After the first update, a curfew was imposed in Luoyang City, and ordinary pedestrians had long been banned. But at this time, several carriages were still hurriedly following the many entourages, and they were heading to the imperial city.

However, after seeing the lantern signs in front of the carriages, none of the night patrolmen dared to interfere inquire, because the people on these carriages were all high-ranking officials and powerful officials in the court. They rushed to the imperial city at night, and there was obviously something big to be settled.

These carriages living in various parts of the inner city arrived in front of the palace one after another, and then got off the car and went straight into the palace. Not only was the curfew ignored today, but even the palace that should have closed the door early and locked them up, letting these people travel unhindered. Until in front of the Zichen Palace, these people slowed down, sorted out their clothes and entered one after another.

All the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, the Minister of Revenue, the Chief Envoy of the Transport Department, Jing Wang Sunqi, and Huai Sunpu... At this time, the positions who entered the palace were all noble and held high power, but no one knew why the emperor suddenly summoned him at night, so in the hurrying steps, the faces of the few people also seemed quite calm and did not dare to relax at all.

Finally, after entering the hall, they saw Emperor Sun Bi and Li Ling who was standing below, with a sad expression. This made everyone quickly make a judgment. It is obvious that today's sudden incident was closely related to Li Ling, which made their eyes immediately fall on him.

However, after becoming the emperor, they were not easy to ask, so they followed the rules and first treated him with great tribute: "I have seen Your Majesty..."

"No need to be polite, I'll be calm." Sun Bi waved his hand and signaled them to get up. Then he said without going around in circles: "Everyone, I asked you to come here because of a major change. The money tickets that were about to be printed may leak the details and secrets, and they were taken advantage of by some small people!"

"Ah..." The ministers were even more shocked when they heard this, and several of them even exclaimed.

As important officials in the court, these officials are naturally very clear that the court is about to promote the act of Dayue money to the people to replace copper coins and silver. In fact, most people are quite suspicious or even resist this new thing. It is only because this is something that Li Ling and the emperor insist on doing that everyone finally compromised and agreed to issue money.

But now, the things have not been truly issued yet, and variables have come, which is really hard to accept. Before they could ask questions, Li Ling had already spoken first: "My lords, the responsibility for this matter is out of the question. Because the thief was kidnapped by the thief, I had to make a compromise..."

As he said that, he explained the story in detail, including his own plot to fall into a trap, almost assassinated, and the documents related to money tickets were stolen from the front of him, and he told them all without hiding it. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "All this is my fault. Now money tickets are no longer foolproof. If your Majesty blames you, I dare not claim to be wronged."

Sun Bi immediately waved his hand: "There is a reason for this, it's not too wrong for you to do this. I won't blame you yet."

"Your Majesty, that is, the money and ticket matter can only be cancelled?" Wang Han, as the left prime minister and the leader of the ministers, took the lead in asking the question that everyone wanted to ask.

Sun Bi glanced at Li Ling and signaled him to answer. Li Ling smiled bitterly and said, "Suang Wang, things are probably not that simple. We have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the early stage of the issuance of money tickets, and even a considerable amount of money tickets have been sent to all parts of the world. If we call for a stop at this time, the consequences will still be unpredictable...

"And, a few days ago, Xiaguan had already agreed with many businesses in Beijing that the implementation of money tickets would be supported by their support. At the same time, the court would also give them considerable tax exemptions. Things have been said, so how can you stop it? Otherwise, how can the court's prestige and face have not yet been maintained?"

"But in this situation, the details of the money tickets have been grasped by the thieves. They are likely to imitate fake money tickets, and the impact will be greater than the previous fake Tianyou Tongbao. So what should we do?" The Minister of Revenue understood the importance of these things best and immediately raised his own concerns.

This sentence also won the recognition of others, and they nodded and expressed their concern: "Yes, Your Majesty, if you continue to promote money tickets at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."

"So I called you into the palace overnight to make a proper countermeasure." Sun Bi said with a serious expression, "Those thieves were bold and reckless, and they dared to kidnap the families of officials in the capital and threatened the officials with this. Obviously, they were committed to rebellion. My intention was to arrest them as soon as possible and bring them to justice.

"As for money and tickets, it is related to the reputation of the court, but it cannot be stopped at will. Otherwise, will the people still believe it if the court issues any laws in the future?"

Sun Bi's concerns were actually understood by the ministers. At this time, they looked at each other, but could not provide a reasonable reason for opposition. After a while of silence, King Huai said, "Your Majesty means that you want to search for relevant criminals in the capital?"

