Chapter 12: Wang Yue's Plan

Wang Shu acted vigorously and resolutely, and never procrastinated.

He immediately went to Shaofu Bank.

Shaofu Bank has stations in various places, and it is natural that there will be no such thing as Nanjing Bank. Or even bigger.

Although Nanjing's political status has declined after Nanzhili was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, Nanjing is Nanjing after all, and it still occupies a place among the big cities in the south.

The location of Shaofu Bank here is the largest outside of Beijing.

After a little inquiry, you will know where it is.

Before Wang Shu arrived at Shaofu Bank, he immediately felt the high threshold of Shaofu Bank.

The architectural style of the whole Shaofu Bank is no different from the yamen on one side, in the eyes of many people, this is a yamen, Shaofu Bank is next to the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and many yamen are on the same street.

It looks like it's a lot of things.

It's not that Shaofu Bank's business is bad.

Speaking of Shaofu Bank's revenue growth, because it has been opening sites, the profit is not too big. But that's not to say that Shaofu isn't profitable.

The reason why Shaofu Bank is in such a crowded state. However, the ancient banking industry is different from the modern banking industry.

In ancient times, pawnshops and other things were not open for three years, and they were open for three years, but now this bank is different from pawnshops, but there are not too many real customers.

In the Republic of China, after there were banks that opened accounts for one yuan or even opened accounts for free, ordinary people dealt with banks more frequently.

In much older times, banks were not at all for ordinary people.

In Shaofu Bank, there are actually a few scattered people, but compared with the almost official gate of Shaofu Bank, it gives people a feeling of being crowded.

Moreover, the street in front of Shaofu Bank also passes in front of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and ordinary people will hardly set foot here.

At this moment, Wang Shu has a not very good impression of Shaofu Bank.

Wang Shu is known as the blue sky, and he did not come for nothing, so he naturally cares about the people. And Shaofu Bank hardly does the business of ordinary people, which makes Wang Shu feel out of place.

No matter what Wang Shu thought in his heart, he still entered the Shaofu Bank and reported his name. After a while, I saw a person saluting and said, "Your Majesty has seen Lord Wang." ”

Wang Shu's attitude towards Wang Yue was not very good, because in the eyes of many civil officials and doctors, in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty, what Shaofu and what was to be ordered by the Imperial Court were not serious official positions, but oblique officials, that is, officials who had not been attached to the cabinet, and their powers were not legal at all. So he said in a somewhat light tone: "You are Shaofu Cheng Wang Yue." ”

That's right, Wang Yue because of the rapid development of Shaofu Bank, and effectively alleviated the silver shortage.

In fact, the problem of silver shortage in the Ming Dynasty has always existed. Especially in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly, and the demand for currency has increased greatly.

The reason why the silver shortage has been alleviated is that on the one hand, millions of taels enter Shaofu in Japan every year, and after Zhu Qizhen minted this part of the silver taels into currency, he released a lot of them through various aspects.

For example, disaster relief, various projects, distribution of stipends, and so on.

On the other hand, it is the silver ticket issued by Shaofu Bank.

This kind of silver bill is essentially an bearer fixed amount bill. Because of the credit guarantee of Shaofu Bank, it is used by many businessmen. In this way, the silver shortage was also alleviated.

Such a credit was valued by Zhu Qizhen and appointed as Shaofucheng.

And the horse Shi Jing is old after all. And he doesn't know much about business himself. Controlling Shaofu is just a matter of getting close.

Nowadays, Shaofu is getting bigger and bigger, and it is becoming more and more professional. Shi Jing has long been a little unsuitable.

When Zhu Qizhen sent Wang Yue over, he specifically said that if the business tax matter was done properly this time, then when he returned to Beijing again, he would not be Shaofu Cheng, but officially replaced Shi Jing as Shaofu Ling.

Wang Yue said: "Exactly. ”

Wang Shu said: "You also know what I am going to do when I come south this time." ”

Wang Yue said: "Your Majesty has instructed me to fully cooperate, and I am ready for the adults." Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Please." ”

Wang Shu didn't say a word, and strode inside. It's as if you're the master here.

