As soon as Liu Chengye was pulled away by the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, another Jingshi ordinary person rushed in, and an old punch hit Fan Yongdou in the face again. Suddenly, the face, which was already blooming, was a little unsightly, the bridge of the nose was estimated to be broken, and the nose collapsed.

Fan Yongdou, who was the leader of the smuggling party, couldn't care about the sharp pain on his face at this time, and tried his best to shrink back, while shouting in fear: "Save me, save me ......"

Tied to him were the other seven Jin merchants, and when they saw Fan Yongdou's tragic situation, they were so frightened that they wanted to stay away from Fan Yongdou. However, their hands were all tied, and they used the same rope, so they couldn't stay away, so they were all afraid, and they could only try their best to stay away from Fan Yongdou.

The second person who beat Fan Yongdou was also pulled away by the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion.

However, the third Jingshi people had already pounced again, and there was a fourth and a fifth......

In just a moment's effort, a group of people in Beijing had already rushed over, ignoring that they had already caused trouble, and there was only one thought, they had to kill these traitors who were in charge of the torture!

Soon, Fan Yongdou was surrounded by the people of Jingshi, punched and kicked. Even those who came later, unable to squeeze through, pounced on other targets.

At this time, the scene was already very chaotic. Unless the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion formed a military formation and killed the people of Jingshi, it would be impossible to prevent the people of Jingshi from taking revenge.

And this kind of chaos, starting from this initial point, extended to other prisoners, in addition to the eight major Jin merchants, as well as those civil and military generals who were also arrested, just like this, more and more prisoners were surrounded by angry people and beaten together.

The soldiers of the Yongwei battalion quickly got the military order, let go of some of them, and let the people of the capital have a place to vent, and the troops retreated, holding the prisoners and other food and grass supplies behind.

This time, it was not Hong Chengchou who led the army back, he stayed in Shanxi to officially take office, and he was busy arranging the endgame after raiding his family and exterminating the clan.

It was Lu Xiangsheng who led the army back, and after he went to Beijing to pay the decree, he went to Shandong to take up his post.

At this time, he was at the back of the team, looking at the chaos in front of him, and he was not particularly angry.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army to fight and was used to seeing life and death. However, he also saw many people who were separated from each other in life and death, dead bodies and bones everywhere. And all of this, whether it was committed by the prisoners or the thieves, has the "credit" of these Jin merchants.

The hatred of the people of Beijing for these Jin merchants, Lu Xiangsheng can understand very well. In fact, if it weren't for his identity, he would have wanted to kill the eight Jin merchants with his own hands. He didn't expect that his father's death was caused by these Jin merchants. And their purpose was not to let him be in the position of governor of Xuanda, just because it hindered their capture, because the grain policy harmed their interests. If the normal way doesn't work, let him leave office.

He was thinking about it, when the general soldier Yang Guozhu beside him suddenly said a little worriedly: "My lord, if the Qin prisoner is killed like this, the court will ask for the guilt!" ”

Obviously, what he meant was actually to suggest that Lu Xiangsheng send a follow-up army, drive forward, and rush away from those people in Beijing.

However, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "The evidence of these Qin crimes is conclusive, and they were originally sent to Jingshi with a thousand knives. Now being beaten to death by the people of Jingshi is also their retribution. The court asked for the guilt, and the official also confessed! ”

Having said that, he actually knew in his heart that the emperor should not punish him.

There was a commotion, and when Lu Xiangsheng sent the army to open the way, he found that the eight Jin merchants, as well as those local generals and civil officials, were beaten by the people of Beijing and did not even leave their bodies, only pools of blood on the street, and minced meat stuck to the ground.

That's it, and the people picked up the scraps of meat on the ground before the army came, trying to take it away.

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion escorted Liu Chengye to Lu Xiangsheng and told him that he was the first to do it. No matter what, there must be an explanation, so Liu Chengye did not leave.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Liu Chengye, whose eyes were still a little red, and asked lightly: "Do you know the consequences of doing it?" ”

"The grass people know, I heard the notice in the morning." Liu Chengye held his head high and replied without hesitation, "But the grass people's father and son died in the hands of Jianyu, and the grass people's family was ruined, and these traitors were the accomplices, no matter what, the grass people can be regarded as part of the revenge!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a crying cry from the crowd on the side, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was his daughter-in-law. When he came back to his senses, his heart was a little gloomy, and his head was lowered. However, he had just lowered his head, but he raised his head again.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was riding on a horse, looked at him for a while, then looked at the crying lady in the crowd, and suddenly said lightly: "You go, remember, don't do it again in the future!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengye thought that he had heard it wrong, looked at Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, and found that he didn't seem to have heard it wrong. The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, who were holding him, also let go of their hands. This shows that I did not hear it wrong. Suddenly, he was very surprised.

