The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 30

As Jin Yiwei started raiding shops in the city, everyone was shocked, especially Xungui and those merchants from Jiangnan.

They thought that His Majesty would talk to them first, and then everyone would borrow the donkey from the slope to lower the price.

Especially the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have other purposes with the civil officials.

But they never expected that His Majesty didn't bother to talk about it at all, and directly dealt with cruelty.

Although the shops that were raided were all run by Shanxi merchants, they still scared everyone a lot.

Whether it is Xungui or the merchants in Jiangnan, the prices have been reduced one after another, almost by about [-]%.

But what they didn't expect to be even more shocked was yet to come.

Somewhere in the outer city of Caishikou.

More than 800 men were kneeling on the ground with their hands tied.

There is a sign on each person's back, and the big beheaded character with a red cross on it is so shocking.

Everyone knows what to do in this scene.

Therefore, the third and outer third floors of the entire vegetable market were already surrounded by people, pointing and discussing endlessly.

The restaurants and teahouses along the street were also full of people, and most of the people who could come to the second floor were businessmen, or civil servants in casual clothes.

"Butcher, I have such a butcher in Ming Dynasty, and there will never be peace!"

"If such a frenzied butcher is not eliminated, I don't know how many people will die under the butcher's knife of the factory guard in the future."

All the scholars were filled with righteous indignation and gritted their teeth.

Although they knew that Li Ruolian must have been instructed by His Majesty, everyone still chose to ignore it and directly pointed their finger at him.

"His Majesty is here!"

But with a loud singing, almost everyone was dumbfounded.

They didn't react for a long time, until the dragon chariot approached, they all knelt on the ground and saluted.

And Li Ruolian on the stage was also shocked.

How could His Majesty come in person?

Regardless of the reason for killing so many people at once, they will definitely be condemned by scholars all over the world.

He must bear the blame for this.

He was also ready to take the blame, but when His Majesty came, even if he wanted to take the blame, he couldn't take the blame!

But he had no choice but to get up and go to greet him.

"His Majesty…"

Just as Li Ruolian was about to speak, Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and strode towards the stage.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I know I was wrong."

"Your Majesty, give the little one another chance, the villain will never dare again."

"Your Majesty, the grassroots are willing to kill the enemy and serve the country, please forgive me..."

Sure enough, seeing the emperor came in person, more than 800 people seemed to see a life-saving straw, and hope was ignited again in their eyes, and they kowtowed desperately.

Coupled with the many family members on the side, the entire vegetable market was filled with cries for mercy.

That crying sound really made those who heard it cry, and those who heard it were sad.

Almost anyone with a little bit of knowledge felt that His Majesty came in person to pardon these people and buy people's hearts.

After figuring this out, those honorable civil servants couldn't help secretly applauding, "Your Majesty's good tricks, this is clearly a good show with Li Ruolian."

Almost everyone believed it.

But the following plot made everyone's jaws drop again, calling Tianwei unpredictable.

"You will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds, and you will be punished for your demerits. How can I forgive you if you disregard my prohibition and commit crimes knowingly?"

"If I am lenient today, everyone will act recklessly with the attitude that the law does not blame the public, so where is the majesty of the court and where is the law?
The consequence will be that everyone's property and life will not be guaranteed!
But you can also rest assured that the rewards I promised you earlier will not be invalidated because of this. Those who kill the enemy and make meritorious service, after defeating the bandit army, the land given to you will still be rewarded to your family. "

"His Majesty…"

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, the more than 100 soldiers of the Beijing camp were all crying, with endless regrets in their hearts.

Except for the family members of those who were about to be executed, almost all the officers and soldiers present felt that His Majesty was a rare and enlightened king who clearly rewarded and punished them.

It is these people who do not know how to cherish themselves and have failed His Majesty's trust.

Now that he has ended up in such a field, it is also his own fault, and he cannot blame others, let alone His Majesty.

After [-] heads fell to the ground, the crowd dispersed silently. No one sympathized with these killed people. This is the influence of the emperor.

Zhu Cihong also drove back to the palace, the reason why he came in person was to let everyone see it with their own eyes.

Regardless of whether the emperor of Ming Dynasty was a benevolent emperor or a tyrant, at least the rewards and punishments were clear and well-founded, and he was not an unreasonable butcher.

If he doesn't show his face and pretends to be superior, he may be smeared by someone with a heart in the future, turning black and white, and it will be hard to argue at that time.

.........

No matter what, after killing so many people at once, the atmosphere in the city was still quite depressed.

But this atmosphere only lasted for one morning. As more than 20 sealed grain stores reopened, almost all the soldiers and civilians at the bottom went crazy.

"Da, Ming, Huang, shop, capital semicolon A character one..."

"Hiss! Is this a shop opened by the royal family?"

"It must be so, otherwise how could it be sold so cheaply?"

"That's right, besides Your Majesty, who else would care about the life and death of grassroots people like me?"

"It's all right now, I finally don't have to eat chaff and starve."

As the literate people read aloud the four golden characters on the top of the store and the row of small characters on the bottom, everyone onlookers were amazed.

Then they knelt on the ground and kowtowed excitedly, especially the ordinary people in the outer city wept with joy.

Because compared to the prices of other grain stores, the price of this Daming Huang store is really cheap.

Rice costs [-] cents a dou, rough noodles cost [-] cents a dollar, fine noodles cost only [-] cents a catty, and coarse salt only costs [-] cents a catty. This is no longer a reasonable price.

Throughout the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, the capital has never sold such cheap rice noodles and coarse salt.

And as more and more people came to hear the news, more than 20 shops were surrounded by water.

Fortunately, Jin Yiwei did not leave his post without authorization this time, and came to maintain order long ago. Under Jin Yiwei's stick, a long queue formed outside the shop.

"Listen up, everyone. Rice noodles are limited to three catties for one liter at a time, and one cup of coarse salt is limited to one tael. If there is any fraud, you can report to the palace!"

The shopkeepers of more than 20 grain stores are all old maids in their thirties. After everyone lined up, they came outside and announced loudly.

Then it's off to business.

There are two court ladies in each shop.

One person is responsible for collecting money and making change, the other is responsible for keeping accounts, and then distributes a small wooden sign to the guests.

The guests use the small wooden sign to go to the buddy to get the food and salt, and put it in the container directly, without weighing it at all, so the efficiency is very efficient.

In just half an hour, each shop received hundreds of people. Although the maids were all handsome, none of them dared to flirt.

With more than 20 royal shops on the right track, there are no troublemakers in the outer city, and it is as stable as Mount Tai.

Those nobles and Jiangnan merchants had no choice but to temporarily close the grain store and send people to the imperial store to buy salt and grain every day.

After resting for three days, the Chuangjun outside the city launched an attack again, but this time they only chose to attack the front wall of the southern outer city.

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