Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 685 Thorough investigation!

"Your Majesty, I, Wang Sheng, pay my respects to you!"

"I...Liu Xiaozu, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I, He Kai, pay my respects to you!"

Several voices were heard in the East Warm Pavilion. Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, frowned when he saw Wang Sheng kneeling down as soon as he came in.

It seems that something really happened.

"Everyone is free of charge."

Zhu Youxiao leaned against the cushion, looked at the few people and replied, his face showing no joy or sadness. In contrast, Liu Xiaozu, Jiang Chen and He Kai had complicated expressions. After looking at each other, their eyes all fell on Wang Sheng. As for Wang Sheng, he was still kneeling and had no intention of getting up.

When Liu Ruoyu, who was serving in the imperial court, saw this, he frowned slightly and subconsciously looked at his own emperor. His intuition told Liu Ruoyu that something big must have happened at Huahui Bank!
But this shouldn't be the case.

Thinking of this, Liu Ruoyu immediately began to wonder. Huahui Silver Bank had been expanding quite well recently. It had jurisdiction over important prefectures and counties in northern Zhili, and had gone south along the canal to open branches in Shandong and Lianghuai. It had even taken advantage of Sun Chuanting's trip to Hanzhong and Zong Jun's westward advance to plan and build branches in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hanzhong and other places.

And just a few months ago, because Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of Yunyang, Huahui Silver Bank opened branches in Henan and Huguang. Even though it was not as widespread as in northern Zhili, Huahui Silver Bank received very good feedback from the public, especially for its inter-regional remittance service, which was highly sought after by the public!

"Tell me, what happened?"

While Liu Ruoyu was thinking, Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"minister…"

"I am guilty, please punish me severely, Your Majesty!"

When Liu Xiaozu was about to speak, Wang Sheng, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and said, "I have failed your majesty's expectations. It involves the national policy of currency system. There has been a problem in Huahui Silver Bank. At present, some branches controlled by Huahui Silver Bank in the capital and the surrounding areas have been exchanging counterfeit coins!"

When he said this, Wang Sheng took out a memorial and held it high with both hands!
Liu Xiaozu frowned, while Jiang Chen and He Kai showed different expressions. The counterfeit currency incident was indeed related to Huahui Silver Bank, but the counterfeit currency circulating in the market did not only come from Huahui Silver Bank. Jiang Chen and He Kai thought Wang Sheng's behavior was a bit too much.

"Is there counterfeit money in circulation among the people?"

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward, glanced at Wang Sheng, and then his eyes fell on Liu Xiaozu and the others, "What exactly is going on? Tell me the truth!"

"minister…"

While Liu Xiaozu was bowing, Liu Ruoyu had already lowered his head and walked towards Wang Sheng. After taking the memorial presented by Wang Sheng, he turned around and walked towards the emperor.

"…There is no specific quota for the number of counterfeit banknotes currently circulating among the people. However, according to what He Kai and Jiang Chen have found, the scale of this batch of counterfeit banknotes is not small. One of the reasons is that they are randomly released and stored by branches of Huahui Bank at irregular intervals. I am afraid that this situation exists in many branches opened in the capital."

Wang Sheng, who was kneeling on the ground, broke out in sweat on his forehead and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably when he heard this.

While he was busy opening branches in various places to enhance the influence of Huahui Bank, Wang Shengwan did not expect that something went wrong at home. The key point was that these were not big thieves, but a group of inconspicuous small thieves! !
When Wang Sheng heard about this at first, he didn't believe it. The supervisory force he controlled was no decoration and it had arrested many people before. But when Jiang Chen, He Kai and others took out the bills and the batch of counterfeit banknotes redeemed from Huahui Silver Bank, Wang Sheng was completely stunned!

"In addition to Huahui Bank, according to what Jiang Chen, He Kai and others have found, there are cases of counterfeit currency in private lending groups, gambling houses, brothels, and even among many merchants. However, in such a hurry, the source of this batch of counterfeit currency may be..."

Zhu Youxiao, leaning on a cushion, read the memorial submitted by Wang Sheng, listened to Liu Xiaozu's report, and looked at Jiang Chen and He Kai from time to time. Just through Liu Xiaozu's report and the memorial submitted by Wang Sheng, Zhu Youxiao roughly knew the current situation.

