Sima Jun and Xun Yu looked at each other, and after a while, they silently withdrew their gaze and said, "Prime Minister, you are confident, it is the lower official who is presumptuous." ”

Wu Jingben didn't want to interject, but Sima Jun mentioned the matter of repairing the river next year, if he didn't open his mouth now, he would have to take the blame next year, and said stubbornly: "Prime Minister, last year, the Yellow River burst its banks, flooded several prefectures and counties, and almost caused a civil uprising, and next year, it must be repaired." ”

Xun Yu's expression did not move, and said, "You don't need to worry about this, I have my own way." What I am asking you now is, do you have any objections to the overall tax reform plan? ”

Everyone looked at Xun Yu together, suspicious in their hearts and suspicious on their faces.

Not to mention anything else, just what Sima Jun said, adding up to more than one million, this money was not taken out casually even by the previous imperial court.

Zhong Xuan spoke at this time and said: "If the court can't come up with the money to deal with everything, it is the prime minister, it is the responsibility of Shang Shutai, and it has nothing to do with you." What we are discussing now is the matter of tax reform. If you have any opinions, you may wish to express your heart. ”

Sima Jun saw Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan, and Xun Yu with a determined expression, nodded knowingly, and said: "If the prime minister really has a way, then it is the lower official who is presumptuous." The tax reform and overall reduction and exemption are good things for the country and the people, and the lower officials have no objections. ”

When the others saw that Sima Jun nodded, they all responded: "The lower officials and others have no objections. ”

Xun Yu snorted and said, "The fourth item is about the restructuring of the Three Law Divisions and the division of rights and responsibilities. Lu Yu, send the draft to all colleagues again. ”

Lu Yu, who was in charge of the minutes of the meeting on the side, hurriedly got up, picked up the plates on the side, and distributed them one by one.

In fact, everyone here has already seen it, but Shang Shutai has made 'fine-tuning', which is the final draft.

Everyone looked down and looked closely, and no one dared not care.

In the past, Yushitai was known as 'one of the three Taiwans', and Shangshutai and Zhentai were placed side by side, and it was the highest supervisory body of the Han Dynasty, and it was also the seat of Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu.

——It's about their own safety, who can not care.

When the high-ranking officials of the imperial court were discussing a series of important national affairs, Liu Wei appeared in Qianzhuang at this time.

Liu Wei stood in front of the counter, a man of thirty-five or sixteen was in the counter, the abacus in his hand crackled, and he picked up a pen from time to time and added a sum to the account book.

Dian Wei stood behind Liu Wei and watched, and said in an urn voice: "You person, Your Majesty is just looking at an account book, and you are sweating nervously!?" ”

Liu Ba only felt that his mouth was dry, and his whole body was shaking, he didn't care about wiping his sweat, he raised his head and gave Dian Wei a stiff smile, and quickly lowered his head again to continue settling accounts.

When Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou, Liu Ba fled to Runan, and then went all the way north, originally hoping to go to Jizhou, but when passing through Hedong, he was recommended by Kuai Liang to enter the court, and then suddenly became the big treasurer of Qianzhuang inexplicably.

In the past nearly a year, Liu Ba has gone from being nervous at first, to gradually getting started, and then to being handy, in less than half a year.

In the following six months, he almost described it as magical, not only quickly paying off the debts of the bank, but also achieving a large profit.

From tens of thousands of dollars per month to nearly 100,000 yuan this month, it really shocked Liu Wei in the palace.

This is also the reason why Liu Wei is here today.

He smiled and didn't stop Dian Wei, and he didn't speak.

The counter was divided into two, Liu Ba inside was settling accounts, and Liu Wei outside was looking at the documents of the 'Qian Zhuang Summary'.

This set of documents, compiled by Liu Ba himself, is almost all the business of the bank, covering storage, lending, escrow, pawn, transportation, and so on.

These are still the most primitive business methods, but it is really rare for Liu Ba to be able to master and use them freely in a short period of time.

"Talent...... Liu Wei slowly and silently rolled over, raised his eyelids and looked at Liu Ba, and sighed in his heart.

For the specific operation of the money bank, he is actually half-understood, and does not have a deep involvement and understanding, it is extremely difficult to conform to the current historical situation, but Liu Ba is very smart, under his auspices and changes, the quiet 'modernization' has been completed.

Once the economic situation improves, it can be clearly foreseen that Qianzhuang will be a very terrible money-making machine!

Liu Ba was still thinking quickly, noticed Liu Wei's gaze, paused his fingers, and started fighting even faster.

It's not that he is not familiar with the business of the bank, and he is not clear about the accounts of the bank, but the root cause is that the inner treasury of the palace suddenly 'injected capital' into the bank again.

