Borrow the day to change the day

() "Your Majesty, this banknote issuing institution is built with cement as the raw material, together with crushed stone and sand. It would be best if it had steel bars, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't. There are several advantages."

"First, houses built with cement are stronger than houses with wooden structures, and they are also fireproof. These two functions are very important for banknote issuing institutions to store silver and banknotes."

Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren nodded in agreement, and even Bi Ziyan did not deny the importance of these two points.

"Second, the raw materials for cement construction are cheap and available everywhere. The disadvantage is that the construction process of excavation, gravel, mixing, etc. requires a lot of physical work. It happens that there are a large number of idle refugees outside the city, and they can be used Together, the cost of cement construction will be much lower than the current construction cost.”

Several people have forgotten that the imperial court can actually hire refugees, and this will be a big deal.

"Thirdly, cement is a new thing, and it needs a process to be well known. Instead of introducing the benefits of cement one by one, it would be better to use cement buildings to show its advantages in conspicuous places, which is also conducive to the development of cement after the establishment of state-owned enterprises. Sale."

After Zhong Jinwei said the above three points, he concluded: "Your Majesty, using cement to build another place has so many benefits, so why not do it?"

Emperor Chongzhen was already full of joy when he heard it. As soon as Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he smiled and said to Bi Ziyan: "What do Bi Qing think?"

Bi Ziyan's face was a little unnatural, and he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "So, I have no objection to this, but the banknote issuing agency has moved out of the yamen of the Ministry of Households, so it is not easy to manage."

Wen Tiren didn't have any idea at first, but now when he heard Bi Ziyan's words, he frowned, turned his mind, and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that the banknote issuing government office would be a very important department of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, my minister It is suggested that the Metropolitan Procuratorate send a special censor to supervise."

When Bi Ziyan heard this, he looked at Wen Tiren's back with dissatisfaction, but he didn't speak.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Wen Tiren's words, and nodded: "The chief assistant, Lao Cheng, seeks the country, what he said is very true, and I will send Dongchang to sit in charge."

Zhong Jinwei was a little speechless when he heard that the organization had not yet been established for these people, so they sent people to each of them.However, it is also a good thing to be supervised by all parties, so he didn't say a word, just stood there and watched the fun.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he saw that the few courtiers below were silent, so he asked: "My dear ministers, do you have any suggestions on this matter?"

Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan looked at each other, then at Zhong Jinwei, and shook their heads. After all, it was a new thing, and it was impossible to think about it all at once, and they had no idea for the time being.

Seeing that the few courtiers had no objections, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Bi Qing, you should draw up the regulations of the banknote issuing agency as soon as possible, and submit them to the cabinet for review."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan bowed to accept the order.

Then Emperor Chongzhen said to Wen Tiren: "After the cabinet review, hand it over to me for review. If there is no error, then follow the rules in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty." This is a normal procedure, and Wen Tiren naturally has no objections.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he saw that Zhong Jinwei was there, and the old god was there, so he said to him: "Master Zhong, you will work with the Ministry of Industry to make the drawings of the banknote issuing organization first, and submit them to me for review. If possible, build it as soon as possible." come out."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhong Jinwei replied, he had never eaten pork, but he had always seen pigs run away.Later generations have been to banks and watched movies and TV shows about bank theft, so they always know a little bit about the internal structure of banks.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished his orders, he felt relieved for a while, and joked: "Master Zhong, if your cement is not as good as you say, after you build a banknote issuing office, it will smash the signboard instead."

"No, no, if the cement effect is not good, it will be improved, and it will definitely work." Zhong Jinwei explained quickly after hearing this.

Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan looked at Zhong Jinwei's expression, as if the treasure in his hand was mistaken for a lump by others, and they were eager to defend themselves, so they couldn't help but chuckled.

Emperor Chongzhen was also happy for a while, remembering something, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, has the cement row house outside the Meridian Gate been built?"

"When I came, I looked at it, and it seemed that it was almost ready, but there were no tables and chairs inside."

