Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2421 Accidental Discovery
Changsun Wuji's eyes widened, he looked at the iron block on the ground, then at Qiu Xinggong, and almost gave this man who is famous for his violence a thumbs up.

You are so awesome!

Nothing to do, stealing coins? !

Thinking about his eldest grandson Wuji who used to have power over the world, he was the emperor's confidant.

This is the taboo of the emperor!
His Majesty Li Er paced forward, bent down, and carefully looked at the iron blocks on the ground. Every two of them could fit together. On the top were neatly arranged iron molds. "Four characters, the font is fat and imposing, including eight-point and official style, the strokes are dignified and steady, the frame between the characters "kai" is well-proportioned, dense and dense; the inside is shaped like a "well" and the "well" part does not connect with the inner outline, " The first stroke of the word "Yuan" is a short horizontal stroke, and the second stroke is a long horizontal stroke to the left; the first three strokes of "辶" in the character "Tong" are not connected, and they are in the shape of three strokes. The characters are written solemnly, with two short horizontal strokes inside the "Bei" part, which are not connected with the left and right vertical strokes. The overall Qianwen strokes are relatively thick, but the writing is natural, agile and full of vitality.

The other side is obviously a mold on the back, with no text on the bare back.

Together, one side is exactly a mold for a coin. There are five iron molds vertically and horizontally, which can cast 25 coins at one time...

His Majesty Li Er's face was so gloomy that water dripped out, and the veins on his forehead were knotted and bouncing.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in order to unify the whole country and simplify the steps of raising military salaries, five baht coins were still used at the beginning of the founding of the country.Before the Tang Dynasty began to cast Kaiyuan Tongbao, the five baht coins that began in the Han Dynasty had been in circulation throughout the country for more than [-] years.When the situation in the Tang Dynasty stabilized, because the five baht coins were mixed, in order to meet the needs of its rule, the chaotic currency system was rectified, following the strict norms of the five baht in the Western Han Dynasty, in July of the fourth year of Wude, an edict was issued to abolish the five baht coins. It was led by the great ancestor Li Yuan himself, supervised by Ouyang Xun during the event, and recast the unified Kaiyuan Tongbao.

The four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao" were inscribed by calligrapher Ouyang Xun. "Kaiyuan" means opening a new era; The Kaiyuan Tongbao weighs one coin per coin, two baht and four silks per coin, which is one coin, one tael per ten coins, or 24 baht, and one thousand coins per coin, which weighs six catties and four taels.

Why was it possible for the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks externally in a relatively short period of time after the founding of the People's Republic of China?To a large extent, it was because of the reform of the currency system that the casting of "Kaiyuan Tongbao" made the currency system unified and greatly explored the domestic economic potential.

Now Datang's economic strength has risen steadily, making the overall national strength stand out from the crowd. The biggest achievement is the release of "Kaiyuan Tongbao".

And it is actually very easy to destroy the current stable economic environment, just privately mint a large number of low-quality coins and put them into circulation...

Decades of hard work by two generations can be easily wiped out with only some low-quality coins.

Qiu Xinggong couldn't hold it anymore, he knelt down in front of His Majesty Li Er with a "plop", and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, old minister... ouch!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, His Majesty Li Er straightened his waist and kicked Qiu Xinggong's face fiercely.

Qiu Xinggong howled miserably, fell on his back, nosebleeds spewed out like a spring, he didn't care to wipe it, got up with a grunt, knelt down again, and shouted: "Your Majesty listen to the old minister's explanation, the old minister..."

"Shut up!"

His Majesty Li Er yelled angrily, his eyes widened like copper bells, he stared fiercely at Qiu Xinggong, and said word by word: "Printing coins privately is tantamount to conspiracy, you are a veteran of the two dynasties, you don't know the law Right? If you have anything to say, wait until Chai Zhewei arrives and talk about it together!"

Qiu Xinggong's heart was ashamed, and he didn't dare to say a word.

Seeing Qiu Xinggong's miserable state, Gao Kan secretly swallowed his saliva. He didn't expect to search for the crossbow, but found the mold for casting money... What audacity.If there is still room for improvement in the assassination of the court officials, after all Fang Jun was seriously injured, but he did not die. For those veteran officials who have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, no matter how angry His Majesty is, he will not take his life.

But private coins are completely different!

Throughout the ages, the right to mint coins must be tightly gathered in the hands of the emperor, and under the control of the imperial court center. Once the power to mint coins is dispersed, it will be the end of the dynasty in which the world is in turmoil, the imperial power is in decline, wars are everywhere, and heroes compete for the throne.

