When Yang Yuanqing heard that it was Pei You, he smiled, "Let the guards bring her in!" ”

After a pause, Yang Yuanqing instructed again, "Don't go to the main gate, go upstairs through the side door." ”

It's not that I'm afraid of people seeing it, because Ziwei Pavilion is a military location, and it's not that ordinary people are usually not allowed to enter, businesswomen like Pei You who don't have official titles, don't say Ziwei Pavilion, even Jinyang Palace is not easy to enter, today because it is a court, and it is only an occasional visit, it doesn't hurt.

It's just that Yang Yuanqing has to consider the face of the Xiangguo, and let Pei You come in through the main entrance, and he will be unhappy if the Xiangguo knows about it, so he can only come in through the side door.

Not long after, two guards led Pei You to Yang Yuanqing's official room, and Pei Qingsong came in to report, "Your Highness, she is here!" ”

"Come in!"

The door opened, Pei Qingsong let Pei You into the room, and specially closed the door, Yang Yuanqing secretly shook his head in his heart, "Where did this Pei Qingsong think of in his heart?" ”

Pei You was a little nervous, although she had always liked Yang Yuanqing very much, but she also knew in her heart that Yang Yuanqing could not take a fancy to herself, she had no figure, no appearance, and even more so a widow with a child, so she didn't want to think about it, but it was okay to let him take care of his business.

Pei You is self-aware, since her husband died, she has seen the love of men and women very lightly, and she is dedicated to doing business to make money to raise her daughter, in her opinion, if there is no man to rely on, it can only rely on money, so the Pei family wants to smash her shop, that is to smash her life, she would rather die than let the Pei family succeed.

She stepped forward and gave a deep blessing salute, "Pei You, the people's daughter, meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing only thought that Pei You was his eldest sister-in-law, of course he didn't have any other ideas, and yesterday he also heard about the incident that happened in the Yuan'an wine shop. He wasn't surprised. He knew that the Pei family would not tolerate Pei You becoming a businesswoman, and if she was selling wine, there would be a conflict sooner or later. Either Pei You closed the shop to get married, or there was a widow and secluded house, or the Pei family expelled Pei You from the family. Severance.

The final result was really severed relations, and Yang Yuanqing also admired Pei You's courage, which made him think of his past, wasn't he expelled from the Yang family back then?

Admiration is admiration, sympathy is sympathy, but in this matter, he can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretend that he doesn't know anything, and it has nothing to do with him. It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, and he doesn't want to annoy the Pei family in this matter.

Fortunately, the matter has been resolved, and Yang Yuanqing will no longer mention the matter. He smiled. "Is there something wrong with Sister You?"

This call of Sister You made Pei You's heart warm, and Yang Yuanqing did not look the other way because he was expelled from the Pei family. He treated himself the same as before, but Pei You was also a smart person, she knew that Yang Yuanqing would be embarrassed in her own affairs, so she didn't mention yesterday's incident at all, she took out the brocade bag, 'Wow! With a bang, he poured out a pile of silver coins.

"Your Highness, take a look for yourself! These were all fake coins, and our liquor store received more than fifty of them. ”

Yang Yuanqing's smile retracted, his face became solemn, he stepped forward and picked up a silver coin from the table, and Pei You needed to compare it to find out that it was different, Yang Yuanqing knew that this was a fake coin as soon as he started it, it was much heavier, and it must have been cast with white copper.

Yang Yuanqing held the money in the palm of his hand and carefully inspected this fake silver coin, the workmanship was quite exquisite, no less than the silver money they minted, and even the details of the edge outline were exactly the same.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but gasp, when he investigated and dealt with several fake copper money cases, he had a little experience, the general folk mint counterfeit money, most of them are relatively rough, even if it is a strong workshop, it can't do exactly the same mold, the workmanship is so exquisite, only the official model can do it.

And in just half a month to complete the mold, cast fake money to the market, this is by no means a private counterfeiter can do, even Li Mi, Wang Shichong they can't do it, Yang Yuanqing's mind jumped out of a thought, this is the Tang Dynasty launched fake money.

He immediately ordered, "Quickly let Wei Ben come to see me!" ”

Pei You saw Yang Yuanqing's solemn face, knowing that the matter was more serious, she didn't dare to say more, so she got up to say goodbye, Yang Yuanqing didn't keep her, and ordered the guards to send her out of the palace.

For Yang Yuanqing, the appearance of fake silver coins is indeed very serious, although fake silver coins are cast from white copper, which can be distinguished by weight, but to get a silver coin, you must first consider its authenticity, who will accept such money?

This will seriously damage the reputation of the silver money and make the silver money issue fail, which is a consequence that Yang Yuanqing cannot accept in any case, although he is ready for the appearance of fake money, but this time the appearance of fake money is extraordinary.

What's more important is that the fake money is very likely to be minted by the Tang Dynasty, and once it is determined that it was done by the Tang Dynasty, it is not as simple as a little fake money to disrupt the market.

They would mint a large number of fake money, which would not only seriously damage the interests of the Sui Dynasty, but also allow fake silver money to appear in large numbers in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty people would no longer accept the fake silver money of the Sui Dynasty.

