Chapter 140: Dealing with Counterfeit Banknotes
Where did the eunuch who passed the message dare to speak again, he just knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info waited until Kangxi left with the people, and the eunuch stumbled to Cining Palace, of course, he was not qualified to go in, so he could only let the eunuch at the door pass the word outside. The ordinary eunuchs in the palace are not able to go wherever they want, they have their own prescribed territory, and only the big eunuchs can come and go at will in the palace, of course, even if the big eunuchs enter the imperial study and the place where the emperor and the queen mother stay, they have to ask for instructions.
Bumu Butai heard that Kangxi went to test the gun, but at this time Fan Yubin hurriedly came to report, Kangxi didn't see Fan Yubin, the eunuch at the door actually came to report to himself, there must be something big happening, so Bumu Butai said to Li Yin: "Little Lizi, since it is Lord Fan of the household department, there must be something important to report, you go and let him in!" ”
"Wow!" Li quoted a thousand shots and retreated.
After a quarter of an hour, Li Yinzheng took Fan Yubin into Cining Palace, followed by eight little eunuchs, carrying two heavy wooden boxes.
"The slave knocks on the Empress Dowager Lafayette!" Fan Yubin knelt on the ground and hit a thousand.
"Let's get flat!" Bu Mu Butai said, "I don't know if Fan Aiqing is in a hurry to enter the palace, what is the important thing to report?" ”
Fan Yubin didn't dare to get up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and said: "The Empress Dowager Lafayette, the slave is guilty!" The slave is here to confess today! ”
"What is Fan Aiqing's crime?" Bumu Butai asked in surprise.
"Let the box come in." Li said. Just now, Fan Yubin had already given a brief explanation to Li, so he ordered Fan Yubin to let the eunuch bring the box in.
Eight eunuchs walked in with two large wooden boxes and placed them on the ground.
Fan Yubin crawled on the ground on his knees, climbed to the edge of the wooden box, opened the wooden box tremblingly, took out a stack of banknotes from it, and then opened the second wooden box, took out a stack of banknotes from it, and then crawled to Bumu Butai, and presented the banknotes with both hands: "These are two bundles of banknotes with the same number, please look at Lafayette." ”
Bumu Butai took the bill and placed it on the table. Lee came up and untied the rope that bound the banknotes. Bumu Butai picked up the first of the two bundles of banknotes, put it on the table and carefully compared it, and when she compared it, she was stunned: the two banknotes looked almost identical, even the numbers and stamps were the same! The only difference is that the pattern is a little different.
"The one on the left is fake, and the one on the right is real. The minion made people compare the pattern interface, and when the fake banknotes were cut, the order on the paper was not the same. The minions found the stereotype on which the banknote was printed, and only then did they discover the difference. If it is not through the pattern, it is impossible to distinguish the authenticity. Fan Yubin said.
"This counterfeit banknote is so beautifully made? It's just a fake! Can't even see the officials of the household department? Bumu Butai asked very annoyedly.
"Lafayette forgiveness! It's all the incompetence of the minions, which led to the thieves taking advantage of the loopholes! This counterfeit banknote cannot be seen by the household officials, and officials at all levels cannot see it, and many counterfeit banknotes have already been issued as salaries and military salaries! We at Daqing Bank have also received several boxes of counterfeit banknotes! The average guy doesn't recognize it at all! Fan Yubin kowtowed.
"So, someone has already exchanged a lot of silver from you with counterfeit money?" Bumu Butai's voice was flat, but there was suppressed anger in his tone.
"Damn it! Damn the minions! It's all minions that are not properly employed, and it is impossible to distinguish the authenticity from the false! Just let the thieves take advantage of the loophole! Fan Yubin was so frightened that his head hit the floor again and again, knocking his forehead and bleeding.
Bu Mu Butai relieved himself, and said as calmly as possible: "Fan Aiqing, this counterfeit coin is finely made, even the mourning family can't tell the truth from the fake, it's not your fault, get up!" ”
Fan Yubin dared to get up and kowtow desperately on the ground: "The Empress Dowager Lafayette, a large number of counterfeit coins are pouring into various places, even the old guys of the business are difficult to distinguish the authenticity, and there are already a lot of counterfeit coins that have been exchanged for silver!" If you continue to let people exchange it, I'm afraid that Daqing Bank will soon run out of cash! ”
"Then, according to Fan Aiqing's meaning, is it to send more people, train more newcomers, and place the dragon banknote version on the counter to distinguish the authenticity?" Bumu Butai asked.
"It's hard to prevent that! The source of the counterfeit money must be the southern pseudo-Ming traitor! Only they can do that! If you increase the number of bank staff, you may leak all the versions! The only way to eradicate counterfeit money is to stop exchanging it! Otherwise, all the silver of my Qing Dynasty will continue to flow to the south! Fan Yubin said with a sad face.
Bumu Butai frowned: "Stop exchanging? So isn't the Qing Dragon Banknote disgraced? Fan Aiqing, how do you ask the imperial court to explain to the military and civilians? ”
In fact, Bumu Butai still has a certain understanding of paper money, and the Qing Dynasty in real history, from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to the invasion of Western powers, did not issue paper money, because of the depreciation of paper money. The banknotes of Nanyang Bank are directly linked to gold and silver, and the banknotes can be exchanged for gold and silver at any time to ensure the credibility of the banknotes, which makes Bumu Butai dare to issue the Daqing Dragon banknotes. But once the exchange of Qing dragon banknotes for cash is stopped, the consequences are unimaginable!
Fan Yubin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "But Lafayette, if you don't stop the exchange, my Daqing Bank won't be able to support it!" The puppet thieves in the south can use counterfeit money to plunder the silver of my Qing Dynasty! ”
Bumu Butai was an old fox after all, she pondered for a moment and came up with a solution: "Fan Aiqing, it's better to do this, there is no need to increase the number of people, place the version in the counter, and all the people who hold dragon banknotes to exchange for silver must be carefully compared!" If you find a counterfeit banknote, immediately check the source! This not only controls counterfeit banknotes, but also slows down the exchange! Didn't they distrust my Daqing dragon banknotes and wanted to exchange them for cash? Then you might as well let them queue for a little longer! Hum! As long as they can't get money in line for days and nights, they will naturally lose patience! ”
Fan Yubin had the courage to ask: "But there are a lot of counterfeit money from the hands of Han officials, some of them are their money, some are banknotes that the local gentry bribed officials, and some are banknotes earned by the officials' own trading houses, and there are counterfeit banknotes in them!" There are also a lot of counterfeit banknotes in the salaries of the green battalion. What do we do with these counterfeit banknotes? If it is changed, we will suffer; If they don't, they suffer. ”
"When the emperor and grandson come back, the mourning family will naturally let the emperor summon the scholar and all the officials of the household department! It can only be increased in the household department! Here, the household department stuck the counterfeit banknotes and prevented them from flowing into the hands of officials and officers and soldiers. "Bumu Butai said.
"But there are also some counterfeit banknotes that are income from merchants, counterfeit banknotes from officials who receive bribes, and those counterfeit banknotes do not go through the household department, and they exchange them, what should we do?" Fan Yubin asked.
"Changed it for them! Then track down the source of the counterfeit banknotes! Bu Mu Butai gritted his teeth and made a decision, "Also, the matter of counterfeit banknotes should not be publicized publicly!" If the people know that counterfeit banknotes are rampant, the dragon banknotes of the Qing Dynasty will be invalid! ”