This man named Shang Zhicheng spoke passionately from above, while many people sitting in front of him and below were listening attentively.
Only Zhu Youxiao, Li Ruolian and others did not listen very carefully.
Zhu Youxiao had heard lectures from such people in his previous life.
Immunity has developed.
What's more, as the emperor now, he already knew in advance that these people were making up lies.
Therefore, no matter how flawlessly these people make up the story, and no matter how emotional their speeches are, Zhu Youxiao cannot be fooled into it.
However, what Zhu Youxiao had to admit was that this man named Shang Zhicheng was quite good at talking nonsense. He could actually combine national justice, the rise and fall of the world, personal growth, and the value of life, and then still talk about it. On the Siberian Petroleum Project, this is described as a panacea that can solve all national problems, social problems, family problems and even personal problems.
And, many people listened.
From the thunderous applause, Zhu Youxiao could tell that many people were obviously fooled into it.
This made him feel terrible, and he realized that it was necessary to extend free education for three years as suggested by his ministers.
Because even though free education has been available for nine years, so many people are still so easily deceived.
Even if the person you are talking about is the tiger skin of the emperor, you should have the most basic common sense. After all, if it is really a huge project, will the imperial court invent it for the purpose of the world? Won't it be issued in an official name? And let these people convey it?
Of course, Zhu Youxiao also knows that there are always many people who lack logical thinking in this world.
After all, even in countries with a high level of education in later generations, many groups will engage in anti-intellectual behavior, not to mention that it was only the wisdom of the people that started the Ming Dynasty that lasted decades.
Zhu Youxiao also understands these, civilians who want to get rich but invisibly have to pay IQ tax.
What really makes Zhu Youxiao feel hateful is this person named Shang Zhicheng and the previous person named Chu Qing. These people deceive others and intend to make huge profits from these people.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, these people are really selfish to the extreme and very bad. In order to maximize their own interests, they will do whatever it takes, regardless of how many families they will destroy, how many wives will be separated, and how many people they will cause. What a big problem it brings to the whole country.
But what makes Zhu Youxiao even more helpless is that while these people are harming others, he may also be a victim himself and someone who was deceived before.
"Finally, let us shout together, we are doing a great and brilliant cause! Come, join me."
And Zhu Youxiao discovered that next, when Shang Zhicheng's lecture was about to end, he actually called out louder.
"We are doing a great and brilliant cause!"
"We are doing a great and brilliant cause!"
"We are doing a great and brilliant cause!"
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Zhu Youxiao found that many people really started shouting together, so that he had to follow the crowd and shout together.
Immediately afterwards, a new lecturer came to start giving lectures on how to participate in this project.
Moreover, the lecturer's reputation is still very powerful. He knows everything from astronomy to geography, has a distinguished family background, and has written numerous books, etc.
Very bluffing.
The way to participate in the project is nothing more than to recruit people and invest money to purchase investment coupons for the project.
It is said that after obtaining investment coupons, there will be dividends in the future according to corresponding rules.
Investment bonds can also be sold and have internal prices.
According to them, the price of investment bonds has been rising.
A lot of people are already taking advantage of this.
However, these investment coupons are also divided into grades. Just like official ranks, investment coupons of different grades represent different grades of investors.
If you want to get higher investment coupons, you naturally have to spend more money to buy them.
In addition, you also need to recruit people. The more people you recruit, the more dividends you will receive.
"You plan to buy a few more investment coupons. If you miss this village, you won't have this store. These investment coupons are sold in limited quantities. Please support your majesty, support the court, and support my country and the country of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Youxiao originally thought that this was all based on volunteers, but he did not expect that people involved in these projects would stop them after the lecture and asked one by one whether to invest.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao saw a man who seemed to have not been successfully deceived and was stopped because he was about to leave. However, because the man said that he would think about it again, he was pulled aside and a lecturer continued to do the persuasion work and asked Does he have the heart to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, does he have the great ideal of contributing to the Ming Dynasty, and does he want to make himself prosperous, etc.
"Can you stop doing this in my name! Damn it, I cultivate the people's respect for the country and the nation, and I am not used by you to make money!"
Zhu Youxiao was quite angry because of this, feeling disgusted that his decades of hard work had been stolen.
At this time, a participant in the project came to him and asked: "Old man, you should have the deepest experience. You should also be the most aware of the changes in the Ming Dynasty over the years. If you grasp a trend, How much wealth will it bring? Don’t you want to seize the opportunity of oil?”
