When the man heard it, yes, the money was minted by the Baoyuan Bureau, so shouldn't the Baoyuan Bureau take it back and replace it with a new one?

And the Baoyuan Bureau is in charge of the prince, can the prince still pit the people?

Then the man took the copper coin and hurried away.

When the other people who were ready to exchange money saw it, they immediately followed.

The money in my hand is a little worn out, so instead of wasting time here, it is better to go and exchange it for new copper coins and then for silver.

Zhu Bai and the others dispersed, and then instructed the shopkeeper: "In the future, if someone brings a badly worn copper coin, they will reply like this." ”

The shopkeeper admired Zhu Bai very much for turning the danger into a few words, and hurriedly saluted: "Got it." ”

When everyone heard about this, they all collected the copper coins at home and went to the Baoyuan Bureau to exchange for new money.

In just half an hour, the front of the Baoyuan Bureau was full of people who came to exchange money, and the people were full of voices and lively.

The director of the Baoyuan Bureau saw that there were so many people, and they were all here to exchange for new copper coins, so he didn't dare to come out, so he hurriedly asked someone to report to the prince.

He is not stupid, he exchanges new money for worn money, in case Lao Zhu is to blame, does he have to fill the loss in the middle?

Zhu Biao and Liu Bowen are both in Guozijian, so they came quickly.

As soon as the people saw Zhu Biao, they immediately said: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince, be the master of the people." ”

"I wait to get up early and be greedy every day, and I can earn this thousand wen a month. It would be unreasonable to lose dozens of texts. ”

"Yes, these copper coins were issued by the Baoyuan Bureau, and it is reasonable for the Baoyuan Bureau to take them back and recast them."

Zhu Biao listened, pondered for a moment and said to the principal: "Change it." ”

When the principal got Zhu Biao's words, he didn't hesitate, and immediately asked someone to inspect the copper coins received, and if there was no problem, he would exchange the same amount of new copper coins to the other party.

In one morning, he had replaced all the one million copper coins that had been newly minted recently.

The director asked Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, what to do with this old money." ”

Zhu Biao: "It is melted and cast into new money." ”

The director said: "The money here is all broken, so after it is melted, it will definitely not be able to mint 500,000 copper coins, and the minister estimates that it can mint up to 900,000 yuan." ”

Zhu Biao frowned slightly: "What I said is that you can cast as much as you want." ”

The chief hurriedly asked, "What about the gap?" ”

The Baoyuan Bureau received a million copper coins of brass from the household department. The Ministry of Household Affairs also reported to Lao Zhu that one million copper coins had been minted this month.

In the end, if you can't hand over a million, who will carry this pot.

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "Don't be afraid, the palace will go and tell the emperor." ”

Coming out of the Baoyuan Bureau, Liu Bowen asked Zhu Biao: "How does His Royal Highness plan to tell the emperor." ”

Zhu Biao: "Tell me the truth. ”

Liu Bowen said: "No, Your Highness wants to say that it was the King of Xiang who refused to accept these copper coins. His Royal Highness couldn't bear to let the people suffer, so he exchanged new money with the people. ”

Zhu Biao frowned: "This is not appropriate." When the twelfth brother was willing to help, he had already agreed to exchange for the same price. Now that he refuses to accept the broken money, it is also a matter of course, how can this responsibility be put on his head. This is not a gentleman's doing. ”

Liu Bowen couldn't cry or laugh: "Weichen didn't let you shirk your responsibility, but let His Highness change his word, so that he wouldn't be scolded by the emperor?" ”

Zhu Biao shook his head: "Master, don't worry, it's not that I made a mistake in this matter." Whoever comes here will do this, and my father will not scold me. ”

Liu Bowen sighed secretly: Alas, Zhu Biao, you still don't know me enough to understand Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu is such a stingy person, I heard you say that you lost 100,000 yuan, almost 100,000 taels of silver, so it's strange if you don't scold you.

This time, you were calculated by your brother again.

Liu Bowen said: "Your Highness, if the emperor wants Zhu Bai to undertake the matter of minting money and promise to give him copper mines, you must stop it." ”

Zhu Biao frowned and said nothing.

Liu Bowen looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Does Your Highness know that King Xiang has an arsenal outside the palace?" ”

Zhu Biao looked at Liu Bowen in surprise: "No." ”

Liu Bowen sighed: "You really don't know. The King of Xiang has now built more than a thousand Yanling knives and dozens of handcuffs in that arsenal. ”

Zhu Biao looked sluggish and muttered, "When did it start?" Aren't those weapons all made in the palace's war bureau? ”

Liu Bowen: "Your Highness, you are really in the dark. In such a small place in the War Bureau, where can so many weapons be made at once. If the emperor asks in the future, the king of Xiang will definitely use the military situation too small as an excuse. ”

Zhu Biao shook his head: "No, no, no, is it a mistake of the master." My twelfth brother just paid for someone to do it. ”

Zhu Bai made the Yanling knife, he knew.

The last time they went out to patrol, the guards were already armed with a goose feather knife.

Liu Bowen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "His Royal Highness knows King Xiang better than Weichen. This kind of thing, how could he fake it to others. Since the last survey of the house, he got a lot of houses, so he chose a house in a remote location, which was originally a workshop, to develop and manufacture weapons. Anyway, whatever you want in the official tooth bureau, copper, iron, charcoal, and coal are transported directly, and you don't need to go through the household department and the military department at all. ”

What Liu Bowen said later, Zhu Biao didn't hear it.

His mind was full of: My father and I, the twelfth brother who relied on the emperor the most, actually opened a military workshop privately?

This is a crime of rebellion!!

Seeing the imperial study from afar, Zhu Biao stopped, took a deep breath, and adjusted himself.

Let's not talk to Lao Zhu about the military workshop first.

Wait until he asks Zhu Bai.

After Zhu Biao entered the imperial study, he told Lao Zhu about today's causes and consequences.

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was angry and shocked: Son, the loser is not defeated like this. Isn't it clear that you are suffering a loss by exchanging new money for old money like this?

You're one of those tricksters.

But he didn't want to attack directly, for fear of hitting Zhu Biao.

After all, Zhu Biao is also thinking about the people.

Lao Zhu clenched his hands and tried to say in a calm tone, "Very good." Don't do that in the future. ”

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?" Does my father think it's inappropriate? ”

Lao Zhu said: "It's not inappropriate, it's very inappropriate." It's a loss-making deal. I can't do it often. ”

Zhu Bai must have expected it a long time ago, so he refused so simply at that time, and he was willing to help Zhu Biao only after talking about the conditions in advance.

Lao Zhu pondered for a while, and said to Erhu: "Call the old twelve back, and say that we have something urgent to find him." ”

Erhu personally went to the official tooth bureau to invite Zhu Bai. Zhu Bai had already guessed the reason why Lao Zhu was looking for him, so he came back very quickly.

Then Zhu Biao told Zhu Bai about the lack of 100,000 copper coins in the end.

Zhu Bai pretended not to know the reason and asked Lao Zhu: "It stands to reason that silver will wear out after a long time, why doesn't this problem occur when using silver?" ”

Lao Zhu said: "Because after the government casts the silver ingots and sends them down, the people will cut them into broken silver for use." If the broken silver is to be made whole, the silver is also weighed to exchange. ”

The loss of wear and tear is spread across everyone who changes hands.

However, the copper plate cannot be cut, one is used according to one, less is less, and the last person bears the loss.

The current situation is counted on Lao Zhu's head.

Didn't Lao Zhu become the legendary wrongdoer?