A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 507: Settlement of Accounts after Autumn

Wang Zong went to Handan with 500 Yulin Guards, accompanied by 500,000 stones of grain and grass. In addition to these, Wang Zong also brought several destiny artifacts.

These artifacts are just in case, so try not to use them if you can.

Wang Zong rushed to Handan without stopping with 500,000 shi of grain, and then went to see Liu Jing first.

"The guilty minister Liu Jing is here to see the King of Wu." In the government office, Liu Jing paid homage to Wang Zong.

"Get up, get up!" Wang Zong helped him up: "Thank you for your hard work, Liu Yushi!"

"The guilty minister is incompetent." Liu Jing sighed.

"Liu Yushi, this is the edict given to you by His Majesty. After reading it, go back to Luoyang!" Wang Zong patted him on the shoulder, and then ordered someone to give him the edict before leaving.

Liu Jing took the edict and went directly back to where he lived, then took out the edict and read it. He now knew his fate very well. After quickly reading the edict, Liu Jing immediately knelt down to Luoyang and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will die without regrets!"

In the edict, Wang Che didn't say much, but just told him that he could recommend the children of the two families to study in the academy, or to study with the royal family for a few years.

Wang Che is leaving a way out for the Liu family. If he didn't take action, those officials would only keep suppressing the Liu family and would not give them a chance to become officials again.

After understanding these things, Liu Jing packed his things and returned to Luoyang. He needed to face his fate.

After Wang Zong met Liu Jing, he came to the government office to meet those noble, powerful and wealthy family heads.

"You fellow countrymen have suffered, I am late." Wang Zong walked in and said.

"See King Wu, King Wu came not too late, just in time." Everyone bowed and saluted quickly.

"Your Majesty knows that you have been wronged here, and you will be compensated in the future. You can go home now." Wang Zong said with a smile.

After hearing this, everyone was very happy, knowing that this time they won the round.

After watching those people leave, Wang Zong did not stay. The court's disaster relief still needed him to control the overall situation. At the same time, he also needed to solve the Chang Pingcang matter.

Wang Zong had already sent people to arrest the former Handan Order, and also interrogated Zhao Pei. Although Zhao Pei's confession seemed to be flawless, Wang Zong clearly felt that something was wrong. He was probably in the same group as those noble, powerful, and wealthy families.

Although there is no evidence, many times politics does not require evidence. Your butt is crooked, how could the emperor still use you? Wang Zong encouraged Zhao Pei and then let him continue to be responsible for relieving the victims.

It is not a good job to provide relief to the victims with work. There is a lot of land around Handan City belonging to nobles, powerful people, and officials. Digging ditches and building dams are all problems. If you don't do it well, you will be dismissed directly. If you don't do it well, you will be dismissed. If you do well, you will offend those noble and powerful people.

This is to put him on the fire.

In addition to these, Wang Zong also ordered the embroiderers to go to the merchants in the city for questioning. Four hundred thousand stones of food was not a small amount and difficult to hide. The best way was to sell it through merchants. Just go to these merchants for interrogation directly. . Faced with the Embroiderer, how could these merchants dare to hide it? They quickly told everything. Wang Zong directly asked these merchants to transport the grain back.

As for money? Dare to help sell the stolen goods, and if you don't deal with them, you already think that they are accomplices, and you still dare to ask for money?

Many of those merchants have already sold the grain, and even if some are still left, not much is left, so these merchants can only spend money to buy grain to make up for the 400,000 shi of grain.

The price of food a year ago was only about that much. Now there is a drought in the north and the price of food is soaring. These businessmen will lose a lot of money and may even be injured. But even bankruptcy is deserved.

Wang Zong released the heads of noble, powerful, and official families, and at the same time encouraged them in the name of the court and rewarded these people for donating food and grass during the severe drought.

And the reward that had been discussed long ago was also announced, basically giving them hundreds of households with food. Then, in recognition of their meritorious service to the country, these noble, powerful, and official families were given special permission to move from Handan to Luoyang, and the court also set aside a piece of land for them to move and use.

On the surface, Handan is just the head of a county, how can it be compared with Luoyang, the sacred capital. But these noble, powerful, and official families were originally just famous in the states and counties. Once they arrived in Luoyang, the sacred capital, who were they?

There are countless senior executives and nobles in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, not to mention that they are still at the feet of the emperor and do not even dare to make small moves. As for annexing land and oppressing the people, don't even think about it. If you dare to do such things in Luoyang, you will be directly dealt with by the court.

After hearing Wang Che's edict, these noble and powerful official families all expressed their reluctance and unwillingness in every possible way, and even pretended to be happy on the surface.

Wang Zong looked at the people in front of him and snorted in his heart. When they arrive in Luoyang, even if the court does not target them, these people will continue to decline. It won't be long before the wealthy families become ordinary wealthy families. As for the noble and official families, they will basically decline.

The land Wang Che prepared for these people was not far away from Luoyang. He specially rewarded them from the royal land. It is a huge honor to receive a royal reward.

As for how big the land is, it is estimated that it is not even a quarter of their original land. You must know that the land in Luoyang is the most expensive in the world, so it is naturally impossible to exchange it for you on a one-for-one basis.

Wang Che's method was just to implement the thousand tomb system in a different way. The imperial court has always implemented the mausoleum model. Every time the emperor dies, the rich from all over the world will be sent to attend the funeral. However, there have been only a few emperors since the founding of Daqian, and the mausoleums of the world's powerful could not be moved much.

"Everyone, the saint has issued an edict. Please pack up and go to Luoyang!" Wang Zong said with a smile.

Everyone had no choice but to comply.

The land and houses of these noble, powerful, and official families will basically be bought by the court, even the land of these noble and powerful families. Most of these people's lands are around Handan City, and they are basically good farmland.

The imperial court will no longer allocate farmland in densely populated areas such as the Central Plains and Hebei. These farmlands will be auctioned.

At the same time, Wang Zong planned to move some of the victims outside Handan City directly to Hexi, Liaodong, and Lelang County. It is usually very difficult to move a large number of people, but now in the year of famine, people are naturally willing to go there in order to survive.

Wang Zong planned to take advantage of this drought to relocate half a million people from Hebei.

(End of this chapter)