The movement on the Qinhuai River soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of Jiankang.

Whether it is the nobles of the family or the ordinary people, they can't figure out what happened. But what was even worse was the officials on the flower boat on the Qinhuai River, Wei Ran ordered that no one was allowed to leave the flower boat, including these officials.

At this time, Yuan Muzhi also hurried to the Qinhuai River, and finally found Wei Ran who was fishing by the river.

Yuan Muzhi suddenly cried and laughed, and said, "Ming Gong still has the heart to fish now?" Isn't this movement too big? ”

At this time, Wei Ran's sword was too straight on the ground, but seeing Wei Ran holding the hilt of the sword in his left hand and the fishing rod in his right hand, he said unhurriedly: "Cut the mess quickly, I have already asked clearly, behind the flower boats here are all scholars and royal families, even the most inconspicuous flower boats, the income every night is not less than five hundred taels, the flower boat is nearly three thousand taels a day, and the thugs in the boat have all been controlled, which is really wonderful." ”

Yuan Muzhi smiled bitterly: "Ming Gong, don't you want to offend many officials in the DPRK and the central government, didn't we say that it was good to be Xu Xu Tuzhi at the beginning?"

"Today, my father came here for an unannounced visit, and I saw a lot of women from good families, because of the war, there was no rice at home, so they had to borrow money from the bank, but after borrowing, the price of rice skyrocketed, and the borrowed money could not be exchanged for two or three buckets of rice, and finally the daughter was robbed to pay off the debt."

Hearing Wei Ran's words, Yuan Muzhi realized the seriousness of the matter, but still admonished; "But Duke Ming, in this way, the court will inevitably criticize, and Your Majesty will definitely be difficult to do."

Wei Ran handed the fishing rod to Yuan Muzhi at this time, and then said, "Muzhi, I heard that you haven't married a wife yet?" ”

These words made Mu Zhi blush, but he still said: "Xiaguan once had a marriage, but because of all this, he still gave up. ”

Wei Ran then nodded, didn't speak, took out the sword from the ground, and then said: "This Qinhuai River flower boat is indeed widely implicated, but it is all some lawless nobles, and Your Majesty can't deal with it personally, so I will personally come forward and cut off the source of these evils." ”

At this time, the Qinhuai River was really exciting, there were many court officials who were prostitutes here, Liu Renye was leading people to interrogate one by one, he didn't want to have a few hard bones, he didn't put Liu Renye in his eyes at all, and the spit Xingzi went directly to Liu Renye's face.

There are even some moms of the flower boat, relying on the people behind them, who dare to push and shove the officers and soldiers, although the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army are angry, they can only endure it.

Wei Ran walked to Liu Renye's side at this time, looking at the person who was scolding Liu Renye, Wei Ran said with a smile: "What did you just say?" Tianxiongjun is my Wei Ran's dog? ”

This person's name is Zhou Wei, he is Zhou Pu's brother, and when he saw Wei Ran coming at this moment, he was not afraid: "Wei Ran, although you are the Duke of Qin, you must not act so domineeringly." You must know that my brother is the uncle of the dynasty. ”

Wei Ran didn't speak after listening, Zhou Wei obviously felt that Wei Ran was already afraid, and then immediately began to shout again.

But as soon as he shouted, he was kicked to the ground by Wei Ran, and then shouted: "Strip this person naked and hang it on a tree." Then Wei Ran said viciously: "Naked, even take off the bottom for me." ”

"Wei Ran, you dare, aren't you afraid of offending my brother like this." Zhou Wei was obviously frightened, and kept talking. If he was hung from a tree like this, his face would be lost.

"Call this public by name, and hang it directly on the Xuanyang Gate, just say that this person is an official of the imperial court, not only a prostitute, but also a prostitute." Wei Ran said coldly.

The Tianxiong army got the order, and then stripped Zhou Wei naked, pulled all the way to Xuanyang Gate, and hung it on the Xuanyang Gate Tower.

The rest of the nobles and merchants of the family saw this scene and kept silent. Seeing this, Wei Ran walked to a flower boat, looked at one of the old mothers and said, "Just now you led someone to push my Tianxiong soldiers?" ”

Mommy was already frightened at this time, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, Wei Ran squatted down, grabbed the old mother's hair and said, "Who is the owner behind this flower boat?" ”

"This, the old slave really can't say." Mom is still hard-mouthed at this time.

"I really don't want to take off a woman's clothes, it's insulting, what should I do? I can only throw you in this Qinhuai River. After Wei Ran finished speaking, he stood up, and then beckoned the Tianxiong Army to prepare to move.

"In the past, we were the property of the Xie family, but now that the Xie family has fallen, we are now the property of the Meng family." The old mother was already frightened at this time, and hurriedly said: "It's the Zhongshu Sheren, Master Meng." ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he let the old mother go, and then said to Liu Renye: "Do you know how to interrogate?" There are still two hours to go to court, and each flower boat, who is backed by it, will be questioned one by one. If the woman here became a lowly person after His Majesty ascended the throne in Gangneung, ask the reason, whether she was voluntarily or coerced, and if so, why she was coerced, and record them one by one. ”

Then Wei Ran walked out of the flower boat and said: "Those guests here, ask for their identities, if they are officials of the DPRK and China, they will be detained, and if they are white, they will be let go home." ”

Just as Wei Ran was leaving, he added coldly: "If there is anyone who does not cooperate, just strip them naked and let them go to be with Zhou Wei." ”

Early the next morning, the Humble Administrator's Hall in Taicheng was really wonderful.

The civil and military officials of the previous dynasty were directly reduced by a small half, and Xiao Ju saw this scene, and he already knew it in his heart.

