Chapter 232: Closing the Net
Without waiting for the second batch of silver tickets to arrive, Chang'an became chaotic and arrested many people at once.
Not only Chang'an, there is news of arrests everywhere, and I heard that the arrests are all people who have gone to the money bank to exchange silver tickets, and suddenly the whole Datang people are panicked again.
If the net is not closed for a day, Li Er's inner treasury will consume a large amount of cash, so Li Er decided to close the net the moment the person holding the fake silver ticket exchanged the cash silver and came into contact with the family.
Although Wang Xiang felt that it might be better if he waited a little longer, after all, the chess pieces sent to Qian Zhuang were only in contact with the small people on the periphery of the family, but these people could not make the family hurt their bones, but Li Er couldn't wait, just in one day, the treasury consumed 500,000 taels of silver, it is conceivable that it will be consumed more in another day.
Zhang Dashou, who was frightened and frightened in the prison, found that the number of "rebels" suddenly increased, and many people were suddenly crammed into the small cell, all of whom were wailing and wailing as loudly as when he first came.
These people are very familiar with Zhang Dashou, they are all big silver ticket owners who went to exchange silver for cash in the past two days, and Zhang Dashou's last trace of luck disappeared, and it was really because of the silver ticket.
He regrets it very much now, he knew that this was the case, he should have stopped when he exchanged thousands of taels of silver on the first day, thousands of taels of cash were enough for him to live a rich life, if it wasn't for greed, how could he end up like this.
Everyone is not stupid, if at the beginning they were not sure what was the reason for being arrested, but now they see each other and understand, there must be something wrong with the silver ticket.
"Steward Cui, didn't you say that there is no problem with these silver tickets?"
"Yes, Shopkeeper Zheng. Didn't you say that these silver tickets are all used by your Zheng family firm for trading? ”
"It's none of our business. The silver ticket was given to me by the Cui family. ”
"My silver ticket was given to me by the Zheng family. I didn't know there was a problem with these tickets. ”
……
Steward Cui, Shopkeeper Zheng and others suddenly turned earthy.
The guard of the cell was still the young man with a somewhat pale face last time, looking at the noisy crowd and sneering: "I don't know? You can get a benefit of 10% by helping to exchange cash, how come I haven't encountered such a good thing? Did someone who wasn't them have enough money? ”
"I ...... I'm a ghost, I'm ...... I've got a silver ticket here, and I've got a silver ......."
"Alright, don't talk about these useless things, I'm afraid you don't know what this place is. No, the ......" The jailer pointed to the big hand in the crowd and said, "The one who came a day before you, and he knows more than you." ”
As soon as they heard the jailer's words, everyone looked at Zhang Dashou, and Zhang Dashou wanted to cry.
A moment later, the wailing in the cell was louder.
Nima, how can it be a rebellion to exchange a cash for silver, this is a big crime of stealing the family and exterminating the clan, can you not cry bitterly.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, the jailer said lightly: "I don't think you can guess that there is a problem with this batch of silver tickets, yes." The silver tickets on your body are all fake silver tickets, and the private printing of silver tickets in private banks is a crime of rebellion! ”
"We don't have a private bank. These silver tickets were given to us by others, and we just helped them go to the bank to exchange for cash. ”
Seeing that the jailer seemed to be thinking, they suddenly felt a glimmer of hope, and pushed out Steward Cui, Shopkeeper Zheng and others one after another.
"It's them, they're the ones who gave us the silver tickets."
Steward Cui, Shopkeeper Zheng and the others were suddenly frightened and angry, and the jailer squinted at them, and said lightly: "If this is the case, I will report it truthfully to the above, it seems that it is you who privately printed the silver tickets." ”
Privately printing silver tickets is a crime of rebellion, but they dare not admit it, and hurriedly argue: "We did not print the silver tickets." ”
"Hmph, the silver ticket came out of your hands, and most of the cash exchanged for it also went to you, isn't it who you are?"
"Yes......"
Steward Cui and the others suddenly shut up, they all had a bitter face, even if they said it, they had to end up in the same fate, if they didn't say that the family would take care of their family members for their heartfelt sake, they simply admitted it.
"Who is it?" The jailer asked.
"Yes...... It's us. As soon as Steward Cui admitted it, Shopkeeper Zheng and others also confessed their guilt with a dead face.
The jailer knew what they were thinking, and sneered, "Since you are willing to confess, then sign and detain." ”
Just as Steward Cui took the pen and was about to sign and draw the detention, the jailer said lightly.
"Rebellion is the sin of the Nine Clans, Your Majesty is angry with the world, who can protect you, and ...... Your family. ”
Steward Cui's hand shook, the brush fell to the ground, and his hand trembled......
At this time, the family was also in a mess, they didn't expect that Li Er's front foot had just sent a large amount of cash to Qian Zhuang for everyone to exchange, and the back foot would arrest people on a large scale, and they caught it so accurately, all of them were chess pieces sent out by them, none of them fell, and even the steward sent by the family to the joint was arrested.
At this time, how could they guess that there must be a problem with the silver ticket, otherwise it would be impossible to catch it so accurately!
The door of the Wang family's mansion was closed, and Wang Yuan had just finished drinking a cup of ginseng tea and was about to rest, when he suddenly saw Wang Yuan running in with a panicked face, and his heart suddenly burst.
"Father, Your Majesty is wantonly arresting people in Chang'an, and many people have been arrested!"
Wang Tong's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "What's the matter? ”
"Something happened to the silver ticket, and those who went to exchange cash with the Cui family's silver ticket were arrested, and even some stewards and shopkeepers of several other families were arrested!" Speaking of this, Wang Yuan couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately he listened to Wang Tong's words and gave up the cash exchanged from the bank, otherwise the Wang family would definitely be more panicked like several others now.
And now, as long as the Wang family doesn't admit it, no one can have anything to do with the fake silver ticket with the Wang family, and Wang Yuan finally knows how important the old man's caution is.
After listening to Wang Yuan's words, Wang Tong closed his eyes and groaned.
"Father, what now?"
"Don't panic, our Wang family has nothing to do with this."
Wang Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, our Wang family has nothing to do with this matter." Wang Tong's calm appearance made him feel a lot more relieved.
In fact, Wang Tong's heart was not calm at all, as soon as he heard that something had happened, he knew that this time the family was loaded, he had already considered this possibility, although the silver ticket printed by the Cui family looked exactly the same as the silver ticket issued by the Qian Zhuang, but he always felt that the Qian Zhuang would not be so simple.
He didn't let the Wang family fall in, but if the other families were all involved, then the Wang family would definitely not be able to stay alone.
Only the stewards and shopkeepers of a few side branches were arrested, but he was sure that Li Shimin would definitely dig down from these stewards and shopkeepers.
Thinking of this, Wang Tong took a deep breath, a trace of essence flashed in his eyes, and beckoned Wang Yuan to whisper a few words in his ear, and Wang Yuan's face suddenly showed surprise...... (To be continued.) )