Inside the study, the tea is scattered.

Li Xuan, Wang Bo, and Yu Ze, the three of them stood opposite each other, their faces solemn at the same time,

Li Xuan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "If it doesn't end here, it must not stop here." The Shaofu Prison is heavily guarded, if there is really a problem with the Qian Mo, then what secrets does the Shaofu Supervisor have to keep, and what secrets does the palace have to keep, isn't this Qian Mou everywhere? ”

"The prince doesn't know." Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan with a straight face and said: "In the Shaofu prison, there is not only one money mold for coinage, since the founding of Gaozu, it has been nearly a mile ago. Money molds are not eternal, and when a certain number of copper coins are made, the money molds will be destroyed naturally.

Therefore, every time money is made, the amount of money is estimated in advance, and after a batch of copper coins is made, the money mold is generally damaged.

Even if it is not damaged, the imperial court will directly order it to be destroyed, and the money model will not be left under normal circumstances. ”

Li Xuan didn't know much about the mystery in this, he looked at Wang Bo and asked puzzledly: "In that case, why is Mr. worried that something is wrong with the young superintendent?" ”

Wang Bo said with a solemn face: "In the ancient money, the sand casting method used was the mother money, that is, the mother money was used to make the child money, and then the child money was used as a model, and then the child money was recreated, and the sand casting method was used for the mother money.

I use the lost wax method, so every time I renovate Kaiyuan Tongbao, I use the mother money to make the child money, so each batch of money is exactly the same as before, the same exquisite. According to the system, each money mold must be destroyed after use.

But if there is a dollar mold that is not destroyed once, then it is a big problem. ”

Wang Bo sighed with emotion and said: "If it is the ancient money making method, if there is an imitation of evil money, then you can deduce which batch of molds from the bad money has a problem. But now, because each batch is almost exactly the same reason, it is impossible to determine exactly when the problem occurred, and it is difficult to find out. ”

Li Xuan instantly gasped and said, "Doesn't this mean that not only have problems happened in the past, but there will be more similar things in the future." ”

"Bad money will be born in a steady stream." Yu Ze's face turned ugly at the same time.

"The only good news is that the difference in the amount of copper used in these two copper coins should be only a few points, and even if someone benefits, the benefit is not great." Wang Bo said, put the evil money in his hand on the table, and his expression was a little relaxed.

"That's not the case." Li Xuan shook his head, and said with a solemn face: "The court mints money, and each batch of money will have a large number of benefits flowing into the court from the people, if someone replaces the court at this time and mints similar evil money, not only the interests that should flow into the treasury have not flowed into the treasury, but there are even more interests that have been harvested, and what this king is most worried about is that this is still the beginning." ”

Li Xuan and Wang Bo have different identities and different positions, so they naturally look at things from different angles.

Before walking to the window of the study, looking at the inverted weeping willows outside, Li Xuan said softly: "Just like back then, every time the imperial court mints new money, it will reduce the proportion of copper in a small amount, and it will decrease more and more each time; Now this person is using the method of the court and the middle of the year, plundering the wealth of the people little by little.

If, as we did back then, the proportion of copper in copper coins is reduced one by one, it will not be long before the bad money trend of the year will occur again...... Unless it's the most murderous head like the last time. ”

Back then, Li Zhi and Empress Wu used this method to relieve the pressure on the court, they were to plunder the interests of the people, and now some people follow suit, digging the corners of the court.

Li Xuan can see it, how can Li Zhi and Empress Wu not see it, the consequences are terrible, you can imagine it.

None of those people in the court were easy to mess with.

Although the imperial court lost face once in the matter of sealing Quanbao, they immediately found out who was casting evil money behind the scenes, and all of a sudden, people's heads were rolling and blood flowed like a river.

"Tang Law Shu Theory", all private money-makers, beheaded; The family members sat together and flowed for 3,000 miles; Those who have prepared the tools and have not cast them shall be imprisoned for two years; and he that hath not been prepared shall have a hundred rods. Li Xuan looked at Wang Bo and said in a low voice: "When the Zhang family in Longxi was wiped out, Mr. was in Chang'an, so he should see it for himself." ”

The ancestor of the Zhang family in Longxi was the founder of Yunguogong, with a wide range of connections, and his descendants were involved in the matter of money models, and more than 500 people were all killed.

The other distant relatives were all exiled to Yazhou.

The end was miserable, so that for several years, those who did not dare to imitate it effectively,

"However, the evil money is endless, although the Zhang family in Longxi is dead, but in the south of the two Huai rivers, the evil money is becoming more and more rampant, but the evil money is in very poor shape, so it has not caused a greater impact, and now this new evil money, following the law of the imperial court of the year, so it goes on, a few years later, more than ten years or even decades later, the whole world money and goods are no longer owned by the Li family."

