In addition to the three provinces and six ministries, the central organs of the Tang Dynasty also have nine temples and five supervisors, as well as the imperial history platform, etc., of which three provinces and six ministries are decision-making bodies, and the nine temples and five supervisors are specific affairs institutions, such as the Dali Temple chief case, the Shaofu supervisor is in charge of the hundred work skills, etc., and now in order to open a bank, a financial supervision has been added in addition to the five supervisors, becoming nine temples and six supervisors.

The office of the financial supervisor is also in the imperial city, located in an area between the prison and Shangshu Province, not to see the new financial supervisor, but it is very valued by Li Shimin, and it is Li Xiu such an important minister personally presided, so after the news spread, many people want to enter the financial supervision to serve, Li Xiu with the help of Xu Jingzong, also quickly drew up a list of officials, after a period of preparation, these officials have also come to the financial supervision one after another.

Early this morning, Li Xiu rushed to the financial supervision center, but the officials in the prison came earlier than him, after all, Li Xiu lived far away, and as a subordinate, he could not come later than his boss, plus they had just come to the financial supervision office, so they were all eager to show themselves, and going to work early was only the most basic.

"Qi Yu concubine, two financial supervisors, four people, and six chief officers, a total of twelve chief officials, there are eleven people, and only one young eunuch is missing!" Xu Jingzong is now a financial management supervisor, and now he is also in charge of the dots, and he is usually the first official to come to the financial supervision department.

It is worth mentioning that although the financial supervision has just been established, the number of officials is not only twelve, in fact, these twelve officials are all officials in charge of one party's affairs, and there are some other low-level officials under them, and there are more minor officials, but these people do not need to report to Li Xiu.

"Yes, another young eunuch is already on his way back to Chang'an, and it is estimated that he will arrive in two or three days." Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, and then looked at the group of officials under him, the group of officials selected by him and Xu Jingzong are all very young, not even one is over forty years old, after all, the bank is a new thing, and young people have active thinking and are more acceptable.

At the moment, Li Xiu summoned these people to his office room, first let these people introduce themselves, although Li Xiu knew these people, but these are not very familiar with each other, and after the introduction, Li Xiu personally held a small meeting for them, which is nothing more than to introduce the importance of the bank, and then simply assigned what everyone needs to be responsible for now, but because of the new establishment of the financial supervision, there is not much to do.

At present, there are two things to be done in the financial supervision department, one is to establish banks in Chang'an and Luoyang, and let the banks operate normally, and the other is to integrate Datang's coinage bureau to strengthen the control of coin minting and prepare for the minting of new coins in the future.

The affairs of the bank are naturally presided over by Li Xiu himself, and Xu Jingzong and most people should also focus on the bank, as for the affairs of the Minting Bureau, Li Xiu is ready to hand over to the young financial supervisor who has not yet taken office to do, his character is square, and he is an honest official, and he is the most suitable to manage the affairs of minting money.

After assigning things, Li Xiu let these officials under him go to work separately, after all, they also need to assign tasks to their subordinates, but Xu Jingzong stayed at this time, and then asked Li Xiu sneakily: "Don Ma, who is our young eunuch who hasn't come yet, why hasn't he arrived yet?" ”

"This young eunuch is also an old man of mine, I also recommended him to the imperial court at the beginning, and he has been serving in the field before, this time the financial supervisor is newly established, I just thought of him, so I personally asked His Majesty for someone, and then he was transferred from the ground, but because of the long distance, so I couldn't arrive for the time being." Li Xiu also said with a smile at this time.

Originally, for the position of the young eunuch of the financial supervisor, in addition to Xu Jingzong, Li Xiu most hoped that Cen Wenwen, who assisted him with Xu Jingzong, would take the position, but since the destruction of the Turks, Cen Wenwen has been prosperous in official fortune, and now he has been appointed as the Zhongshu Shilang, and he will be the prime minister if he goes further, with his current position, it is naturally impossible to go back to serve as a small young eunuch in the financial supervisor, so Li Xiu can only do it.

In contrast, Xu Jingzong was also Li Xiu's assistant at the beginning, but he was very unsatisfactory in the officialdom, originally he made meritorious contributions when he destroyed the Turks, and it was possible to be promoted, but then he didn't know how to offend the powerful people in the court, but in the past few years, he still stayed in the position of Zhongshusheren, and Cen Wenwen happened to be his top boss.

Seeing that Cen Wenwen, who was at the same level before, became his own official, it is estimated that Xu Jingzong's heart must be uncomfortable, especially since he is still a person with a heavy heart for fame and fortune, so this time Li Xiu presided over the financial supervision of the financial supervision department, Xu Jingzong immediately handed over the affairs of Zhongshu Province, and then the first to run to the financial supervision office, in fact, he did not see the importance of the bank, but simply felt that as long as he followed Li Xiu, he would definitely have the opportunity to be promoted in the future.