"Okay, tomorrow I will bring all the civil and military officials to see and see." After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he was a little bit looking forward to it, and this cement house would not disappoint me.

Just when everyone felt that the discussion was over and it was time to go back to work, Emperor Chongzhen frowned suddenly and said, "It's a mouthful to follow Master Zhong to talk about the banknote issuing institution and the banknote issuing yamen. I'm thinking of giving it a name."

Zhong Jinwei opened his mouth and wanted to say that there was a name in the first place, but he didn't say it because he let you understand the purpose of this institution.Immediately, he noticed that Wen Tiren was blinking at him.

Zhong Jinwei came to his senses as soon as he came to his senses, and stopped talking in time, not making a sound, so as not to disturb the emperor's elegant interest in naming.

"The banknote issuing office is used to import and export silver. Therefore, there must be a word silver in the name. Everything in the world belongs to the 360 ​​five elements. Therefore, I named this banknote issuing office a bank. What do you think?"

Zhong Jinwei was dumbfounded when he heard that, is this how the bank came here?

Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan nodded repeatedly, one said, "Your Majesty, you can solve it in seconds." The other said, "Your Majesty is right, and it should be called a bank."

I don't know if the two of them are flattering or sincerely agreeing, anyway, Zhong Jinwei can't tell.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to see that the two ministers agreed with his point of view. When he became interested, he simply wrote the inscription first, and hung it up when the door opened, which also showed the emperor's importance.

As a result, several courtiers began to praise Emperor Chongzhen's calligraphy.In the end, the monarch and his subjects dispersed to their fullest, doing their own things.

Not to mention that Zhong Jinwei ran to Xu Guangqi to design bank architectural drawings together.In the afternoon of the single talk, Emperor Chongzhen was working in the Wenhua Palace when Wang Chengen suddenly came to him.

"Your Majesty, the reasons for the resignation of Yu Shi Gao Jie and the right servant Liu Peng of the Ministry of Officials have been found out."

"Oh, what's the reason?" Emperor Chongzhen continued to bow his head while approving the memorial while speaking.

"These two people are afraid that His Majesty will let the factory guards strictly investigate corruption, so they want to resign and go back." Wang Chengen replied in a normal tone, but his heart was full of pride.Only the factory guard can scare and faint two civil servants before making a move.

"What? Are you serious?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Chengen.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Why are they so corrupt that they are so afraid of being investigated?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately.

"Your Majesty, as soon as I found out the reasons for the resignation of the two, I came to report to His Majesty. I haven't known the details of the corruption of the two, so I will let the servants investigate." Wang Chengen bowed and explained, and then expressed his position to Emperor Chongzhen.

"Okay, these two thieves can't be cheap. From the looks of it, they made enough money, and then went home to enjoy the blessings as a shopkeeper. It's not that cheap, let me check." Emperor Chongzhen put down the brush and instructed Wang Cheng'en.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to investigate now." Wang Chengen was proud of himself, and had another job to do. After answering Emperor Chongzhen, he slowly backed away, then turned and walked towards the gate of the palace.

Just when Wang Chengen walked to the gate of the hall, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said: "Big companion, come back."

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen thought that there was still something to do, so he quickly returned to the hall, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what else do you need slaves to do?"

"You don't need to check it out, send the Jinyiwei Commander Luo Yangxing to see me."

Wang Chengen was startled when he heard that, he didn't seem to have done anything wrong, and he didn't do anything bad, why the emperor didn't trust him.So he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said fearfully, "Your Majesty, did this servant do something wrong?"

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about your partner. It's none of your business. I had an appointment with a civil servant before, and I sent Jin Yiwei to investigate corruption. I have to keep my word."

Emperor Chongzhen saw Wang Chengen's fearful look, turned his anger into a smile, and explained kindly.

When Wang Chengen heard that it was not his fault, he felt relieved, went to the door, and asked the servant to pass on Emperor Chongzhen's will.

Not long after, Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, rushed over, received the order from Emperor Chongzhen, and rushed to investigate.

At this time, in the cabinet, the Chief Assistant and the cabinet ministers had a dispute.