In addition to the three provinces and six ministries, the central institutions of the Tang Dynasty also included the Five Principles of the Nine Temples and the Censorate, among which the Three Provinces and Six Ministries were decision-making bodies, while the Five Principles of the Nine Temples were specific affairs institutions, such as the Dali Temple Master’s case-based decision-making skills, the Shaofu Supervisor’s skills in charge of hundreds of craftsmen, etc. Now, in order to open a bank, another financial management supervisor has been added in addition to the Five Principles, which has become the Six Principles of the Nine Temples.

The office location of the Financial Management Supervision Commission is also in the imperial city, located in an area between the General Manager and the Shangshu Province. Although the financial management commission is newly built, it is highly valued by Li Shimin, and it is personally presided over by important officials like Li Xiu. So after the news came out, many people wanted to join the Financial Management Supervision Commission. With the help of Xu Jingzong, Li Xiu quickly drafted a list of officials who were drawn. After a period of preparation, these officials also came to the Financial Management Supervision Commission to serve one after another.

Early this morning, Li Xiu rushed to the financial management supervision center, but the officials in the prison came earlier than him. After all, Li Xiu lived farther away, and as a subordinate, he could not come later than his boss. In addition, they just came to the financial management supervision center, so they were all eager to show themselves that going to work early was just the most basic thing.

"You have reported to the prince-in-law, two financial management supervisors, four ministers, six ministers, and a total of twelve officials. In fact, there are eleven officials, only one official has not arrived!" Xu Jingzong is now in the financial management supervisor, and now he is still in charge of Dianmao. He is also the first official to come to the financial management supervisor.

It is worth mentioning that although the financial management supervision has just been established, the number of officials is not only twelve. In fact, these twelve officials are all officials in charge of one party's affairs. They have some other low-level officials and more minor officials, but there is no need for these people to report to Li Xiu.

"Yes, another young prisoner is already on his way back to Chang'an. He will probably take office in two or three days." Li Xiu smiled and said, then he also looked at his team. The officials he and Xu Jingzong selected were very young, not even a single person over 40 years old. After all, the bank is a new thing, and young people are active in their thinking and are easier to accept.

At that moment, Li Xiu summoned these people to his office room and first asked these people to introduce himself. Although Li Xiu recognized these people, they were not very familiar with each other. After the introduction, Li Xiu personally held a small meeting for them, just to introduce the importance of the bank, and then simply assigned what everyone needs to be responsible for now. However, because financial management and supervision were Xinli, there was not much.

There are two things to do now in the financial management supervision. One is to establish a bank in Chang'an and Luoyang and let the bank operate normally. The other is to integrate the Tang Dynasty's coin minting bureau to strengthen control over coin minting, and prepare for the future minting of new coins.

Li Xiu was naturally presided over the bank's affairs by himself. In addition, Xu Jingzong and most people also had to focus their main energy on the bank. As for the money minting bureau, Li Xiu was going to hand it over to the financial management and the young financial supervisor who had not yet taken office. He had a square personality and was honest in the official position, so he was most suitable for managing money minting.

After the assignment was completed, Li Xiu asked his subordinates to work hard. After all, they also needed to assign tasks to their subordinates. However, Xu Jingzong stayed at this time and asked Li Xiu sneakily: "Mr. Prince Concubine, who is our young prison who has not yet arrived? Why hasn't he been on duty yet?"

"This young prison is also an old friend of mine. I have recommended him to the court at the time and have been working in another place before. This time, the financial management supervisor was newly established, so I thought of him, so I personally asked His Majesty for someone, and then transferred him from the ground. However, because the journey was long, I couldn't arrive for the time being." Li Xiu also smiled at this time.

Originally, in addition to Xu Jingzong, Li Xiu most wanted to be the position of the minor supervisor of the financial management department, Cen Wenben, who had assisted him with Xu Jingzong, to be the most. However, since the destruction of the Turks, Cen Wenben has a prosperous official career and has now been named the Minister of the Secretariat. If he goes further, he will be prime minister. With his current position, it is naturally impossible for him to turn around and serve as a small minor supervisor in the financial management department, so Li Xiu could only give up.

In contrast, Xu Jingzong was also Li Xiu's assistant at the time, but he was very unsatisfied in the officialdom. He had made great contributions when destroying the Turks and could be promoted, but later he didn't know how to offend the powerful and powerful people in the court. As a result, after going through the years, he still stayed in the position of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, and Cen Wenben happened to be his immediate superior.

Seeing that Cen Wenben, who was at the same level, became his own superior, I guess Xu Jingzong felt bad, especially because he was still a person with a strong sense of fame and fortune. So this time, Li Xiu presided over the financial management supervision. Xu Jingzong immediately handed over the affairs of the Secretariat and then was the first to work in the Financial Management Supervision Department. In fact, he did not see the importance of the bank, but simply felt that as long as he followed Li Xiu, the opportunity for promotion would definitely be inevitable in the future.

