Chapter 712 Busy collecting debts, no time to scold the emperor
Zhu Yijun is good, Lin Fucheng is in the face, Wanli Wanli, all families are violent, what a crazy quality control, Zhu Yijun forgives him, Zhu Yijun is evil, kill him Every time people come, there will be rivers of blood.
Zhu Yijun was a contradictory person, which resulted in a contradictory result, that is, Lin Fucheng, who clearly offended the emperor severely, still had his own official status and had no direct interest in the emperor. The owners of Baozhuang died, and their homes were confiscated.
In the final analysis, Lin Fucheng is an opinion basket. The opinions he puts forward cannot influence the situation of the government because the opinions he puts forward are too sharp. Ma Jinglun, Yuan Zongdao and others who are opinion baskets have all avoided them, affecting the There is no public opinion, but the harm caused by Baozhuang bosses is extremely extensive, stealing the results of the New Deal and undermining the New Deal.
This is the fundamental reason why the emperor unleashed the wrath of thunder.
The Law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates: For any private lending of money, debts and property pawned, the annual interest cannot exceed three-thirds. Although there are many years and months, it is only one profit for each dollar. Anyone who violates the law will be flogged forty, and the remaining profits will be used to calculate the stolen goods. In serious cases, the person who takes the stolen goods will be punished. , Stop the stick for a hundred, if it is beneficial, it will be beneficial, the years and months have expired, and the calculations are endless, you will be punished.
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the highest annual interest rate is 30%. No matter how many years, one interest per principal, that is, the interest cannot exceed the principal. If it exceeds the principal, it will be whipped. If it is more serious, it will be considered a crime. In this serious case, if there is compound interest, that is, interest accrues on top of the interest, and if the agreed years and months have passed and it is still overlapping, it will be punished.
But in the actual execution process, it is generally not punishable. After all, it is just an economic crime, unless it causes major adverse effects.
Starting from the third year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty Huidian began to be revised. In the Daming Huidian, in the area of interest rate control, the Ming Dynasty made further regulations, that is, all debts in the future will be limited to one tael per silver. The monthly interest rate is one cent and a half cent, and there is no need to ask for more or increase the interest rate.
That is, the monthly interest rate is 1.5%, which means the annual interest rate is 18%, and interest cannot be calculated on top of the interest rate.
And all the owners of Wanlong Village meet the following conditions: those who are guilty of taking bribes, taking advantage of profits, expired, endless calculations, and most importantly, causing major adverse effects. Therefore, execution is in line with the Ming Law. Yes, that's why Wang Chonggu scolded them for ignoring the king's law.
“The owner of Baozhuang in Wanlong Village is going to die, but Baozhuang in Songjiang Prefecture is probably going to close down soon. Even Baozhuang who doesn’t come to such a gathering will not be able to survive the disaster. A run on it is A very strange phenomenon, as long as people who have invested money in Baozhuang see these two words, they will run." Zhu Yijun stood beside the dragon flag and watched everything happening in Wanlong Village calmly. said.
A run is a lack of confidence, and a run is a very interesting thing. When you see these two words, no matter what position you take, you must take out your money and put it in your own hands to feel at ease.
The emperor will definitely be scolded if he eliminates the bond market of Wanlong Village, because the collapse of Wanlong Village means that the imperial court has begun to interfere with the barbaric growth of Baozhuang industry. This is a huge bad news. It will definitely happen. Everyone wants to run first and let those who run behind bear the price. Once confidence dissipates, this game of passing flowers by beating drums cannot continue.
The people who receive the news the fastest and run away the fastest must be the big families, and the big families are often the mainstay. Once they leave, the money in the bank will be drained, and the panic will spread to the whole country. In Songjiang Prefecture, all insurance companies will face a run on them.
According to the Ming Dynasty's regulations for the four Huitongguan Posthouses established in Mizhou, Songjiang Prefecture, Zhangzhou and Guangzhou Prefecture, Huitongguan must retain 30% of the total silver for acceptance, and the rest can be used for lending, investment and other profits. Private insurance companies do not have such regulations.