Wang Yue invited Wang Shu into his duty room, and immediately took out a stack of papers from the side and handed it to Wang Shu.

Wang Shu took a look at it, and it was nothing else written in the first column, it was Xu Shenchun.

Wang Shu didn't speak, just looked down carefully.

Starting from Xu Shenchun, there are probably dozens of big businessmen, and the minimum family property is around one million taels. There are some descriptions of their family history.

The more Wang Shu looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled.

How so? If you look at it in detail, none of these people did not violate the law of the land.

Wang Shu read it once, put the document down, and said, "Where did this thing come from?" "Wang Shu is not a fool, he can see at a glance that these things are not something that Shaofu can collect.

Wang Yue said: "My lord, this is some things taken from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and some documents from our Shaofu Bank are merged. ”

Wang Shu said: "Is it your meaning, or is it Your Majesty's intention?" ”

Wang Yue took out these things, and in Wang Shu's opinion, it was an obvious hint that he was going to engage these people.

Wang Shu was reluctant in his heart.

He didn't want to shield these businessmen, but he knew that he couldn't do that.

Although Wang Shu is upright and has the name of Qingtian everywhere, he can be described as a righteous person, but he is not the kind of person who regards morality as a golden rule. Although Wang Shu didn't investigate, he could think clearly with his toes, after a businessman of such a size, after he decided to arrest him, it was definitely not one or two people who were affected.

If you really want to catch all these people, Jiangnan will have problems.

But it is still Wang Shu who is responsible.

Wang Yue said: "This is not what Your Majesty meant, it's just that Your Majesty has always loved the people like sons, and how much money can be collected in the hands of the people, even if they are rich in the south of the Yangtze River, they will want their lives to collect one or two pieces of silver from the hands of the small people, so if you want to collect the commercial tax, and collect more, you have to put a knife on these people who don't work hard for the silver." ”

Wang Yue used to be a businessman.

But now that he has become an official of the imperial court, many of the children of the Wang family who have business talents have been brought to the Shaofu system, not necessarily the Shaofu Bank.

Anyway, there is a shortage of such tempered business talents in Shaofu.

Some of the other children are either studying or entering martial arts, and they dare not say that they have a lot of potential, but on the whole, they all have a future.

The Wang family has completely changed from a merchant family in Huizhou to an official eunuch family.

Therefore, the court gave him enough, and he was not sad at all about his former business partners, old relatives and friends, and even because he understood that he was ruthless and vicious against the knife.

Wang Shu listened to Wang Yue's words, and then he was looking at Wang Yue. He used to think that Wang Yue was just His Majesty's gathering minister, but now listening to what Wang Yue said, it is indeed very reasonable, which is in line with Wang Yue's heart.

In recent years, there have been natural disasters everywhere in the Ming Dynasty.

In many places, the victims are willing to fight for a bucket of rice, and because of this bucket of rice, it is decided who dies and who lives.

Even if Jiangnan is rich, there is no money in the hands of the low-level people everywhere, so it is not easy to collect taxes from them.

Accidentally, his hands were stained with blood.

But to collect taxes from the hands of these wealthy people, even if one person collects 10,000 taels, these people will complain a few words at most, and they will never dare to fight with the imperial court.

Just such an assumption can expropriate hundreds of thousands of taels from Jiangnan.

That's not a small amount anymore.

Wang Shu's tone was a little softened, and he said, "Lord Wang, you already know the method of monopoly. ”

Wang Yue said: "Xiaguan knows, I know. ”

Wang Shu said: "What do you think of this matter? ”

Wang Yue said: "Lord Shoufu, naturally he is a clear vision, there is nothing wrong with this method, but there is a foolish gain, but please appreciate it." ”

Wang Shu said: "Oh, what thoughts, let's hear it." ”

Wang Yue leaned forward slightly, and said, "My lord, how about thinking that these taxes are not collected by the government, but by the Shaofu Bank?" ”

When Wang Shu heard this, he frowned slightly, and in a moment, his brows spread out again.