Feng Bao, who was outside the door, didn't dare to go on when he said this.

"Go on!" Ye Xin said coldly.

"The people of the grain merchants of the four kings of the capital, Chen Zhang, Li Si, are now gathered outside the east gate, beating drums and singing grievances, attracting a large number of people, they, they have said a lot of bad things about you..."

Ye Xin's face sank, he could already imagine that these people had said those bad things.

Cruelty, greed, and so on.

"Go to the East Gate!"

Ye Xin turned around and walked out.

In an instant, the brocade guards of the brigade followed behind Ye Xin and headed towards the east gate.

Before I walked to the east gate, I met the Hubu Shangshu who hurried over, Liu Fengyi.

The old man looked nervous, and as soon as he saw that the prince was murderous with someone, he immediately stopped and told earnestly:

"Your Highness, you can't help it!"

"Get out of the way, Lone is going to calm down the grievances, what do you think Lone is going to do, slaughter?"

Kill corrupt officials full of bad water, Ye Xin has no pressure, slaughter the people, Ye Xin can't do it, and he won't do it.

Ye Xin pushed Liu Fengyi away and went to take care of himself.

"That's good, that's good."

After a false alarm, Liu Fengyi found that the cold sweat soaked through his coat.

Thousands of people gathered at the east gate to beat drums and shout grievances, which was a major event that had not been seen for hundreds of years.

In the final analysis, it was his Liu Fengyi's idea to deal with the four major grain merchants, and Liu Fengyi was very frightened.

After thinking about it, Liu Fengyi followed uneasily.

……

Outside the east gate of the imperial city, there is a drum courtyard.

There was a huge drum three or four people wide inside.

According to ancient legends, when people have grievances, they can beat the drum to sound their grievances, and the complaint goes directly to the emperor.

In this era, the giant drum was only a symbol of advocating clean government, and no one was allowed to beat the drum without permission.

But now.

Inside and outside the drum courtyard, there were crowds of troublemakers, plus they came when they heard the wind, and they were not afraid to see the excitement of things, and the black pressure could not see the end at a glance.

Nearby rooftops, big tree branches, people everywhere.

There are more than ten officials in the Drum Courtyard, and I never dreamed that so many people would appear early in the morning.

I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely, and I wanted to dissuade him, but I was squeezed to the side by the crowd and couldn't move.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, here!"

The brocade guard with a bright sword in his hand opened the way, and after a while, he quickly opened a path leading directly to the high platform of the drum courtyard.

Ye Xin was dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, with a cold face, and calmly climbed to the high platform in the courtyard.

The people who gathered to make trouble led by Wang Chen, Zhang Li, and were afraid of the reputation of the prince's killing, and they all stopped shouting.

When the surroundings became quiet, Ye Xin looked at the crowd:

"Whoever beats the drum and voices grievances, stands up, and is alone in charge of you."

The leader of the Chen family exchanged glances with the others and bowed down;

"Grass people Chen Zhi, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Ye Xin glanced at him and ordered lightly:

"Fifty rods, give you a chance to speak in front of Lone."

In the system of the Dayong Dynasty, if you want to redress your grievances with His Majesty the Emperor, you have to take fifty boards first.

Otherwise, no one would dare to knock on the drum of redress for grievances a few times, wouldn't it be child's play!

As soon as Ye Xin's words fell, several brocade guards walked towards Wang Qi viciously, and they had to beat the board first.

The leader of the Chen family, Chen Zhi, was so anxious that he struggled desperately:

"The grass people are wronged! My Chen family is wronged! The prince is cruel and unkind, how can he explain to the people here? If you kill the villain, you can't stop the mouth of the world! ”

was hit by the brocade guard on the fifty boards, and it is a miracle to be alive.

Chen Zhi didn't care about anything else, and blurted out big rebellious words.

Ye Xin made a gesture, Jin Yiwei's movements immediately stopped, Ye Xin glanced around Wang Qi again with an expressionless face, and asked lightly:

"The other three, do they think the same way as him?"

The rest of the families had a heart-to-heart after looking at each other a few times. They gritted their teeth and spoke:

"Li Qi, a grass man, seeing that his family is going to be ruined, he has no choice but to do so..."

“… Zhang Jichang, my Zhang family is not guilty, the head of the family was imprisoned in Dongchang by Jinyiwei, and I still don't know whether he is alive or dead, which is really chilling and chilling to the people..."

The three families all expressed their attitude of advancing and retreating together, and Ye Xin immediately turned his gaze to the last of the three of them.

The man from the Wang family, with a wide hat on his head, couldn't see his face clearly, and his body was thin and slender.

"The people represent the Wang family, but not for revenge, it's just..."

The one who spoke turned out to be a female voice, low and tactful, crisp and beautiful.

"Just what?"

Seeing that the Wang family sent a woman, Ye Xin asked with great interest.

"It's just that yesterday, my family was admonished by the Ministry of Households, asking us to put the country first, donate money and food, and relieve the affected people in Guanzhong. After returning home, my Wang family thought about it, and was really uneasy in my heart, and the matter was in a hurry, and I decided to take out the only cash in the capital and contribute it to the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, the girl of the Wang family was a little nervous in her voice:

"The folk girl originally planned to show her intentions to the adults of the household department early in the morning, but she didn't see anyone..."

Chen, Zhang, and Li Sanjia were stunned at first, and in an instant, their hostile eyes shot at the girl of the Wang family.

Say okay, let's advance and retreat together, what the hell is this stinky girl?

Anti-water on the spot!

But because the prince is high, the three families dare to be angry and dare not speak.

The corners of Ye Xin's mouth provoked an inexplicable smile, staring at the woman below whose face she couldn't see clearly.

Unexpectedly, among the four grain merchants, there is also a strange woman with outstanding knowledge!

"What's your name? Why you? Ye Xin asked.

"Siyi, the queen of the people, my father died early, my third brother was imprisoned in Dongchang, and only the little girl came."

Wang Siyi said pitifully.

The current head of the Wang family is nominally her third brother, but in fact, the real one who got the idea was this little sister who was valued by her father since she was a child and had a lot of business acumen.

At the beginning, her brother came back from the household department, and Wang Siyi learned that the household department was summoned in the name of the prince of the prison country, and she felt that something was wrong.

Then, the home was searched, and the heads of the four families were arrested.

Today, so many people have gathered overnight, and the momentum is huge, and they want to shake the current prince of the prison country!

Wang Siyi faintly smelled the smell of conspiracy.

And it's the kind of cannon fodder that the four families do.

The crown prince holds the power of the prison country, and he is high, where is there no power, and the merchants at the end of the Shinong industry and commerce are qualified to collide?

Just a disrespectful hat is enough for several families to be wiped out.

Ye Xin looked at Wang Siyi's beautiful figure with a look of appreciation.

Then, turning to the other three families:

"Since you're here, why bother. Are you dissatisfied with loneliness, yes or no? ”

Li Qi, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Jichang, the three representative figures, were silent for a moment.

Li Qi bowed his head and said:

"Please have mercy on Your Highness, we and other small people have always abided by the law and done some business to supplement their families. If His Royal Highness refuses to let us go, the huge capital will inevitably chill people's hearts, and the prince will think twice! ”