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and there were deep hidden dangers in this.

Especially now, Li Zhi is planning revenge against Tubo, but now someone is digging into his corner, openly and secretly obstructing him.

Li Xuan's letter goes up, and within a few days, there will be a response immediately, and a careless mistake is a huge turmoil.

Fortunately, it is detected early now, and the harm is not great, and even if something happens, it can be controlled within a certain range.

"Lord Wang, where is Dou Changshi?" Yu Ze suddenly mentioned Dou Xuande.

Li Xuan found such exquisite evil money in Yangzhou, and Dou Xuande, the governor of Yangzhou and the assassin of Yangzhou, could not get rid of responsibility in this matter no matter what.

"I am loyal to Your Majesty, Dou Changshi, I believe he will have countermeasures." Li Xuan's expression was very calm, as if the person who was talking and laughing with Dou Xuande in the Governor's Mansion in the afternoon was not him.

For those who are really in a high position, they need to be vigilant the most.

Li Zhi has already taught this point.

If you want to get something, sometimes the right way is to do it properly.

Like this one of his memoirs.

Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but this surprise quickly disappeared without a trace, Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan seriously: "Lord Wang, is there any good solution to evil money?" ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan directly gave a positive answer, and now not only Wang Bo, but also Yu Ze opened his eyes at the same time, and then listened to Li Xuan say very calmly: "Copper mine, as long as you can find a large copper mine, and then mine coinage, you can naturally solve the disadvantages of bad money." ”

The appearance of bad money, in the final analysis, is that copper is too expensive.

The scarcity of the world has led to the high price of copper, and even if the copper money is smelted into a Buddhist vessel, it is more valuable than the copper money itself, so the best way is to let the world have more copper, so that the price of money will naturally come down, and the bad money can be solved.

This is also a copper shortage in many people's mouths.

"The prince laughed, if the copper mine can be found so easily, then the DPRK has already discovered it I don't know how much." Wang Bo and Yu Ze looked at each other, with wry smiles on their faces.

"So what." Li Xuan took the two copper coins in his hand, looked at them, and said softly: "It's like these two copper coins, although the fake ones are different in weight, they are not much worse, so this money maker either has a cabinet in his hand, or has found a big copper mine, or has great ambitions." ”

In fact, if you just have a cabinet shop in your hand, although there is a risk of killing your head in front of you, in the final analysis, it is just a businessman seeking profit.

However, he secretly found a large copper mine, and then mined it privately, or collected a large number of Kaiyuan Tongbao from the world and smelted it.

This method is the least profitable, but it is the most feared because it is too ambitious.

"In this way, you can use this line to check directly, and it is best to find the money mold, and then follow the vine to find all the melons." Yu Ze ignored Li Xuan's sensitive words in English, looked at Wang Bo and said: "Sir, why don't you and I go back, and write an investigation strategy now, now this matter is in Yangzhou, I can't intervene, but in the future, I can still show my skills." ”

"That's good, I don't know the prince?" Wang Bo turned his head to look at Li Xuan: "Is the prince still going out today?" ”

"If you want to go out, I'm going to visit Li Shan and Li Shulu tonight, he has a good relationship with his uncle Guan Ouyang Tong, this time I came to Yangzhou, and my uncle deliberately instructed me to visit, and by the way, I learned about the current situation in Jiangnan."

Li Xuan whispered a name, Wang Bo was suddenly in a trance, and said softly: "That's right, Li Shan and Li Shulu were also pardoned in the first year of Shangyuan. ’

Li Shan, the son of Li Yuanzhe, the former commander of Kuocang County, was born in Jiangxia Li and originated from the Li family of Zhao County.

Li Shan's secretary Lang, for the Jingcheng County Order, is honest and honest, upright, has a gentleman's charm, learns through the ancient and modern, and is known as the book.

But in the first year of Qianfeng, Li Shan was recommended by Helan Minzhi as a bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, turned to Lantailang, promoted to Chongxian Pavilion Bachelor, joined the army in Xinglu Wangfu, and served as a waiter of King Pei, teaching the prince Li Xian.

Later, when Helan Min's incident happened, Li Shan was also implicated, and finally went to Lingnan.

In the first year of Shangyuan, the emperor changed the yuan and granted amnesty to the world, and Li Shan had to return, but he no longer set foot in officialdom.

Ouyang Tong is a bachelor of Confucianism and has a lot to do with Li Shan.

Li Shan admired Ouyang Xun's calligraphy and learned from Ouyang Tong, and there was an incense love between the two, so Ouyang Tong let Li Xuan come this time, and he also had a lot of care.

And Wang Bo was the writer of Pei Wangfu's text back then, and he met Li Shan.

The same degraded, the same released.

The most important thing is that Li Shan is a local, and he knows more about all the forces in Yangzhou, and even about bad money, than Li Xuan.