Seeing this, Yang Guozhu on the side wanted to persuade Lu Xiangsheng to give an explanation to the court, even if the emperor would not punish him, but no matter what, the emperor would give an explanation to the ministers. This is the first offense, or at least an explanation.

However, he remembered what Lu Xiangsheng said before, thought about it, and still refused to persuade him. Because he knew that since Lu Xiangsheng had already spoken, it meant that he had made a decision, and it was impossible to persuade him.

But no matter what, he still spoke, but said to Liu Chengye: "Don't thank you yet, my lord?" ”

Liu Chengye came back to his senses, his heart was excited, and when he wanted to thank him, Lu Xiangsheng clamped the horse's belly between his legs and drove the horse away.

However, Liu Chengye still knelt down, kowtowed to Lu Xiangsheng's back, and said loudly: "My lord, the grass people are called Liu Chengye, and the Liuji blacksmith shop in the west of the city makes a living, and the grass people will not run." ”

The implication is that if Lu Xiangsheng still wants to arrest him afterwards, his name and address are provided, and he will bear what he has done.

In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng didn't seem to hear it, didn't have a trace of reaction, and kept going away.

Liu Chengye retreated into the crowd, hugged his tearful daughter-in-law and didn't speak, just hugged it tightly, ignoring that there were so many people.

No one thought that after such a sudden incident, although the official name of this street remained unchanged, among the people of Beijing, it was renamed "hoe rape street".

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in the Forbidden City, soon knew about what was happening outside. In this regard, he was also stunned, and then immediately understood that the Eight Great Jin Merchants were not only scolded by later generations, but also hated by the people of this era.

Beaten to death, the fate of the dead without a corpse, I don't know if the later traitors will know about it, will there be less?

Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue this matter. Regarding the criticism of Lu Xiangsheng by some courtiers, they also directly refuted it, and did not ask Lu Xiangsheng to explain anything.

Subsequently, those who were arrested in Beijing for treasonous crimes were also executed, so as not to waste food if they were imprisoned again.

Among them, Chen Xinjia and Liu Meicai were sentenced to a thousand cuts, and Yang Sichang and those who hoarded grain, that is, those with a Jin merchant background, were destined to be cut off and abandon the city. Of course, the crime of rebellion is inevitable and will bring harm to relatives.

Among the people of Jingshi, the vast majority of them did not grab the flesh and blood of the Eight Great Jin Merchants and other civil and military officials who were killed to pay tribute to their relatives, and these people became targets again. It is said that these rebels died again without a whole body, and the executioner near the water also made a small fortune.

The resentment accumulated by the people of Jingshi over the years has been vented in this major case of rebellion. Many people who haven't smiled for years have also regained their smiles. Emperor Chongzhen's prestige has also reached a very high height among the people of Beijing.

"Emperor Shengming, it is said that the emperor first deduced that there must be a traitor in the Ming Dynasty, and in the past, he mentioned it in the court, but no one believed it at that time!"

"But no, the emperor is a genius, and he finally caught this group of damn things in the eighteenth layer of hell!"

"Haha, without these Jin merchants colluding with Jianyu, across the Shanhaiguan, see how Jianyu still knows the situation in our Daming Pass. In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, those Tartars can't farm, see how they live? ”

"You still have to be careful to prevent other spies from working for Jianlu!"

“……”

While talking about this, many people inevitably turned the conversation to the countless gold, silver and jewelry they had seen that day.

"Have you counted the Jin merchant wealth that was raided, the cart of gold, silver and jewelry, I have seen it, it is estimated that there are 10,000 taels of silver, right?"

"But no, even the horse pulling the cart, I can see it, it's very hard to pull!"

"Now it's okay, the court is rich, there shouldn't be any more taxes, right?"

"As soon as you say it, I remember, it is said that Yang Sichang is a dog thief, and he also suggested that the emperor add another salary. It's not a thing! ”

"The emperor is wise, didn't he agree!"

