Chapter 191: Baoquan is in charge
After Yan Song heard Chen Di's thoughts, his head shook like a rattle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Di'er, you let the court do business with those lowly businessmen on the surface? Didn't you lose all the face of the court? Yan Song said.
Chen Di patiently explained to Yan Song: "Father-in-law, the treasury is empty, and opening up financial resources is the best policy!" Don't you have a face, is it a shame to let the Tatars fight under the capital? Is it a shame to sit back and watch the victims have no food and clothing, and to sit back and watch the devastation of the disaster land? β
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Chen Di had already thoroughly understood Yan Song's temperament. This man is an old fox who can't afford to make a profit!
Chen Di said: "Father-in-law! At this moment, there are only you and me, father and son, and I will tell you the truth! Opening a money bank in the household department is a profitable business. You are in charge of the Hubu Shangshu, and the left and right servants are all my people, aren't my people your people? It is not difficult to do tricks and feet on the accounts of the household bank every year! I plan to take out 10% of the annual profits of the money bank as a bonus for your father-in-law! In this way, the court has silver to earn, and the father-in-law also has silver to earn, killing two birds with one stone, why not? β
Yan Song immediately came to his senses when he heard the silver: "Yicheng bonus, how much does it have to be?" β
Chen Di pretended to close his eyes and did some calculations, and replied, "There are always 500,000 taels, right?" β
Yan Song was overjoyed: "If you want to say, this is also a good thing for the country and the people." Although it violates the etiquette system, it violates the grandfather's legacy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business. But the great grandfather has been dead for more than 100 years, and his old man can't expect it to happen more than 100 years later, right? The household department can't keep the Taicang bank empty! Okay, you can do it! For the sake of the Father, I fully support it! β
Chen Di secretly said in his heart, with such a money-greedy old fox in the cabinet, how could the household department not be empty? How can national strength not be weakened?
When he was full-fledged, the first thing he did was to oust this Yan Shoufu from power.
Greedy for money? Yan Song, you are greedy! When Inoue Shishiro commented on the trade between Zhejiang merchants and Japanese invaders, he once said to Chen Di: Pigs are fattened, and sooner or later they will be killed!
Hundreds of years later, there is a saying in the history books that "He Shen fell, and Jiajing was full". Maybe in the near future, there will be a saying that "Yan Song fell, Jiajing was full" will appear in the annals of history!
Yan Song said again: "If the money bank of the household department is really opened, it must always have a name. What's a good name? β
Chen Di said: "I think it's just Daming Qianzhuang!" Daming, the imperial court also! In this way, it is also good for businessmen all over the world to know that this money village has the credibility of our Ming Dynasty as a guarantee! β
Yan Song smiled: "Good, good!" β
Chen Di lost no time in patting Yan Song's sycophant: "Father-in-law, your calligraphy is the best in the world, why don't you splash ink and give our Daming Qianzhuang a plaque?" β
Yan Song was overjoyed: "Haha, Di'er, you are an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and you are willing to worship your father for your inferior." But when it comes to calligraphy, you can't even reach your father's feet and neck! β
Chen Di said: "That's that, who doesn't know that my father-in-law is a famous calligrapher in the world?" Two days ago, my father-in-law presented a 'righteous businessman' plaque with a personal inscription to the merchants who lent money to the imperial court, and it is said that the plaque has been fried to a price of 5,000 taels today! The father-in-law is really a thousand words! β
Chen Di patted the sycophants while helping Yan Song spread out a piece of paper and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Yan Song splashed ink, and after a few strokes, he wrote the four big characters of "Daming Qianzhuang".
Chen Di said secretly, the word Yan Song is indeed worthy of its name. However, according to historical records, Yan Song's calligraphy is mostly used for elegant bribes! Elegant bribe, as the name suggests, elegant bribe! The bribe giver asked Yan Song for ink treasure, and then presented a staggering amount of polishing pen, which is a bribe!
I don't know if Yan Song practiced calligraphy all day long in order to collect more bribes?
Chen Di said again: "Father-in-law, my son plans to set up a general number in the capital, a semicolon in each province, a sub-number in each prefecture, and a sub-number in each county. β
Yan Song waved his hand: "Very good!" β
Chen Di nodded: "Also, since it is the money bank of the imperial court, the principal cannot be called the shopkeeper." I think there is a director in the household department, named Baoquan, to oversee the affairs of the bank, how about it? β
Yan Song said: "Baoquan is in charge? Well, money is like flowing water, and the spring water is endless. Good intentions! Your unsuccessful eldest brother is now at home, I think let him be the master of this treasure spring! β
When Chen Di heard that Yan Song intended to let Yan Shifan be in charge of Daming Qianzhuang, he chuckled in his heart. As the saying goes, the son of a mouse is born to make holes, and the son of a big corrupt official is naturally born to make money! really let Yan Shifan do the main thing of this treasure spring, it is strange that he does not turn Daming Qianzhuang into the private property of the Yan family!
What to do? You can't refute Yan Song's face.
Chen Di was in a hurry: "Father-in-law, the head of the household department is only six grades, doesn't it depreciate the value of the eldest brother?" The son has set up a new position of deputy chief of staff in the Flying Tiger Army, and he is a military attachΓ© of the second grade! I had long planned to let my eldest brother fill the role! After all, the army is the foundation of the imperial court! It's better to have one more person in charge of the Yan family than to give this position to someone else! β
How old is Yan Song? In fact, he had long felt inappropriate for Chen Di to monopolize military power. In the history books, how many fathers and sons have turned against each other because of the struggle for power? What's more, he and Chen Di are just father-in-law and son-in-law? He had long intended to install his own people into the Flying Tiger Army. Now that Chen Di took the initiative to let Yan Shifan be the deputy chief of staff of the Flying Tiger Army, how could Yan Song not be happy?
Yan Song said: "Your eldest brother is not a weapon, and he is not familiar with military affairs. When you get to the Flying Tiger Army, you have to train him well! Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. With the two of you brothers at the helm of the Flying Tiger Army, you can rest assured that you are a father! β
How could Chen Di not see Yan Song's thoughts? However, the Flying Tiger Army was founded by Chen Di, from Yu Dayou to ordinary soldiers, and everyone was the only one who obeyed Chen Di. Yan Shifan can only be an idle general when he enters the Flying Tiger Army!
Chen Di said again: "This position of the head of the Baoquan Bureau, I think I will let Zhang Juzheng, the left waiter of the household department, concurrently serve as it." β
Yan Song replied: "Zhang Juzheng is also capable, and he is worthy of being trained by you in the Hanlin Academy. Yes, you can. β
What is Political Trading? That's the political deal! Chen Di exchanged a second-grade idle errand for a sixth-grade real shortage. Yan Song felt that he had made money, but in fact, the person who really made a lot of money was Chen Di!
Daming Qianzhuang has finally done it. Su Bingyan was also very profitable, and the 4.5 million taels of share capital raised by the Hui merchants had already been handed over to the household department. Zhang Ju is a capable minister, and Chen Di plans to train him to be his financial steward, and let him be the head of Lingbaoquan because Chen Di intends to train him.
On this day, Chen Di was handling military affairs in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and Madeira suddenly found Chen Di with a Westerner.