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Chapter 2258 The Confused Jinghua Family
Li Ming saw that the situation was temporarily advantageous, so he decided to cut the Gordian knot. He said with a serious face,

"Minister Xie is absolutely right. What the people want is fairness and justice! Since all the ministers are unanimous in wanting to collect taxes on the people's wasteland, then from now on, all the land in the country will be taxed. In this way, the national treasury will no longer be empty, and there will be money and grain to provide disaster relief and dredge rivers!"

Xie Wenqing was waiting for the emperor's decision. He calmly bowed to Li Ming and said respectfully, "Your Majesty is wise!"

The other ministers looked at each other in silence, but no one objected. If they continued to stop it at this time and the news got out, they would be the ones who brought disaster to the country and the people, and their families would be disgraced!

Li Ming could not wait to write an imperial edict and asked the Secretariat to quickly approve it, deciding that the noble families and ordinary people would pay taxes together. Then, after the court was dismissed, he excitedly went to Concubine Rou, wanting to relax.

After the court meeting ended, Shangguan Xu suddenly felt dizzy and knew nothing. Then he involuntarily went towards the Shangguan family.

The ministers in the court, led by the Right Prime Minister Lord Su, originally wanted to talk to Shangguan Xu, but they saw Shangguan Xu just left and they couldn't catch up with him, so they could only sigh and regret.

They couldn't get an answer from Shangguan Xu, so they turned their eyes to Xie Wenqing, wanting to ask him why he was going crazy.

However, Xie Wenqing ignored them and did not say a word no matter what they said. He left the palace almost at the same time as Shangguan Xu.

When the ministers from the aristocratic families saw this scene, they hurried back to Lord Su and asked anxiously,

"Right Prime Minister, what happened?"

"Lord Su, are we really going to start paying taxes?"

"It's been hundreds of years, and this has never happened!"

"We are bringing shame to our ancestors!"

Lord Su was also a little confused at this moment. He didn't understand what was going on.
Although it was his son's idea to collect taxes on the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the hands of the people, he also felt that this was a good idea as it could immediately put the people back under the control of their big families.

The other aristocratic families also agreed with this point very much. They all believed that this was an open conspiracy that would not only allow them to regain control of the fate of the people, but also make Li Ming more dependent on them.

Even some aristocratic families have already thought about it. If the common people rebel because they are dissatisfied, they can take the opportunity to suppress the rebellion and annex a large amount of land again.

But now everything has changed, and Su Youxiang doesn’t know what to do next?
He felt that his son had a plan in place and had gained a lot of benefits for the family, so he decided to go back and see what his son's ideas were.
So, Su Youlian hurriedly called everyone to follow him to Su's house to discuss the matter.

After they all left, Wang Yue's figure just flashed at the scene for a moment, and then returned to the mountain.

In fact, Xie Wenqing and Shangguan Xu’s reactions today were entirely due to the body-control talisman. Wang Yue did not expect that the body-control talisman was so effective, which made him feel that he could use it often in the future.

However, Wang Yue suddenly thought of an idea just now. Since he could control the body, why not simply control Shangguan Xu and let Shangguan Xu voluntarily hand over the rights of the Shangguan family?
So, after Wang Yue came back, he called Shangguan Ya back. As soon as he saw Shangguan Ya, he asked directly, "Third brother, do you want to be the head of the Shangguan family?"

Shangguan Ya was a little confused at first, and then she said nervously, "Teacher, no matter what, Shangguan Xu is my father, so it's better not to do it if we can."

Wang Yue was speechless, so he said unhappily, "I researched a rune today, called the Body Control Talisman, and I have used it once in the court just now.

Now your father is still controlled by the body control talisman and can follow my orders. I just want to ask you if you want to take this opportunity to let your father directly announce that you are the head of the Shangguan family? "

Shangguan Ya didn't expect that there were such good things. This was simply a divine method. However, she thought that her master was originally a divine being, so it seemed normal that he knew these things.

But that was her father after all. Although Shangguan Ya was looking forward to being the head of the family, she still asked with concern, "Teacher, that thing won't do any harm to my father's body, right?"

Wang Yue said as a matter of course, "No, as long as the control talisman is taken off or the effect ends, your father will return to normal. I thought that since you are the head of the family, you can control your father and let him pretend to be sick at home. The control talisman will not affect his food, clothing, housing and transportation."

When Shangguan Ya heard that it would not affect her health, she immediately said excitedly, "I do!"

Pei Wenxuan heard that Wang Yue had returned, so he hurried over to ask about the situation. Suddenly, he heard Shangguan Ya say "I am willing", so he curiously asked, "Third Senior Sister, what are you willing to do?"

