The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 497 The Imperative
After inspecting the capital for a day with the guards, Jiang Chuan finally selected five places as the location of Zhongzhou Bank.

According to Jiang Chuan's vision, Zhongzhou Bank should set up at least one head office and four sub-branches in the capital.

The headquarters of Zhongzhou Bank selected by Jiang Chuan is located in the middle of Jincheng Lion Street.

Lion Street is the most prosperous commercial street in the capital.

On this street, there are many shops, and the land price is the highest in the entire capital. It can be said that every inch of land is expensive.

And the shops here are basically the property of the court dignitaries or clans. It can be said that people without background cannot occupy a place on this Lion Street.

And the store that Jiang Chuan chose as the head office of Zhongzhou Bank belonged to Wei Guogong Liu Lin before.

This Wei Guogong Liu Lin has now become a ghost under the knife, and all his family properties have been confiscated by the court, including this shop naturally

Without Jiang Chuan's order, the imperial court would not have dared to auction or resell this property.

This property occupies a very large area, and the layout is basically the same as other shops. The front is the facade, and the back is a big house with three entrances and three exits.

If it is to be used as the head office of a bank, the basic layout does not need to be changed, as long as it is redesigned and decorated, it can be used for opening.

The other four branches of Zhongzhou Bank were also located in prosperous places in the four directions of the capital.

Although these places are not currently in the hands of the imperial court or Jiang Chuan, it is nothing more than a matter of spending a little more money or procedures.

For Jiang Chuan, he just wanted to set up Zhongzhou Bank in the palace at the moment, and it wouldn't be a big problem.

After choosing the address, Jiang Chuan returned to the Prince Regent's Mansion and invited Yan Zhai, the housekeeper, to handle the formalities of these properties.

Of course, Jiang Chuan didn't intend to steal by chance, he would give enough compensation to the original owners of these properties.

Of course, if the owner of these industries is ignorant of current affairs and wants to speak loudly to the lion, he will naturally not mind his subordinates teaching them a lesson.

Although Yan Zhai came from a small place, he is thoughtful and careful enough to do things. He has both principles and flexibility. He has always done things safely, so he is also a very suitable candidate for this job.

Yan Zhai also knew that Jiang Chuan intended to support him, so he always showed his best in doing things.

Of course, this part of the compensation has to be paid from the account of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is impossible for Jiang Chuan to pay for it himself. After all, the establishment of Zhongzhou Bank itself is an act of the imperial court.

Although basically the words imperial court and Jiangchuan can be equated now.

After explaining Yan Zhai, Jiang Chuan sent someone to find Su Qin, Liu Ji, and Xia Junze, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to discuss.

Although the establishment of a bank and the issuance of banknotes are imperative, Jiang Chuan also needs the support of these people.

Of course, Su Qin and Liu Ji needless to say.

Only Xia Junze, although he has always been very cooperative, Jiang Chuan is actually a little unclear about his real thoughts.

And because of the lessons learned from the past, the Daming banknotes were once issued indiscriminately and became waste paper, and were eventually abolished completely, and gold and silver became the currency of circulation again.

For those court officials and ordinary scholars who basically only have the words of sages and the Four Books and Five Classics in the knowledge reserve system, it has basically become the truth in their hearts that issuing banknotes is tantamount to harming the country and the people.

They don't care about the income of the imperial court, or about the national economy and the people's livelihood. They only care about whether their wealth has been affected, and whether their property has shrunk.

So he wanted to see Xia Junze's attitude.

If Xia Junze resolutely opposed it, then other people's opposition would be even more intense.

Su Qin is now focusing on the Lifan Academy, so although he has the title of the Regent's Chief History, he spends most of his time working on the Lifan Academy.

And because of the British mercenary invasion, the pressure on the Fanyuan Academy was even greater. Although Jiang Chuan did not blame Su Qin, the Fanyuan Academy had just been established after all.

But this matter is indeed within the scope of the responsibility of the Lifan Academy. Su Qin himself felt the huge pressure, so he was busy working in the Lifan Academy almost ignorantly, and wanted to let Lifan in the shortest possible time. The hospital can really operate and play a role.

And Liu Ji is now mainly in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he also has the status of a cabinet minister.

His main task recently is to rectify the Inspectorate, and at the same time, he is urging and following up the Ministry of Rites' preparations for Enke's acquisition of scholars in the autumn.

Since ancient times, Yanguan has been the emperor's least favorite group of people, and Yanguan in the Ming Dynasty is a group of perverts.

These people will do anything to be famous.

Scolding their colleagues, scolding the big bosses of the court, even scolding the emperor, the empress dowager, scolding the sky and the earth, there is nothing they dare not scold.

Moreover, their identities as spokespersons already have the power to hear rumors and discuss matters, so even if they scold them wrong, others can't do anything to them.

In the late Ming Dynasty, these speech officials were basically reduced to tools of party struggle, and turned into mad dogs in the hands of various faction leaders in the court to attack each other, making the court a mess.

It can be said that the emperor hates this group of people the most, but there is no way to get rid of them. After all, the emperor has to make a gesture of speaking out and respecting the corporals.

That's why in the original history of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhengde had fun every day, and Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for 40 years.

Naturally, Jiang Chuan didn't want to listen to these mad dogs barking, so he handed over the main position of the inspector's office to Liu Ji to manage.

If it is handed over to other people, this group of mad dogs will inevitably be noisy.

Jiang Chuan is not the kind of headstrong person who can't listen to any opinions. On the contrary, he knows that his experience in governance is weak, so he often invites Liu Ji, Su Qin and others for advice.

But he knew that at this very moment, the court needed to speak out.

If those so-called speech officials were allowed to speak, there would be a miasma in the court, and the efficiency of the court's work would become slow again, which would only cause harm but no benefit.

Moreover, Jiang Chuan intends to replace all the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division in the event.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, he will eventually become a real supervisory organization, following the example of modern society, to conduct supervision and audit of the officials from top to bottom of the imperial court, and become a Damocus that really hangs over the heads of those corrupt officials. sword.

Instead of being like this now, becoming a group of mad dogs who only know how to bark and bark.

It's just that because of the lack of talents at hand and limited energy, he can't take care of this for the time being.

But wait until after Enke obtains a scholar in the autumn.After the imperial court has acquired a large amount of fresh blood, this matter will definitely happen at that time.

Not long after, Su Qin, Liu Ji and Xia Junze arrived one after another.

　Thank you, master master, for the reward of "I know the name is good".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)