Chapter 228 Royal Chamber of Commerce Central Bank
Chapter 228 Royal Chamber of Commerce Central Bank
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Chapter 228 Royal Chamber of Commerce Central Bank
It was April 15th, the first year of Shenghua.
The headquarters of the Dali Royal Chamber of Commerce opened in Kyoto City.
On the opening day, Qin Wei and Situ Qianxue visited the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in person, and everyone from civil and military officials in the court sent congratulatory gifts.
The headquarters of the Royal Chamber of Commerce is located in the south city of Kyoto City. It is a large courtyard composed of several pavilions. The doorway is three feet high, and the plaque on it is written by Qin Wei himself, "Dali Royal Chamber of Commerce."
Although Qin Wei's calligraphy is not as good as that of famous masters, his calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, with the momentum of flying dragons and phoenixes, which looks quite charming.
The opening of the Royal Chamber of Commerce is a big event for the whole of Kyoto. The royal family is very high in the eyes of the people, and ordinary people are definitely out of reach. Many people in Kyoto even have no idea what their emperor is like.
Now that the royal family has opened a chamber of commerce, they have another way to get in touch with the royal family. Although the chamber of commerce is just a chamber of commerce, the name of the royal family means it is the royal family.
On the day of the opening, many people in Kyoto came to the Royal Chamber of Commerce to watch the ceremony, but they could only watch from a distance. When Qin Wei and Situ Qianxue came to the Chamber of Commerce, they did not cover up, but were very generous and surrounded them.
The people waved greetings.
Seeing Qin Wei and Situ Qianxue coming slowly on the imperial carriage, the people watching couldn't help but get excited.
For a time, people on both sides of the road knelt down and worshiped, shouting "Your Majesty's Holy Peace".
The sound was like a tidal wave, echoing over Kyoto.
Qin Wei sat on the imperial banquet, looking at the thousands of people, his heart filled with pride.
The people are the foundation of the country.
Even if this world is a world where cultivation exists, ordinary people are still the foundation of an dynasty.
Qin Wei is not a saint, nor does he have the heart of a Holy Mother. He does not care about the poverty of every common person, but he hopes that every common person will have the opportunity to climb up.
You can become rich, you can become wise, you can become powerful.
Looking at the smiling faces, Qin Wei was in a good mood.
At least he should be doing pretty well as the emperor now.
Although Dali is still full of turmoil, with the reform of the tax system, the people should recognize him as the emperor.
Yu Xue walked to the front of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and Qin Wei walked down.
Shen Wansan brought a group of shopkeepers from the Royal Chamber of Commerce to pay homage: "Your Majesty, please pay your respects!"
At the same time, many officials from the surrounding court also came.
Although the Royal Chamber of Commerce bears the name of the royal family, it is also closely related to the court. Even though Qin Wei does not want the Royal Chamber of Commerce to be too involved with local government agencies, some things are unavoidable.
"My dear friends, no courtesy!"
Qin Wei smiled.
Next to him, Situ Qianxue was following him, looking at the Royal Chamber of Commerce with curiosity.
This little girl has been staying in the imperial city since she came to Kyoto. It seems that she is not familiar with Kyoto. As for the Royal Chamber of Commerce, she doesn't know much about it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Qin Wei glanced at the ministers in front of him and saw that Sun Wenjian, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Jiang Wei, the Minister of Industry, were both there, so he said: "The Royal Chamber of Commerce is my private property. Although it has nothing to do with the court, after all, it is to make profits among the people.
So I plan to let the Royal Chamber of Commerce support the court in the future."
"Thirty percent of the annual income of the Royal Chamber of Commerce belongs to the Household Department."
Following Qin Wei's words, the surrounding officials were surprised and happy.
Thirty percent of the annual income of the Royal Chamber of Commerce belongs to the Household Department. This matter is not a big deal or a small matter.
If you open a chamber of commerce in the name of the royal family, you will know without thinking that the chamber of commerce will definitely gain a lot of profits in the future. Originally, the ministers in the court were a little dissatisfied with this, especially the Ministry of Revenue. They were in charge of the court's purse, so naturally they wanted the court to The more money the better.
It is a lie that they are not jealous of the Royal Chamber of Commerce's huge profits, but due to Qin Wei's power, they dare not even mention it.
But now Qin Wei took the initiative to hand over 30% of the income to the Ministry of Household Affairs, which surprised and delighted the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
A group of officials immediately began to praise him.
It's not that they want to be greedy for money, but it's easier for the court to do things if they have money, and nothing can be done without money.
Qin Wei is so capable, they are also very worried, fearing that the court's money bag will be empty. Now that the Royal Chamber of Commerce is supporting them, this also makes them feel more at ease.
Qin Wei then entered the Royal Chamber of Commerce for a tour, and chatted a little more with Shen Wansan.
In fact, there is no need for him to say anything. Shen Wansan is more professional than him in business. He can only give Shen Wansan some advice based on his knowledge in his previous life. But he has already said everything that should be said in the past. That little thing in his stomach is already there. It was empty.
Although the Royal Chamber of Commerce has opened, everything is complicated. Shen Wansan still needs to spend some effort to get the Royal Chamber of Commerce on the right track.
However, today's Royal Chamber of Commerce has inherited the former Long'an Mansion's industry, and Qin Wei also handed over all tributes in the imperial city to the Royal Chamber of Commerce, so the current scale of the Royal Chamber of Commerce is still very large.
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It was April 18th, the first year of Shenghua.
Qin Wei once again took Situ Qianxue out of the imperial city and onto the streets of the Royal Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Of course, this time he was not going to the Royal Chamber of Commerce, but to the Dali Central Bank.
