In mid-March, the wildflowers of Tianshou Mountain are already all over the sky.

After Zhu Youzhu finished all the worship processes, he came to the Ming Tower of Fangcheng in Changling, looked at the golden Qi'en Hall in the sunset in front of him, and admired a corner of the largest imperial tomb.

A year is not a long time, but it doesn't seem to change in the slightest, as if it will still be the same in another ten years.

As long as the Ming Dynasty still stands in China, it is unlikely that anyone will dare to come here to disturb the eternal sleep of the emperors.

Zhu Youzhu feels a faint sense of intimacy here, and it seems to be a good choice to come here every six months or a year to relax.

In the past year, he has worked hard to promote the development of the country.

The salt administration has achieved remarkable results, the Qingzhang fields are being implemented in an orderly manner, foreign trade is also carried out smoothly, and various water conservancy projects have also been emphasized, and now it is ready to break the financial situation.

Just if you want to do things, it is easy to offend others after all, especially when the interests of vested interest groups are harmed, it is inevitable to guard against the counterattack of this group.

Zhu Youzhu knew that this road was not easy to follow, and he might even become a real loner, but he knew that if he did not lead hundreds of millions of compatriots out, he would definitely be killed in the future.

Liang Fang looks a lot older, because he is the head of the imperial mausoleum, and he also personally received Zhu Youzhi throughout the whole process, and he is standing behind Zhu Youzhu at this moment.

When he saw Zhu Youzhu for the first time, he almost mistakenly thought that the young emperor standing in front of him was the first emperor, and Zhu Youzhu was obviously much more mature than last year.

Although he has been staying in Tianshou Mountain, he also knows some major events in the imperial court, but he knows that the emperor in front of him has been working hard, and he has achieved remarkable results.

However, he knew that the resistance of the civil official group was greater than he imagined, and the first emperor of the year actually wanted to create a prosperous era, but he was still disheartened after all kinds of resistance.

Now he only hopes that Zhu Youzhu can break all the resistance within the dynasty, not be obstructed by interest groups, and fulfill the wish of the first emperor to create a prosperous world.

Feng Ma and several other commanders of the 12th battalion followed, leading their right-hand men to defend the surroundings, appearing to be loyal to the safety of the emperor.

It was at this moment that a messenger walked up through the Lingxing Gate below and passed through the east side of the stone five offerings.

Liu Jin has been by Zhu Youji's side, and when he learned that it was the latest news from the capital, he respectfully presented the latest information to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu was bathed in the soft spring breeze, and after opening the latest news just sent, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Although he is a high emperor, after touching their cheese, the powerful people who are obviously parasites of the dynasty want to go against their will.

Fortunately, he arranged his back hand in advance, and now through Wang Yue, he killed the sharp spirit of the elite class, presumably those elites know that this financial rectification is irreversible.

And now, the household department and the Shuntian Mansion have sent the latest news, presumably the parasite magnates have begun to panic.

"Your Majesty, is there good news in the capital?" Liang Fang noticed that the corners of Zhu Youji's mouth were raised, so he asked curiously.

Zhu Youzhu shook his head gently, and replied with a lonely look: "This is not good news!" After Wang Yue killed those who made trouble, the household department checked the account books very smoothly, but in the process of assisting in the investigation, the Shuntian Mansion had just found out eighteen bloody cases! ”

"Eighteen bloody cases? How could there be so many bloody cases in the capital at once? Liang Fang's eyes suddenly widened, and he asked in great surprise.

Liu Jin, Ma Feng and the others were also full of doubts, and they all turned their heads to look at Zhu Youzhu curiously.

Although the population of the capital is large, it is normal for there to be a few bloody cases, but it is unbelievable that there are eighteen bloody cases at once.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the pine forest bathed in the setting sun below, and explained bitterly: "Judging from the information sent by the household department and the Shuntian Mansion, I am afraid that these eighteen bloody cases are just appetizers!" In the process of checking the account books, the household department found that some people with huge debts were missing, and the Shuncheon government intervened in the investigation. Judging from the latest investigation by the Shuntian Mansion, each bank has a group of collectors, and these collectors are not serious, these eighteen lives are only the collection personnel of a money bank, and other money banks are afraid that they are also guilty of bloody crimes! ”

This financial rectification is like opening a Pandora's box, and now checking the account books of these 100 stores is not only revealing the sins of the powerful.

