When Yang Yuanqing heard that it was Pei You, he smiled and said, "Let the guards bring her in!"

After pausing, Yang Yuanqing ordered again, "Don't go to the main entrance, go upstairs through the side entrance."

This is not because people are afraid of seeing it, because Ziwei Pavilion is a military secret place, and it is not that ordinary people are not allowed to enter. For women like Pei You who do not have official titles, even Jinyang Palace is not allowed to enter. Today, because they were in court, and they only came by chance, it would be fine.

But Yang Yuanqing had to consider the face of the prime ministers and let Pei You come in through the main gate. If the prime ministers find out, they would be unhappy and could only come in through the side gate.

Soon, two guards led Pei You to outside Yang Yuanqing's official room. Pei Qingsong came in to report, "Your Highness, she is here!"

"Come in!"

The door opened, Pei Qingsong let Pei You into the room and closed the door specially. Yang Yuanqing shook his head in his heart, "Where did this Pei Qingsong think of?"

Pei You was a little nervous. Although she had always liked Yang Yuanqing, she also knew in her heart that Yang Yuanqing could not fall in love with him. She had no figure, no appearance, and even more so. She was a widow with a child. She should not think about it. However, it would be fine to let him take care of his business.

Pei You knew her own knowledge. Since her husband passed away, she has been very indifferent to the love between men and women. She is dedicated to doing business and earning money to raise her daughter. In her opinion, if there is no man to rely on, she can only rely on money. Therefore, if the Pei family wants to smash her store, it will destroy her life. She would rather die than let the Pei family succeed.

She walked forward and gave a deep blessing, "Pei You, a civilian girl, pay homage to His Highness the King of Chu!"

Yang Yuanqing only thought Pei You was his sister-in-law, and of course he had no other ideas. Yesterday he also heard about the incident that happened in Yuan'an's restaurant. He was not surprised. He knew that the Pei family would not tolerate Pei You becoming a businesswoman and selling wine in a house. Sooner or later, there would be conflicts, either Pei You closed the shop and married, or lived in a widow or the Pei family drove Pei You out of the family and cut off relations.

The final result was that the relationship was really cut off. Yang Yuanqing admired Pei You's courage, which made him think of his past. Wasn't he expelled from the Yang family back then?

No matter how much he admires, no matter how much he sympathizes, but in this matter, he can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. He pretends not to know anything, and it has nothing to do with him. It is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family affairs, and he does not want to annoy the Pei family in this matter.

Fortunately, the matter has been resolved, and Yang Yuanqing no longer mentioned this matter. He smiled slightly, "Is there anything wrong with Sister You looking for me?"

This call from Sister You made Pei You feel warm. Yang Yuanqing did not look at him differently because he was expelled from the Pei family. He treated himself as usual, but Pei You was also a smart person. She knew that Yang Yuanqing would be embarrassed about his affairs. So she did not mention what happened yesterday at all. She took out the brocade bag and poured out a pile of silver with a 'stop!'

"Your Highness, you can take a look at it yourself! These are all fake money, and our tavern received more than fifty pieces."

Yang Yuanqing's smile was restrained and his face became solemn. He walked up and picked up a silver coin from the table. He needed to compare it with Pei You before he found out that it was a different matter. As soon as Yang Yuanqing bought it, he knew that it was a fake coin and it was much heavier. It must have been cast in white copper.

Yang Yuanqing held the money in his palm and carefully looked at the fake silver coins. The workmanship was very exquisite, no matter how small the silver coins they cast. Even the details of the edges were exactly the same.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but take a breath. When he investigated and dealt with several major cases of fake copper coins, he had some experience. Most of the counterfeit coins in the folk were rough. Even large workshops with strong strength could not achieve the same mold. The workmanship was so exquisite that only official models could do it.

Moreover, after completing the mold in just half a month, casting fake money and putting it on the market, this is definitely not something that the folk counterfeiters can do, and even Li Mi, Wang Shichong and others can't do it. An idea popped up in Yang Yuanqing's mind, this is fake money launched by the Tang Dynasty.

He immediately ordered, "Let Wei Ben come to see me!"

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing's face was serious, Pei You knew that the matter was serious, so she didn't dare to say more, so she stood up and said goodbye. Yang Yuanqing did not keep her and ordered the guards to send her out of the palace.

For Yang Yuanqing, the appearance of fake silver coins is indeed very serious. Although fake silver coins are made of white copper and can be distinguished by weight, when you get a silver coins, you must first consider the authenticity of it. Who would accept such money?

This will seriously damage the reputation of silver and money and fail to issue it. This is a consequence that Yang Yuanqing cannot accept anyway. Although he is ready to appear for fake money, the appearance of fake money this time is extraordinary.

More importantly, fake money is most likely minted by the Tang Dynasty. Once it is confirmed that it was done by the Tang Dynasty, it is not as simple as a little fake money disturbing the market.

They would cast a large amount of fake money, which not only seriously harmed the interests of the Sui Dynasty, but also allowed fake silver to appear in large quantities within the Tang Dynasty, making the people of the Tang Dynasty no longer accept fake silver coins from the Sui Dynasty.

