Several inspectors held the man down, then took the silver coin from his hand, and the inspector at the head picked up the silver coin and weighed it in his hand, and then blew it vigorously and put it to his ear to listen.

After a few moments, he blew again, then listened again, three times in a row, and then handed the coin to another inspector beside him. After the inspection was over, he nodded at him and confirmed: "It's fake!" ”

Even though silver coins have been issued for several years, they are still not widely popular, and are only available in Luoyang, Wujing, and some large cities.

The leading inspector said to the man: "What a bold man, he dares to use fake money, the saint has repeatedly ordered that it is a felony to dare to make fake money, this is to give credit to my brothers!" ”

"San'er, tie him up, and wait for the government office!"

"Okay!"

"Master Jun, Master Jun, I didn't make this money, the villain was also deceived, Master Jun, you just let the villain go" The man didn't even beg for a while, and was forced to tie up.

"If you didn't make it, you have to take it back and investigate it! Tie it up! ”

After the inspector tied up the man, he said to the vendor next to him: "You found out that this person used fake money, right, according to the system, there is a reward, do you go to the government office to receive the reward or come back tomorrow?" ”

"I'm going to get the money now!" As soon as the peddler heard that he had received the reward, he immediately became excited, beckoned a few acquaintances to help him watch the stall, and then happily followed him to receive the reward.

After the circulation of silver coins increased, counterfeit money naturally appeared. You must know that even the broken silver is fake, let alone these silver coins? In the past, copper coins had a lot of bad money, how could those people endure the huge profits of silver coins.

Therefore, in order to crack down on counterfeit money, Wang Xinzhao ordered that those who report counterfeit money will be rewarded, with a minimum reward of one silver coin, and if they can provide clues to catch counterfeit silver coins, they will be rewarded with 1,000 silver coins.

It is also because of this that the small vendors in Luoyang City are all wide-eyed, and once they find that someone is using counterfeit silver coins, they will immediately report it. Over this time, hundreds of people have been arrested in various parts of the imperial court for using counterfeit silver coins.

Counterfeit silver coins have not been around for long, mainly because of the difficulty of counterfeiting. The silver coins of the imperial court are not like copper coins, after the copper is melted, then poured into the model to cool, and finally the model is dismantled and the copper coin is simply polished to the corners.

The silver coin is pressed, which is pressed by water conservancy machinery, because of the process problem, the pressure of the coin press is limited, and the silver plate needs to be heated and softened, and then pressed. Also due to process problems, the pattern of silver coins is not particularly clear when pressed, so it needs to be manually engraved.

After this treatment, the pattern of the silver coin will be very clear and beautiful, and after weighing and comparison, so that the silver coin is completed.

The main difficulty in making silver coins is the coin press, this kind of machinery can only be made by the master of Luoyang, each set of coin presses is numbered, it is impossible to circulate at all, which is why counterfeit silver coins will appear two or three years after the issuance of silver coins.

The counterfeit silver coins found by the imperial court are not one, but several, the most inferior silver coins are minted, this kind of fake silver coins have bubbles on the surface, look different, easy to identify, and the quality of other counterfeit silver coins is also uneven.

And the silver content of fake silver coins is much lower than that of real silver coins. And in order to make the counterfeit silver coin have enough weight, lead and copper, or tin, are added to it. With the addition of lead and tin, the silver coin is softer when heated, easier to shape, and does not change much in color.

Therefore, most of the fake silver coins are doped with lead and tin, and the patterns on the surface are blurred, far less clear than the real silver dollars, and the color is relatively dull, which looks like they are caused by wear and tear over a long period of time, but as long as you blow it, you can distinguish the real from the fake.

The sound of the real silver dollar blowing is very good, and the fake silver dollar also has a sound, but if it is mixed with too much copper, the sound will become sharp, and if it is mixed with too much lead and tin, the sound will become dull.

During this time, the imperial court arrested a large number of people who used fake silver dollars, but it is still not clear where the fake silver dollars came from.

The people arrested by the imperial court who used fake silver dollars were interrogated, and there was not much news. Many of these people did not know whether the silver dollar was real or fake, but obtained it from other people through trading and other means.

When the imperial court brought people to arrest those people again, those people directly refused to admit it, because there was no direct evidence, and the imperial court had no way for a while. Or some people just can't find it.

Because the vast majority of the people arrested by the imperial court were after the third, fourth, or even more transactions of silver coins, it was difficult to arrest the mastermind.

After Wang Xin saw the arrest of the fake silver dollar crime, he returned to the palace that night and ordered someone to go to ask where the fake silver dollar case was going. After the chamberlain sent the file, Wang Xin looked through the file and found that the progress of the case was a little slow, and his brows were furrowed.

In fact, many officials do not attach much importance to the counterfeit silver dollar case. After all, although there is a fake word in the fake silver dollar, there is still silver in the silver dollar, and seriously speaking, this fake silver dollar still has some value. It is different from counterfeit money that has no value in the real world and has no value in the future.

In addition, although the imperial court minted a large number of silver dollars every year, they were still in short supply, and these fake silver coins were also used as currency for circulation. Many officials in the court felt that it was not a bad thing. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that these officials have other ideas in their minds.

You must know that there are no ordinary people who can make bad money and counterfeit money since ancient times. Ordinary people who have the technology and guts? Moreover, counterfeit silver coins require silver and copper, and ordinary people can't get them.

Only those officials, heroes, nobles, or people with whom they are inextricably linked can do this. The imperial court minted silver coins with about forty percent of the profits, and the profits of these counterfeit silver coins were at least doubled.

The appearance of these counterfeit silver coins has seriously damaged the authority of the imperial court, and at the same time has also harmed the interests of the people.

Wang Xin looked through these files and found that the trial officials had been trying for two months, and no useful information had been found during the trial, so he immediately issued an edict to urge them, and sent court captains, embroidered envoys, and inspectors to assist in the trial.

He now wondered whether the officials in charge of the trial had any contact with those people or had received hints from certain people. At the same time, the secret guard was sent to investigate these matters.

For the discipline of officials, he has always been low-minded.

(End of chapter)