After the participant said this, he looked at Zhu Youxiao eagerly, waiting for Zhu Youxiao to pay.
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"We are ordered to handle the case! All personnel are not allowed to leave. All personnel must squat down and hold their heads!"
But at this time, a large number of guards suddenly rushed in from outside, and Zhu Youxiao also heard the voices of Zhu Hezhen.
Zhu Hezhen has now been transferred to the Imperial Guard Battalion as a staff general.
As a large group of guards entered, everyone present had to squat on the ground.
Shang Zhicheng, Chu Qing and other participants in the so-called Siberian oil project were also shocked.
Shang Zhicheng was shocked, but also panicked and frightened, because he was the organizer of this type of project, so he naturally knew that this so-called great project was essentially a scam.
As for Chu Qing, because he was also a victim and truly believed in this thing, he asked in confusion: "What is going on? What are the officers and soldiers doing? We are not doing something for the country and the people." Are you seeking wealth and honor for yourself?"
Zhu Youxiao had been surrounded by Li Ruolian and the secret guards who followed him. After the officers and soldiers of the imperial guard battalion came in, they left here.
"Tell Zhu Hezhen, don't let any of these people go! But they must be arrested and interrogated in the name of the Wuxi Patrol Camp; in addition, pass my decree to the Wuxi Magistrate. If the news about Wuxi's incident today leaks, I will only be responsible for him." ask!"
Zhu Youxiao issued a new order after coming out.
After Zhu Hezhen received the order, he followed it and arrested Shang Zhicheng, Chu Qing and other MLM personnel in the Wuxi government prison.
Lin Qiming, the prefect of Wuxi, did not dare to neglect and strictly ordered officials at all levels not to make mistakes.
After being interrogated overnight by Jin Yiwei, Shang Zhicheng had to confess: "Using the imperial court to build this project as an excuse, secretly speculating on investment coupons and taking the opportunity to make money from the people was not the idea of ordinary people, but the idea of Chonghua University. The methods proposed by several seniors studying securities, money law, and legal affairs, I was just the leader they sent to Jiangnan to develop a new branch, I am really not the primary culprit."
"Tell me the names and origins of your senior brothers! Also, tell me, do you know where they are now and how to contact them?"
Li Ruolian replied.
Shang Zhicheng hurriedly followed Li Ruolian's request and told everything he knew.
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As Shang Zhicheng said, it was not him who actually planned such a large-scale fraud, but the big guys behind the scenes named Huang Xiangyong and Xiong Bolong.
Huang Xiangyong, Xiong Bolong and other big guys have made a lot of wealth from this so-called Siberian oil project, and they can also use enough capital to speculate on the investment coupons of this project. They also set up an underground exchange in Guangzhou to be responsible for trading such investments. Coupon.
Therefore, under the control of people like Huang Xiangyong and Xiong Bolong, the price of investment coupons in the Siberian Petroleum Project has indeed been rising.
Many people flock to it.
What's more, they would spend all their family property to buy this coupon.
Who made the Ming Dynasty strong and prosperous? Even the most ordinary people have considerable savings.
As far as human nature is concerned, leaving money without making money is equivalent to losing money.
Naturally, no one is willing to put money in a place where it can be regenerated.
Therefore, there are many people buying investment bonds.
"I want to buy the fifth-grade investor level!"
"I want to buy the fourth grade!"
"I am the third grade!"
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Through the floor-to-ceiling glass in the corridor upstairs of the exchange, looking at the crowded scene below, Huang Xiangyong smiled proudly and said to Xiong Bolong: "These fools! You said, when we take away the money, they will What will it be like, will you be as excited as you are now?"
Xiong Bolong glanced at him and said, "You must want to kill our whole family."
"No! They will just cry and go to the government and court to resolve the matter for them. They don't have the courage."
Huang Xiangyong replied.
After hearing this, Xiong Bolong only said: "Even so, it is better to be careful. Although people are not bold and have great fortune, it is still better to be cautious in their actions. Wait until Shang Zhicheng creates a wave of momentum in Jiangnan. , we have to leave China immediately, go to New Zealand, and then take a ship to America from there. Brother Xian Yang is the branch president of Daming Commercial Bank there. I have already asked him to prepare a big ship to America. When the time comes, we will go Get the silver in New Zealand and go to America!”
