A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Li Chengqian stared at him and shouted: "Even bribed the person next to my pillow to deliver the message, you Xie family are so courageous!"

Xie Lian knelt on the ground on the spot, not daring to say anything more.

"I still make my own decision on what is right and wrong. If Gu Qing is guilty, I will definitely punish you. If your Jiangnan Xie family is not clean, I will not let you go." Li Chengqian took two steps and asked with a sneer, "Xie Lian , ask yourself, is your Jiangnan Xie family clean?"

Xie Lian broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and knelt on the ground trembling. The Xie family in Jiangnan is not clean. The Xie family in Jiangnan is a famous family, and it is common to have connections with the government. If the court really wants to investigate, the Xie family has too many tails I can't stand the investigation.

"I'm tired, Wang Jin, please deal with it." Li Chengqian finished speaking and left Wude Hall.

Wang Jin bowed to Li Chengqian's back, lifted Xie Lian who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Mr. Xie, you worshiped the wrong incense and worshiped the wrong temple. The relationship between the royal family and the Gu family is very complicated. It is said that His Majesty and Gu Hou The master's relationship is not good, no matter how bad it is, His Majesty will not touch Gu Qing because of these things. Don't blame the old slave for being ignorant. If you do something wrong, you have to admit it. If someone offends you, you have to hide. I can't afford to provoke you."

"Gu Qing's wealth is comparable to that of a country, and his interests in Chang'an are also complicated. Some things affect his whole body. If Gu Qing really wants to destroy your Xie family, no one will stop Gu Qing. If you want to fight the Gu family to the death, You treat Gu Qing as an enemy, how many people will treat your Xie family as enemies, I thought that someone from your Jiangnan Xie family would be some kind of person, but seeing him now is nothing more than that, go back."

Xie Lian walked out of Wude Hall slowly, he didn't listen to what Wang Jin said, but Li Chengqian's words kept lingering in his mind, is your Xie family clean?It's like a knife has been hung on his head. Is this a warning?

"Hurry up, there will be a curfew when it gets dark." Wang Jin said again.

Xie Lian shivered pale and quickened his pace.

Watching him walk out of Chengtian Gate, Wang Jin turned around and walked towards Ganlu Palace.

It was getting late, Fan Jian said to Gu Qing: "Patriarch, the ax has been returned, and the gongs and drums are noisy. Many people in Chang'an thought that the Cheng family had a new daughter-in-law."

"Very good." Gu Qing nodded.

"One more thing. The man who entered the palace has been found out to be from the Jiangnan Xie family. He entered the palace but his face was very bad when he came out." Fan Jian said: "I just don't know what he did when he entered the palace. , it looks like nothing happened."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "I'm going out tomorrow, you prepare some food to decorate."

"Understood, the old slave will arrange it now." Fan Jian nodded with a smile.

The first thousand and seventy-two chapters of the bank

Chang'an, the curfew is about to come, Li Xiaogong walked into Cheng's mansion, looked at Cheng Yaojin and said, "I just heard that there was a lot of excitement in front of your Cheng's house, why do you have a daughter-in-law again in Cheng's mansion?"

Cheng Yaojin pointed to the two large Xuanhua axes placed beside him and said: "That kid Gu Qing brought the axes back to the old man."

"It's a good thing." Li Xiaogong said: "You said that kid Gu Qing is really true. He prepared such a big scene for sending an axe. I'm afraid people in Chang'an City don't know about it."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin's face turned livid again, "This old man took in a lot of money."

Li Xiaogong held back a smile and said, "It's good that the ax is back."

Although Li Xiaogong held back his smile, Cheng Yaojin looked at it and said uncomfortably: "Why, do you still think the old man is taking advantage of it?"

"I don't think so, but this time seeing you, an old bastard, being treated to death by Gu Qing, the old man feels very happy."

"..."

Li Xiaogong comforted Cheng Yaojin again and said: "You see, Gu Qing gave you some face, didn't you? Sending back the two axes so respectfully has made your Cheng family's appearance more beautiful, but Gu Qing, that little fox, never It's not cheap, you, Cheng Yaojin, the demon king of the world, can meet Gu Qing, a cunning little fox, it's really a bad relationship."

"Nie Yuan!" Cheng Yaojin shook his head when he heard that.

"Gu Qing is also on guard against you. He knows that Cheng Yaojin is not easy to deal with. The bank needs a lot of money to operate. My son Li Chongyi is in the bank. Do you know how much money the bank takes out and how much money it takes in every day? .”

"How much?" Cheng Yaojin asked curiously.

"I also heard what my son said, if you don't count the money that your Cheng family took in, but what you took out was more than three times what you took in." Li Xiaogong stroked his chin.

