Chapter 135 The common people pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!
Zhu Youtang's movements in the Beijing branch had already alarmed the people on the streets.
When they heard someone shouting "long live" inside the Capital Bank, everyone suddenly realized a fact that made people tremble with excitement.
His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is in the Beijing branch!
The people of Ming Dynasty had extremely complicated feelings towards the emperor of Ming Dynasty.
First of all, it is respect and awe for the emperor.
Since their birth, they have been exposed to some descriptions of the emperor.
Everything in the world is the land of the king.
On the shore of the land, could it be the king's ministers?
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is the master of the entire Ming Dynasty and the father of all the people of Ming Dynasty!
The emperor of Ming Dynasty could decide a person's honor, disgrace, life and death with just one word.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, drove out the Tartars and restored China.
Driving away the Mongolian Golden Family that harmed the Central Plains, ending the humiliating history of the Han people as two-legged sheep who could not even have a normal name.
Let the Han people in the Central Plains become the masters of this land of China again.
Later, they heard many rumors about the people of Ming Dynasty.
Foolish and incompetent, doting on eunuchs, loving mature women, lazy and negligent in government...
All kinds of rumors are intertwined, making their feelings towards the emperor one of envy, respect, and a little hatred at the same time.
When these multiple opposing emotions are blended together, the attitude presented is very contradictory.
If the Ming Emperor hadn't been fatuous and incompetent, how could our people's lives be so miserable?
But if it weren’t for the Ming Emperor, would our lives be even more difficult than now?
The core of feudal imperial society is prosperity while the people suffer.
Perish and the people suffer.
The only people who are not miserable are the upper class who are tied by blood. They exploit the people at the bottom and take advantage of them.
They can be officials, landlords, squires, nobles, relatives of the emperor...
But they are not common people.
But with the arrival of the first year of Hongzhi, people living near the capital suddenly discovered that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have really changed!
The execution ground on Caishikou seems to have become a permanent yamen since a few months ago. Every once in a while, a large number of people are tortured there.
Among the people who were tortured, there were civil servants, military generals, nobles, and relatives of the emperor, but there were no common people!
The common people miraculously discovered that every time a group of officials were killed, their lives became easier.
When they knew that these people were ordered to be killed by the newly enthroned Emperor Ming, their gratitude to the Emperor was beyond words.
It's a pity that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty lived in the sacred and mysterious palace, and ordinary people like them had no chance to see the emperor.
The gratitude in my heart can only be buried deep in my heart.
But now, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is actually in front of them, how can they not be excited? How not to get excited?
Zhu Youtang looked at the people kneeling all over the long street, his expression slightly moved.
He has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and the people he faces all day long are either ministers or eunuchs, as well as his concubines.
He rarely had the opportunity to communicate face to face with these real people of the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at them sincerely kneeling down to worship me, I feel much more at ease than when I went to court to accept the kneeling of hundreds of officials.
"Everyone, please get up, don't kneel down."
Zhu Youtang raised his hand, and then the people dared to get up.
But they don’t know etiquette and they can’t reply in any way.
"Thank you, the Emperor! The Emperor is safe and healthy!"
"Thank you, Long Live the Lord, and Happy New Year!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Emperor. May you be well, Your Majesty!"
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After thanking the emperor, the people dared to look at Zhu Youtang's face.
When they discovered that the current emperor was so young and handsome, their excitement was beyond words.
They were all eager to express their gratitude and excitement to Zhu Youtang.
This kind of gratitude overshadowed their fear of the emperor. Many people ignored the etiquette and spoke loudly to Zhu Youtang.
"My lord the emperor! You are really the great lord of Qingtian! How well you killed those evil officials!"
"Long live Lord, that Zhang Hai is really not a thing, long live Lord kill him , He really made a decision for us little people!”
"God your Majesty, the land that the Zhou brothers have occupied our family for thirteen years has finally been returned to us. God your Majesty, you are really a living god who saves people in need!"
"..."
The people roared together in all directions, and Zhu Youtang really couldn't hear what they said.
At this moment, a man who looked like a wealthy businessman knelt in front of Zhu Youtang and kept kowtowing.
"The common people didn't know that the Holy Master was here. I just offended Your Majesty. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"
This man is the wealthy businessman from Jiangnan who tried to stop Zhu Youtang from jumping in line.
When he knew that the person he was trying to stop was the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he even jumped from the upstairs of the Beijing branch on the spot.
He was extremely panicked, fearing that he would offend Zhu Youtang and end up with his whole family destroyed.
But Zhu Youtang just frowned, with a confused expression.
Zhu Youtang didn’t even know who this wealthy businessman was, so how could he offend him?
"Get up, I don't blame you."
When the wealthy businessman heard these words that were like fairy music, the big stone that had been weighing on him for a long time finally fell to the ground, and he felt relaxed all over.
