After the Iron Hand Regiment was destroyed and the culprit was decapitated, Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, Wu Wendeng, the chief governor, and other extremely corrupt officials became like toothless tigers. Di Renjie soon found out the charges and beheaded them.

First of all, the dismissal of officials has brought almost all the officials in Yangzhou to one pot.

Next, Di Renjie, Zeng Tai and others spent a lot of time on re-appointing officials and rectifying the administration. Zhou You also asked Wu Zetian for orders and took over Hongtong Cabinet.

The so-called counter shop is actually an ancient bank, equivalent to the bank of later generations, where money is deposited and withdrawn. However, the operation method of the counter shop in this era is still relatively simple, and it is far less complicated than the banking system of later generations.

However, this Hongtong Cabinet Shop is the largest cabinet shop in the world, and its influence and strength are still very great. There are basically branches of Hongtong Cabinet Shop in some major state capitals across the country.

In the past, the Iron Hands stole official salt and sold it as private salt, and the silver transactions were done through Hongtong Cabinet Shop. As a result, Ge Tianba helped sell large quantities of private salt, but he could not even see any cash.

However, Ying Wang Yuanqi's way of running the cabinet shop was still too simple, and it did not fully realize the economic purpose that the cabinet shop should have.

Therefore, after Yuan Qi was appointed leader and his property was confiscated, Zhou You on a whim took over the operation of the cabinet shop and proposed to Wu Zetian that the imperial court should take over the cabinet shop. He also proposed many ways to attract savers to save money and lend money to obtain profits.

, ways to promote business development..

Wu Zetian knew that Zhou You was very good at doing business, but Zhou You was not a money-grubbing person and generously gave up a lot of benefits. Therefore, Wu Zetian, who did not pay much attention to the cabinet shop, left it to Zhou You to take care of it.

Already.

After Zhou You returned to the divine capital, he specifically proposed to Wu Zetian that in the future, such as canal protection funds and Cao households' canal protection payments, money could be distributed through cabinets and supervised by the officials, so that there would be no problems.

It is similar to the local management’s embezzlement of canal protection funds and salaries.

Moreover, the salaries of officers and soldiers in important border towns and other places can also be paid by issuing letters from counters. With the letters, the money can be withdrawn at any time, without the need to directly issue silver taels, and the transportation safety problem of large amounts of silver can also be avoided.

Some of Zhou You's proposals may seem bold, but Wu Zetian, as the first female emperor in Chinese history, has never lacked innovative spirit and courage.

Thinking of the case of the northwest pay bank interception and the embezzlement of canal protection funds and canal protection fees by the Yangzhou Water Transport Yamen, Wu Zetian increasingly felt that Zhouyou's proposal was a good one, and the role of the cabinet shop should not be underestimated.

Therefore, at Zhou You's suggestion, Wu Zetian decided to rename Hongtong Bank to the Royal Bank of the Zhou Dynasty to ensure the credibility of the bank in the name of the imperial court. She even piloted it in Shendu first, and all officials' salaries were passed through the Royal Bank of the Zhou Dynasty.

The bank will issue it.

Soon, the Royal Bank of Dazhou became popular. Wu Zetian even sent officials from the account department to the head office of the Royal Bank of Dazhou in Shendu, where they were inspected by the Yushitai, internal guards and other parties to check the accounts and the whereabouts of the money on a regular basis.

Zhou You, who single-handedly contributed to the establishment of the Royal Bank of Great Zhou, was naturally appointed by Wu Zetian as the general president of the Royal Bank of Great Zhou. This was not only Wu Zetian's reward for Zhou You's repeated contributions, but also his trust and reuse!

After the establishment of the Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty, although it had the foundation of Hongtong Cabinet Shop, due to its growing reputation and business, it was naturally arranged by Zhou You to recruit many staff who were good at coordinating and settling accounts, and granted them the status of junior officials.

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The presidents of the Zhou Prefecture and other high-level officials of the Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty were given official status by Wu Zetian's special decree. The Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty also became an important court department with a name in the household department but a very independent one. It was gradually nicknamed "the Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty".

For the money bag of the Zhou court.

In the blink of an eye, two or three years have passed, and the Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty has gradually embarked on the right track of development. Its business has gradually matured, and it is in charge of a large number of savings and money lending transactions. In a sense, it has become another treasury of the imperial court.

, it is a veritable money bag.

The Royal Bank of Dazhou not only facilitates the storage and transaction of money, but also earns a large amount of income through lending business. It also promotes the prosperity and development of commerce, causing the annual business tax to increase year by year, filling the national treasury.

If a country wants to prosper and develop, money and food are always the most important thing and its foundation. Zhou You has done a great job in solving such a big problem for the Zhou Dynasty. Wu Zetian was so happy that she even granted him the title of Marquis of Yongchang County.

of title.

Although the title is fictitious, the land and salary are real. Moreover, the title is a symbol of status and is lifelong. Unlike an official position, one has to retire one day.

After having a title, another advantage is that it can connect one's own Qi with the luck of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In fact, after the establishment of the Royal Bank of the Great Zhou Dynasty, through its influence on the national luck of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou You can borrow money through the sign-in system.

The great fortune of the Zhou Dynasty came.

There are many benefits to controlling the power of national destiny. After you can borrow enough national destiny, this world is like a back garden for traveling around. Even if you leave in the future, you can come back. You can even borrow the human and material resources of this world to assist in other worlds.

development of.

In other words, if Zhou You can establish a dynasty in a world and gather the fortune of a world into himself, then this world will become his logistics base.

Becoming the master of a world, you can have the ability to send people, resources and even troops from one world to another world, and use one world to conquer another world.

Of course, Zhou You also knew that in today's prosperous and prosperous Zhou Dynasty, it would undoubtedly be a thankless task for him to overthrow or replace Zhou Dynasty and establish a new dynasty.

The best way is to have a higher position of power in this world, to be able to borrow more national destiny, to be able to freely enter and exit this world, and even to take some people and materials away, which is enough to allow yourself to be in another world.

There is a better start.

In order to gain more luck for yourself, in addition to improving your status, the best way is naturally to enhance the national luck of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In order to enhance the national destiny, the main thing is to make the country strong, including internal prosperity and external military deterrence.

Therefore, after the Royal Bank of the Great Zhou Dynasty was on the right track, Zhou You asked Emperor Wu Zetian for orders to establish the Royal Academy of the Great Zhou Dynasty to recruit all kinds of highly skilled people, bring out the old and bring out the new, reward innovation, improve grain varieties, farming tools and techniques, and various other

The equipment and ordnance will lead to higher grain output in the Great Zhou Dynasty, higher technical levels in various industries, and improved military combat effectiveness.

In this regard, with the benefits brought by the Royal Bank of Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian naturally strongly supported Zhou You's plan after hearing it. Then the internal guards patrolled and monitored the world, and they also had the task of looking for skilled talents in all aspects.

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At the same time, under the leadership of Zhou You, the imperial court's Ordnance Bureau also began to focus on research on various firearms.

With the birth of some high-power firearms, the border armies were gradually assembled. The power and deterrence exerted by the firearms in some small-scale friction battles really surprised Wu Zetian, and also increased the pressure on the royal family.
Chapter completed!