Chapter 228 On the banks of the Qinhuai River
Early the next morning, Liu Bowen got off the flower boat refreshed and saw Yang Ye guarding the shore all night.
"General Yang has worked hard, let's go, let's go around Jinling City together, see if these merchant giants are in prison, and whether there is any chaos in Jinling City......"
Yang Yexin said, in the entire Jinling City, if it weren't for the curfew last night, I'm afraid that the people would have come out to carnival.
This is really a joy and a few sorrows.
The psychology of hating the rich has existed since ancient times, the wealthy businessmen are unlucky, and the happiest are the common people.
"Your Excellency the Governor, last night the soldiers patrolling the city caught more than a thousand mobs who wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot the shops, and the lower officials would like to ask your lord what to do with them."
Liu Bowen patted his head, a little annoyed:
"Blame me, I forgot to tell you, you just need to protect the safety of the Qinhuai River flower boat last night, as for those good people who are used to being bullied by rich businessmen, they want to take the opportunity to take revenge, is this also human nature, the law is nothing more than human feelings, General Yang really shouldn't arrest them."
From yesterday to this morning, Yang Ye has always been in shock.
Liu Dudu is worthy of being a celebrity around His Majesty, and he dares to say anything, obviously a group of mobs who take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble and smash and loot everywhere, how did he become a good people?
Last night's Jinling City, under the martial law of the whole city, there were still a lot of mobs...... Well, not a mob, but a good people who are oppressed by the rich merchants.
At the risk of being caught, these good people also have to go to the doorsteps of wealthy merchants or the doors of their shops to vent.
There are those who throw stones into the mansions of rich merchants, and there are also those who throw rotten eggs and rotten cabbage.
There are also firecrackers.
Most of them want to take the opportunity to smash the store and grab things.
The soldiers patrolling the city were nervous all night and captured nearly 1,000 people, not counting those who escaped, and roughly estimated that there were tens of thousands of people who escaped and were not caught.
"Then the lower official will call someone to release them all."
Yang Ye threw his hand at Liu Bowen, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Liu Bowen.
"Since they have all been arrested, how can they change the order overnight, these originally good people ignore the laws and discipline of the imperial court, ignore the curfew, and must be punished, so let's do it, the old and weak women and children are released, and the young and strong ones are sent to Dugusheng, it just so happens that labor is needed to build a great Shanghai, and punishing these people to serve three years of labor can be regarded as a contribution to the construction of a great Shanghai."
Liu Bowen rode on a horse, his face was light and calm.
Yang Ye is nose was almost crooked, if it weren't for the fact that you are His Majesty's Qincha, holding the Shang Fang sword that can be cut first and then played, Lao Tzu would have to punch you a few times.
It is you Liu Bowen who say that these people are good people, and it is you who say that these people ignore the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and you are asked to say the opposite.
What else can you ask me to say?
After Liu Bowen inspected Jinling City, he came to Jinling City Prison.
"General Yang, all the wealthy businessmen arrested last night will be handed over to Jinyiwei, and the two of us will leave the rest alone, just wait for the news."
These wealthy businessmen knew that they had met the real Hades this time, and what kind of wealth and wealth were all in vain in front of the cold steel knife.
When they were first arrested last night, these rich businessmen were still clamoring that without them, this Jiangnan would be in chaos.
As a result, the soldiers who were guarding were beaten up, and they were all beaten honestly.
When they knew that the person standing in front of them, with an elegant face, was the new governor of Jiangnan, and Liu Bowen, who could cut first and then play with Shang Fang's sword in his hand, they were all as obedient as the third grandson.
"General Yang, Your Majesty said that there is power in the barrel of a gun, and they don't listen to reasoning with these people, since we have soldiers in our hands, then we don't need to be polite to them, send someone to the market to see which type of goods have a large fluctuation in price, all of them are written down, and the Jinyi Guard will settle accounts with the relevant people."
"The subordinate has been taught, and the subordinate has obeyed the order."
