Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Lin Rui is currently doing addition in finance and subtraction in governance, trying to alleviate the public burden, simplifying complex administrative affairs, thereby accumulating prestige and weaving a network of allies.

Before possessing a clean and efficient administrative team that can ensure his decrees and his will can truly be implemented at the grassroots level of the officials, Lin Rui would never dare to rashly implement any new policies.

Zhuang Mingyue thought that Lin Hao's reform of warehousing, eliminating those heavy taxes and miscellaneous fees, was essentially taking food from the bowls of those officials. How could that not invoke resentment?

Yet, this Duke, first of all, is incredibly powerful, and secondly, is favored and blessed by the Divine Grace of the East Abyss, enough to stabilize the situation.

Moreover, this strategy is appropriate, every step steady, every stick hit downwards is followed by a sweet date, so no matter how dissatisfied the lower officials are, they can only pinch their noses and endure it.

Besides, in the Great Song's grassroots, many officials are in the murky stream due to the officialdom ethos and world affairs of the Great Song.

These people still harbor a love for the people, and most are experienced and tactful. As long as the court gives them a way, these people are still willing to walk the right path and do some practical things for the people.

"The Duke is farsighted, strategizing and maneuvering with brilliant results, which I admire immensely!"

Zhuang Mingyue then looked with great curiosity at Lin Yi, who was constantly eating beside: "By the way, what caused the Heavenly Maiden to attract Divine Grace just now?"

This is something Zhuang Mingyue has always been curious about, what did this one do to cause the Divine Law Venerable to wash fifteen times with Divine Grace?

"It was for a case caused by high-interest loans!"

Lin Yi was stuffing roasted Seventh Realm beast meat into her mouth, filling it to the brim.

Earlier, she and Battle Dragon were refined by the so-called 'Divine Grace', and after fifteen consecutive times, although their physical bodies were greatly enhanced, it also consumed a lot of energy.

Upon hearing this, she hastily took a few bites, swallowed the meat in her mouth, and squinting her eyes, said: "In the west of the city, a businessman gave loans at an annual interest rate of one hundred percent, with compound interest, to a local aristocrat, who was unsatisfied, claiming the original contract was problematic and took the case to me. I ruled that annual interest exceeding fifty percent and compound interest were illegal, and the local aristocrat only needed to repay the Silver Coin according to the law, so he was—"

Lin Yi originally wanted to say struck by the thunder of the Divine Law Venerable, but finally made a slight cough and changed her words: "Blessed with the Divine Grace of the Divine Law Venerable."

In her heart, she was actually quite dissatisfied with the Divine Punishment of the Divine Law Venerable.

She was just patching up for the Divine Law Venerable!

It is indeed natural to repay debts, but high-interest loans are detrimental to the people; deep debt causes family ruin, draining people's resources, accumulating grievances into disaster, making the rich richer and the poor poorer, destabilizing the world and endangering the nation.

Although Lin Yi knew that the local aristocrat was not a good person either, Lin Rui had already instructed her that this matter must be cut with one stroke. Lending is allowed, but interest must not exceed the law.

As a result, not only did the Divine Law Venerable not appreciate her, but struck her with fifteen divine lightning bolts.

Lin Rui, upon hearing this, smiled slightly. The verdict on this high-interest loan issue was indeed directed by him, with Lin Yi representing the Divine Law Venerable making this precedent, which could benefit the people across the nation.

Of course, this is not without its downside; it will make those local wealthy merchants unwilling to lend, leaving people helpless when desperate for Silver Coin, but overall, this precedent is more beneficial than harmful. It's better than people being forced to death by high-interest loans or turning into Demon Transformation.

Moreover, soon he will implement Benefit Loan with interest not exceeding twenty percent locally to provide a safety net for the common people.

——It's actually a variant of the ancient Federation's so-called Green Sprouts Law, just renamed Benefit Loan.

He then assumed a serious expression: "Let's talk about the main business. This time I urgently summoned you two to the capital because I have two key positions I want to entrust to you."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Mingyue and Zhang Tianchang immediately assumed a serious demeanor.

They had actually already heard rumors and had a premonition, and at this moment, their hearts began pounding.