According to Yao Guangqi’s investigation of Wanlong Village Baozhuang, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty Baozhuang only retained about 6% of the silver guaranteed to be accepted, and the remaining silver will be used for lending for profit. A run will cause a very serious In the liquidity crisis, when there is no penetration, when large households start to cash out, and panic has not yet spread, the comprador broker who presides over the bank will run away. When Wanmin takes the guarantee note to withdraw money, it has already The building was empty.
The promised huge interest was not received, and even the principal was lost.
Before taking action, the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Inspection Institute has completed the penetration of all Baozhuangs operating in Daming and found all the actual controllers. It doesn’t matter if the brokers and compradors run away. Find the real control Just accept it.
Of course, it would be strange for Zhu Yijun, who plays the role of an old antique and stubborn old man, to destroy the business environment without being scolded.
Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything. He had already anticipated what would happen. Even without careful investigation, he knew the situation very well. Due to greed, Baozhuang would never have enough silver to deal with the crisis. .
Zhu Yijun Mingjin withdrew his troops, and a huge wave of bankruptcies appeared in Songjiang Prefecture. The first place was Shanghai County, where the Ming Emperor used force. Shanghai County saw the excitement of the emperor's use of force. As he watched, he found that the excitement was so intense that he There was something wrong with the insurance bank, and the money was not safe. People who realized this rushed into various insurance banks and started cashing in crowds, waving the guarantee notes in their hands and demanding that the guarantee notes in their hands be cashed into cash.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty watched this scene with cold eyes, and the wave of runs reached its peak on the third day.
On the first day, there were only a few well-informed people running on the bank. On the second day, it was completely in a liquidity crisis. On the third day, Baozhuang began to close its doors. At this time Hou, all the Baozhuang gates were crowded with people who wanted to cash in but couldn't.
Chen Mo held an iron plate in his hand and came to Zhengqi Baozhuang in Chongyifang. Looking at the excited people in front of the door, Tiqi couldn't squeeze through for a while.
The whole street was crowded with people, and the government officials were pushed outside. There was no one in Zhengqi Baozhuang, and even the door was pushed open. It was a mess inside. The broker and comprador had run away. He had promised high interest rates. The people ran away all night.
The money was gone and the people were nowhere to be found. Some people were sitting on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers, some were frantically destroying everything in Zhengqi Baozhuang, and more people were ashen-faced. Not knowing where to go, some people screamed to pay back the money, some wanted to go to the Yamen to report the crime, and some people were blushing, their eyes were red, all their belongings were inside, and they were gone, and they had the intention to kill.
"Your Majesty is still kind-hearted." Chen Mo grabbed the iron plate in his hand, looked at this scene, and spat, "If it were me, I wouldn't care about anything. I can teach others ten thousand words." If you don’t know how to teach, just teach people once.”
The reason why Chen Mo said this is because in the sixth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty started a new policy on profits tax, and Huitongguyi acceptance and exchange was also implemented at the same time. When the business was initially established in the sixth year of Wanli, it was not all smooth sailing.
At that time, there were already many banks in Songjiang Prefecture, and there were even bank accounts doing this acceptance and exchange business.
On July 14, the sixth year of Wanli, when Songjiang Huitong Hall was handling the acceptance business, they found three fake acceptance bills and refused the acceptance on the spot. This was originally a very common thing. Which bill number, Does the bank have this kind of problem?
But in this matter, under the clamor of the local bank and the bank, the news of the fake banknote soon became the official bank of the Ming Dynasty, which refused to honor the genuine ticket, and suddenly the public opinion was blown. As soon as it got up, there was a rush.
Acceptance and exchange is not a bank ticket number. Deposits and withdrawals require time to verify the tickets. The business itself is relatively complicated. Coupled with the crowds, Songjiang Huitong Hall seems to be in danger.
The credibility of the Ming court was almost zero. People who heard the news were afraid that the acceptance bills in their hands would really turn into a pile of waste paper, so they rushed to the Huitong Hall to cash them, while the local bank accounts and banks The bosses of the company are constantly stirring up public opinion, focusing on one who sees that the funeral is not too big a deal.
In order to appease people's panic, Huitong Museum had to post the three counterfeit tickets collected at the beginning in front of the door of Huitong Museum, and added identification instructions, but it still did not calm people down. Hui Tong Guan's Huitong Tong informed Sheng Huairen and asked Hui Tong Guan to redeem the money at any time and collect the real tickets immediately. On the third day, the silver in Hui Tong Guan bottomed out, but on the fourth day, Sheng Huairen waited for the savior and the court's silver arrived.
