When the time came, the towering tower of Zetianmen beat the morning drum, and the roaring sound was like a torrential rain and wind sweeping the entire Luoyang, waking up the sleeping city.

Today, the main hall of the palace Qianyuan hall door is wide open, the spine of the palace is golden and brilliant, the mahogany hall pillar is thick and strong, the carved fence jade is as white as jade, and the whole hall is towering like the heavenly palace.

On the platform at the entrance of the palace, four rows of mighty armor warriors holding halberds extend down the forty-nine white jade steps until the square in front of the palace, the armor is shining, and the flag is displayed, showing the mighty and domineering.

Under the guidance of the four palace attendants, the civil and military officials passed through the square through the dragon head road, stepped up the forty-nine steps, and finally entered the hall and stood in two shifts.

Of course, most of the ministers who can enter the palace are high-ranking officials, and more ministers are standing on the platform outside the palace.

At two o'clock today, the official Chen Hong sat in the palace and went to court, and the ministers shouted long live, and the rolling sound shook the heavens and the earth.

Facing the ministers, Chen Hong looked around the week, and said clearly: "Ladies and gentlemen, recently, Cui Wenqing, vice president of Daqi Bank, a member of the Ministry of Finance, wrote a book "Suggestions on the Development of Daqi Bank", which involves a number of changes to the official system, the management of the degree branch, and the yamen organization. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Hong waved his hand: "Xianggong Anshi, read Cui Wenqing's article "Suggestions on the Development of Daqi Bank" to the ministers. ”

"No!" Wang Anshi responded neatly, and took a step sideways to face the ministers and said: "Colleagues, as we all know, Daqi Bank is a newly established official institution of our dynasty, subordinate to the Ministry of Households, mainly engaged in the issuance of imperial government bonds and private loans and other matters, some time ago due to the various businesses of Daqi Bank fell into a slump, so the imperial court promoted the four states of Beidi to pacify Cui Wenqing as the vice president, responsible for the specific affairs of Daqi Bank. ”

"After Vice President Cui took office, he made great efforts to make the country prosperous, forge ahead, and tried every means to expand the affairs of the bank, and according to the development of the bank, he proposed to submit the "Suggestions for the Development of Daqi Bank" to the imperial court.

After speaking, Wang Anshi looked at the wat board in his hand, and recited loudly to the words recorded on it: "The first suggestion played by Cui Wenqing is to save money and enrich the treasury of the country; The second suggestion is to print silver bills and change the currency of the country; The third suggestion is to regulate banks, and the power lies with the central government; The fourth suggestion is to subdivide loans and support industrial and commercial development......"

After reading the 12 suggestions, Wang Anshi did not elaborate too much, because a few days ago, the imperial court had sent the 12 suggestions to the yamen of the three provinces, six ministries and nine temples for the officials to browse and watch, and many people were basically clear about the meaning of these suggestions.

After Wang Anshi finished reading, Chen Hong gently patted the armrest of the throne and said in a deep voice: "If you don't argue or argue, the road is not obvious, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks about the content involved in the "Suggestions for the Development of Daqi Bank", and please speak freely." ”

As soon as Chen Hong's voice fell, an old minister walked out of the sequence of Wenchen in the west, with a purple robe on his head, obviously a prominent minister, and the old minister arched his hand and asked: "Weichen dares to ask the official, if there is no major controversy about these twelve suggestions, will the imperial court start to implement them?" Please tell the official. ”

Everyone looked at it, but saw that it was Han Qi, the third envoy.

To say that these three envoys were originally a special agency set up in the late Tang Dynasty for the power of the six departments.

In particular, the household department, which ranked second among the six ministries, lost key powers such as degree branches, salt and iron, and rents due to the establishment of the three envoys.

Today, the three envoys have become the cashier of the national money valley, balancing fiscal revenue and expenditure, and is the highest financial institution of the central government.

"Suggestions on the Development of Daqi Bank" almost all have a close connection with the three envoys, which naturally aroused Han Qi's high vigilance and special disgust.

Because he felt that it was the Daqi Bank that seized power from his three envoys, and it was also the law changers led by Wang Anshi who seized power from his three envoys.

This is not only illegal, but also a challenge to the three envoys.

So as soon as Chen Hong's voice fell, Han Qi stood up with a roar, naturally because of this reason.

Facing Han Qi, Chen Hong was more or less embarrassed.

As a key figure in the conservative faction and a supporter of Sima Guang, Han Qi has always had a negative attitude towards Wang Anshi's reforms, and has repeatedly argued for reasons in front of the emperor, which has caused many new reforms in the past to die prematurely.

It can be said that Han Qi is a minister who is reasonable and orderly, and he is also a minister who is stubborn and law-abiding.

In his view, any change that goes against the ancestral wealth system is incorrect.

As an official, Chen Hong naturally couldn't argue with the ministers in person in the main hall, so he could only leave all this to others to do, so he replied with a fair attitude: "Since it is a suggestion, a good suggestion should be promulgated and implemented, on the contrary, an unrealistic suggestion should be discarded." ”

Han Qi bowed his head heavily, his eyes fell on Cui Wenqing, who was standing behind the court, and said with a sneer: "Since this is the case, then good, the old man will argue with the person who suggested it today." ”

At the beginning of the Great Dynasty Meeting, the Prime Minister of the Dynasty personally questioned him, and the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became tense.

Chen Hong, who was sitting on the throne, was sweating in his palms, because he knew that as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, Han Qi was very good, after all, as a figure who had managed the wealth of the Great Qi for nearly twenty years, Han Qi's talent was beyond doubt, and his ability was also beyond doubt!

Sitting behind the curtain of the main hall, Chen Ningmo, a scholar of Jixian Hall who was the right to observe, also tightened his heart, and couldn't help but secretly worry about Cui Wenqing.

And the ministers who stood outside the hall and could only watch from a distance also looked around, and their eyes fell to the outside of the hall.

Suddenly, the inside and outside of the hall were full of solemnity.

Facing the forced gaze of the ministers and the tense atmosphere, Cui Wenqing was calm and calm.

Without half a minute of hesitation, he slowly paced out of the court class in two steps, first raised his hand to Chen Hong, who was sitting on the throne, and then arched his hand to Han Qi and said: "Xiaguan Cui Wenqing, listen to Han Xianggong's high-level arguments." ”

"Humph!" Han Qi snorted coldly and shook his sleeves, his attitude was as bad as just now, "Cui Wenqing, old man, let me ask you, how old are you?" ”

Such a question was unexpected by everyone, and it also made Cui Wenqing stunned, and he replied truthfully: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Han, will just turn twenty this year." ”

"How many years have you been an official?"

"One year as an official."

"Did you ever hold an official position in the management of your wealth in the past?"

"Never!"

"Huh! Never! Han Qi's tone was full of mockery, "I have never held a financial official position, can Xiao Er'an understand the root of wealth?" What is the root of taxation? How can we understand the income and expenditure of Daqidu? How does it work? Just based on some fanciful ideas, he pointed fingers at the Daqi wealth endowment system and asserted in vain, Cui Wenqing, you are acting like this, isn't it nonsense? What is not a fallacy to confuse the public? In the old man's opinion, it is the gospel of the world that a rebellious minister who is full of nonsense like you should be immediately executed! ”

The loud words landed on the ground, and the hall was buzzing, even if there was a reasoned argument, and there were also words with a heart, but it was very difficult to answer.