A city seems to be dead because of the emperor's arrival.
In an instant, businesses were closed and people were hiding in their homes.
The streets were filled with roving Yulin troops, and the entire city was under martial law.
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Huimin Pharmacy is not far from the magistrate's office.
The huge signboard looks a bit old, with the Chinese characters "Huimin" and "Huimin" flying and phoenixes dancing in an upright and awe-inspiring manner.
Zhu Yunxi stepped in, and the doctor of the pharmacy and the waiters knelt down to greet him.
He didn't even look at those people, but looked at the environment of the pharmacy.
In the main hall, there are medicine cabinets on all sides. Open a drawer and it is full of medicines. You can grab some with your hands and put it to the tip of your nose to smell it.
The medicine has been stored for too long and has lost its flavor.
The cooking area on the side is equipped with pots and pans, but it looks like they have been abandoned a long time ago. When you touch it with your hand, you can see that there is dust in the casserole.
Go to the other side and ask for a doctor and a prescription.
The study room seemed to have been untouched for a long time. The earliest expiration date for the copy of the prescription for medical treatment hanging on the table was the thirty-first year of Hongwu.
The boss Zhang was right, the pharmacy was just a decoration.
Zhu Yunxi turned around with his hands behind his back and suddenly saw the opposite side of the pharmacy.
A pharmacy larger than Huimin Pharmacy, with the words "Zhao Family Pharmacy" hanging on the door.
"Come here!" Zhu Yunxi raised his fingers.
The doctor at the pharmacy crawled to the emperor tremblingly.
"How many medicines are there in the warehouse?" Zhu Yunxi asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty..." The doctor was speechless, only cold sweat dripping down like a tide.
"Why does the record book that records prescriptions for people only have records before Hongwu 31st year, but not after Hongwu 31st year?"
"Emperor..."
Zhu Yunxi glanced at the doctor with disgust, then looked at the Jiujiang magistrate, "You have one more piece of evidence to prove your crime!" He said with a sneer, "The imperial court gives all the money and medicine to Jiujiang Prefecture Huimin Pharmacy every year.
Damn it! Your rule has become so corrupt, don’t tell me you don’t know!"
"Yes, you may not have ever been greedy for ink! But you must have accepted the filial piety from those people. The filial piety you received is more hateful than being greedy for ink!"
As he spoke, he didn't even look at Chen Jingzhi, but turned to look at the others, "Whoever has something to say to me?"
"Your Majesty! I have something to say!"
Suddenly, among the kneeling clerks, a man in his early twenties spoke.
"you say!"
"I just came to the pharmacy this year as a clerk..."
As soon as he heard this, Zhu Yunxi knew what it meant. He rubbed his temples and said, "Tell me everything. As long as you are not deeply involved, I will spare you the death penalty!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" The little official kowtowed repeatedly.
But the next second, many people rushed to shout, "Your Majesty, I have something to say..."
"Quiet!" Li Jinglong shouted angrily, "Anyone who speaks randomly will die!"
Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet again.
"Tell me more!" Li Jinglong said to the clerk again.
"Huimin Pharmacy has become a decoration for a long time!" The clerk said in a panic, "When people come to see a doctor or get medicine, they always go directly to the Zhao Family Pharmacy opposite!"
As he said that, he looked at the drugstore doctor who had passed out and continued, "Zhao Family Pharmacy is opened by the doctor's relatives, and it is a very profitable business!"
"Every year if someone comes to visit us, we will borrow medicinal materials from the Zhao Family Pharmacy and put them in the warehouse, and then take them back when the people who come to visit us leave!"
"Even in the past, thirty-one years ago in Hongwu, when a doctor came to get medicine, the doctor would ask the doctor sitting in the hall to tell him that there was no medicine for the patient's disease! He would give a prescription and ask the patient to go to the opposite side to get medicine!
"
"The villain has heard them say... they say..."
Zhu Yunxi felt a dull pain in his temples, "What did you say?"
"The doctor at the pharmacy told the shopkeeper of Zhao's Pharmacy and the doctor in our hall, just feel free to prescribe them boldly. Anyway, these are medicines that cannot be cured and will not kill people..."
"They also said... They also said that decoction would be troublesome and would cost more manpower to feed the apprentices, so they might as well just make it into... patent medicine."