"Thank you for your grace! Thank you for your grace!" After the wealthy businessman kowtowed, he quickly stepped back and quickly left Zhu Youtang's sight, not daring to stay for a moment longer.
Zhu Youtang looked at the noisy streets and knew that this time he left the palace, it would end here.
He pressed his hands down: "Quiet, I am here to announce something."
Suddenly, people in the entire street shut their mouths.
Soon, the street became silent.
Zhu Youtang raised his voice and spoke solemnly: "The Beijing branch, against my will, secretly collected excess handling fees without telling me, and even accepted tea money in private."
"I An order has been issued to have all the eunuchs serving in the capital branch beheaded as a warning to others."
"Today the Jingcheng branch will be closed for one day. After that, we will exchange silver and Hongzhi banknotes at the Jingcheng branch. We will not charge a penny of handling fees, and we are not allowed to ask for a penny of tea money."
"If any eunuch dares to ask for money in private , report to the government, and be executed!"
As soon as Zhu Youtang finished speaking, there was another voice of gratitude.
“Thank you, the Emperor, for making the decision for the common people!”
“Your Majesty, the Emperor, you are the Holy Lord and Mingjun who truly cares for the people!”
"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty the Emperor's policies are obviously so beneficial to the country and the people, but these hateful dog eunuchs have distorted His Majesty's policies and deserve to be killed!"
"..."
This Once, among the people who expressed gratitude, the ones who shouted loudest and were happiest were all wealthy businessmen traveling between the capital and other places.
Zhu Youtang's rectification of the Beijing branch has little to do with the people at the bottom, but is closely related to these wealthy businessmen.
Zhu Youtang's move can save them a lot of money.
In fact, Zhu Youtang also thought about taking this opportunity to implement a handling fee policy for inter-bank withdrawals.
But the construction of branches in various places has not started yet, so it was abandoned.
If you still need to go through the procedures to exchange banknotes at a local bank, you are digging the foundation of Hongzhi Baobao.
Zhu Youtang would not ruin the economic plan that would affect the entire Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years just for this small profit.
At this time, Wang Zhi stepped forward and whispered in Zhu Youtang's ear: "Your Majesty, there are more and more people gathering in the gathering place. For fear of an accident, please return to the palace."
"I know, let's show off."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wang Zhi waved his hand, and immediately there were twelve fans from the West Factory, carrying a brown hat The big sedan fell in front of Zhu Youtang.
Of course this kind of sedan is not the imperial standard used by Zhu Youtang, but it is the highest standard sedan that Wang Zhi could find in a short time.
Before sitting in the sedan, Zhu Youtang waved to the people around him: "Happy New Year, everyone."
People along the street knelt down one after another and congratulated loudly: "I wish His Majesty the Ming Emperor peace, happiness, longevity and good health!"
Zhu Youtang's sedan set off, and people along the way paid their respects to Zhu Youtang back to the palace.
At the same time, Fei Ju, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, was once again asked to work overtime from home by the junior officials of the Ministry of Punishment.
One moment Fei Ju was eating hot pot and scalding mutton at home, and the next moment he appeared on the execution ground at Caishikou, his whole body numb.
Fei Ju sighed and told Han Baoniu, the executioner beside him: "Hurry up when you do it later. I'll go home for dinner in a hurry."
Han Baoniu was a little embarrassed: "Master Fei, there are rules for these punishments. Thirty-six cuts are the best for the leader of the owl, and the minimum is eighteen cuts."
"Cut it fast, this is not a smash." Am I a sign..."
Fei Ju sighed helplessly, looking at He Yong and others kneeling on the execution ground, feeling annoyed in his heart.
If you don’t get caught sooner, you don’t get caught later, but if you get caught during the Chinese New Year, aren’t you asking for bad luck!
When the execution time came, Fei Ju immediately threw the token and ordered to be beheaded.
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Forbidden City.
Hongde Hall.
After Zhu Youtang returned to the palace, he immediately ordered: "Let Gao Feng come to see me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After a while, Gao Feng, the right young eunuch of the inner official prison, walked into the Hongde Hall and knelt down.
"Slave Gao Feng, pay homage to Your Majesty."
Gao Feng is in his early fifties. Although his face is white and beardless, his face is quite steady.
Zhu Youtang took the hot tea from Fu Dahai, lowered his head and took a sip to warm his body.
"Gao Feng, there is a vacancy for eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the inner palace. It's up to you to fill the vacancy."
Gao Feng was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude: "I thank you for your kindness."
Then Gao Feng suddenly realized, wasn't He Yong, the eunuch who held the pen of the inner palace supervisor?
And he now manages the Ming Dynasty Capital Branch and is a popular figure among all eunuchs.
Could it be...
Before Gao Feng had time to think about it, Zhu Youtang gave Gao Feng another huge surprise.
"Wang Zhi said that you are steady and honest. You have been in charge of the Xixin Department for many years and have never made any mistakes."
"So I appointed you as the president of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty. From now on, let others take care of the Xixin Department. ”
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