Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 418 Reversal
In the end, Zhang Qingfeng still met Wei Zhongxian. After all, he was a capable man who he single-handedly pulled up, and it was not easy for him to climb to his current position.

Moreover, although Wei Zhongxian was monopolistic in history, he was not a money-grubbing person.

When Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wei Zhongxian to be seized, it turned out that his family property was even less than when Emperor Wanli seized Zhang Juzheng's family property, which can explain the problem.

Among the ten major crimes of the Donglin Party impeaching Wei Zhongxian, there is no corruption crime, which shows that Wei Zhongxian still doesn't give people much trouble in terms of money.

But why now, he has started to forge fake money orders?Is he short of money?

"Why are you doing this, are you short of money?"

In a large hall, Zhang Qingfeng stared into Wei Zhongxian's eyes, and asked in a very stern tone.

"Palmprint, this subordinate made a mistake, and death is not a pity for this subordinate, but before this subordinate dies, there is one thing to tell Palmprint." Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Qingfeng with a guilty expression and said.

"What's the matter? Come and listen to me." Zhang Qingfeng said lightly.

"Palmprint, this subordinate was set up by the people of the Zhejiang Party, so he did such a stupid thing to shame the palmprint, but when the subordinate found out that something was wrong, he was already in the trap..." Wei Zhongxian said in an extremely ashamed tone .

"What's going on? Please tell me carefully." Zhang Qingfeng asked Wei Zhongxian.

"Is such that……"

Afterwards, Wei Zhongxian told the truth about himself.

This matter starts a few years ago.

Wei Zhongxian was made a marquis because of his achievements in opening up the territory and expanding the territory. A few years ago, he left Japan and returned to Daming, where he had his own mansion.

As a marquis, Wei Zhongxian naturally needed an heir, so when his nephew Wei Liangqing came to the capital to join him, he was warmly received by Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to train his nephew Wei Liangqing as his heir.

Wei Zhongxian in history also cultivated Wei Liangqing as his heir. Although there are not many historical records, Wei Liangqing was able to be named the Duke of the State from an ordinary farmer, which shows Wei Zhongxian's love for this nephew.

And this counterfeit banknote case was almost all created by his nephew.

Of course, the chief culprit is the instigation of the Zhejiang Party.

According to Wei Zhongxian, after Wei Liangqing got out of the money printing machine, he had a set here and gave Zheng Guotai a set, and Qi party officials also took a set away.

Therefore, not all counterfeit coins on the market were made by Wei Liangqing.

Wei Zhongxian didn't know this at the beginning. It was a few months ago that he first knew that his nephew Wei Liangqing was forging counterfeit coins.

His nephew knew that Wei Zhongxian was one of the eunuch Zhang Qingfeng's subordinates, and that counterfeiting counterfeit money was to slap Zhang Qingfeng in the face, so he kept it a secret from him.

Until a person from Wei Zhongxian's hometown came to join him and told him that Wei Liangqing bought thousands of acres of land in his hometown.

Only then did Wei Zhongxian realize how could Wei Liangqing have so much money?

After some serious questioning, he finally found out that his nephew had done so many things behind his back that he didn't know about.

However, it was too late at this time, and by this time, his nephew had already counterfeited millions of taels of silver.

Fortunately, after Wei Zhongxian discovered that his nephew was forging counterfeit coins, he immediately stopped him from continuing to forge.

"You mean, your nephew only forged one million taels of silver notes?" Zhang Qingfeng asked Wei Zhongxian in a stern tone.

"I don't dare to deceive the palm print. It is true that my nephew Wei Liangqing only counterfeited one million taels of silver notes. I stopped him immediately after discovering what he did. I also saw that he only counterfeited so much, so I didn't Let the palm print know the situation as soon as possible."

"That much? Do you think a million taels of silver is too little?" Zhang Qingfeng asked with squinting eyes.

Wei Zhongxian said to Zhang Qingfeng: "I dare not, but when I was in Japan, the money I brought back was 300 million taels of silver..."

Wei Zhongxian's words are very simple, he himself has 300 million taels of silver, and the million and [-] thousand taels of his nephew's imitation is really not a big number in his opinion.

"You said you stopped your nephew a few months ago, so who owns the banknote printing workshop that was seized this time? Why did everyone say it was yours?" Zhang Qingfeng asked Wei Zhongxian.

"Palmprint, I'm wronged. The printing workshop you seized has nothing to do with your subordinates. Wei Liangqing's printing workshop is in Shilizhuang outside the city, not in the city."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Wei Zhongxian immediately complained.

Zhang Qingfeng looked at Wei Zhongxian, trying to tell whether what he said was true or not.

But the fake can't be true, and the real one can't be fake, as long as you check it, you will know.

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhang Qingfeng pondered for a moment and then said: "According to the investigation, there are at least tens of millions of taels of silver bills in the market. There is no escape from guilt."

"Is it true that the subordinates know the responsibility of the crime, and they will be punished with the palm print." Wei Zhongxian said in shame.

"I will continue to investigate this matter. If it is as you said, I will give you a chance to make a contribution." Zhang Qingfeng said lightly: "Go back and ask your nephew to tell the truth, so that Juan can catch the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible. , In addition, you hand in 300 million silver to make up for this shortfall."

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely do it." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Wei Zhongxian heaved a sigh of relief, as if he had escaped a catastrophe.

In fact, if it was what Wei Zhongxian said in the end, Zhang Qingfeng would not punish him too much.

After so many years of training, Wei Zhongxian can be regarded as his favorite subordinate.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian is an extremely capable person, and he has finally climbed to the current high position. Even if he is killed, it will only be a broken arm.

But if this incident was really done by people from the Zhejiang Party, hehehe!
After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhang Qingfeng immediately asked Juan to investigate the officials of the Zhejiang Party that Wei Zhongxian said.

A few days later, after interrogation, the real man behind the scenes was finally found out.

This matter was really done by a Zhejiang Party official, and the den of the banknote printing factory that Zhang Qingfeng seized also belonged to a Zhejiang Party official.

Zhang Qingfeng never expected that he had not participated in party struggles for so many years, but officials from the Zhejiang Party would bully him.

And after interrogation, Zhang Qingfeng learned that this banknote printing factory actually printed more than 1000 taels of Guan Royal Bank drafts in just over a year. This figure made Zhang Qingfeng's scalp tingle.

Fortunately, Zhang Qingfeng's men held tight when exchanging old and new money orders, so there were still several million taels of money orders that had not been used in time, otherwise Royal Bank's losses would have been even greater.

"Since you have offended me, don't blame me for being rude."

After finding out who was behind the scenes, Zhang Qingfeng immediately reported the matter to Emperor Wanli.

Regarding Wei Zhongxian, Zhang Qingfeng did not cover up, but just defended him, saying that Wei Zhongxian was always ignorant, and he was willing to compensate the 300 million taels of silver he earned from Japan afterwards.

(End of this chapter)