Chapter 1344 Two daughters-in-law!
Seeing An Miaoyi's puzzled expression, Qi Qige hesitated for a moment and said:
"My Lady, since the last incident, Ren Hai seems to have had some contact with the Coordination Office!"

After hearing this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but said in surprise:
"Qiqige, what you mean is that Ren Hai and Wang Xuecheng are colluding in some way?"

Qiqige nodded slightly and said:
"My lady, I am just guessing. Wang Xuecheng has never been a good person, and he is also quite greedy for money. He has used his power to gain a lot of benefits over the years. It is really surprising that Ren Hai was able to escape from the coordination office unscathed this time!"

"Although Ren Hai is a coward who is afraid of death, he is really good at making money!"

After hearing Qiqige's story, An Miaoyi nodded slightly, as if she agreed with Qiqige's words.

An Miaoyi had not had much contact with Ren Hai. They had only met a few times, but some of Ren Hai's characteristics left a deep impression on An Miaoyi.

The first point is to get money. During the time that Ren Hai has been with An Miaoyi, it can be said that he has earned a lot of money for An Miaoyi. Among the 50,000 taels of silver that An Miaoyi paid out for the expansion of the imperial palace, more than half of it was earned by Ren Hai for An Miaoyi, not to mention the current 17,000 taels of silver.

The second point is the ambition and desire for power hidden under Ren Hai's humble and flattering demeanor. It was precisely by taking advantage of Ren Hai's weakness that An Miaoyi turned Ren Hai into a tool for her, the Queen Daqian, to make money.

Precisely because he wanted to climb up, Ren Hai was very knowledgeable about the ways of seeking personal gain. Although Wang Xuecheng was not a big shot in the court, the special nature of the Coordination Office made him an important figure in the Daqian court that could not be ignored...
Therefore, the collusion between Ren Hai and Wang Xuecheng seemed unexpected, but also reasonable!

It is even possible that the reason why the Coordination Office did not investigate the fact that we took advantage of the information gap to buy back Dadongsheng bonds at a low price and resell them is because Ren Hai did this not only for himself!
Just as An Miaoyi was trying to figure out the key to this, Qiqige continued to ask:
"There's something else happening with Her Majesty Ren Hai!"

"What else does he want?"

"Ren Hai wants to ask you about the selection of the chief manager of Dadongsheng Bank!"

An Miaoyi asked back with some doubt:

"Hasn't the court decided on the candidate for the chief manager of Dadongsheng yet?"

Qiqige answered without hesitation:

"Your Majesty originally decided on Liu Xinjie. He just needs to wait for Liu Xinjie to finish his work at the Censorate before he can take up his post at the Dadongsheng Bank!"

"But now that Liu Xinjie is dead, the court has no other candidates. After Ren Hai was taken away by the Coordination Office for investigation, Dadongsheng Bank was leaderless for a while. But after Ren Hai was released by the Coordination Office, he was reinstated and continued to be in charge of the work of Dadongsheng Bank. However, the Ministry of Revenue has not yet officially appointed him!"

An Miaoyi fell into deep thought after hearing that, because Ren Hai could make money for her, An Miaoyi had always been fond of him. In order to make Ren Hai work for her wholeheartedly, An Miaoyi even hinted to Ren Hai in private and promised him a bright future...

An Miaoyi's hint also made Ren Hai's heart surge. The seven-foot-tall man knelt at An Miaoyi's feet, crying bitterly and saying that he would devote himself to the emperor and the queen.

However, because of Liu Xinjie's incident, An Miaoyi realized that Ren Hai was a coward who was afraid of death and could not handle anything. She was very disappointed with this money-making expert and felt that Ren Hai was of no use!

However, seeing the 17,000 taels of silver now, An Miaoyi was a little conflicted. Although Ren Hai was indeed useless, he was really good at making money. If she really gave up on him, who would make money for her?
After struggling for a while, An Miaoyi seemed to have thought of something and asked Qiqige:
"Did the Attendant Department send you news that His Majesty is considering relaxing the review of ticket number licenses?"

