Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 984: Intricate Roots (7)

“Missionaries are actually involved.”

Jinan.

somewhere.

He Kai stared at the file in front of him. Although he had known the news for a few days, he always found it hard to believe every time he thought of it.

“No wonder.”

He Kai frowned and said, “In the past, among the major cases solved by my detective team, there were some counterfeit coins with such high quality. Obviously, the blockade and martial law of the Mint and the Qingli Division were the highest among the Shaofu.”

“This is even more true of coinage technology.”

"But even so, there are still counterfeit coins that look real. In the Western Yi, gold and silver are all minted, but this..."

"But what?"

Seeing He Kai like this, Jiang Chen asked in return: "Do you think that the Western barbarians will honestly obey the rules when they come to the coast of our Ming Dynasty, especially to Tianjin?"

He Kai frowned and said nothing.

"You are actually wrong."

Jiang Chen continued, "Have you ever thought about this? My Great Ming has a vast territory, and there is not much gold and silver to be mined under my rule. Why does Europe have an inexhaustible supply of gold and silver?"

"And why, when the Ming Dynasty banned sea voyages, the people of Europe were able to brave all dangers and travel the seas, even pushing their maritime forces into the coasts of the Ming Dynasty?"

"You mean to say that these European people must have found something without anyone in the Ming Dynasty knowing about it?" He Kai thought of something and stared at Jiang Chen in surprise.

"Whether others know anything, I can't say for sure."

Jiang Chen said with a resolute look in his eyes, "But I am certain that your majesty must have known something. Otherwise, when there was such strong opposition at the beginning, he would not have opened Tianjin to sea trade and allowed the people of the Western Barbarians to dock and trade. He has even been vigorously developing maritime trade in recent years."

He Kai opened his mouth wide.

Because Jiang Chen's words reminded him of a place.

"Then according to what you said, wouldn't the southeast be..." He Kai stretched out his hand and said, "This is impossible. If this is true, then it would have been a long time ago..."

"Maybe your guess is right."

Jiang Chen sighed softly. It was not until now that he suddenly understood why the emperor had such an attitude towards the turmoil in the southeastern provinces.

If this is true, it is indeed shocking.

Long ago, some people in the southeastern provinces had secretly maintained close ties with the Western Yi people, and the central government was completely unaware of this.

"Then if we invite some people from the Shandong coastal area to Jinan with such fanfare, wouldn't that alert the enemy?"

While Jiang Chen was sighing, He Kai suddenly thought of something and said excitedly, "Even if the people in Shandong can't escape in this case, what about the people in the coastal areas? If they run away, then we won't be able to catch all the people we investigated earlier."

"Do not worry."

Jiang Chen said calmly, "I have sent people to the North Sea Fleet and asked them to continue the sea drills to monitor the key points of the sea traveling between the north and the south."

"Sometimes alerting the enemy is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Now that things have come to this, conventional means are no longer reliable. Since the incident occurred at sea, we should use maritime means to resolve it."

"But what if they can't escape?" He Kai frowned.

"People from the North Sea Fleet will send letters to the Bohai and Whale Sea Fleets."

Jiang Chen said without panic: "This matter is of great importance. The people of the three fleets will definitely go all out after knowing this. After all, it is well known how much His Majesty values ​​the Royal Navy. The three fleets also need to prove themselves with their strength!"

This really is like poking a hole in the sky.

When He Kai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He found that his current thinking was simply not in line with Jiang Chen's way of handling the case.

He originally thought that the important case in Shandong only involved a domestic thief, but he didn't expect that it also involved an external thief. The key point was that this external thief was someone that no one in the Ming Dynasty paid much attention to in the past.

Even though the Ming Dynasty had opened its seas for several years, especially in Tianjin, how can I put it? In the minds of many people, they never took the Western barbarians seriously.

Just a bunch of uncivilized savages.

Speaking bird language that no one can understand.

What many people care about is the gold and silver brought in by these barbarians.

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Jiang Chen didn't care about what He Kai said. At the moment, he felt a little annoyed. In fact, he had some doubts in his heart when he solved the important case before.

But he never took it seriously.

Looking at the gold and silver coins in his hand, Jiang Chen frowned even more. It has only been a few years since the Ming Dynasty introduced the new currency, but in Europe, it has been implemented for a long time.

Although the Ming Dynasty's coin-minting technology was developed little by little under the guidance of the emperor, in essence, it is not much different from that of Europe, as both involve casting gold and silver into coins.

Because of this incident, Jiang Chen thought of the southeast.

If the case investigated in Shandong is really related to missionaries, then he would be worried that the unrest in the southeastern provinces might not be stopped in a short period of time.

"Yijie, should we let Yuan Dutang know about this?"

When Jiang Chen was thinking about this, He Kai suddenly thought of something and stepped forward and said, "According to the report from the Luanwei, the governor of Shandong and the governor's office have found something."

"At this point, I feel that what we have found out is no longer just the business of our detective team. This matter must be handled properly."

"You're right."

After hearing this, Jiang Chen held out his hand and said, "I think it's time to go to the Governor's Mansion. This important case has too many strange things in it. It is inevitable to alarm His Majesty, but there are some situations that must be investigated clearly, so as to prevent such things from happening again in the future."

"What are you waiting for."

He Kai hurriedly said, "Let's hurry to the Governor's Mansion."

"Not urgent."

Jiang Chen waved his hand and said, "Before we go, we will jointly write a secret letter to report everything we have found and what we have done before to your majesty."

As for Jiang Chen and He Kai, they both had some doubts about what they were investigating, but they overlooked one point.

The Ming Dynasty was different from the past, especially in its attitude towards maritime trade. This led to not only internal changes in the Ming Dynasty, but also external changes in the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that a few years ago, Wei Zhongxian led a force to Dongfan. Today, this force has not only established a firm foothold in Dongfan, but is also actively developing and governing Dongfan. Crucially, it has also affected the structure and order of various places in Southeast Asia. This means that the affected forces will inevitably do something, but this kind of thing has happened before, but now they are bolder than before.

(End of this chapter)