"Okay, now we have a lot of money in our hands, it's time to stop."
Huang Xiangyong said, "I just don't know how Shang Zhicheng is doing in Jiangnan now."
As soon as Huang Xiangyong finished speaking, his junior fellow student Tan Ximin hurried in: "Brother, many Dongchang Official Schools suddenly came outside and surrounded the outside!"
"What!"
Xiong Bolong asked in horror first.
Huang Xiangyong was stunned for a moment and said, "How does Dongchang know this place?"
"Dongchang is handling the case! Everyone should squat on the ground obediently, otherwise it will be regarded as disobedience! You will be severely punished when the time comes. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"
At this time, the voice of Dongchang's Ming Tingshu, who was stationed in Guangzhou, came in along with the Dongchang officials who broke into the hall.
Soon, Huang Xiangyong, Xiong Bolong and other big bosses behind the Siberian oil project saw the leopard-headed and ring-eyed Dongchang Daju Ming Tingshu appearing in front of them.
It turned out that on the day Shang Zhicheng surrendered Huang Xiangyong and others, Zhu Youxiao ordered a telegram to the Dongchang Anti-Corruption Department in Guangzhou, asking Dongchang to dispatch the official school directly to arrest these people, instead of going through Guangzhou. Local government office.
Because Zhu Youxiao could not guarantee that the local government offices did not have the informants of these people.
"Shang Zhicheng's side should have been exposed. It's too late for us to escape now. If we had known, we should have gone to sea in advance!"
As Xiong Bolong spoke, he complained angrily to Huang Xiangyong: "Who told you to force him to go to Jiangnan again to create a wave of momentum and sweep away a large part of the people's wealth in Guangzhou, South China? Isn't it enough?!"
"How could I have thought of this? Besides, I also agreed to you that after Jiangnan was finished, I also listened to your suggestion not to go to Suzhou to avoid attracting too much attention, and asked him to go to Wuxi! You also agreed Yes, but no one expected that the factory guards would notice it."
After Huang Xiangyong defended himself, he couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it! Before I even had time to spend the money I earned, it's going to be turned into government property! All my hard work was in vain!"
Next, not surprisingly, Xiong Bolong and Huang Xiangyong were arrested by Dongchang, and then personally interrogated by the Dongchang admiral next to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao also learned that there was a worm in the Ming Dynasty banking system named Wu Zhirong who was cooperating with these people in New Zealand and preparing to help these people escape. After learning about it, he immediately ordered: "Send a report to Tang Wang Zhu Yujian , let him take Wu Zhirong and his family on behalf of the imperial court. In addition, his subordinates are employees and are temporarily not allowed to leave New Zealand. If anything goes wrong, I will only ask him!"
"According to His Majesty's wishes, do it immediately."
Du Yinxi gave instructions to the secretary on duty, and then smiled at Zhu Youxiao: "Nowadays, advanced technology is of great benefit in eradicating evil and evil. Even thieves in far away places can quickly reach them." order to arrest him without allowing him sufficient time to escape."
"But the development of technology has also brought many new evils. As you and I said before, those egoists who only have interests and no morality in mind have really started to defraud people all over the world! And they have already created With such a huge battle, I don’t know how many families have been broken up by it. This is worse than the plague!”
Zhu Youxiao said for this reason.
Du Yinxi replied: "What your Majesty said is that in the new era, new ways of doing evil are constantly emerging, and the court must make new responses."
"This kind of deception in the name of the court, or in the name of various new technologies, must be severely cracked down, and special forces must be deployed to crack down. The main responsibility of the Dongchang Anti-Corruption Department is to fight against corruption. There may not be much energy to pay attention to these, and there are many local patrol camps that mainly focus on criminal cases. Simply, let Dongchang add an economic department in various places to be responsible for cracking down on such economic crimes and money fraud crimes. "
Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao said: "I have a hunch that as the Ming Dynasty becomes more and more prosperous, there will be more and more crimes like this in the future, and even the methods will become more and more advanced, and the main messenger will no longer have insufficient knowledge and wisdom. They are ordinary people who are not enough, but people who are intelligent, even extremely smart, but with evil intentions. People like Shang Zhicheng and Huang Xiangyong who graduated from famous universities are actually the main culprits of this Siberian oil project, which is proof! Therefore, the imperial court There must be dedicated forces to deal with and prevent these people, so as not to affect the peace of the country."
