The first thousand two hundred and twenty-five chapters
In the flat wooden box in front of Chen Qing, there are two identical tickets. The so-called tickets are fixed-money tickets issued by the counter shop. Each counter ticket has a secret seal, which is a password. The counter check can be recognized or not by the counter shop. As long as the tickets are face-to-face and the seals are correct, people can exchange them for copper coins. There are five denominations of one hundred guan, five hundred guan, one thousand guan, five thousand guan, and ten thousand guan. They have only been put into trial use this year.
The banknotes in front of Chen Qing were 10,000-guan notes. Their serial numbers were exactly the same, and the paper quality, workmanship, and printing were all exactly the same. They were simply the best imitations among high imitations.
Someone started to make counterfeit tickets. This was a big deal. Chen Qing quickly asked: "Where was it issued? And where was it found?"
"It was issued in Xiangyang and found in Jingzhao. It was a Lin'an businessman who exchanged 50,000 yuan in Xiangyang. Xiangyang gave him five stamps. The other four were fine, but there was something wrong with the fifth one. , another one just like it has been redeemed. This afternoon, the first counter found this counter ticket and immediately came to us."
"Which one is true and which one is false?"
"It should be that the one that has been exchanged is fake. The one the merchant brought today is genuine. He has five consecutive numbers. Moreover, the identity of the merchant, family records, etc. are all clear, so the possibility of forgery is low."
"Don't they all have seals?"
"The seal is five numbers, that's right."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment. This situation should be relatively simple. Either the businessman leaked it, or there was an insider in the shop. Although he lost 10,000 yuan, the incident itself was very bad.
"When did the money exchange happen?"
"Yesterday morning!"
Chen Qingdang immediately ordered: "This is the biggest crime of the year. General Zhong is responsible for the investigation and organized capable men to find out the crime, find out the people behind it, and recover 10,000 yuan. In addition, inform the counter that Ticket production is suspended!"
"Follow the order!"
After a pause, Chen Qing continued: "Notify the counter that the merchant's ten thousand yuan must be paid normally, but the internal guards will send someone to monitor him and not allow him to escape."
Wang Hao and Zhong Huan agreed and hurried away.
Chen Qing was really a little annoyed. The issuance of invoices by the counters was the basis for their preparations to issue Jiaozi next year, but something happened at this critical moment. This eucalyptus seemed isolated, but his intuition told him that someone had been keeping an eye on the counters for a long time. .
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In the carriage, Wang Hao asked Zhong Huan: "Where do you plan to start with this piece of eucalyptus?"
"Beizhi is considering starting from two aspects. The first is to investigate the leakage of the secret seal, and the second is to investigate the whereabouts of the 10,000 yuan. Therefore, Beizhi plans to set up two teams. Qiu Qing is responsible for investigating the leakage of the secret seal, and Wang Zhi is responsible for investigating the whereabouts of the 10,000 yuan. The whereabouts of Guan Qian.”
"Okay! But I suggest you prepare more soldiers. In the end, I'm afraid it will be a fierce battle."
"What do you mean by control? Maybe it was done by the Jin Kingdom or the Song Dynasty?"
Wang Hao said slowly: "It's very possible, and maybe it was Zhang Jun. After all, it was a bill issued by Xiangyang, which is too close to Zhang Jun's territory."
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Voting is a new thing that was launched this year. Once accepted, small-amount Jiaozi will be launched. Issuing Jiaozi has always been the focus of Chen Qing's consideration. The idea was proposed the year before last, but it was unanimously rejected by the Internal Affairs Bureau for the same reason. It's very simple. After the Jingkang chaos, the millions of Guanjiaozi and Huizi issued in the Northern Song Dynasty were basically invalid.
The people who held a large amount of Jiaozi suffered serious losses. The people were dissatisfied when talking about paper. No one accepted the currency made of paper. Ningyuan wanted iron money but did not accept Jiaozi.
Another problem is that during the Xuanhe period, the Xuanfu Envoy Office on Sichuan Road also issued Jiaozi. Now there are still more than one million coins that have not been redeemed. If the current Xuanfu Envoy Office issues Jiaozi, then the Jiaozi issued before will Do you recognize it or not?
Of course, the Internal Affairs Bureau did not want to wipe the butt of the former Xuanfu Envoy, so it has always been firmly opposed to Chen Qing's issuance of Jiaozi.
Now there is a more serious problem, counterfeiting. The 10,000-guan note has been copied. If the five-guan or ten-guan Jiaozi is issued, then fakes will be rampant.
