Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 171: Build the plank road openly, secretly attack Chencang!

Chapter 171: Build the plank road openly, secretly attack Chencang!
Su Xian quickly entered the house.

At this moment, Bai Jue is holding a treasure banknote, which looks exactly like the new banknote. If others look at it, they will never be able to tell any difference.

However, beside him, several children were watching together. After Su Xian came in, he said, "I really found it. It's exactly the same as what you described before."

Su Xian took it and quickly held it in his hand. He did not look at it, but touched some of the numerical parts of the treasure banknote and the pattern of the rising sun with his fingers, and his eyes gradually became brighter.

"I want to enter the palace!"

……

Please stay in the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao have been waiting for a long time.

After the news of Liu Lian's death, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have returned to the time of the Kongyin case, and his holy will was unpredictable.

Instead, a lot of power seemed to be given to Hu Weiyong.

I don't know when, the thin and stern Jiang Yu has arrived, his footsteps are silent and his eyes are sinister.

But Biao'er said so, and he himself chose to believe it.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he quickly picked up a new banknote, and Zhu Biao on the side also followed after seeing this.

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up and he quickly tried it with the ring finger of his left hand.

"No need to look at it. We looked at it for a long time and didn't find anything different..."

"As long as you can't feel it." Su Xian said bluntly: "That's the effect we want."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his hands and touched them symbolically a few times, which was difficult for him to detect.

Looking at Zhu Biao aside, the latter obviously didn't notice either.

Su Xian pointed at Jiang Yu before answering the first question again.

Su Xian nodded and then explained:

But luckily!

"But the counterfeit bills also have a convex feel, but they feel different. The ones at the back are slightly lighter than the ones at the front."

The voice just fell.

Even Zhu Biao didn't know what his father was thinking.

I felt that something was wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang became impatient, "We can't find it, just say it!"

The two compared carefully again.

"Your Majesty, please take a look..." As he said this, Su Xian took out banknotes from the side.

Just when Zhu Biao was settling down his thoughts.

Su Xian then said: "His Majesty also wielded weapons in his early years. He must have a thick layer of calluses on his hands, right? Jiang Qianhu couldn't notice it, and it's the same reason. His Highness, on the other hand, has he also practiced weapons?"

He looked at Jiang Wei again, who obviously understood and took out the banknotes to try, but in the end he still shook his head.

Su Xian said, taking out another real banknote, "And this..."

If it was just to find the "printing plate", would it cost Hu Weiyong so much trouble to start the Third Division in the country?
Even Liu Lian was Liu Bowen's eldest son after all. Instead of conducting a strict investigation, his father trusted Hu Weiyong more and more, which made him feel an unspeakable worry.

"Feel it carefully again. If it were so easy to detect, something would have gone wrong a long time ago."

"In fact, if you feel carefully and use your ring finger or little finger to detect real banknotes, you should be able to find that there are some bumps in the sunburst area of the usual treasure banknotes. Of course, it is only a little bit. It feels a little astringent to the touch."

This matter will be over soon.

Su Xian looked around and found that several people were staring at him. He then said, "I looked at all these new banknotes on the way here. As for where they come from, I should ask him."

"really!"

"Actually, there is also another place." Su Xian suddenly said: "It's in the row of numbers below. It feels familiar to the touch, and there is a slight bulge."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he stretched out his palm and saw that there was indeed a layer of calluses on his hand. "How can we be unfamiliar with the bow, horse, and weapons?"

So just a few dozen days later, some officials in the court were already worried, fearing that a "Li Longji" would appear in the Ming Dynasty.

"Of course you can't see it, you have to touch it with your hands."

"His Majesty!"

Zhu Biao immediately asked:
"How did you find it? Where did these treasure notes come from?"

Su Xian was a little helpless.

I just received news that Su Xian has found clues to the "printing plate". Combined with Jiang Wei's control during this period, he will definitely be able to succeed!
As long as the printing plate is found, the new banknote printing issue will be over immediately, and people in the DPRK and China will not continue to panic.

Su Xian said, and continued: "Of course, it is difficult to detect calluses on your hands."

However, after the two people touched it with their fingers, they were confused. They didn't notice any difference.

He exclaimed, "Father, it really does exist!"

After a while, Su Xian also arrived and saw each other.

