The Nanjing headquarters of the Ming Dynasty Official Bank is located on Yifengmen Street outside the Longjiangkou Pier, occupying a newly completed square building.

Enclosed buildings, a popular architectural form among the people in Guangdong and Fujian, seem to be quite popular among high-level officials of the New Ming Dynasty such as Zhu Heji. They not only appeared in large numbers in Chengtianfu, Guangzhou, Haijing, Ming Dynasty, but are now also brought to Yingtianfu, Nanjing.

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However, most of the enclosed buildings that appear in the urban areas of Chengtianfu in Guangzhou and Yingtianfu in Nanjing are not private residences, but are used as government offices, barracks, shops or handicraft workshops.

Because their uses are different, the designs of these enclosures are also different from the original residential enclosures.

Generally speaking, these new enclosed buildings will adopt a four-sided layout, covering a larger area. The buildings on the four sides are taller and more elegant, and the materials are more exquisite. The courtyard in the middle is also larger. Houses will not be built in the courtyard, but will be used as a courtyard.

Playground, garden or parking and unloading area.

There will no longer be one gate to the enclosed building, but will be set up and built as needed. Since these enclosed buildings no longer have a prominent defensive function, shop fronts can be opened on the ground floor. The interior of the enclosed building will also be redesigned as needed.

.The second and third floors of the enclosed building generally have large windows, which greatly improves ventilation and lighting.

In fact, these new-style enclosed buildings are very similar to the Western-style buildings that surrounded the city, except that the roofs are all Chinese-style.

The Nanjing Main Enclosure of Dongchang Guanyin and the Nanjing Longjiangguan Enclosure that stand across Yifengmenwai Street are the earliest new enclosures built in Yingtianfu City, Nanjing. Since the two enclosures adopt the

Same design, so almost identical.

When Zhu Heji took Yang Qilong and Yang Ziyun into the side hall of the Nanjing main building of Dongchang Guanyin No., the construction of this building was not completely completed, and there were still many erected on the outer wall of the building.

Scaffolding, most of the rooms inside the enclosure are still being renovated. A hall on the ground floor of the enclosure and two side halls specially used to receive VIPs have been decorated and can be put into use.

"Military advisor, this is called a 'silver round'. Each piece weighs a little more than one tael, and contains about 88% silver. There are anti-scratch patterns on the surface and periphery, and there are also the words "Da Ming Silver Yuan" and "Da Ming Yi Liang Silver". These are all

It was engraved in the iron mold in advance. Look at it, it is very beautiful! In order to achieve this effect, the craftsmen of Dongyin Coin Factory spent two years slowly exploring..."

The person who was dutifully introducing the Ming Dynasty silver coins to Yang Qilong in a VIP room of the Nanjing headquarters of the Dongchang Official Bank was, of course, the 9,000-year-old Eunuch Pang, the imperial envoy governor of the Dongchang Official School and the eunuch in charge!

He is obviously the governor of the central bank, but he still wants to give himself the title of "big eunuch". This is no one else.

But having said that, when it comes to rectifying the financial order, establishing an inter-bank market, promoting silver coins, controlling interest rates, controlling the exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper coins, and establishing a commodity trading market, the Dongchang Governor's brand is still relatively easy to use.

Of course, those who will be intimidated by the Governor of Dongchang are just ordinary businessmen with no big background. Yang Qilong will not be afraid of Dongchang. Because he knows that Dongchang is just a "factory" now and is not a spy at all.

organ.

There are now two secret service agencies in the new Ming Dynasty. One is the Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, which is responsible for internal affairs, and the other is the Yousi of the Military Advisor's Office, which is very external.

Among them, the Jin Yiwei Beizhen Fusi, whose name sounds scary, can actually not act recklessly. Because Beizhen Fusi does not have its own prison, those caught can only be detained in their hands for up to 24 days.

After an hour, he will be handed over to the custody of the local sentencing department.

For high-ranking officials like Yang Qilong, what is truly terrifying is the line of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, whose main business is combating corruption... The Metropolitan Procuratorate owns imperial edicts and prisons!

Although the conditions of the imperial edicts of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are much better than those of Ti Xingsi's prisons, and the guards of the Metropolitan Procuratorate (also known as Yushitai) are much more civilized than the Tiqi of Beizhen Fusi.

