Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

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Moreover, it is unlikely that those outside the three tribes will gain any benefit from their corrupt and law-breaking behavior.

As for whether the Shandong Kong family would be involved, this was not even within his consideration.

Even if the fire doesn't burn them this time, they will suffer the consequences sooner or later.

Shixiu surrenders!

Ah!

After just a cup of tea, the screams gradually stopped, and Wen Yuanqiu and others consciously retreated to their original positions.

Kong Wenxiang's body fell to the ground with an extremely distorted expression. Except for his face, no part of his body was intact.

There were only 38,000 shi of grain on the ships that Xu Xinsu stayed in Yuegang, which was completely inconsistent with the 160,000 shi of grain that Wen Yuanqiu and others confessed.

Zhu Youxiao was naturally aware of this.

After another interrogation, they learned that apart from the 13,000 shi of grain lost when the Zhou family burned down their granary, and the 27,000 shi sold by four grain stores, the remaining 82,000 shi of grain were now hidden in Zizhi Mountain outside the city.

Shi Bangyao personally led people to check and found the grains in a valley.

Noon the next day.

Outside Zhangzhou city, beside the Longxi River, there were densely packed people kneeling!

Wen Yuanqiu, Liu Jizu, Zhou Shuang, Wu Xin, Fan Shiwen and others were at the front.

On both sides of the Longxi River, countless people from Zhangzhou gathered to watch the execution.

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims!"

"Zhangzhou grain merchants Wen Yuanqiu and Liu Jizu......."

Yutong stood by the river holding the imperial edict and read out loudly the crimes of these people.

When the people of Zhangzhou learned that the grain they had bought at the cost of their entire fortune was actually disaster relief grain allocated by the imperial court, their shouting and cursing instantly drowned out Youtong's voice.

"Kill them!"

"Damn it, how dare they!"

"For making such dishonest money, I curse them to go to the eighteenth level of hell after they die, and never be reincarnated!"

"........."

The Jinyiwei who were responsible for maintaining order did not stop their shouting, and Youtong did not stop either. He read the last sentence of the imperial edict, put it away, looked at the sky, and spoke loudly.

"The time has come for execution!"

"puff........."

The executioner in the front row sprayed the wine he had drunk onto the sword.

In the sunlight, the mist formed by the wine reflected rainbows in the eyes of the people.

"Woo..."

The ghost-head knife was swung up, making a dull sound as it rubbed against the air, and then it was chopped down fiercely.

"Crack!"

The blade pierced through the gap between the cervical vertebrae accurately, and a huge head fell off.

This row of executioners were recruited overnight by the Embroidered Uniform Guard from nearby counties, and they were all highly skilled.

Zhu Youxiao thought about executing these people by shooting, but after thinking about it, he decided that it would be more shocking to just drop their heads on the ground!

There were more than 400 people in total from the six families and three clans, and it took eight executioners a full hour to chop people!

When the last person was executed, the people around him cheered loudly.

"it is good!"

"Good kill!"

"Your Majesty is wise and enlightened! Long live the Emperor!"

I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and then a large number of people knelt down towards the direction of the Zhangzhou city gate. They knew that at this moment, the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao was watching them on the top of the city.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

They repeated this sentence, and the voices of thousands of people combined together, like thunder.

“Squeak…squeak…”

"Da da da da..."

Just then, the sound of horse hooves and wheels turning came from not far away.

The people looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large team coming from the direction of Zizhi Mountain.

It’s the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

In the team, there were carts loaded with bags of grain, all of which were transported from Zizhi Mountain.

Yang Peicong, who was walking in front, shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty has issued an order to punish corrupt merchants and release grain to provide disaster relief!"

"Starting tomorrow, we will open a porridge stall outside the four gates of Zhangzhou!"

When the people heard this, the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time could no longer be suppressed.

Some people cried with joy, some burst into tears, and more people immediately knelt in the direction of Zhu Youxiao to express their gratitude.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was standing on the top of Zhangzhou City, with Zhangzhou Prefect Shi Bangyao, Fujian Governor Zhu Yifeng, Fujian Censor Guo Tingxun, as well as Xiong Wencan and Zheng Zhilong behind him.

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and pointed at the people.

“Look at them!”

