The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 115 Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s sword!

No one knows what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said when he summoned Sang Hongyang today.

When Sang Hongyang walked out of the Qilin Hall, his forehead was covered with cold sweat and his back was wet.

Sang Hongyang couldn't help but shiver as the bitter cold of winter blew by.

ruthless!
Really cruel!
It turns out that His Majesty never planned to expect this group of businessmen to do anything during the national crisis.

It turns out that now is the time for Your Majesty to show off.

He really wants to eat the flesh and blood of these cheap businessmen!
A group of lowly and despicable merchants, when the Qin Dynasty gave you endless oppression, it was the Emperor of Han who restored part of your power in the country, which not only ensured the convenience of doing business for you, but also reduced your business taxes.

If your family and country are in trouble and you are so indifferent, then don’t blame the emperor for taking action on you!
Sang Hongyang squinted his eyes, his eyes filled with shock. Rather than saying that the emperor was vicious, it was better to say that Wei Ning was vicious!
Because before this, Liu Huan had told all the officials of the Han Dynasty through Shi Qing that this strategy was proposed by Weining!

Just when the officials of the imperial court were still condemning Wei Ning for offering blind advice to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Sang Hongyang issued another order, causing everyone in Chang'an and even Guanzhong to be shocked!

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, he promulgated a political decree of silence.

In short, everyone from the top to the bottom of the Han Dynasty can report the merchant's grain storage, if the [-]% of the grain he turns in does not match his grain storage.

The court will accuse the merchant of deceiving the court, confiscate all the merchant's grain, and give half of the confiscated grain to the whistleblower.

As soon as this decree, which tested people's hearts and minds, was issued, the whole country was in an uproar.

Those businessmen who had previously falsely thought that Snake donated [-]% of the grain to Sang Hongyang were now falling into the ice cave because of this decree!

The court's strategy is really too vicious!
People's hearts cannot stand the test. Neighbors, domestic slaves, and even family members who want to annex family property may report the assets of businessmen, thus giving them the opportunity to plunder the assets!

This is an opportunity for asset restructuring, an opportunity for many poor people to have huge wealth!

Even...the children of these wealthy businessmen, the children who are not inherited by the eldest son, may report to the court!

Because as long as they report it, half of the property will belong to them.

You must know that in the past, only the eldest son could inherit the property of merchants. Other heirs were not eligible. How much they inherited and how much they distributed all depended on the wishes of the family head.

Now that this rule has been legitimately broken, let me ask these non-eldest sons, heirs and family members, who can withstand this temptation?
That's why Sang Hongyang was so shocked and frightened after hearing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty... or Weining's plan to sue him.

If this hadn't been a thorough analysis of people's hearts, how could they have come up with such a vicious strategy? !

In the court, those who had complained angrily that Weining had no political acumen and wisdom and offered blind advice in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty all shut up at this time.

Besides shock, the biggest feeling is fear!
Yes, fear of Weining!
This seemingly gentle boy, who is usually quiet and low-key, could come up with such a vicious plan!
But you can't deny Weining's greatness.

No one would sympathize with businessmen, scholars, farmers, and merchants. Businessmen were the lowest group. Even if Wei Ning went into business, he would have the sense not to do it himself, but to let his domestic slaves take care of it for him.

The current situation of society is such that the upper class of Han people discriminate against businessmen.

Therefore, even if this strategy is cruel to the businessman, no one will sympathize with the businessman and scold Weining.

Whoever dares to say such remarks will probably immediately arouse criticism from the national public opinion.

On the day Sang Hongyang's notice was issued, countless whistleblowers immediately began to report it.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specifically ordered Huo Qubing to lead the Yulin Imperial Army to cooperate with Sang Hongyang in arresting people and delivering food.

In just one day, as much as [-] dan of grain was seized.

What’s shocking is that these informants are all descendants of wealthy businessmen!
Human nature cannot stand scrutiny.So what if they are biological father and son?

In this silent storm, many wealthy businessmen died at the hands of their own sons.

By the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court had seized [-] shi of grain.The food hidden in the hands of these wealthy businessmen was ten times more than that of the imperial court!
Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was furious when he saw the data, but Sang Hongyang poured cold water on Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.

Enough is enough.

When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon rises, it loses. If the silence continues, people in Guanzhong will be panicked, and it will have a great impact on the economic market of the entire Han Dynasty.

Moreover, [-] shi of food is enough for the Guanzhong victims to survive this winter.

Sang Hongyang was a qualified financial officer. After he and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed the analysis, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty followed suit and ordered the termination of the imperial edict.

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Liu Huan is very depressed now.

He really didn't expect that it would be self-defeating. He originally thought that through this incident, Wei Ning would lose all his reputation among the officials in the outer court, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would reconsider Wei Ning's status in his heart.

But instead of hindering Weining, his move actually gave Weining even greater prestige!

It's like stealing chicken but losing rice. Now Liu Huan doesn't know how aggrieved he is.

His teacher Shi Qing was also feeling uncomfortable at this time. He was so cruel when he impeached Wei Ning, but now he is so embarrassed.

Wei Ning was doing practical things and relieving the entire Guanzhong refugees from danger, while Shi Qing played the role of a clown and troublemaker.

This dealt a serious blow to his self-esteem.

Of course, Weining didn't know that there would be so many secret disturbances in the court.

Little did he know that Liu Huan was trying his best to deal with him.

There was no reason, he and Liu Huan had nothing to do with each other.

[Reputation value +300]

In Qianshui Village, Weining was shocked to find that his reputation was increasing.

The scattered reputation points have been increasing these days, and a lot of reputation points have been obtained from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, from Guan Qiang, and from the upper-class dignitaries of Lantian.

He hadn't checked his reputation balance for a long time.

The last time I used reputation points was to obtain the wine refining technology. I spent a thousand points and the remaining balance was: 12080.
When he saw it, he was startled.

The reputation value balance has reached 14100!

"General."

Zhao Ce came over excitedly and said to Wei Ning: "The envoy is coming from the palace."

"Your Majesty has rewarded you with a lot of property and silks, and also added three hundred acres of land to you."

These rewards from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are not enough to show Weining's contribution in this snow disaster crisis.

Wei Ning didn't mind much, and just said to Zhao Ce calmly: "Oh, just take it all."

He was not pretentious. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had given him a reward, he accepted it all without any psychological burden.

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Changan.

Today, in the light snow, Wei Qing rode his horse and slowly arrived at Princess Pingyang's mansion.

He had a very shocking guess in his mind, and now he wanted to verify it!
(End of this chapter)