"This must be the Queen Mother's idea. Building a bank is not something that ordinary people can think of and have the courage, ability and courage to do. Apart from the Queen Mother, I am afraid there will be no other person with such courage." Li Hong As soon as he returned to the East Palace, Wang Lou put down a letter from the queen, and then ignored Li Hong's greeting behind him and ran quickly to the palace.
Pei Wanying put the tea on the desk in the study, and then sat down on another chair next to Li Hong. This chair was now her special seat. Whenever His Highness was in the study of Li Zhengdian, she would sit aside and not leave. Waiting loudly.
"Royal Bank, Royal Central Bank, just two more words, is there such a big difference?" Pei Wanying let Li Hong hold her jade hand in his hand and asked lightly.
"Of course there is a difference. You can understand the literal meaning of the word "central". The Empress wants to be number one, to be the No. 1 bank that surpasses the Royal Bank. It's a pity that Bai Chun is waiting for someone to be empressed and wants to leave. "Li Hong shook his head. Now that his mother has decided to do it, the matter is basically finalized and no one dares to stop it.
What's more, with her husband, the semi-retired Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, supporting her, who in the entire Tang Dynasty would dare to offend her? Who dares to refuse
And with the mother's character, since she wants to do something, she is determined not to be content with others, but to be the strongest. No, the two words "Royal Bank" in the middle mean that in the future, it will be the "Royal Bank". , also to be dominated by her Royal Central Bank.
But this is a big deal to Li Hong. Long Ma was the first female emperor in history, but now she is just the boss of the world's first bank. It is not worth making a fuss about or worrying about whether Long Ma is doing a good job.
It was exactly as Li Hong guessed. In the following time, as Li Zhi relented on the expansion of Chang'an City, Wu Mei's bank matter was put on the agenda. Bai Chun could be seen in the East Palace every day. With a bitter look on his face, he walked out of the palace.
A large number of talents were forced to leave by Wu Mei under the pressure of the queen, and a large number of students were also given to Bai Chun by Wu Mei in exchange. The euphemistic saying is that we don't owe each other, you give me a few people, and I will I’ll give you a few people, too.
But it is obvious that Bai Chun's competitiveness has been almost weakened by Wu Mei. It can even be said that the Royal Central Bank established by Wu Mei was completely built with the elites of the Royal Bank in Bai Chun's hands.
But Wu Mei would never lose face and went to the East Palace to tell Li Hong that her central bank would now participate in the expansion of Chang'an City, and it would also occupy the majority of the shares.
Therefore, the first female emperor of the ages sent her top thug Li Zhi to negotiate with Li Hong.
But will it really just be a negotiation? Will the emperor and the prince really sit down and negotiate? Of course not.
When the court meeting held every seven days was coming to an end, the panicked voices of the ceremony officials came from outside the Xuanzheng Hall: "I have seen your Majesty."
"Is the court meeting over?" Li Zhi's voice sounded full of anger. It didn't sound like the dragon was ill and unable to go to court.
"Back to Your Majesty, it's not over yet."
"Stand back." Li Zhi waved his hand and raised his foot, then walked into the Xuanzheng Hall with the eunuch Hua Ji behind him.
"Let me tell you something. Regarding the expansion of Chang'an City, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Accounts, and the Royal Bank must take the lead in the expansion. The Royal Central Bank will be the largest shareholder. Participate in the expansion of Chang'an City." Li Zhi looked at the empty dragon chair and rolled his eyes, and announced to the ministers with his head held high.
When the ministers saw him coming in, they heard what he had just said before they had time to salute. Now after he finished speaking, the ministers were stunned in the Xuanzheng Hall.
Li Hong, who rolled his eyes, had no choice but to step down from the five-step high platform and first saluted Li Zhi.
Then the ministers who woke up with a start also began to salute Li Zhi in unison.
However, Li Zhi didn't even pay attention to it. He patted Li Hong on the shoulder, then walked to his dragon chair and sat down. He looked at the ministers with satisfaction and said to the prince standing below: "What I just said, Have you all remembered?"
When faced with Li Zhi's questions, the ministers such as the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Industry, and Yushitai could not help but look at Li Hong, as if they wanted to seek the prince's opinion on leading this matter.
"Look what he is doing? Am I the emperor or is he the emperor? Don't you all listen to my will?" Li Zhi patted the armrest of the dragon chair, blowing his beard and glaring.
"I don't dare, I obey the order." All the court officials lowered their heads and said nothing, looking at each other in confusion at the colleagues next to them. No one expected that this scene would suddenly appear in the court hall today.
His Majesty, who had not been in court for a long time, actually barged into the court hall without saying hello, then sat on the throne with great swagger and began to issue decrees. This is not like His Majesty's behavior.
Moreover, listening to His Majesty's angry voice and the way he moves like a dragon and a tiger, how does this look like an emperor who is ill
"Where's the prince, what do you think?" Li Zhi was very satisfied with the reaction of the ministers. He hadn't been to court for a long time, so he suddenly sat in this position and felt quite comfortable.