Songjiang Prefecture dismantled 500,000 silver in cash. Sun Kehong, the chief merchant of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company, took out 500,000 silver in cash, while Beiya and the Tongguan urgently transferred 1.5 million silver in cash. Thanks to the efforts of all parties, the liquidity crisis of Huitong Pavilion was relieved and its commitment was fulfilled. Seven days later, people began to handle acceptance and exchange business at Huitong Pavilion again.
When people went to apply for it, they discovered that Huitong Hall had set a very high threshold. For silver exchanges below one thousand taels, Huitong Hall would not process the official ticket number.
Because when the run occurred, Sheng Huairen discovered that these small households had the largest number of people, more than 80% of them were small households, and the silver scale of these small households accounted for less than 20% of the exchange scale of Huitong Hall. , and the yamen of Huitong Hall is not very large, has limited reception capacity, and cannot handle business in a timely manner, which is the reason why Huitong Hall is running out of money.
It is not worth mentioning that Shi Haoyou is making a big noise. The main reason is that only a few customers can be received by the same hall at the same time. A large number of small households cannot be handled, and the panic will intensify, and even almost... It caused a storm that attacked the Huitong Hall.
Since then, Huitongguan no longer handles silver exchange for less than one thousand silver, and even raised the threshold to five thousand silver in the twelfth year of Wanli.
Just like the time when a Congliang Zhi Niang used her identity to defraud her into marriage, which caused the government office to completely close the door to Zhi Niang. After that run, the convenience of acceptance and exchange at the same hall became the exclusive preserve of a few people. This is reality, and it is also a contradiction. Many experiences are life and death crises. Huitongguan must survive first before talking about the future.
Chen Mo didn't realize that these people in front of him were pitiful. Most of them were speculators. They had listened to the pie-in-the-sky thing. They knew exactly what Baozhuang was going to do with the money and what kind of business they were doing. , in order to have such high interest rates, how could anyone believe those sane promises?
With the mentality of getting rich overnight, I put all my wealth into it, and even borrowed money to invest. If nothing happened, I thought the court was too lenient or too strict. If something happened, I would seek justice from the court. .
Speculators are the devils who work for the tiger, because in this era of very slow carriages and horses, every bank has very distinct regional characteristics, and the people who lend money are all from the same hometown. Even though he knew it was a loan shark and usury, he still gave the money to Baozhuang.
These people are also opponents of the control of interest rates by the Ming Law and the Ming Huidian, and still believe that the court's control is too lenient.
Now that there is a run on people, if Chen Mo comes to deal with it, he will definitely ignore it and gain wisdom after suffering a loss. Only when he suffers a loss can he understand the court's good intentions.
"Open the way." Chen Mo resolutely carried out the emperor's order. Since His Majesty asked him to come, he must do the job assigned by His Majesty.
The two Tiqi pushed away the crowd. Chen Mo brought the iron plate to the door of Zhengqi Baozhuang, stood on a stool, nailed the iron plate to the wall, and did not remove it from the stool. He came down and looked at everyone. The crowd became quiet as Tixing Qianhu, who was dressed in embroidered spring sword and flying fish suit, appeared.
"Master Jun, what is this?" A bolder man asked Chen Mo what he was going to do.
"You are not allowed to call me Jun Ye. You can call me Chen Qianhu. I am Beiya Tixing Qianhu Chen Mo. On this notice board, the real owner of Zhengqi Baozhuang is engraved, Shanghai Zhou Family , you can go and ask for it, Baozhuang's broker and comprador can't escape, and neither can the business. "Chen Mo doesn't dare to be called Junye.
Calling himself a military master in front of all the people, and being called a military master without correcting him, if the general who led the army found out, it would not be a war of words, but a life and death situation. Chen Mo punished more than one case, and he was fully armed for ten miles. It takes a month to run.
The military discipline of the newly formed Beijing Camp and Navy established by Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou is very strict.