"It turns out that he was the one recommended by the prince-consort, so he must be wrong. When he comes, I will personally host a banquet for him, so I can help the prince-consort with him in the future!" Xu Jingzong also heard that Li Xiu attached great importance to the young prison at the same level as him, and now he put away his little thoughts, but wanted to have a good relationship with the other party.

"Haha, this young sect is surnamed Liu, who is quite old-fashioned. He is probably similar to Wei Zheng. He has always been disgusted with the style of eating, drinking and treating guests in the officialdom. So, don't bother with the Yan clan. Just do anything in the future!" Li Xiu couldn't help laughing when he heard Xu Jingzong's words. The official atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was quite good. People like Xu Jingzong who were good at ease are not popular, and only he would not care about his character several promotions.

"What the prince-consort taught is that the subordinates are too confused and will do their business in the future and will never do those things that form cliques and make private contributions!" Xu Jingzong misunderstood Li Xiu's meaning, thinking that he did not want his two subordinates to get too close, so he warned him like this.

Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Xu Jingzong's words, and then he understood what he thought. However, he smiled and did not explain. Xu Jingzong is a first-class person, but his character is inferior. He usually likes to judge a gentleman by his villain's heart. This time he obviously misunderstood himself, but this is good. A scheming person like him may only let him know the right way by just using such an open warning.

For the next period of time, Li Xiu worked with the financial management officials to prepare for the bank's preparations every day. In fact, what they did was to open a money house that was similar to that of later generations. This was a bit like a businessman doing business, but behind this money house was the court, and the officials in charge of the bank were also the court officials.

If you want to open a bank, you naturally need to select a location for the bank. In addition, because there is no precedent for banks, even Li Xiu is still half-understood, so you need the financial management and supervision officials to explore and summarize. Among them, Li Xiu's experience is the most important. After all, although he has never opened a bank, he has gone to the bank to handle business a lot, and his understanding of banks is far beyond those of the people in the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, Li Xiu wanted to open a bank in Chang'an and Luoyang at the same time so that he could start the exchange business as soon as possible, but later he found that it was not possible because he had only one person, so he couldn't divide him into two halves, right? So he finally decided to open a bank in Chang'an. After the bank started operating and summed up his experience, he would take people to Luoyang in person.

There is not much controversy in the location selection of Chang'an Bank, and it must be built in the most prosperous area of ​​commercial business. Therefore, Chang'an City only has two options, either West City or East City. Among them, West City is the starting point of the Silk Road and the most prosperous commercial district in Chang'an. Of course, in comparison, East City is not bad either, especially the rich area of ​​Chang'an, where almost all the dignitaries and nobles in Chang'an live near East City, and they are the main customers of the bank.

However, after repeated consideration, Li Xiu decided to build a bank in the West Market. After all, the bank is a very commercial industry. The West Market is a place where all kinds of goods are distributed. Not only are there Hu merchants, but there are more Han merchants from all over the country. They also need to use a lot of copper coins when trading, so it is easier for banks to open up the situation in the West Market and at the same time to promote the reputation of the bank.

It was precisely for the above consideration that Li Xiu and Xu Jingzong personally went to the West Market and finally found a vacant land at the entrance of the West Market. This was originally an open-air trading market, mainly the fur transported by Hu Shang from the grassland, which was usually piled up here and waited for the buyer. However, since Li Xiu had already taken a fancy to him, he immediately requisitioned the vacant land and then organized craftsmen to start building a large-scale bank.

The Tang Dynasty had various restrictions on construction, and even the height and scale of the government office were clearly stipulated. However, the bank was a bit special because it was an institution facing ordinary people. At this time, there was no computer networking, and all bank affairs needed manpower. Therefore, if the bank wanted to start it, it would definitely require a lot of officials here. In addition, the bank's business was also very busy. Even banks in later generations often needed to queue up, let alone in an inefficient bank like the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it would definitely need a waiting area. Even if the lobby was not built and guests were allowed to wait in the open air, they would have to need a square.

The open space at the entrance of Xishifang is enough, but the construction will definitely exceed the restrictions of the court, so Li Xiu had to meet Li Shimin himself. Finally, after Li Shimin's concession, he built a bank headquarters that was only smaller than Liangyi Hall. In order to speed up the progress of the project, Li Shimin also handed over all the craftsmen in the palace to Li Xiu for use. Thanks to Li Xiu's presidency of the bank, otherwise it would be a big problem to replace it with another person.

It will take some time for the bank to be built, but during this period, Li Xiu needs to solve another headache-inducing problem.
Chapter completed!