After hearing this, Sun Zhisu felt speechless, and therefore looked at Zhu Ciwei: "The eldest son of the emperor, do you see?"

Zhu Ciwei also looked at Qi Maozong with a cold face: "You are responsible, can you bear this responsibility? Even if you cut you into pieces, it will be difficult to offset the losses you have caused to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Prepare it! Wait for strict handling, report this matter to the Political Affairs Hall, so that His Majesty can know."

Zhu Ciwei continued to instruct.

Zhu Youxiao originally planned to rectify various new social problems within the world after the completion of the cause of global unification.

But at present, because the Ming Dynasty obtained a lot of wealth from Europe, enough to support the empire's large-scale engineering construction and management expenditures, he took advantage of the fact that he was still moving to inspect the world in advance, in order to respond to the corresponding problems as soon as possible.

Now, when he realized that the phenomenon of illegal profits by some unscrupulous merchants was becoming more and more serious, and even had affected the Imperial Army, he decisively issued an order to set up a quality supervision department to conduct stricter inspections on the world's commodities and projects.

Of course, the basis of all this is because technology has improved a lot now, radio can achieve rapid information transmission, which allows many crimes to be punished quickly, avoiding the need for a large amount of manpower to execute, resulting in incorrect information transmission, or being intercepted or even tampered with by others in the middle.

In this military ration case, Chen Shikai and other officials in the suspected case were arrested first, and then the people involved in the case were arrested.

As a result, because the protective umbrella was first arrested, the grain merchants who sold moldy grains to the Ministry of War could not obtain the corresponding information in advance and were unable to prepare for escape in advance.

"Mr., will we continue to mix half of the moldy grain this time?"

Zhao Hanwen, a grain merchant who is one of the franchise grain merchants in Shaw Brothers, was still asking about his age at the mansion because he didn't know that the people above them had been arrested.

"That's right, can you add more moldy grains this time? This way, you can make a lot more money from ten thousand stones of grain."

As for grain traders who are called "political and financial resources", they also suggest adding more.

After hearing this, Guan Ling laughed: "Old Yan, you are really greedy! This is military ration!"

"It is not natural for this businessman to make more profits. Besides, it is also a benefit for everyone to make money together. Don't those people above want to get more? Anyway, it's not us who eat moldy food."

Yan Zhengzi asked as he said, "Is it true?"

"yes!"

The other grain merchants agreed.

After hearing this, Guan Ling said, "That's what you say, but you can't go too far. This time you can't exceed 50%, otherwise, the superiors won't cover it up for us, right?"

"Dongchang handles the case!"

At this time, the official school of Dongchang broke in.

One of them, Daqi, the Dongchang, named Zhou Yushu, directly ordered: "The first brigade will seal the warehouse, and the second brigade will arrest people!"

"yes!"

“Get out of here!”

Not long after, noisy footsteps and shouting came from outside.

The grain merchants such as Guanling were shocked after hearing this.

"What's going on? The court found it? But why didn't we hear the wind?"

Zhao Hanwen said.

"You bastards want to hear the news in advance, and don't think about what era it is now. Before you arrest you, the person who can inform you of you has been arrested long ago!"

Zhou Yushu personally brought people in and started laughing.

"How did you find this, how did you find out?"

Talking about politics and capital.

"A bunch of stupid pigs!"

Zhou Yushu cursed first and said, "I have never thought about the consequences of the evil he committed? Yes, I can't do such a thing without any stupidity!"

"I dare to ask, how will the court deal with us?"

At this time, Guan Ling asked calmly and asked again: "In addition, will we let us do business? But if we don't do this business, what should we do if more than 100,000 farmers who cooperate with us do? There are also tens of thousands of employees who collect grain, manage grain and transport grain. What should we do if they have food and clothing? In addition, we pay a lot of commercial taxes to the court every year and do not allow us to do business. How can we contribute to the court in the future?"

"I don't know, I'll ask the emperor!"

Zhou Yushu replied, and asked someone to escort Zhu Ling and others away.

...

"Your Majesty, some court officials have asked the court to only fine merchants suspected of false propaganda and quality, and not to impose criminal liability. The reason is that it is necessary to consider that the main tax of the court and local government offices is commercial tax, and most people also need to work in their industries. Therefore, the court cannot affect the income of the national treasury and vassal treasury because it is too strict with product quality and project quality. I also ask Your Majesty to instruct you how to write a ticket."

At the Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the assistant minister Du Yinxi reported to him the opinions of some court officials after the arrest and fraudulent business operations began.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Precisely because commercial tax is the main type of tax, we must pay more attention to commercial order and cannot tolerate any falsehood or deception!"

"All be strict!"

Zhu Youxiao first said these four words, and then instructed: "Tell the Consulting Council that anyone who proposed a new quality supervision regulations to oppose fraud and false propaganda will be considered guilty! First of all, no matter how serious it is, no business is allowed. Starting from him, he will not be allowed to do business within three generations. In addition, if you commit fraud or use inferior products as good ones, you will be confiscated by me and circulated them hard, and he will lose all his money!"

"As for me, it depends on the severity of the circumstances. Anyone who causes other people's health will be executed even if they are chronic diseases! Death will be executed! Parade the streets and show the public one day in the most prosperous commercial streets in each city! The bureaucrats suspected of colluding with profiteers will be treated the same as the ones, and the crime will be increased, and the death will be executed to be cut in half! If there is no health impact and only the property will be lost, then exiled! But there must be a process for public display;"

"In addition, the managers of their industries, knowing that they have false propaganda and fake or use inferior products as good people, and do not report or leave their jobs, should also be regarded as accomplices and should be punished for not being allowed to do business and become an official in this life!"