The big boss of the Zhou family in Shanghai is named Zhou Ba, and is nicknamed Zhou Papi. In the past, before Songjiang Prefecture returned the land, it had a thousand hectares of land in its hands, but of this thousand hectares, there were three It would be good if one hundred hectares were planted, but all the others were left uncultivated. It’s not that Zhou Papi didn’t want to plant it, but it was because no one was planting it.
Because the tenants who worked under him had to be stripped of their skins even if they didn't die. The only way to survive as a tenant farmer of Zhou Papi was to flee and become a refugee.
When it came time to return the land, Zhou Papi only had 300 hectares of land to return. The remaining 700 hectares were refused by Zhou Papi on the grounds of abandoning the land. The Shanghai County Yamen had not had time to find it. If he is in trouble, he will be troubled by the excited speculators.
"Let's go to Zhou's house!" The person who asked the question vigorously waved the guarantee ticket in his hand and shouted hoarsely: "Today, we must let Zhou Papi give us an explanation! If we don't give money, we will rush to his door!"
Chen Mo watched this scene indifferently, watching the crowd leave, with no intention of following him. He didn't bother to care about what happened. Zhou Papi was beaten to death, and that was also the matter of the Shanghai magistrate. Son, he was here to nail the iron sign. When he saw the crowd leaving, Chen Mo went to the next house with the iron sign in his arms.
After the Tax Inspection Institute completed the penetration, the iron plate was ready, and they were waiting for this scene to appear. Every injustice has its owner, and its debtor has its owner. Chen Mo only felt that His Majesty was right. Paper money is debt, the debt owed by the court to the people. Isn't the guarantee note in the hands of these speculators a kind of paper money? The entire Songjiang Mansion, under the clamor of the emperor nailing the iron sign, was crowded with people, and the angry crowd surged towards the doors of these powerful people.
“I thought I was going to be scolded, but it turns out that all the pen holders have gone to collect debts and have no time to scold me.” Zhu Yijun flipped through the miscellaneous newspapers on the table, August 10 The fifth day was supposed to be the day when the fortnightly magazine was published, but as it turned out, there were very few people in Songjiang Prefecture who could still publish miscellaneous newspapers, and there were no writers in Songjiang Prefecture who wanted to criticize the emperor.
They are all very busy and have no time to ask for debts. Who has time to scold the emperor?
"Your Majesty, how can they have that time now? Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing has written a memorial, requesting that restrictions be set on private offices such as civil credit bureaus, bank accounts, banks, and insurance companies, and strict review be carried out. Their qualifications and accounts must be submitted to the Tax Inspection Institute for supervision." Feng Bao handed a memorial to His Majesty.
The translation of this memorial is about the construction and exploration of the financial management system. The Insurance Department was renamed the Insurance Supervision Department. At the same time, its departmental functions were also expanded from government-run insurance to supervision and management. For internal yamen, each city's shipping department was directly under the The yamen and dispatch yamen have made preliminary plans, and will work with the tax bureau to carry out penetrating supervision of the entire silver-related industry to ensure the financial stability of Songjiang and even the hinterland city where the shipping company is located.
"Add Ningbo Shuangyu City Shipping Department, and set up Ningbo Huitong Pavilion together." Zhu Yijun had no doubts about this charter, but he added Ningbo City Shipping Department.
The east wind that opened the sea never blew to Zhejiang, and Zhu Yijun finally chose to forgive. The Ming Emperor's feelings about the land in Zhejiang disappeared as more than a hundred hectares of land in Zhejiang were confiscated.
"I obey the decree." Feng Bao bowed his head and said.
Zhu Yijun Zhu finished reviewing the memorial and said with confusion: "Did Shen Shixing not write this himself? He has this ability, and now it is time to join the cabinet. Sir, did you help him?"
Zhang Juzheng was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in his 13th year. He has very rich experience in system design. The transition from Insurance Department to Insurance Regulatory Department seems to be only one word difference, but the two are worlds apart. In this memorial The system design is rigorous and logical, even including the appointment of specific personnel. For example, the Insurance Regulatory Department Director Zhengsheng Huairen was the former Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture Huitongguanyi.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like Shen Shixing did it himself.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, it was indeed done by you. Your Majesty, you are now the Grand Tutor and the Uncle of Yicheng. If he writes this memorial, it would be a bit of a presumption of self-respect. Your Majesty does not want to agree. For the sake of Mr. He had no choice but to agree, so it was Shen Shixing who suggested it, Mr. Shen Shixing conceived it, and Shen Shixing ghostwritten it." Feng Bao explained that Zhang Juzheng did not care about feathers, but he was in a high position and was afraid of embarrassing the emperor, so he used Shen Shixing's name. That’s all.
