The one who came to exchange the silver was a middle-aged man in his fifties. He was thin and had a mustache. Although he was dressed magnificently and wore silk and satin, his temperament did not match.
"Zhang Jing, what do you think this person does?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked.
Zhang Jing quickly said, "Your Majesty, this person should be a housekeeper or a steward of the outer court!
Although he looks like a superior, the smile on his face shows that he is a person who has been serving people for a long time. "
Zhu Yijun nodded. He agreed with Zhang Jing's words.
"Do you think he knows how to exchange silver coins?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked with a smile.
Zhang Jing shook his head directly, "Imperial Majesty, he doesn't know how to fill in his name and address. He wouldn't dare to do so without the master's permission!"
Zhang Jing said this sentence with certainty.
In fact, Zhang Jing himself was a servant, and he was the best servant in the world. He understood this kind of person's mind the best.
You can only do what the higher-ups want you to do. You can't do what they don't want you to do.
"As a servant, loyalty is the most important thing. If it was me, I would never dare to do it without the Imperial Majesty's permission." At this time, Zhang Jing did not forget to show his loyalty.
Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded, "Very good, very good!"
After listening to Zhu Yijun's praise, Zhang Jing was relieved and his face was full of joy.
After being a eunuch for so many years, Zhang Jing knew that his Imperial Majesty was not easy to serve.
When the Imperial Majesty had just ascended the throne, he was only a ten-year-old child, but his methods were already superb and ruthless.
How did Feng Bao die that year? Until now, Zhang Jing didn't dare to find out. He didn't even dare to think about it.
What kind of power and influence did Feng Bao have in the palace, but what was his fate?
Ever since that time, Zhang Jing knew what to do and how to get promoted in the palace.
That was Zhang Jing's most profound comprehension after entering the palace. Up until now, he had benefited a lot from this comprehension.
Sure enough, Zhang Jing didn't guess wrong. When the man heard that he had to fill in a name and address, he immediately shook his head, but he still asked, "Why do I have to write a name and address?"
"Dear customer, the amount you want to exchange is too large. We need some time to prepare."
"At the same time, we will arrange for someone to send the silver coins to your home, so that you won't have to personally deliver them.
Besides, we still have to check their identities, in case the silver comes from unknown sources or is dirty silver. "
The customer service staff rebuked the other party with a single sentence. From the beginning to the end, the smile on his face never changed.
These customer service staff of the Royal Bank were all from good families. Most of them were the children of the inner factory's accountant's family, or they were from merchant families in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After more than half a year of training, they were already familiar with these things.
After hearing the customer service staff's reply, the man smiled and nodded. "I see. Then I'll go back!"
Many people heard the conversation between this person and the customer service staff. Many people didn't line up anymore and directly left with their people.
Obviously, these people were here to find out information. Once they got the information, there was no point in lining up.
Zhu Yijun left the large amount window and went to the small amount window.
The exchange service here was very busy. The silver was brought in, the color was checked, the weight was weighed, and then the silver was exchanged in one go.
The entire process was smooth, and Zhu Yijun felt very comfortable watching it.
Many people were dressed like merchants. After exchanging a hundred taels of silver, they went out to line up and continue exchanging.
Obviously, a hundred taels of silver was not enough. However, looking at the length of the line, he estimated that he had queued up two or three times today.
It was not realistic to exchange large amounts of silver in this way.
It was possible to hire a large number of people to queue up. With hundreds of people queuing up, each person exchanging a hundred taels of silver could be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of silver in a day.
However, this would waste time and information would be leaked.
Now, the Imperial Bodyguard, Dongchang, and the people from the Commander-in-Chief's Office of the Five Armies were all watching. If anyone dared to do this, they would probably be found out very soon.
Zhu Yijun also knew that it was better to let it go. If he forced people to stop exchanging, then the consequences would be very serious.
He could stop them for a while, but not for a lifetime. However, he had a way.
Glancing at Zhang Jing, Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "Let's go back to the palace!"
When Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, there were already two people waiting there. One was the Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Li Shenxing.
The other person was dressed in coarse clothes and looked very reserved.
Although he was dressed in coarse clothes, this person did not look like someone who wore coarse clothes at all.
Not only was he fair and chubby, but he also had the temperament of a superior.
Standing behind Li Shenxing, this person had a reserved expression on his face. He had a sullen expression on his face, as if his parents had died.
From time to time, he glanced at Li Shenxing with a resentful look in his eyes.
Not long after, a little eunuch walked to Li Shenxing's side and said with a smile, "Your Excellency Li, the Imperial Majesty is back. Please come in!"
As for the fat man in coarse clothes, the little eunuch looked at him with disdain, snorted coldly, and turned around to leave.
