Chen Zhi and Zhang Jichang took the opportunity to bow their heads and bow their hands, and said together:

"Please think twice!"

"What if you don't say yes?" Ye Xin said coldly.

In front of so many people, several major grain merchants have no way out, and Ye Xin is the same.

Once he retreats, in the blink of an eye, the news of the prince's brutality will spread throughout the government and the opposition, and finally arouse public anger and have to stop.

Then, Ye Xin was not easy, and the authority he had just established in the palace would soon be dispelled.

Lin Fuguo and others will even take the opportunity to speak in front of their father and slander themselves.

Really.

Zhang Jichang was the first to let go and said loudly:

"Your Highness has only been in charge of the country for a few days, and the capital is in turmoil, and the people are panicking. Please be restrained, Your Highness..."

There is a first, there is a second.

Chen Zhi shouted:

"Your Highness is going around in a big circle, nothing more than asking for money, my Chen family, I am willing to pay 100,000 taels! Couldn't be more. ”

That breath seems to be called Hanako.

"Presumptuous!"

"Shut up!"

The brocade guards shouted angrily.

Behind the grain merchants, the servants and family members brought in them applauded.

For a while, the sound spread far away.

The scene was a little unbearable.

Ye Xin stood on the stage and watched the ebb and flow of the tide.

Wait for the hustle and bustle of the crowd to stop.

Ye Xin's eyes were cold, and his tone revealed a downright coldness:

"Create momentum, vainly try to represent the will of the people, to fight against the imperial court, against Lonely. It's really a mantis arm as a car, I don't know whether I am dead or alive! ”

"Spread the will of the orphans."

Ye Xin is lonely and cold like a 10,000-year-old iceberg, looking down on all directions:

"Chen, Zhang, and Li's three families, raid the family and exterminate the clan! He beheaded the people outside the noon gate, and all the gold and silver property, the fields, and the shops in his name were put into the treasury, and those who dared to stop the confrontation were punished for the same crime! ”

Buzz.

It's like causing an uproar.

Ye Xin's words spread far away, inside and outside the Drum Courtyard, and in the ears of tens of thousands of people gathered at this time.

Time.

The masses are indignant and the people's grievances are boiling.

Ordinary people feel that the prince's decision is too brutal and unreasonable.

Only Wang Siyi of the Wang family breathed a long sigh of relief.

At least, the crown prince only disposed of three, and the Wang family was not involved.

However.

Wang Siyi raised her head inadvertently, and her paint-like eyes happened to meet the prince's smiling gaze.

Seeing the prince's aggressive gaze, Wang Siyi had a feeling, as if the little white rabbit had met the long-coveted big bad wolf.

"Someone!"

Ye Xin ignored the public opinion that continued to ferment in the audience, and indifferently ordered:

"Next, read out the crimes of several of their families in public, and as for the Wang family, put them aside for the time being."

"Obey!"

A few eunuchs with outstanding voices walked up, and their shrill and high-pitched voices quickly echoed in the air.

“… On the X day of the X year, the Li family, in the name of visiting and making friends, presented the former Zhongji Temple scholar, Wu Congzhi, 200,000 taels of silver! Ten pieces of antique calligraphy and painting! …”

“… On the X day of the X year, the X month, in order to seize the monopoly of salt and iron on the outskirts of the capital, several families rushed to bribe Youshi, and the total amount was one million, which was appalling..."

“……”

At first, there was a boiling scolding and angry shouting below.

By the time the five or six articles were recited, the scene had gradually quieted down, and people were stunned when they heard the grain merchant's accusations.

Many ordinary people began to reflect, as if, the prince sentenced like this, and these people are not wronged.

The people of the four major grain merchants, as well as some officials and people with bad intentions, still want to agitate.

However.

At this moment, more and more people gathered, but these people have become a minority, and they can't afford to make big waves.

After a while, the people didn't dare to scream in order to avoid attracting attention.

Ye Xin smiled coldly, the show had just begun.

The charges continue.

"In addition, according to the tax law of our Dayong Dynasty, property tax is levied on merchants, and those who dare to conceal it and do not report it will be confiscated according to the Dayong law, and the clansmen will be exiled to the frontier..., according to the archives recorded by the household department, these families, in the past 30 years, have not paid a penny..."

"According to the etiquette system of the Dayong Dynasty, all business registration, the gate of the mansion shall not exceed one zhang high, the decoration shall not be magnificent, and there shall be no colorful paintings, etc., and the real estate owned by the family shall not exceed 100 acres... However, just a few grain merchants' mansions in the capital have been completely violated, according to the law of Dayong, when the family property is filled with the treasury, the men are enslaved, and the women are assigned to the sect division..."

"Since February this year, the imperial court has repeatedly issued orders to request that the price of rice not be maliciously raised, and this relationship is stable in the court, and the capital is the top priority! In February, the Mi family was one tael or four dollars per stone, but now, each stone has reached ten taels of silver, and the price has increased nearly tenfold! ”

“……”

With the disclosure of these well-founded bombshells, the Li, Chen, and Zhang families all showed shocked expressions in horror.

All of them are like encountering a basin of cold water on the head, and the heart is cold.

These charges formulated according to the law of Dayong are conclusive and irrefutable.

For generations, the imperial court valued agriculture over commerce, and set extremely strict rules on their property, mansions, and even the scale of their travel.

But hundreds of years have passed, the rich have run rampant, and the government has become increasingly corrupt.

There are many rules, not to mention that it's okay, once you get on the scale, it weighs more than a thousand pounds.

According to the listed crimes, the property of several of their families was confiscated, and the people in the family were punished and confiscated as slaves, and they were engaged in more than ten or twenty times, all of which were ordinary operations.

“… The drought in Guanzhong, as well as the continuous natural disasters in various places, the price of rice has skyrocketed, and the people are living in hardship.

Speaking of this, Ye Xin raised his hand slightly and signaled to stop.

"Now, who still wants to cry out alone?"

The corners of Ye Xin's mouth outlined the arc, and he said indifferently:

"The country is about to collapse, and the people's livelihood is difficult, many people have not thought that there is also the credit of your group of profiteers behind it. Not only the price of rice, salt, oil and other daily necessities, but also in the capital, the price has increased nearly tenfold! Every tael of silver earned by your families is the blood and sweat of the people! ”

"Normally, you don't care about the life or death of the people, everyone in the house is clothed and fed, and you spend money like dirt."

"Today, Lone is making a reckoning with you, but you are here, claiming to be a common man, and you want to discuss an explanation with Lone."

"Do you understand?!"

Ye Xin suddenly raised his voice and shouted in a loud voice:

"Even if Lone beheads you all over the house, what do you have to defend against?"

In the quiet field, tens of thousands of ordinary people in the capital were quietly understanding what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said.

After a while.

Someone is starting to come back to the taste.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right. The price of rice has risen to the sky, and we can't live anymore, so why do we still speak for this group of profiteers? ”

"Prince, you are really on the side of our people."