Does anyone dare to hoard goods at this time?
The answer is no.
The downfall of the Han and Ye families signaled the end of Yangzhou's upper class. Even the big merchants were out of business, and no one dared to hoard goods. Smaller and medium-sized merchants were busy negotiating with the Imperial Household Department, hoping to get a piece of the pie.
The Imperial Household Department, which was originally in the process of purchasing, felt that the speed was too slow and wanted to switch to custom-made products.
For a while, the shopping malls in the entire Yangzhou city were in turmoil.
After Zhu Youxiao entered Yangzhou City, he moved directly into the Yangzhou prefectural government office.
The others were scattered throughout Yangzhou City.
For a moment, the entire Yangzhou city became cautious.
The hooligans on the streets disappeared, and the chaotic crowds were even more gone. Even the shouting in the brothels had become much quieter, and the casinos were no longer as noisy as before. Many casinos even chose to close down, fearing that someone would find them.
Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this at all.
After the emperor arrived in Yangzhou City, the Jinyiwei and the Tongzhengsi became bolder and began to arrest people.
In addition to Yangzhou City, the tentacles of the Jinyiwei and the Tongzhengsi have extended out and started to arrest people in the surrounding areas.
The Yangzhou prefectural government also issued a notice, starting to accept complaints from the public, no matter who or what they were suing. After the charges were investigated, all would be severely punished without any leniency.
If land is occupied, it will all be returned and compensation will be paid, no matter who owns it.
Zhu Youxiao made such a big move in Yangzhou City that the people in Yangzhou, who were originally in panic, calmed down a little under such policies.
At the same time, various people who had been lying in ambush also appeared on the scene at this time.
All kinds of things that happened in the Han family, the Ye family and other families that were arrested were turned up, and their evil deeds and the heinous crimes they committed were all listed one by one.
This was Zhu Youxiao's way of winning people's hearts. To put it bluntly, no one dared to cause trouble when he was in Yangzhou City. But once he left, someone might make up rumors about him and say all sorts of nonsense.
This would affect Zhu Youxiao's public sentiment. Zhu Youxiao waited so long to take action, not only to destroy, but also to maintain and build as much as possible.
Now that these salt merchants in Yangzhou City have been captured, we need to rebuild confidence in Yangzhou City.
If they lose trust in the imperial court, if they feel that the imperial court arrests people for money, this will make the merchants lose confidence and feel that the social environment is uneasy and the environment in Yangzhou is very poor. This is not good.
Zhu Youxiao was a man of military ethics. He had already arranged for people to jump out at this time to vigorously promote that this was politically correct. If anyone spread rumors again, it would be considered as plotting against the law and stirring up trouble, and the person would be arrested directly.
For a while, the atmosphere in Yangzhou City was very lively.
Zhu Youxiao's approach to the lowest classes of people was simple: he aggressively recruited workers through the Imperial Household Department, raising their wages so they had work to do and could earn money. "Now that the emperor has arrived, your lives will be better. Those people bully and exploit you all day long, but the emperor won't do that."
For middle-level merchants, the Imperial Household Department bought up their goods in large quantities and raised the purchase price, so that they had money to do more things and expand production.
For the top-level businessmen, except those who dealt in salt, Zhu Youxiao's strategy was to strictly investigate and punish them, convict them of whatever crime they committed, punish them if they deserved it, and punish them if they deserved punishment.
Then we contacted them for cooperation, supported them, and gave them the benefits they deserved. The purpose was to tell them that it was okay to do business well, but if they did something wrong, they would be doomed.
The atmosphere in Yangzhou City suddenly improved, and people began to praise Zhu Youxiao.
Needless to say, those who were stepped on were naturally trampled into the mud.
The same thing happened to all the officials who were arrested; all the unjust, false and wrong cases were exposed.
How they colluded with salt merchants and how they oppressed the people were all written down one by one.
After a few days of publicity, the emperor approved the beheading.
On the day of beheading, Yangzhou City was packed with people.
Zhu Youxiao was standing on the city gate of Yangzhou, looking at the bustling crowd below with no expression on his face.
On the other side of the city wall stood many people from the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce.
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