Zhu Youzhu took a deep look at Su Bancheng, who insisted on presenting an oiran on behalf of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, and then looked at this plump young oiran with interest, and had to admit that this girl could indeed arouse the desire of men.

is obviously about sixteen or seventeen years old, but he has a charming face and a mature figure. Even if she doesn't have master-level piano skills, just with this figure and appearance, people can't wait to drag her into the room.

It's just that the appearance of this girl seems too deliberate, even if you want to do this girl so much, you have to seriously conduct a risk assessment.

Er Xiang felt a burning gaze from the emperor, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but pout a smile, confident that she would not lose to the concubines of the palace with her own advantages.

This......

Su Bancheng kept kneeling with his head bowed, but he didn't get the emperor's statement for a long time, and the conspiracy behind this matter made his heart beat uncontrollably.

Although he always knew that the Son of Heaven was powerful, Suzhou was too far away from the capital after all, so he didn't have too deep a sense of the power of the Son of Heaven.

It's just that this time I met the living Son of Heaven, but I came to meet the saint alone, and then I felt the incomparably terrifying majesty of the Son of Heaven, and my back was already soaked.

God, please don't torture yourself like this, you will definitely be a good person in the future, I just hope to survive this catastrophe.

"Su Bancheng, you can retreat!"

There was silence for about half a cup of tea, and then I heard Liu Jin's voice.

"The grass people are retiring, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Su Bancheng was amnesty, and immediately retreated in an orderly manner.

When he cautiously withdrew, he suddenly found that Erxiang did not move, but soon remembered that Erxiang had received other prompts, and did not dare to raise his head and quietly withdraw.

The Sacred Heart is unfathomable, and that's probably it.

If he had a choice, he didn't dare to face the saint a second time, and he couldn't save the emperor from being in a bad mood one day and ordered to drag himself out and behead.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is unpredictable, and it may be cloudy in the blink of an eye.

Kunshan, among the mountains here is located a temple called White Lotus Taoist Temple.

It is said that during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Kunshan monk Mao Ziyuan founded a new sect on the basis of the popular Pure Land Association, called the White Lotus Sect, that is, the White Lotus Sect.

Although I don't know when this Taoist temple was built, the name of this mountain is "White Lotus", which naturally has a certain relationship with the White Lotus Sect.

A carrier pigeon flew down the hill and landed in a courtyard.

A Taoist boy neatly removed the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet, then passed through the heavy courtyard gate, and then sent the small bamboo tube to a silver-haired Taoist who was playing chess.

Although the chessboard did not see a victory, the two sides invariably stopped fighting.

The silver-haired old Taoist priest took out a rolled note from a small bamboo tube, and after slowly opening the note, he saw that the content on it resolutely was: "The emperor will leave Erxiang!" ”

"The news from Suzhou City, right? Is there any progress on that? Sitting across from him was a middle-aged man in white, who asked nervously.

The silver-haired old Taoist priest smiled mysteriously, then handed over the note in his hand and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass, and there are few mediocre emperors who are not romantic!" ”

Based on their intelligence sharing, in addition to being brutal, Zi Hongzhi is still a very lustful emperor, and he is simply the worst emperor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

"This southern tour is the end of his Zhu Youji, and this sect will definitely make him never return to the Forbidden City!" After the middle-aged man in white read the contents of the note, his eyes flashed with a fierce color.

It was at this time that I saw another Taoist boy hurrying in.

Although he was also holding a small bamboo tube in his hand, this time it was not given to the silver-haired old Taoist, but directly to the middle-aged man in white.

The middle-aged man in white took out the note from the small bamboo tube and opened it, but when he saw the content on it, the whole person was stunned on the spot.

Seeing this, the silver-haired old Taoist priest stopped a black chess piece that he had raised and said in confusion: "Sect Master Mao, what happened?" ”

"The emperor has just ruled that Jiangnan business is a traitorous business alliance, and now he has ordered all yamen in Jiangnan to investigate relevant people, etc., and the tyrant is going to carry out a big bloodbath on the Jiangnan gentry group!" The middle-aged man in white flashed a trace of sadness in his eyes, and handed over the note in his hand.

The silver-haired old Taoist priest's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "He...... How dare he? Doesn't he want to rule the world with the scholars? ”

A dark cloud rolls in from the east of the city of Suzhou, heralding a rainstorm to come.

