As an extremely professional commander of the Royal Guards, Lu Zhong will not hesitate at all as long as His Majesty is ordered to do so. He has been scolded as a cruel official many times.

But he was never timid because His Majesty was behind him.

Even if the trouble really gets bad one day, and he must be punished with death, he will die without hesitation, and Your Majesty will treat his family leniently.

But he was afraid that His Majesty would hesitate. Once His Majesty hesitated, things would become extremely troublesome.

Fortunately, His Majesty is decisive. When it is time to take action, he will show no mercy.

In Lu Zhong's view, His Majesty is extremely merciful. He issued an edict at the beginning of the month, admonishing people to be bold, not to cause trouble, and not to seek death.

When it was time to be gentle, His Majesty gave them kind words and advice, and even went to the scene in person to remind them of the dangers of doing so.

But they still have to fight with His Majesty.

Lu Zhong saw His Majesty leaving and continued to do his work, arresting all those who dared to disobey the imperial edict.

This arrest involved more than 350 wealthy businessmen and salt traders from Huaihe, Nanjing, Zhejiang, Luzhou and other places.

And this time the arrest was not just as simple as arresting the culprit, but also ransacked the homes and exiled the merchants' families.

As a professional Jin Yiwei, Lu Zhong started his professional journey of searching homes. He has been staring at these people for more than a month. He has predicted many times how to arrest them and how to search their homes.

On this day, Jinling City finally remembered the fear of being dominated by Jin Yiwei.

But as Yu Qian said, if there is civility but no military force, there will be no one who can be intimidating; if there is military force but no civility, the people will be afraid and will not be close to each other; if both civil and military forces are practiced, great authority and virtue will be achieved.

Emperor Taizu Gao opened the country and fought with Bei Yuan for the destiny. They fought for a lifetime, and finally completely destroyed Bei Yuan's imperial title and won the destiny.

Emperor Taizong and Wen fought over whether to promote culture and military affairs, or to promote culture and military affairs. In the end, they finally succeeded in promoting culture and military affairs through continuous expansion of territory and foreign conquests.

Taizu Taizong was perseverant and had great achievements in civil and military affairs, but there were always some regrets. For example, the financial affairs in Jiangnan remained unresolved because of the ruthlessness of the Westerners and the intensified military threat. After the capital was moved to Beijing, the financial affairs in Jiangnan remained unresolved.

When your Majesty goes to Jiangnan again, besides the knife, he has other means.

Wang Bingfu of the Baoyuan Bureau escorted more than three billion copper coins to the gate of Jinchuan and began to load and unload the coins.

Lu Zhong had just finished searching his house and immediately rushed to the Jinchuan Gate. Under the supervision of Wang Hu, the doctor of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Lin Xiu, the eunuch, and Jin Yiwei, three billion copper coins were escorted to Baoyuan Bureau.

As the head of the Baoyuan Bureau, Wang Bingfu immediately went to Nanjing Baoyuan Bureau to announce the currency exchange on the money list.

"Everyone, be quiet! Be quiet!" Wang Bingfu shouted loudly with a loudspeaker in his hand: "I know what you want to ask!"

"Everyone listen to me!"

"Anyone with flying money or stolen money can go to the Baoyuan Bureau to exchange for a Jingtai Tongbao, but two pieces of flying money can only replace one Jingtai Tongbao!"

"Everyone is waiting in line. This time, our Baoyuan Bureau has brought three billion copper coins! We guarantee that everyone will have copper coins available!"

"Have you not seen so many big ships coming from the Yangtze River? They are all full of copper coins!"

"Don't panic, everyone, His Majesty is wise! The saddle factory has already customized it. In the future, the copper coins will be as continuous as the water of the Yangtze River!"

“No need to worry at all!”

Shi Pu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Xing, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Kuai Xiang, the director of the Shengzhou Factory, Xu Siqi, the director of the Shijing Factory, and Wang Bingfu, the director of the Baoyuan Bureau. They had already begun to think about how to cast mother money with ancestral money, and the mother money was distributed.

Official metallurgical institutes in various places were engaged in coining.

Moreover, they have saved so many copper coins, which means they are extremely confident in the copper coins they cast!

Wang Bingfu was too lazy to talk nonsense. After inviting Tiqi to stabilize the order, he began to let the people exchange Jingtai Tongbao.

In order to speed up the process, Zhu Qiyu also ordered Yingtianfu Yamen and Wei Guogongfu to provide personnel to cooperate with the money exchange.

When Xu Xianzong saw that he was finally alive, the panic in his heart immediately dissipated a lot. He personally took charge of the Baoyuan Bureau to supervise the exchange.

Xu Xianzong did not understand financial affairs, but he was the Duke of Wei. As long as he sat in the Baoyuan Bureau, he was intimidating.

The first five days were when there were the most people. Wang Bingfu requested an order to lift the curfew so that the people who were waiting day and night could get Jingtai Tongbao as soon as possible.

Finally on the sixth day, Wang Bingfu, who was already a little tired and paralyzed, breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the reduced crowd, and fell asleep. Xu Xianzong finally left Baoyuan Bureau, returned to Wei Guogong and fell asleep immediately.

Are there any people in this world who have refuted the great emperor's face and made nonsense of the emperor and are still alive and well?

Yes, a man named Wang Fu lives in Helin.

One named Liu Qi came to Nanjing as a force soldier this time.

Zhu Qiyu once visited the people with the sign of Qipin participating in politics and met Liu Qi (Chapter 260).

Zhu Qiyu asked Liu Qi what dissatisfaction he had with the capital. Liu Qi said that officials were not good people and pushed Zhu Qiyu away without telling him.

