131. A bank note stamped with the seal of Shangshufu
Furthermore, although the emperor was young, he was not careless in dealing with matters. If he did not have sufficient evidence, he would never bring this person to them so directly.
But what is he going to do now?
"Wang Shangshu, you came to me in person to buy rice noodles. How can you deny it now? Do you officials like to find scapegoats?"
How could that Westerner dare to care about anything at this time?
Even if he was called "Wang Shangshu", I'm afraid it would be unreasonable to say that they didn't know him.
If the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government are not acquaintances, who can easily call each other's surname and position?
Nangong Shuo raised his lips, glanced at Wang Shangshu, and said: "Wang Aiqing, it seems that this person really knows you."
"Your Majesty is aware of it, Your Majesty is aware of it. This man must have been instructed by someone to frame the minister."
Wang Shangshu kept denying it, but this time, it made the man anxious.
Seeing him sneer "hum hum" twice, he looked at Wang Shangshu and said: "I know that if something happens to you officials, you will default on your debts. Fortunately, I have made preparations."
As he spoke, he took out a banknote stamped with the seal of Shangshufu from his pocket.
In the Northern Xuan Dynasty, in order to control the large-scale circulation of counterfeit coins, after Gu Zixu became prime minister, he ordered that the salaries of ministers in the court should be stamped with the seals of their corresponding positions.
At the same time, major banks must also stamp the corresponding bank seals, so all coins circulating in the market have corresponding seals.
Moreover, after the officials' coins were circulated, civilians could not use them directly. They had to take them to the bank and exchange them for coins with the bank's seal before they could be used.
In other words, the banknote stamped with the seal of the Minister of War in the hands of this Western Region man cannot be given by anyone other than someone from the Minister of War.
Everyone present knew what this stamped banknote meant.
The expressions of the three Wang family members all changed slightly, but Nangong Shuo never spoke, neither angry nor angry, and there was no trace of sullenness in his eyes.
That nonchalant look left everyone at the scene a little confused.
On the other hand, Wang Shangshu, who was already timid and fearful, was so frightened that when he saw the banknote stamped with the seal of the Minister of War, his mind went blank, and he could only keep shouting at Nangong Shuo that he was wronged.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is really unjust. Even if I have the courage, I would not dare to violate the court's prohibition. Someone must have stolen this banknote from the Shangshu Mansion to frame Wei Chen. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
Everyone understands the meaning of his words.
To put it bluntly, it means that those who were hostile to him in the court used the rice noodles incident to frame him in order to get rid of him.
Furthermore, in a roundabout way, he secretly came to Shangguan City.
Except for the Shangguan family, no one in the court dared to touch the Wang family.
But he didn't want to think about who Shangguancheng was, and how he could think that he could bring down the Wang family with a small banknote.
To be so easy, he would have destroyed the Wang family a few years ago.
Nangong Shuo still looked lazy and contented. He was not in a hurry to answer. He knew that at this time, he was not the one who should speak.
The man from the Western Region continued: "Your Majesty, the common people knew that their sins were unforgivable. In order to protect themselves, the common people specifically asked Wang Shangshu to sign his name on the purchase note..."
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