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Item 10 had finally been resolved, and the next item was moved on.

Now, it's the National Security Council's turn to make a debriefing.

The intelligence officer of the Security Committee stood up, took out a notebook, and said, "Your Majesty, we have a lot of things related to intelligence, so let's start with the most important thing?" ”

Chen Xin smiled and nodded, "This is natural, let's start with the most important thing." ”

"Yes. The most important thing for the intelligence department now is related to military tickets. The kingdom's military stamps have been issued for more than half a year, and the Ministry of Intelligence has recently discovered that some people have begun to forge the military stamps issued by us.

The first was found from the business houses opened by the government around our Yiju port, and the appearance of the imitation fake military tickets is very similar to our self-produced military tickets.

It's just that some of these special colors can't reach the level of the pigments made by the kingdom. There are also a few hidden patterns on the background color lines, as well as dots of different thicknesses, which have not been imitated in place.

Fortunately, we have already done a good job of prevention, and the fake military ticket was discovered by the staff of our merchant inn on the spot, and the person in charge of the merchant inn knew that the matter was very important, so he immediately reported it, and immediately, the case was transferred to our department.

The subordinates sent capable men and horses to Yiju Port immediately to deal with the matter, and after a period of reconnaissance, seven people who used fake military tickets were initially arrested.

After investigation, it was found that the place where the fake military tickets were made was not in the kingdom, but in a bookstore in the Qingzhou Mansion of the Inspectorate Si of Shandong on the other side of the sea.

After finding out the source of the fake military tickets, we have notified the intelligence bureau in Daming and asked them to immediately remove this counterfeiting den. ”

This matter is also expected by Chen Xin, the kingdom issued military bills this time, just to use this kind of bills with limited influence and not too difficult to issue to test the possibility of issuing paper money.

During the Song Dynasty in China, silver tickets and meeting tickets have been widely used, and paper money is actually a fixed amount of silver tickets, but it is more convenient to use.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was the issuance of treasure banknotes, which was basically no different from paper money. It's just that the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty who only read the books of the sages don't understand finance, so they scrap the treasure money.

Because he knew that the market on the Ming side had a very bad impression of the treasure banknotes, Chen Xin did not dare to rashly issue banknotes.

Now the Ming Dynasty is the kingdom's largest trade counterparty, once the conditions are not ripe to rashly make paper money, and lose their own reputation, then the matter is a big deal.

Therefore, after deliberation, the cabinet decided to experiment with the issuance of banknotes with an army that could be absolutely controlled. Let's take a look at the various processes of banknote issuance, and see how the market reacts.

However, the use of military stamps to test the market, while making it convenient for the public to use, will also bring some troubles, and being counterfeited by others is one of the troubles.

The amount of silver tickets and membership tickets is relatively large, and special anti-counterfeiting measures can be added to each one.

Chen Xin watched the relevant documentaries before the crossing, as well as the materials have said that the Shanxi ticket number in the middle and late Qing Dynasty has a watermark, and there are some auspicious words, patterns and other things on the ticket, in fact, these things are all hidden code words. Moreover, these code words have to be adjusted on a large scale every once in a while.

What is even more surprising is that in the comparison of the amount written on the silver ticket, there are many inconspicuous special ways of writing, such as a certain place where the ink is thicker, a certain place where the ink is lighter, or how much angle the hook is provoked, etc., these are all particular.

There are also some ticket numbers, and there is a special number written on the silver ticket, plus the secret words that must be spoken when exchanging, in short, the silver ticket has a high level of security.

Therefore, in various records, often for those money bank branch shopkeepers, must control their family members, even they and the family of letters, clothes, packages, must pass the general number of inspection and then a transfer, all because of these shopkeepers, know all the anti-counterfeiting details on the silver ticket.

And military stamps and future banknotes, etc., it is absolutely impossible to operate like large-denomination silver bills and meeting bills, because the reason why Chen Xin issued banknotes is to make the cake bigger and speed up the development of the kingdom by financial means. Once it is similar to the silver ticket of the money bank, the issuance will not go up, and it will only make a profit from exchange and transshipment, which is too inconsistent with the identity and ambition of the traverser.

Therefore, the risk of French banknotes is greater than that of silver bills and the like. No, it's only been released for less than half a year, and someone dares to imitate it, which is completely a tiger's mouth.

However, Chen Xin's determination will not change so easily, and he asked the head of the intelligence department, "What did you say about the fake military ticket users you captured?" ”

"Your Excellency, according to the interrogation, our military tickets were circulated into the Ming Dynasty with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and they also decided to imitate the fake military tickets after seeing that the military tickets could really be exchanged for real money.

It's just that they just made the first batch of fake military tickets, and they are ready to come and test the water. Because there were guards with guns on the bank, they didn't dare to blatantly go in to exchange it.

Therefore, they plan to use the fake military tickets in the outer merchant house first, and if they can use them smoothly, they will get them in the bank and exchange them directly for silver dollars issued by the kingdom. ”

Chen Xin continued to ask, "Are there any people in the kingdom who will receive them?" ”

The person in charge of intelligence replied with a not very good face, "There are indeed people who pick them up, they live in Yiju City, a Confucian who came with the displaced people last year, he is related to the owner of the counterfeiting den, and it is also the bad idea he gave to the owner of the counterfeiting den to imitate military tickets for profit." ”

"It's the ghost of the Confucian students from the Ming Dynasty again?"

Chen Xin couldn't help but be a little impatient with these bastards with corrupt morals, last year, it was a group of Confucian scholars who provoked those clan chiefs and clan elders who had lost their power to fan the people to make trouble.

That turmoil had a terrible impact on the country and undermined the kingdom's development plan. Later, during the suppression, more than 100 gentry and students who fled from the Ming Dynasty were arrested.

These people are still in the prison for felons, why did they come out again this time to give ideas to others and disrupt the financial order of the kingdom.

These guys can't stop a little bit, learn from other groups, and contribute to the construction of the kingdom!