"By the way, Ben Gongzi saw that those gold, silver and jewelry were all transported to the Daming Royal Bank."

"I saw it too, didn't you notice? Today's Daming Royal Bank is guarded by factory guards and Yongwei battalion soldiers inside and out! ”

"What, you don't know what the Daming Royal Bank does? It's the old money bank! I heard that all the silver bills in the future must be the kind printed by the Daming Royal Bank. ”

"That's right, the salaries of the three battalions under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor have been issued with those silver tickets, and if anyone wants to exchange it back, they can go directly to the Daming Royal Bank to exchange it."

"I saw the silver ticket, it was beautifully printed, and it was very convenient to use."

"Yes, I'll go and exchange some silver tickets when I go back, otherwise, it's really not very convenient!"

“……”

In the past, all the gold, silver and jewelry obtained from the house were open for people to see, and this was actually the purpose. In front of everyone, countless gold, silver and jewelry were deposited in the Daming Royal Bank. It is like a shot in the heart, giving the people of Beijing confidence and believing in the strength of the Daming Royal Bank.

By this time, Emperor Chongzhen also sent factory guards to publicize it in secret, so that more people could know about the Daming Royal Bank. After all, there was only a resolution in the court before, and relatively speaking, the news was still too narrow.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the matter about Daming Royal Bank has indeed been popularized very smoothly and quickly. It is also because of this incident that the silver ticket of the Daming Royal Bank has invisibly increased a lot of confidence.

The officials, the army and the nobles of the Beijing Division, also after the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry were sent to the Daming Royal Bank, they were no longer distributed in kind, and there was no color folding, but the silver tickets of the Daming Royal Bank were directly issued.

However, there is a problem. It was at this time that the officials were all priced in grain. Therefore, what is used for the distribution of money cannot actually be called silver stamps, but food stamps. What is printed on it is not how many taels, but how many stones.

That is to say, the official system of officials, nobles, and the military stipulates how many stones they have, and if they stipulate that they have two monthly salaries in silver, they will be issued with silver stamps. At this time, it was not possible to forcibly stipulate that one or two pieces of silver should be exchanged for one stone of grain.

Because Jingshi's grain is still restricted by the imperial court, even if there are food stamps, you can't exchange it for food immediately, you can only give it in limited quantities. For the officials of the Beijing Division, there is not much change for the time being, they just get a voucher for receiving grain. It will not be allowed to exchange until the food supply of the Jingshi is sufficient.

Of course, if there are officials in Beijing who have to exchange food stamps for silver, they can also go to the Daming Royal Bank to exchange them, and the official rule is to exchange one stone grain stamps for one or two silver. As for what kind of trading method is in private, Emperor Chongzhen can't control it. However, with this official buying and selling line that the Daming Royal Bank can regulate, it is equivalent to a regulation of the price of Daming grain. In the time of harvest, the price of grain will not be too cheap; In times of failure, the price of food will not be too high.

Emperor Chongzhen took advantage of this Jin merchant conspiracy to rebel and promote these things in one fell swoop. On the side of the court officials, few people dared to question this because of Emperor Chongzhen's large-scale arrest; And the people of Beijing, because they witnessed it with their own eyes, are full of confidence in Daming Royal Bank. Not only are few people exchange silver tickets for silver, but there are even many merchants who have deposited silver in the Daming Royal Bank to exchange some silver tickets for use.

There are even many merchants who are discussing that it would be more convenient if the face value of the silver ticket of the imperial court was lower, which could replace the most commonly used copper coins. There is no need to worry about the quality of copper coins and cause problems.

It can be said that the promotion of Daming Royal Bank's bank bills is far smoother than imagined. Emperor Chongzhen saw that the time was right, so he announced the establishment of a branch of the Ming Royal Bank in the provincial capital of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, allowing exchange in other places. That is to say, you can deposit silver in Jingshi, get a deposit receipt, and go to other provinces to withdraw the silver. Of course, if you have enough trust, you can also get a large number of silver tickets. This kind of thing, only like Daming Royal Bank has this strength, including the money bank opened by the original Jin Shang, it also does not have this strength. With Daming Royal Bank opening branches in various places, it is conceivable that it will be greatly convenient to do business in other places.

After doing these things, Emperor Chongzhen announced another major news, which once again aroused the attention of all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

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