On the day the emperor signed the decree, the first to take action was the city of Suzhou, and the officials at all levels broke into the city's Jiangnan merchant settlements like wolves.

Since the establishment of Jiangnan Firm two years ago, they have also spent a lot of money to buy land and build houses in Suzhou City with their proud financial resources, including the Zheng family, the Cheng family and the Hou family.

The most prestigious of these settlements is Jiangnan Hutong, which is home to the core members of Jiangnan firms, who have built mansions here.

It's just that everything is like this, and it always goes from prosperity to decline.

In the Jiangnan Hutongs, the officials of the Suzhou government were armed with iron chains and sticks, and their faces were full of coldness and disdain.

They knocked on the door according to the list of members of the Jiangnan firm, and once they found the main owner, they broke in without saying anything, and then arrested their families and sealed the house.

"What are you doing here?"

"Do you still have royal law?"

"How dare the little head catcher be presumptuous in front of my Qin family?"

……

Zheng Guotao and other core members of Jiangnan Business woke up from their sleep, and in the face of this sudden disaster, some of them panicked, and some protested angrily.

In the face of these former big shots, Liu Zhutou, who was born at the grassroots, said very hardly: "What have you done, I'm afraid I have been clear in my heart, now I am on an errand under the emperor's order, and I dare to resist Hugh blame this catcher!" ”

The Emperor's Mission?

At this moment, Zheng Guotao and others knew that the matter of the Tongwei had been completely exposed, and now the southern tour of the Son of Heaven was not only to implement the ban on silver, but also to clean up their Jiangnan gentry.

Liu Zhutou saw that no one dared to go against the imperial power, so he waved his hand and said: "Come on, escort them all back to the government prison, and wait for the fate!" ”

The members of the Jiangnan Firm and their families were escorted out of the house one by one, their hands clasped by rough chains, their clothes torn to a mess, their eyes filled with fear.

They were originally people of the people, not only with a rich family, but also with great influence in the local area, but now they have been reduced to prisoners.

"You shall not live if you have done your own iniquity!"

"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!"

"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, it really deserves it!"

……

The people of Suzhou City stopped and watched, and they did not sympathize with this large group of Jiangnan gentry and their families who were escorted to prison, but shook their heads and commented.

The people have a name in their hearts, but they have already seen through the true face of these words and claims to be the gentry of the world, and now they have finally been liquidated by the Holy Son.

"I thought it was tax evasion, but I didn't want it to be a traitor!"

"It's not just a traitor, many of our female weavers in Jiangnan have been abducted and trafficked to Dongying by them!"

"Don't be angry about this, Kyushu Island has been occupied by our Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jie and those female weavers will be sent back to Suzhou in the near future!"

……

The readers at the bottom learned the news more comprehensively, and looked at the problems of Jiangnan business more profoundly, but they commented one after another.

If Jiangnan Firms only evaded tariffs through official connections, this matter would not be very serious, but judging from the feedback from Kyushu Island, they have already been involved in treason this time.

The Ming Dynasty issued a ban on silver, but for its own interests, Jiangnan firms not only brought technology to the Japanese daimyos, but also wanted to transport the mined Japanese silver mines back to loot the social wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

In particular, Hou Haotian and Zheng Jie and others were arrested one after another, and they also confessed that they not only mined silver mines with the Japanese people, but also provided food and weapons to the hostile forces of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely in this way that the Son of Heaven Hongzhi defined Jiangnan Firm as a traitorous firm, and he really did not injustice Jiangnan Firm at all.

"How many people do you have to kill this time? If you kill like this, aren't you afraid that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be unstable? Aren't you afraid that your throne will not be secured? In the face of Zhu Youji's behavior, some Confucians also questioned.

Originally, many people were lucky, thinking that they were not responsible for the law this time, after all, scholars were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that everyone despised the courage of today's Zi Hongzhi, and the reason why he dragged things out until now was simply because he wanted to sit in Suzhou and carry out a massacre comparable to that of the Taizu period.

Zhu Youzhu naturally could not be shaken, but quickly made the final instructions: "Traitors, there is no mercy!" ”

Not to mention other places for the time being, the number of people to be killed in Suzhou City alone may have reached nearly 10,000.

Because there were too many people involved in the case this time, especially the many wives and concubines of the core personnel of these Jiangnan firms, prisoner cars began to shuttle through the streets of Suzhou City.

