Smuggling Daming

"With the words of the prince, the grassroots have no scruples. Our Anhui bank is willing to accept the review of the imperial court. In the future, only the central bank will follow the lead!" Zhou Zhong's voice just finished, another young man with a shrewd face said to Zhou Zhong first. loyal.

Others saw that they were preempted by others, and they all expressed their willingness to accept the review of the imperial court and become a subsidiary of the Central Bank. Nearly half of the income, but now they only need to pay a quarter. Compared with them, they can earn [-] to [-]% more, and they can do business under the banner of the imperial court in the future, which is what they dream of.

"Hahaha~, not bad, all of you are insightful people of my Ming Dynasty, the imperial court will definitely not let you suffer from your choices today, and for the operation of banks, the central bank has also researched several new businesses , if you are interested, there will be a special person to explain to you later." After Zhou Zhong finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave. After all, in his capacity, it is really inappropriate to discuss things with these businessmen. It's not that he looks down on these businessmen. , but these businessmen will feel very restrained, and some things they want to say but dare not say, so it is more appropriate to replace other officials with these people.

Seeing Zhou Zhong get up, the 30 merchants from the bank immediately stood up and saw them off. Zhou Zhong nodded to them, then turned and left the living room, but just as he left the living room, he saw a [-]-odd man approaching from the opposite side. The middle-aged official, holding a volume of manuscripts in his arms, was startled when he saw Zhou Zhong walking out, and hurriedly bowed and said: "See you, my lord!"

Greetings would have been for such unusualness.Zhou Zhong only needs to nod his head.But for this middle-aged official.Zhou Zhong stopped on purpose and said, "Yan Hanlin, why are you here? If I remember correctly, Wu Hanlin, who is also from the Imperial Academy like you, should be the one who discussed the details of the bank's business with those merchants inside." ?”

If it was an ordinary official, Zhou Zhong would naturally ignore it, but the Hanlin surnamed Yan in front of him was unusual because his name was Yan Song.That's right, it is Yan Song, the treacherous official in history, but now he has not become an extremely human official, but a small Imperial Academy attendant bachelor. This position is not high, but it is an extremely noble position , It will be easy to get promoted in the future, but Yan Song's luck is not very good. He has been in the Imperial Academy for five or six years, but he has not yet found a chance to get ahead.This time, he managed to seize Zhou Zhong's opportunity to set up the central bank, and was finally transferred from the Imperial Academy.Become a middle-level official in a central bank.

Zhou Zhong attaches great importance to the establishment of the central bank. He also personally checks every official who enters the bank. When he saw the name Yan Song from the official information, he was also shocked. He did not expect that his bank team would There was such a big fish mixed in.

Originally, Zhou Zhong wanted to drive Yan Song away directly, but out of a sense of responsibility, Zhou Zhong met Yan Song in person, and he was surprised to find that although this Yan Song had a bad reputation in history, he was an extremely rare The talented person even draws inferences from one instance, only from the news accidentally leaked by Zhou Zhong, he even speculates about the function of the central bank, and even puts forward some opinions on the central bank. It can be said that if he abandons his prejudice against Yan Song, then Zhou Zhong also had to admit that the other party was a rare talent.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Zhong finally agreed to let Yan Song join the central bank. After all, there is a shortage of people in the central bank now, especially for talents like Yan Song who can deeply understand the essence of the central bank. , so even though Zhou Zhong knew that Yan Song was not a good person, he still hired him.

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, Yan Song saluted again with the scroll in his arms and said, "My lord, Wu Hanlin accidentally fell down while drinking last night, and he really couldn't get up today, so he took leave of absence. I have made good friends with Wu Hanlin, and I am very familiar with what he is going to do, so I will temporarily replace Wu Hanlin today!"

Regarding Yan Song's answer, Zhou Zhong didn't have anything special to say. He nodded immediately and said: "That's it, then you go in quickly, but although the people inside are all businessmen, they will be subordinates of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty in the future. They must not be too arrogant, and treat others with courtesy at all times!"

"My lord's lesson is that the officials should remember the teaching!" Yan Song saluted again with a very respectful attitude.

