The applause never stopped for a long time.

Ouyang Bian smiled, raised his hand, and the applause stopped.

“…However, although the central bank has spread its tentacles throughout the Song Dynasty, it has connected the economy of the Song Dynasty into one.

However, the central bank has ensured the safety of its partners' funds, but has not done enough to protect its own safety.

Last year, the central bank's business office and branch suffered more than 100 robberies. Although the losses were not large, there were still casualties.

This is just a fixed office location, or a downtown area, something so horrible still happened.

What is even more shocking is that to ensure the flow of funds, our central bank must transport cash currency across the country to provide fund circulation and settlement between branches and head offices in various places.

During the transportation of large-scale currency, although they applied for assistance from the wing army or even the imperial guards, not to mention that the cost of the period was very high, the key is that they did not perform their protection duties well.

Especially last year's most horrifying Chenzhou tragedy, on the way from Chenzhou Branch to Jinghu North Road, they were attacked by a group of gangs.

The wing army, which was responsible for the escort mission, fled before the battle and threw the twelve escorts from our central bank and huge amounts of money to the bandits!

Twelve living lives, everyone, they are freshmen who have just come out for internship in the ninth session of the training class. They just died in ordinary escort together. What a tragic price!”

Ouyang Bian's deep eyes were filled with tears.

The venue fell into silence.

"I suggest that everyone bow their heads and observe a moment of silence for a quarter of an hour to watch our colleagues!"

Ouyang Bian took the lead in bowing his head. Tears fell when the people in the front row saw Ouyang Bian bowing his head.

It was a suffocating quarter of an hour, and there was a slight sob sound. It should be the same year that the twelve people were the best.

Ouyang Bian raised his head, his eyes flushed.

"Some people have proposed to establish the central bank's own guard team before, but some people think that this matter is unnecessary and it is just a waste of money and food. But to this day, everyone should not think so, right?"

Ouyang Bian scanned the venue.

"Now I propose to re-sponsor the proposal to establish a guard team. Please raise your hands if you agree, and keep silent if you disagree."

More than 100 people in the audience raised their hands as much as possible, and none of them remained silent.

Ouyang Bian nodded: "Since that's the case, the next meeting theme is to discuss the constitution for establishing the guard team. The next constitution will be chaired by the deputy president of the head office."

After Ouyang Bian finished speaking, he sat down. He didn't speak much about the next process, but only recorded it occasionally, and the meeting lasted for a day.

The Secretariat combined the opinions of all parties and handed them to Ouyang Bian. After reading them carefully, Ouyang Bian nodded, signed his name on it, and nodded to the people in the Secretariat: "Submit it to the Government Affairs Hall, copy it to the Privy Council, and copy it to His Majesty."

The central bank is directly under the imperial court, which is considered to be directly under the Political Affairs Hall, but the Political Affairs Hall actually only has the power of supervision, and the same is true for the three departments. The only one who can truly command the central bank is the emperor, and the central bank has great autonomy.

...

Privy Council.

Privy Councilor Han Qi and Privy Councilor Bao Zheng were discussing matters, and some subordinates came in a hurry.

The subordinates were angry and rushed, and Han Qi sat upright and his face remained unchanged: "What's the matter?"

Han Qi's voice was cold, like a basin of cold water pouring on his head, and his subordinates' anger disappeared, leaving only carefulness.

"The envoy of the Shu, Ouyang Bian is too much!" The subordinate couldn't help but be angry.

When Bao Zheng heard Ouyang Bian's name, he looked up in surprise.

Han Qi glanced at him: "Tell me directly."

The subordinate said: "The central bank applied to establish a guard team and applied to destroy the bandits along the way. Isn't this a snatch of power from our Privy Council?"

The subordinates were angry again: "The last time the Xizhou general was involved, Ouyang Bian directly stabbed the official family, causing our Privy Council to be blamed by the official family, and everyone felt that their faces were lost.