Qiqige thought for a while and said:
"It seems to be the case. Although the economy and livelihood of people in places like Jingchu and Yunbing have recovered due to the tax-free policy, the tax-free policy has also caused the provincial governments in various places to not have much money in hand, especially the provincial government of Jingchu. It is said that their money is only enough to pay the salaries of the officials and runners in various places in Jingchu!"

“The provincial government has no money, so many things can’t be done. For this reason, Dai Ping, the deputy governor of Jingchu Provincial Government, even submitted a memorial to Your Majesty, requesting Dadongsheng Bank to provide an interest-free loan, but this matter was rejected by Your Majesty…”

"However, in order to solve this problem, His Majesty is considering relaxing the review of ticket number licenses. He will relax the review requirements for a Jingchu ticket number and simplify the review process so that he can issue them a ticket number license and use private savings to support the development of Jingchu!"

"But I heard that the Hanlin Academy has some different opinions on this. Some scholars in the Hanlin Academy believe that once the review process is relaxed, it will be detrimental to the supervision of these ticket offices. This will lead to the silver in the ticket offices being misappropriated and falling into the pockets of certain people!"

"When the money exchange houses are unable to make ends meet, the people will not be able to withdraw the money they want from the money exchange houses, which is likely to cause civil unrest. Therefore, Wu Tao, Dong Jizhen and other scholars do not recommend that Your Majesty relax the review!"

"They believe that reforms should be deepened and the problem of redundant government offices should be solved more resolutely. As long as these burdens are resolved, the CZ space of the court and even local government offices will be freed up, and the court and even local government offices will have money to do those necessary things!"

An Miaoyi didn't care about what Qiqige said. She didn't care about redundant staff or CZ issues. She only cared about things that concerned herself.

"Qiqige, can the Dadongsheng Bank manage the banks in various places?"

Qiqige thought for a moment and said:

"I've heard about this issue from the Ministry of Revenue. I heard that these ticket offices in various places are operated independently, and the Ministry of Revenue is their superior department. However, as the ticket office actually controlled by the court, Dadongsheng Ticket Office still has the right to guide and supervise issues such as interest..."

Hearing this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but feel a little distracted. Ren Hai had previously suggested to her that an exchange house that could absorb private savings would be like a treasure pot that could obtain endless wealth.

Although An Miaoyi knew that Ren Hai's words were a bit exaggerated, after learning about the transactions of Rishengchang, Daxinchang and other banks, she was also very interested in owning a bank of her own. However, the approval process for bank licenses was very strict, and Ye Mingsheng would personally make the final decision on the issuance of each bank license.

Even Cui Shao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, did not have the power to decide on the issuance of banknote exchange licenses. Each of the banks currently holding banknote exchange licenses had a background and Ye Mingsheng himself was also very concerned about the development of these banks. They were not something that An Miaoyi could easily control!

Therefore, when it came to owning a bank of her own, An Miaoyi had wanted to but was unable to do so!

But now is different from the past. If Ye Mingsheng really decides to relax the review of ticket licenses, then this may be a good opportunity for An Miaoyi! And pushing Ren Hai to the position of the chief treasurer of Dadongsheng Ticket House with regulatory power may be more conducive to her dream coming true!
Thinking of this, An Miaoyi also asked Qiqige:
"Tomorrow you can find a chance to ask Ren Hai and Wang Xuecheng about their relationship."

"Yes!"

An Miaoyi looked down at the stack of silver bills in her hand again, feeling a little hesitant. Although she didn't know whether Ren Hai and Wang Xuecheng were in collusion as she thought, An Miaoyi knew that after what happened with Liu Xinjie, these 17,000 taels of silver would be very hot to handle!
Thinking of this, An Miaoyi made a decision. She handed the banknote in her hand to Qiqige and said:
"This is 17,000 taels of silver. We will take out another 3,000 taels of silver from the treasury and make up 20,000 taels of silver to give to that old man Chen Fu!"

"Tell him that I gave him the silver he wanted! Furen Palace must be completed before July next year..."

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The other side of the Daqian Palace

Murong Qingwu walked out of Ye Cui's courtyard, and Aunt Xu, who was serving Ye Cui, handed a stack of Buddhist scriptures to a maid beside Murong Qingwu.

