Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 184

Censor Yang Zhiqi and Liao Guolin Shuangshuang visited the residence of their colleague Liu Meicai. As soon as they met, they both took out the bank notes and demanded: "Liu Xiandi, can you take back these bank notes? We can't let us give them for nothing. Are you working?"

"That's right, Liu Xiandi, what you gave out were bank notes from Fanji Bank, which is a waste of paper in our hands." Liao Guolin waited for Yang Zhiqi to finish speaking, and immediately followed up, "I heard that You have a good relationship with the Fan family, you must have an explanation for this matter, right?"

Liu Meicai's face was very ugly. He had indeed given these two banknotes from Fanji Bank many times before, but the key point is that he actually had banknotes from Fanji Bank in his hands, and he didn't have much silver. Can exchange bank notes for them both!

So, he said in embarrassment: "You two, you can't say that, I am also a victim! How about I show my bank note to you, I am really worried about what to do with this bank note !"

"Then I don't care!" Yang Zhiqi was a little annoyed when he heard this, "Who did you find for the bank note, we have the bank note in hand, but you gave it to us, of course we will look for you! "

"Yes, we can find whoever gives it!" Liao Guolin's voice became louder, "Everyone from the Fan family in the capital has been arrested. Do we have to go so far to Shanxi? We don't care, we can only find you!"

When I went to Shanxi, I don’t know if I can exchange it for silver. Even if I can exchange it for silver, if the money is less, who will bear the cost of the journey?If there is a lot of money, and the cash is brought from Shanxi, but now it is not peaceful, what if it is robbed along the way?Anyway, going to Shanxi to exchange bank notes was too risky, at least the two censors didn't want to go, they just complained to Liu Mei.

Liu Meicai saw her, she didn't bother to talk to them, she stood up and said, "Tell you two the truth, no matter how much you mess around, I don't have any money to exchange for you. It's better to leave!"

After speaking, he stood up and wanted to leave.

As soon as Yang Zhiqi saw him, he stepped forward, grabbed his sleeve, and shouted loudly: "You still want to leave without giving me money? If you really don't want to give me money, don't blame me for being so anxious that I can do anything!"

Seeing him like this, Liu Meicai thought of the reputation of the two people in front of her who wanted money rather than their lives. She was really afraid that the two of them would make a fuss regardless of face, so she had to explain: "I only have banknotes in my hand. I really don't have any money to give." You changed it!"

Liao Guolin at the side heard this, turned his head to look, and suddenly rushed forward, no matter what etiquette or impoliteness, he stepped on the chair, jumped on the table, and took off the hanging bag with his hand. The vice-painter said at the same time: "This is Yan Zhenqing's original work, right? Forget it, whether it's the original work or not, I'll take this as compensation."

While speaking, he moved extremely quickly, quickly rolled up the painting, and at the same time threw his banknotes on the table under his feet, and walked out quickly.

Liu Meicai became anxious when she saw it, and hurriedly chased after it and shouted: "This painting is the real one, and it is one of my most valuable collections. You can't take it away, give it back to me..."

Seeing Liao Guolin running away, and Liu Meicai chasing after him, Yang Zhi was stunned for a while, then immediately turned his head to look around, and found that there should be a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the side, although not as valuable as the taken-off Yan Zhenqing hanging in the middle, But anyway, it was also Liu Meicai's collection, so he didn't care about it. He followed suit and stepped on it to pick up calligraphy and paintings. He felt that one set was not enough, so he picked two pieces. want to slip away.

However, he had only taken two steps before he stopped suddenly, turned around and went back, took a few bank notes and stuffed them into his arms, and then stuffed one of the calligraphy and paintings into his sleeves, only holding a pair of calligraphy and paintings in his arms, and hurried go out.

In the courtyard, Liu Meicai and Liao Guolin were arguing, and there were already servants watching. At this time, no one dared to participate in the arguing between the officials.

Seeing Yang Zhiqi coming out holding the calligraphy and painting, Liu Mei got anxious and wanted to pull him again. For a while, he was a little overwhelmed, so he had no choice but to shout to the servants: "Why are you still standing there? The two of them were stopped by the master, and the calligraphy and painting were taken back!"

