Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood what Zhu Xu meant.
Zhu Xu had completed his duty as the Supreme Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards without any mistakes.
Then, the decision should not be made by the commander-in-chief.
Zhu Xu did not do anything out of line.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt helpless.
It was really too difficult to make this kid take some responsibility!
Zhu Yuanzhang then realized that Zhu Xu was right. To solve this problem, it was useless to kill a group of profiteers and corrupt officials.
The world was bustling with activity, all for profit!
The next time he went to the West, he would be rich.
Who didn't want to get rich?
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang killed this group of merchants.
The next batch of merchants would do the same.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little suspicious. With the current power of these merchants, they definitely could not threaten the emperor.
The force that poisoned Zhu Gaochi might not be these profiteers!
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and pondered.
In the past, he would have raised his butcher knife and killed everyone he suspected in the face of forces that could threaten the emperor.
But now.
Zhu Yuanzhang was someone with a system.
He planned to use the system to find out the reason for the formation of such a force, and then solve the problem from the root!
Even if he wanted to kill someone, he couldn't do it blindly!
"Jiang Meng, immediately capture these grain merchants and feed them some knockout powder.”
"Yes!"
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Zhu Xu's memorial again, his gaze sharp.
Zhu Yuanzhang had to use the system to investigate profiteers first, but it was not necessary for corrupt officials.
Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials the most in his life!
He had killed countless corrupt officials over the years. In the end, there were still people who dared to go against the wind and commit crimes. Then, he would not be polite to these officials!
"Then arrest all these officials involved and directly throw them into the imperial prison!”
"Yes!"
Jiang Meng immediately retreated.
Yingtian Prefecture.
Chen Hai had just come out of the largest restaurant in the city and was in a good mood. He wanted to visit the largest brothel in the city and try out the top female prostitute!
As a businessman, Shen Hai should not have been so extravagant in the Hong Martial Dynasty. However, he was not an ordinary businessman because he still held a sinecure in the government. He was an official businessman.
Moreover, Shen Hai did not come alone this time.
He was still accompanying a Minister of Revenue and a Minister of Rites.
How boring would it be to visit a brothel alone?
Bring along these high officials and dignitaries.
While visiting the brothel, he also did social gatherings. It was simply killing two birds with one stone, the best of both worlds!
However…
Just as Shen Hai was leaving the brothel with the two officials, a few muscular men suddenly stopped them.
"Are you Shen Hai?"
The burly man in the lead asked Shen Hai as he held a portrait.
"Yes, I am."
Shen Hai nodded reflexively.
"It's you! Arrest him!"
A few strong men walked forward.
Before Shen Hai could even react, shackles and shackles had already appeared on his hands.
"This, this, who are you? Lord Zhang, Lord Liu, save me!”
Shen Hai immediately turned around.
The Minister of Rites, Liu Ji, immediately stepped forward and was about to speak when the man in the lead took out a token.
When Liu Ji saw the token, he swallowed his words and pulled his companion to leave, but he was quickly stopped by the burly men.
"Are you Liu Ji and Zhang Xi?"
"Yes."
"Take them away too!"
“.........。”
After Shen Hai was captured, he first got into a carriage alone. Then, a few burly men rushed in and pinched his chin to force medicine into his mouth.
Shen Hai struggled a few times before he was forced to swallow the medicine.
Not long after, Shen Hai fainted.
Following that, Shen Hai and the other five grain merchants were secretly sent to the Forbidden City and placed outside Yangxin Palace Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang also took off his dragon robe and lay on the bed.
"Activate the system."
Deduction System activated.
[Beginning deduction]
Candidate: Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, Chen Asan
[Scene: Big Ming]
[The neighboring countries of the Ming Dynasty: Tubo, the Great Prairie of the North!]
[Please fill in the occupation of the target]
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment before writing the words 'grain merchant' behind Shen Hai and the others.
Begin deduction!
The first year, the new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world!]
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the first hint, he immediately understood that the scene that the dream had deduced was under the situation where he was suddenly gone.
A scene quickly unfolded in front of him.
On the screen, Shen Hai and the other five were pushed out of the palace by the Embroidered Uniform Guards with dumbfounded expressions.
Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan all felt as if they were in a dream. When they woke up, the world had changed. However, they were overjoyed. Not only because they had survived the disaster, but also because the tyrant had finally died!]
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows.
Good heavens, was this how these profiteers looked at him?!
How audacious!
Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately darkened.
[The system set by the tyrant is too unfriendly to them. Not only are they not allowed to wear nice clothes or eat delicious food, but they are also sealed off from the sea. It's as if they have a grudge against them!]]
[However, that tyrant would never have thought that they had long colluded with the Japanese and had been secretly sailing to the West. The so-called ban on the sea could not stop them from getting rich!]
[After the new emperor ascended the throne, he still adhered to Zhu Yuanzhang's policy and continued to ban the sea. However, Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan also continued to secretly go to the West. However, in less than a year, the new emperor died, and another young emperor ascended.]
However, this did not affect Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan. Instead, because of the accumulation over the years, the five of them had already exceeded the level of ten million taels of silver. They had also made friends with the court's henchmen and expanded their business to the whole country.]
The power in their hands is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more merchants are joining in. The trade on the sea is getting more and more frequent.]
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the increasing number of ships sailing back and forth on the sea and frowned slightly.
He really did not expect that maritime trade would develop so quickly!
The speed at which these five grain merchants accumulated their wealth was simply too swift!
It had only been two to three years, and the five of them were already as rich as a country!
[The young emperor suddenly fought with his fourth uncle. The young emperor was kicked out of the throne by his fourth uncle. Then, Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan's good days came to an end.]
Because the emperor is also sending a fleet to the sea!]
" The business robbers are here. Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan are all very dissatisfied. Cutting off a person's source of income is like killing his parents. This Zhu family's new emperor is really a scoundrel!!]
[Among them, Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan discussed funding the barbarian forces along the way to teach the official ships a lesson. Shen Hai and Niu Yundong chose to lie low!]
The eunuchs who brought the fleet south were very capable. All the barbarian forces along the way were wiped out by the Ming Dynasty fleet. Wang Cheng, Wang De, and Chen Asan lost all their investments in these barbarian forces. Shen Hai and Niu Yundong took the opportunity to annex a large number of their shops and quickly became the two richest men in the Ying Tian Prefecture. Their forces expanded once again!]
After that, Shen Hai, Niu Yundong, and many other merchants who had suffered a great loss because of the government's business competition formed a Chamber of Commerce. They gathered their financial resources and bribed the important officials and the Emperor's trusted aides. They knew the time and route of the government's fleet to Nanyang and staggered away from the government's fleet! Continue to do business in the West!]
At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce began to accumulate strength in secret. The merchants in the Chamber of Commerce also tried their best to befriend the rich and powerful. They extended their hands into all walks of life, and their power began to expand rapidly!]
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression quickly turned solemn.
He was now certain that the force that had poisoned Zhu Gaochi to death was very likely this Chamber of Commerce!
However, this Chamber of Commerce was not run by a single person. Everything was decided by the majority after a meeting between many businessmen.
Even the president of the Chamber of Commerce was elected by the merchants.
This was a community of interests formed by a group of people who had already gained benefits!
The five grain merchants were just a microcosm of this interest group.
This was really hard to deal with!
With such huge profits, there would always be merchants who would do it.
He couldn't possibly kill all the merchants in the world, right?!
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was very troublesome!
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