"It turned out to be the person recommended by the horse, that must not be wrong, when he comes, I will personally make a banquet to invite him, and I will work with him to assist the horse in the future!" Xu Jingzong also heard that Li Xiu attached great importance to the young eunuch who was at the same level as himself, and he also put away his careful thoughts at the moment, but wanted to have a good relationship with the other party.

"Hehe, this young eunuch's surname is Liu, what is his temperament? But it's more old-fashioned, it is estimated that it is about the same as Wei Zheng, and he has always been unaccustomed to the style of eating, drinking, and entertaining in the officialdom, so you don't have to bother with the Yan clan, just do anything in the future! Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he heard Xu Jingzong's words, the officialdom atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is still quite good, and people like Xu Jingzong, who are good at drilling camps, are not popular, and only he will not care about his character being promoted several times.

"The lesson of the horse is that the lower officials are too confused, and they will definitely do official business in the future, and they will definitely not do those things that form a party for personal gain!" Xu Jingzong misunderstood what Li Xiu meant, thinking that he didn't want his two young eunuchs to get too close, so he warned him like this.

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Xu Jingzong's words, and then understood his thoughts, but he also smiled and did not explain, Xu Jingzong has first-class ability, but his character is the last class, and he usually likes to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, this time he obviously misunderstood himself, but this is okay, a treacherous person like him, maybe only such an explicit warning will let him know the proportion.

For the next period of time, Li Xiu worked with the officials of the financial supervision every day to prepare for the preparation of the bank, in fact, what they did was actually to open a money bank similar to that of later generations, which was a bit like a businessman doing business, except that behind this money bank was the imperial court, and the officials who presided over the bank were also officials of the imperial court.

If you want to open a bank, you naturally need to choose a location for the bank, and because there is no precedent for the bank, even Li Xiu is half-understood, so the officials of the financial supervision are needed to explore and summarize, and Li Xiu's experience is the most important, after all, although he has not opened a bank, but he has not gone to the bank to handle business, and his understanding of the bank is far from comparable to that of people in the era of Datang.

Originally, Li Xiu wanted to open a bank in Chang'an and Luoyang at the same time, so that he could start the exchange business as soon as possible, but later he found that it couldn't be done, because he was only one person, so he couldn't divide him in half, right? So in the end, it was decided to open a bank in Chang'an first, and after the bank was in operation and summed up the experience, he personally took people to Luoyang.

The location of Chang'an Bank is not too controversial, it must be built in the most prosperous commercial area, so Chang'an City has only two options, either the West Market or the East City, of which the West City is the starting point of the Silk Road, and it is also the most prosperous business district in Chang'an, of course, in comparison, the East Market is not bad, especially the East City is surrounded by the rich area of Chang'an, and almost all the dignitaries and dignitaries of Chang'an live near the East City, and they are the main customers of the bank.

However, after careful consideration, Li Xiu decided to build the bank in the West Market, after all, the bank is a very commercial industry, the West Market is a place where all kinds of commodities are distributed, not only Hu merchants, but also more Han merchants from all over the country, they also need to use a large amount of copper coins in transactions, so it is easier for the bank to open up the situation in the West Market, and at the same time the reputation of the bank will be out.

It is precisely because of the above considerations, so Li Xiu and Xu Jingzong personally went to the West Market, and finally found a vacant land at the entrance of the West Market, which was originally an open-air trading market, mainly the furs transported by Hu merchants from the grassland, which were generally piled up here to wait for the buyer, but since Li Xiu had taken a fancy to it, he immediately requisitioned this vacant land, and then organized craftsmen to start building a large-scale bank.

Datang has all kinds of restrictions on construction, and even the height and scale of the official office are clearly stipulated, but the bank is a bit special, because it is an institution for ordinary people, and there is no computer network at this time, all the affairs of the bank need manpower, so if the bank wants to open up, it must need a lot of officials here, and the bank's business is also very busy, and even the banks of later generations often need to queue up, not to mention the inefficient bank like Datang, so it must also need a waiting area. Even if you don't build a hall and let guests wait in the open air, you need a square.

The vacant land at the entrance of Xishifang is enough, but the building will definitely exceed the limit of the imperial court, so Li Xiu had to go to see Li Shimin in person, and finally through Li Shimin's concession, he built a bank headquarters that is only a little smaller than the Liangyi Palace, and in order to speed up the progress of the project, Li Shimin also handed over all the craftsmen in the palace to Li Xiu for use, which is also thanks to Li Xiu presiding over the bank, otherwise it will be replaced by another person, and the location of the bank alone is a big problem.

It will take some time for the bank to be built, and during this time, Li Xiu needs to solve another headache.

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