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However, officials who are arrested by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and convicted by the Dali Temple will be "reduced and expelled" regardless of the severity of the sentence!

This means being expelled from officialdom, never being used again, and all past achievements and hard work will be wiped out!

And there is no possibility of being activated again!

Zhu Heji couldn't even think about the idea of ​​being caught, "beheaded in prison", and two days later he would be promoted to a high-ranking official with a generous salary!

None of the officials who were convicted after the Ming Dynasty regained Guangfu has been used again until now.

Of course, although Yang Qilong is a bit greedy, he has made a lot of money and accumulated a huge amount of property, but it is hard to say whether his behavior can be classified as corruption.

Because of the things he did and the funds he spent, there is no way to reimburse or audit the accounts... So these funds are all contracted, and after the errands are done, there is nothing wrong with keeping the unspent funds in his own pocket.

Should.

But it was up to Zhu Heji to evaluate whether the job was done well or not!

Thinking of this, Yang Qilong was not in the mood to listen to what Eunuch Pang said about the silver yuan. He had to see what King Zhu Daming was doing?

Yang Qilong looked out of the corner of his eyes at the strange-looking two-person soft-backed chair where Zhu Heji was sitting... and found that his sister had been "turned" to him by Zhu Heji at some point.

Sitting side by side, talking and laughing together!

What does this mean? Yang Qilong said in his heart: "Men and women are not intimate with each other! How can you, a former Confucian saint, do this? No... you must be responsible for my sister's innocence!"

When Yang Qilong's gaze came over, Zhu Heji was planning to put his arm around Yang Ziyun's waist. Just as he was about to succeed, Yang Ziyun saw his brother's gaze and hurriedly stepped aside.

This half push and half acceptance, this refusal and yet welcome...it's really quite tempting.

However, Zhu Heji is not the kind of man who is extremely impatient. He has to take his time to be interesting. If he really wants to hold hands in a hurry, wouldn't it be enough to summon him to the palace with an edict? How dare the corrupt official Yang refuse to give it?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of this, Zhu Heji did not lean towards Yang Ziyun anymore, but followed Eunuch Pang's words and talked to Yang Qilong about the benefits of silver yuan.

"Qilong, convert all your gold into silver coins and keep them," Zhu Heji said. "Gold ingots and silver ingots have problems with their fineness and overweight... It's too troublesome to use, and it's also a problem."

It’s not easy to transfer money. But it’s all exchanged into silver coins from Dongyin Coin Factory. Not only does it have no problems with fineness or overweight, but it’s also convenient to use!

Large households like us don’t need to bring cash, we can just use banknotes or checks issued by the official bank account.”

As he spoke, he took out a wallet, took out a banknote with a nominal value of 100 yuan and a check, handed it to Yang Ziyun beside him, and asked her to show it to Yang Qilong.

Of course Yang Qilong knows the banknotes. Although "official notes" have not been issued since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and the issuance of "private notes" has also been greatly reduced due to the social unrest since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. But trading in the outer city of Beijing

Some Shanxi merchants still tinkered with the banknotes.

However, the production level of those bank notes cannot be compared with the bank notes of Dongchang Official Bank.

The paper used, the ink and the patterns on the banknotes are all very different.

As for the check, this was the first time Yang Qilong had seen it. It looked similar to a bank note, but the bank note had a redeemable amount on it, while the number column on the check was blank.

In addition, there are two blank columns on the check, "Invoicer" and "Payee".

At this time, Zhu Heji took out another blank check, picked up a writing brush handed to him by Eunuch Pang, and began to write and draw on the check. After finishing, he took out a small cylinder, pulled out the cover and drew from the inside.

Take out a round stamp and press it on the check.

Then he handed it to Yang Ziyun with a smile, "Sister Ziyun, a little greeting gift... take the flowers!"

Yang Ziyun took the check and saw that the amount of "1,000 yuan" had been written on it, and a dragon seal was stamped on it.

The names of the invoice maker and the payee were also filled in. The invoice maker was Zhu Heji, and the payee was Yang Ziyun.

Eunuch Pang smiled and said: "Miss Yang, take this check and go to the lobby. Find a clerk and he will help you open an account and transfer money. The amount filled in on this check will be transferred to your account tomorrow.
Chapter completed!