The opening of Dali Central Bank means that the first official step in Dali's economic development has been taken.
At the same time, new money has officially flowed into the people. It is not easy to replace the old money with new money. Dali is so vast and has so many people. There are countless copper coins in circulation, and the types of copper coins are also very complicated.
In order to ensure the circulation of the new money and let the people recognize the new money, Qin Wei asked the court to use the new money to settle all salaries, including officials, nobles, and the royal family. All salaries must be settled with the new money, even Future military expenditures will also be settled with new money.
From now on, there will no longer be any discounts on color or food, and only new money will be distributed.
The distribution of new money will definitely cause some fluctuations, which is inevitable, and Qin Wei has been mentally prepared.
Qin Wei has seen the new coins cast by the Coin Mining Department. They are very exquisite in style and much better than the previous copper coins. He believes that the people will like them.
The responsibility of the Central Bank of Dali is not only to issue new money, but also has great significance for the internal economic development, currency and credit, and economic macro-control of Dali.
At present, the Central Bank of Dali cannot shoulder these responsibilities, but Qin Wei is not in a hurry. Things have to be done little by little, and some things cannot be rushed. The first task of the Central Bank now is to replace old money with new money.
Compared with the opening of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, the opening of the Dali Central Bank was more important, and most of the important officials in the court came.
However, the response among the people was mediocre. People didn't even know what the central bank was, so few people came to watch.
Accompanied by the Qi Dynasty and a group of ministers, Qin Wei strolled around the Central Bank.
Although the central bank is just a bank, its standards are not low. In the Qi Dynasty, the governor of this bank had the same rank as the six ministers. It was directly under the cabinet and under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. There were many department-level yamen inside the bank, including the money making department, the money transportation department, and the money making department.
Department, Inspection Department, Review Department, etc.
The establishment of the central bank involves all aspects. The Supervisory Yuan has the power to supervise the central bank, the Ministry of Accounts is in charge of the treasurer of the central bank, the Ministry of Punishment needs to draft corresponding bills, the Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the personnel power of the central bank, etc.
Almost all the ministries of the court have to intervene in the central bank. Although doing so will cause some unclear responsibilities and buck-passing, the central bank is of great importance and supervision must be strict. In order to avoid internal problems in the central bank, Qin Wei can only let the court
All ministries and yamen supervise together.
In the following days, the Royal Chamber of Commerce and the Central Bank gradually got back on track, and new money began to circulate among the people.
A few days later, Qin Wei disguised himself and sneaked out of the imperial city with Xiao Shunzi.
The streets of Kyoto are full of fireworks, with an endless stream of pedestrians, carriages and horses, and a huge flow of people.
With the flow of people, Qin Wei and Xiao Shunzi wandered on the lively street.
These days, new money is definitely a hot topic in Kyoto, and Qin Wei also wants to see how well the people accept the new money.
Walking on the street, Qin Wei randomly found a restaurant and went in to sit down.
He sat near the window on the second floor and could see many stalls across the street.
After looking for a long time, I didn't find anyone using new money.
You must know that the Central Bank has invested millions of new coins of various types in Kyoto in the past few days. Logically speaking, there should be some circulation.
"Call the waiter over!"
Qin Wei ordered Xiao Shunzi.
Soon, Xiao Shunzi brought the waiter into the box.
"What's your order from this guest?" The waiter looked at Qin Wei with a flattering smile.
Although Qin Wei has changed into ordinary casual clothes, his temperament shows that he is not an ordinary person.
"Has your restaurant received any new money these days?" Qin Wei asked.
"ah!"
The waiter was slightly startled. He didn't expect Qin Wei to ask this.
"This, the guest officer may not know, the new money is not spent at all."
This time it was Qin Wei's turn to be stunned, "Why?"
The waiter smiled and said: "You may also want new money, but if you want to exchange for new money, you can only go to the Central Bank. You can't exchange for new money at other places."
"Everyone likes new money. It is said that the court uses new money as salary for the adults, but the adults are reluctant to spend it."
"Hey, I heard that someone was exchanging new money on the black market, and one or two taels of silver was exchanged for one dollar of silver coin."
After Qin Wei heard this, he frowned slightly, but then his brows relaxed.
This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing.
At the very least, it shows that everyone likes new money, but because the amount of new money is relatively small, it means it is a bit of a rare commodity.
However, the current production capacity of the Coin Mining Department is limited, and this situation should continue for some time. After the amount of new money reaches a certain level, this situation should be alleviated.
Qin Wei took out a silver dollar and threw it to the waiter. The waiter caught the silver dollar in a hurry and was so surprised that he couldn't believe it.
"Thank you, guest, for the reward. Thank you, guest, for the reward!"
He thanked Qin Wei.
Qin Wei waved his hand, indicating that he could go down. Xiao Shunzi quickly stepped forward and led the waiter out who was still thanking him.
Qin Wei sat in the inn and watched for a while. He saw that no one really used the new money, so he didn't care.
It is also a good thing to have rare goods to live in. At least it can make people accept this new money.
As long as the people are willing to accept it, the plan to abolish the two reforms and reform the Yuan Dynasty will be considered a success.
Just when Qin Wei was about to stand up and leave, a warrior in powerful clothing hurried over and whispered a few words into Xiao Shunzi's ear.
"What's wrong?"
Qin Wei asked.
"Sir, there is a huge ship docking in Linhai Mansion!" Xiao Shunzi said.
Qin Wei narrowed his eyes slightly.
The giant ship docks!
Ordinary ships docking would naturally not attract the attention of the Imperial City Division. Since the Imperial City Division came to report it, it means that this huge ship is extremely extraordinary.