"Your Ministers obey." The three of them didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Zhu Houzhao has already made arrangements for the division of labor among the three people, and only when they each do their own things can he, His Royal Highness the Prince, be idle.

When the three of them left, Zhu Houzhao stood up and moved his muscles.

Glancing at Tang Bohu beside him, Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth and asked, "Did Qian He and Sun Liang send things here?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it's here." Tang Bohu hurriedly said, and then added: "It was delivered in the morning." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said, "Take it to the palace to see." ”

"Yes!" After agreeing, Tang Bohu turned around to get something, and it didn't take long to present the two documents to Zhu Houzhao.

Flipping through the information, Zhu Houzhao quickly saw what was on it.

Qian He's information is actually nothing to look at, because this is just a list. Among the Jin merchants, the family that cooperated with Qiwei Zhai.

Of course, there is also information introduced later, Zhu Houzhao just flipped through it roughly, and then put it aside.

Then he picked up the list of Sun Liang of the Huanyi Bureau, and listed the top households in the northwest on this list.

Because there are more people, the information is also thicker. In each document, there is a detailed description of these big households, where they live, what they do, whether they have illegal activities, and so on.

Zhu Houzhao basically saw lending and usury behind every big household, so you don't have to think about it, it's basically the kind you can't afford. When it expires, you have to sell your land or your body, and it is normal to sell your children and daughters, and even sell yourself into slavery.

Looking at these materials, Zhu Houzhao felt shocked.

Glancing at Tang Bohu standing beside him, Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth and asked, "Have you read all these materials?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, no." Tang Bohu hurriedly agreed, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't look at himself, this is a taboo thing.

"Then take it and see it!" Zhu Houzhao shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly.

It's not terrible to give usury, and it's not terrible to persecute people and ruin people, but it's terrible when this kind of thing becomes the norm.

Basically, the big families are doing this, and the people are miserable, and in such a situation, one day the people will not be able to live, and they will rebel. When the time comes, the world will be in turmoil, and everything will be too late.

The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?

Tang Bohu flipped through the information, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and he raised his head for a while: "Your Highness, these people are really lawless. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled, nodded and said, "Yes! They are indeed lawless, but why are they lawless? Because the northwest mountain is high and the emperor is far away? Or is it because of the inaction of the magistrate? But after all this time, are all the magistrates inactive? ”

Saying that, Zhu Hou looked at Tang Bohu: "Aiqing has thought of it?" ”

"It's because I'm used to it." When Tang Bohu said this, he was suddenly shocked: "Whether it is the people or the officials, they are all used to it." ”

"yes!" Zhu Houzhao said with emotion: "It's really a habit. From the point of view of the law, the people borrowed money, had IOUs, had witnesses, mortgaged their fields, and all these were in accordance with the Great Ming Law. It is natural to repay debts, even if the people sue the government? Could it be that the government can still invalidate the IOU? ”

Tang Bohu looked at Zhu Houzhao and said with a little hesitation: "Maybe the imperial court can prohibit private lending." ”

After saying this, Tang Bohu's own face first darkened: "In this way, the people will have no way to survive in trouble, maybe the interest can be limited?" ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Tang Bohu in surprise, but he didn't expect him to have such a vision.

But Zhu Houzhao just smiled and shook his head. In later generations, interest is indeed restricted, and usury can not be repaid, but violent collection has always been there!

What's more, there will be banks in later generations, what does Daming have? Although there is a rich bank, there is no way to lend money to ordinary people.

Although the state has a policy to lend to farmers in later generations, what is the result? This is an unworkable road, in the final analysis, it is necessary to develop the productive forces, so that the people can have a way to live!

"Choose all those who have their lives, those who have brought disaster to the country, and those who have done many evils in their daily lives." Zhu Hou looked at the information in front of him and said in a calm voice.

Tang Bohu was stunned for a moment, then raised his head in surprise and looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said with a little horror: "Your Highness, this is ......"

"It is natural to repay debts, and it is also natural to pay for life by killing people, as for those who oppress the good in the township, Daming does not need such a family." Zhu Houzhao said expressionlessly, and said in a slightly cold voice: "I confiscated the family property, and all the money was sent to repair the new city, and there was still a shortage of people in Yinchuan, so I just sent them over." ”

"Your Highness, this!" Tang Bohu looked at Zhu Houzhao and said with a little hesitation: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will cause criticism!" ”

Zhu Houzhao stood up and walked to the side shelf, reached out and grabbed the sword placed on the shelf, turned to Tang Bohu and said, "Isn't Da Ming good for scholars?" Isn't the imperial court good for scholars? But how do they do it? Look at these people, how many of these people are gentry, and how many of them are officials outside? ”

"Deeply favored by the emperor, but what do you do? This palace just wants to tell them not to use the royal benevolence as a bargaining chip for whatever they want! ”

"The palace will write to the emperor, and all the officials involved this time will be deposed and sent to the northwest to repair the city. From this day on, all those who commit lawlessness in the homes of civil officials in the DPRK, no matter how big the officials, will be deposed! Zhu Houzhao said this loudly.

Why is this policy in place?

Because the situation of the Ming Dynasty is that he is an official in the court, he looks loyal and patriotic, but in the local hometown, it is all for the trouble.

If this trend cannot be stopped, then it is useless to do any reform.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao wanted to use this incident to declare to the outside world that he was not the previous Ming Emperor.

For Zhu Houzhao, power is the truth, and now Zhu Houzhao already has the foundation of power.

Why did the emperors of the Han Dynasty kill big families like slaughtering dogs? Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty come up with so many angry policies, but still no one dared to make trouble?

The reason is simple, no one can resist the army of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the Han Dynasty, just the Ming Dynasty, why can Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang kill soldiers like slaughtering dogs? Can you make a big statement, and if you embezzle forty times, you will peel off the skin and fill the grass?

It's not because there are soldiers in his hands and big fists, who dares to strangle them directly. I have this strength now.

There are nearly 200,000 Black Dragon troops in Beijing, nearly 100,000 troops in Liaodong, plus the army after this military reform in the northwest, there is no need for me to play any tricks.

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