basically stabilized, Li Wei was finally able to spare some time to deal with other matters. The students in the academy needed him to teach them new knowledge, and it was time to report to the prince, otherwise Lao Zhu would have to do it again. Between the beatings, the Shenji Camp, and all the other things, he didn't even have time to go to the Ordnance Bureau to research lathes, motors, etc. (End of chapter)