Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 981: Intricate Roots (4)

"Are you really going to let Chen Jing investigate the Yantai incident?"

a few days later.

Jinan City.

somewhere.

He Kai put down the secret report with a complicated expression. He looked at Jiang Chen and said, "After all, he is just a small branch director. If he is entrusted with the investigation, there will be no guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

"When did Xuanzi start selecting people based on their positions?"

Jiang Chen smiled and looked at He Kai.

"I have never selected people based on their positions."

He Kai frowned and said, "I am worried about the Yantai line, because this person might have an accident. If such a thing really happens, then the matter we are investigating may not be concluded satisfactorily."

"But the Yantai line was upgraded because of this person's persistence and the discovery of some things."

Facing He Kai's gaze, Jiang Chen smiled faintly and said, "Perhaps this person can give me more surprises. What do you think, Xuanzi?"

"Don't let that turn into a shock."

He Kai said.

Jiang Chen said calmly: "Then let's wait and see."

It seems that it cannot be changed.

He Kai thought to himself that he had worked with Jiang Chen for a long time and he knew Jiang Chen's temper very well. Once Jiang Chen made up his mind, he would insist on doing it no matter how much opposition there was.

Among the many cases solved by the detective team, those that Jiang Chen insisted on have all achieved considerable results without exception. Jiang Chen has a very accurate grasp of human nature.

For the imperial court and the country, the new currency was a monetary reform carried out under the will of the emperor, intended to completely correct the shortcomings of the monetary system and the resulting malpractices.

Therefore, we must make great efforts to revolve around this core and ensure that there will be no omissions or accidents at all levels.

In fact, a long time ago, doubts arose within the detective team as to why so many people would forge and privately mint the new currency that the Mint had worked so hard to produce. The key point was that some of the counterfeit currency was so real that it could be mistaken for the real thing. Of course, most of them were fake at first glance.

But even if it looks fake at first glance, it can still circulate in many places. After all, the emergence of a new thing requires time to settle and popularize if you want people to be able to distinguish the true from the false.

This is especially true for new currencies.

Before the emergence of the new currency, the coins in circulation in the Ming Dynasty were of various kinds, minted by successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty, while the latter were even more varied, with high-purity full-color gold and silver mixed with gold and silver of different colors. It was a relatively chaotic situation.

During the Wanli reign, the implementation of the Single Whip System relieved the pressure on the central government, but it also brought with it a number of problems. If given more time, some of these problems could have been solved, but the policy was abolished, which led to even bigger problems.

Things in this world are difficult, and the difficulty lies in people. The key is that many of the deadlocks we encounter are, without exception, caused by human factors.

"After investigating these days, we found that there are fishy and strange things happening not only in Yantai, but also in Weihai, Qingdao and other places." Jiang Chen lifted his sleeves and did not continue the topic, but changed the subject.

"These gathered intelligence have basically confirmed our previous speculations, which means that the direction of our detective team's investigation is correct in general."

"indeed."

He Kai nodded and said, "Based on the information we have now, it is clear that Shandong, led by Yantai, Weihai, Qingdao and other coastal areas, has smuggling trade that the court is unaware of." "But further investigation is needed to find out who is specifically involved."

"And we can basically conclude that there is something wrong with Wang Yongji. Judging from the things he has done during these days of secret investigation, he must have noticed something."

When talking about this, He Kai felt admiration in his heart.

When he first decided to come to Shandong, he had concerns and ideas, but as the situation developed and he gained a deeper understanding of some circumstances, he once again realized that Jiang Chen's approach was correct.

"Yijie, what shall we do next?"

Thinking of this, He Kai continued: "Do we need the intervention of the Luanwei?"

"Being not."

Jiang Chen waved his hand and said, "I think this case is not simple."

This time when they came to Shandong, the people from Luanwei were assisting the detective team in solving the case. Therefore, the people from Luanwei had never appeared. They only carried out various investigations in secret and passed on the intelligence they had found.

He Kai proposed that the Luanwei intervene, intending to make the Luanwei make some surface movements, which would draw many people's attention to the case, but Jiang Chen felt that the timing was not right.

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After investigating for a few days, Jiang Chen vaguely sensed some bad signs.

It seems like someone is doing something in secret, trying to infiltrate the Shaofu!

To put it simply, some people want to support some people through their own means and methods, so that these people can have impressive political achievements in their respective positions, and then go further in their careers, thereby stealing greater benefits!
"Xuan Zi, how many people like Wang Yongji do you think there are in Shandong?" Thinking of this, Jiang Chen said in a low voice, "Except in Shandong, are there people like Wang Yongji in other places, even in Northern Zhili, or even in the capital?"

"I…"

He Kai was speechless for a moment.

He didn't know how to say this.

I dare not answer easily.

After all, in the past, the supervision, internal security and other departments under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu had achieved good results. The Shaofu's administration, which had been somewhat shaky in the past, has been severely rectified. Perhaps some people will have some ideas, but in such a high-pressure environment, no one should take risks personally.

But in this world, there is nothing absolute.

Just as the number of officials sent out by the Shaofu has been increasing in the past two years, batches of people have been promoted and reused, who can guarantee that no one will contact them privately during this process?

The role of the Shaofu was transitional in nature. It was to continue implementing the new policies, wait for some changes to occur, and then promote certain results at the central and local levels.

The current ruling system seems chaotic to Zhu Youxiao, but he will change this chaos little by little in the future and then achieve the complete ruling system he envisions.

"Let's continue investigating the case."

Seeing He Kai like this, Jiang Chen sighed lightly.

He didn't understand why there were always some people who did so many things in places where no one could see. Even though they knew that doing so would lead to a dead end, there were still people who chose to take the risk.

With so much experience in the detective team, Jiang Chen boasted that he had some self-control, but when he encountered new cases, he always encountered various new situations. This also made Jiang Chen see through human nature. Once a person got involved in something, it would be difficult for him to turn back. After all, there were countless invisible hands behind him controlling and changing him...

(End of this chapter)