This method of expelling good money with bad money will eventually lead to the failure of the Sui Dynasty to issue silver coins, and even in turn will allow a large amount of Sui Dynasty materials to flow into the Tang Dynasty.

Only then did Yang Yuanqing realize that there was a big loophole in his plan to plunder the wealth of the Tang Dynasty with silver, and this loophole had been found by the Tang Dynasty.

This made Yang Yuanqing feel a sense of frustration, and he tried his best to complete a plan, only to find that the plan did not work, and was easily destroyed by his opponent.

Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, pondering countermeasures, but then again, things have not yet reached the point of complete despair, and there is still a way to save them.

The reason why silver money is easy to be knocked down by fake money is because its value is low, circulation is relatively common, farmers who sell vegetables, and aunts who buy rice will use it, they may not be able to identify, if every silver coin has to be identified, what should be done with millions and tens of millions?

The cost of identifying counterfeit money is too high, and it will cause a serious sense of distrust, so you will eventually give up using silver money, but it is not the same if you use silver cakes.

A silver cake ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, the quantity is small, the value is high, generally professional businessmen to handle, they can easily identify, even if the Tang Dynasty is fake, it is almost difficult to have an effect, because the people who handle it are specialized merchants, almost no one will use fake silver cakes to trade.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing's worried heart was slightly relaxed, and the silver coins had not yet begun to be issued in large quantities, and it was too late to stop, as long as they were recast, the loss was not large.

At this time, the guards reported outside the door, "Your Highness, General Wei asks to see!" ”

"Come in!"

The door opened, and the internal guard general Wei Ben hurriedly walked in, knelt down on one knee, and saluted with a fist held high, "Humble Wei Ben see His Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "Fake silver money has appeared in the market, why don't you report it?" ”

Wei Ben was taken aback and hurriedly reported: "As of last night, there was no fake money in the market, and the humble post would receive reports every day, and there was no information in this regard. ”

Yang Yuanqing swept it with his hand, 'Wow! With a bang, more than 50 fake silver coins were swept to the ground, jumping all over the ground, Yang Yuanqing pointed to the silver coins all over the ground and scolded: "Open your dog's eyes and see, what are these?" ”

Wei Ben picked up a few fake coins, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he was also very familiar with the newly issued silver coins, as soon as he got it in his hand, he knew that it was indeed fake money, and he was terrified.

He hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The lowly office is also worried about the appearance of fake money, so he specially sent thirty brothers to monitor the silver money in the market every day, and there will be reports to me every day. ”

Yang Yuanqing secretly thought in his heart, 'Could it be that the fake money only appeared today?' ’

"What about today's report?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"I haven't seen it yet, and it is estimated that it has been sent to the government office."

"Send someone to fetch it at once."

Wei Ben hurriedly retreated, ran down Ziwei Pavilion, found his henchmen who accompanied him, and ordered them a few words, and his subordinates immediately rushed away, Wei Ben didn't dare to go upstairs, so he stood downstairs and waited anxiously.

About half an hour later, his subordinates came running with a report in their hands, sweating profusely, "General, I got it!"

Wei Ben got the report and hurriedly opened it, this is actually a daily internal security report, all kinds of messy news, and then the internal guard sorted out a formal report every three days and reported it to Yang Yuanqing.

Wei Ben took advantage of the faint light of the lantern at the gate to turn four or five pages in one breath, and suddenly he was refreshed, turned around and ran upstairs.

"Your Highness, I have it in today's report." Wei Ben walked into the official room and reported impatiently.

Yang Yuanqing was standing in front of the window with his hands down, staring at the dark night sky, and for a while, he said coldly: "What does the report say?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the report said that at noon today, there was a fake silver coin in Beishi, which was minted with white copper, and someone has found it and sued the official."

After a moment of silence, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "What is the movement of the Bafang Wine Shop?" ”

The internal guard has been monitoring Tang Feng's Bafang Wine Shop, and some people even mixed in to make a buddy, if it was done by the Tang Dynasty, then it should have something to do with the Bafang Wine Shop, Wei Ben turned his face and turned the report again, there was a report about the Bafang Wine Shop.

"Your Highness, Li Shouzhong, the proprietor of the Bafang Wine Shop, did not come today, and a few guys also took sick leave."

Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, "I suspect that this fake silver coin was committed by the Tang Dynasty, and the Bafang Wine Store is extremely suspicious, so I started to investigate it from the Bafang Wine Shop." ”

"But in this way, the Tang Dynasty will know that the Bafang Wine Store has been exposed, and we can only destroy it, Your Highness, maybe it wasn't the Tang Dynasty, can we finally investigate the Bafang Wine Shop?"

"No way!"

Yang Yuanqing categorically rejected Wei Ben's suggestion, "I'll only give you one night, tomorrow I don't want to hear any more news of fake silver money flowing into the market, fake silver money is very important, it doesn't matter if the Bafang wine shop stays or not, just start from the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Wei Ben didn't dare to refuse anymore, so he had to bow down and agree, "Obey orders!" ”