"Duke, people in the capital were panic. There are rumors that the court had no money and it was all supported by the money to raid the house. Therefore, no matter who commits the crime, it will be the result of the raid!"

As soon as Zhang Mingwei returned to the Houya, he heard the report from the Jinyiwei School Captain and couldn't help but ask: "When did these rumors start?"

"Just today!" The plainclothes and Jinyiwei, who was responsible for patrolling the streets, quickly reported, "No one has heard of it before, but it spread today."

Speaking of this, he added in detail: "They listed a few examples and also talked about the tax-free national policy before the imperial court. All these things are said to be the Duke of the State. If you like the money from ordinary people, you will find a charge for the deduction, and then the house will be searched and asked for a beheading."

Although this is indeed the case, at this stage, we have to rely on searching corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry to spend this period of poor days. However, after searching Chen Xinjia, these words spread suddenly, and it was obvious that someone was pushing it behind them.

Zhang Mingwei thought this in his heart and frowned.

This kind of thing is actually not the first time! Before, when refugees in Fangshan County were robbed and killed, rumors spread in the capital. If they were not for their strange origin and were deeply trusted by the emperor, it would definitely be very troublesome if they were an ordinary person.

Once such rumors begin, it is really dangerous for civil and military officials to impeach together on the basis of the fierce public sentiment.

Things can be done, and things like this must not be left alone anymore!

Zhang Mingwei, who came from later generations, naturally knew the power of public opinion control.

It is impossible for you to not let them spread such rumors. The more severely it is, the more intense it will become. The most effective way is to control the dominance of public opinion in your hands.

But for now, it is still quite difficult to control the dominance of public opinion in your hands. It is not that if you send someone to the streets and alleys to say something, others will listen to you.

To dominate the control of public opinion, there must be channels that most people can trust. In this way, no matter how hard other people with bad intentions are, they will not cause much storm. If they are cracked down on them, they can control public opinion well.

Moreover, this public opinion control cannot be just the capital, it must be found in all parts of the country. Otherwise, there will be problems.

With this kind of control of public opinion, the implementation of the court's national policy will have the right to explain the future implementation of the court's national policy. It will not be what the scholars say, but what they are!

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei decided that no matter how busy he is, he should do this. Because if he does it well, he will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Not doing this is obviously a great thing, but it can be understood by others as a bad thing, so it will not be implemented, or even be lip service or simply resist, which will involve a lot of energy and half the result with twice the effort.

Zhang Mingwei actually has a secret in his mind how to do this. However, at the moment, he is short of people and cannot think of who is suitable to take the lead in doing this.

After thinking for a while, he asked someone to spread Zhou Wenzhen.

As a result, the Jinyiwei who was called was called, Zhou Wenzhen came here by himself before he left the yamen.

"Duke, the situation in the capital is a bit bad!" Zhou Wenzhen hurriedly saluted as soon as he saw Zhang Mingwei, and then couldn't wait to say, "Many people are packing fine and soft, as if they want to escape from the capital!"

"..." Zhang Mingwei was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly realized that maybe this was the result of those rumors.

Sure enough, Zhou Wenzhen continued: "The officials who were dismissed by the emperor were dismissed with Chen Xinjia because of the impeachment of the Duke. Today, many people have made noises. They can't leave themselves, so they let their families pack their own soft and soft leave Beijing. Many people have come to ask for cars by the villain. If it weren't for a big disturbance, these people's cars and horses on their own houses are enough. If they come to the villain, it means they have a lot of things to transport!"

Speaking of this, he was happy when he saw Zhang Mingwei's expression of concern, and then quickly added: "The villain felt that the situation was wrong. I paid special attention to the matters related to you, Duke, and asked about the situation. It just so happened that Duke, you asked to monitor the Shanxi merchants. I found that many of the rumors in the capital were rumors that the Shanxi merchants were sending people to spread."

Zhang Mingwei frowned and asked when he heard this: "What other rumors are there? Well, is it aimed at me, or is it aimed at the court?"

After hearing this, Zhou Wenzhen immediately replied: "Yes, there are some rumors that the Duke of the State was just trying to find those officials before, but now even the owner of Huangji Qianshu has been transferred to the imperial prison. The imperial court has not enough money. He wants to attack the rich people in the capital, even if they have not offended the Duke of the State, they have to attack. Otherwise, the boss of Huangji Qianshu has not offended the Duke of the State, so how could he be imprisoned in the imperial prison?"

"Haha, is this trying to use public opinion to force the Jinyiwei to release people?" Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

When Zhou Wenzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Dude, is this really the case?"

It is a fact that Chen Xinjia was arrested, because his mansion was surrounded by Jinyiwei, and it can be seen through the search.

