My father is Jiajing

Chapter 400 He Lost All the Reputation of the Ming Dynasty

The news of the Ming Federal Reserve and the Northern Construction Bank spread throughout the capital in an instant as if it had wings, and was also flying towards other places in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

Inside the east building of Yan Shifan's villa, Yan Shifan was listening to his butler Yan Kuan talking about the recently popular Ming Federal Reserve and Northern Construction Bank.

Yan Kuan said, "Master, the new office of the Ming Dynasty Reserve Bank has a very high status. The palace has given Gao Gong the title of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and has also issued a clear order that the Ministry of Revenue cannot interfere in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty Reserve Bank. In this way, the Ming Dynasty Reserve Bank can be regarded as a third-rank office of the court, and is on the same level as the Dali Temple and Tongzhengsi!"

Yan Kuan's words were like steel needles irritating Yan Shifan's brain. Yan Shifan was really angry and furious at this time. He never dreamed that such a thing would happen.

Yan Shifan said angrily, "Is the emperor crazy? How can the court handle affairs like this? The Ming Federal Reserve was established without even a word of warning. Does he still take the cabinet seriously? If this matter is not clarified, I will ask my father to report to Prince Yu tomorrow!"

When Yan Kuan heard that his master had lost his mind and said something like "Go and criticize Prince Yu", he couldn't help but tremble with fear.

"Master, Prince Yu is His Majesty's biological son!"

After being reminded by Yan Kuan, Yan Shifan finally calmed down a lot.

He looked at the Yiran candy on the small table with one eye unwillingly, and then suddenly angrily smashed the glass jar containing the Yiran candy to pieces on the ground, "It's all because of this candy. Otherwise, if the emperor is partial to him, how could Prince Yu be so presumptuous? Now he has even fallen to the point of cooperating with cheap merchants. The Ming Dynasty has lost all its face because of him."

Yan Shifan barked helplessly and Yan Kuan did not dare to say a word.

Because he knew that Yan Shifan was on the verge of losing his mind at this moment. Whoever offended him at this time might not even understand what he had done wrong when he died.
So, Yan Kuan kept his mouth shut and stood beside Yan Shifan with his head lowered and his eyes submissive, without saying a single extra word.

After being angry for a while, Yan Shifan's anger gradually subsided and he began to consider practical issues.

Yan Shifan asked, "Are the fifteen board seats of the Ming Federal Reserve filled now?"

Yan Kuan quickly replied: "I heard there are still a few. But I also heard that some foreign business groups have been anxious to go to Beijing after getting the information, hoping to get the remaining seats and earn an immortal job for their family."

Yan Shifan's eyes kept turning, his mind was working rapidly, and then he asked, "Where are our people from Jiangxi?"

Yan Kuan replied: "Jiangxi is too far away from the capital. It will probably take a few more days to reach the capital."

When Yan Shifan heard this, he felt a strong sense of urgency.

Now the Ming Dynasty Federated Reserves was a fait accompli, and Gao Gong was highly valued by Emperor Jiajing, officially becoming a third-rank official in the court. His future prospects were limitless.

So, instead of getting angry here, it is better to consider the reality.

Since the Ming Federal Reserve still has some board seats, and these board seats can also recommend new Federal Reserve chairmen in the future, then such an important position must be obtained. Otherwise, if all the positions are taken by others, we will be in a passive position.

Yan Shifan said, "Find the Jiangxi Guild Hall in the capital and call their leader over to me."

When Yan Kuan heard Yan Shifan's order, he immediately took the order and went to find someone.

The Jiangxi Guild Hall was not big, because during the Ming Dynasty, people from Jiangxi were not very good at doing business. They were good at studying and taking imperial examinations. Therefore, during the Ming Dynasty, people from Jiangxi all held high positions as officials. There were countless cabinet ministers and officials of the six ministries.

Therefore, under such an atmosphere, people in Jiangxi generally have little interest in doing business. Even if they do do business, they only make things related to pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and then realize a positive cycle in Jiangxi and its surrounding areas.

Therefore, in the Jiangxi Guild Hall in the capital, these Jiangxi businessmen gathered, and their business in the capital was almost concentrated on pens, inkstones, and paper, especially their Jiangxi paper, which was the best in the capital. Almost all booksellers and government offices purchased paper from Jiangxi. So under such circumstances, Jiangxi people's sensitivity to finance was much worse. They did not have a regular bank, but relied on the salt merchants, Hui merchants, and the Fujian business gangs to complete large transactions outside the province.

Moreover, in Jiangxi Province itself, because there are many officials and many students, the economic model there is almost entirely a farming and reading economy. To put it more bluntly, it is a landlord economy.

All capable people, or those whose families have high-ranking officials, are most passionate about land. Unfortunately, Jiangxi is a land-rich province with many mountains and little land. Even if these scholars and landlords love land, the amount of land they can annex is limited.

They could not own tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land like the aristocratic landlords in Southern Zhili and the areas to the north of it.

Now that the Ming Federal Reserve has appeared, there are clearly fifteen board seats. Although they correspond to the two capitals and thirteen provinces, these fifteen seats do not necessarily mean one for each province.

Because as far as the current situation is concerned, there are three banks in the capital. The Ming Bank, formerly the Beijing Special Zone Development Bank, occupies one, the Northern Construction Bank occupies one, and there is also a large local silver bank in the capital, which has now been renamed the Jinghua Bank, and they also occupy one.

Therefore, from this situation it can be seen that the fifteen director seats are not divided equally among the two capitals and thirteen provinces, but are based on whoever comes first gets first served.

Therefore, after Yan Shifan calmed down, he had to secure a board seat for Jiangxi as a support for the future.

While Yan Shifan was thinking about these things, Xu Jie's family was also paying attention to this matter.

Xu Jie's son Xu Fan stood beside Xu Jie, helping his father write big characters to cultivate his mood.

Xu Fan asked, "Dad, do we want a seat on the board of directors of the Ming Federal Reserve?"

Xu Jie didn't even look at Xu Fan. All his energy was focused on the paper and the pen in front of him.

Xu Jie said: "You can handle this kind of thing on your own, there is no need to ask me about everything."

Xu Fan said in a low voice that yes, many things had been like this over the years. For example, regarding his family's acceptance of land donations in Songjiang Prefecture, Xu Fan had once asked Xu Jie about his opinion, but Xu Jie always acted nonchalant and let them make the decision on their own.

Therefore, how much land and property the Xu family has in Songjiang Prefecture over the years, not only Xu Jie himself was not clear, even Xu Fan was not very clear.

Moreover, although Xu Jie's daily expenses seem simple, they are actually very shocking.

For example, the paper, brush, and ink he uses for writing are all excellent choices, and each one is very expensive.

In addition, in the early years, Xu Jie bought tens of thousands of acres of land in Yan Song's hometown in order to please Yan Song and establish friendship with Yan Song. Therefore, it is definitely a misunderstanding to say that Xu Jie is an easy-to-worry father.

Therefore, Xu Fan had to consider Xu Jie and the Xu family, otherwise how could he support such a huge expense?

Xu Fan said, "Yes, my son, please make an appointment with the people from Jiangnan Guild Hall to discuss this matter."

Xu Jie hummed and did not express any further opinions. Instead, he continued writing and thinking about how to write the Qingci perfectly next time.

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