Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 333
"I will obey your orders." The three of them did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly bowed and agreed.

Zhu Houzhao had already made arrangements for the division of labor between the three of them. Only when they did their own things well, could His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, be at ease.

After the three of them had left, Zhu Houzhao stood up and stretched his muscles.

Glancing at Tang Bohu beside him, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Have Qian He and Sun Liang delivered anything?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, it has been delivered." Tang Bohu said quickly, and then added: "It will be delivered in the morning."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said, "Bring it to Bengong to see."

"Yes!" After agreeing, Tang Bohu turned around to get his things, and it didn't take long to present the two documents to Zhu Houzhao.

Opening the file, Zhu Houzhao quickly saw what was on it.

The information of Qian He is actually nothing to look at, because it is just a list.Among the Shanxi merchants, the one who cooperates with Qiyizhai.

Of course, there is also an introduction to the information later, Zhu Houzhao just flipped through it roughly, and then put it aside.

Then he picked up Sun Liang's list from the Huanyi Bureau, which listed the big households in the Northwest.

Because there are more people, the information is thicker.Every document has a detailed introduction of these big households, where they live, what they do for a living, whether they have done anything illegal, and so on.

Zhu Houzhao basically sees lending and usury behind every big household, so don't think about it, it's basically the kind you can't afford to pay back.When the time comes, it is necessary to sell the land or sell the body. Selling children and daughters is the norm, and even selling oneself into slavery.

Looking at these materials, Zhu Houzhao felt shocking.

Glancing at Tang Bohu standing beside him, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Have you read all these materials?"

"Go back to Your Highness, no." Tang Bohu quickly agreed, His Royal Highness did not look at himself, this is a taboo thing.

"Then take it and have a look!" Zhu Houzhao said with a wry smile and shook his head, somewhat helplessly.

It is not terrible to lend usury, and it is not terrible to persecute people to ruin their families, but it is terrible when this kind of thing becomes the norm.

Basically, all the big households are doing this, and the people are miserable. Under such circumstances, one day the people will not be able to survive, and they will rebel.At that time, the world will be in turmoil, and everything will be too late.

The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?
Tang Bohu flipped through the documents, his expression became uglier the more he looked, and he raised his head after a while: "Your Highness, these people are really lawless."

Zhu Houzhao smiled, nodded and said, "Yes! They are indeed lawless, but why are they lawless? Because the mountains in the northwest are high and the emperor is far away? Or is it because the magistrates don't do anything? But it's been so long, don't all the magistrates do nothing? ?”

While talking, Zhu Hou looked at Tang Bohu: "Did Ai Qing think of it?"

"Because I'm used to it." When Tang Bohu said this, he was shocked: "Whether it's people or officials, they are all used to it."

"Yes!" Zhu Houzhao said with emotion: "It is indeed a habit. From the legal point of view, it is in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty that people borrow money, have a loan, have witnesses, and mortgage their own fields. Money is a matter of course, so what if the people sue the government? Can the government invalidate the IOU? "

Tang Bohu looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said hesitantly, "Perhaps the imperial court can prohibit private lending."

After saying this, Tang Bohu's face darkened first: "In this way, the common people will have no way to survive. Maybe we can limit the interest?"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Tang Bohu in surprise, he didn't expect him to have such a look.

But Zhu Houzhao just smiled and shook his head.In later generations, it is true that interest is restricted, and usury can not be repaid, but violent collection has always been there!

What's more, there will be banks in later generations, so what does Daming have?Although there are money houses, the money houses cannot lend money to ordinary people.

Although the state has a policy of lending to farmers in later generations, what is the result?This is an unfeasible path. In the final analysis, we still need to develop productive forces so that the people can have a way of life!
"Select all those who have killed people, those who have caused disasters in the village, and those who have done a lot of evil on weekdays." Zhu Hou looked at the information in front of him and said in a calm voice.

Tang Bohu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look at Zhu Houzhao in surprise, and said with a little panic, "Your Highness, this is..."

"It's only natural to pay debts and pay back money, and it's also natural to kill people to pay for their lives. As for those who bully the good in the village for disaster, Daming doesn't need such a family." Zhu Houzhao said expressionlessly, and said in a slightly cold voice: "Confiscation of property, All sent to build a new city, there is still a shortage of people in Yinchuan, just send them there."

"Your Highness, this!" Tang Bohu looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said hesitantly, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will cause criticism!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up and walked to a shelf beside him, reached out and grabbed the saber on the shelf, turned around and said to Tang Bohu: "Is the Ming Dynasty not good to the scholars? Is the imperial court not good to the scholars? But how did they do it?" Look at these people, how many of these people are gentry, and how many of them are officials outside the country?"

"I am deeply favored by the emperor, but what are you doing? I just want to tell them not to use the benevolence of the royal family as a bargaining chip for whatever they want!"

"My palace will write a letter to my father. This time, all the officials involved will be dismissed and sent to the northwest to build the city. From today on, all officials who commit crimes in the homes of civil servants in the court, no matter how big they are, will be dismissed!" Zhu Houzhao spoke loudly.

Why is this policy in place?

Because the situation in Daming is that he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic as an official in the court, but in his hometown in the local area, it is all for disaster.

If this trend cannot be stopped, then any reforms will be useless.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao wants to use this incident to declare to the outside world that he is not the former Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

For Zhu Houzhao, power is the truth, and now Zhu Houzhao already has the foundation of power.

Why did the emperors of the Han Dynasty kill big households like dogs?Why did Emperor Wu of the Han come up with so many outrageous policies, but still no one dares to make trouble?

The reason is simple, no one can stand against the army of the emperor of Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the Han Dynasty, but only the Ming Dynasty, why did the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang kill scholars like dogs?Can you make a big statement that if you embezzle forty pennies, you can just peel off the skin and pretend to be grass?
It's not because there are soldiers in the hand and the fist is big, whoever dares to make a mistake will directly strangle to death.I now have this strength.

There are nearly 20 black dragon troops in the Beijing camp, and nearly [-] troops in Liaodong, plus the army in the northwest after this military reform, there is no need for me to play any tricks.

(End of this chapter)