As he said that, Su Xian pointed to the rising sun of Guan Baobao. Since it was at the center, no one could touch it under normal circumstances.

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang had already reacted.

"So, that's why you asked those kids to check?"

"It's one of them. They have been in the inner courtyard of Gewuyuan during this period. Since they want to eat, they have to work, right? And the less people know about it, the better."

"Besides, the anti-counterfeiting measures of the new banknotes are not limited to this. The thirty-six printing plates left behind were all left after many attempts. The mother embryos have already been sent to the palace."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew this and nodded gently.

"In the original idea, in addition to the preparation of materials and processes, there were many printing plates. Even on the Three Kingdoms banknotes, I asked my father-in-law from the inner government to make many attempts. ”

"And this version of banknotes is also the printing plate that my father took out. It is actually the last batch of products."

"There is absolutely no difference in appearance from the real thing. There is only a touch feeling. Of course, for those craftsmen, even if two pieces are placed in front of them, as long as they are not told, they will not notice it at all."

"But as long as the Ming Dynasty officials control this method, even if there are real counterfeit banknotes in the future, they can quickly detect them through basic screening methods."

"There are a lot of protections on the new banknotes, including ink technology, material secrets, and digital typesetting... Ninety-nine percent of counterfeit banknotes can be detected in the first three categories. As for the last few secrets, these are the ones. It’s a small trick that you can see but subconsciously ignore.”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened and completely understood what Su Xian meant.

"Good boy, what you mean is that by using the hands of those people who have been working for many years, and not thinking about it, after going through all the hard work to get these craftsmanship, they will think that it is real money. ?”

"That's what it means." Su Xian said.

But his voice also became colder, "However, as before, just a printing plate can't actually make this new banknote."

"But now, they have already made it, which means that the previous ink technology, materials, and even the layout of these numbers have been cracked."

Hear the words.

Zhu Biao reacted immediately, "Is there an internal agent in Chaojingyuan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought of something and sneered, but he quickly asked:

"But in this case, they have printed and issued many new banknotes. Doesn't this ruin our plan to treasure the banknotes?"

When Su Xian heard this, he looked at Jiang Wei.

"Where did these banknotes come from?"

Jiang Wei looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who waved his hand and said, "Say!"

"Beiping!"

The word "cold" sounded, but Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly darkened.

"Beiping? These banknotes came from a bank in Peiping? Didn't anyone in the capital find it?"

Su Xian said: "I haven't found it yet."

"Ha! Who is running the bank in Beiping?"

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang asked. In an instant.

The entire Jinshen Palace became audible.

After a long time, Zhu Biao's difficult voice finally came out, "My father previously exchanged financial power for military power and gave the nobles the right to open a bank."

"The money bank in Peiping should be... the Duke of Wei's mansion."

"What it should be is Xu Da's family's bank!"

As soon as these words came out.

Zhu Biao suddenly became anxious, "Father, even if counterfeit banknotes appear in Beiping, this matter should have nothing to do with Wei Guogong, right?"

Today, the situation between the country and the DPRK is changing again and again.

Hu Weiyong, who seemed to have lost his power in Yanyin before, is now looking for compensation.

Everyone in the dynasty knew that before Hu Weiyong wanted to become prime minister, two people had strongly opposed it, one was Liu Bowen and the other was Xu Da!
After Chang Yunchun died of illness, the latter was undoubtedly the number one leader in the army, otherwise he would not have been sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to take charge of the place where the Yuan people once were.

In Zhu Biao's view, this matter has begun to spread towards a dangerous hole.

"Father, Wei Guogong Xu Da should be returning to Beijing soon. If you ask a little bit then, everything will be clear."

"The most urgent thing now is that since we have found out that the new banknotes appeared in Peiping, we should take action immediately. First, we should arrest the people in the capital and interrogate them strictly. We will definitely bring out a group of people..."

"At that time, it will also correspond to what Su Xian said before, how many people in our Ming Dynasty have evil intentions and actually collude with these people..."

Zhu Biao was still talking.

But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly interrupted, "Do we still need to investigate now? The facts are already in front of us."

"There are colluders in Chaojingyuan, and they are not ordinary craftsmen. They are at least deputy envoys, ambassadors, or even senior officials."

"But whose order are they following? When this treasure banknote promotion department was not taken seriously before, counterfeit banknotes were flying everywhere, and it was difficult for the court to detect it for a while."

