In the evening, Wei Chi Xunyan came to Li Hong to reply and said that the three of them had agreed to lend Li Hong the gold they had deposited as the bank's reserves, totaling 180,000 taels. With these 180,000 taels of gold, plus the 140,000 taels in Li Hong's hands, a total of 320,000 taels of gold reserves, plus 1 million taels of capital, it was enough for Li Hong to open a small-scale bank in Chang'an City.

With the money, Li Hong wrote down the rules and regulations and operation mode of the bank overnight. The next day, Li Hong handed this thing to Yan Zhuang and said, "You take a look first, if there is anything unclear when the time comes, come and ask Gu, and find a few talented henchmen, let them be familiar with the things on it, and then you find a store in Dongshi, decorate it to look like Lone, and our bank will officially open in August." ”

Yan Zhuang has managed finances in the East Palace for so many years, and he is Li Hong's absolute confidant, so Li Hong is very relieved to hand over this matter to Yan Zhuang.

"Your Highness, I don't know what the name of this bank should be?" Yan Zhuang asked, as for what the bank is and what it does, the pile of paper he took has already been clearly written, and he will not be stupid enough to ask Li Hong again.

"Well, let's call it the Imperial Bank!" Li Hong pondered for a moment and said. Originally, the name Datang Central Bank was more powerful and domineering, but Li Hong didn't dare to use it now, so he could only retreat.

"Imperial Bank?" Yan Zhuang muttered, "It's really domineering. ”

Li Hong laughed at it, if this name is domineering, there is no more domineering name.

It was now May, and there were only three months to go until August, and he was in a hurry to open a bank with a reserve of 320,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver, so he left in a hurry to prepare.

In June, Gaozong and Empress Wu were ready to leave Chang'an to live in Luoyang, and in October, they would set off from Luoyang to Mount Tai to seal Zen.

It can be said that this trip to Luoyang has a great impact on the future pattern of the Tang Dynasty, because since Gaozong went to Luoyang this time, he rarely returned to Chang'an, he and Empress Wu spent most of their time in Luoyang, and Li Hong spent most of his future time in Chang'an supervising the country. It can be said that Empress Wu went to Luoyang with Gaozong, and the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty moved to Luoyang, which was a strategy that Empress Wu had thought of a long time ago. After all, Chang'an is in the hands of the Guanlongshi clan, and it is too close to the birthplace of the Li family, which is not conducive to her plans, which also reflects that the control of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions is not as tight as before.

Empress Wu's move was not a good thing for Li Hong.

Because Empress Wu went to Gaozong to Luoyang and moved the government affairs to Luoyang, he stayed in Chang'an to supervise the country, which is equivalent to saying that Gaozong handed over all the government affairs west of Chang'an to him, and Li Hong's development focus was in Chang'an and the Western Regions, which made his layout in Chang'an City more comfortable.

Of course, looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, if Li Hong puts all his energy on the west of Chang'an, it is obvious that the struggle between him and Empress Wu will end in failure, because the richest place in the Tang Dynasty is in Jianghuai, and the most elite army in the Tang Dynasty is now in the northeast battlefield, because of the distance between Luoyang, Li Hong cannot reach these areas.

Therefore, the departure of Gaozong and Empress Wu from Chang'an City has both advantages and disadvantages for it.

"It seems that it really needs to be deployed!" Li Hong thought about it and sighed, he must complete his plan before Gaozong leaves, otherwise when Gaozong and Empress Wu go to Luoyang, if they go to deploy it themselves, it is estimated that they will have to delay until after Mount Tai Feng Chan. Thinking of this, the names of two people appeared in Li Hong's mind, Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun, and the chess pieces in his plan were Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun, of course, in addition, there were two chess pieces, but until now he has not been sure who it is, not that he doesn't want to, but he hasn't found a suitable person yet.

Just when Li Hong was thinking like this, Di Renjie walked into the study.

"See Your Highness." Di Renjie saluted Li Hongshi. When Li Hong saw Di Renjie, he smiled and said, "Di Qing doesn't need to be polite, sit down!" ”

"I don't know what His Highness is calling Weichen for?" Di Renjie asked straight to the point, as the head of Dali Temple, he was very busy, but he didn't have any extra time to spend in the East Palace.

"Next month, my father and mother will go to Luoyang, and Zhang Deyu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is also in his entourage, so he will not be the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and he wants to write to his father and emperor, and give you the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, you have to be psychologically prepared." Li Hong said to Di Renjie.

Gaozong and Empress Wu left, he was like a fish in water in Chang'an, as long as he controlled Dali Temple again, he would be more comfortable.

"This-" Di Renjie was surprised, this speed is too fast, right? However, he also liked the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple very much, because he could solve the case, he said happily, "Weichen knows, thank you Your Highness." ”

"Di Qing's talent in this area is known, so don't be polite." Li Hong said, and then muttered, "Di Qing, when you were serving in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, did you find that there were any available talents in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" ”

The deployment that Li Hong just thought of was naturally in the four places of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Bingzhou and Yizhou, and Di Renjie served as Fa Cao in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and was very familiar with the situation in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, so he asked this. Besides, Di Renjie in history was a person with a discerning eye, and if he was able to get Di Renjie's appreciation, he immediately felt that he could use this person with confidence.

