On this day, countless street guards were suddenly dispatched in Chang'an City.
These street guards are equivalent to the policemen of later generations. When they have nothing to do, they patrol the streets every day.
The people in Chang'an City are naturally accustomed to street guards.
But the people were surprised by the gathering of so many street guards today.
In their memories, they hadn't seen so many street guards together in how many years.
It looks like something big is going to happen today.
According to their estimation, there should be an important criminal or a gangster in Chang'an City.
These street guards must have come to arrest the gangsters.
But they soon discovered that they seemed to have guessed wrong.
These street guards are only responsible for intercepting traffic at both ends of the main streets in Chang'an City and maintaining law and order.
And then, Changsun Da Yinbi made a brilliant appearance.
Changsun Wuji led a group of 500 forbidden troops and went straight to the streets of Chang'an.
Seeing this scene, the people watching around couldn't help but trembled.
Sure enough, something big happened!
If nothing serious happened, how could Duke Zhao show up with his troops?
How big of a deal has this happened?
Soon, Changsun Wuji came to a courtyard, and then Changsun Wuji ordered: "Come in with a group of soldiers, rush in, seize all the people inside, and seal all the goods inside."
Um?
Could it be that the people living in this courtyard are criminal thieves?
Um, no, no, even if he is a gangster, there is no reason for Duke Zhao to lead his troops to arrest him.
Is there an imperial convict here?
While they were making random guesses, a group of forbidden soldiers stayed behind, quickly drew out their Mo Dao, kicked in the door, and barged in directly.
Changsun Wuji did not stop and went straight forward with the remaining imperial troops.
The melon-eating spectators who were following from a distance couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this time.
Should we stay and watch the fun? Or should we follow Zhao Guogong to the front to watch the fun?
In the end, most people stayed.
I saw this group of forbidden troops rushing into the courtyard and quickly escorted seven or eight tied-up people out.
These people don't look like thieves, but shopkeepers and clerks from ordinary shops.
Immediately afterwards, batches of cloth were moved out of the courtyard, and then bullock carts came to crash.
Huh?
These pieces of cloth look somewhat familiar.
This seems to be the cheap cloth sold by King Shu, right?
Regardless of the low price, in fact, the quality is absolutely superb.
No matter in terms of fineness or color, the quality is better than the high-priced cloth sold by Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Therefore, there were several people at the scene who had bought the cloth sold by King Shu, and they recognized him at a glance.
At this time, they also roughly guessed it.
This time, the people arrested are those who hoard cloth, right?
The shopkeeper and the clerks who were captured couldn't help but panic.
"What are you doing? Why do you arrest us?"
The Imperial Guards said contemptuously: "Why should I arrest you? Haven't you read the announcement issued by the government? Anyone who dares to hoard cloth and drive up the market price will be caught and killed without mercy, and all property will be confiscated. Let me tell you, we are already watching.
You’ve been waiting for a long time!”
After hearing the words of the imperial guards, the clerks and shopkeepers couldn't help but collapse to the ground.
A few of them were frightened to the point of peeing.
This is a serious crime of beheading!
If they were caught at once, their lives would be at stake. How could they not panic?
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! It's all the Cui family who instigated us to do this. It's none of my business!"
The Imperial Guard said sternly: "You can keep these words until you speak in the Yamen! Take them away!"
Soon, all these people were taken away and all the cloth was transported.
When the people around him saw this scene, they couldn't help but burst into cheers.
It’s really satisfying!
It turns out that all this was done under the instigation of the Cui family.
Well, they later found out that there was another Zheng family.
These aristocratic families are really abominable.
Taking advantage of the cold weather, I drove up the market price myself.
The King of Shu took pity on the people and sold the cloth at a very low price at a loss. Unexpectedly, they actually interfered with it.
He actually secretly found someone to snap up and then sell them at a high price.
In Chang'an City, the Cui family and the Zheng family with five surnames and seven Wangzhong, a total of 16 strongholds and 135 people, were all arrested.
The goods inside, including the cheap cloth sold by the King of Shu that they rushed to buy, were all confiscated.
There were even some original pieces of cloth from their family, but all of them were confiscated.
These 135 people were beheaded directly at Caishikou after their identity was verified.
One hundred and thirty-five bloody heads were hung at the market entrance as a warning to unscrupulous traders who tried to drive up market prices.
This incident caused a sensation throughout Chang'an City.
Countless people were clapping their hands and applauding.
The cheap cloth sold by the King of Shu began to be sold again.
This time, there was an endless stream of people coming to buy cloth.
However, like last time, the scene of directly snatching pieces of cloth one by one did not appear.
And this incident did not end here.
If those guys didn't confess to the Zheng family and the Cui family, that would be fine.
But since they had already exposed the Zheng family and the Cui family, how could Li Shimin just let it go?
This time, the Zheng family and Cui family also realized that the situation was not good.
The heads of these two families went to Beijing to meet the saint in person.
I don’t know what they were talking about, but the two heads of the family looked ugly when they left the palace.
Then, the Cui family and the Zheng family sold all the cloth they had hoarded at a cheaper price than the King of Shu.
This was probably one of the conditions for them to compromise with Li Shimin.
In fact, the cloth sold by King Shu is of better quality.
If they don't sell it at a lower price, they won't be able to sell it at all.
But with the King of Shu's cloth, the cloth business of their two families will no longer be possible in the future.
After all, the price of cloth sold by King Shu is their cost price.
And the quality is even better than them.
If they want to be able to sell it, they must use a lower price.
But, then they will lose money.
As soon as the King of Shu took action, he took away their two cloth business.
This made the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes family even more frightened and panicked.
Now, it is estimated that the salt and iron industries will be taken away from them by the King of Shu in a few years.
In the cloth business, after they sold out the cloth they had hoarded, they had nothing to do anymore.
For businesses like cosmetics, Zhenguan tables, Zhenguan chairs, MSG, etc., they simply can't compete with King Shu.
As long as someone launches a business, their business will be gone.
If things go on like this, their family's business will definitely be robbed.
Their family will surely decline rapidly until it dies.
