Chapter 29: The Day of Tanabata (3)

Wan Nian rushed to the court in a hurry, but saw Li Yaoji, "Li Gongzi? Fifth...... Mrs. Lee. ”

Li Yaoyu and the others smiled slightly and saluted: "I've seen Master Wan." ”

"You're welcome, why are you here?"

"My lord, the matter of privately minting copper coins was discovered by Li Gongzi." An official explained.

Wan Nian was stunned, "How did Gongzi Li find out?" ”

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"I see, Li Gongzi is only eight years old, and he is so knowledgeable, and he is admired by this official." After listening to Li Yaoji's explanation, Wan Nian's face was full of astonishment and admiration, although he couldn't understand advanced terms such as metal and acid reactions, but it didn't prevent him from respecting Li Yaoji, and glanced at the few people kneeling on the ground, and was furious, "Come on, take it down, and interrogate it well!" ”

In order to crack the case of privately minting copper coins as quickly as possible, Wannian dug up the illegal gang, and no matter what legal interrogation, he directly used all kinds of torture such as tiger chairs, iron whips, and soldering irons...... In the end, these guys who still had half a breath left couldn't hide it, and all of them shook out.

Subsequently, Wan Nian was afraid that the monk would run away with an empty temple, so he personally led people to gallop on horseback and encircled the counterfeit money minting den in a square located in the southeast corner of Chang'an.

"His grandmother's!" Liu Changting, the county commander of Wannian County, slapped the table angrily at home, "This Wannian actually dares to go to Lao Tzu's territory to arrest people!" ”

The matter of privately minting copper coins is not trivial, and Wan Nian did not dare to make a noise, so he directly led people to quickly clean up this den, and the workers and bosses inside were arrested together. The Wannian County Commander who ruled this place, Liu Changting, was furious when he found out. Under normal circumstances, county orders only have the right to enforce the law in their own jurisdiction, and when they encounter such cases in other counties, they always ask the county government of that county to assist in handling them. Today, Wannian directly led soldiers and horses to arrest people, and he didn't even inform him, plus Liu Changting and Wannian have a long-standing grudge, so Liu Changting is so angry.

"Someone, go check on me and find out what happened!"

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On the other hand, Wan Nian captured these people, and after interrogation, it turned out that a craftsman knew the process of smelting iron and casting copper coins, united with a merchant, privately minted copper coins, and then entered the market through various means. Because the cost of privately minting a copper coin is less than one-tenth of a penny. Therefore, the profit of a fake copper coin is as high as eight or nine times, and in less than half a year, these two people have earned nearly one million yuan.

Excluding the cost, that is, there are tens of millions of counterfeit money flowing into the market! This is a very harmful event for Chang'an and even the whole country, you know, in the early Tang Dynasty, the country's tax revenue was only twenty or thirty million. Wannian sweated all over his body, did not dare to hesitate, wrote a note, and rode to the palace while it was still dark.

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Daxing Palace, is the first large palace group of the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, there are 30 or 40 palaces, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, and more than 20 palaces and palaces in the East Palace, and the whole constitutes a group of magnificent palace buildings in Chang'an, the capital. The Liangyi Hall in Daxing Palace is one of the places where the emperor deals with political affairs in the palace.

An elderly man in a dragon robe was reviewing the recitals. He is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan.

Li Yuan is now 59 years old, which is already a twilight year in ancient times. Li Yuan looked a little old, his beard was gradually turning white, and there were many age lines on his face. But his blazing eyes are still as sharp as a sword, and there is a force of heaven on his body that makes people unable to move forward.

"Your Majesty, Shangshu's left servant, Master Pei, please see you!" The guards report.

"Come in." Li Yuan put down the fold and spoke.

Pei Lin was the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he had a close friendship with Li Yuan and was in a high position. But today he was very frightened, and his hands were trembling with a copy of the fold. Li Yuan frowned when he saw this, "What's the alarm?" ”

Pei Lin grimaced and handed over the fold in his hand, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Li Yuan was even more puzzled, took it and looked at it for a while, his expression was solemn, and then the clouds were thick, and finally he became angry, and slammed the fold to the ground, his face was red with anger, and he was holding on to the board and panting.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, you must focus on the dragon body!" Pei Lin hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade.

Li Yuan took a few deep breaths to ease his mood, "Where is the ten thousand years?" ”

"Waiting outside the temple."

"Xuan!"

Wan Nian entered the main hall tremblingly, and when he saw Li Yuan so angry, he also had a chill down his spine. The power of heaven is unpredictable, although he is not guilty of this matter, but the Son of Heaven is angry, and millions of corpses are ambushed! Who knows if Li Yuan will wipe him in a fit of rage?

"Wechen will see Your Majesty for ten thousand years."

"Get up, you talk about it all over again!" Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair, his eyes closed and panting.

Wan Nian swallowed his saliva and told Li Yuan everything about it.

"Who is this Li Yaoji?" Li Yuan silently read the name.

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Yaowei was acquainted by the fifth Wenbo child of a wealthy businessman when he was visiting Jizhou, and his family had no one. A few days ago, he married the daughter of the fifth Wenbo and currently lives in the moral square of Chang'an City. ”

"A few days ago, in Chang'an City, the newspaper that sprung up was not his name."

"It is precisely this person who has learned so well that he has created two new types of poetry, called poetry and lyrics."

"I know a little bit about this." Li Yuan thought of this person and said to himself: "Can you really distinguish real and fake copper coins with vinegar?" ”

Pei Lin and Wan Nian lowered their heads nervously, waiting for Li Yuan to give orders.

"What about the people who minted copper coins privately?"

"He is being held in the county jail."

"Pei Lian, you personally take people and escort them to the Criminal Department."

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At this time, Li Yaoyu, Fifth Yao and Xiaoxuan had already returned home.

"Xianggong, Fang Cai's gamble, why is Zhuang Xian's winning side equally big?" Xiao Xuan was still thinking about it.

"I asked you to bet on the other side just now, didn't you just not lose or win?" Li Yaojian smiled.

Xiaoxuan knows, but doesn't understand the principle.

"In this way, you take eight copper coins, and the copper coins have words on one side and none on the other." Li Yaowei had no choice but to use the enumeration method to explain.

"Two copper coins, the first is literal, the second is literal, this is the first case......"

After Li Yaowei finished explaining, Fifth Yao and Xiaoxuan both nodded and said they understood, "Why did the counterfeit money melt in vinegar?" ”

"Real gold is not afraid of fire, but iron is afraid."

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Pedestrians are decreasing, and birds are singing late. The sunset slowly sets into the western mountains under the gaze of the people.

After Li Yaoyu and the three of them had dinner, Fifth Yao and Xiaoxuan proposed to go to shampoo and bathe to welcome the night of Qixi Festival.

"I'll help you!" Li Yaowei was very excited.

"Xianggong, didn't you think of something bad?" Xiao Xuan looked at him strangely.

Fifth Yao understood and glared at him: "Stay in the room honestly." ”

Li Yaoyu won't be honest, this night, Wu Yao took a bath for nearly an hour, and was tortured by Li Yaoji's restless hands so that his face was red and he gasped......

Xiaoxuan was even more miserable, Li Yaojian in order to compensate her, and also to calm her lust, the moon was on the branches, and she was still lying on the bed weakly......

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