thefictionvixens Chapter 331
Chapter 331
Li Shimin looked at Su Chen and waved, and walked straight out of the imperial study.
His shoulders rose and fell, showing that he was really angry with Su Chen.
He raised his hand and waved at Su Chen's back.
Li Chengqian quickly grabbed Su Chen and winked at him to warn him.
"Your Highness, is there anything else? It's half past ten, and I have to go back for lunch!" Su Chen didn't seem to understand Li Chengqian's eyes.
If it weren't for the fact that banks and paper money were of great importance, Su Chen would have sent someone to the palace directly.
He was too lazy to come to the palace in person.
"You...you...you only know how to eat all day, can the palace be without your little food?"
"Get back here!"
Li Shimin was so angry that his teeth ached. If Su Chen was his son, he would probably be beaten up by him.
Su Chen hurriedly turned around and walked slowly towards Shimin, bowing and explaining: "Your Majesty, I came to the palace today to talk to you about banks and banknotes. I have said everything I should say!"
Su Chen has always been good at talking and never doing anything.
Li Shimin was extremely sad. He was helpless to meet such a young man.
He sighed:
"Sit down first. I still have many questions about banks. Please teach me, my lord!"
Li Shimin bowed and said politely.
Su Chen felt a little sorry for Li Shimin's attitude and scratched his head: "Your Majesty is polite. Then I will sit for a while. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
Fang Xuanling and others wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh when they saw this. Prince Li Chengqian's eyes were about to fall to the ground.
"You said before that the head office of the Tang Dynasty Royal Bank will be established in the palace.
I want to ask you, which of the six ministries does the head office of the bank belong to?" Li Shimin did not care about other people's reactions and asked Su Chen the question in his heart.
"Ministry of Finance!" Su Chen blurted out as soon as Li Shimin finished speaking.
When Su Chen mentioned the Ministry of Finance, Li Shimin immediately wanted to scold Su Chen for being ignorant and incompetent, and how could there be a Ministry of Finance among the six ministries of the court.
"Ministry of Finance?" Li Shimin pondered carefully, and then nodded slowly.
"A new independent department will be separated from the Ministry of Households to specifically manage the money and grain tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty.
The previous Ministry of Households was too complicated. I haven't seen Uncle Dai, the Minister of Households, recently. He should be busy measuring land and household registration reform recently, right?
So, the previous setting was unreasonable. Money and grain should be separated from the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Households should only be responsible for people's welfare, land, and household registration!"
Li Shimin slowly got up from his seat and walked towards Su Chen.
Changsun Wuji was very perceptive and immediately gave up his seat.
"What you said just now makes sense. Dai Zhou is indeed too busy. Recently, commercial taxes have gradually been put on track, and Dai Aiqing is even busier."
"Who do you think is suitable to take charge of the Ministry of Finance?"
Li Shimin sat below Su Chen and discussed with Su Chen.
"It must be the former Minister of Revenue! He was in charge of the entire Ministry of Revenue before, and his experience is definitely unmatched."
Li Shimin frowned slightly and asked, "In this case, who should be in charge of the Ministry of Revenue?"
Su Chen thought for a while and said, "What is the next level of official under the Minister of Revenue? Can't we just promote him directly? Or let Uncle Dai recommend one, he must know who is capable of succeeding him."
"Hahaha, great! Okay, I think this is feasible, do you have any objections?"
Li Shimin laughed immediately after listening to Su Chen's idea.
"We have no objection!" Zhangsun Wuji and others said in unison.
"Well, Xuanling! Write this down. Report it to me tomorrow morning and I will issue an edict immediately."
Li Shimin nodded, and felt that the name of the Ministry of Finance was more appropriate, and then answered Su Chen's question.
"The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is the third rank, and then the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has the third rank and the fourth rank."
Su Chen nodded. He was not very interested in these official titles. In Su Chen's opinion, it is better to call them Minister and Deputy Minister.
"Your Majesty, I didn't make it clear just now. Although the bank's money is managed by the Ministry of Finance, the bank is not managed by the Ministry of Finance." Li Shimin thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I understand. Who do you think is appropriate to manage the bank?" "No one can be appointed. The bank can only be managed by the emperor or the prince." Su Chen shook his head and continued: "But the emperor or the prince can appoint one person as the president of the head office to be responsible for the daily affairs of all banks in the Tang Dynasty." According to Su Chen's idea, there will only be one Tang Royal Bank in the Tang Dynasty in the future. "Okay, the Tang Royal Bank will be managed by the prince!" Li Shimin thought for a while and gave the order directly. "Your son obeys the order!" Li Chengqian immediately stood up and respectfully accepted the order. "My dear ministers, it's getting late, let's go now." Li Shimin raised his hand to check the time. "I'll take my leave!" After everyone saluted, they left one after another. Su Chen stood up and wanted to follow Changsun Wuji and others.They left together, and suddenly Li Shimin held one of his shoulders.
"Uh, does your majesty have anything else to do?" Su Chen was puzzled.
"Let's go, have dinner with me in Lizheng Palace." Li Shimin picked up all the information on the table, stood up and walked out.
Su Chen and Li Chengqian followed Li Shimin. When they passed by Wang Defa, Li Chengqian said:
"General Manager Wang, serve the meal in Lizheng Palace!"
"Yes!"
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Lizheng Palace!
When Empress Changsun saw Su Chen coming, she smiled as usual.
During a round of cordial greetings, Empress Changsun completely ignored her husband and son.
In Empress Changsun's eyes, it seemed that Su Chen was her own son.
Soon, the food and people were served.
Li Chengqian had always had a question that he wanted to ask Su Chen for confirmation, but he never had the chance to speak in the imperial study.
"Brother-in-law, will the branches of the Tang Dynasty Royal Bank in various places allow the noble families to participate in it, just like books and fine salt?"
After the dishes were served, Li Shimin picked up the dishes while listening carefully.
It seems that the long-standing rule of "don't talk while eating" is slowly fading.
"Of course not!" Su Chen was very surprised that Li Chengqian would have this idea.
In fact, Li Shimin also had such an idea. They thought that this would allow them to quickly set up branches in various places.
"Banks are extraordinary. How can the noble families be involved? Before, whether it was books and paper, salt or cement roads, they were all small profits.
Giving profits to the noble families is to use the resources in their hands. How much profit is the bank?
That is the wealth of the entire Tang Dynasty. Let them participate?"
Su Chen quickly swallowed a mouthful of food and said excitedly.
Li Shimin smiled faintly. He rarely saw Su Chen so concerned about something, even excited.
"How much profit does the bank have?"
"How much did the treasury earn last year? I dare say that in a year, the bank will have an annual profit of at least three million guan."
Judging from the current level of infrastructure popularization in Datang, there must be many major projects in the next two years.
And those are all profitable.
"How can banks have such huge profits? People deposit money in banks, and in the final analysis, the money still belongs to the people.
In that case, where does the profit come from, just from the interest on borrowed money?"
Li Shimin immediately put down his chopsticks.
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