This method of using bad money to drive out good money will eventually lead to the Sui Dynasty's failure to issue silver and money, and in turn will cause a large amount of Sui Dynasty materials to flow into the Tang Dynasty.

Only then did Yang Yuanqing realize that there were major loopholes in his plan to use silver to plunder the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, and this loophole had been found by the Tang Dynasty.

This made Yang Yuanqing feel frustrated. He tried his best to complete a plan, but in the end he found that the plan didn't work and was easily destroyed by his opponent.

Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, pondering his countermeasures, but then again, the matter has not reached the point of complete despair, and there is still a way to save it.

The reason why silver money is easily defeated by fake money is because it has a low value and is circulated more widely. Farmers who sell vegetables and aunts who buy rice will use it. They may not be able to identify it. If each silver money is to be identified, what should we do if millions or tens of millions of them?

The cost of identifying fake money is too high, which will cause everyone to feel a serious sense of distrust, so they finally give up using silver money, but it will be different if they use silver cakes.

A silver cake with ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, small quantity and high value. Generally, professional merchants can easily identify it. Even if the Tang Dynasty makes fakes, it is almost difficult to achieve results, because those who handle them are specialized merchants, and almost no one can trade fake silver cakes.

This made it easier for merchants to carry money and also achieved the goal of emptying the wealth of the Tang Dynasty. Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing felt a little worried. The silver coins had not yet begun to be issued in large quantities, and it was still time to stop. As long as they were re-cast, they could be recast, and the losses were not large.

At this time, the guards reported outside the door, "Report to Your Highness, General Wei asks for a visit!"

"Come in!"

The door opened, Wei Ben, the general of the inner guard, hurried in, knelt down on one knee, and bowed high, "Wai Ben, the humble position, meets His Highness!"

Yang Yuanqing slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "Fake money has appeared in the market, why don't you report it?"

Wei Ben was shocked and quickly reported: "By last night, there was no fake money in the market. Bei Zhi received reports every day, and there was no information about this."

Yang Yuanqing swept with his hand, and with a 'Crash!', more than fifty fake silver coins were swept to the ground, jumping around. Yang Yuanqing pointed to the silver coins all over the ground and scolded: "Open your eyes and see, what are these?"

Wei Ben picked up a few fake money and was immediately scared and sweated. He was also very familiar with the newly issued silver money. As soon as he got it, he knew it was indeed fake money. He was frightened and uneasy.

He quickly lowered his head and said, "Bizhi is also worried that fake money will appear. He specially sent thirty brothers to monitor money in the market every day and report it to me every day. As of yesterday, Beizhi has indeed not received any reports of fake money, and he will never dare to hide it from Your Highness."

Yang Yuanqing thought to himself, 'Did the fake money appear today?'

"What about today's report?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"I haven't seen the Beizi yet, so I guess I've sent it to the official office."

"Send someone to get it right away."

Wei Ben hurriedly stepped down, ran down Ziwei Pavilion, found his confidant subordinates who accompanied him, and told them a few words. His subordinates immediately ran away. Wei Ben did not dare to go upstairs, so he stood downstairs and waited anxiously.

About half an hour later, his men came over with a report in his arms and sweating profusely, "General, I got it!"

Wei Ben got the report and frantically opened it. This was actually the daily report of the inner guard, and all kinds of messy news were included. Then the inner guard compiled a formal report every three days and reported it to Yang Yuanqing.

Wei Ben took advantage of the faint lantern light at the gate and flipped four or five pages in one breath. Suddenly he was excited, turned around and ran upstairs.

"Your Highness, today's report is available." Wei Ben walked into the official room and reported it impatiently.

Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the dark night sky. After a while, he said coldly: "What do you say in the report?"

"Report to Your Highness, the report said that at noon today, fake silver coins appeared in Taipei City, which were cast from white copper. Someone has discovered them and sued the official."

After a moment of silence, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "What's the movement in the Bafang Restaurant?"

The inner guard has been monitoring the Bafang Restaurant of Tang Feng, and some people even sneaked in to be friends. If it was done by the Tang Dynasty, it should have something to do with the Bafang Restaurant. Wei Ben turned his back and reported that there was a report about the Bafang Restaurant.

"Your Highness, Li Shouzhong, the owner of the Eight-Way Tavern, did not come today, and a few other friends also took sick leave."

Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, "I suspect that this fake silver was done by the Tang Dynasty. The Bafang diners were extremely suspicious, so I started to investigate the Bafang diners."

"But in this way, the Tang Dynasty will know that the Bafang diners have been exposed, so we can only destroy them. Your Highness, perhaps it was not done by the Tang Dynasty, can we check the Bafang diners in the end?"

"no!"

Yang Yuanqing flatly rejected Wei Ben's suggestion, "I will only give you one night. Tomorrow I don't want to hear any news of fake silver money flowing into the market. Fake silver money is of great importance. It doesn't matter whether the restaurant in all directions is kept or not, so I will start directly from the Tang Dynasty!"

Wei Ben did not dare to refuse anymore, so he had to bow and agree, "As for the order of humble duty!"

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