In an instant, the fat man's face turned red. He was actually looked down upon by a eunuch. How dare you, a eunuch, look down on me!
In the past, he might not have taken it to heart.
But now it was different. Daming, who didn't know Li Shenxing's current status?
Everyone was a businessman, and everyone had done things like sneakily putting on airs on a daily basis.
But who could do what Li Shenxing did?
Even a third-rank red robe couldn't stop him. He was bestowed with the Flying Fish Robe. This kind of treatment made people so jealous that they were about to bleed.
Standing behind Li Shenxing, the fat man had a feeling of "I should be like this" in his heart.
It was like when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu saw Emperor Qin's chariot. One of them had the thought of "I should replace him", while the other had the thought of "a real man should be like this".
Now, the fat man felt this way. He had earned enough money, and gaining status was what he should do.
He looked at Li Shenxing and then at himself. Was he worse than Li Shenxing?
In the process of walking into the palace, the grievance on the fat man's face disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by eagerness and anticipation.
The matter of Li Shenxing entering the palace to seek an audience was still a topic of discussion among the businessmen.
Now it was his turn. Who knew if today's Li Shenxing would be tomorrow's?
At the thought of this, the fat man's heart burned, and he secretly made up his mind. Even if he had to spend all his wealth, he wouldn't hesitate.
When Zhu Yijun saw Li Shenxing walk in with a fat man, his face immediately lit up.
Seeing the fat man kowtow to him on the ground, Zhu Yijun didn't let him get up.
He walked down from the dragon desk and glanced at the fat man. Zhu Yijun walked around him.
No one in the hall spoke, and the atmosphere was very dull. The fat man was so scared that he was sweating.
Before entering the palace, the fat man had asked Li Shenxing why the emperor had summoned him to the palace this time.
Li Shenxing told himself that there were only two outcomes when he entered the palace to see the emperor.
Either he would be promoted to a noble position, or his whole family would be executed. Which one did he think he would be?
The fat man knew what he had done. What did it have to do with him being promoted to a noble position? It was more likely that his whole family would be executed.
However, he didn't quite believe it. If his whole family was executed, why would the emperor personally summon him to the palace?
Although he kept warning himself, now that he had really seen the emperor, or to be exact, he hadn't seen the emperor yet. He was just kneeling, he felt that he was about to pee.
Zhu Yijun walked back to the dragon chair and said lightly, "Get up!"
When the fat man stood up from the ground, Zhu Yijun continued to say, "I feel guilty!
I'm sorry to the previous emperors of Daming. I've been on the throne for 15 years, and I've made great efforts to govern, but it seems that I haven't done anything today. "
"Li Shenxing, I haven't been out of the palace. Tell me, have the people of Daming become so poor?"
"You can only wear such coarse clothes when you meet the emperor. Then, when you're at home, don't you have enough to eat and no clothes to cover your body?"
This was obviously a lie. If he didn't have enough to eat and no clothes to cover his body, how could he eat like this?
He was white and fat. If the people of Daming could eat like this, Zhu Yijun should let all the prostitutes in the world sing Calorie together.
Everyone should lose weight!
Of course, Li Shenxing knew that the emperor was scaring the fat man. Didn't he do the same in the past?
Now, helping the emperor to scare others, Li Shenxing had a special pleasure.
"Your Majesty, according to the law of Daming, merchants are not allowed to wear silk." Li Shenxing bowed and said.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said with sudden realization, "So that's what happened. I thought the Great Ming Dynasty was already in such a difficult situation."
The emperor and Li Shenxing spoke very calmly, but the fat man was almost scared to death.
"Li Shenxing, I asked you to find a rich man, a rich businessman. Can you do it?" Zhu Yijun didn't care about his clothes, but his wealth.
"I'm going to do something big. He's not strong enough. How can he do it?"
"Your Majesty, this man is He Mingli, the head of the He family in Shandong."
"The He family is a rich businessman in Shandong. Especially after the Long Qing Dynasty, the He family has made a lot of achievements in the sea trade. They are very famous sea trade merchants in the north."
Although he said that, Li Shenxing also knew that compared to the sea in the southeast, the He family was far behind.
But the emperor asked him to find a person in the north, and a merchant in the north who could do sea trade.
There were not many people in the north who could do it. He family was already the most powerful one.
Zhu Yijun nodded and then asked, "Is there anyone in the He family who is an official?"
"Your Majesty, He Mingli is the third branch of the He family. The first branch of the He family has made a lot of achievements in the official career. Four of them are officials in the court.
The highest position is He Mingqian, the current assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice in Nanjing. "
"The second branch is a local gentleman and has a good reputation in the local area."
Zhu Yijun was stunned. My God, your He family is an all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty, and labor!
One branch is an official, one buys land, and one does business. Walking on three legs, not afraid of being lame!