When the servants saw it, they wanted to step forward, but Liao Guolin and Yang Zhiqi both shouted: "Who dares to touch my official? Don't you bastards, don't you know how to pay your debts? Your master owes you money." No, is it reasonable?"

Liu Mei was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, and immediately retorted: "Who owes you money? I didn't open the bank!"

"Anyway, you gave me the silver ticket!"

"..."

The three censors, who were usually full of benevolence and morality, were pulling each other, and the more they said it, the worse it sounded, and later they scolded each other.This scene left those servants dumbfounded.

At this moment, suddenly a maid hurried over and said to Liu Meicai anxiously: "The family said, the master just let them go, just leave it alone."

Hearing this, Liu Mei was taken aback for a moment, and then let go of her hand.

When Yang Zhiqi and Liao Guolin saw each other, they immediately rushed out.Or because of the tugging, behind the two of them, a few silver bills fell out, fluttering, and floated in front of Liu Meicai.

Liu Meicai picked up the banknote and looked at it, her face was very ugly.These two bastards didn't leave all the bank notes, but even hid some and took them away. This time, I really lost money!
I really do, what kind of facade, hang the most valuable calligraphy and paintings in the living room, and it turned out to be cheap for these two bastards!
Suddenly, the maid reminded again: "Master, the family is waiting for Master!"

When Liu Meicai heard this, she came back to her senses and left in a hurry.

In a side room, I saw my family members, and before I could speak, I heard that person say: "Master Liu, don't worry about this, Brother Fan will definitely supply you in the future, and you will never let your master suffer!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Meicai's expression immediately improved a lot, and when he was about to say something, he immediately changed his voice: "I'm not doing it for this little money, but for the things you asked me to do. I'm a little ashamed that I didn't do it well!"

This family member was Wang Dengku who came from Shanxi, and settled in his house after arriving in the capital.

Wang Dengku knew that Liu Meicai meant that they originally wanted these people to make a fuss with the emperor and ask for the exchange of bank notes.Unexpectedly, the evolution of the situation did not go as they expected.The sudden violence made the emperor make a decision in public.

Now it’s not just Fanji Bank’s banknotes that have problems, the emperor has made a ruling, that is, for all the banknotes, those who hold the banknotes should go to the owner of the banknotes to recover, if they can’t get the emperor’s decree Will raid the house to pay off the debt.

In this regard, no one can say anything, it is only right and proper to pay back the debt!

The case against Fanji Bank was even stricter on this basis. After intimidating the owners of the bank notes, none of them went to make trouble with the emperor, but they all tried their best to recover some losses first.In case the factory guard really interrogated Fan Yongzheng for a problem, he would lose a penny.

Now that he understands the situation in the capital, Wang Dengku is a little confused about what to do?After all, he is just a businessman, and he has never experienced anything involving the government or the emperor.

After sitting blankly for a while, Wang Dengku sighed and said: "It seems that there is no way to deal with the bank notes for the time being. The trouble is too violent and out of control. Right now, there is only one way to divert the court's attention and wait for this Think of a solution after things cool down!"

When he came, he had been explained, and he was ready to use the alternative plan.

Seeing Liu Meicai looking at him with puzzled eyes, Wang Dengku explained again: "For the capital, the most important thing that can affect the bank note right now is the problem of filling the stomach. I will let the food companies under my name The merchants stopped selling and spread the word that the food was sold out, this matter will definitely divert attention.”

Hearing this, Liu Mei nodded and said: "Nowadays, there are many reports in the local area, saying that the [-] people have nothing to eat. Once food is cut off, it will be a big deal. The attention of the court will definitely Transferred!"

"Okay, let's do it like this, I'll make arrangements right away!" Wang Dengku said, and comforted Liu Meicai, "Your Excellency, don't worry, after this incident, you will be compensated three times!"

Hearing this, Liu Meicai was happy.He believed in Wang Dengku, and since he said it, he would definitely be able to fulfill it.

At this moment, Liu Meicai's butler came over from the street, and told Liu Meicai the news he had inquired from the street.

"Master, someone is accepting the bank notes issued by Fanji Bank at a discount."

"It is said that they have the strength and are going to collect more banknotes, and then send people to Shanxi to ask Fan's family for money!"

"Some people with little money, I sold the bank notes to them!"

"There are people who are scolding Fanji Bank everywhere outside, and they are all miserable!"

