Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"I've met my lord."

After Wang Jie and others came in, they bowed first. Li Wei nodded and motioned for everyone to take their seats, and then began to report on the affairs of the Chief Executive.

Wang Jie organized his thoughts and said: "Sir, during your absence, the old banknotes in the capital have been basically recycled. Adding some from other places, the Bank of China has recycled a total of 38 million old banknotes. Guan, in addition, according to your instructions, the treasurer's office printed banknotes to purchase gold and silver. So far, it has spent about three million taels of banknotes, and the total gold and silver received has been converted into eight million taels of silver. In addition, we are in charge of the debts previously issued by the account department in the bank. The bank bought one million banknotes, and now a total of 42 million banknotes have been issued, and the printing factory still has 8 million banknotes in stock."

Wang Jie gave an overall report on the issuance of new banknotes.

Li Wei nodded slightly and asked again: "Have all the old banknotes been destroyed?"

Right Counselor Feng An hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it has been destroyed according to your order, and a special person has been assigned to record the documents."

The destruction of old banknotes must also be done carefully, with supervision by multiple parties including the imperial censor and the eunuchs of the inner court in turns.

"Where's the gold and silver?"

"The gold and silver have also been re-melted and put into storage according to your Lord's instructions."

"That's good."

After Li Wei asked Feng An, he looked at Shen Jie again. Shen Jie was temporarily in charge of withdrawing reserves from various banks and supervising them. But now Li Wei's own bank, he couldn't say anything about supervising, and it was basically idle.

However, Shen Jie had no objection to this. Ever since he entered the Banking Department and learned about Li Wei's currency system, he was in awe of him, especially when new banknotes were used to collect gold and silver. The Banking Department only used three million banknotes to collect gold and silver. I bought eight million taels of silver. According to the current banknote-to-silver exchange ratio of 1.5:1, if I exchange it back, I can earn a net profit of more than two million taels!

Of course, Li Wei collects money not only to make money, but mainly to serve as an anchor to stabilize currency prices.

"Well, if the price of gold and silver returns to the position specified by the imperial court, there will be no need to collect it anymore. It will be determined later depending on the situation."

"Yes, we will obey your orders!"

Wang Jie and the others immediately said respectfully.

Then Li Wei learned about other trivial matters.

The yamen of the Zhangxingsi has been built, and all the officials have been fully staffed. After discussing with the three people, he went around and took a closer look at the accounts.

He didn't completely trust these people, so he still had to go through the accounts in person.

Wang Jie and others have been following him to respond to his inquiries at any time. Li Wei took a general look at the accounts and compared them with what he had seen in the bank before. No problems were found, so he was slightly relieved.

After putting down the accounts, Li Wei specially warned: "The matter of treasure banknotes is related to the country and the country, so there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes, sir, don't worry, I will follow your instructions!"

Wang Jie quickly said respectfully.

"Ah."

Li Wei nodded with satisfaction, then chuckled to Wang Jie and said, "I told Mr. Wu before that we would like to invite a few people from our cabinet to gather together. Please ask them for me. After the shift is over tomorrow, If you have free time, come over."

"Okay, I will inform Mr. Wu and the others later." Wang Jie also smiled and replied in a relaxed tone.

Shen Jie, Feng An and others all cast envious glances at Wang Jie.

As far as they knew, Mr. Li had never entertained guests before, and now he invited Wang Jie to entertain guests for the first time. This was a rare honor in their eyes.

Li Wei glanced at them and felt that it was inappropriate to invite Wang Jie alone. He pondered for a moment and then said softly: "If you are free, come too."

When Shen Jie and Feng An heard this, they were immediately surprised and respectfully said: "Thank you, Sir, we will definitely be there!"

Li Wei looked at their surprised expressions, and couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Since he wanted to invite, he might as well invite everyone who should be invited, so as not to have anyone care about who he invited or who he didn't.

After making arrangements to take charge of the Criminal Division, Li Wei returned to the Ministry of Works. The first person he wanted to invite was Xue Xiang. This old man had always argued with him about New Year greetings before, so he couldn't be forgotten this time.

Li Wei entered the main hall, and Xue Xiang happened to be there, so he opened his mouth to invite.

Xue Xiang was very surprised when he heard this, and teased: "Oh, it's rare for you to have a treat! Okay, I will definitely be there!" Li Wei looked a little embarrassed. He has been in Ming Dynasty for three years, and he is a familiar friend and colleague. There are quite a few, but except for the banquet given by Zhu Yuanzhang, he has never eaten at anyone else's banquet, let alone entertained others. In fact, it is not that no one has invited him, but he has made excuses to refuse.