Liu Qi lives in a private house outside Chaoyang Gate. During this escort, in addition to performing military service, there will also be a certain amount of reward.

Liu Qi took his reward and weighed it. After a day's rest, he would do hard work again and escort the silver coins that His Majesty sent to the capital of Beiya.

If you go back this time, you will be rewarded with silver.

Although the Chinese New Year was delayed, Liu Qi didn't feel hard at all. After completing this round of labor service, he wouldn't have to do it for the whole next year, and he would still make money.

Your Majesty has the Labor and Insurance Bureau, and after the Ministry of Planning has calculated the schedule, when it comes to recruiting civilian laborers, they will convert the corvee into silver, and then pay more in return and less in compensation.

After Liu Qi ate a plate of shredded tofu and stuffed two sesame cakes in the tea shop, he strolled along the Qinhuai River with crooked steps. He looked at the moored boats and lamented the different customs between the north and the south.

"It's you again!"

in unison.

Not many people in Nanjing had ever seen what the emperor looked like. Zhu Qiyu had been doing activities all day long under the name of "Shandong's wealthy businessman", and he happened to meet Liu Qi who had finished eating shredded tofu and sesame cakes.

"You also joined His Majesty in the expedition?" Liu Qi asked cheerfully.

Liu Qi was from Shaanxi. After he entered the capital, His Majesty had already killed King Jili in the Ancestral Temple, but he did not recognize the emperor.

In Liu Qi's mind, the emperor should have phoenix eyes and dragon head, otherwise how could he be the emperor?

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "I came south with His Majesty. How did you get to Nanjing?"

Liu Qi finally met an acquaintance who was a seventh-rank official. Although he didn't know how old the seventh-rank official was, the county magistrate seemed to be the seventh-rank official.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu spoke very politely, so Liu Qi was naturally not afraid.

Liu Qixu finished talking about what she had seen along the way down the canal.

"Oh, this city of Nanjing is really prosperous." Liu Qi couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the Qinhuai River.

Zhu Qiyu nodded, it is indeed very prosperous, but this kind of prosperity is easy to attract the eyes.

Liu Qi suddenly said: "Aren't you the one who discusses politics?"

"Can you tell your Majesty? It would be great if I could convert this labor into silver. I would be given a thousand dollars every year. I originally found a job as an apprentice and wanted to learn some crafts, but this has been delayed."

Zhu Qiyu thought for a moment and said, "This."

Ren Yuanxiang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, once said at the Salt and Iron Conference: "What is obtained from the people can only be obtained from three ends. Mencius called it corn, cloth, and labor."

"There is no need to rush." ​​Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty also has your Majesty's difficulties, doesn't he?"

Liu Qi sneered and said: "You are cowardly just because you are cowardly! I dare not tell His Majesty who He is, what kind of difficulties can I have! Isn't it just a matter of a word?"

Zhu Qiyu chuckled and said with a smile: "Then let's talk to Your Majesty about this some other time."

Liu Qi clapped his hands and said: "I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the pier later and take a boat to the Michigan Shipping Department. Your Majesty made a lot of money from this trip south, and the three-masted ship has been loaded."

Four ships!"

Seeing that Liu Qi was really leaving, Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It just so happens that we are also busy with something, so the green mountains will not change and the green water will flow. See you later."

"See you later." Liu Qi hurried towards the Jinchuan Gate. He wanted to escort Yinliang to the Mizhou Shipping Department.

And Zhu Qiyu headed towards Xi'an Gate, he wanted to go to the court for discussion.

Zhu Qiyu arrived at the Wenhua Hall. As soon as the ministers saw His Majesty's dress, they knew that His Majesty was out on patrol incognito again.

Yu Qian was a little confused. Could it be that Jin Yiwei became weaker after arriving at Nanya?

There were more than 300 people convicted of crimes in Meixiang Tower alone, and Tiqi went everywhere to find out. The whole capital was in a trembling state, and every tree and plant was covered with soldiers. Anyone who passed by in Feiyu Suit could not help but tremble.

"See your majesty. Is your majesty bowing well?" The ministers greeted him.

Zhu Qiyu motioned for them to level up and said, "Commander Lu, have you finished checking?"

Lu Zhong bowed his head and said: "We just finished ransacking our house, and this time we shipped out more than three million taels of silver."

"It's not a lot." Zhu Qiyu nodded. The amount of silver was not large, which is as it should be, because Li Xian had been "cruising and expropriating money" in Nanjing for more than seven months.

In the face of huge military threats and insufficient food and wages, Li Xian and the rebels tried their best.

But just because you don’t have much money doesn’t mean you don’t gain much.

As a Tiqi, Lu Zhong was very clever and very subtle in hiding part of the harvest during the court discussion, and this part of the harvest was the main part of the harvest.

Wang Hu, the doctor in the household department, keenly sensed something was wrong. He was about to stop, but suddenly thought of Jin Lian's roar before leaving.

Wang Hu suddenly asked: "What about the real thing?"

Lu Zhong and Lin Xiu sighed and did not hide it from the outer court. The biggest gain this time was the real thing.

Lin Xiu reluctantly took out the account book, handed it to Wang Hu and said: "It is difficult to count the physical objects. There are about more than 300,000 pieces of cloth and silk, which is equivalent to 300,000 Huaiyan salts, and thousands of two-masted ships.

There are twenty-seven three-masted ships, more than a thousand flat-bottomed water transport boats, 7.3 million stones of rice and beans, and more than 30,000 hectares of land deeds."

Wang Hu finished reading the account book and said angrily: "Your Majesty, they are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor! They only talk about money, but they are preparing to use their hands to steal huge amounts of money!"
To be continued...