A horse team was walking outside the Forbidden City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The knights in the team let their horses walk leisurely, seemingly in no hurry.
The leader looked at the sky, straightened up immediately, stretched a lot, and said loudly: "Finally, I don't have to walk on the street in the dark."
"Master Hou, you are a noble man and busy with things." A young man behind him wearing Dongchang uniform said with a smile.
The leader was none other than Zhongxing Hou Zhongjinwei, who was about to get married. He got up early and dark for several days in Wenhua Hall to discuss with Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren the vassal clan's feudal overseas affairs and a series of subsequent matters.
While Wang Chengen was recording, his hands were sore from writing, and he used several stacks of recording paper alone.
After a result was obtained today, Emperor Chongzhen saw that Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei were having a hard time discussing it, so he advised them to go home and rest early.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard this, he came out without hesitation. On the contrary, the old Wen Tiren, as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, was thinking about the affairs of the cabinet and was reluctant to rest. He went over to see if there were any important matters for him to deal with.
Zhong Jinwei stretched and felt more energetic. When he heard Wang Peng speak, he did not look back. He glanced at the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank on his left and said a little tiredly: "Actually, there are a lot of things to do, and I am confused now.
Go back and sort it out, picking out the important things first, so that you have a clue."
"Master, the most important thing for you now is your marriage!" Yu Changjian, who was beside Wang Peng, reminded.
Hearing this, Zhong Jinwei turned to look at him and said, "I'm not familiar with these customs. I entrusted everything to your father last night. I'll do it only if I have to step in."
The Dongchang soldiers who were guarding Zhong Jinwei nodded in understanding. After all, the Marquis came from overseas. But after thinking about it, it seemed wrong. Didn't it mean that the Marquis was an overseas survivor of the former Song Dynasty? The customs should be similar to those of the Ming Dynasty?
However, Zhong Jinwei's sword-carrying entourage believed that his master was of course different from ordinary people, and discussing national affairs with the emperor was what the master had to do.
Zhong Jinwei turned to look at Wang Peng and the other officers, and asked with concern: "I've been in a daze these past few days, always remembering and forgetting to ask, how are your families? Do you need my help with anything?"
When Wang Peng and the other officers heard this, they quickly clasped their fists and saluted, saying gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Marquis, everything is well at home."
Yu Changjian has been hanging out with Dongchang Fanyi for the past few days, and they have become familiar with each other, and both parties respect each other. So he joked: "Who dares to trouble the Dongchang Fanyi's family, right?"
When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter. At this time, the Dongchang officers were secretly proud of their profession.
An entourage who had just replaced Zhong Jinwei behind him also joined in and said, "The Jinyiwei is different. In the previous battle, I saw a Jinyiwei with hundreds of family members crying and shouting on the street, cursing the one who escaped with the roll."
The ticket number will not die well."
When Zhong Jinwei heard that the ticket number had escaped with the money, he was a little surprised and asked, "What are you talking about?"
The man remembered that Mr. Hou had just returned to the capital and had left early and returned late. He must not have known about this matter, so he gossiped: "This matter has something to do with Mr. Hou."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he was even more surprised. He was still related to the ticket number?
When the man saw Zhong Jinwei turning to look at him, he quickly explained: "Didn't the Marquis arrest the eight major Shanxi merchants? Before they were escorted to the capital, the eight major Shanxi merchants took the money and ran away with the tickets opened in the capital. Let those
People who deposited their money in these bank accounts have lost all their money, and their whereabouts have not yet been found. Those victims have been crying and waiting for news at the gate of Shuntianfu Yamen all day long."
Zhong Jinwei understood and nodded, this matter really has something to do with him.
However, if this matter happened to Dongchang Banyu, the result would be the same, and it would be no different whether he was a Jinyiwei or not.
After gossiping about this matter, Zhong Jinwei turned around and continued walking forward.
Suddenly, his later career suddenly reminded him of a related matter, which he could take the opportunity to implement.
So, he pulled the reins and stopped the horse. Then he turned the horse's head and said, "Let's go to the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank. I want to know some information."
The guards had just heard that Zhong Jinwei was going home to have a good rest. Why, after walking a short distance, they were thinking about the affairs of the court again, thinking that Marquis Zhongxing was really a role model for Ming officials!
Some of the guards were worried about the Marquis's health, but since Zhongxing Hou had already said it, the guards certainly had no problem with it, and they immediately turned around and escorted Zhong Jinwei to the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhong Jinwei arrived at the bank, he saw many people coming in and out, and the bank employees on the first floor were also busy.
He was a little happy, which was a good thing.
Zhong Jinwei did not alert them, and went up to the second floor through the side door and came to his office.
When the staff on the second floor saw that Zhongxing Hou had come to work in the bank, they all came over to greet him after not seeing their leader for many days.
Zhong Jinwei was a little polite and asked them to hand over the latest information.
Seeing that Zhongxing Hou was very busy, these staff members did not dare to disturb him. After delivering the information to Zhong Jinwei, only the person in charge was left waiting for him to inquire, while the others disappeared automatically.
Zhong Jinwei picked up the summary table on the top and looked at it, and found that the bank's business was indeed getting better and better.
For the Ming Dynasty Jiu Si Bao banknotes used to distribute salaries to officials, no family members of officials have come to exchange them for silver coins since some time ago.
Zhong Jinwei calculated in his mind that it should be the time after the eight major Shanxi merchants were escorted to Beijing. He raised his head and consulted Hou Zhu's staff, and got a positive answer, and even said more: "Master Hou, you don't know,
Now the rumor that the imperial court confiscated the money obtained by the eight major Shanxi merchants is becoming more and more outrageous, and the amount is extremely high."
Zhong Jinwei laughed after hearing it. Rumors, after being passed on a few times, will become exaggerated. This is normal.
He still remembered that there was a similar game in later generations. It was often played at the dinner table or during group games. What the first person said would become irrelevant when spoken by the last person.
Zhong Jinwei looked at other information and found that ordinary businessmen rarely came to the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty to exchange the banknotes they received into silver coins. There were even some businessmen who came to the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty to exchange some small coins.
I took the banknotes back, obviously for change.
The Ming Dynasty Jiusi Baobao banknotes now issued in the capital have three major origins. One is the salary of officials, the other is businessmen who buy glass from state-owned enterprises, and the third is ordinary people and change from shopkeepers.
Zhong Jinwei really didn't notice in advance that although the denomination of the third Ming Dynasty Jiusi Baobao banknote was not large, it was considered a huge sum of money in total. He sighed secretly in his heart: It really shouldn't be underestimated.
**The power of silk.
After reading most of the information he wanted to know, Zhong Jinwei asked: "Does the emperor have all these information?"
"We have them all, one is sent to the palace every day." The person in charge replied Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei was very satisfied in his heart. The issuance of the Jiusi Baobao was good. It seemed that he could mention what he had just thought on the way to the emperor. If he missed the issue of the Shanxi merchant banknote, it would be more difficult to implement it in the future.
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So, he stopped staying in the bank and went to see Emperor Chongzhen again.