However, what Zhou Yanru and Cai Guoyong didn't expect was that their movements were still slower than those of the Donglin Party, not only slow, but also a lot slower!

At noon on the same day, a copy of the impeachment of Cao Juan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was sent to Emperor Chongzhen's case, which was sent by Zhang Baoxiang, the inspector of the Imperial Procuratorate.

Cao Jian was impeached for being corrupt and perverting the law, committing fraud for personal gain, cutting corners and filling his own pockets when supervising the production of money, so that the money made by the Yu Hengqing Officials Division under the Ministry of Industry had very low copper content and poor quality, and could not be used at all, and the people complained!

There are four divisions under the Ministry of Industry, namely the Yingqi Qing Officials Division, the Yu Heng Qing Officials Division, the Dushui Qing Officials Division, and the Tuntian Qing Officials Division.

Yu Heng Qing Officials Division is in charge of the weights and measures system, the manufacture and receipt of official utensils, as well as the write-off of military expenditures, military supplies, firearms manufacturing, etc., which are also managed by this department, and finally managed to cast money!

Now all the currencies of the Ming Dynasty are made in this division, and the problem this time is the "Chongzhen Tongbao" made by Chongzhen in four years.

In order to prove the facts he said, Zhang Baoxiang also attached three coins made by Chongzhen in four years to the fold, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but pick up these three copper coins and look at them carefully.

Seeing that these three copper coins are gray-black throughout, almost no copper can be seen, all of them are lead, not only that, but this copper coin is also very thin, compared to normal copper coins, not even half of the thickness!

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, this is the copper coin produced during his reign, it just looked like this, if it was put for a few years, it is estimated that it will be dilapidated and broken, this is still it!

He is still in power, and the copper coin is broken and broken first, and it cannot be used, isn't this a hint to the world that his life is short!

"Passing the decree, the three law divisions are investigating the case of Yu Hengqing of the Ministry of Industry making money, and I want to see the results as soon as possible!"

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the three divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately launched an investigation into the Yu Hengqing Division of the Ministry of Industry, and for a while, the people of the Ministry of Industry were panicked!

"Adults save me! Adults save me! ”

Cao Juan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, hurriedly found Zhou Yanru and shouted loudly, with an anxious look.

At this time, Zhou Yanru had just gotten the news and was about to go to Cao Jue, but he Cao Jue came by himself.

Don't blame Cao Jian for being timid, this case is really too big, once it is confirmed, with Emperor Chongzhen's temper, it will be to raid the house and destroy the door, and the entire Cao family is estimated to be difficult to survive!

"Master Cao, don't panic, we have to hold steady!"

Zhou Yanru just helped Cao Jian sit down, and then comforted him: "I have been casting money since the beginning of the temple lord (Wanli Emperor) dynasty, and it has been like this slowly, this is not an overnight thing, if you really want to be held accountable, should you be held responsible, or the responsibility of the previous Ministry of Industry, or the responsibility of all previous scholars!" ”

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Cao Jian was slightly relieved, if this matter was the first thing he Cao Jian did, it would be to borrow a hundred guts from him, and he wouldn't dare!

It turns out that this matter has to start from the time of the Wanli Emperor, when Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law, Ding Gong was spread into the acres of land, and the collection was collected together, and the gold, silver, copper, and iron mines were all encouraged to be mined by merchants and people, and the imperial court sent officials to collect taxes on the mines.

As a result, the amount of copper coins produced will naturally increase exponentially, and the quantity will decrease significantly.

Later, in the twentieth year of Wanli, in order to assist North Korea in resisting the invasion of the Japanese invaders, the military expenditure soared by more than ten or twenty times, but the income did not increase!

In order to cope with this situation, Emperor Wanli had to send eunuchs to collect taxes all over the country on the one hand, and increase the minting of money on the other hand to supplement the financial revenue!

Before the 20th year of Wanli, there were only 60 money furnaces in the country to cast money, and by the 20th year of Wanli, it had reached 100 money furnaces, and by the 30th year of Wanli, it had reached 450!

It is conceivable that at that time, the grand occasion of the money furnace minting money, and how many copper coins were minted in the entire Wanli Dynasty is simply impossible to count.

A large number of copper coins have made the raw materials for coinage scarce, the price of copper has risen sharply, and many official furnaces have become unprofitable, so they have to be closed one after another.

The official furnace was closed, but the craftsmen wanted to live, so they took risks and minted money by themselves, so that the quality was even more insecure, and many copper coins were broken when they started, which can be said to be everywhere!

It is in such a historical environment that the quality of the official copper coins cannot be compared with the copper coins before the Wanli Dynasty, and the management of the quality of the copper coins is naturally becoming more and more negligent.

Slowly, in the fourth year of Chongzhen now, the copper coin made is like this, and the people who made it don't feel that anything is wrong, and no one cares.

Of course, cutting corners is still inevitable, but on the whole, it is also the result of gradual progress year by year, and the relationship with Cao Jian is actually not big, every previous Shangshu did this, and he is also a nephew carrying a lantern and taking care of his uncle!

However, although this is the case, there is no way to stop someone who is looking for trouble!

Cao Jian still asked Zhou Yanru uneasily: "My lord, you can see who is agitating behind this matter!" It is impossible for him Zhang Baoxiang to find the bad head of the official for no reason! ”

Zhou Yanru smiled slightly and said, "Who else can there be, besides the Donglin Party, who else can there be!" ”

There is no need for evidence, no need for investigation, for a mature politician, all political activities do not need to be investigated, and there is no need to ask anyone, at a glance, you will know who is doing things!

He Zhou Yanru can mix in the position of Shoufu, so naturally he is not a vegetarian, as soon as he heard about this, he knew that it was Qian Qianyi who was behind them.

They are trying to put pressure on themselves by borrowing money. Cao Jian is his friend and an important figure in his faction, he can't ignore his affairs, he has an accident, and the blow to his faction can be described as painful!

Therefore, he must save Cao Jian and protect him, otherwise, the hearts of his own faction will be scattered.

This case of minting money, the matter can be big or small, it depends on how to deal with it, it is good to deal with it, it's okay, the emperor will fool around and pass.

If you don't deal with it well, I don't know how many people want to fall to the ground and make noise and destroy their families!

"Donglin Party!"

When Cao Jian heard Zhou Yanru say this, he couldn't help but look fierce!

Damn, you hypocrites full of benevolence and morality, you can't compete for the position of commander of the bandits for a while, so you will use me to open the knife, I deserve to be unlucky, Cao Jian will be unlucky, and you will raid the house and destroy the door, right?