Shangguan Ya said proudly, "I won't tell you. If you want to know, go ask the master." Pei Wenxuan hurriedly looked at Wang Yue. Since Wang Yue had told Shangguan Ya, he was not going to hide it, so he simply told Pei Wenxuan.

After hearing Wang Yue's plan, Pei Wenxuan quickly clapped his hands, but then he paused, looked at Wang Yue expectantly, and asked, "Teacher, how long can this thing control? Can you write a few more runes for me? I also want to go back and ask for the place where I live. Although that thing is dispensable, it is also good to be able to control the family."

Shangguan Ya didn't expect Pei Wenxuan to be so direct, which made her psychological burden disappear at once. She also thought that the talisman might have an expiration date, and Pei Wenxuan thought of it. She also looked at Wang Yue expectantly, wanting to know if this thing was difficult to make, and whether she could make it herself.

Wang Yue prepared a lot of these spells. He picked up a handful and distributed a bunch to each person. Then he smiled and said, "Ya'er, you can draw it yourself. The duration of this thing is different according to each person's magic power, and the control time is different.

The runes I draw can last at least a month, but I don’t know about your own ones.”

Pei Wenxuan quickly took the rune from Wang Yue's hand and said happily, "One month is enough for me to control the entire Pei family. I originally thought that they were all members of the same family, and I didn't want to cause chaos in the family for the position of the head of the family. Now that I have this thing, it saves me a lot of trouble."

As a girl, Shangguan Ya was still a little reluctant at first, but with the example of Peng Wenxuan, she suddenly felt that she was not the only one doing this, and she quickly got over the hurdle in her heart.

Pei Wenxuan and Shangguan Ya acted quickly. After getting the talisman, they hurried back that same day.

After all, Pei Wenxuan had left the Pei family, so he needed to see his grandfather. After he put a body-control talisman on his grandfather, he asked his grandfather to call his second uncle and third uncle over.

So Pei Wenxuan went up and pasted two more talismans, and also controlled both of his uncles.

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With the support of the three of them, there was no doubt that Pei Wenxuan would become the new head of the Pei family.

After all, Pei Wenxuan had been a prime minister, so after he became the head of the family, he quickly cleaned up some of his second uncle's men and then arranged for his own trained men to come in. In just one day, Pei Wenxuan temporarily took control of the Pei family.

As for the subsequent cleaning up of those uncontrollable people, it was not difficult for Pei Wenxuan at all. After all, he had both money and people.

Shangguan Ya encountered trouble. After all, she was just a girl, and it was not easy for her to gain status in the Shangguan family.

Fortunately, Shangguan Xu had been controlled by Wang Yue. With Shangguan Xu's support, Shangguan Ya put control talismans on all those who opposed her, allowing her to take control of the Shangguan family in one fell swoop.

After she took control of the situation, she immediately summoned a thousand assassins she had trained, and easily replaced the original staff of the Shangguan family, allowing her to completely control the Shangguan family.

Not long after Shangguan Ya took control of the Shangguan family, the families headed by the Su family had already discussed it. They originally wanted to meet with Shangguan Xu to talk before the court meeting, but Shangguan Xu directly asked for leave.

Therefore, each family nominated the head of the Su family to visit Shangguan Xu.

When the head of the Su family came, he also brought his second son Su Rongqing, because he wanted Su Rongqing to persuade Shangguan Xu.

Shangguan Ya looked at the father and son and said very straightforwardly, "Master Su, my father fell ill after returning from court yesterday, and ordered me, a soldier, to take over the position of the head of the Shangguan family. What do you need? You can come to me."

Lord Su came to Shangguan Xu to discuss a matter with a mission. How could he be dismissed by Shangguan Ya's words? So, he said politely, "Brother Shangguan is ill. It would be fine if I didn't meet him. Now that I have met him, I must go and see him. Otherwise, it would be unfair to our friendship for so many years."

Shangguan Ya knew that it was not so easy to get rid of this old fox, so she didn't waste any words and took the Su father and son to Shangguan Xu's room.

When the two arrived, they found that Shangguan Xu, who was still attending court yesterday, looked like he was terminally ill today.

Lord Su and Su Rongqing looked at each other, and then asked Shangguan Ya what was going on?

Shangguan Ya could only pretend to be very sad and said, "The doctor at Lichun Hall said that my father was angry and can't move or speak for the time being. He needs to rest for a while. As for when he can recover, it depends on the state of his recovery."

Lord Su and Su Rongqing did not expect this result. They could only comfort Shangguan Ya casually with a few words, then said goodbye and left.

(End of this chapter)