However, Huang Yunfa was arrested after dark at Chen Xinjia's mansion. Most people would never know that Huang Yunfa was arrested. Therefore, Zhou Wenzhen just said that Huang Yunfa was a rumor. However, when he heard Duke Xingguo's tone, it seemed that this was true, he was a little surprised.

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said, "It's because of this. He happened to be arrested in Chen Xinjia's mansion and was arrested in the imperial prison. Instead, he accidentally hit him and was found to be a huge case by me."

Speaking of this, seeing that Zhou Wenzhen looked a little disbelief, Zhang Mingwei explained casually: "I asked you to monitor the Shanxi merchants a long time ago, just because I knew they had committed a serious crime, but there was no evidence for the moment, so they were not touched."

Even Zhou Wenzhen's expression just now felt that he was interested in the money of the Shanxi merchants. It can be seen that the rumors released by the Shanxi merchants were really fascinating.

The reason is very simple, because they say it is true. However, the reason is not right. However, how many people will believe in the cause and investigate the cause?

At this moment, the Jinyiwei Captain hurried over and reported to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, my brothers at the city gate have reported that the carriages and horses that have been told about the city are full of wealth. They don't know if they want to intercept them?"

If intercepted, it will be more confirmed that the rumors are true and the people in the capital will be even more panicked! At that time, not only will the target person escape with the money, but even the non-target person will escape with the money.

Don’t underestimate such panic. If it really makes a big deal, it will greatly affect the people’s livelihood and stability of the capital.

I have to say that this trick to create panic is very insidious and difficult to deal with.

Zhang Mingwei was thinking, suddenly, someone came outside to report that the Zuodu Censor Liu Zongzhou was visiting.

The Censorate is responsible for supervision. His sudden visit is not to mention what it has to do with it!

However, Liu Zongzhou is now considered a person from Zhang Mingwei, so he did not neglect and went out in person.

Sure enough, as soon as they met, Liu Zongzhou said to him with a worried look: "Duke, has the arrest of Chen Xinjia also implicated Huang Yunfa, the owner of Huang Ji Qianshang?"

The arrest of Chen Xinjia was previously announced by Zhang Mingwei in Wenhua Hall. Therefore, everyone in Wenhua Hall knew why Chen Xinjia was arrested. However, they didn’t know about Huang Yunfa.

Although Zhang Mingwei mentioned that there was a businessman Tonglu, he did not clearly state what kind of businessman he was.

At this time, Liu Zongzhou and Zhang Mingwei walked towards the lobby, and were a little anxious. Before he could sit down and talk to the lobby, he continued: "Now the capital is in panic. Are those who were arrested by mistake? The Chen Xinjia case was immediately announced to be in accordance with the people's wishes?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei just shook his head and said, "Do you think those people will not transfer money if they do it now?"

Rumors and the greatness of rumors is that these things can come very suddenly, but it will take a long process to eliminate them. It is like a disease, which means that illness comes like a mountain of falling down, and illness goes like a thread.

After hearing this, Liu Zongzhou felt that Duke Xingguo was justified, but he still said: "No matter what, it is better to do it than not. Otherwise, all the rich people in the capital will escape. Is this still the capital? Where will His Majesty put his face?"

If all the rich people in the capital escaped, it would not only affect people's livelihood, but it would definitely be a very big blow to Emperor Chongzhen's reputation.

It was also for this reason that Liu Zongzhou rushed over.

Of course, Zhang Mingwei knew this, but he was not panicked. He had arrived at the lobby at this time. After he sat down, he asked someone to serve tea and said to Liu Zongzhou: "Before, didn't I say that there was a case of a merchant Tonglu? Now a rough trial has been made!"

"What, so fast?" Liu Zongzhou was a little surprised when he heard this, and then confirmed with surprise.

Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, a Jinyiwei lieutenant hurried in and reported to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, that Huang Yunfa has confessed, and the confession is here!"

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little happy and immediately took it and looked at it. But he was still a little uncomfortable. There was nothing he could do about it. In the past twenty years, I had been used to simplified Chinese and horizontal rows, and it was a bit difficult to change it.

However, after scanning, the situation could be found. Then, he happily said to Liu Zongzhou: "I mentioned that there was a merchant Tonglu before, but in fact he was referring to the merchants of Shanxi. Huang Yunfa is one of them. This is his confession, come and take a look!"

Liu Zongzhou was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly took it over and looked at it quickly. The more he looked, he became more and more frightened. Finally, he raised his head and sighed to Zhang Mingwei: "It's no wonder these businessmen have done so many things that are beneficial to the establishment of the enemy by money!"

After sighing, he still remembered the purpose of his visit, so he hurriedly said, "Dude, why not announce it immediately to resolve the rebellion in the capital?"
Chapter completed!