Guo Song was a little uninterested, and said after a while: "In this way, does Jiaozi have nothing to gain?"
Guo Ping smiled and comforted her brother: "Actually, you don't have to be too depressed. You have to take your time with everything. Maybe we worry too much. Everyone will eventually accept Jiaozi step by step. There is always a process from resistance to adaptation to new things.
Bar!"
Next to him, Li Wenyu also smiled and said: "Although I am not very optimistic about Jiaozi, I think the silver notes and money notes issued by the imperial court are very good. This time my fat man went to Mingzhou to collect the ship, and he wanted to buy some pearls, tortoiseshells, and corals along the way.
, I asked him to buy some tea in Jiangnan, and he went there with 30,000 guan of silver notes. It would be unbelievable to bring 30,000 guan of silver, and he would be frightened to bring 30,000 taels of silver. Thirty thousand guan of silver notes would directly
It’s so convenient to carry it in your arms.”
After coming out of the liquor store, Guo Song felt heavy in his heart. The words of the eldest sister and Senior Sister Li made him feel a little less confident. Although the eldest sister comforted him afterwards, it was just comfort.
However, although he is a little disappointed, it is impossible for Guo Song to give up. His bottom line is three months, and it is still too early to say whether he will fail.
Guo Song didn't want to go shopping anymore and went straight back to the official office. He came back relatively early, and it seemed that none of the other prime ministers had returned.
He walked into the official room and sat down. Lu Lun, who joined the army in the recording office, put a document in front of him, "This is the report just sent from Lingnan, a report jointly written by Pan Shijun and General Kang."
Guo Song took the report, put it aside, and asked: "Lu Canjun, what do you think of Jiaozi?"
Lu Lun scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "I went home at noon and gave my salary to my wife. She complained a few times, and then I told her that more than 300 stores in Chang'an can use it, but I really can't use it. It's okay.
Go to the counter and exchange it for copper coins, so she won't complain."
"So what do you personally think of Jiaozi's prospects?"
"I think Chang'an should be able to accept it in the end, but it's hard to say for local states and counties. Maybe it will work or not. After all, this is a new thing, and it will take a process for everyone to accept it."
Guo Song nodded, "You are right, it does take time!"
At this time, Du Lingqiu's voice came from outside, "Is Your Highness here? I have something urgent!"
"Prime Minister Dugu, please come in!" Guo Song greeted.
Du Lingqiu walked in, holding a flat wooden box in his hand and saying solemnly: "Your Highness, what we are worried about has come!"
"whats the matter?"
Du Lingqiu put the wooden box on the table and opened it. Inside was a brand new five hundred taels of silver note.
"Your Highness, please look at this banknote!"
Guo Song picked up the banknote and was stunned. It felt wrong in his hand. He looked closer and found that it was a fake banknote. The color of the paper was exactly the same and the quality was very good. It was a bit like Changqing paper, but it was obviously not as good as Changqing paper.
Paper, but the gold thread embroidered on it is exactly the same, the printing ink also contains a touch of gold powder, and the number and household seal look fine.
Guo Song looked at the back again. There were five square grids on the back. Each grid had two sides, which were used for stamping when transferring.
The first square is the issuance seal. On the left is the small seal of the Ministry of Revenue. On the right is the small seal of Chang'an Baoyuan Cabinet. On the left of the second square is the small seal of Baoyuan Cabinet. On the right is a private person named Chen Jintan.
Seal, the third square becomes the redemption seal, with Chen Jintan on the left and Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet on the right.
In other words, this person named Chen Jintan did not buy the goods for transfer, but took the banknote directly to Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet to exchange it.
This is a fake banknote, the seal of the Ministry of Accounts is fake, the seal of Chang'an Baoyuan Cabinet is fake, this Chen Jintan is probably also a fake name, only the exchange seal of Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet is real.
Guo Song immediately said to the guard at the door: "Go and find the Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Guard immediately!"
The guard turned around and ran away. Guo Song asked Du Guqiu again: "How did you discover this counterfeit note?"
Du Guqiu sighed and said: "According to the plan agreed in advance, if any suspicious tickets are found, they must be exchanged normally, but after the exchange is completed, the exchanger must be monitored and the government will be notified to detain the person. Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet Shop has also done the same.
It's just that the exchanger had martial arts skills. Before the government officials arrived, he knocked out the two men who were watching him and then ran away with the money."
In order to ensure the requirement of payment on sight, the Ministry of Accounts has also made clear regulations. As long as the banknotes are not obviously fraudulent or slightly suspicious, banknotes in various places must be cashed normally, and then monitor the cashier and notify the government.
This provision is also to prevent counters in various places from finding various reasons to refuse to pay. If there is a loss of counterfeit bills, it will first be borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then the remaining matters will be handed over to the Internal Health Inspection Office.