In an agrarian society, the purchasing power of the inhabitants is generally very low, and the fact that private lending has such high profits is inevitably accompanied by evil.

On the contrary, after his own cultivation since he ascended the throne, not only does he have Wang Yue, who dares to kill the powerful, but Song Cheng is also a rare Song Qingtian.

As long as I can give them enough support, I can not only take the opportunity to rectify the financial chaos, but also let the sins of the powerful be liquidated.

This......

Liu Jin and the others looked at each other, originally thinking that the powerful were just oppressing the people, but they didn't expect that someone would do such a crazy thing.

A single bank has already committed a full eighteen murders, and if every bank is like this, then the financial industry in the capital is simply disregarding human life.

"Your Majesty, there is a sentence that slaves don't know whether to say or not!" Liang Fang hesitated for a moment, and immediately asked seriously.

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly, as if he had guessed Liang Fang's thoughts: "Liang Fang, are you trying to persuade me to stop?" ”

"The slave didn't dare to persuade or persuade him, but Emperor Jingtai's illness came strangely. The slave hopes that His Majesty will ...... Pay more attention to your body, and at the same time strengthen your precautions, and remember the lessons of the civil fort! Liang Fang knew that the palace was sinister, so he reminded him seriously.

Zhu Youzhi knew that the path he chose was destined to be difficult to be recognized by the elite, so he nodded lightly: "I am so comfortable staying in the palace, and I have no experience in marching and fighting, it is impossible to do the stupid thing of driving the imperial army in person!" ”

Not to mention that his military actual combat level can be said to be zero, and how many people have already regarded themselves as a thorn in their side, it is naturally impossible to drive the expedition in person.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Liang Fang saw that Zhu Youzhu had already listened to his admonition, so he put his heart at ease.

Zhu Youzhu found that there were still fewer people around him who could really be trusted, so he turned his head to look at Liang Fang and said seriously: "Liang Fang, are you willing to go back to the palace with me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slave maid is already old, please allow the slave and maid to guard the mausoleum here!" Liang Fang was very moved in her heart, but she still knelt down and refused.

Zhu Youzhu saw Liang Fang's loyalty to Xianzong, and felt both happy and helpless.

Although he is a high-ranking emperor, he is gradually distancing himself from the elite class, so he needs to be wary of the people around him. It's just that in this era of lust for profit, how can we ensure the absolute loyalty of the people around us?

Zhu Youzhu quickly cleaned up his mood, but in fact, he didn't need to be too pessimistic.

Although there are traitorous and loyal Hubu Shangshu Ye Qi and others, there are also officials like Wang Yue who care about the people, and Liu Jin, Guo Yong, Zhang Yong and others around him are also loyal to themselves.

Generally speaking, after the spring festival, the emperor stayed in the palace at the foot of Tianshou Mountain for one night, and then returned to the capital the next day.

It's just that there have been some changes in the situation this time, Zhu Youzhu did not immediately return to the capital the next day, but chose to stay in the Tianshou Mountain Palace.

Naturally, it cannot be said that Wang Yue and others are allowed to check the magnates, but because the queen mother who has not left Beijing for many years is with her, so she has to pray for the emperor here for a few more days.

Beijing ushered in another spring rain, and the powerful families in the capital were more sad.

The household department has checked the account books of one store after another, mainly implementing the hardware regulations on private lending during the Taizu period, and directly dealing with violations of regulations.

For money banks that violate the principle of "one book, one profit", no matter how many new contracts the borrower signs during the period, all of them must refer to the principal of the first loan for their own consumption.

For example, Yu Ming's last loan was to bury his wife, so the principal was only two taels of silver, and there was no need to bear the follow-up loan to repay the debt.

Since the non-loan amount of Yu Ming's debt repayment has exceeded two taels of silver, all the loan relationships between the money bank and Yu Ming are all invalidated, and the household department will destroy the IOU of the money bank.

Although a small number of elites did not agree with this plan, most of them chose to compromise and give up IOUs that were already difficult to extract money.

For banks that violate the principle of "no more than 3 cents per month", once the monthly interest rate is higher than 3 cents, then all IOUs are required to be changed to 3 cents per month.

In view of this situation, the household department did not discuss with Qian Zhuang, but asked Qian Zhuang to change it directly, otherwise the court would not recognize the legitimacy of this IOU.

