The officials of the imperial court are all secretly surprised, this Bao Xinglong industry is all over the country, Wuliang King is a well-deserved industry leader, assets are at least tens of millions of taels, grain store management is comparable to governing the country, it is easy to run a store, but to control thousands of shops across the country, the means and business philosophy, but not the general shopkeeper comparable.

This Bao Xinglong has always been sleek and good at dealing with the government, but in Luoyang, he has a reputation for being diligent and thrifty, and has a non-negligible contribution to stabilizing Luoyang's grain prices and maintaining Luoyang's stability, and can be regarded as the uncrowned king of the industry.

It's just that no matter how rich he is, he is just a businessman with no real power, and this rhetoric is undoubtedly pointing the finger at Wang Shichong, the backer behind Wang's ticket number, everyone in the court knows it, but Wang Shichong is powerful and powerful, and no one dares to take the tiger's whiskers lightly, this Bao Xinglong offended Wang Shichong like this, it really doesn't look like his sleek old fox.

Yang Tong looked at the petition signed by him, turned his head to Wang Shichong and asked, "Lord Wang, what's going on with this Wang ticket number?" ”

Wang Shichong's face was cloudy at this time, and when he heard Yang Tong's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, the minister doesn't know, the minister will immediately find out when he goes back, if he finds anyone who violates the law, he will be severely punished......

"No need," Yang Tong waved his hand, turned his head and asked Bao Xinglong: "Shopkeeper Bao, you just said that this Zhen's ticket number has a hundred benefits and no harm, and has an irreplaceable role in the prosperity of Luoyang, but I heard Lord Wang say that this Zhen's ticket number is a silver deposit of only 300,000 taels, but it has issued a silver ticket with a denomination of nearly 500,000 taels, this is a fraud, the general of the secret guard is bold and reckless, if I don't treat him, it will be difficult to convince the anger of the public." ”

"Back to the emperor, whether it is fraud, many shopkeepers in Luoyang City know in their hearts, Zhen's ticket number has never been credited to a shop's exchange, but also give the interest on the deposit, lend to the shop, the interest is reasonable, solve the urgent need of many shops, praised by the major shops, the people are also because of the reputation of the general of the secret guard voluntarily circulated, and no one has been defrauded, life has been greatly facilitated, and the prosperity of Longmen Town is also obvious to all......

Bao Xinglong is old, but his thinking is still clear and organized, he paused, and continued: "Now the refugees from all over the country have been properly resettled, and no one has filed a lawsuit with the government. ”

Several other shop owners all echoed and shouted, "The emperor is gracious and pardons the guilt of the secret guard general."

The ministers were talking about it.

Internal history Ling Yuanwen has also witnessed all kinds of actions of Wang's ticket number these days, plus he and Wang Shichong have always been rivals, compared with Wang Shichong, Zhen Mingku's actions are really beneficial to the imperial court, not to mention that Yang Tong just hates this secret guard general, and he doesn't really want to punish him, so he secretly thinks that it is better to take this opportunity to send Yang Dong a favor, and let this secret guard general come out, so as to balance this Wang Shichong, so as not to overswell him and have no one in his eyes.

Under the echo of him and Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu and others, Yang Tong took advantage of the situation to go down the steps and made a discussion about the inviolability of national laws and family rules, saying that in line with the fair and strict attitude that meritorious service must be rewarded and punishment must be punished, he agreed to the earnest plea of the people, announced the pardon of the crime of the secret guard general Zhen Mingku, and unsealed the Zhen ticket number, but this ticket number is no longer owned by Zhen Mingku, it is owned by the royal family, renamed Huangtai ticket number, all rules and regulations are according to the old system of Zhen's ticket number, as for the Wang ticket number, Yang Tong will not be held accountable, Wang Shichong was given privileges to operate.

Yang Tong is not stupid, as long as the Huangtai ticket number is opened, the people of Luoyang will not flock to it, and then there will be competition, and the Wang ticket number, which is not shallow, will naturally have no place to stand, which not only avoids the head-on conflict with Wang Shichong, but also invisibly resolves the losses caused by the Wang ticket number to the people of Luoyang, and holds the financial power of the Huangtai Dynasty in his hands.

All the ministers shouted that the emperor was wise, and Wang Shichong could not find an excuse to oppose it, so he had to agree.

Yang Tong felt great joy in his heart, since he ascended the throne, he felt his majesty as the emperor for the first time, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "Although the capital crime can be avoided, the living crime is unforgivable, the secret guard general has repeatedly committed Tianwei, and he is disrespectful, I don't know what to do, I haven't figured it out with him last time I concealed the matter of signing an alliance with the Li family in Nanyang without authorization, if someone didn't intercede for him this time, I would have to behead him, this time I will spare him for the time being, if there is a next time, I will never spare him lightly, punish him for three years, suspend him for one year, in order to see the after-effects, If he has meritorious service in the future, he will be reinstated and promoted, and retire from the dynasty! ”

The biggest crisis since the founding of the Imperial Thai Dynasty was easily resolved, and later generations mentioned the ticket number turmoil, all praised Yang Tong's handling methods, not only mature and sleek, taking into account the interests of all parties, but also quite effective, bypassing the courtiers' obstructions, convincing people with reason, governing the country with virtue, faintly having the demeanor of a Ming monarch, as an emperor who has just turned seventeen years old, this kind of weighing means, is really not what people of his age should have, many people speculate that there must be a master behind it.

Tens of thousands of peasant households outside the imperial city heard that the emperor had pardoned the general of the secret guard and reopened the Zhen ticket number, and all the exchange and deposit and loan systems were all in accordance with the old system of the Zhen ticket number, and they all cheered and shouted long live the emperor and the emperor.

With the backstage of the Huangtai Lord as the ticket number, people's hearts stabilized, the crowd quickly dispersed, and the shops and farmers in Longmen Town quickly returned to normal life.

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Zhen Mingku stood at the gate of Luoyang Prison, he had not seen the outside world for a long time, prison life was no stranger to him, the autumn breeze was sluggish, a gust of autumn wind blew, and the fallen leaves drifted past him, which made people feel sad and happy.

I was locked up for more than a month, I hadn't taken a shower, I hadn't washed my head, and although the cell was dry, it was also prone to lice and fleas.

Now he just wants to go into the bathhouse and take a good bath, wash away all the dirt and smell of the past month, and then, he just wants to do one thing that he has never been able to let go of for this month, that hateful Nizi, must be taught a hard lesson, for more than a month, he has been thinking about the evil things she did to him that day, and he actually cruelly left her own father-in-law in prison, and only sent someone to bring food and clothing, but she did not come to visit once......

He looked up and saw a luxurious carriage in the distance, with the words "King of Five Grains" written on it, and a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper walked over, not at all embarrassed by Zhen Mingku's embarrassed appearance, and asked politely: "May I ask if it is the Secret Guard General Zhen Mingku?" My lord asked me to pick you up and take you to the house. ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly, it is always happy to be able to see his friends after the disaster, he nodded, followed the butler, and walked towards the carriage.