His older brother received the letter and immediately sought an audience with the Emperor.
Due to the relationship with Emperor Jingwu and Emperor Jingtai, the Emperor still trusted the elder brother. After reading his letter and the contracts from Dou Ou Bank, the Emperor was greatly pleased and decided to support them, promising to take action against those nobles and wealthy families attempting to profit by opening a new bank and forcing farmers to use their land to settle debts once they couldn't pay the interest.
The first to suffer was the Shen Family. The Emperor personally issued an imperial decree, and the eunuch delivering the decree fiercely berated Marquis Rong'en at the entrance of the Marquis Rong'en Mansion, even accusing the Marquis of competing with the court to seize farmers' land despite being a member of the royal family.