As soon as Di Renjie heard Li Hong's words, he understood what Li Hong meant, he didn't understand and answer Li Hong, but pondered for a moment before replying, "There are many people who can use the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, and those who can be used by His Royal Highness are probably only Zhang Renyuan, the chief of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou." ”

"Zhang Renyuan?" Li Hong asked puzzledly, "The long history of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" ”

"Yes, that's him." Di Renjie replied affirmatively, "Your Highness, Zhang Renyuan is a native of Xiatai, Huazhou, once served as the palace attendant, and later served as the governor of Taichung, the governor of Youzhou, etc., and now he is the governor of the metropolitan government of Bingzhou, and he is an all-rounder who can write and martial arts." ”

To be honest, Li Hong really didn't know who Zhang Renyuan was, but when Di Renjie said this, he believed Di Renjie's words, nodded slightly, and said, "According to Di Qing, this Zhang Renyuan is really a talent!" Is Di Qing familiar with him? ”

"The minister had an intersection with him when he served in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, and the relationship was very ordinary, but His Highness wanted to use him, and the minister could come forward to persuade him." Di Renjie opened his mouth and said, since he sincerely submitted to Li Hong, Di Renjie also began to think about Li Hong.

Li Hong was overjoyed, it must be unusual for Di Renjie to be called a civil and military all-rounder, and now Di Renjie took the initiative to recruit Zhang Renyuan for himself, Li Hong was still dissatisfied, so he said loudly, "Then this matter will be handed over to Di Qing." ”

"The minister will never disappoint His Highness's expectations." Di Renjie said that although he and Zhang Renyuan did not have much intersection, with Li Hong's prestige and the identity of the prince, he believed that he would be able to convince Zhang Renyuan.

Li Hong was even more relieved when he saw Di Renjie so sure. Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed to his request, Di Renjie did not stay any longer, but hurriedly said goodbye and left.

The governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is a member of the Sanpin, and he wants Zhang Renyuan to be able to submit to him, but Li Hong doesn't mind letting Zhang Renyuan sit on the post of Metropolitan Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Metropolitan Governor of the Prefecture within three years, and the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is not far from Chang'an, as long as Zhang Renyuan becomes his own person, and then sits on the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Hong's strength near Chang'an will be further enhanced. Moreover, the four most important towns of the Tang Dynasty are Bingzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou and Yangzhou, if it can be controlled so easily, why not Li Hong?

As for letting Di Ren have outstanding horses, Li Hong was very relieved.

Thinking about it this way, Li Hong only thinks about Yizhou, Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

Among these three states, Yizhou is the largest source of Datang's wealth, and it is also the most troublesome place for Li Hong. Because the current governor of Yizhou is Li Shangjin, the king of Qi, and is Li Hong's half-brother. Li Hong really doesn't have a good impression of Li Shangjin, the third brother, and at the same time, he can be sure that Li Shangjin, as the third son of Gaozong, is definitely an opponent that cannot be ignored easily. And if Li Hong wants to arrange his own chess pieces in Yizhou, he should put a person who has both ability and political integrity, and is resourceful. But the two people in his hands, Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun, are not such people.

This made Li Hong entangled.

To put it bluntly, there is still a shortage of talents around me, and they are still the kind of talents who can be used for themselves.

Just when he was entangled, the chamberlain Wei Zhiqiang replied that Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun had arrived at the Chongjiao Palace. Cheng Chucun and Qin Huaidao were specially summoned to the East Palace by Li Hong, and now the two of them were already waiting for him in the Chongjiao Palace, and he got up and came to the Chongjiao Hall with Wei Zhiqiang.

This afternoon, through the fact that Wei Chi Xunyan was preparing gold for the prince, Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun knew that the prince was planning a big thing. Therefore, now that the crown prince has summoned the two of them to the East Palace, although Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun do not know the purpose of the prince seeing them, they have also guessed one thing, that is, His Royal Highness the prince wants to reuse them, because the two of them and the Wei Chi family have contributed 180,000 taels of gold to the prince.

"I didn't expect the two of you to arrive so soon, and I was a step too late, so I made you wait for a long time." Li Hong walked into the Chongjiao Hall and spoke.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Cheng Chucun and Qin Huaidao saw Li Hong hurriedly bowing and saluting.

"You two don't need to be polite, please take a seat!" Li Hong waved his hand and strode to the main seat and sat down. Li Hong sat down, and Cheng Chucun and Qin Huaidao sat down. When the maidservant brought the tea, Li Hong let the two of them take a sip, and Cheng Chucun asked straight to the point because he was in a hurry, "I don't know what His Highness has to tell you to summon the two of us to the East Palace today?" ”

"Lone summoned you here today just to ask, are you familiar with Jingzhou and Yangzhou?" Li Hong asked. Since the situation in Yizhou is more complicated, with the abilities of Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chucun, it is not enough to stay in Yizhou to help themselves, so Li Hong can only put them in Yangzhou and Jingzhou. The reason why the two were chosen was not only for their support for the Qin family and the Cheng family to establish a bank, but also because of their loyalty to the Li family