This injection of capital was extraordinary, the cash alone was counted in the backyard for a full day, and there were countless other valuables that needed to be sold in the bank.

Liu Ba is also from a family, has seen the family background of some big people, and has been in charge of the money village for nearly a year, but it is really the first time to see so much money and cherish treasures!

He didn't have time to think about it, he just wanted to count all the books in front of him.

These are to be presented to His Majesty in front of him, and not a single cent can be wrong.

Liu Ba froze his mind, crackled again, and he didn't know how long it took, he finally stopped his abacus and handed the written account book to Liu Wei.

His hands trembled, and so did his ledger.

Liu Wei took it with a smile and said, "What, are you also afraid of me?" Worried that I am a rumored tyrant and will kill anyone I see? ”

Liu Ba was actually not afraid, mainly because he planned to work too hard and had some cramps, but when he heard Liu Wei's words, the sweat on his face didn't know whether it was nervous or cold.

"Wechen doesn't dare." Liu Ba's mouth was a little dry and he hadn't completely calmed down.

Liu Wei didn't care, nodded and looked at the account book, from top to bottom, they were the cash saved, the valuables in custody, the treasures of the pawn, the profits, and the total property owned by the money bank.

Liu Wei read them one by one, constantly nodding secretly, and improving Liu Ba's ability to a step again, but when he saw the last number, his eyelids jumped, he slanted over the account book, handed it to Liu Ba, pointed at it with his finger, and said, "Are these true?" ”

Liu Ba stretched out his head to look at it, and hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Back to Your Majesty, indeed." ”

Liu Wei was still a little suspicious, but he probably believed it in his heart.

He must not be suspicious, because the column of 'total' reads: 6,825,321 yuan.

Compared with more than 600,000, and the tax paid by the Han Dynasty last year was less than 100,000!

After Liu Wei was in a short period of doubt and trance, a strong self-confidence suddenly surged out of his heart, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, well, with this money and food in hand, what else do I have to hate!" ”

Liu Ba bowed and quietly pursed his dry lips, and was shocked by such a large amount of money.

In fact, he knew the origin of these, most of them were 'stolen goods' obtained from various places, including the Black Mountain Army, the Yellow Turban Army, Qiao Mao, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo and others.

In terms of year, the money should have been kept in the palace until recently, and it was only recently withdrawn and deposited in the bank.

Liu Ba didn't know what His Majesty the Emperor in front of him wanted to do with this money, but thinking of the absurdity of the first emperor, he couldn't help but worry and hesitate.

If this majesty wants to use this nonsense, should he resign as soon as possible, so as not to act for the tiger and harm the world?

Liu Wei quickly came back to his senses, looked at Liu Ba's eyes a little hot, and said, "Let's go, accompany me, I have something to say to you." ”

Liu Ba responded, gave a few words to the inside, and trotted out of the money village with Liu.

Liu Wei walked out of the money village, and wanted to step on the snow to be happy, but the road was cleaned, so he could only put his hands behind his back and said with a smile with Liu Ba: "The Qing family is doing a very good job." Although there is no product in this money village for the time being, but it is only temporary, after a few years, I consider hanging the money village under the Shangshu Terrace, such as the Nine Temples. With the new grade, you are counted from the third grade. You may not understand it well, so to say, the Shangshu of Liucao is the fourth grade, and the waiter is from the third grade. The prime minister is the second grade, the servant is from the third grade, and each political participation is the third grade, because each political participation is generally concurrently the Cao Shangshu ......"

Liu Ba was a little stunned, quickly digested Liu Wei's words, and was quite excited in his heart, in the blink of an eye, he would be able to rank in the Nine Temples?

Seeing that he was in a trance, Liu Wei looked up at the direction of the palace and said, "I am telling you this, mainly about my consideration of Qianzhuang, there are many things that you need to do. ”

Liu Ba's eyes were in a trance, and he bowed down and said solemnly: "Weichen is here." ”

Liu Wei waved his hand and said, "I just want to chat with you, I don't need to be so serious, and I'm not in Chongde Palace." ”

"Yes." Liu Ba answered, but he didn't dare to be careless, and followed Liu Ba respectfully, feeling more and more uneasy.

He was thinking, if His Majesty in front of him asked him to do something ridiculous, how would he shirk it? If you can't get rid of it, which way to escape at night and where to flee.

Where could Liu Wei know that Liu Ba was thinking so much, he groaned slightly, and said: "This first one is to change the yuan next year, and this money village should also take the opportunity to change its name, it will be called the Han Royal Money Village, in addition, I will equip you with a certain number of forbidden troops to ensure the safety of the money village." The branches of the money bank in various places can also be arranged. ”

"Wechen understands." Liu Ba hurriedly raised his hand and said. This is more than 6 million yuan, not afraid of the protection of the forbidden army, Liu Ba is worried that he will not dare to close his eyes if he does not guard the door of the basement day and night!