Jinling City is worthy of being the first important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and almost all the business tycoons in the south of the Yangtze River live here, a total of 45 people.
These are the top richest people in Jinling City, not counting those who are a little worse.
When handing over the wealthy businessmen, Liu Bowen looked at them one by one, asked them one by one, looked very carefully, and asked very carefully.
"Zhang Yaozu, Xue Lin, Gao Guirong, these three people stay, and the rest will be handed over to Jinyiwei."
The rest of the rich businessmen were escorted away by Jinyiwei one by one, as for where Jinyiwei would take them and what they would do with them, only Liu Bowen and Wang Xinhu knew.
Wang Xinhu used to be the general banner of Dongchang Jinyiwei, and was one of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, and this time he was sent to Jinling by the little emperor Guo Zongxun to serve as the stationmaster of Jinling Station of Dongchang Jinyiwei.
"Take the three of them with you, and let's go back to the Governor's Mansion."
After returning to the Governor's Mansion, Liu Bowen was pleasantly surprised to find that Yang Ye had divided the original Governor's Mansion into two, with the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion each accounting for half.
The governor's mansion opened the east gate, and the town guard opened the west gate.
"General Yang's work is really fast and secure, no wonder His Majesty attaches so much importance to it, although this official does not dare to question His Majesty's holy judgment, but for General Yang's prospects in Jinling, he was not optimistic about it at first, but now it seems that this official is clumsy."
Yang Ye said embarrassedly:
"Your Excellency Governor, don't make fun of Xiaguan, from your arrival in Jinling at noon yesterday to now, in just one day, Xiaguan has been by your side, it is both exciting and ashamed, fortunately His Majesty sent you to Governor Jiangnan, otherwise, Xiaguan's Jiangnan errand will definitely be messed up."
Liu Bowen smiled:
"General Yang, don't be presumptuous, Your Majesty said, it was he who didn't think about it, General Yang, you came from the north, when you first arrived in Jiangnan, you will definitely be a little shy from doing things, Your Majesty sent this official to mention and support you, Your Majesty said, as long as General Yang, you don't worry too much, let go of your hands and feet to do it, and stabilize the important task of Jiangnan, General Yang is completely competent."
Yang Ye was moved in his heart, bowed in the direction of Kaifeng City in the north, and said:
"Your Majesty, the minister Yang Ye is ashamed, His Majesty entrusted the minister with a heavy responsibility, and thought so thoughtfully for the minister, the minister is grateful, the minister Yang Ye swears here, all the people of my Yang family will be loyal to the Great Zhou Tianzi for generations, if there is any violation, it will be punished by God."
Liu Bowen helped Yang Ye up with a smile and said:
"General Yang's fierce loyalty to the Great Zhou to His Majesty, Your Majesty has known it for a long time, otherwise he would not have handed over the important task of stabilizing Jiangnan to you, let's get down to business, this official will introduce you to a few people......"
As he spoke, Liu Bowen pointed to Zhang Yaozu, Xue Lin and Gao Guirong who were standing aside.
"These three people used to be the iron-blooded secret guards around the emperor, and after retiring, the emperor gave them the identity of merchants and the convenience of doing business, but the three of them ran to Jiangnan and Jinling to do business, which can be regarded as the emperor's unintentional insertion."
"After the Great Zhou army conquered Jinling, the three of them restored contact with the iron-blooded secret guard through specific channels, and after His Majesty knew about it, he decided to recruit them into the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles."
"Zhang Yaozu is a salt merchant, Xue Lin is a grain merchant, and Gao Guirong is a money bank, how about it, the people around the emperor are really the hidden dragon and crouching tiger."
"The three of you, you were wronged last night, in the future, you will return to the official establishment of my Great Zhou Imperial Merchants, as the three treasurers of the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall stationed in Jiangnan, and assist this official and General Yang to jointly stabilize the economy of Jiangnan and benefit the people."
Yang Ye was stunned again, and at the same time, he was also a little depressed, I Yang Ye has been coming to Jinling for some days, why don't you take the initiative to contact me?