"As long as they are given food to eat, they will be grateful to me!"

"As long as life is peaceful and they can keep talking, they are willing to accept any injustice!"

"But what did the court give them???"

"These days, I have seen too many separations of life and death."

"Their lives shouldn't be like this!"

"They should have enough food and clothing in their homes!"

"There should be a smile on their faces!"

"But for thousands of years, reincarnations have passed again and again, dynasties have changed, and time has passed, but their lives have not changed much."

"Tell me, whose fault is this?"

Yutong took a pen and wrote quickly beside him.

However, Shi Bangyao and others lowered their heads and bowed deeply when they heard this.

"I am ashamed!"

"Ashamed? If you feel ashamed, it means you can still be saved. If you are saved, then the Ming Dynasty can be saved!"

Zhu Youxiao shook his head sadly.

"But how many people really know what shame is?"

When he said this, his face suddenly turned cold.

"Not only do they have no sense of shame, they also keep sucking blood!"

"Suck the blood of the Ming Dynasty, suck the blood of the people of the world!"

"They will do anything to benefit themselves at the expense of the public interest!"

"Nanhaibo!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zhilong clasped his fists and bowed: "I am here!"

Zhu Youxiao said word by word.

"Now that the Zhangzhou issue is resolved, you don't have to follow up on the other prefectures in Fujian."

“Go back to Taiwan!”

"I give you the power to execute first and report later. From now on, no merchant caravan is allowed to go out to sea in the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas!"

"Anyone who violates the order will have their property confiscated and those involved handed over to the Royal Guards!"

"All foreign caravans will be detained!"

"Anyone who dares to spy on the Ming Dynasty will be killed on the spot!"

Chapter 135: Resting with the people and eating with the people, this is a sage king!

Sea ban!

Fujian Governor Zhu Yifeng reached out and stopped Zheng Zhilong who was about to step forward to salute.

"Your Majesty! You must not!"

"The reason why I came here from Fuzhou is to ask Your Majesty to withdraw the sea ban order!"

The maritime ban was announced by Zhu Youxiao in the Nanjing Imperial Palace. That very day, the printing factory in the Nanjing Ministry of Works, which had been idle for a long time, began to work and reported the matter of the maritime ban to all prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty through official reports.

Zhu Youxiao looked at him with a playful expression: "So, Lord Zhu is not here to protect the emperor?!"

Zhu Yifeng bowed very seriously.

"His Majesty!"

"We must not ban the sea!"

"Although maritime merchants are seriously evading taxes, we can investigate and punish them. However, if we cut off the sea routes, we will also cut off the means of trade with other countries!"

"Our Ming silk, tea, porcelain and other goods are all admired by those Westerners."

"Nowadays, more and more people make a living by growing mulberry trees and silkworms, planting tea, or working in workshops."

"If the sea route is cut off, these goods will be unsalable, which will lead to a sharp drop in the market price, and even the livelihood of the people who make a living from these goods will be cut off!"

“And these people are far more than just mulberry farmers, silkworm farmers, and tea farmers!”

"There are also civilian shipyards, carpenters, coolies, escort agencies, cloth shops, grain shops, and so on!"

"Your Majesty! The maritime ban affects the entire body!"

“Although the sea merchants evaded taxes, they also brought wealth to the people invisibly!”

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised. These words greatly changed his impression of Zhu Yifeng.

Yesterday he asked Sun Kangwang about the situations of these people in front of him. Except Yu Zigao and Wu Guoshi who were dismissed from their posts and awaiting punishment, Zhu Yifeng, Guo Tingxun, and even Miao Buwu, the captain of Zhenhai Guard, were all clean.

Especially this Zhu Yifeng.

His ancestor was the chief secretary in the mansion of Zhu Chong, the second son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

In the words of later generations, it can be considered as a legitimate family.

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that he would have such views on the maritime ban.

The economy has always been a chain of links.

Although he didn't understand economics, there was one thing that made him feel deeply.

That is the real estate in the previous life!

Although it is just one of thousands of industries, it can affect the economy of an entire country!

Materials need to be mined, processed and transported.

Transportation requires vehicles, fuel, and road repairs.

Vehicles need to be designed, manufactured and maintained.

Fuel needs to be mined, refined and transported.