"Your Highness! This is the Buddhist scripture that needs to be copied. Thank you so much for troubling you!"

Murong Qingwu smiled and said:

"It is my blessing to be able to copy Buddhist scriptures for my mother! How can it be hard?"

"On the contrary, it is you, Madam Sun, who has to serve mother day and night, and you are the one who has the hardest time!"

As Murong Qingwu finished speaking, Ying'er, the maid beside her, quietly put a banknote into Nanny Sun's hand. Nanny Sun was a little surprised and said as if she was a little embarrassed:

"My Lady, this is what we servants should do!"

Before Nanny Sun finished speaking, Murong Qingwu said softly:

"Madame Sun, it's not easy for you to stay by my mother's side. This little money is not much. You can use it to buy some good things for your health, and you can also serve me better!"

"This is also a token of our gratitude as daughters-in-law to our mother. Please don't be polite, Madam Sun!"

Nanny Sun was being polite out of courtesy, and when she heard Murong Qingwu say this, she immediately said:
"You are so thoughtful, Imperial Concubine. Everyone in the palace knows that you are the most filial to the Queen Mother!"

Murong Qingwu smiled and said a few words to comfort her, then asked the maid to take the Buddhist scriptures back to her own yard...

Murong Xinyun, who was playing with her nephew in the room, was a little surprised to see her sister bring back so many Buddhist scriptures and said:

"Sister, haven't you always been a Taoist? How did you bring back so many Buddhist scriptures?"

Facing her sister's question, Murong Qingwu did not speak but just sighed, while Ying'er beside her explained for her master:

"Although the queen worships Taoism, the queen mother worships Buddhism!"

"So in order to get close to the Queen Mother, you can only humble yourself and study Buddhist scriptures with her on weekdays!"

"These Buddhist scriptures were given to you by the Queen Mother to copy. She said that they must be copied by hand so that you can show your sincerity. Each of these Buddhist scriptures has tens of thousands of words. I don't know if this old woman will read them after you copied them down!"

Hearing Ying Er dare to call Ye Cui an old woman, Murong Qingwu also said with a serious expression:
"Ying Er, don't talk nonsense!"

Ying Er realized that she had said the wrong thing after hearing this, and immediately lowered her head and stopped talking. At this time, Murong Qingwu saw her sister looking at her with sympathy and smiled and said:

"Xinyun, don't listen to Ying'er's nonsense. This is the task I asked the Queen Mother to assign to me. Buddhist and Taoist theories have a lot in common. It would be good for me to learn some Buddhist teachings!"

Although Murong Qingwu had a smile on her face when she said this, in Murong Xinyun's eyes it seemed like her sister was forcing a smile...

After all, my sister is not very interested in Buddhism, and copying Buddhist scriptures is a very long and tedious task that takes a lot of time. So if it wasn’t to please the old woman, how could my sister be willing to take on such a hard job!

Although Murong Xinyun understood her sister's difficulties, she could also understand her sister, and immediately said with a smile:

"Sister, I've also been very interested in Buddhist scriptures recently. I can learn more by copying them with you!"

Seeing this, Murong Qingwu understood her sister's good intentions, but she didn't want her sister to spend as much time on this as she did, so she was about to politely refuse, but when she saw her sister's firm expression, she immediately realized that her sister had made up her mind, and she shook her head in agreement!

Ying'er, who was standing by, pouted slightly upon seeing this. If possible, she would also like to share the burden for her master, but she had no choice but to be brought up by the Murong family since she was a child, mainly to learn martial arts as a close attendant of the female members. Although she also read books on weekdays, Ying'er's cultural level was basically just that she could read and write and understood some simple principles.

Copying Buddhist scriptures requires good handwriting, so although Ying Er is willing to share the burden for her master, her handwriting is simply not up to the task of copying Buddhist scriptures.

In this way, little Jingyan was handed over to the care of Ying'er and other palace maids, while Murong Qingwu and Murong Xinyun took advantage of the abundant light in the room and began to copy Buddhist scriptures. As daughters of the Murong family, they were both able to write beautiful and neat characters...