In the blink of an eye, it is the middle of December, which is already the coldest winter season, but it is also about to usher in another new spring in Daqin.

And in this spring coming season, the southeast came an exciting news, under the command of the Marquis of Tongwu Wang Ben, the imperial army once again hit the Xiang rebels, tens of thousands of troops were afraid of interception under the Xiang rebels scattered and fled, Xiang Bo led more than 4,000 remnants of the rebels in Pengze County, after a fierce battle, beheaded Xiang Xiang Xiang and other rebel leaders a total of six people, killed more than 3,000 bandits, bandit leader Xiang Bo and Zhong Liwu and more than 100 bandits fled along the river by boat.

Although whether Xiang Bo finally escaped has not yet been heard, but the Xiang rebels have disappeared, so far the rebels who have been harassing the entire southeast Huiji, Guyan, and Jiujiang counties for nearly four months have finally completely subsided, and after getting the news, the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty finally breathed a long sigh of relief, the emperor ordered Wang Ben to continue to sit in the southeast counties to search for the bandit leader to strangle the rebels, and also ordered the southeast counties to strengthen the crackdown, all the people who were involved with the bandit leader rebels were arrested, and for a time the entire southeast was again a crane, Countless people were implicated, and a large number of gentry and officials who had daily dealings with the rebels were arrested and imprisoned.

And after half a month of complete planning, Chen Xu also climbed to the court at this time of the Manchu Dynasty's festivities, which provoked the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and the emperor to feel a little surprised.

After the affairs of the court were handled, the court should have dispersed in advance according to the coming to Japan, but the emperor knew that Chen Xu, the marquis who fished for three days and dried nets for two days, had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and he definitely did not come to the court today because of good news.

"Young Master, do you have something to do?" Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu who was napping on the big chair for a long time with a smile.

"Oh!" Chen Xu came to his senses and quickly stood up, took out a thick piece of hemp paper from the pocket of his thick fur coat like a jingle cat, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister does have something important to report to the court today!" ”

"Su Fu Ling, go and watch the young master's recital!"

"Whoa!" The CRRC Mansion ordered Su Yue to step down the nine-layer set, looking at the thick stack of books in Chen Xu's hand, he couldn't help but shudder slightly, and glanced at it casually, and suddenly felt a little dizzy, and he couldn't understand it at all.

And when this recital was placed on top of the imperial case, when he looked at the long list of titles on the cover, "On the restructuring of the Huaxia Qianzhuang and the planning and explanation of the preparatory matters of the Central Qianzhuang and the Finance Bureau", the emperor's smiling cheeks instantly froze, and at the same time, his fingers shook and tore off a few whiskers.

The emperor was a little apprehensive when he saw this title, and at the same time a little weak-hearted, but he still pretended to be calm and turned over the two or three pages, and then wiped the sweat on his forehead with his dragon robe and said: "The young master's book is too long, I won't be able to finish it for a while, so please ask the young master to explain it simply and clearly, so that everyone Aiqing can refer to it together!" ”

Okay, Chen Xu had no choice but to look at Li Si and Feng Qujimeng Yi behind him and other Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials slightly arched his hand and said: "Since the implementation of the new commercial law and currency bill in the spring of last year, the counties and counties of Daqin have shown a thriving trend of prosperity, because of the implementation of the new currency bill, the counties and counties across the country have begun to use coins to convert various agricultural and grain business taxes, so a large number of tax funds and court expenses are carried out through Huaxia Qianzhuang, the minister recently inspected Huaxia Qianzhuang, and found that because of the imperial court tax, Shaofu revenue and expenditure, Commercial loans are ultimately dependent on Huaxia Qian Zhuang to sort out and liquidate, which has far exceeded the initial ability and responsibility of the minister to prepare for Huaxia Qian Zhuang, many of which should be the responsibilities of the six departments of the court and the Shaofu, but this responsibility is pressed on the Qian Zhuang, now the Qian Zhuang has reached the point where it is almost unsupportable, and the human, financial and material resources are stretched, and with the future business of Daqin is more prosperous, the taxes and expenses of the court will be more onerous, as well as the reconstruction of the national gallop road and the construction of cement roads, The counties and counties will have countless entangled funds and debts out of thin air, and these things are far beyond the scope of the money village can handle, so the minister summoned the money village and several business elites and the officials of the Shaofu household department in the money village After half a month of discussion and planning, they wrote this recital of the restructuring of the money village! ”

"I don't know how Qinghe Hou plans to restructure Huaxia Qianzhuang?" Feng Quji, who was most concerned about this matter, stood up and asked.

"Yes, please also ask the young master to talk about the restructuring of Qianzhuang in a simple and clear way, Qianzhuang is indeed a heavy task at the moment, and it is burdened with extremely important functions, but once the restructuring is delayed for too long, I am worried that something will go wrong!"