The collapse of wealth and economy is enough to cause the current heyday of the Tang Dynasty to collapse in an instant, and the glorious atmosphere that countless tiger warriors exchanged with their blood and lives disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, regardless of any dynasty or empire, there has been an iron law that never changes-the private coin minter, die!
"Your Majesty," Wang De hurried to His Majesty Li Er and said in a low voice, "Duke Qiao is here!"

His Majesty Li Er stood with his hands behind his back as if he had never heard of it, but his whole body was filled with a violent aura, so don't get close to strangers!

Chai Zhewei put on his helmet and threw off his armor, walked quickly, and came in front of His Majesty Li Er, knelt down on one knee, gave a military salute, and said loudly: "The last general, Chai Zhewei, has been summoned. I don't know what orders His Majesty has... Uh!"

In the middle of speaking, he saw the money casting molds lying randomly on the ground, and his whole body was shocked, and his face changed drastically!

His Majesty Li Er stood firm as a mountain, with a complexion like iron, and said solemnly: "Very good, Duke Qiao came to have a look, what is this?"

When Chai Zhewei saw the mold, and then looked at Qiu Xinggong who was bleeding from his nose but didn't even dare to wipe it, what else didn't he understand?
He had clearly warned this person several times that such things must not be left in Chang'an City, but who would have expected this person to ignore his own warnings? He was so stupid that he killed him!

In just a moment, the clothes inside Chai Zhewei's armor were resolutely soaked in cold sweat.

Fortunately, his concentration was good, and he didn't show much fear. After pondering for a while, he said decisively: "If the general's expectation is not bad, this is the mold for casting money? It's just that the general doesn't understand that casting money is the work of the Shaofu. Why does such an important mold appear here?"

His Majesty Li Er sneered angrily: "Duke Qiao doesn't know?"

Chai Zhewei lowered his head and said, "The young general is stupid, he really doesn't know."

Qiu Xinggong on the side suddenly turned pale, and was about to speak, but Chai Zhewei asked him back: "This is the ancestral home of the Qiu family, and it is also where the temple of the Qiu family is located, how could such an important weapon of the empire appear here? General Qiu, could it be that someone maliciously framed and framed him?"

Qiu Xinggong was stunned for a moment, and then he felt blessed, and said loudly: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty knows clearly, the old minister doesn't know why these objects appear here, presumably someone must have framed them... That's right! There is also the assassination of Fang Shaobao, The old minister didn’t know anything about it, but there were thieves who set up a crossbow in my ancestral house and killed Fang Jun! Your Majesty, the old minister was wronged, and I hope that your majesty will see clearly and give the old minister a clean slate!”

"Ho ho..."

His Majesty Li Er laughed angrily. How dare these two bastards confess in front of him?

How dare you!

At this moment, a soldier came running quickly from a distance, his body was soaked in water, he knelt down on one knee, raised something in his hand, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, General, we found this in the pool in the backyard. This thing!"

Everyone took a closer look and found that it was more than a chi long, three inches wide, and about eight inches high. It was cast in bronze, and it was the core part of a crossbow - the crossbow machine.

Gao Kan asked loudly, "Where did you find it?"

The soldier said: "In the pool in the backyard, I saw messy footprints by the pool, so I sent people into the water to search for it, and found this thing. Hide in the pool."

"Have you found any other parts?"

"Not found yet!"

"Immediately send someone to salvage it. If it doesn't work, just drain the water in the pool!"

"Here!"

The soldiers left in a hurry.

His Majesty Li Er's eyes flickered, since he found the crossbow machine, it proved that this place was really the place where the thieves set up the crossbow to shoot Fang Jun. The physical evidence was already there, and the only thing left was to capture the thieves.

Since Gao Kan's previous interrogation has proved that no one here left without permission, then the murderer must have been among them. Next, he must be found out, tortured, and the mastermind behind the scenes must be interrogated!
He straightened up and raised his head. Just as he was about to give orders, he saw another soldier rushing towards him not far away. Before he got close, he shouted: "Report! Your Majesty, general, there are more than ten generals from the mansion If people take poison together, they will die from the poison!"

His Majesty Li Er suddenly turned his head and stared fiercely at Qiu Xinggong.

Qiu Xinggong only felt his whole body was icy cold, the stars danced wildly in front of his eyes, and he felt dizzy for a while...

(End of this chapter)