Cheng Yaojin also thought about it and said: "Wouldn't it be that the less and less you get, the old man can still get his money back?"

"Don't worry!" Li Xiaogong said again: "If I can't earn money, I won't let that boy Chongyi take all my belongings and put them in the bank."

"What did your son say?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

"It's actually a loan!" Li Xiaogong said in a low voice: "If you take out 30 guan a day, it is all borrowed and you have to pay it back. If the amount is large, you need to mortgage it! There will be interest on the repayment of 30 Guan, which means that when the bank lends out the money, you can earn another sum, and your capital remains unchanged."

"What if the old man doesn't return it." Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Xiaogong went on to say: "If you have more than [-] yuan, you need to mortgage it. Take your house deed as a mortgage, and the value of your house deed must match this price. Once you can't pay it back, your house will be gone."

"Hiss..." Cheng Yaojin gasped.

"There is one more thing." Li Xiaogong said to Li Xiaogong in a low voice: "This bank has another big plan, it is said that Gu Qing's wife Wu Mei made the plan."

"How to say?" Cheng Yaojin also asked.

"I can tell you, don't tell it, not many people know about it." Li Xiaogong said in a low voice: "Actually, many things are done to the people in Qianshou, but the bank has a business for the royal family!"

"Royal?" Cheng Yaojin was also puzzled and started

It's already night, and there's a curfew in the city, so Li Xiaogong simply plans to stay at Cheng Yaojin's house tonight. ,

Sitting in Cheng Yaojin's house, Li Xiaogong drank wine and ate meat and said: "The royal family can also borrow money from the bank."

"Wait! The old man is a little confused." Cheng Yaojin asked again: "You said that the royal family can borrow money from the bank? Does the bank belong to the emperor?"

Li Xiaogong swallowed a sip of drink, "Old Cheng, you have seen it all these years, the few things that came out of Gu Qing's hands, the factory, the Maritime Trade Department, the academy, and the current court are not what the emperor alone decides." Yes, the royal family can't control it, but the court can supervise it, but it's just supervision."

"You say the royal family doesn't care about this bank?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

"That's right!" Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "If the royal family can manage the bank, wouldn't the bank be the second treasury, and all the money goes into the emperor's pocket? My son said that the bank is for the people of Liming, not for the royal family. Yes, that's why the kid immediately separated himself from Li Chengqian after he entered the bank, and the bank has nothing to do with Li Chengqian since then."

Speaking of this, Li Xiaogong looked a little proud, "Now I hope this kid can do a good job, and I will be the head of a bank in Chang'an in the future, and the old man will be satisfied. At least this kid has a foothold."

"The old man still doesn't understand how the royal family and the bank do business." Cheng Yaojin thought about it, all the land belonged to the emperor, so why should he do business with the bank.

Li Xiaogong went on to say: "Li Chengqian needs money to fight foreign wars, and the royal family needs money to do celebrations. There are many places where the royal family spends money. I listened to my son Chongyi. If this Western Expedition, just The military salary of the soldiers is hundreds of thousands."

"This old man has fought wars, and this old man naturally understands, but when Yu Chigong led Gu Qing and the others to fight in the Hexi Corridor, the food and grass in the court were cut off after advancing into Tubo. Now that the Tang Dynasty has Tubo as a barrier, the army can support itself when it arrives in Tubo. Self-sufficient, as long as Tubo is not lost, Datang can have no fear against Dashi and Persia."

"It's like that, fighting this kind of war requires money." Li Xiaogong said again: "Even if the court doesn't ask the bank to borrow money this time, what will happen in the future?"

"It's just a loan, even if you borrow it from the royal family, how can you pay it back?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

When the question was on point, Li Xiaogong said again: "The small amount of money the emperor wants to borrow is not a problem, but if it is a large amount, even the emperor has to mortgage it, and the larger the amount, the bigger the mortgage. If there is a need in the future, the emperor will even ask Mortgage a city, or hand over the conquered territory to the banker."

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojingang almost spit out the drink he poured into his mouth, "A city, is this bank going to rebel?"

"That's right, it's not bad for you to say that rebellion is indeed a rebellion. It's just that it hasn't been said to the outside world now. If the royal family has money, they can spend money to redeem the city."

Cheng Yaojin let out a long sigh, "This Gu Qing is really getting bolder."

"Old man, you have to know that the bank has to do this. If the bank in the future saves the money of the people of the world, and the people of the whole world stand behind the bank, would the royal family dare to mess around?" Li Xiaogong said in a low voice. with.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yaojin also shivered, "The royal family will never dare, unless the emperor is confused."

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