For the role of Huaxia Qianzhuang in Daqin now, Qin Shi Huang and civil and military officials are very clear, almost every day the court discusses politics, as long as it involves the income and expenditure of money and grain, it must be mentioned Huaxia Qianzhuang, which has become an important department comparable to the three provinces, although it is not a court institution, but it is more important than most of the court institutions, and it is completely impossible to lack or replace.

The emperor was worried that if there was chaos in the sudden reform, many things in the imperial court would not be able to function.

"Your Majesty, the minister is so planned, the many affairs that were originally originally owned by the Huaxia Qianzhuang are divided into three according to the imperial court, the Shaofu and commerce, one of which is the taxes and expenditures of the counties and counties of the country and the internal history of the country, this part is originally the responsibility of the household department and the internal history, so the minister suggested that a special financial bureau be prepared, and the taxes and expenditures of the imperial court such as commercial tax, agricultural tax, and industrial tax will be separated from the Huaxia Qianzhuang, the household department, the Ministry of Industry, and the internal history office to establish a separate office subordinate to Shangshu Province, and all the revenues and expenditures of the court will be collected and allocated through the Finance Bureau; The second is to set up a central bank, which is under the management of the Shaofu, and the central bank does not deposit and lend coins, but is only responsible for minting and issuing coins and redeeming bills, managing the operation of all commercial banks in the world, and standardizing the opening of the bank. The third is the commercial bank, the main business of Huaxia money bank returns to business, responsible for the operation of private commercial loans and the operation of the court's income and expenditure. In this way, the coordination of the three departments is defective, and the relationship between the Shaofu, the imperial court, and the money village is not clear, and each of them has a clear functional management, so as not to cause the current chaotic situation in the Huaxia money bank."

Although it is said to be explained simply and clearly, it is still very complicated to explain this matter clearly, and Chen Xu also feels that he has said it clearly enough, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the emperor still look at him with a full face.

"Your Majesty, these ministers have all been written in the book, this matter is particularly important for the future development of Great Qin, otherwise, when the accumulation reaches the point where Huaxia Qian Zhuang cannot support it, maybe one day there will really be serious consequences without phenol" Chen Xu smiled bitterly.

The household department ordered Gao Teng to stand up and arch his hand and said: "Although I don't understand the recital of the Qinghe Marquis, but at present, the household department and the county government offices across the country have a large amount of money flowing with Huaxia money in various places every day, and if it is easily changed, I am afraid that there will be chaos!" ”

"If you don't change it, you can't do it, the official of Huaxia Qianzhuang headquarters has inspected it a few times, and it is indeed very busy, there are mountains of account books in a clearing hall alone, and the abacus of hundreds of scribes is ringing, and you will be dizzy when you go in, according to the manager of the clearing center, this is only responsible for the business of several counties in the northwest, and there are more businesses that are arranged in other places, Huaxia Qianzhuang is indeed under great pressure" Shaofu Ling Zhao Weiyu.

As for Chen Xu's recital, the officials above the court also looked different, some were in a daze, some were picking their nails, some were stomping their feet, and some were whispering in groups, but a subtle voice came, talking about the matter of visiting the garden last night, most of them looked indifferent, and as for the few officials who cared about this matter, but their ideas were also different, some supported the reform, and some did not.

Once the commercial tax and the agricultural tax are separated, they will actually almost seize the power of the two governments to collect and collect taxes, and there will be no fat difference in the future.

And there are a lot of people who support it, Shaofu Ling Zhao Wei and Feng Quji both agreed with Chen Xu's suggestion, Shaofu Ling prepared the central money bank, and grasped the money and bill exchange business in his hands, so that he could firmly control the world's money and ensure that it would not cause chaos because of the unauthorized exchange of bills by commercial banks, Chen Xu had mentioned this matter to Zhao Wei once before, Zhao Wei didn't understand it before, but after passing the Dongfang Dao incident, he had fully understood the method of redeeming the ticket with empty gloves and white wolves, which did work but also had great potential safety hazards.

Feng Quji's support is not because of anything else, but because the Finance Department is still under his management after preparation, and all the income and expenditure are collected in one department, which is convenient for scheduling and control, which will greatly reduce his workload.

As for the others, most of them didn't understand, and it didn't matter if they understood, anyway, Daqin's money bag was still the emperor's, and those who had the ability were worried, and those who didn't have the ability were responsible for standing in line.

Li Si did not express his position on this matter from beginning to end, because he had no clue about the management and operation of the bank.