There is also the matter in Chenzhou. Ouyang Bian is also aggressive to the Privy Council. He asked us to give him an explanation, what is the relationship between a local wing army and our Privy Council?

I think he is not forming a guard this time. He is going to retaliate against us and rebel!"

"Silence!" Han Qi shouted.

The subordinate was frightened and clever.

Han Qi said: "Where is the official letter?"

The subordinate quickly submitted the official letter. Han Qi looked at it for a while and handed it to Bao Zheng: "Brother Xiren, you can take a look too."

Bao Zheng read it for a while and put down the official letter, Han Qi said, "What do you think of Brother Xiren?"

Bao Zheng said: "The central bank's request is not inappropriate."

The subordinate said anxiously: "Mr. Bao..."

Bao Zheng looked at his subordinates coldly: "The Xizhou generals colluded with the central bank and embezzled state assets. In the Chenzhou tragedy, twelve central bank employees who were from the same Jinshi were killed because the Xiang army was not well protected.

I took the central bank's high premium, but I was perfunctory and had no basic morality to use people to eliminate disasters. When facing bandits, I actually threw the central bank staff to bandits. Do you still want to protect such an army?"

The subordinates looked bitter: "Shuman Envoy, Lord Bao, two masters, we clearly understand that our Privy Council claims to be in charge of the world's military power, but only mobilizes the power but does not. If we do not protect the military generals below, we will lose our prestige at that time. How can we mobilize these powerful generals?"

Han Qi nodded: "What you said is also yours, but the past was indeed the fault of the generals in the army, so we don't have to be afraid of it.

However, the central bank's military support is indeed still subject to discussion. The Song Dynasty has been suffering from three redundant problems for many years. If the army is added, the finances will be difficult again."

Bao Zheng pointed to the official letter and said: "The central bank said they will solve the cost problem by themselves."

Han Qi sneered: "The central bank's money is also the country's money. What does it mean to solve the cost problem by itself? If they spend more money, they will pay less money for the treasury. This gap must not be opened!"

Bao Zheng stopped talking.

He and Han Qi were in the same year, but Han Qi had a very high prestige. When he was young, he called Fan Zhongyan "Han Fan". Bao Zheng respected this person who was younger than him.

Moreover, in his position, he really can't speak anymore.

...

Political Affairs Hall.

Fu Bi was looking at the document, but heard footsteps coming slowly. When he looked up, it was Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "Are you busy?"

Fu Bi quickly stood up: "Why are you going to call me? I'll go over there and you'll do it."

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "Hi, just a few steps away, just soothe your muscles and bones. Come on, take a look at this official letter."

Fu Bi took it and looked up, looking up after a while, and was quite surprised: "Wen Xiang is this?"

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "That's right, it was the thing that your little bastard made trouble again."

Fu Bi smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I really don't know about this. This child is a big idea. I'm afraid his father may not know what he wants to do, let alone my father-in-law."

Wen Yanbo nodded with a smile: "What do you think about this?"

Fu Bi stroked his beard and thought for a while and said, "It is normal for the central bank to have such a huge amount of funds, and it is reasonable and they can afford it themselves. There is no need to object."

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "Well, this matter has nothing to do with us. The Sansi side probably has no objection. As long as they don't have to pay for the money, they won't care about these things... As for the Privy Council..."

The central bank has strong independence, and the two governments and three departments actually do not have the authority to govern the central bank. However, the guards organized by the central bank are quite good at forming an army and have to intervene in suppressing bandits, which means robbing the army.

Suppressing bandits is a chore for the court, but it is a fat man for the army. There are even some unspoken rules, such as raising bandits and respecting themselves, and some wing troops rely on suppressing bandits and generals to live a comfortable life.

The Privy Council is not an army, but as the nominal national commander of the army, they must speak for the army, otherwise whoever listens to them, so this time the Privy Council probably won't agree to this matter.

As an expert in the officialdom, Fu Bi naturally knew this truth, and he frowned.
Chapter completed!