Wenyuan Pavilion is the office of cabinet ministers. In addition to a few cabinet ministers, there are also some low-level civil officials. These civil officials are generally the most promising young officials of the Ming Dynasty. They followed several cabinets in Wenyuan Pavilion.

I will learn the experience of governing and only need to be exiled as an official for a few years in the future. When I am transferred to the capital, I will be reused immediately. It can be said that these young officials are almost equivalent to senior reserve officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Most of these young officials who were able to enter the cabinet were in their twenties and thirties. They were usually responsible for drafting documents to convey information, and even took care of the daily life of several cabinet ministers. In the words of later generations, they were equivalent to secretaries in the cabinet. But don’t look at these officials.

The position is low, but because of the ability to get close to the core government affairs of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is envied by others. In addition, these people are young, so in front of outsiders, they are all full of spirits, and many people are

They tried hard to curry favor with them in order to know the direction of some government affairs as soon as possible. The Ming Dynasty's officialdom was already popular, so the official positions in these cabinets were considered famous fat in the Ming Dynasty.

However, since Emperor Zhengde left, these young officials in the cabinet have encountered great trouble because Zhou Chong, the regent, needs to deal with government affairs frequently and communicate with the cabinet in time. Zhou Chong does not like to live in the Zhao Palace where he lives.

It became an office place, so he finally discussed it with Yang Tinghe and simply found a room for him in Wenyuan Pavilion to become his usual office place. Every morning he would come to work on time.

Zhou Chong was young and energetic. When he came to Wenyuan Pavilion to work, he soon discovered that some decisions in the cabinet would be leaked. This made him very angry. After all, the cabinet was the political core of the Ming Dynasty. If it were Lian

All government affairs here can be leaked, so what secrets can be described in the entire Ming Dynasty?

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chongming the Jinyiwei secretly investigated, and soon found out the young officials in the cabinet. Zhou Chong was not Yang Ting and these old ministers. They may have been used to this situation, and they may have even been

I did the same thing, but Zhou Chong would never tolerate such things, so he took serious action to punish a group of young officials who had leaked their secrets. Then he re-entered a group of young officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College to supplement it.

, and a confidentiality regulations were formulated, so that the confidentiality in the cabinet would not be easily disclosed.

A small room in the northeast corner of Wenyuan Pavilion is where Zhou Chong works. The whole room is very small. In Zhou Chong's view, it is only 30 square meters. In addition to a table, a chair and a few documents are stored in the room.

Outside the large iron cabinet, there was only a pot of orchids placed on the windowsill, and there was no other decoration. It looked extremely simple.

"Weizhong, how is the bank's affairs dealing with now?" Zhou Chong sipped the tea. He looked at Yan Song sitting in front of him and asked. Weizhong was Yan Song's handwriting. Although Yan Song was older than Zhou, he had a lot of things.

No, so Zhou Chong just needs to call his words.

"I have reported to the supervisor that the central bank's headquarters in Beijing has been completed and can be moved in soon. In addition, the central bank's branches have been built in the cities where the government officials are located. With these branches, we

We can also more effectively grasp the flow of money in various places. As for various commercial banks, they have already set up their semicolons to the provincial level under our arrangement. Even in some relatively prosperous county towns, there are also commercial banks.

No., this has initially completed the plan of the Supervisor. How to use the bank next depends on the instructions of the Supervisor!" Although Yan Song sat on the chair, he still said respectfully.

"I did a good job. I did not read the wrong person at the beginning, hahaha~" Zhou Chong was also very satisfied with Yan Song's answer, and finally couldn't help laughing. If he wanted to change the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, he had to treat the Ming Dynasty court.

Reform, and if you want to reform, reform is the key, but if you want to reform, you must clean up the administration of officials. The key to administration is corruption and bribery. With a bank, local finances can be separated from government offices at all levels, which is also

This blocked the channels for local officials to embezzle.

Of course, Zhou Chong did not completely believe the words of the treacherous minister in front of him. He immediately asked about some details about the bank. As a result, Yan Song answered clearly without thinking, and even took out some places.

Zhou Chong finally believed Yan Song's words and was more affirmative of his ability.

"But you have good abilities and I am very relieved to hand over the bank's affairs into your hands. In addition, although the central bank has been initially established, its potential is far more than that. You still need to discover it slowly by yourself!" Zhou

He smiled and praised with a heavy smile. Although he was still wary of Yan Song, he admired the abilities he showed very much.

Next, Zhou Chong asked about the difficulties Yan Song encountered. Yan Song also answered very honestly. The biggest difficulty their bank is now facing is the difficulties caused by the Ministry of Revenue. Originally, the finances of the Ming Dynasty were all made by the Ministry of Revenue.