"I don't have any objections, my minister, what the hell... It's over, it's over." Li Hong rolled his eyes at Father Long on the high platform again, and said impatiently to the ceremony officer.
Facing Li Hong's order, the ceremony officer had no idea for a moment. The meeting was originally going well, but who would have thought that His Majesty, who had not been in court for more than half a year, would rush in and give the order.
Now that His Highness the Crown Prince has dismissed the court, should I listen to the Crown Prince or His Majesty who just came in
"Let's go, let's go. Since you have understood my decree and you have no objections, Zhongshu Sheng and Menxiasheng will prepare the decree immediately after the court, and then send it to the Prince of the Supervisory State for review and approval, and then hand it over to the Shangshu Province for execution. Yes." Li Zhi said lightly and energetically.
To be honest, even he himself did not expect that things would go so smoothly. The queen had a strategy to make him unprepared and take him by surprise, so that he achieved the current effect.
If he followed his idea and summoned the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Zichen Hall after the dynasty was over, it would probably give Li Hong time to prepare.
The courtiers in the hall all looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally glanced at Prince Li Hong. Then, under Zhongshu and his disciples, Shangshu and other ministers bowed first and left, then bowed and walked out of the court in turn.
As soon as the ministers walked out of the court, they were like flies at the door of Xuanzheng Hall, and a buzzing sound began to come to Xuanzheng Hall.
Although they didn't know what they were talking about, the prince and the emperor in the Xuanzheng Hall roughly understood that they were definitely talking about their father and the emperor who were still in the Xuanzheng Hall and themselves.
Li Hong curled his lips and looked at Father Long who was sitting on the Dragon Throne, triumphant with his idea, and said helplessly: "My son, there is a court meeting. You rushed in without saying hello. Isn't it a bit... "
"What's wrong? You're starting to set rules for me before you become the emperor? If you become the emperor, wouldn't you have to drive me out of the palace immediately?" Li Zhi asked aggressively, like a gangster. road.
"You...you know that's not what I meant. I just said..."
"I'm still the emperor now. What's wrong with coming to the Xuanzheng Palace? I can't come before your court meeting is over? Is this the right thing in the world?"
"You..." Li Hong laughed disdainfully: "You still have the nerve to say that the world has this truth! This world is yours, you can do whatever you want, you can come and go when you want, but... About You and my mother have asked the Central Bank to interfere with the expansion of Chang'an City. It cannot be approved for the time being. It needs to be demonstrated and discussed with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry before a decision can be made. It does not mean that you have issued the decree. "
"You mean, it's hard for me to be the emperor now? I have to follow your wishes, Li Hong? If I don't follow your wishes, it's a violation, right?" Li Zhi was unforgiving and old-fashioned. He was acting shamelessly.
Faced with such a father, Li Hong could only shake his head helplessly and said: "You were deceived by the mother-in-law of my son. The mother-in-law is taking advantage of you..."
"Why did I deceive your father? Okay, today's princes have learned how to sow discord."
Before Li Hong finished speaking, he was interrupted by the familiar voice of Mother Long behind him.
Without looking back, he knew that these two men were surrounding him one after another. Looking at the powerful and aggressive look of these two men, he knew that he had no choice but to agree or not to what was going to happen today.
Looking at the feather duster in Long Ma's hand, which had not been seen for many days, Li Hong couldn't help but shiver in his heart. Even though this feather duster had been there for many years, the feathers on it were still as bright as new and had not diminished at all!
It's just that the handle has been held by Wu Mei for many years, and the wooden handle is already shiny, as if it was covered with a layer of starch.
He wanted to complain about Long Ma and express his grievances for Bai Chun, but looking at Wu Mei's "try it" look, Li Hong had no choice but to swallow the words that were on his lips. He knew that once he dared to express grievances for Bai Chun, Long Ma would I will definitely impose conditions on myself.
"The Ministry of Accounts and the Ministry of Industry each occupy three cities, the Royal Bank and the Royal Central Bank each occupy 15%, and the remaining 10% is divided equally between Bai Chun, Aunt Lanling and others. If you two propose other conditions, this matter will I'd rather not do it," Li Hong said helplessly, facing Father Long and Mother Long.
"Our Royal Central Bank has no liquidity for the time being, only the so-called reserve gold. Therefore, I request to supervise the production of copper coins. From now on, it will be left to the Central Bank. The Royal Bank is responsible for that... what is it called?"
"Issuance flows into the market." Li Hong said in a deep voice with an ugly face, facing the picturesque smiling Mother Long.
"Well, that's what it means."
"I've accepted it. I have something to support and support when I am old. You are really... using it to the extreme. This guy, Queen Mother, might as well return the household department to you. Do you think that's okay?" Li Hong's face twitched and he looked at Wu The smile in Mei's eyes showed that she was being teased by her mother, who probably didn't mean that at all.
(End of chapter)