It can be said that the sudden fraud incident has seriously affected Chen Qing's Jiaozi plan. If it is not handled well, his Jiaozi plan will fail again.
Chen Qing attaches great importance to this project, and his subordinates also work particularly hard.
Early the next morning, Zhong Huan and the commander Qiu Qing found the merchant in question at the No. 1 counter shop. The merchant was named Yu Hong, who was from Bianliang. The Yuji Silk and Satin Cloth Shop they opened was once one of the three major cloth shops in Bianliang. First, it is also one of the best in Lin'an. Now the Yu family also wants to open a store in Jingzhao. This time, the Yu family also transferred the money to Xiangyang through Hu Yun's relationship, and then made 50,000 yuan of invoices at Xiangyang Cabinet Shop. Come to Jingzhao to withdraw money.
This was very convenient, but something went wrong, which really made Yu Hong extremely frustrated. He couldn't sleep all night.
However, the counter shop found him one morning and promised to exchange it for him. Yu Hong was overjoyed and rushed to the counter shop to go through the formalities.
Yu Hong had just withdrawn the money and deposited it into the counter. The 50,000 yuan turned into a counter note, and there was also a half jade piece to withdraw the money. He could take it away at any time. Now Yu Hong was finally relieved.
At this time, the shopkeeper of the cabinet took him to a reception hall, where he saw two men in military uniforms sitting next to a scribe in charge of recording, and behind them stood five or six soldiers.
The shopkeeper of the cabinet introduced him: "This is General Zhong, the commander of the internal guards, and next to him is General Qiu, the commander of the internal guards!"
Hearing that he was a famous general of the internal defense, Yu Hong suddenly became nervous after letting go, and he quickly saluted.
Zhong Huan waved his hand politely and said: "Dongzhu Yu, please sit down!"
Yu Hong sat down across from them uneasily. Zhong Huan glanced at the scribe in charge of recording and saw that he was ready, so he slowly said: "Dongzhu Yu's notes have been exchanged, right?"
"Already redeemed, just redeemed!"
"This was specially approved by King Yong. Normally, it would be approved only after investigating the case. However, King Yong was worried that Dongzhu Yu was in urgent need of money, so he gave special approval."
"Ah! Thank you so much, Your Highness King Yong. I am really in urgent need of money. I am going to the west of the city to buy land this afternoon."
Zhong Huan nodded, "Although His Highness King Yong gave you special permission to buy the land, we still have to do business and ask the proprietor to cooperate with us in investigating the eucalyptus."
"I will cooperate fully!"
Zhong Huan and Qiu Qing exchanged glances, and Qiu Qing began to ask: "Dongzhu Yu issued the invoice at Sichuan-Shaanxi Cabinet Shop in Xiangyang, right?"
"Yes! I gave a total of 50,000 guan to the Sichuan-Shaanxi cabinet shop, and a hundred guan to the shop, and they gave me five invoices."
"Then from Xiangyang Cabinet to Jingzhao Cabinet, did you show your stamp to anyone, or did you reveal the secret seal while drinking?"
Yu Hong shook his head quickly, "I never drink, and I understand the principle of keeping wealth secret. I put these five invoices in a brocade bag, and then my wife kept them close to her. I have never taken them out."
"You must have never shown it to anyone other than you and your wife?"
Yu Hong hesitated for a moment, and Qiu Qing immediately caught his hesitation, "It seems like you showed it to others, right?"
"It's not for outsiders to see. When I went through the formalities at Xiangyang Cabinet Shop, I went through it with my brother-in-law. Then when the shopkeeper of the cabinet shop made the ticket for me, my brother-in-law was also there. He just took a look.
He gave it back to me. He didn't know the secret seal. I wrote it on the paper and gave it to the cabinet maker. At that time, I wrote five seven characters."
"Why did you choose five Qi characters?" Qiu Qing asked.
Yu Hong scratched his head and said, "Because my secret seal in Baoji Cabinet is also five sevens. I am afraid that I will forget it, so I usually write five sevens."
"Does your wife know about the secret seal?"
"She knows, I told her."
"Then does your brother-in-law know?"
"This... you probably don't know!"
"should?"
Qiu Qing sneered and said, "Are you sure your wife won't tell him?"
"I don't know. He left yesterday and asked to go back to Lin'an to check the store. I was a little worried, so I sent him back to Lin'an to take care of the goods."
Qiu Qing asked Yu Hong to leave first, and Zhong Huan immediately ordered: "His brother-in-law is the first suspect. Go to Lantian Pass or Wuguan to intercept him immediately."