As early as when he promoted football, Li Zexuan expected that football betting would slowly rise along with football. Later, things did indeed develop in the direction he expected.
Although he knew that football betting would harm people, it was a matter of mutual consent. He couldn't control it. To put it nicely, it was called a quiz. To put it bluntly, it was called gambling!
However, although he couldn't control the people's football betting, he could control the teams that fixed the matches!
When the Tang Football Association was first established, Li Zexuan said that any team or individual involved in fixing matches would forever be included in the Tang Football Association's "blacklist." Players could no longer play football, team owners could no longer form teams, and people who bribed teams to fix matches would be banned from watching any football matches held by the Football Association. Serious cases would be directly handed over to the Supreme Court to deal with.
Considering that Li Ke and Li Yuanchang didn't earn too much money because of this (instead, they lost everything), and that Li Ke was pleading for mercy. If this matter was brought to the Supreme Court, it would be very embarrassing for Li Er. Therefore, Li Zexuan finally handed these two little bastards over to Li Ke to deal with!
Correspondingly, Li Ke also handed over the list of teams that were coerced by them to fix matches. Originally, there were a total of four teams. However, because the Wind and Thunder Team put Li Ke and Li Yuanchang together, there were three teams that fixed matches — the Raging Bull Team, the Cool Breeze Team, and the Fire Phoenix Team!
Li Ke and Li Yuanchang were sent back to the palace. Now that things had developed to this point, it was impossible for Li Ke to help his brother hide it. Li Ke originally wanted to immediately enter the palace and report this matter to Li Zexuan, but Li Zexuan asked him to stay alone.
"Little Ke, you should have been in the bank for three months, right? How do you feel? Did you encounter any problems? "
Yanhuang Bank, back hall.
At this time, only Li Zexuan and Li Ke were left. After the two of them sat down, Li Zexuan asked.
Li Ke thought for a moment and replied, "I have been here for exactly three months! In the beginning, I was not familiar with many things in the bank. When I did things, I always felt that there were a lot of restrictions. After a period of time, I sorted out the affairs of the bank and did things much more smoothly. However, it's not that there are no problems! "
"Oh? Tell me about it first! "
Li Zexuan said with a smile.
Li Ke organized his words and opened his mouth.
"I feel that there are too few people in the bank who know about the new mathematics and Yamachō's new accounting system. This will greatly affect the efficiency of the bank, and it is easy to make mistakes in the accounts! Once there is a mistake in the accounts, the loss will often be very big, so what I have done the most in the past three months is to check the accounts, but this is not a long-term solution. When the scale of our bank is bigger in the future, I will not be able to do two things at once! "
Talent! In the end, the bank still lacked talents!
Li Zexuan's new mathematics had only been introduced for less than a year. It was extremely difficult to find a group of bookkeepers who were proficient in the new mathematics and accounting system!
This "lack of talent" situation might improve in a few years, but the bank could not wait!
Li Zexuan frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, it is not difficult to solve this problem. Little Ke, you can recruit a group of students from Yanhuang College who are proficient in the new mathematics and accounting system. Hire them to the bank and use their weekends to check the accounts for the bank!
This way, there are two benefits. First, it will allow the bank to operate efficiently and accurately. Second, these students will work part time and part time. They can use this to deepen their understanding of the knowledge that they usually learn from books, and they can also get in touch with the daily operations of the bank. When they graduate in the future, those students who are not interested in an official career can stay in the bank as bookkeepers. In terms of salary, they will definitely be able to ensure that their family will not have to worry about food and clothing! "
Yanhuang Bank's position in Tang Dynasty was equivalent to a modern day bank or central bank. It was considered a large-scale "state-owned enterprise". Li Zexuan felt that assigning his students to work in the bank would not be a disgrace to Yanhuang College's reputation!
"Yamachō, you intend to let the students of the College to work in the bank as bookkeepers?"
Li Ke's eyes widened in disbelief.
In the minds of the ancient people, there was no such thing as a "state-owned enterprise". In their eyes, there was only the imperial court. Scholars studied and obtained scholarly honors in order to enter the imperial court and serve the country. They had never heard of anyone studying specifically to become bookkeepers.
"Why? Little Ke, are you looking down on Yanhuang Bank? Do you feel that it is a waste of talent for the students of the College to stay here? "
Li Zexuan's sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through people's thoughts. He looked at Li Ke and said with a faint smile.
"No! No! Ke did not mean that! "
Li Ke hurriedly said.
Li Zexuan shook his head and said with a smile, "Little Ke, you have been in the bank for a long time. You should know what kind of place Yanhuang Bank is. Today, I can tell you with absolute certainty that in less than three years, Yanhuang Bank will become an existence that controls the entire economy of Tang Dynasty. Its importance is definitely not inferior to any of the six ministries in the imperial court! As such, do you still feel that it is a waste of talent for the students of the College to stay here? "
Li Ke was a little shocked. However, after thinking about it carefully, Li Zexuan's words might not necessarily be true. He clasped his hands and said,
"Yamachō's words are also what Ke hopes for! No matter what others think, Ke will never feel that it is a waste of talent to stay in the bank! "
Li Zexuan smiled. After pausing for a moment, he said,
"Yanhuang College teaches engineering. Although there is a subject in the imperial court's Imperial Examinations, compared to the subjects such as Jinshi and Ming Jing, the number of students admitted to this subject is much smaller. The number of students in Yanhuang College who can stand out in the Imperial Examinations every year is extremely small. And the number of students who can use engineering to gain a foothold in the imperial court is even rarer!
Therefore, I feel that instead of letting the students be small officials in the six ministries and waste their time doing odd jobs for the officials, it is better to let them come to a place like Yanhuang Bank where they can truly display their strengths! Other than Yanhuang Bank, there is also the workshop of Qiqu Pavilion. That place also needs them!
Little Ke, don't look down on the workshop. This workshop is now the most technologically advanced workshop in Tang Dynasty. With the revolution of energy and power machinery, the workshop of Qiqu Pavilion will become more and more advanced, so advanced that it will surpass this era! The students of Yanhuang College can use what they have learned to create wealth here. Wealth that will allow them to live their lives without worry!
Master's position today is mostly due to engineering. In the future, among these students, there might be hundreds and thousands of Master, hundreds and thousands of Marquis Yong 'an! "
The meaning of these words was very simple. That was, if the imperial court did not want too many engineering students, then he wanted them. He did not mind having too many!
This was a plan that had been buried in Li Zexuan's heart for a long time. It was called the Great Lantian Plan. In his view, since the imperial examination system of this era was mainly based on Confucianism and the imperial court did not want so many engineering students, then he would bring this group of students to Lantian County and create a world that would surpass this era!
In any case, he was now the lord of Lantian County. There were many vacant positions under him. He had the ability to give these engineering students generous treatment and high social status!
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