During the reign of Shunzhi, there was a famous bully named Li San who collected money everywhere? Protection money? , provoked people to dare to anger dare not speak. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, Hong Chengchou, minister of Douchayuan, received a report from his subordinates that there were bullies among the people, and they searched around for the hard-earned money of the people as protection money, so Hong Chengchou reported to the emperor shunzhi. The emperor shunzhi was furious when he knew that he was going to execute the bully Li San, but Hong Chengchou thought it was not that simple. The reason why people dare not resist is because there is someone behind Li San, so Emperor Shunzhi ordered Hong Chengchou to find out the officialdom behind Li San. Under the investigation of Hong Chengchou, many officials who supported Li San behind his back were arrested, and the emperor shunzhi severely punished these officials. Since then, no official has dared to collude with bullies to oppress the people.
During the Yong Zhengdi period, some coal dealers got low-priced coal by bribing officials and then sold it to the people at high prices. At one time, many coal dealers followed suit and became the coal tyrants in Beijing. Yong Zhengdi plans to go to hell to ask for a salary after learning this, but because there are too many coal tyrants, if all of them are punished, I'm afraid it will lead to civil strife. So Yong Zhengdi sent people to arrest and behead the coal tyrants with the greatest illegal interests, while other coal tyrants confiscated all their property. Since then, the coal tyrant has disappeared.
During the Qianlong period, another vegetable dealer joined forces with several food stall owners to drive up prices and became a notorious vegetable tyrant in Beijing. These vegetable tyrants not only raise prices, but also buy and sell hard, otherwise they will touch the people and harm the people. Emperor Qianlong sent someone to investigate and found that these vegetable vendors were very cunning. If one person is caught, others will immediately retreat in time, so it is difficult to catch them all. To this end, Emperor Qianlong sent a number of scattered officials to inquire, and finally all the food tyrants in Beijing were taken at one pot.