What if the emperor has the idea of watching the conflict from the other side and allowing the conflict to conflict again? Therefore, Shen Shixing ghostwriting is just right.
"Sir, you are worrying too much, but you are so ruthless." Zhu Yijun smiled. He and Zhang Juzheng had quarrels with each other many times. Zhang Juzheng never took advantage of his favor, and Zhu Yijun was not afraid of Zhang Juzheng either. The future of the New Deal is in his hands, which is what Zhang Juzheng cherishes most.
Of course it is what Zhu Yijun values the most.
In terms of rules and regulations, the penalty for committing a crime is to be beheaded in public, and the family members to be exiled to Java; the financial supervision system is fully integrated with the Ministry of Punishment and Beizhen Fusi Yamen to ensure smooth connection. For crimes that cause major adverse effects, the maximum penalty is He was also admitted to Jiejuyuan.
These are the only two crimes in the Ming Dynasty's legal code that are punishable by being admitted to the Jiecuyuan. The other crime is that of intercourse with Japanese.
There is an elegant room in Tongwa and Jieguyuan, and now it has a major negative impact.
As for rebellion being a heinous crime without punishment, that is within the scope of the emperor's power.
Zhang Juzheng is still the same Zhang Juzheng, cruel and ruthless.
Zhu Yijun fully affirmed the contents of this memorial. The system design of the Insurance Regulatory Commission has been planned and deployed before the end of the thirteenth year of Wanli.
"How is the situation in Nanya? Is there anything difficult for Hai Zongxian?" Zhu Yijun asked about Hai Rui's situation in Nanya. Zhu Yijun left two things behind when he left. The first thing It was to completely split Nanya. Li Le couldn't do this job, so Hai Rui had to personally come forward. The second thing was to fight against corruption. In this matter, the court did not trust Yingtian Governor Li Le. To be sure, He said that Zhang Juzheng didn't trust him.
Zhang Juzheng had also doubted Yin Zhengmao and Ling Yunyi. Zhang Juzheng did not trust the local governors and the feudal officials who were in charge of one side. He knew better than anyone else how power alienates people. Luo Yao, the former governor of Sichuan, was his The direct lineage was handled by him personally.
Whether Li Le was colluding with the local government, Zhang Juzheng suspected that he was guilty, so he asked Hai Rui to check it out.
"Governor Li is still the same Governor Li. He actively cooperates with Hai Zongxian. There is no problem so far. As for the split of Nanya, everything is going well." Feng Bao found out Hai Rui's memorial and put it there When he arrived in front of His Majesty, he said: "Nanjing garrison eunuch Zhang Jin said that Hai Rui was having a hard time, but in the memorial, Hai Rui said that everything went smoothly."
The news that Feng Bao learned was that Hai Rui had experienced a This was a very difficult political struggle, which pushed the government to move forward stably and orderly. However, Hai Rui reported good news but not bad news, saying only that everything was fine.
"What happened to Hai Zongxian?" Zhu Yijun finished reading the memorial. Just as Feng Bao said, it was all good news. It seemed that Nanya was united and fully implemented the imperial decree.
"Actually, it's the same old methods over and over again. Hai Zongxian dealt with it smoothly, but it was still a bit difficult." Feng Bao carefully talked about Hai Rui's situation in Nanya. All crises were caused by the inability to eliminate Hai Rui himself. It wasn't that important, which was why Hai Rui didn't ask the emperor for support.
Hai Rui is under the protection of Tiqi. As long as people are alive, the policy must be implemented.
"Hai Zongxian is still very powerful. Just like you said, if I don't hold him back, Hai Rui can handle these guys." Zhu Yijun finished listening to Feng Bao's statement.
The most dangerous incident here was when someone rushed towards Hai Rui's sedan with gunpowder. Tiqi discovered it in advance and stopped the opponent. No one was killed except the assassin.