"Now that the system has been restructured and the water has become clearer, these miscellaneous fish have jumped out!"

"Also appeared in Peiping..."

"What do you want to do? What's there in Beiping? It's freezing cold. I'm afraid treasure banknotes haven't been completely popular yet, right? What can they buy with treasure banknotes... Who is using them?"

"Further north, there is the Great Yuan who wants to go south to restore the country!"

The more Zhu Yuanzhang talked about it, the more shocking his guess became.

"The Emperor of Beiyuan is not dead yet, and the prince and imperial master are still alive. We, the foreign countries of the Ming Dynasty, still only recognize Beiyuan and not the Ming Dynasty."

"Are we going to use these treasure coins to secretly buy various supplies from our Ming Dynasty and exchange them within the Great Yuan Dynasty? Who has the ability to do this?"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he became more and more frightened and angry, "In terms of practical treasures, the Yuan Dynasty is smarter than the Ming Dynasty! If they hadn't changed the banknote laws in the past, abused the people's interests, and preyed on the people, why would the whole world have attacked them together?"

Su Xian could tell.

Counterfeit banknotes appeared in Peiping. This news shocked Zhu Yuanzhang beyond his expectation.

In fact, even Su Xian himself felt a little enlightened.

He realized that not only the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but also the historical changes of the court had been offset, even the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

But can these people really deal with Bei Yuan?

"Watch them!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Wei, who immediately said "yes".

"Father, why don't you take action?" Zhu Biao was anxious because what he heard was "take good care of them" instead of "catch them".

My father was clearly furious just now. Shouldn't now be the time to use thunderous means to capture and trace these people as soon as possible?

But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stopped mentioning this matter and became extremely calm.

"Let the Fourth Brother prepare a little and we will set off to join the feudal clan in March."

"Let's not talk about Xu Da. As long as the fourth child leaves, he will naturally come back quickly."

"Father!" Zhu Biao felt that he could no longer guess his father's thoughts.

This clearly shows that he does not trust Wei Guogong, and is even afraid of "snatching the snake".

But... isn't this absurd?
Wei Guogong Xu Da was the life and death brother of his father and had outstanding military exploits.

Even though the three-pronged army's Western Expedition and Northern Expedition in the third year of Hongwu failed, my father at that time still had great trust in him.

But now...

"Just pretend that nothing happened today."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Xian and Jiang Wei again.

The latter nodded quickly, shut up and obeyed the rules, and was the core of the pro-military captain's mansion.

Su Xian immediately said: "We are all down now, who still pays attention to us?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Just thinking about it, he himself became embarrassed.

Peiping was in urgent need of stability, and he was not going to start with the Baochao matter. He also knew Biao'er's thoughts and wanted to take action to end the case as soon as possible.

But what I thought was far more than that.

He didn't want to express his inner thoughts, but he didn't want to watch the treasure money continue to wreak havoc...

If you can't start with the treasure money, you have to start from another direction.

"His Majesty!"

At this moment, Su Xian suddenly said: "Did the previous prefect Lin Yide find any evidence of crime?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and didn't understand what Su Xian wanted to say.

"They are under the custody of the pro-military governor's house. Before you let your father go home, your father had already made it clear that he would not be involved much. Naturally, the prefect Lin Yide cannot keep them in custody for too long."

"Then please, Your Majesty, temporarily release Lin Yide."

Ok?
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled, just when he thought Su Xian still wanted to plead.

But Su Xian had already said: "Lin Yide has been the prefect for many years. However... during this person's tenure, tragic human events of children being forcibly sold or even lost occurred frequently in various parts of the capital."

"As a prefect, you cannot escape your responsibilities!"

"Release him and start investigating this case..."

Su Xian thought about the previous arrangement, and now it was time to show off.

Hu Xiang continued to be busy with their big things, while he was busy with "little things".

But Zhu Yuanzhang obviously hadn't reacted yet.

"The case of missing children from the capital, and the investigation into the forced sale of children by wealthy families!"

moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang reacted suddenly and looked at Su Xian in surprise.

"You mean... instead of checking the treasure banknotes, start looking up from the clues of these wealthy households?"

He quickly guessed what Su Xian was thinking.

"Build the plank road openly, but secretly visit Chencang?"

Su Xian smiled. The Chencang he wanted to cross was not like this.