"..."

Wang Dengku and Liu Meicai were relatively speechless after listening to the inquiring messages.But Wang Dengku also knew that Fan Yongdou had already avoided to go back to his hometown, and nine out of ten he couldn't find anyone.As for those who go to collect debts, there is no need to worry too much, Shanxi is the territory of the governor, and with the governor watching, it is impossible to let them do whatever they want.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen was in a very good mood.After such a fuss, the matter of Ming Royal Bank was settled.

Before, it was just a signboard, but now it must be expanded, and it must be built according to the prototype of the bank of later generations.At least not one window can do everything.Deposits, loans, and cash withdrawals must be classified into categories, and special windows do special things.People who have been to Daming Royal Bank should feel reliable from the first perception.

After Emperor Chongzhen made the design drawings, he made the best use of the existing shops and opened up and remodeled a few nearby shops.There is no time for something as grand as the later generations.As for the safety issue, this is even more of a problem. Let the factory guards and the three major battalions send soldiers inside and out to be on duty. Don't you believe that you can steal silver deposits?
At this time, he was actually busy like a dog.There are some things that cannot be done by others.And at this time, even if it is something that can be done on his behalf, he still doesn't feel at ease to let others do it for him. He has to personally ask questions, assess the ability of the person in charge, etc. Only when he is really familiar with everything, can he rest assured that he can do things with ability.

No, he has already moved to the military bureau in the palace to inspect the situation here.Looking back, the three major battalions will be sent to Shanxi. Although it is unlikely to go to war, it can be said that if the replacement of ordnance and equipment can be done first, it must be done first.

The Bing Zhan Bureau is in charge of making knives, spears, swords, halberds, whips, axes, helmets, armour, bows, arrows and other military equipment, as well as iron locks, needles and scissors used in the palace, and bells and drums used in ceremonies.He is in charge of manufacturing weapons and belongs to the Gunpowder Division.It can be said that the military equipment required by the three major battalions under the Yumajian can be completely resolved by the military battle bureau.

The military battle bureau has one eunuch who holds seals and one eunuch who supervises the arsenal.At this time, he was patrolling accompanied by the palm print eunuch and the admiral's armory eunuch.

Either there was an example of Wang Zhixin before, or it was known that after the establishment of the three major battalions, the emperor would definitely come to the military battle situation, so there are not many problems in this military battle situation, but weapons, There are very few armor stocks and not much gunpowder.

The eunuch Feng Delun personally held the account book and explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the War Bureau has not received money for a long time, nor has it received iron materials, coal, etc. for a long time. It has not started work for a long time."

Seeing the emperor's brows furrowed, he immediately explained: "The Ministry of Industry said that the Jianlu were raging, so the supply was cut off, and there was nothing they could do!"

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen was not angry. He remembered that he had said before that he would not investigate the past. Therefore, in the explanation given by the palm seal eunuch, at least from that time on, the accounts were still clear.

However, after a round of inspections, especially the mental outlook of those craftsmen, even if he, the emperor, came, he could see that these craftsmen were really problematic.

All of them were pale and emaciated, just knelt to welcome the emperor, and they could see their weakness.

These craftsmen are actually free labor and are in labor service.Skilled craftsmen and those with some money can pay to be exempted from military service and let others do it for them.This is also what Zhang Juzheng started to have after Zhang Juzheng's whipping method, that is, the so-called everything is based on money, and everything, no matter what talent or labor, can be converted into silver.

Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very dissatisfied with this. With such craftsmen, what kind of sophisticated weapons can they be expected to produce?Not to mention, they are required to innovate.

Regardless of what the Bingzhan Bureau was like before, at least from now on, it will be raised to a very important height. The relevant system must be reformed.Otherwise, even if Emperor Chongzhen had many ideas in his mind, he would not be able to implement the so-called excellent military equipment and innovation.

Of course, he just came today to fully understand the situation of the military situation, and didn't say anything immediately.After returning, he was ready to think about it, at least to think about it comprehensively.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that just after he returned, the Chief Assistant Xue Guoguan rushed to see him, sweating, obviously something important happened.

　My daughter started to vomit at three o'clock last night. She went to the emergency department of the hospital early in the morning. She only coded after she fell asleep.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)