During this period of time, Yan Song has always respected Zhou Zhong very much, but the more he behaved like this, the more worried Zhou Zhong became, because he knew that Yan Song in history had a friend named Xia Yan who was half-teacher and half-friend. Xia Yan gained power earlier than Yan Song, and Yan Song respected Xia Yan everywhere, and later he gained power through Xia Yan's promotion, but in the end he slandered Xia Yan in every possible way. His life also died in Yan Song's hands.

"By the way, what are you going to say to those merchants today?" Zhou Zhong asked suddenly. Today is the first day that the Central Bank has contacted those merchants. , the next thing is for officials of the central bank to accept the hearts of those merchants.

"My lord, just now, with your majesty, you have calmed down those merchants, but if you want to win people's hearts, you naturally need to use both kindness and power. Now it's time to give those merchants a sweet date. Only those merchants have seen it." In order to benefit, we will follow the imperial court's decree wholeheartedly in the future!" Yan Song still said respectfully.

No matter how you look at it now, Yan Song looks like an ordinary official who is serious about his work. Except that he is smarter than ordinary people and thinks more thoughtfully, there is nothing special in other aspects, at least Zhou Zhong hasn't noticed it these days.

"Oh? Then tell me, how to give those merchants a sweet date?" Zhou Zhong asked again. He wanted to consider this Yan Song. The superiority is just not shown now.

"Reporting to the lord, I have carefully studied the bank regulations written by the lord himself several times, and finally found that if the central bank is really successful, it will have an immeasurable impact on my Daming. The official also has some experience, and is going to explain the method of reissuing Daming banknotes today, but the official feels that it is best to change the name of the banknotes issued by the bank in the future. Still using the original name, I am afraid that no one is willing to use this kind of paper money." Yan Song is worthy of being called the number one treacherous minister of Ming Dynasty, and he really has extraordinary talents, among other things, just this comprehension ability is not ordinary people comparable.

The so-called Daming banknotes are actually banknotes produced in the Ming Dynasty, but no one in the Ming Dynasty understands the laws of economics. They think that as long as they print money indefinitely, there will be endless money, and they only send out but not receive it. The result is the excessive use of Daming banknotes At the beginning, one stone of rice was exchanged for one guanbao banknote, and later one hundred guan banknotes could be exchanged for one stone of rice. Many merchants were even unwilling to accept treasure banknotes. When Zhengde came to power, Daming banknotes were abolished directly, and It can be regarded as one of the few good things in governing with integrity.

"That's right. It's a good way to make money by discussing with those merchants about the banknotes on the first day. As for the name of Daming Treasure Banknotes, you can just call them banknotes. In addition, you have to understand one thing. If you want to prevent banknotes from being issued indiscriminately like Daming Treasure Banknotes, you must issue them according to the amount of silver deposited in each bank. Two or even three taels of banknotes, in this way, the banknotes are two to three times more than silver, but the money is not given to those merchants, but must go into the treasury, and the merchants can only get a small part of it. In addition, only the central bank has the right to issue banknotes, and anyone else who dares to issue banknotes without permission must be severely punished!" Speaking of banknote issuance, Zhou Zhong also attached great importance to it, so he couldn't help explaining a few more words, in fact, he These words have been written very clearly in the previous charter, and Yan Song must have studied it very thoroughly.

"What the lord said is very true. The next official will definitely explain it clearly to those merchants, so that they can understand the pros and cons!" Although Yan Song has long understood the process of issuing banknotes, he did not show any impatient look for Zhou Zhong's explanation. Instead, he replied respectfully.Although Zhou Zhong knew that the man in front of him was a treacherous minister in history, it was difficult for him to feel bad for him.

"Yes, Yan Hanlin deserves to be a thoughtful person. Although the central bank is a newly established institution by the imperial court, it has a lot to do. Moreover, this king can't put all his energy on the bank. Excellent people accept, this king is very optimistic about Yan Hanlin!" Zhou Zhong praised with a smile.

Originally, Zhou Zhong was still a little jealous of Yan Song, but just now he suddenly felt that he was a little too cautious. After all, because of his own reasons, the history of Ming Dynasty had already changed. If nothing else, the later Emperor Jiajing would definitely not be able to do so. Ascend to the throne, because even if Zhengde died, either Zhou Zhong would ascend the throne or Zhou Zhong's son would ascend the throne, and no one else would be able to do so, and Yan Song relied on Emperor Jiajing's favor to gain power. Similarly, treacherous officials are also created by the times. Now that the times have changed, Yan Song may only be an ordinary courtier of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued..)