The magnates knew that the first horse of the dynasty had been beheaded, and now they did not obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty first, and if they disobeyed, it would only be a dead end, so they chose to compromise.

With the deepening of the household inventory, the evil cannot be covered up after all.

As reported to Emperor Hongzhi, they found that some of the debtors who could forgive the debts were long gone, and these debtors had died at the hands of the debtors.

After investigation, it was found that although the truth was once covered up, these poor and white debtors were beaten to death by the collectors of the money bank.

With this discovery, it was no longer the household yamen that was busy, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Shuntian Mansion Yamen all intervened one after another, and turned out one homicide case after another.

"Take it away!"

"Shuntianfu arrests people!"

"Are you going with us, or do you want us to transfer the case to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

……

Zhao Dayan, the head catcher of the Shuntian Mansion, has been very busy recently, and after a cocoon-like case investigation, suspects have surfaced one by one, and they are also arresting people all over the city.

It is worth mentioning that now there is less intrigue among the top leaders of the imperial court, and everyone is willing to help remedy the problems that arise in the dynasty.

Due to the large number of bloody cases caused by the inventory of the list of high-value debtors, other yamen did not choose to stand idly by, such as the household department gave great help.

In order to help the Shuntian Prefecture and the Criminal Department sort out the case as soon as possible, the Household Department Yamen also allocated 200 new branch scholars to the two Yamen.

Haikuan was a member of the government transferred to the Shuntian Mansion, and in the face of some debtors being beaten to death, he also recognized the faces of these powerful people and began to actively enter the inventory.

Although the vast majority of the murderers are collectors, there are also some murders involving the children of powerful families, or even the heads of powerful families.

Wang Yue's Shang Fang sword has already been cut out of the hall, after seeing that Wang Yue even dared to cut the emperor's own uncle, everyone knew that they had a few catties and taels, but no one dared to disobey the arrest.

At least until the emperor returns, they can't do it against the king's head, otherwise their heads will fall to the ground in minutes.

One day!

Two days!

Three days!

……

The magnates of the capital are thinking of their emperor as never before, but their emperor is delayed.

Zhu Youzhu seemed to be in love with the Tianshou Mountain Palace, knowing that the magnates in the capital were uneasy, but he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and let Wang Yue and others start to investigate.

It's just that there is never a shortage of accidents, and in the course of the investigation of the Shuncheon Mansion, there was a shocking case.

The groups engaged in the private lending industry are not limited to the royal family, meritorious and foreign relatives, but also some officials' families, and even retired officials.

Ye Qi, the former left attendant of the household department, was born in the wealthy Jiangnan, and his ability to make money is very good, so he had already opened a money bank in the capital to engage in private lending business in the early years.

Although his son Ye Rongtian entered the Guozijian to study early, he was not the material for reading at all, but he was stained with the bad habits of a gentleman.

After giving up the imperial examination, Ye Rongtian took charge of his own business.

Ye Rongtian is not only lustful by nature, but also a very cruel person.

In order to force the bitter lord to repay his debts, he violated the bitter master's mother in front of the bitter lord. The bitter master's mother was humiliated and committed suicide by throwing herself into the well, and the bitter master wanted revenge and sneaked into the Ye family to set fire, but was ordered by Ye Qi to break her legs.

This is just one of the evil deeds committed by Ye Rongtian, because he enjoys the pleasure of torturing people, the rough statistics of the number of people who have committed thirty crimes, and there are even more unbelievable practices in the future.

"Such a beast, when Ling Chi!"

"If you don't accept this person, heaven will not tolerate it!"

"Ye Qi has no way to teach his son, and his crime cannot be escaped!"

……

As Ye Rongtian's crime was dug up by the Shuntian Mansion, public opinion in the capital was immediately detonated, and the people of the whole city pointed the finger at Ye Rongtian, the son of Ye Qi, the original household servant who committed many crimes.

Although during the investigation of the Shuntian Mansion, the crimes of Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, and others were also dug up, Ye Rongtian became the well-deserved head of the crime.

Zhu Youzhi originally wanted to delay it for another two days when he returned to Tang Ling's palace, but after learning of Ye Rongtian's accumulated crimes, he immediately chose to return to the capital, and the first thing he did when he returned to the Forbidden City was to sign the holy decree of the Ye family.

(End of chapter)