"Are there no other problems with this banknote? For example, the number?" Guo Song asked again.
Du Guqiu shook his head, "When the Chengdu Baoyuan Store cashed it, they did find the same number, which was also a five hundred taels of silver note, so they cashed it normally, but the Chang'an Baoyuan Store also found this bank note.
, it was given to a businessman named Chen Yongdao."
This is also the benefit of implementing the real-name system for banknotes. With the real-name system, counterfeit bills can be detected through real-name checks. The counterfeiter must have seen the real banknote.
At this time, Wang Yue hurried over, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song waved his hand and said with a smile: "Commander Wang, no courtesy, business is coming!"
Wang Yue stood up and saw the banknote, and was immediately surprised and said: "Is it true that someone made a counterfeit?"
"See for yourself!"
Wang Yue picked up the banknote and immediately said: "The paper is wrong!"
"Look again!"
Wang Yue looked at it carefully again, frowned and said: "It took a lot of effort to make this fake note. It can't be just for five hundred taels of silver!"
Du Guqiu secretly admired that he was worthy of being the leader of the inner guard, and he immediately saw the key to the problem.
"Commander Wang is right. We suspect there will be fake banknotes, but they haven't appeared yet. I believe there will definitely be more."
Guo Song stood in front of the window and was silent in thought. Ding Lingqiu and Wang Yue also fell silent and no longer disturbed King Jin's meditation.
After a long time, Guo Song turned around and said slowly: "This matter is probably not for money, but someone wants to destroy our credibility in issuing bank notes and money notes. Prime Minister Dugu, this matter must be kept strictly confidential until it is investigated, and no news is allowed."
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"Wei Chen understands!"
Guo Song then said to Wang Yue: "This case will not be simple. The internal defense must invest enough manpower and material resources, especially guards with high martial arts skills. Try to keep the investigation case as low as possible. Don't alert the mastermind behind it for the time being. Please inform me at any time if there is any news."
Wang Yue knew the importance of the case, so he nodded silently, "I will do my best in this humble position!"
In the afternoon, the ministers who went out to learn about the issuance of Jiaozi all came back, and the news they brought back was good and bad. The good news was that many stores received Jiaozi normally, and there was no rejection. The bad news was that
The news is that many officials' families secretly went to the counter to exchange the jiaozi into copper coins.
All this news was expected by Guo Song. It is useless to say anything now. We can only wait for time to slowly digest everyone's resistance to Jiaozi and let the people of Chang'an gradually adapt to it.
Although the Money Check Inspection Office had been established, it was not yet fully staffed. Wang Yue could not bother to set up an inspection office for the time being. He personally took charge and mobilized hundreds of elite internal guards to form a temporary inspection camp.
There were seven or eight important subordinates sitting in the room. Wang Yue introduced the case and said to everyone: "Now we have two clues. The first clue is to check the businessman Chen Yongdao. Who has seen his banknotes? The second clue is to find out who has seen his banknotes."
That is to say, the other party will definitely exchange it, and we must seize these two breakthrough points to investigate."
Deputy Commander Li Mengze raised his hand and said: "Commander, there is actually another possibility that has been ignored."
"Tell me, what other possibilities are there?"
Li Mengze smiled and said: "If the other party is making a batch of banknotes, then he probably obtained the information, ticket number, denomination, etc. from within the counter shop. I think we can conduct an investigation from this point."
Wang Yue thought for a while, feeling a little confused: "Although it is indeed possible, the scope is too large. I asked Prime Minister Dugu, and he said that the Ministry of Revenue provided a batch of inventories to major cabinet shops, and then each major
The counter shop then copies it to branches in various places, so it is difficult to find out which branch it leaked from, and it may also be the printing point where it leaked."
Li Mengze responded: "Isn't the other party counterfeiting Baoyuan Cabinet Shop? I think Chang'an Baoyuan Cabinet Shop is the most likely."
"That's not necessarily true. The other party should be very cunning and generally won't make such low-level mistakes. In all likelihood, it's not Baoyuan Cabinet Shop or Chang'an Cabinet Shop."
Everyone fell into silence for a moment. At this time, another deputy, Tang Sheng, said: "Commander, I think I can check it from the counterfeit banknote itself. This banknote is so perfectly made that it should be the work of a master forger. We may not understand it, but
People in the industry must know.”
Wang Yue nodded, "What everyone said makes sense. We divided our troops into three groups to investigate. I am responsible for finding Chen Yongdao and keeping an eye on other fake banknotes that appear at any time. Manager Li is responsible for checking if the ticket number is leaked, and Manager Tang is responsible for checking.
Forgers, but everyone must remember to keep a low profile and never alert others."