The Imperial Secret Service yamen.
Zhu Xu drank the bamboo juice that Xu Miaojin made for him and listened to Jiang Meng's report.
Apart from the Yangzhou Prefecture.
A large number of Embroidered Uniform Guards entered Fengyang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, and Guangde Prefecture.
They had practically searched the entire Ying Tian Prefecture.
More than 800 profiteers were arrested.
More than 7000 shops, brothels, and restaurants were seized!
"Your Highness, there are thousands of memorials impeaching you in the court every day.”
"However, His Majesty has used these memorials as firewood.”
Jiang Meng said with a smile.
"How much silver was seized?”
"There are already 40 million taels!"
Jiang Meng took a deep breath.
When he saw such a large amount of silver, he could understand why Zhu Yuanzhang would cover up for Zhu Xu.
These profiteers had earned too much over the years!
Moreover, this money might only be a small amount. The majority of it was taken by the dignitaries and officials!
"How's the interrogation of these profiteers going?”
Zhu Xu asked again.
"These people have already confessed. Hmph, they're just a bunch of cowards!”
Jiang Meng said disdainfully.
"Then kill them all."
Zhu Xu said indifferently.
"Yes."
"Your Highness, the families of these profiteers?”
"Kill them all!"
They manipulated prices at will and made the people suffer.
They would gain huge profits by monopolizing the market!
What the families of these profiteers enjoyed in the past was all taken from the commoners.
The families of these profiteers naturally had to bear the consequences!
He didn't want to kill the families of these profiteers.
How could Zhu Xu's thoughts be clear?
"Yes!"
Jiang Meng immediately retreated.
At this moment.
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di suddenly walked in together.
"Fifteenth brother, we collected a total of 120,000 taels of business tax from the vicinity of Ying Tian Prefecture yesterday!”
Zhu Xiong was the first to deliver a document.
Zhu Di also sent a document up.
"Third brother, fourth brother, you can directly hand these two documents to father.”
Zhu Xu didn't even glance at the official documents that Zhu Xi and Zhu Di sent over.
He had come to the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'yamen only to resolve the karma between him and those profiteers.
He was not interested in anything else.
Moreover, he was also very puzzled.
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di were too respectful to him.
These two people were clearly more senior than him.
However, in the Jinyiwei Yamen, these two people considered themselves as subordinates. The first thing they did when they came to the Yamen every morning was to report to him. They had to ask him for permission before encountering anything.
"How can that do? Fifteenth brother, you are now the supreme commander. We still have to inform you about these things first!”
Zhu Xiong immediately said.
"That's right! Fifteenth brother, the Embroidered Uniform Guards have their own rules. Since we are working in the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'yamen, we have to follow the rules! In this place, how dare the brothers talk about seniority? You are the superior of the brothers!”
Zhu Di added.
“.......。”
Zhu Xu was speechless.
However, he thought that as long as he dealt with those profiteers, he could return to his bedroom and wouldn't have to deal with Zhu Xi and Zhu Di for too long, so he didn't want to care about them.
After reporting the work, Zhu Xi went down to work. Zhu Di approached him mysteriously and said,"Brother Fifteen, my second son has been taught a lesson for his foul mouth recently. I also beat him up. He won't be able to get up until he lies in bed for a few days.”
"Zhu Gaoxu, what happened to him?"
"Hahaha, nothing, nothing. If you know, it will affect our relationship. It's best if you don't know, hahaha!”
Zhu Di laughed and bowed to Zhu Xu before going down to work.
The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched slightly as he took out another document.
The prices around the Ying Tian Prefecture had already stabilized.
Now, they had to expand the arrest to other places.
Zhu Xu had serious matters to attend to and was not in the mood to pay attention to his two strange brothers.
..........
Yangxin Palace Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorials sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guards and his mood became worse and worse.
As Zhu Xu caught the profiteers, Zhu Yuanzhang received more and more names of corrupt officials.
None of the nobles in the court were innocent!
However, what Zhu Yuanzhang really cared about was not these dignitaries, but the civil officials who were involved.
The number of civil officials who colluded with the profiteers was so great that they accounted for nine-tenths of the entire court!
According to what Zhu Yuanzhang had done to corrupt officials in the past, he should have raised his butcher knife and killed all these corrupt officials.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts had changed greatly at this time.
Corrupted officials still had to be killed.
But not immediately.
He had to find the root of the problem and rectify it!
Previously, Zhu Yuanzhang had witnessed the birth of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce in his deduction. He knew that as long as there were benefits, there was no end to the profiteers.
Civil officials relied on the imperial examinations to get to the top.
Therefore, the civil servants could not be killed either.
Then the collusion between the government and the merchants would naturally continue to exist.
Even corrupt officials would be killed!
This was practically a dead knot!
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang could have asked Zhu Xu about this problem, but with Zhu Xu's personality, he would not have told him even if he had a way.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to find a long-lived official and deduce his dream. He wanted to see how these corrupt officials would grow in the future.
Perhaps in the process of deduction, he could find a way to completely solve or effectively suppress corruption.
Thus, he pondered for a while and said to his left and right,""Did Zhu Di's deputy, Zhang Yu, come with Zhu Di?”
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yu is here.”
"Then summon him to see me!"
"Yes!"
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