A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 457

Wang Xin's attitude towards the Yi tribe is very firm. In this era, there is never a shortage of people who sacrifice the happiness of one person and the whole family.

Under Wang Xin's order, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy quickly captured all the noble families involved in the case, and all the powerful people who worked with these families were also arrested.

These powerful men followed a few noble families to mine silver mines, smelt silver collars, and contribute their talents.Although they did not directly mint silver coins, they completed most of the work.

This counterfeit silver dollar case is the first counterfeit coin case since he ascended the throne. The royal family has a clear understanding of the harm of counterfeit coins.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to the melee between the various countries, financial resources were poor, so a large amount of small coins and lead coins were minted. The quality of these coins was very poor, and in the end the people were forced to barter.

Then the ministers and nobles also took the opportunity to seek huge profits, which caused the price of food to skyrocket and the people were in poverty. They had to work as slaves for the ministers and wealthy families to survive.

In order to frighten those nobles, officials, and powerful men, Wang Xin implemented severe punishments against them.As for whether such harsh punishments will harm the people?What crimes can ordinary people commit?

Will it be their turn to commit the major crimes committed by the three Yi tribes and the nine tribes?No nobles, officials, or powerful men are qualified to commit such a serious crime!
And whether it is a major crime like the Yi Tribe or the Zhujiu Tribe, it basically does not involve ordinary people.The three Yi tribes are only involved in those who are not in the fifth level. None of the servants in their families are involved, and even the concubines are not involved.

Qianyuan Hall, the meeting of the great dynasty.

Wang Xin sits high on the throne, and next to him is Prince Wang Che.Below are the left and right prime ministers, as well as the general and other three princes.

At the beginning of today's meeting, the ministers began to debate the case of counterfeit silver coins. It can be said that more than [-]% of the officials and nobles did not agree with the law of the Yi Tribe and the Punishment of the Nine Tribes, and the remaining ones did not oppose it. Just keep silent.

In the main hall, Minister Xiao Kai took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty is a sage, wise and benevolent king. The methods of the Yi tribe are too harsh. Please think again, sage."

"Xiao Qing's words are inappropriate. The Yi tribe had to do this because of the serious crimes they committed!" Wang Shuo, the censor, said directly.Although Wang Shuo also has the surname Wang, he has already appeared in the fifth server. He is not a member of the royal family, but a member of the public family, but he still has a close relationship with the royal family.

Xiao Kai said: "One person broke the law, why should he implicate three tribes? Even if he wanted to implicate three tribes, he would be exiled to Lingnan, the Western Regions, and Liaodong. Why did he cause such killings? The saint is a benevolent and saintly king. Such abuse of punishment is detrimental to His Majesty's saintliness. I am writing this letter to advise you, not for those who have committed crimes, but because I don’t want your Majesty’s sanctity to be compromised.”

Wang Xin glanced at him and said nothing. He was not worried at all about his posthumous name, Wang Xin. Although he was more harsh and cruel to nobles, officials, and powerful men, he was still a good emperor. This is what I am responsible for editing. The historical Taishi Ling can prove it.

The history books of Daqian were not compiled by you nobles, officials, and powerful men. How much say do you think you have?Is it up to you whether it is holy or not?

You must know that those who compile history books are from my Wang family lineage. Taishi Ling will write impartially, not your Spring and Autumn style of writing.

"Xiao Qing, be careful, are you a historian?" Wang Cheng, the internal minister next to him, glanced at him and said.

Zhang Yan came out with a wat tablet in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, privately minting counterfeit silver coins is naturally a serious crime. The offender can be beheaded to show the public. Even if it is a joint sitting method, the mastermind of this case should be beheaded. His family is distributed to the Western Regions, Lingnan, If Liaodong is left to fend for itself, there is no need for the three Yi tribes to kill all the father's, mother's, and wife's tribes."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, the following ministers responded one after another, "What Zhang Qing said is absolutely true." or "I second my opinion." Among the three princes and nine princes, except for the three princes, all seven of the nine princes were against the Yi tribe. The following officials Most of them are against it.After all, none of them want to face this kind of law.

Sometimes it is difficult for the emperor to implement this kind of law. Most of the laws of the Yi Tribe and the Jiu Tribe are just a piece of paper.Unless you encounter powerful emperors such as Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Zhu Hongwu, and Zhu Di.

The royal family of Daqian naturally has this kind of prestige. Whether it can be implemented depends on whether the emperor's character is resolute and decisive.

When Wang Xin saw the officials in the court like this, he slowly stood up from the throne. The prince next to him, Wang Che, quickly stepped forward to help him.Wang Xin took two steps, stood in front of the throne, looked at the ministers in the hall, and said slowly: "The ministers came to advise each other for their own reasons, but I didn't hear a word about the people."

Seeing the appearance of the ministers, Wang Xin waved his hands directly and said: "No need to argue, you will definitely say that you care about the people and know the sufferings of the people."

"But what I want to say is that if you know the suffering of the people, you will understand the harm of this fake silver coin."

“Whether it’s leather money, lead money, big money that was passed off as twenty, or today’s fake silver dollars, it’s the people at the bottom who are ultimately harmed.”

"Don't say that nobles, officials, and powerful people also suffer losses. In fact, even if they suffer losses, they can easily pass the losses on to the people. They use the money to trade with the people. Do the people dare to refuse?" Wang Xin said calmly. Shui stared at the ministers in the palace quietly. Although he did not rebuke or get angry, the pressure he put on everyone seemed to be substantial.

"You dare not!" Wang Xin said slowly: "Even if the people know the law, how many people dare to report it to the official?"

There are too many resources for nobles, powerful people, and officials to use. Even though the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty are strict and there are inspection censors and embroidery envoys to supervise them, these people still break the law in various places.

They don't even need to take action at all, they just need to give a little hint. These local snakes who control the vast majority of production and living resources have too many ways to kill a common person.

Ordinary people are unwilling to fight with them unless absolutely necessary.

"Most of you come from noble families, or from well-off families. Even if you don't have good clothes and food, you won't worry about one or two silver coins. But what about the common people? How many silver coins can you have in a year?"

“What you need for one meal may be what their family needs for a month, or even more.”

"If the little money they have is turned into bad money, small money, and fake silver dollars, how will these people live? At that time, they will only have to deal with old things."

"Did they not know about this case of counterfeit silver coins before I added the law? Since they knew it and still committed the crime, what kind of behavior is this? The crime of deceiving the emperor!" Wang Xin said coldly, scanning the hall with a serious look. Pass.

"I will say it again today, those who secretly create counterfeit money, bad coins, and counterfeit silver coins belong to the Yi tribe!"

(End of this chapter)