Then, while Zhou Xing was leisurely waiting to collect the money.
However, two pieces of bad news came from the Minister of Household Affairs and the Minister of War!
First of all, after the Tao Qian store was sealed, not a penny was found!
It is conceivable that Li Changkong and Li Jibei transferred all their money before leaving!
Hongxiuxiang did find some money, but it was better than nothing. For Zhou Xing and Dajin today, it was just a drop in the bucket and of no great use.
The second problem is that the people rioted!
The money stored in the money shop is not only money from nobles and aristocratic families, but also money from common people!
For those in power, this money is not much. But for the common people, it is fatal!
Of course, people would not dare to riot based on their words.
Behind him must be the promotion of nobles and aristocratic families, after all, the money shop also took away their money!
The emperor wanted to take away all the money through such clumsy means, but they naturally refused to do it.
Some people even contacted the seventh prince Zhou Ming privately in an attempt to kill Zhou Xing and support him to ascend the throne and become emperor.
Only now did Zhou Xing realize that no matter how cautious he was, he had underestimated the importance of the money shop.
Unexpectedly, Dajin could be in such a state of chaos just by moving a shop.
The most important thing is that the Jin Dynasty cannot be in chaos! At least there will be no chaos until Chang Ping comes back!
Zhou Xing needed to rely on the power of the entire Jin Dynasty to fight against the Changping branch, and even force Princess Changping to accept the fact that he had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and became the king of Jin!
Therefore, Zhou Xing must put down the riot as quickly as possible.
As for the method... he chose the method he was best at - throwing dirty water!
The next day, news came out from the palace.
It is said that Li Changkong committed a heinous crime and secretly transferred all the money from the Taoqian shop. This led to the emptiness of the national treasury and the deprivation of the people's livelihood.
But even so, the court will never ignore everyone.
This year’s taxes will be reduced by 30%, and at the same time, tents will be opened at various points in the capital city to help the people of Jin Dynasty tide over the difficulties.
However, this rhetoric can lull ordinary people, but it cannot lull nobles and aristocratic families.
Before you sealed it, Taoqiang Store was still running smoothly and no one owed money to anyone. Why did they immediately run away with their money as soon as you sealed it?
Won’t all this money fall into your pocket in the end?
That's not just a tiny bit of silver, but a silver that brings together almost all the nobles, aristocratic families, people, and even most of the wealth of the treasury in the Jin capital!
It’s enough to arm an army of hundreds of thousands of people!
Just say no? And you can't produce a shred of evidence. You just say that Li Changkong took away the money. How can you ask people to believe you?
As a result, the great nobles and aristocratic families seemed to respect Zhou Xing on the surface.
But secretly, he was already contacting the Seventh Prince Zhou Ming, or several of the feudal vassal kings, preparing to plot another rebellion.
Originally, things like conspiracy were rarely done.
Who would want to embark on such a path of no return unless absolutely necessary?
But..., Zhou Xing made a good start!
Although you are the eldest son on the surface, you inherited the throne in compliance with God's will and the tradition of the Jin Dynasty.
But privately, who doesn’t know how you got that throne?
Wasn't it obtained by relying on us nobles and noble families?
But what's the result? As soon as you sit in that position, you turn your back and deny anyone else?
Sorry, don't sit in that seat. It's better to sit up there and be obedient!
At least I won’t cheat everyone’s money!
For this situation that seems calm on the surface, but is actually more turbulent.
The strategy adopted by Zhou Xing is to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, and kill one to scare a hundred!
Only he knows that he has indeed not received the money now, and it is still in Li Changkong's hands.
So Li Changkong must find it! Finding Him is the root of the problem!
But...you can't place all your hopes on this. If you can't find it, wouldn't you be doomed?
Therefore, in the face of such a situation where people are agitated and all parties are surging, we must first kill one of them with the power of thunder and frighten the others. Only then can we turn the crisis around and delay more time until we find Li Changkong!
And the one Zhou Xing chose to kill was his good seventh brother—Zhou Ming!
There was no other way, and he didn't want to do anything to his closest relatives unless absolutely necessary.
But Zhou Ming is the only one among all the descendants of the late emperor who is still in the capital of Jin. If something happens, given the current situation, there will probably be a huge crowd of responders just by raising their arms.
The biggest threat to him!
In this case, I have no choice but to let Brother Wei take you on your way!
So, three days later, after an armed struggle broke out.
The Seventh Prince Zhou Ming was "accidentally" shot and killed among the rebels!
Then it was revealed that Zhou Ming, together with the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Officials, and Marquis Weiyuan, planned to rebel.
Suppressed by the current Holy Emperor with the force of thunder!
However, after the news came out, the effect achieved was not as Zhou Xing thought.
On the contrary, it is extremely bad!
Why?
Back then, the Seventh Prince Zhou Ming asked you, the eldest brother, to ascend the throne and claim the throne three times in a row in public.
There was even a good show of three invitations and three resignations!
But what's the result?
How long has it been since then for the deep brotherhood to turn into the treacherous ministers and traitors that they are today?
Not to mention the nobles and noble families, even ordinary people can detect that something is wrong!
For a time, the entire Jin capital city was in panic!
…
On the border of Dajin, Nanxun City.
At the medical center in the south of the city, Li Changkong woke up slowly and felt pain everywhere in his body.
Especially the area where the black-clothed killer had kicked him. Although the star soft armor removed most of the power, the internal organs were still injured, causing slight displacement.
Although after treatment at the medical center, the situation has been stabilized for the time being.
But if you want to recover, you will definitely need to take care of yourself over time.
"Jibei, how long have I been asleep?"
"About ten days!" Li Jibei said from the side. Seeing that Li Changkong finally woke up, his anxious heart finally let go.
Daqian can live without him, Li Jibei, but he can never live without Li Changkong.
"Have there been any letters from Zhen Jian during this period?" Li Changkong frowned slightly when he heard that he had been in a coma for ten days.
According to his expectation, the Jin capital city should be in chaos at this moment.
After Princess Changping leaves, the eldest prince Zhou Xing, who is unwilling to submit to others, is bound to rebel!
I just don’t know if it can succeed, and if it succeeds, what will be my attitude towards money-tagging shops.
These two points are very critical and related to his subsequent series of layouts.
Without understanding these two key pieces of information, he would not be able to continue making moves.
"No."
"No?" Li Changkong frowned even more: "Then keep waiting! As long as Zhen Jian is still alive, news will definitely come!"
"But the situation at the moment is serious and changing from time to time, so we must not wait any longer."
"Wait another ten days. Ten days will be enough for the dust to settle in the capital of Jin."
"If there is no news by then, you can disguise yourself and go to the capital of Jin to find out the news!"