The currency reform that he valued had already been targeted by a group of people during its actual implementation, and this group of evil spirits had begun to sabotage it in secret!

"It seems that Huahui Bank's expansion is still too fast."

After Liu Xiaozu finished reporting the situation, Zhu Youxiao said in a low voice, "As a result, there was collusion between the inside and the outside, and the monitoring system set up in Huahui Bank didn't find anything at all."

"I am guilty of death!" Wang Sheng immediately pleaded guilty.

"Death penalty! Just one sentence of death penalty and that's it?!"

Zhu Youxiao threw the memorial angrily, stared at Wang Sheng and shouted, "Is this all you want to say to me? I asked you to take charge of Huahui Bank, is this the result I want?"

"The big thieves can be caught, but the small thieves can't be caught? Didn't I say before that a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant hole? The most taboo thing for a bank is greed. How important is reputation to a bank? Have you forgotten me?"

"minister……"

Wang Sheng was speechless for a moment.

How dare he forget these words? Others don’t understand the emperor, but he doesn’t understand the emperor?
From the moment he was ordered to set up the Huahui Silver Bank, Wang Sheng always kept in mind one thing: this was not his, it was just a job he did for the emperor, and he must not be greedy in anything he did.

It’s just that money can tempt people. He is not greedy, but there are many people who are greedy.

"When I formulated the currency reform policy, I did not directly let the Minister of Money Law take charge of it. Instead, I let the Minister of Finance take charge of it. I even made it clear about the scope of exchange and circulation. I was afraid that someone would target me."

Zhu Youxiao did not look at Wang Sheng again, but looked at Liu Xiaozu and the others, and said in a cold tone: "The current monetary system in the Ming Dynasty is too chaotic, so chaotic that even I feel terrified. It is true that the central government controls the power of monetary system, but behind the scenes, there are too many people involved, officials and civilians, I don't know how many of them are making a fortune from it!"

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"Okay, I want to implement it step by step for the sake of the stability of the country, and finally realize the unity of the money system. But there are always some people who don't know how to write the word death. Well, in that case, let's investigate it thoroughly. Find out the truth about this case for me. I want to make a solid case for the world!!!"

This year is not going to be a good one.

After hearing this, Liu Xiaozu, Jiang Chen, He Kai and others immediately knew that this incident would cause a disturbance, and none of the groups implicated would be able to escape the fate of death. Their relatives and families would probably not be able to escape the punishment of the law!

Whether it is the money method or the currency system, the names may be different, but in Zhu Youxiao's view, it is the sovereign monetary system of a dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao did not do it on a large scale at first because he took into account that the existing system of the Ming Dynasty was too chaotic. It was mainly based on the silver standard, and the people were flooded with various coins, among which there were many counterfeit coins that were cast indiscriminately and privately. As for gold and silver, they were even more mixed. Under such a situation, if he did not gradually take back power, abolish the coinage rights of various places, and bring coinage under the control of the central government, then the large-scale issuance and circulation of new coins would have no other option but failure.

"How is the establishment of the detective team going?"

While everyone was thinking about this, Zhu Youxiao's cold voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, it has been prepared."

Liu Xiaozu lowered his head and said, "This matter has been planned secretly in accordance with the instructions of His Majesty. All members who join the detective team have undergone strict screening."

Detective team?
When Jiang Chen and He Kai heard this, they both showed surprised expressions. This was the first time they heard this title.

"Jiang Chen! He Kai!"

"Chen is here!"

Looking at the two people who could not hide their astonishment, Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Since this matter was discovered by the two of you, then the detective team will be in charge of you two. Lord Jiang, He Kaifu, I want to know who is secretly minting the counterfeit money in circulation, where the counterfeit money is circulated, and whether this matter can be handled well?"

"I'm waiting for the order!"

Jiang Chen and He Kai suppressed their shock and bowed immediately.

"Let's all go back."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, but his eyes fell on Wang Sheng. There were some things he still needed to clarify.

(End of this chapter)