Hai Rui did not waste time in tracing. Because it was firecracker gunpowder used by civilians, not military granular gunpowder, there was no possibility of the ordnance leaking out. Hai Rui did not bother to pursue it and focused on Promote the split of Nanya.
Jiangsu successfully established yamen in Suzhou. Fengyang's speed was slightly slower, but it could still catch up with the establishment of yamen before Qiu Wei.
But the Autumn Festival in the thirteenth year of Wanli will still be held in Yingtianfu, and the next time it will be held in Suzhou, Fengyang and Nanya.
Hai Rui’s energy is now focused on Qiu Wei. Due to the ten-year ban on taking exams in Zhejiang, many candidates in Zhejiang began to attach themselves to Nanya and tried to apply for admission in Nanya. However, Hai Rui reacted very quickly. In order to prevent When the attachment happened, all candidates who had settled in Nanya prefectures before the thirteenth year of Wanli could take the exam.
Hai Rui's memorial is mainly about Qiu Wei.
The ban on taking exams must be strictly enforced. This is a punishment. Anyone who dares to offend the imperial power needs to be severely punished to have an intimidating effect.
"Most of the Baozhuangs in Songjiang Prefecture have closed down. On the contrary, the Sun family's Baozhuang in Songjiang has become more prosperous." Feng Bao talked about a very special situation. In this run, the right-wingers were not completely losers. There are also winners. Baozhuang operated by many maritime merchants, headed by Sun Kehong, the chief merchant of Songjiang Ocean Trading Co., has withstood the run.
"Oh? Does Sun Kehong have so much money?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
Feng Bao said with a smile: "Because the owners of Ocean Trading Bank are really operating insurance, rather than running bank accounts under the banner of insurance. But if Wanlong Village is more profitable than Ocean Trading Bank, I'm afraid No one is a maritime merchant anymore, and Sun Kehong is a bit vicious. "
Compared with Baozhuang proprietors who support more currencies, maritime merchants prefer more goods, and Sun Kehong clearly stipulates, If you do bank business, you should quit the Ocean Trading Company. The maritime merchants of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company can make a lot of money. Sun Kehong is also famous for his revenge. If you offend him, it will be difficult to survive in Songjiang.
It is possible to make money simply by doing insurance, but the profit margin is very low, only about 3% to 5%.
"The ship review will be held in a few days, please invite this Sun Kehong." Zhu Yijun frowned and decided to invite Sun Kehong to participate in the Songjiang Prefecture ship review. The Ming Navy will dispatch two fast sailing ships and ten five-masted ships. Foreign ships, twenty three-masted plywood ships, and four hundred battleships conducted a ship review.
The reason why I am not sure what day it is mainly depends on the weather. It will be sunny on the one hand, and the visibility will be on the other hand.
"I obey the order." Feng Bao obeyed his command again.
The Ming Dynasty never thought about surrendering power and wanted all the rightists to die. What the Ming Dynasty wanted was for them to abide by the law. Zhu Yijun was happy to support businessmen like Sun Kehong and was willing to give them more social status. and favor.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Feng Baoman said with gloating: "The run on Baozhuang has spread panic from Baozhuang to banks and banknotes. Several banks and banknotes have been run. I can’t live anymore, I’m dismantling it everywhere, but there are crowds everywhere, it’s really a big bustle.”
The panic brewed by the bank run was not limited to Baozhuang. The bankers who were watching the excitement were also unlucky. Unlike Baozhuang who just ran away, most of the bank's owners were transparent. All of a sudden, the bank bank's owners , had to be dismantled everywhere to solve the liquidity crisis.
"Governor Shen reported that the unfinished return of the land is due to Hao You and cannot be mortgaged and dismantled from the Huitong Hall." Feng Bao looked around and whispered.
“Are all these scholars so bad?!” Zhu Yijun’s eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Feng Bao and said in disbelief: “This Master Duanshui really impresses me.”
Shen Shixing took a free ride. Taking advantage of the panic of the run and the need for money to solve the liquidity crisis, he immediately implemented the order to return the fields. Those powerful people who followed the court's order to return their fields could return their fields from Huitongguan. Shen Shixing chose to bless Shihao, who borrowed money but did not obey the court's orders.
(End of this chapter)