Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 184
"Absorbing savages and refugees from other countries to settle in Wu will increase the population of our Wu country, and its benefits will be endless. This is a century-old plan for the country, and it must not be shaken."

Qingji's determination is very firm.

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

"What do you say about the old family?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old aristocratic family must have some complaints. However, compared to the previous ones, they may be more resistant to the country's verification of their fiefs, acres, slaves, shops and other assets one by one!"

Fan Li replied.

Regarding this point, Qingji wants to know it with his ass!
Wu's recent series of reforms all touch the interests of the old aristocrats.

Absorbing savages and people from other countries to settle in Wu, prohibiting slave capture, banning tooth shops, and replacing them with official slave houses, this shakes the entire slave market to a certain extent.

After all, behind many tooth shops, there are old people standing.

Slave arrest was not allowed, and the tooth shop was banned, which resulted in the loss of an important income for the old family.

You know, the slave trade has always been an industry for making huge profits!

Now that Qingji is a one-size-fits-all, it is impossible for the old people not to hate Qingji.

As for the decree issued before the anniversary of the anniversary: ​​the government should verify all its fixed assets one by one, including slaves, land, fiefdoms, houses, and shops, and allow individuals to report for filing, and then the government will check. If there is any discrepancy, they will be severely punished.

This further damages the rights and interests of the old family!

They are of the same family as the country, relying on the shelter of their ancestors from generation to generation, and accumulated a large amount of property.

However, there is no lack of land, houses, and shops that have been seized by tyrants. Once the government investigates thoroughly, none of them will be able to escape!
What's more serious is that some lords dared to quietly occupy the country's land and turned it into their own fiefdom. Every time they made progress, the previous lords of the Wu Kingdom just turned a blind eye to this. Take it to heart!
However, how could Qingji condone such a thing?

The dignity of the king cannot be violated!
You are a prince, and you secretly invaded the king's land, what is going on?

"conflict?"

Qing Ji sneered and said, "There is a limit to my tolerance. On the issue of slavery, I have already made concessions, but there is no room for loss in the matter of fief assets!"

"The widow will never tolerate anyone who dares to steal every inch of the country's land, and meddle in one of the widow's things!"

"The widow has left the opportunity to the old family, and it depends on whether they can grasp it."

Hearing this, Fan Li couldn't help lowering his head slowly, secretly surprised.

Unexpectedly, Qingji paid so much attention to these things.

You must know that it is justifiable for the feudal monarch to occasionally invade a little territory that belongs to the monarch, as long as it is not too much and not too much.

This thing has happened in almost every country throughout the ages.

If the circumstances are serious, the monarch can at most just beat the feudal monarch and force him to hand over the occupied land.

What's more, when the ministers are strong and the lord is weak, the lords can even invade the city and land of the monarch without any scruples, such as the officials of the Jin State, the Sanhuan of the Lu State...

Night falls.

In the mansion of the eunuch Shen Xi, Shen Xi, Be Li, Bi Yu, Zhu Yong and other old family ministers gathered together, and dozens of people were discussing how to deal with the recent series of decrees of the Wu Kingdom.

"Your Majesty has really gone too far this time!"

"Too much deceit! Several of the old man's dental shops have been banned. Although the government bought a lot of slaves at a low price, but without the dental shop, the old man will lose at least [-] gold per year!"

"Exactly! Your Majesty also ordered the government to inspect all assets including slaves, land, fiefs, houses, shops, etc. of the Chinese people. How should I report it?"

The ministers of the old family and the princes present all looked aggrieved.

As the beneficiaries of the Shiqing Shilu system, can one of their butts be clean!
Even if they themselves did not embezzle public funds, evade taxes, or occupy the land of the country, their ancestors may have done such things.

So what to do?
They just came to discuss with the eunuch Shenxi and others.

"Second and third son, please be calm and don't be impatient."

As the host, Shen Xi had no choice but to stand up, waved his hands, and said, "Today we are all gathered together to discuss how to deal with current affairs!"

"Regarding current affairs, I have my own opinions, please listen carefully."

Hearing this, the elders present quieted down, and pricked up their ears to hear Shen Xi's sage talk.

I saw Shen Xi said seriously: "Everyone, I believe that the slavery established by the king is unshakable. Whether it is a ban on slave capture or a ban on dental practice, we should abide by it and not cause trouble!"

Upon hearing this, all the elders couldn't help whispering to each other.

They were very dissatisfied with Qingji's prohibition on slave capture and the investigation of the forbidden tooth shop, but they dared not speak out.

After all, it's just cutting off a source of income, and it's not enough for them to openly confront Qingji!
"About the king's decree to check the assets of the people of the country, I think that we should also obey..."

"what?"

In an instant, Yang Rong, the doctor, stood up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and said loudly, "Private servant, what kind of absurdity are you talking about?"

"The system of slavery is over, why can the second and third sons remain indifferent to the verification of assets?"

"Everyone here, who hasn't committed the crime of encroaching on other people's fields, or even using fiefdoms to demarcate the borders of the country? Once the king has verified it, won't he be punished severely?"

"Exactly!"

"Private servant, the rest of the matter is easy to talk about. If the king severely punishes the matter of amending the borders without authorization and occupying the country's land, we will be degraded to common people and our family property will be confiscated. In severe cases, our heads will be decapitated and the whole family will be exiled. !"

Obviously, the ministers of the old family who were present were afraid that Qingji would know the illegal things he had done before.

They never thought that Qingji was a tolerant monarch, and they must have found an excuse to punish officials like them one by one by announcing the inspection of the assets of the people of the country this time!
However, there is a different view on this interest rate.

"Second and third sons, how can the king's edict be changed from day to day?"

Shen Xi revealed a cruel fact: "Instead of resisting the king's decree and making troubles for no reason, it is better to cooperate. In my opinion, the king is just warning us."

"If we and the old family can sympathize with the king, return the land, slaves, shops, houses, etc. that were illegally occupied before, and report them truthfully, the king will be able to forget the past and not be held accountable!"

"What the servant said is very true."

As one of the Nine Ministers, Shaofu was the first to agree with him.

However, there are still old aristocrats as obsessed as Yang Rong!
"Humph!"

Yang Rong flicked his sleeves and said: "I misjudged you! I thought you were like-minded people, but now it seems that you are just a bunch of rats!"

"Farewell!"

After saying that, Yang Rong left angrily.

Shen Xi and Bei couldn't help but look at each other, feeling very helpless.

This is really good words can not persuade the damn ghost!
Since Yang Rong wants to die, let him go!
(End of this chapter)