It is here to manage, but now with the strong rise of the central bank, it has violated many of their interests. Moreover, the bank is an independent department. Except for the emperor, no department has the right to govern the bank, which also makes the Ministry of Revenue

Very dissatisfied with the central bank and would find opportunities to challenge it from time to time, but they also have a sense of responsibility. After all, behind the bank is Zhou Chong. Although the Ministry of Revenue can make some small moves to express its dissatisfaction, it does not dare to really take the bank.

Sample.

"This is also impossible. The bank's financial management function overlaps with the financial management of the Ministry of Revenue. They will naturally be a little dissatisfied with you. However, with this king here, they dare not do too much, so you only need to endure it for the time being.

Now, if they really dare to do something excessive, I will naturally deal with it well then!" Zhou Chong was helpless and the guys from the Ministry of Revenue were extremely slippery, and the bank was also embarrassed.

The regular passage made Zhou Chong unable to get the wrong point, so he couldn't help him even if he wanted to.

"With this sentence from the regent, the officials and others will be satisfied. No matter how difficult the Ministry of Revenue makes things difficult, our bank will still be opened, and the scale will become larger and larger. Maybe the Ministry of Revenue will ask for it in the future.

On our heads, we will make things difficult for them in reverse!" Yan Song said half-jokingly and half-seriously when he heard Zhou Chong's words, but Zhou Chong smiled in his heart when he heard this. He finally discovered one of Yan Song's shortcomings.

That's just a little bit concise.

After talking about the bank for a while, Yan Song was about to get up and say goodbye. Zhou Chong was also having a headache about something, so he didn't plan to keep him. However, just as Yan Song was about to walk out of the door, Zhou Chong suddenly had an idea and shouted.

He said, "Which, have you heard about the things in Xuanfu?"

"The regent is saying that Your Majesty wants to build an elite cavalry, but the cabinet does not agree, so what is the two sides stalemate now?" Yan Song turned around and said when he heard Zhou Chong's question.

"Yes, it's precisely this. The emperor's brother was determined to learn from Chengzu's northern expedition to Mongolia, so he wanted to build an elite cavalry. However, such a cavalry would have cost a lot. Although the finances of the Ming Dynasty have improved now,

But there are many places to spend money, and the cabinet does not want to see the emperor take risks, so they all oppose the establishment of cavalry. Now the two sides are in a stalemate. For reasons of caution, I have never expressed my opinion, but the emperor is urging me now

It is really a difficult thing to support him. I wonder what good ideas do you have?" Zhou Chong said helplessly.

Zhou Chong also objected to Zhengde's desire to establish elite cavalry, but he was Zhengde's younger brother and the governor appointed by Zhengde himself. If he did not even support Zhengde at this time, although this would win the cabinet and ministers.

Their favorable feelings will make Zhengde feel even more isolated. Moreover, with Zhengde's temperament, he might do something irrational, so Zhou Chong had to keep dragging him around and let Zhengde and the cabinet argue first.

Unfortunately, I can't hold on now.

Yan Song heard Zhou Chong ask about his opinion on this matter, which made him feel refreshed because it meant that he had already gained attention from His Highness Zhao. At that moment, Yan Song thought for a moment and stepped forward to answer.

"Mr. Supervisor, Your Majesty likes military affairs. Before, he personally commanded the army to defeat the little Tatar prince. This made Your Majesty more confident, so he was born and built a cavalry and burned the fire to the grassland.

Ideas on.”

Yan Song paused at this point, and then said: "In this case, the cabinet rejected Your Majesty's thoughts in one go, which would naturally arouse Your Majesty's strong dissatisfaction. In the eyes of the officials, if you want Your Majesty to completely change your mind, it is estimated that

It is unlikely, but the officials think that they can think of a way to delay. After all, they agree to His Majesty's request to establish cavalry first, but establishing cavalry is not a matter of one or two days. It requires cooperation from multiple parties and a large amount of supplies. If the cabinet secretly takes

If someone hinders it, it may be difficult to build this cavalry in ten years."

"Procrastination? This is a good idea!" Zhou Chong's eyes lit up when he heard this, but what he was thinking was not Yan Song's solution, but Yan Song's words just made him suddenly have another idea. Yan Song's procrastination was just taking advantage of the officialdom.

The bad habits in the past prevent Zhengde from establishing a cavalry, but Zhou Zhong thought of another way to delay. If this method can convince Zhengde, it may be possible to solve the grassland people in the north forever. (To be continued...
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