Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 961: Extracting pus and squeezing sores (8)

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In the dark and damp imperial prison, the air was filled with a bad smell. Water droplets dripped from time to time, breaking the tranquility here. Being here seemed to be shrouded in despair.

Jiang Chen held a cloth to cover his nose, frowned and stared ahead. Although he had been to the imperial prison many times, he always felt uncomfortable every time he came.

If possible, he would never come here in his life.

However, he had to come because of his duty.

"Detective Jiang, those traitors still have some luck and are holding back on what they did."

Tian Ergeng stood with a knife on his shoulder, looking at Jiang Chen who was standing still, and said, "Now it seems that if we want to pry open their mouths, we can only continue to torture them. What does Detective Jiang think about this matter?"

"Please ask the pacification envoy to order someone to interrogate Zhu Chunchen."

After hearing this, Jiang Chen looked at Tian Ergeng and said.

"alright."

Tian Ergeng was a little disappointed. He responded to Jiang Chen and then stretched out his hand to signal the flag officer behind him. Tian Ergeng did not like Jiang Chen's behavior.

All those who should be arrested have been arrested. If you want to know what they have done in the past, you can just torture them severely. No matter how tough their words are, can they be tougher than punishment?

Jiang Chen knew clearly what Tian Ergeng was thinking, including the Jinyiwei in the imperial prison, but what he got in return for torture might not be all.

Not long after.

An interrogation room in the imperial prison.

"hurry up!!"

Under dissatisfied scolding, Zhu Chunchen, wearing prison clothes and carrying heavy instruments of torture, walked into the room with difficulty. Zhu Chunchen now no longer had the pampered life he once had. If thrown onto the street, he would be no different from a beggar.

The moment he entered the interrogation room, Zhu Chunchen saw Jiang Chen sitting there, and he was filled with anger. If it weren't for this man, and if it weren't for the detective team he led, he wouldn't be where he is today, and he would still be the Duke of Chengguo of the Ming Dynasty! !
"meet again."

Facing Zhu Chunchen's angry gaze, Jiang Chen said calmly: "What have you been thinking about these days?"

"What do you think?"

Zhu Chunchen gnashed his teeth, stared at Jiang Chen and said, "I was framed by a villain. I want to go to the emperor to appeal for justice..."

"That's pretty boring."

Jiang Chen interrupted Zhu Chunchen and said, "You are in the imperial prison, so you probably don't know that His Majesty has issued an edict to deprive you of your titles. Long ago, the Ming Dynasty no longer had titles such as Duke Chengguo, Duke Dingguo, etc."

"impossible!!"

Zhu Chunchen's hands were shaking, and he was agitated. He said with eyes wide open, "I am a hereditary duke, and I live and die with the country. How can Your Majesty do something that goes against the ancestral system?"

"Your Majesty, instead of violating the ancestral system, you should first think about what you did in the past." Jiang Chen sneered and stared at Zhu Chunchen, saying, "For your own selfish interests, you acted recklessly, trampled on the law, despised the country's prestige, and harmed the country. Zhu Chunchen, you don't think you can still leave the imperial prison alive, do you?"

Knowing all about the past deeds of Zhu Chunchen and his gang of traitors, Jiang Chen wished he could execute them immediately.

The Ming Dynasty's current situation and passivity, and the court facing so many difficulties, are closely related to this group of selfish people. The more Jiang Chen knew, the more he understood why the emperor liked killing so much in the past two years. None of those who were killed should not have been killed.

Even Jiang Chen felt that the number of people killed was too small.

If we could kill all the petty villains in the world, the Ming Dynasty would not be in the situation it is today. "In Liaodong, how many people have you won over?"

Jiang Chen suppressed his anger, stared at Zhu Chunchen and said: "Why did you use such a crude method to privately mint new coins in Liaodong? What exactly do you have in mind?"

After being ordered to go to Liao to investigate the case, Jiang Chen learned about all the circumstances and became increasingly unable to understand one thing: even if it was to maximize their own interests, why would these people hiding in the dark use such crude means to do something that anyone could find out about.

It takes some skill to mint counterfeit money.

But any discerning person can tell the fake money in Liaodong. Even the lower class people who have never come into contact with it before or know very little about it think that if it has Taizu’s portrait, it must be real. This is what they have earned through hard work, so how can it be fake?

It was also through this experience that Jiang Chen understood more and more why the emperor had stopped the expansion of Huahui Silver Bank and why he had asked the people of Huahui Silver Bank to assist the officials of the Shaofu in launching an action to identify the new currency.

Doing anything is not as easy as it sounds, it requires a lot of effort and hard work.

"Ha ha!!"

The sudden laughter broke the silence.

Jiang Chen collected his thoughts and stared at Zhu Chunchen who was laughing crazily.

"You want to know, don't you?"

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After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Chunchen finally recovered and stared at Jiang Chen and said, "Why is there counterfeit money in Liaodong? That's because they want to transfer the money they got from Korea to Liaodong through some gold rush and hunting tricks without paying customs duties."

"I know this."

Jiang Chen said calmly: "Tell me something I don't know."

"Are you wondering why such crude counterfeit coins are still minted when they can be spotted at a glance?" Zhu Chunchen laughed and stared at Jiang Chen.

"The emperor attaches too much importance to Liaodong. Everyone can see that Liaodong itself is a treasure trove. As long as we dare to think and work hard, we can take the wealth of Liaodong into our arms bit by bit."

"Haha, but the people inside the pass are too stupid. They only know to do what the emperor wants. They don't know that if they can make Liaodong's currency system collapse, like North Korea, they can earn more wealth."

Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

The moment Zhu Chunchen mentioned North Korea, his doubts were resolved.

Today's Korea has been completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. Even the people under its rule only recognize the new currency of the Ming Dynasty and do not recognize the coins issued by Korea.

Since the Ming Dynasty provided aid to Korea, large sums of gold and silver have flowed into the Ming Dynasty, batches of raw materials have been sold into the Ming Dynasty, and people, both women and young and strong, have also been flowing into the Ming Dynasty. The first distribution center to receive these was Liaodong.

Because of these efforts from Korea, Liaodong was able to change from its past dilapidated appearance in just a few years. Its prosperity was no less than that of northern Zhili.

"I've said before that we should stop while we're ahead and not go too far, but they didn't listen!!" Under Jiang Chen's gaze, Zhu Chunchen suddenly became excited.

"If you do this once or twice, it will work. If you do it too much, it will be exposed sooner or later. But the benefits made them go to their heads. In order to get more, they did more behind my back. I can't tell you who it is, but I want to tell you that the culprit for Liaodong's current situation is none other than the emperor!!"

"presumptuous!!"

Tian Ergeng, who was standing in the interrogation room, saw Zhu Chunchen like this and immediately shouted sternly, and the left and right flag officers rushed forward and controlled Zhu Chunchen.

Zhu Chunchen dared to speak such treasonous words in public. How outrageous it was! When Jiang Chen saw the scene, ripples arose in his heart.

(End of this chapter)