In a blink of an eye, a few more days have passed.

The aristocratic families and wealthy gentry in the capital colluded again.

They are discussing strategies to deal with the court.

At present, the court seems to have no intention of changing the national policy, and there is still no movement. They have a relationship in the court, but they have never heard the emperor mention the closing of most shops in the capital.

The losses for several consecutive days made them unable to bear them.

"What should I do? The emperor doesn't take this trick now, so we should continue to put pressure on him."

"It's not useless. Now is the time for us to compete with the court. If we can't hold on, what's going on?"

"Yes, don't be afraid, just wait!"

"With that being said, we have to add more materials."

Everyone looked at each other and saw the madness in each other's eyes.

Yes, the current situation must continue to put pressure on the court!

The Liu Dahu spoke out again.

"I have 186 semicolons across the country. In order to resist the unfair national policy of the court, I took the lead in closing all stores under my name!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Businessmen looked at Liu Dahu one by one, their eyes full of shock.

"Liu Dahu, you really plan to do something with the court."

"Yes, aren't you afraid of losing your life if you do this?"

"Liu Dahu, you have invested a lot today."

The rich and gentry all looked at Liu Dahu, with admiration in their eyes.

Liu Dahu laughed: "Since I have already expressed my opinion, what do you say? I will take a good start and you will have a good end."

The rich and gentry began to hesitate again.

The entire capital was probably gathered with the richest businessmen in the country, and at least half of them were in the capital. Now that they gathered together, it was equivalent to half of the country's economic lifeline.

But in the same way, if they close all the stores under their name, the losses they suffer every day will not be so simple to calculate.

In particular, there are various liquidated damages, double fines, etc.

After all, this is a big account book.

So, they began to hesitate.

"Haha, since you don't want to pay taxes, how can you not pay?"

"There is no such easy thing in the world. I have closed 186 stores, so you have to be more powerful." Liu Dahu said in a deep voice.

These aristocratic families and rich gentry sighed.

A businessman couldn't help looking at Liu Dahu: "Liu Dahu, please forgive me for taking the liberty. You are a big family and your family is a family. You have money, but we don't..."

Liu Dahu sneered and stared at him and said, "Look at what you said, the court has collected so low commercial tax for more than two hundred years, and your family has not saved money? I don't believe it!"

The businessman smiled awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed.

Liu Dahu patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, don't shirk it, everyone, this is our common responsibility."

"How about closing all stores under your name?"

Liu Dahu said in a deep voice, and the rich people in the capital gritted their teeth and agreed.

"Who is afraid of whom? Since the court wants to waste it, we will spend it with them."

"I also close all the stores under my name."

"I'm shut down, too."

One by one, the richest wealthy businessmen in the capital announced a strike.

This means that half of the economic system of the Ming Dynasty is about to be paralyzed.

Rich businessmen know each other, and once they close, a kind of radiation will be formed, allowing others to follow suit...

...

Jiangxi, the land of Shangrao.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jiangxi was one of the best in the country because he was rich enough.

In later generations, Jiangxi was not as brilliant as that of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The land of Shangrao is surrounded by wealthy businessmen.

In the north, you may starve to death, but in this Jiangnan area, there are only fish and rice lands, and there are few people who freeze to death.

There are also a lot of wealthy businessmen here.

When news of the wealthy businessmen in the capital reached Shangrao, about two or three hundred stores were closed one after another.

Two or three hundred stores were closed in one place, and the scale was quite large. This was a huge blow to Shangrao's economic system, and it also caused the people to have no place to buy things.

The first day was fine.

But on the second day and after the third day, the people started to make a civilian change.

"What's going on? Why are these shops not open? We still have to buy things."

"The rice in Fuji Rice Village is the cheapest. Now the store is closed. What should we eat for our family?"

"Yes, this has suffered."

The shop was not open and the people couldn't buy anything, so they ran to the prefecture government office to file a complaint.

When the prefect of Shangrao did not dare to hesitate, he quickly sent officials to conduct on-site investigation.

As expected, the result was that two or three hundred stores were closed.

This made the Shangrao prefect panicked, and officials from the prefecture began to look for shopkeepers to investigate.

The results available are all kinds of excuses without exception.

There is no rice in the rice shop, no noodles in the noodles shop, the cloth is out of stock, and the vegetable fields are moldy...

All the situations made Shangrao Prefecture almost vomit blood.

This is obviously fighting them!

Nowadays, people have money but nowhere to buy rice, so they come to the yamen to complain, which makes the yamen door quarrel every day, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

The trouble came to the door, and the prefect of Shangrao sent someone to clear the business, hoping that they would reopen the business, but the result they could get was that nothing was sold.

They don’t do it anymore if they open the business.

"Master, did the imperial court change its national policy some time ago? To increase commercial taxes, these people deliberately closed their stores just to confront the imperial court."

"Yes, magistrate, this matter cannot be concealed, and the center should be informed immediately."

"Yes, report to the center first, so that our responsibilities can be reduced."

So, the prefect of Shangrao really had no choice but to submit a memorial to the central government, hoping that the court could understand the current situation in Shangrao.

And, not only this place.

Fengyang, Anhui, Shaanxi, Luoyang, Henan, Yangzhou, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Jiangsu, Yingtianfu and other places were almost paralyzed in economic terms.

The shop stopped opening and the people couldn't buy anything, so they ran to the yamen to complain.

Such situations have been staged in different places...

All localities handed over the letters to explain the matter to the center.

Even if the rich businessmen with conscience supported the court's national policy, they were repeatedly sold out, resulting in this group of patriotic wealthy businessmen being powerless.

The entire policy is really difficult to implement.

...

The memorials from all over the world toss and turn, and finally came to the palace and the emperor's imperial study room.

When these notes were piled up, every page that Emperor Chongzhen opened was an explanation of the closure of these wealthy gentry, and even Emperor Chongzhen was directly angry.

For Emperor Chongzhen, this was a great suppression of the court!

Emperor Chongzhen no longer dares to think about how much impact this will have on people's livelihood.

However, the words on these memorials cannot be erased. The facts have obviously caused them. The main problem now is how to resolve the sanctions of merchants against the court.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel extremely irritated by this, and his expression was hard to see.

After seeing the Shaanxi area, Emperor Chongzhen was completely angry and threw the note heavily on the ground, then overturned the entire table, and all the memorials fell to the ground in scattered manner.

All around, all the eunuchs were frightened, and the palace maids who served were so scared that they all knelt on the ground. They rarely saw the emperor getting so angry that even the table was lifted off.

The eunuchs were trembling with fear and their faces became a little pale. No one dared to make any noise at this time.

Similarly, there were many ministers in the imperial study room. When they saw the emperor getting angry, they couldn't help but pick up the memorial and read it.
To be continued...