"So, we hope that the prince will save all this chaos as soon as possible. (8) (1) Chinese Net ん.81. "He Yunfeng said sadly that returning to the previous life of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes was not what many businessmen expected.

Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little comforted in his heart, he was very afraid that the people would blame him for all this, and then give birth to a peasant uprising to overthrow him, it would be extremely aggrieved.

"Brother He, what do you think of Dongshui's banknotes?" Chen Chen smiled and looked at the boss, who seemed to have a few brushes.

He Yunfeng laughed: "Zai Xia is just a small businessman, what can I think, but since Brother Tai wants to listen to Zaixia's opinion, then I will be ugly." ”

"For our ordinary people, paper money is indeed very convenient to use, and it is light and not easy to wear, but it does not have much status in people's hearts, paper money is instead of gold and silver, in the final analysis, it is not gold and silver, so its line must be cautious and moderate, otherwise it is what it is now."

After listening to the boss's words, Chen Chen couldn't help but clap his hands and praise: "That's great, I can't think of it, boss, let's take a look at the difference between these two banknotes?" "If this boss can recognize the difference in banknotes, then he can be regarded as a material to be made, and he can be given an official position to manage the economic operation of Dongshui.

He Yunfeng frowned, but he still took the banknote and looked at it carefully, after a long time, he was startled, pointed to the mark at the money and said, "There is a problem here, which of these two banknotes is greasy?" ”

"This one was picked up from the street." Chen Chen picked up a banknote and said.

"What the hell is going on?" He Yunfeng looked at the scene in front of him in a daze and couldn't help but lose his judgment, because it was too terrifying.

Chen Chen lowered his head and took a sip of water and said, "As you can see, the imperial court will never dare to make paper money casually without the order of the prince, so the problem is here." ”

After chatting with the boss for a while, they left a verbal agreement with each other, and Chen Chen went straight to Dongshui after dinner, which was a long time of driving and tiring.

The hundred officials of Dongshui have also heard of the arrival of the prince, and they greeted them outside the city gate, Chen Chen looked at everyone, everyone's faces were ugly, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, causing the current situation in Dongshui, obviously they could not escape their responsibility.

"The hundred officials go back, and the three prime ministers and Commander Wei and the others will stay." Chen Chen said to everyone extremely calmly.

"Yes, Weichen retired." Although everyone was frightened for a while, hoping to get the prince's will as soon as possible, but the prince had already given an order, so they thought they would not dare to disobey.

In the pavilion outside the city, Chen Chen sat in the center and looked at a few people coldly: "Say, what's the matter?" Why did such a thing happen in the days when this king left? ”

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Prime Minister Shangguan Yu stepped forward to report: "Lord Wang, it's a long story at this time, Rong Chen said slowly." ”

"Okay, this king would like to see the prime minister's explanation." Chen Chen smiled slightly, his face was full of anger, it seemed that only Shangguan Yu was wrong when he spoke, so he immediately accepted his position.

Shangguan Yu took a deep breath before saying: "Lord Wang, this turmoil is mainly due to the rise in prices caused by the excessive amount of paper money in the market, and now the people have become afraid of paper money.......

"Prime Minister, this is not the point, the point is why there are so many banknotes, do you know? There is also the discarded banknote on the street, whether it is real or not, Prime Minister, have you discerned? Chen Chen immediately interrupted him and said concisely and directly.

Chen Chen angrily put the two banknotes still on the ground and said angrily: "Look at these two banknotes, one of them is clearly fake, why don't you control it?" Why not thoroughly investigate the source of counterfeit banknotes? ”

Listening to Chen Chen's words, Shangguan Yu was startled, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt: "The prince atoned for his sins, the people have been making trouble in the past few days, and the merchants have asked for gold and silver to be opened in front of the court. ”

Qin Ruhai also hurriedly knelt down: "Lord Wang, the minister is guilty, and it is the minister's negligence in the law, allowing the lawbreakers to take advantage of the loophole." ”

The others hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, Chen Biao sweated profusely and said: "Brother Huang, my brother is in charge of Dongshui's economy, but there is a problem under my nose, my brother is willing to be punished, and everything will be dealt with by the emperor." ”

Watching them all kneel down and confess, Chen Chen's angry head exploded: "Old brothers, is it useful for you to repent now?" Yes? This king has killed you, and this chaos can be solved? Repentance is useless, if everyone can repent, will anyone still sin in life? ”

"Okay, get up, now we have to discuss countermeasures, not here to confess to this king."

"Shangguan Yu, Qin Ruhai, the two of you immediately lead people to find the source of the fake banknotes, and then immediately wipe them out, and you must not let fake banknotes continue to be popular."

"Second, Wu Kexin, you are in charge of papermaking, now that fake banknotes are popular, it must be that papermaking has been spread, find out the problem immediately, and there must be no mistakes."

"Third, Commander Wei, you immediately lead the army to rectify the order, and if there is any deliberate trouble, send them all to this king, and whoever dares to mess with them will be killed immediately."

"Fourth, Chen Biao, convene the major banks and tell the people to use Dongshui banknotes to cash in the bank, remember, only real banknotes can be exchanged, and whoever dares to make trouble will be thrown into prison immediately."

Chen Chen took a breath and issued several orders, and everyone nodded again and again.

"Pass the order, tonight the Upper East Water Chamber of Commerce and the major merchants will come to see this king immediately." Chen Chen suddenly remembered the major business families, their power and status were given by themselves, and now they dare to maliciously raise prices, and at the same time gather people to force the imperial court to open gold and silver, it seems that they have to pull out some of their wings, and they must be beaten to let them know who their status comes from.

After the order was issued, the Dongshui Imperial Court quickly dispatched the army to begin to rectify public order, all the people who shouted loudly on the street to open the gold and silver were all taken away, not to mention some rich children, some people resisted on the street, and were killed by the army's random arrows, some merchants and shops were also seized, in just a few hours, the streets of Dongshui were already full of officers and soldiers, the imperial court has almost taken over Dongshui, and the shops of major merchants were all controlled.

When the army made a big move to clean up the chaos and intimidate the people, Dongshui Bank also took the opportunity to issue an order: bring your banknotes to exchange them for gold and silver at the bank.

For a time, the masses flocked to it, the paper money that was originally discarded on the ground was set up in an instant, and some families went out as a family, old and young snatched on the street together, and for a time countless farces were staged on the streets of Dongshui, several old people scuffled together for paper money, and several women scolded for paper money.

Standing at the top of the Drunken Dream Building, quietly watching these farces, Chen Chen snorted coldly, ignored it anymore, and ordered people to quickly gather major merchants to come to the Drunken Dream Building to meet him. (To be continued.) )