If the vassal king wanted to resist Zhu Youxiao's new policy, he had to rely on local officials, and the first new policy really harmed the interests of the officials, and the two sides hit it off, which led to the smashing and robbery of the Imperial Bank in Shandong.

With Yuan Keli's strong cooperation, Yang Lian only took a month and a half to find out the whole thing. In order to keep the three vassal kings, Yuan Keli led the killing of dozens of people, and nearly thirty percent of the entire Shandong officialdom were dismissed.

The Imperial Bank case in Shandong was only the tip of the iceberg of the vassal kings' resistance to the New Deal. The vassal kings of Shandong are close to Beijing, and Yuan Keli has held the military and political power of Shandong for many years, and enjoys a high prestige in Shandong, which can be said to be as stable as a rock.

In order to arrange the displaced people formed by the disaster, the Jingguang Chi Road and the Shangcheng Chi Road were also built at the same time.

It's just that Yuan Keli and Yang Lian didn't expect that at this time, a secret performance from Jinyiwei had been placed in front of Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao sent Jinyiwei not only to assist Yang Lian in handling the Shandong Imperial Bank case, but also to more accurately understand the implementation of the new policy from various channels.

"Is there conclusive evidence that the Shandong Imperial Bank case involves the three vassal kings of Shandong?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, all the evidence has been broken, Yuan Futai and Yang Zongxian have killed all the key personnel in this case in Shandong, and the rest of the people involved have been exiled." Tian Ergeng replied.

"It's fast! I gave Yang Lian the power to do special things, but I didn't expect him to use it on this. Zhu Youxiao said with a sigh.

"Your Majesty, do you want Jinyiwei to re-investigate this case?" Tian Ergeng asked softly. Tian Ergeng was confident that even if Yuan Keli and Yang Lian did this matter seamlessly, he would have a way to regain evidence, and in this regard, he was the best at it.

"No need." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said. Zhu Youxiao can see from the secret music why Yuan Keli and Yang Lian did this?

"After the fact, only Yang Lian went to meet the three vassal kings, and Yuan Keli never went to meet the three vassal kings?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Yes, Yang Zongxian only went to see each vassal king once, and he always went there at the hour, and he left in less than half an hour each time." Tian Ergeng replied.

"It seems to be to avoid suspicion!" Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, then asked, "What happened to the three vassal kings?" ”

"After seeing Yang Zongxian, the three vassal kings have been closed and have not seen guests." Tian Ergeng replied.

"You go down first, and remember to keep an eye on the vassal king of Shandong." Zhu Youxiao emphasized.

"No."

……

Since the June earthquake in Shanxi, Xu Guangqi has been organizing the victims to save themselves. For the displaced people formed by the catastrophe, Xu Guangqi arranged for immigrants and arranged for them to participate in the construction of the Beijing-Guangchi Road.

Xu Guangqi's effective organization made it possible for Shanxi to survive the disaster, and the people were stable and actively cooperated with the government to save themselves. The only thing is that the first batch of disaster relief funds sent by the imperial court has been exhausted, and the second batch of disaster relief funds sent are all new treasure money from the Money Bureau.

"I'm afraid the merchant won't accept it." Xu Guangqi said worriedly. The reputation of the Ming treasure banknote in the empire is already rotten to the end, similar to the Zimbabwean banknotes of later generations.

"Your Majesty decrees that only treasure money will be collected after the tax payment in Shanxi for the time being, and if the merchant is unwilling to accept the treasure banknote, after receiving the treasure bank, he can go to the Imperial Bank to exchange silver dollars." The person in charge of escorting the banknotes is Jinyi Wei Qianhu Yi Dayou.

"What should we do with the previous treasure money?" Xu Guangqi asked.

"All nullified." Yi Dayou replied.

"Since the treasure money can go to the bank to exchange for silver dollars, why not just give the silver dollars? Instead of giving the treasure money first? Isn't that redundant? Xu Guangqi asked. The acceptance of silver dollars in Shanxi is now very high, and now all the silver dollars are circulating in the market, while the circulation of loose silver is far less convenient than that of silver dollars, and it has been completely replaced.

"I don't know where this is." Yi Dayou replied.

……

But soon Xu Guangqi figured out that everything Zhu Youxiao did was to make the treasure money circulate.

However, it was still difficult to implement the treasure banknotes in practice, and the credibility of the empire in printing banknotes was used up by the imperial court at one time. In order to use the treasure money, Xu Guangqi had to come forward in person to meet the big businessmen in Shanxi.

"Lord Futai, in the past, it was all paid in silver dollars, but this time it was replaced by treasure money, this ......" The merchants were very embarrassed, and someone mustered up the courage to say, "Lord Futai, this treasure money is worthless now." ”

"This official knows that the previous treasure banknotes are indeed worthless, but this time it is a new treasure note issued by His Majesty, but it is different, and in the future, your taxes can only be paid with treasure money for the time being, and after you accept the treasure banknotes, if you are not willing to hold the treasure banknotes, you can go to the Imperial Bank to exchange them for silver dollars." Xu Guangqi explained.

"Lord Futai, it's better to simply pay with silver dollars, why bother." Someone suggested.

"This is His Majesty's will, and this official must also abide by it." Xu Guangqi said.

Hearing that it was Zhu Youxiao's will, the businessmen present were silent, and Zhu Youxiao's slaughter in Shanxi left a shadow in the hearts of the businessmen in Shanxi.

Seeing that all the merchants stopped talking, Xu Guangqi said: "The official has already ordered to go down and settle all the money owed last time to everyone." ”

"Master Xie." The merchants said helplessly.

……

When the merchants came, they thought that they were going to settle the bill today, and they were all well prepared, and the carriage servants brought a lot of them, but they didn't expect that after the account was settled, they could put them in their pockets and take them all away.

"Master, didn't the yamen settle the bill today?" A servant saw his master empty-handed and walked out.

"It's over." The merchant said angrily.

"Master, where's the money? I'll carry it for you. The servant looked around and didn't see the silver dollar, so he asked. He came to help the merchant carry money.

"Do you still need to carry this here?" The merchant pointed to the treasure money in the bag and said angrily.

"Treasure money?! This ...... "The servant didn't know what to say."

"Stop being verbose, let's go." The merchant said.

"Master, are you going home?" The servant asked.

"No, now follow me to the Imperial Bank in the west of the city to exchange the treasure money for silver dollars immediately." The merchant said.

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(End of chapter)