Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 417
"There must be someone else."

Juan nodded, and then said: "After several months of investigation, we found that the counterfeit notes circulating on the market are at least more than one million taels of silver, but Zheng Guotai said that he only forged 10 taels of silver notes. What he said It’s not believable, but it’s not too far off.”

"If Zheng Guotai only forged 10,000+ taels of silver, how did the other extra silver bills come from? This is about the two escaped engravers and ink workers."

Juan said: "According to Zheng Guotai, these two people came to him directly with templates and printing machines, and it was more than half a month before the fake bank notes were discovered."

"At this time, those two people have been running away for more than two months. Where did they go for more than two months before that?"

Juan said: "The subordinate suspects that these two people must have been helping the real behind-the-scenes manipulators to make fake bank notes before. The reason why they approached Zheng Guotai was mainly because the behind-the-scenes men wanted to find a scapegoat."

"Have the two workers been caught?" Zhang Qingfeng asked.

"Those two workers committed suicide as soon as we found Zheng Guotai's workshop. It can be seen that they were probably controlled by the mastermind behind the scenes to control their family and children, so they had to commit suicide. Once they died, the real behind-the-scenes people There is no way to investigate, and all the charges fall on Zheng Guotai."

"It's really possible after you say that." Hearing what Juan said, Zhang Qingfeng nodded, and then said: "You continue to investigate this case quietly, and our family will tell the Long Live Lord that Zheng Guotai forged 10 yuan. Two silver coins, this little silver won't do anything to Zheng Guotai."

"Next, the printing workshop will use new printing technology to print new bank notes, and then claim to replace the old notes within one year. If the old notes are not exchanged for new ones after one year, the old notes will be destroyed. Void."

"In this way, the black hands behind the scenes must try their best to sell the counterfeit banknotes as soon as possible, and they will definitely show their flaws. You should be ready to catch all of them." Zhang Qingfeng said to Hu An.

"My subordinates understand." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Hu An nodded to express his understanding.

Next, although Zhang Qingfeng repeatedly delayed for Concubine Zheng, Emperor Wanli still found out about Zheng Guotai's forgery of counterfeit banknotes half a month later.

Fortunately, Emperor Wanli thought that he only forged 10 taels of silver notes, and for the sake of Concubine Zheng Guifei, he didn't punish him too much, but asked him to make up 10 taels of silver.

Don't think that Zhang Qingfeng can earn 5000 million taels of silver for Emperor Wanli every year, 10 taels of silver is small money, and 10 taels of silver is equivalent to a year's tax balance of a prefecture.

After Emperor Wanli ordered Zheng Guotai to make up 10 taels of silver, the case of counterfeiting counterfeit banknotes seemed to be over, but secretly, the matter was not over yet.

Zhang Qingfeng ordered the banknote printing factory to speed up the printing of new banknotes. He wanted to print more than 2000 million taels of new banknotes within half a year.

Only when there are enough new banknotes, can the exchange of old and new banknotes continue.

When the banknote printing factory was printing new banknotes with all its strength, the number of counterfeit banknotes on the market did not decrease after Zheng Guotai's banknote printing factory was seized, but more.

After a rough calculation, the counterfeit banknotes flooding the market are at least 400 million taels of silver.

Such a large amount is equivalent to one year's treasury revenue.

This also made Zhang Qingfeng's teeth itch with hatred.He vowed to catch the person who forged the counterfeit banknotes, and only by peeling and cramping can he relieve his hatred.

In July 1618, the Daming Royal Bank began to exchange old and new banknotes across the country.

And it is claimed in various channels that the exchange business of old and new banknotes is only one year, and the old banknotes will be invalidated directly after one year.

That is to say, the denomination value of the old and new banknotes is the same within one year, and it is best for everyone to exchange the old banknotes for new banknotes within one year, otherwise there will be great losses.

The Royal Bank disseminated the news through various bank outlets, newspapers such as Da Ming Daily, and various channels.

As soon as the news spread, the bank was crowded with people who came to exchange the new banknotes.

For this exchange of old and new banknotes, Zhang Qingfeng was afraid of any trouble, and even deployed tens of thousands of Royal Musketeers as military backing.

Sure enough, as Zhang Qingfeng expected, when the Royal Bank exchanged old and new banknotes, the black hands behind the counterfeit banknotes also began to exchange the fake banknotes for real banknotes.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Qingfeng deployed more than half a year of manpower to quickly track down the dens of counterfeit banknotes.

After various judgments, the den for making counterfeit banknotes should be within Shuntian Mansion.

The method of distributing counterfeit banknotes has also been investigated. Most of them are behind-the-scenes collusion with gangsters from all over the world, so that gangsters use counterfeit banknotes to help buy supplies, such as gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, and so on.

These people did not directly contact the bank with counterfeit banknotes. The counterfeit banknotes in circulation on the market were discovered by bank staff only after several hands. Therefore, Zhang Qingfeng has always had difficulty finding out the real source of counterfeit banknotes.

But it's different now. As the time for exchanging new and old banknotes is getting shorter and shorter, the black hands behind the scenes can't sit still. Although they can counterfeit counterfeit banknotes, they are the first-generation banknotes, and the second-generation banknotes use They can't imitate the new printing technology at all.

Just when the old and new banknote exchange business only lasted for more than two months, the dens for counterfeiting banknotes were finally found out.

What Zhang Qingfeng never imagined was that this banknote printing factory was right under his nose.

That's right, this banknote printing factory that forges counterfeit banknotes is hidden in the capital.

This also fully reflects a sentence: the most dangerous place is the safest place.

As soon as he found the banknote printing factory, Zhang Qingfeng mobilized thousands of people, took over the banknote printing factory, and arrested hundreds of people in one go.

After interrogation, soon, the man behind the scenes was interrogated.

This person is something that Zhang Qingfeng never expected, this person is... Wei Zhongxian.

After finding out that the black hand behind the scenes was actually his eunuch Wei Zhongxian, Zhang Qingfeng was so angry that he didn't have a good meal for several days.

"Bastard, this bastard, it's a shame our family trusts him so much..."

"Check it out for our family. We want to see who is involved in this." Zhang Qingfeng said to Hu An.

At this moment, Zhang Qingfeng also understood why the mastermind behind the scenes could forge counterfeit banknotes so quickly.

It turned out to be Wei Zhongxian, one of the best figures in his system.

Soon, all the circumstances were investigated clearly. Relying on being Zhang Qingfeng's capable subordinate, Wei Zhongxian easily obtained printing machines, tissue paper and other manufacturing technologies.

Not enough with all these, he tried to collude with the engraver and ink worker of the banknote printing factory.

After all these were prepared, after more than a month of experiments, Wei Zhongxian made the counterfeit banknotes.

In the end, he threatened them with the lives of the family members of the two banknote printing workers, asking them to find a way to deceive Zheng Guotai.

"Palmprint, Wei Zhongxian wants to see you."

"No, let him die. Now he wants to intercede. Did he think about the consequences when he forged the counterfeit money?"

(End of this chapter)