Without waiting for Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong to reply, Zhao Ning said: "Come here, drag these two people out and behead them, and decapitate them in public!"

Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong looked up suddenly, thinking they had heard wrongly.

When Zhou Hong came to his senses, he quickly shouted: "Your Majesty! You can't kill us!"

Zhao Ning, however, stopped looking at them with a cold face.

The imperial guards came over and took the two men into custody.

Zhou Hong wanted to struggle, but in front of the imperial guards, he was like a little chicken.

"Your Majesty! You can't kill us! We just raised the interest rate a little! They are all doing it! They are all doing it!"

Zhou Hong, who was dragged by the imperial guards, screamed heartbreakingly.

"Your Majesty! They are all doing this! Do you want to kill everyone! You can't kill everyone!"

Seeing Zhao Guanjia standing there, still unmoved, Zhou Hong, who had been dragged to the door, continued to shout: "Your Majesty! If you do this, you will arouse the opposition of the people in the world! It will arouse the opposition of the people of the world! It will never succeed.

!”

Zhou Hong's reaction was very fierce, but Li Zhaoyan was the complete opposite. He was very calm. He even laughed: "Hahaha, Your Majesty, are you ready to implement the New Deal in the south? You can't do it! The south is not threatened by war.

They will not support it, and no one will support it! Your New Deal will definitely fail in the south!"

After speaking, Li Zhaoyan remained silent.

The two were dragged out.

Right at the gate of the magistrate's office.

Zhou Hong, who was kneeling on the ground, was trembling with fear and kept shouting: "Don't kill me, I don't dare to kill me anymore, I don't dare to do it anymore..."

Li Zhaoyan started laughing. He was more terrifying when he smiled than when he didn't laugh. His face was distorted and his laughter became more and more unrestrained.

A strong Imperial Guard pulled out his sword and slashed Li Zhaoyan on the neck.

There was a clicking sound, like a woodcutter's ax striking wood.

Li Zhaoyan's head rolled to the ground amid gushing blood. His eyes were still wide open, and he even retained that ferocious smile on his face.

Zhou Hong was even more frightened and kept shouting: "I don't dare anymore..."

The knife fell, and Zhou Hong's head rolled to the ground.

The headless body leaned to one side.

Their heads were sent to the gate of Xiangyang City and hung up.

Soon, the newspaper drafted by the prefect's Yamen was posted on the city wall.

The content of the Di newspaper was about how Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong colluded to commit corruption and pervert the law.

For a time, rumors spread everywhere in Xiangyang City.

Many people ran to the city gate to watch.

The floor below the city was stained red by dripping blood.

Zhou Hong opened his mouth slightly, and Li Zhaoyan grinned wildly.

Just this morning, they were still promoting Chang Ping Si Envoy and Transport Envoy to the top, a height that countless people could not reach in their lifetime.

But at this moment, their heads are in different places.

There was a lot of discussion in Xiangyang City for a while, and no one knew what kind of big shot it was that killed the transfer envoy and the promotion envoy to Changping.

The families of Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong were also put under control.

In the evening, Zhao Ning summoned Hu Quan.

Zhao Ning asked: "How did the people of Xiangyang Mansion react?"

Hu Quan replied: "Everyone is applauding, your Majesty did the right thing."

Zhao Ning shook his head and said: "These are all temporary. Do you know the consequences of killing Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong today and investigating the Xiangyang Mansion loan case?"

Hu Quan thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid there will be officials from all walks of life complaining about them."

"Why?"

"Those officials must have been in a similar situation."

"You're right, but only half right."

"I am stupid, please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"Why did I ask you to go to Guo Daguan's house to buy food?"

"Test Guo Guanren?"

"Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Jiande said in their memorials that the people's livelihood in Xiangyang Prefecture was very difficult and they hoped that the imperial court would be exempted from taxes. Officials from all walks of life in the south came to me to put pressure on me with the tax exemption policies in Hebei and Hedong."

Zhao Ning put down the account book on Jingnan Road and continued: "If I don't agree to them, they will incite more people to put pressure on the imperial court. If the imperial court continues to refuse to agree, it will cause internal divisions. I just want you to go there in person."

Let’s see if there is food in Xiangyang Mansion, do you know now?”

Hu Quan said: "Your Majesty has a profound and far-sighted plan, and I am so impressed by it."

Zhao Ning asked again: "Li Zhaoyan said that the south was not threatened by war and would not support the court's new policy. What do you think?"

Hu Quan said: "What Li Zhaoyan said has some truth, but it may not be correct."

"oh?"

"The imperial court has indeed encountered a lot of resistance in implementing the New Deal in the north. The most successful one recently was that all the opponents were given the identity of Jin Guoxizuo, so that no one dared to openly oppose it. And His Majesty also used Jin Guo to oppose

The war in the Central Plains, at the critical moment when people in the Central Plains were panicked, united the people and implemented the New Deal."

Hu Quan said eloquently: "Both the poor and the rich in the north have suffered from the war, and they all hate the gold thieves. When they learn that the gold thieves are afraid of your majesty's new deal, they will naturally support your majesty's new deal. However, in the south,

But I have never received the threat from the gold thief. From an emotional level, I cannot empathize with him."

Finally, Hu Quan said: "So, I guess that this is what Li Zhaoyan said."

"Then why do you say that what he said may not be correct?"

Hu Quan continued to answer: "The southerners who cannot empathize do not represent all southerners. The majority of northerners who support the New Deal are not just the Jin people who are afraid of the New Deal, but more poor people have indeed obtained land from the New Deal.

Reducing the burden of life is the basis for the successful implementation of the New Deal. Even though people's livelihood in the south is difficult, the people will definitely support the New Deal. Those who do not support it are just the big landowners and wealthy businessmen with more fields. Their numbers are compared to the people at the bottom.

Not much.”

Zhao Ning was very satisfied with Hu Quan's answer. Hu Quan had grasped the main contradiction of the new reform policy in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, many people among the people, and even in the imperial court, still believe that the reason why the New Deal was successfully implemented in the north is because the Jin people were afraid of the New Deal, so they all supported it internally.

But this is only a superficial reason, or it only unites some wealthy businessmen in the north.

It is truly successful because it serves the interests of the masses at the bottom.

This is a reform of class resource distribution, not a reform of national conflicts.

It is necessary to clearly distinguish between primary contradictions and secondary contradictions.

"I want to change the current problem of private lending. They control too many people in their own hands, which seriously threatens the court's control over the people and reduces the tax revenue of the treasury. The new lending and restructuring policy will start from Xiangyang Prefecture and leave it to you.

Let’s deal with it.”

"I will never give up even if I die!"

"You have implemented banknotes in both Hebei and Hedong, and are very familiar with banks. If you want to implement the new lending policy, you must start with banks. The banknotes that Kaifeng Prefecture is currently promoting are a good precedent."

"Your Majesty is right, and the new agricultural policy can curb land annexation, weaken landlords' exploitation of tenants, further dismantle landlords, and also effectively curb private lending."

Zhao Ning said meaningfully: "You have to be mentally prepared. Some of the landowners in the north will support the imperial court's new policy because they were attacked by the Jin people, but not in the south. If Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong are moved today, that is

One move can affect your whole body, and you will face huge pressure next, so you must not be caught with anything."

Zhao Ning foresaw that in the future, tax exemptions and reductions would be announced. Landlords, gentry, officials and wealthy people from all walks of life would regard the new bank lending policy as a scourge.
Chapter completed!