"This is only one aspect, and more importantly, it prevents them from making moves to disrupt the market when money is launched. All this cannot be decided by a yamen. It also requires the cooperation of major yamen in the capital to act. Especially when finding relevant people, many yamen in Luoyang Prefecture, Jinwu Guard, Imperial City Office and other yamen need to cooperate with each other."

"But your Majesty has thought about it. What if they could not find them before this? What if they really forged a large number of money tickets and disrupted the world market? At that time, wouldn't the court be even more discredited?" King Huai asked immediately. Only he could speak directly here and point out Sun Bi's mistakes, after all, his identity is here.

"Although King Huai's concerns make some sense, it's only if it is. But if you stop at this time and cancel the implementation of money tickets, the reputation of the court will inevitably be damaged. Dear lords, this is the first economic change made by Your Majesty after ascending the throne. Once the orders are changed every day, it will also be a huge blow to Your Majesty's reputation, and it will be no more than worth the loss." Li Ling suddenly retorted at this time.

Everyone was stunned by this, and everyone didn't consider it. Now that I think about it, it's true. Sun Bi has been in power for only two years, and the new official law and other things have already made many people discuss it. If one moves at this time, it is hard to guarantee that no one will take action against the new official law. At that time, it would be a fundamental matter.

Moreover, for today's courts, the emperor is actually the court. If the emperor's face is damaged, the prestige of the court is ruined. Who can say that for the sake of the court, he can ignore the face of the king?

But how unhappy these things fall into the ears of those who are interested. What is Li Ling? Is he going to pull the emperor as a shield? In order to cover up his mistakes and then let all court officials share the blame he should bear?

Even Wen Ming, who had the best relationship with him, frowned at this time. King Huai looked at him deeply, as if he wanted to scold something. But someone spoke faster than him: "Mr. Li's concern may not be ignored, and in my opinion, there may be a way to deal with this matter."

Everyone looked at it and saw that King Sun Qi had already taken a step forward and bowed to his own reasons: "Your Majesty, I think there is still room for improvement in this matter. As long as I seize this room for time, the money ticket can be implemented to respond. Even if they really make fake money later, they can be quickly controlled."

When Sun Bi heard his words, he suddenly looked happy and said, "Oh? What do you say?"

"Your Majesty, I have also participated in this money and ticket. I know very well how complicated these processes are. The anti-counterfeiting methods alone are not something ordinary workshop craftsmen can do one by one, even if they really master the tricks. So, I think that even if the thief wants to forge the money ticket based on the clues in the hands of Lord Li, it will take several months, or even one or two years. This is enough for the court to make corresponding response arrangements later." Sun Qi talked happily, looking confident, which made it difficult for others to question for a while.

Sun Bi looked at his brother thoughtfully and hesitated: "It's been so long?"

Sun Qi looked at Li Ling: "I am not very sure about the details, and I still need to explain it to Lord Li."

Li Ling looked at Sun Qi with some gratitude and then said, "Your Majesty, King Jing is very saying. In fact, I have this consideration because I dared to hand over all the details of money tickets to them. Even if I have the guidance of these documents, it will take a long time to really create money tickets, and it is very likely that a year or two will be a year or two.

"During this period, the imperial court made innovations based on the original money tickets and then took them back. At that time, even if they were really successful, the money tickets they could take out would be out of date and could no longer be used among the people, and it would not pose any threat to the imperial court."

Sun Bi nodded with satisfaction and looked at the other officials: "My dear friends, what do you think about this?"

Everyone had grasped the emperor's mind. Obviously, he did not want to postpone or cancel the issuance of money for this matter, so it was difficult to continue to object, so they said one after another: "What King Jing and Lord Li said is not unreasonable. As long as they change it in time, they will be able to avoid future troubles."

"Since that's the case, then do as I said before. I will search carefully in Luoyang City as soon as possible to find the relevant criminals. There is also the issuance of money tickets, so there is no need to change it. It will be on the 18th day of the first lunar month!"

"I will obey the order!" Everyone responded, and everyone knew that if something happened, it was not Li Ling alone, but everyone took responsibility together. But who made Li Ling so favored, so the responsibility could only be shared by everyone.

However, the emperor did not have no intention of punishing Li Ling at all. He then said: "Although this matter can be remedy, Li Ling finally made a mistake and should be punished. He was fined for half a year and was kept at home for half a year and was not allowed to go out."
Chapter completed!