"Public medicines are still expensive. A common prescription for colds, and two doses of decoction, even if it is sold on the market, is only sixteen or seventeen cents. But if you make the medicine and sell it, you can make ten or twenty times the profit!"
"Originally, there were a few pharmacies in the city, and they were quite conscientious. They could do everything from treating patients to preparing medicines and decoctions. However, due to the crowds from Huimin Pharmacy and Zhaozhao Pharmacy, they couldn't afford to close down!"
Zhu Yunxi had a splitting headache and stinging eyes.
Just listen to the little official continue to say, "In addition, it also involves Leaze Garden..."
"Why are you involved in Lu Zeyuan?" Zhu Yunxi asked, trying his best to control his facial expression.
Nalu Zeyuan is also one of the virtues of the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose of setting it up is to bury those people who are widowed and lonely and have no burial place.
"The prefect's Yamen will give Luzeyuan a piece of land every year to bury the people who cannot be buried!" The clerk continued, "But Luzeyuan directly transferred the land to the pharmacy, and the pharmacy
The bureau was sold to the Zhao Family Pharmacy again!"
"So the Zhao family pharmacy not only sells medicine, but also sells cemeteries... In addition, the charity hall where the corpses are morgueed in Luzeyuan has long been stopped for ordinary people to use!"
"But the Zhao family pharmacy is used to do free work for people and collect money. In addition, coffins and tombstones... No matter who it is, as long as the person dies, they must use the coffins and tombstones they sell.
..."
"If you don't buy it, the person will be kept in the charity hall and will not be buried!" The clerk said quickly, "It should be noted that people in the city do not have their own land like people in the country! If there are no relatives at home, if
If you don't follow this method, you won't be able to be buried..."
"enough!"
Zhu Yunxi slapped the table.
The next second, his body suddenly staggered.
"Long live the Lord..." Li Jinglong had quick eyes and quick hands. He threw his hand at Zhu Yunxi, stroked his vest, and said loudly, "Long live the Lord, there is no need to get angry with these heartless people! You have to take care of your dragon body...
"
As he said this, he suddenly froze.
Because he suddenly discovered that there was a line of clear tears in the emperor's eyes.
"Peace and prosperity!" Zhu Yunxi looked at the plaque above his head in the main hall of the pharmacy and murmured, "The world is bright! Peace and prosperity? Is this the peace and prosperity you usually tell me?"
As he spoke, his tears could no longer be controlled and fell down his cheeks, "If Grandpa Huang was still here, what would he say? I... I'm sorry for his old man, and he left his country to me."
"Your Majesty!" Li Jinglong stamped his feet, "Don't say that!"
"Where is the almshouse?" Zhu Yunxi asked again after calming down.
In fact, he already knew the answer without asking.
"The money allocated by the imperial court every year to the government... to the Alms House..." the clerk added, "In fact, it has been... used for other purposes a long time ago! Today, the Yang Alms House has even
The yard has been rented to others for business!”
"The old man has no one to rely on..." the clerk kowtowed, "he can only wait to die!"
"The nursing home set up by the imperial court was actually rented out by the local government to collect rent and act as a charterer?" Zhu Yunxi sneered repeatedly.
Then he turned around sharply and said, "He Guangyi!"
"I'm here!"
"Pass my message back to the capital!" Zhu Yunxi said coldly, "This matter is not a matter of one place or one city, nor is it the corruption of one person or one official, nor does it happen overnight!"
"The author, Wang Minister Zhu Gaochi, Zuodu Yushi Li Zhigang, and Integrity Council Shangshu Bao Zhao jointly supervised the case."
"Check, give me a thorough check. I want to see how many people there are...how many unscrupulous people there are in my Ming Dynasty!"
"Also, once caught!" Zhu Yunxi said in a more serious tone, "Those who have served in the Zhenfu Division will not be pardoned!"
"According to the order!"
"Go!" Zhu Yunxi turned to Deng Ping and said, "Have the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province come to Jiujiang Mansion immediately!" As he said that, he looked coldly at the officials of Jiujiang Mansion, "I will give you He Guangyi one day.
, find out who is white and who is black among them?"
"Then, tell the Chief Envoy of Jiangxi and let me hang their heads on the city wall!"
"As for you, Chen Jingzhi, and the tax collector!" Zhu Yunxi said angrily, "According to the imperial edict, they will be skinned and used as grass! The two of them have human skins, one is standing in the main hall of Jiujiang government office, and the other is standing at the city gate.