At this time, all the ministers in the court were discussing, and the spearhead was all pointed at Wei Ran.

It is said that Wei Ran's private transfer of troops is regarded as a rebellion and should be severely punished.

It is said that Wei Ran was privately punished, and he didn't care about the law of the court at all.

It is said that Wei Ran detained officials privately and did not respect the imperial power.

Wei Ran has not yet gone to the court, and there is already a lot of noise in the court, Xiao Ju did not speak at this time, but quietly observed everyone in His Highness.

Heng Xian was about to say something, but he noticed Xiao Ju's expression at this time. Xiao Ju was looking at everyone in His Royal Highness with scrutinizing eyes, and Heng Xian was suddenly shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "It's not good, this matter must have been communicated by His Majesty and Wei Ran in advance, and there must be a plan." Thinking of this, Hengxian chose to keep his mouth shut.

Xiao Ju also knew in his heart at this time, at present, above the court, although Wei Ran represents the military, he has no foundation in the court, and Yuan Muzhi's qualifications are still there, and he cannot arrange important positions for the time being.

Just when the ministers were discussing, Wei Ran came to the Humble Administrator's Palace, holding a thick stack of confessions in his hand.

Wei Ran put the confession on the ground, and then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has come to ask for guilt for the matter of Qinhuaihe. ”

"Aiqing is flat, I also have something to say about Qin Huaihe, I don't know what made Qin Gong so aggressive? The ministers were dissatisfied before, and it was inconvenient for me to listen to the words of the family, and I hoped that Qin Gong would play it truthfully. Xiao Ju said with a serious face.

At this time, all the ministers in the court also felt a little subtle, and their eyes all looked at the thick stack of paper beside Wei Ran, and then heard Xiao Ju's words, and the ministers felt even more subtle, obviously it was the words of everyone, and it was the words of a family in Xiao Ju's mouth, so it can be seen that the ministers of the court and the central government combined, maybe not as good as one Wei Ran.

Wei Ran forwarded the confession to Xiao Ju, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister learned from an unannounced visit yesterday that there are hundreds of women in the flower boats on the Qinhuai River, who were coerced into falling into the dust after the traitor Xiao Luan ascended the throne. A small number of women are even the daughters of officials in the DPRK and China, because they are usually honest officials and have no surplus food, so they borrow money from the bank. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ran looked at several ministers, and then said: "Qian Zhuang lent money to these ministers at high interest, but he didn't want the price of Jiankang rice to soar several times, and the silver exchanged was not enough for the family, so he had no choice but to borrow again, and finally had to pawn the pawn, the ancestral house, but it was still not enough to pay off the loan, and finally he was forcibly taken away by someone." ”

Xiao Ju was shocked when he heard this, no wonder Wei Ran would transfer troops overnight yesterday, and then Xiao Ju asked: "Is there an official in the court who has such grievances, but he can tell the truth." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to ask anymore, there is a wide range of implications behind every money bank, and those officials who were forced to pawn their daughters were then demoted or dismissed for various reasons, and when they don't rise again, they naturally have nowhere to redress their grievances."

Speaking of this, Wei Ran was even more indignant: "The daughters of ordinary people are even more miserable, a daughter for five buckets of rice, those who are beautiful in appearance must first be spoiled by dignitaries, and then sent to the flower boat, and those with strong personalities are even worse than death, and they are devastated." ”

Xiao Ju was furious when he heard this, and then suddenly stood up from the dragon chair and shouted: "Are the ministers of the court really completely ignorant of this matter? Or do you regard me as a traitor Xiao Luan, and Heng as a thief? ”

Xiao Ju's words are very ingenious, Hengxian is now the prime minister and a member of the Heng clan, so he pulled Hengxian into a dilemma.

Hengxian also understands that this is Xiao Ju's beating on him, since the restoration of Jiankang, Hengxian's behavior is not as good as before, plus Hengzhi is ranked as Yan Gong, Da Sima, and Hengxian is the prime minister, compared to Wei Ran, Hengxian and Hengzhi are the great trouble of His Majesty.

Heng Zhiwen also complained in his heart when he heard this, his name is Da Sima, but in fact, he has no military power in his hands, just an empty shelf. But Xiao Ju is so straightforward, he wants to completely push Hengxian to the opposite side of the Shi clan.

"Your Majesty, what Duke Qin said, Wei Chen was also shocked. Wechen has lived in Jiangling for a long time, and he doesn't know about this matter, which is a dereliction of duty by Wechen, and Wechen is willing to accept the punishment. ”

"I believe that Heng Xiang is an impartial person, I have read these confessions, what Qin Gong said about Qian Zhuang is very implicated, what does it mean exactly?" Xiao Ju asked knowingly

"Your Majesty, there was the shadow of the minister of the DPRK and the Central Government behind the money village before, and there was the shadow of the money village behind the rice market, although it seems to be a normal business behavior, but when such a thing happens, it is difficult not to think that someone has made huge profits from it in the name of war. The money banks that lend money are mainly concentrated in Datong, Sheng'an, and Longsheng. And the Jiankang rice city controlled by these three money banks is up to eighty percent of Jiankang. ”

Having said this, there were already several people in the court who were pale, including Zhou Pu, who couldn't help but turn pale.

Hengzhi was slightly relieved when he heard this, although he had shares in some of the flower boats, but he did not participate in the money village, because the money village was the capital of the Jiangnan Shi clan to settle down, but then Heng Zhi frowned slightly, yesterday Wei Ran started to trouble from the flower boat, why did the woman who was sold by the money bank appear on the flower boat of the flower boat, which made him wonder.