Everyone knows the role of the money bank, on the surface it is a money saving dog, but the business means and methods inside are unknown to outsiders, to control almost the entire Daqin county town and the prosperous county town of the Central Plains Qian Zhuang branch, to clear the flow of funds, to coordinate so many departments and local businessmen and the court and county government money transactions, no matter which is the process of trying to break the head, but Huaxia Qian Zhuang only relies on a woman to manage it in an orderly manner.

Facing Chen Xu, Li Si felt that his knowledge was becoming more and more insufficient, and his ideas were completely thousands of years behind, as if the two were not from the same time and space at all.

Not only Li Si has this feeling, but in fact, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have this feeling.

Legend has it that Chen Xu got the three volumes of the Book of Heaven of Taiyi Immortal, this Book of Heaven cannot be seen or touched, but can these things be described so clearly and meticulously in the Book of Heaven?

Seeing that there were few people in the court who responded to Chen Xu's recital, the emperor also had a headache, and he probably could guess that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces didn't understand much like him, it doesn't matter if he didn't understand, he could also let Chen Xu continue to explain, sooner or later he would understand, but once the reform began, there would be a bunch of troubles one after another, and the court officials knew too little about finance, they only knew how to fight, collect taxes and spend money, and they could only follow the ancient methods for all kinds of policies that would help the country's economic development, urging the people to farm hard and give birth to babies.

With more food and more people, the country will naturally be stronger.

This is the most intuitive cognition from the emperor to the village officials, and they will not consider whether the common people can bear such heavy labor and taxes beyond their means.

"Your Majesty, Fang Caichen said, Huaxia Qianzhuang is about to support the situation, not to mention a few years later, just from the beginning of the spring will be fully rolled out of the reconstruction of the road and the construction of cement roads, this part of the capital transactions will be overwhelming, coupled with the tax collection and court expenditure of counties and counties across the country, if it is not changed, maybe next year Huaxia Qianzhuang will completely collapse!" Chen Xu gave his hand again with a wry smile on his face.

Seeing that what Chen Xu said was so serious, the emperor took a breath and read a few pages of the book, and felt dizzy again, so he directly closed the book and said: "Huaxia Qianzhuang has a huge role now, since the young master thinks that it has reached the point where it must be changed, I also think that it can be implemented, otherwise I am afraid it will be more difficult to change in the future, but this matter has to be arranged by the young master, so I will completely blame the young master for the restructuring of Huaxia Qianzhuang, the manpower and money and food expenses required, the office and the government, and the appointment, dismissal and deployment of officials. The three provinces and six departments must cooperate with the arrangement of the young master, if there is no reason to shirk the delay, I will be stern, have you ever heard of it? ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

The emperor made the final decision, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, whether they supported it or not, could only stand up together and give up their orders.

Chen Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, this matter has been busy for half a month, and he finally got off to a good start, as for the rest of the things, it is relatively simple, that is, to divide Huaxia Qianzhuang into three and completely disassemble it, he has discussed this matter with Fan Caiying and Yang Kun many times, and the problem should not be big.

The main reason is that almost all of Daqin's financial field is controlled by Huaxia Qianzhuang, and several Qianzhuang have appeared in some other places in the past two years, but the scale is not large, and it also needs to rely on Huaxia Qianzhuang to carry out cross-county capital business, and it is also tightly limited to saving loans, which is completely incomparable with Huaxia Qianzhuang.

Of course, the most important reason is that Daqin's current financial activities are very simple and monotonous, far less complicated than the banking business in later generations, and the various financial projects derived from it are as unclear as slaves, and it is not too difficult to reform now.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has something to play!" Seeing that the emperor was ready to get up and retreat, Chen Xu gave up again.

"What else is going on with Aiqing?" Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu in surprise again.

"Xiang's rebellion, the three counties in the southeast, have captured hundreds of towns and villages in the county, the rebels will inevitably loot the people's property as military salaries, although this rebellion has been quelled, but the people who were plagued by the rebels have no food and clothing, their wives and families are broken and the people are in great turmoil, so the minister asks His Majesty to exempt the rebel troubled areas from food tax and forced labor for at least one year, and ask the local counties to open granaries to relieve the refugees."

"The words of the Marquis of Qinghe are reasonable, and the disasters caused by the military disasters will disrupt the people's livelihood, and the ministers will second!" Some officials stood up and pushed the post.

"Your Majesty, when the Xiang clan rebelled, the local officials organized the people to resist the rebels, and the officials of the five county towns that were attacked were killed by the rebels, and the casualties of the people were also very heavy. Feng Qujian also stood up.

"The ministers seconded it!" Many officials stood up.

"I also have this intention, pass on my edict, pass on the Huiji, so the three counties of Yan and Jiujiang are exempted from one year's tax and grain and two years of forced labor in the bandits, open warehouses to release grain, and properly appease the local people!" Qin Shi Huang stood up with his big sleeves.

"Your Ministers obey!"

"Retreat!"