"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you."

Li Wei cupped his hand.

After inviting Xue Xiang, he went to the household department next door to notify Ru Taisu. However, Ru Taisu hesitated for a moment but refused. He didn't want people to think that he and Li Wei were in the same group.

Li Wei didn't force himself when he saw this, and turned around and left with a look like "I've saved money whether love comes or not."

Ru Taisu blew his beard and stared in anger, and immediately changed his mind. He must give him a good meal!

In addition to these two people, Li Wei also sent people to invite some other familiar friends, such as Han Yike, Daotong, Lu Ti, etc. The officials were invited regardless of their size, as long as they felt pleasing to the eye.

Those who had a good relationship with him, especially those with lower status, were overjoyed and told their relatives and friends about the news, so that the news quickly spread among the officials.

Of course, some people scolded him for forming cliques for personal gain and being extravagant. Some even scolded him verbally but secretly made their own plans.

Anyone who can sneak into the court is not stupid. Li Wei was quite favored by His Majesty before, and this time he even saved Empress Ma's life. From now on, the Holy Family will be even more prosperous.

After getting off duty on the second day, the house of Li Wei's consort gradually became lively. Not only the people he invited came, but many people he didn't invite also invited themselves to see him because of their connections.

Although it is not the New Year and there are no happy events in Li Wei's house, these people who came to visit were still very sensible and brought many gifts.

At the Prince Consort's Mansion, Li Wei was waiting at the door to receive... Bah, to welcome the guests, Wu Bozong, Wu Chen, and Wang Jie came hand in hand, but they also brought many people with them.

"Ahem, Mr. Li, this is Mr. Chen Jingchen, the Minister of Civil Affairs."

Wu Bozong introduced him with some embarrassment.

He was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Chen Jing happened to be his immediate boss. His boss had a request, and since he couldn't refuse, he brought him over.

"I have met the prince-in-law. This is my humble opinion. I hope the prince-in-law will not dislike it."

Chen Jing respectfully handed over the gift sticker, but the gift was sent by his servant.

Li Wei frowned and said: "You are a guest, I won't mind it, but if you don't accept gifts for your treat today, Mr. Chen should take your things back."

Chen Jing was slightly startled and cast a questioning look at Wu Bozong.

Wu Bozong advised: "Master Chen, you should take the things back. Master Li is an upright official, so he will definitely not take them back."

In fact, he had persuaded Chen Jing before he came, but Chen Jing insisted on giving it a try, so he had no choice but to let him go.

Chen Jing saw that Li Wei was indeed not being hypocritical, so he put away the gift card and sighed sincerely: "My prince-in-law is so upright and upright, I really admire him!"

Li Wei curled his lips secretly. Seeing the sincere look on your face, I almost believed it.

"Master Li, this is Master Gao Xingao, the Minister of Rites." Wu Chen introduced him immediately.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Li's consort." Gao Xin also bowed respectfully, but because of Chen Jing's experience, he did not take out the gift card again.

Li Wei looked at these two people, and felt suspicious in his heart. These two were both ministers, third-rank officials. If he did not count his consort and second-rank title, they were on the same level as him in terms of actual duties. However, Not only did they take the initiative to pay their respects, but they also claimed to be lower-ranking officials. From the looks of it, they must be asking for something.

But Li Wei couldn't think of anything they could ask for from him.

Li Wei nodded perfunctorily to Gao Xin, and then it was over. In addition to these two people, there were several people following the three of them. Li Wei cast a questioning look at Wang Jie, and Wang Jie immediately introduced: "Li Wei Sir, these are the classics and reviewers of the Hanlin Academy. This is Liu Zhongzhi, Dong Qiu, Cai Ju..."

Wang Jie introduced several people in succession. The Hanlin Academy is a place where talents are nurtured. The people here are usually responsible for compiling books and writing history, or drafting some edicts for the emperor. These people are of low rank and claim to be clean, but in the After learning that Wang Jie was promoted to the fourth level due to Li Wei's relationship, many people still couldn't bear the loneliness. After all, if reserve talents don't have a chance, they will always be just reserves. They also hope to have a place to showcase their talents.

"I've met the Prince Consort!"

These people also bowed to see each other, but compared to Chen Jing and the other two, they were more reserved and less flattering.

After all, they haven't experienced severe beatings from the court, and they haven't completely given up on being scholars. (End of chapter)