Some of the prison carts looked dilapidated and looked like they would fall apart at any moment, but in fact the obsolete ones had been requisitioned. However, they carry the fate of the members of Jiangnan Firm and their families.

Every prison cart was crowded with people, their hands and feet tightly chained, their faces full of despair and fear, but they had already seen their own death.

"Be a good person in your next life!"

"Cast a good family in the next life, don't betray the country!"

"A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, you are innocent of death!"

……

The people watching at the execution site were full of discussions, and although they may have sympathy for a moment, they hated these traitors even more in their hearts.

"We were wrong, please spare our lives!"

"We are just trying to sell Japan's silver mines, and we have no intention of betraying the country!"

"Why can the imperial court mine Japanese silver mines, but we can't, I can't wait!"

……

In the face of this great reckoning, some gentry chose to beg for mercy, some gentry were aggrieved, and some gentry never felt that they were wrong.

In fact, the latter is really not a few, in their opinion, it is mutually beneficial to cooperate with the Japanese daimyo to mine silver, and the imperial court is just red-eyed to liquidate them.

As for whether Japan looted the social wealth of the Ming Dynasty with the help of silver mines, and whether it took off with the help of silver mines, it did not matter at all in their view.

It's just that there has never been so much truth in this world, and the Hongzhi ban on silver cannot be challenged, even if it is necessary to kill the entire official gentry class in Jiangnan for this purpose.

On the execution ground, the slasher was already raised high, flashing with dazzling light.

With the order of the supervisor Song Cheng, the heads fell to the ground in response.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

Streams of blood stained the land of the execution ground, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, which also demonstrated the determination of the imperial court to ban silver.

This cruel scene made everyone present tremble, and also let everyone know the serious consequences of betraying the country.

When night falls, the lights of the entire city of Suzhou are lit up.

Just as the entire Jiangnan set off a killing of the members of the Jiangnan business and their families, the Yingtian Patrol Governor's Xingtai was peaceful, and the warm hall inside was full of piano sounds every night.

Since Erxiang was sent here, Hongzhi, the son of heaven, seemed to be in a ghost, and often called Erxiang in front of him to play for himself, and Zhu Youzhi seemed very fascinated every time.

Even if Liu Jin thought that Zhu Youzhu was going to drag this oiran back to the room, it was very strange that Zhu Youzhu had been listening to music very purely these nights.

"Your Majesty, please stay!"

Zhu Youzhi wanted to leave again, but Erxiang suddenly mustered up the courage to stop Zhu Youji.

Liu Jin's brows furrowed, and when he found that this Oiran really didn't understand the rules, he couldn't help but glare angrily, but it was to let this little court musician understand his identity.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at it lightly, but he was not angry because of this, and his eyes were a little inquiring.

"Your Majesty, but I suspect that the people's daughter was born in a Qinglou, but the people's daughter is still a virgin!" Er Xiang faced Zhu Youji's inquiry, but he mustered up the courage to speak.

On the first day, she thought that with her own conditions, she could make this son of heaven fall under her pomegranate skirt.

It's just the follow-up development that made her panic. This emperor, who has always been rumored to be lustful, let alone dragged her rudely onto the dragon bed, has not even touched her fingers so far.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Er Xiang a few times, then nodded very seriously: "I know!" ”

"Why didn't Your Majesty come to the people's daughter, don't you think that the people's daughter is not in Your Majesty's eyes?" Erxiang bit her lower lip, looking pitiful.

Zhu Youzhu hesitated for a moment, but said lightly: "You have to learn the rules of the palace first, right?" ”

"Slave obeys!" Er Xiang didn't understand Zhu Youji's true thoughts, so he could only agree in a proper manner.

I thought that I was left behind, not to mention that my piano skills were outstanding, but this posture alone was enough for the emperor to stop. On the contrary, although the emperor summons himself every day, it is only that.

It was Concubine Jing who was sleeping tonight, and Concubine Jing naturally couldn't accompany Zhu Youzhu to do sports, but she snuggled up to Zhu Youji's side and asked curiously: "You know that there is a problem, why do you want to stay by your side?" ”

"You should ask, why is it her in Suzhou!" Zhu Youzhi still has the shadow of a lustful king, and he looks very wise and authentic. (End of chapter)