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Chapter 650 0647 [Are you teaching me how to do things? ]

After handling the counterfeit money case, Han Zhen started chatting with Gu Song and Xiao Chong.

Liu Chang on the side reminded quietly: "Your Majesty, Yu Bozhuang is still waiting outside the palace."

He almost forgot about it.

Han Zhen immediately ordered: "Send him in."

He was not an unreasonable person. He knew in his heart that the counterfeit banknote case had little to do with the General Administration of Works. After all, the Banknote Printing Department had only been assigned to the General Administration of Works for a month or two, so it was a sudden disaster.

However, we have to strike when it is necessary.

"Announce Yu Bozhuang to see you!"

Hearing the eunuch's greeting, Yu Bozhuang breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, Yu Bozhuang bowed deeply and said, "I apologize for my crime."

Han Zhen pretended to be surprised and asked, "What crime have you committed?"

Yu Bozhuang said with a guilty look on his face: "I failed in my duty and did not supervise properly, which led to the imitation of Qing coins by the people, which almost caused a disaster. I have failed your majesty's trust. I ask your majesty to punish me."

"This matter is not your fault. The Banknote Printing Department has only been under the jurisdiction of the General Works Bureau for a short period of time. According to the prisoner's confession, he had already started to forge blue money last year. It has nothing to do with you."

Han Zhen first waved his hand generously, then changed the subject: "The Imperial Household Department gathered the world's top craftsmen, but a commoner wantonly counterfeited the blue coins. This should be regarded as a wake-up call. I hope you will encourage them."

Although these words were said lightly, Yu Bozhuang could hear the warning in them, and quickly responded: "Your Majesty is right. I will rectify the situation after I return and ensure that there will be no more counterfeiting of blue coins!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly: "I am still at ease with you doing things."

"My minister retire."

Yu Bozhuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as he had passed this hurdle.

As soon as he left, a eunuch from the Yellow Gate walked into the hall and reported, "Your Majesty, Dean Xu, Minister Wu and others want to see you."

Hearing this, Han Zhen shook his head and laughed, "The legacy Su Song left behind is truly great."

Counterfeiting blue money was a serious crime. Even in this situation, several high-ranking officials in the court still came to plead for mercy. This shows that Su Song promoted and helped many officials when he was an official.

Then he ordered, "Let them in."

Soon, a group of officials came in one after another, there were more than twenty people.

From the Shangshu to the fifth-rank Langzhong, there are officials in all ministries and agencies, but these officials have one thing in common, that is, they are all from the South.

Su Song's ancestral home is in Fujian. After he entered officialdom, he moved to Runzhou, Jiangsu. He is a typical southerner.

The conflict between the North and the South has existed since ancient times, and it remains the same even in the Xin Dynasty.

Han Zhen could understand this.

Since the Jin Dynasty was driven to the south by the barbarians in the north, the north and the south entered a period of division that lasted for more than three hundred years until Yang Jian unified the north and the south. The unified situation of the Sui and Tang dynasties lasted for more than three hundred years. The world entered the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the north and the south were divided again.

From the time when Zhao Kuangyin unified the north and the south to now, it has only been over a hundred years.

During these seven or eight hundred years, the North and the South have been separated and reunited. Although the two sides were friendly on the surface, they actually looked down on each other from the bottom of their hearts.

Southerners consider themselves to be the orthodox Han people, while northerners consider southerners to be barbarians who have gotten rich overnight.

Think about it, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were given to the Liao Kingdom by Shi Jingtang for more than 200 years. The local Han people began to call themselves Liao people and forgot their roots. In comparison, the north and south of the Central Plains are already pretty good.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the dispute between the north and the south was even more intense, leading to the North-South List Case. In fact, Bianjing was not suitable as the capital of a country, because Henan was flat and had no natural defenses.

After Wanyan Zonghan went south from Yunzhou, except for a setback in Taiyuan, he encountered almost no obstacles and fought all the way to Kaifeng Prefecture.

On the one hand, the Song army was weak, and on the other hand, there were no natural defenses to defend.

Zhao Kuangyin knew this, and so did Han Zhen.

The reason why Han Zhen did not choose to move the capital was because Bianjing was centrally located and was a hub connecting the north and the south. It had unobstructed waterways and could reach Hebei, Shandong, Guanzhong, Liangzhe and other places in just half a month.

Even if the capital is moved to Yanjing, that would be decades later, and it would have to wait until the north and the south were integrated before it could be implemented.

Entering the hall, everyone bowed and saluted: "(We) humble servants greet your majesty."

Looking at the ministers in the palace, Han Zhen asked knowingly, "What are you doing here, my dear ministers?"

After a brief silence, Xu Cun stepped forward and said, "I have heard about the counterfeit money case. I dare to ask Your Majesty, how will you sentence Su He?"

Han Zhen did not answer, but picked up the teacup and took a sip.

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His Highness's little bug immediately understood what was going on and said, "Blue coins are the foundation of the country. To privately make blue coins is the same crime as treason. The entire clan should be exterminated!"

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Xu Cun and the others' faces changed, and Wu Min quickly spoke up to plead, "Your Majesty, I already know the whole story of the counterfeit money case. Su He had no intention of making a profit, and the counterfeit money flowing into the market was just a coincidence. I think Su He is guilty, but not so guilty. Your Majesty is a wise and benevolent ruler, and the saints have made great contributions. I beg Your Majesty to give him a lighter sentence."

Well, in order to plead for Su He, Wu Min, the man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, started to flatter him and even quoted Bai Juyi's poems praising Li Erfeng.

If it were Zhao Ji, he would probably be grinning from ear to ear right now.

Han Zhen put down the teacup and said calmly, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"I don't dare."

Wu Min was startled and quickly denied it.

Seeing this, Xu Cun helped to resolve the situation and said, "Your Majesty, now that the world has just been settled, the people in the south are in a state of panic. This is the time to show your benevolence. The Su family has always been famous in the south. When Lord Zheng Jian was alive, he was an honest official who benefited the people and was respected by the southern scholars. Why not take this opportunity to show your benevolence and stabilize the people's hearts."

This means: You killed too many people during your southern tour last year. Our fellow southerners are scared of being killed. You can't kill anymore. You should appease them.

As Xu Cun spoke, a group of officials echoed him.

Han Zhen said, "You all have a point, but our Great Qi is founded on the law, and privately minting blue coins is a serious crime. If we just let it go, wouldn't that mean we are disregarding the law? Then everyone in the world will follow suit, and evil will rise up everywhere. What will we do?"

Wu Min said in a clear voice: "Blue coins are the foundation of the country, and the method of manufacturing is top secret. Su He imitated it by himself, which shows that his talent is not inferior to the many masters of the General Works Bureau. It is a pity to kill such a talent. As for your majesty's concerns, I have a plan."

Han Zhen asked curiously, "What's Wu Qing's plan?"

Wu Min organized his words and replied, "Your Majesty can send the Imperial Court to publish a reward in the newspaper. If anyone can forge blue coins, he will be rewarded with a million yuan and given an official title. The profit from forging blue coins is too great. Even with strict legal warnings, some people will still take the risk. This move can not only prevent the private forging of blue coins, but also select talents and show your majesty's virtue."

Hearing this, Han Zhen's eyes lit up.

I have to say that Wu Min’s method is really good.

People die for money and birds die for food. The huge profits from counterfeiting blue coins are so huge that you can even gamble with your nine clans.

But everything changed after this reward was announced.

Counterfeiting blue coins is for profit, but the risk is too great, so it is better to report to the government and receive the reward money openly. In addition, you can also become an official and have your wife and children given titles.

(End of this chapter)