Senior Zhu's Past (Part 2)

The great purge of the Makaton Kingdom began.

Senior Zhu first used his outstanding eloquence, along with a few promises, to placate the three Tier 7 experts and their factions. Then he launched a brutal purge against every force in the country that might threaten him.

The first to bear the brunt were the four princes.

Senior Zhu had concrete evidence that they had tried to assassinate him and turn him into a puppet.

With irrefutable proof before him, he personally led the Royal Guard to the four princes' residences. For a time, heads rolled everywhere.

The forces of the four princes vanished beneath the iron hooves of the Royal Guard.

After eliminating the four princes, Senior Zhu seized enormous quantities of wealth and land deeds from their estates. The conglomerates and major enterprises controlled by the four princes also all fell into his hands. This immediately replenished the nearly depleted treasury.

Then, while the momentum was strong, he actively went after the hostile domestic capitalists and major landowners. He used war to sustain war, purging or exiling them all and moving their accumulated resources into the national treasury.

Senior Zhu understood this clearly: to carry out the great purge successfully, he had to win the support of the common people.

Backed by the abundant resources he had seized, he actively pushed reforms throughout the country.

He introduced an eight-hour workday, two days off per week, sharply raised the minimum wage for workers, abolished agricultural taxes, greatly increased the minimum purchase price of grain, and placed all grain purchases under government control...

That was not all. He also encouraged private entrepreneurship with low-interest loans and pushed for improved infrastructure construction.

His series of policies won the people's support, completely revitalizing the kingdom's once-rigid economy. In just three months, the kingdom's