Du Yinxi was quite shocked after hearing this: "Your Majesty, is this too strict? Will it completely anger the merchants in the world? And the market strike happened?"

"Not strict! There are so many people in the world who want to make money, so I don't believe in people who don't want to do business seriously! If there is really a businessman who wants to strike because of this, it only means that he is a fool, and it's better that he has a strike!"

Zhu Youxiao replied.

"Please, please, I will never commit fraud again next time, don't commit fraud, don't block my factory! Don't not allow me to do business, wuwu!"

"I was wrong! I was really wrong! I shouldn't just be greedy for profit and forget the word "reputation". Please, don't let me do business for three generations. In this way, my accumulation of business for this generation will be in vain, wuwu!"

"I promise, I really promise that even if a ghost holds my hand, asks me to fake it, and asks me to cheat, I will not dare to do this again. I will be a good person, and I will be a good person!"

Because Zhu Youjiao issued the strictest order to rectify the business order, many merchants who were found to have fraud and quality problems were arrested, and their industries were confiscated.

Many merchants naturally cried and begged.

At this time, Qi Maozong shouted in pain after knowing the result of his trial.

And Juling was no exception. He didn't expect that he would be beheaded because of this, and couldn't help but say, "Why, why are you so cruel!"

Zhao Hanwen even cried and shouted: "My family's family business has been around for several lifetimes. Why is it that I have been confiscated and lost all my money because of some moldy grains? I still have to be unable to do business for three generations, wuwu!"

Yan Zhengzi also shook his head and said, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die!"

But no matter how much they don’t understand, they have to accept such a result.

"Bare them to death!"

"Bah! A bunch of bastards only know how to make profits and have no affection for compatriots. Damn it!"

"A tyrant businessman! A traitor! A beast who will never be born in the next life!"

After being hung on the busiest streets of the city where Qi Maozong, Zhuling, and Zhao Hanwendeng were scolded by many people passing by after being slapped on the busiest streets of their city.

Many people even complained directly to them because of this.

And they are now completely like walking corpses and have nothing to say.

Qi Maozong just smirked.

Those who accompanied them to be treated like this were officials like Chen Shikai who actively or passively colluded with them.

All of these people were beheaded one after another.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao's actions did indeed shock the merchant class and bureaucracy class.

They have to admit that even at this age, His Majesty the Emperor is still so decisive and ruthless.

But what they have to admit is that because of the popularization of radio technology and the progress of various science and technology, once they do things in a vague way, they will be devastatingly hit in a very short time. Even if they secretly form a lot of forces, from the central government office to the local government office, from the army to the court, the emperor's secret order can make you blocked without knowing it.

"We need a free and relaxed business environment, not like this now. The spies are rampant, the eyes are dense, and there are more inspections and quarantine checkpoints than the yamen. We are full of distrust of our products! How can we make money by doing this?"

"At least it's not as easy as before to make huge profits. I'm afraid I'll really spend time on technical research and development, employee encouragement, and social responsibility to increase competitiveness!"

"We cannot let the court manage us like this. We have to find a way to make the court relax our control over us, rather than becoming more and more strict."

Some big merchants also secretly discussed the matter.

A merchant named Du Rizhang suggested at this time because he had not been found selling counterfeit and shoddy products on a large scale and was unwilling to lose the benefits.

"In my opinion, it is better to pay money to make major newspapers and magazines create momentum, let them criticize the current overly strict governance method, speak for us merchants, and also to make money to let officials speak for us. We can also organize merchants to carry out market strikes and create momentum in newspapers and magazines. As long as we build momentum, we will not be afraid of being a businessman today."

"This is a solution! No one doesn't like money. I am a bookseller and I am friends with many university scholars. I ask them to talk and write articles for us. At worst, I can spend some money! As long as the education continues for a long time, it will naturally have an effect. Who doesn't want to be less controlled by the court? Who doesn't like freedom?"

Like Du Rizhang, Mo Lixun, who mainly engaged in the pirated book business, also echoed and said.

"That's right, just like no one likes his parents to take care of themselves every day, and no one wants the court to take care of themselves in everything! We should support more newspapers and literati who are willing to express more affirmative views in order to advocate freedom, independence, and self-view. This will help us businessmen make money. Instead of letting official newspapers talk about Datong every day, Han compatriots, and national interests!"

Du Rizhang also agreed.

So, at the beginning, Zhu Youxiao and his court severely cracked down on the behavior of profiteers, and those who expressed different opinions were freelance writers who published personal articles in major newspapers.

These people first criticized the rough behavior of the Dongchang, Quality Inspection Department, and Jinyiwei during the law enforcement process, and then admitted to defending the prodigal businessmen that it is understandable that merchants make profits. As for counterfeit and shoddy products, they are just a definition of the court itself. If the buyer or buyer buys these products, it should be considered a voluntary transaction. If you feel that you have been cheated or disliked, you can not buy it next time, but you cannot punish the other party because that is an act that violates the spirit of the contract.

In addition, these people also used various economic factors to analyze the free and lenient business environment to facilitate business prosperity, and said that the court's direct and rough treatment would affect the employment environment and increase social panic.

There are even many newspapers and magazines that really advocate market strikes in various places, which proves the power of the business community.

For a time, more and more businesses expressed their intention to strike in major newspapers and magazines.

Even in the end, we really agreed to be a strike month next month.
To be continued...