Liu Wei snorted and said, "The second one is about the specific operation of the money bank, and I won't say much about this." The most important point is that the flow of money in the village should be paid attention to small and medium-sized households and ordinary people, and should not become the money bag of the wealthy family, which should be kept in mind. In a few days, you will take my edict and go to the Imperial Historical Observatory to see King Chen Liu. ”

Liu Ba's heart moved, he raised his hand more seriously, and said, "Weichen understands. ”

This point does also talk about Liu Ba's worries.

Because in Yanzhou, some people took advantage of the loopholes of the money bank, and even bribed the people of the money bank, hollowed out the money bank on a large scale, and even took on huge debts, so that Liu Ba personally rushed over and had to take money to pay off the debt!

This came and went, Qian Zhuang could be said to have suffered heavy losses, and Liu Ba also held back his anger fiercely.

But he was helpless, those wealthy families had a complicated relationship with the local government, not to mention that their hands and feet were clean, even if they were not clean, Liu Ba, who was not a strong shrimp, could not suppress those strong snakes.

But with the edict of His Majesty in front of him, and with the help of King Chen Liu, who was in charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory, who would dare to bully him so blatantly?

Facing a gust of cold wind, Liu Wei shrank his neck, looked in the direction of the palace, and said, "It is estimated that the palace is almost over, so I will make a long story short with you." ”

"We're listening to the hadith." Liu Ba raised his hand, feeling even more nervous, knowing that Liu Wei was going to show his bottom, but he couldn't guess what Liu Wei wanted him to do.

Liu Wei nodded and said, "The most important point is about the issuance of new coins. Over the years, I have been preparing, and everything is ready on the Qianzhuang side, but the materials for the new currency are missing. Now, you have more than 6 million new coins in your hand, plus the copper mines on the east side of the river, the conditions for issuing new coins are sufficient......"

Seeing that Liu Ba didn't mention anything ridiculous, Liu Ba was relieved, raised his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Qian Zhuang has been making preparations, and now with these old coins, the minister can mint at least 10 million taels within two years, and the time will be ripe for the imperial court to abolish old coins and other miscellaneous coins......"

Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, he just said that he would issue new coins, so Liu Ba thought of so much?

"You're a talent."

Liu Wei smiled with satisfaction and said, "Since you understand everything, I won't talk nonsense." This new currency came out, how to get out, the first one, naturally, is to borrow out, but the most important customer is Hu Cao. ”

Liu Ba was stunned for a moment and said, "Hu Cao? ”

He had already guessed that the money would definitely have to be spent, and it would also be given to the imperial court, but when he lent it to Hu Cao, Liu Ba couldn't react for a while.

Liu Wei hummed as he walked and said, "Hmm." The money in and out of the money village must be based on evidence, and it cannot be allowed by the court to be taken by the court, and it must be borrowed and repaid. The specific method, when the time comes, I will arrange for you to negotiate with the Xun Qing family, and you must come up with a detailed charter, and you must not mess up. Two years is not realistic enough to replace all the old coins, but gradual abolition is achievable. Those messy five-baht coins minted privately in various places were abolished for him first, and they were banned from circulation......"

Liu Ba listened carefully, secretly pondering the meaning of Liu's defense.

Liu Wei said, he came to the palace not far away, in order to avoid attracting attention, he stopped, turned back to Liu Ba and said: "The matter of Qianzhuang, hide it for the time being, and tell the people of Qianzhuang that the tone should be tighter." What I told you today, think about it in your heart, and don't say it. ”

Liu Ba looked straight, raised his hand, and said, "The minister understands." ”

"That's all for today,"

Liu Wei took a deep breath, looked at the palace again, and said, "I also went to pick up my trouble." ”

Liu Ba was stunned, who else dared to ask His Majesty for trouble?

Liu Wei had already turned around and left.

Liu Ba looked at Liu Bian's back, thinking about the brief conversation just now, without Liu Bian's absurd worry that he was the first emperor, and instantly his heart swelled with pride, and he was ready to do a big job.

Liu Wei walked to the gate of the palace and said to Pan Yin, who was waiting at the gate of the palace: "Where are you?" ”

Pan Yin followed Liu Wei's side and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the last item is about the plan and goal of the 'New Deal', and the courtiers still think that it is too manipulative and easy to backfire. ”

Liu Wei was not surprised, and said: "Who has the most opposition?" ”

Pan Yin hesitated, bowed his head and did not speak.

Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "You don't dare to say anything, it seems that it is indeed a bit serious." ”

(End of chapter)