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

Chapter 194 Loading the Family Tree
Seeing Wei Ning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was slightly startled and said, "Didn't you go to the Wei Mansion?"

Wei Ning said: "I'm getting ready to go there."

Listening to the casual conversation between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Weining, Liu Huan's eyes were full of jealousy.

Every time he saw Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was not polite, and he was deeply afraid that what he did was not in line with etiquette.

But what about Weining?

His conversation with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so casual that he did not even exercise basic etiquette!
Liu Huan said with a mocking tone: "Zhenbei Hou, are you kidding me?"

"What do you mean the people in Chang'an don't eat meat? What do you mean they are fools?"

"Can the people of Chang'an afford meat?"

Wei Ning said: "It turns out they can't afford meat."

"Then their lives are hard?"

Liu Huandao: "You are not talking nonsense! Yes, you are very noble now, so you don't know the sufferings of the people, right?"

Wei Ning shrugged and said, "Since you also know that life is not easy for the people of Chang'an, why do you want to deprive them of the right to earn money to support their families?"

He pointed at the vendors lined up on both sides of Chang'an: "Do you know how much money they can make in a day from waking up early and working late at night?"

Liu Huan was speechless, how could he know these things.

Wei Ning said: "I know, the better ones are thirty cents, and the worse ones are less than ten cents."

"Leave aside the cost, you can only earn five to ten cents a day."

"They are the breadwinners of the family. The amount of money they can earn in a day is not too low for them. At the very least, they can give the family a mouthful of corn porridge and the children a little smell of meat."

"If their stalls are cancelled, how will they survive their busy schedule?"

Liu Huan blushed and said: "Such a chaotic stall in my Han capital, with so many foreign merchants coming and going every day. What would they think if they saw that my capital was so poor?"

Wei Ning said with a smile: "My own children can't even afford food, so they have to pretend to be fat to care about what outsiders think."

"I don't understand what this means."

"If the foreigners see Chang'an, which is a foreign country with strong internal power, they won't have any dissatisfaction with us? Will they be afraid of us?"

"I told you no."

"We have been training troops at the border for so long, why not give them a good beating so that they will be more in awe."

"Only when the country is truly powerful will they be afraid, instead of doing these face-saving projects."

"It's not impossible to charge them stall fees, but it's not okay to charge their stall taxes to subsidize government officials."

"Have you ever seen how these subordinate officials exploit the people on a daily basis?"

These are all tacit things, because the imperial court does not pay salaries to subordinate officials. If the government has to support so many people with idle time, it will naturally turn a blind eye and let them earn a certain amount of money from the people. .

"At least now the Han court is not qualified to collect their taxes."

"When the day comes when they can really make a living by relying on small businesses, it will not be too late to consider taxation."

"Charging taxes now will only make things worse for them."

Liu Huan blushed and wanted to refute, but Wei Ning clasped his fists and said, "I will not disturb your majesty and the eldest son's playtime."

"I still have to rush to the Wei Mansion."

He nodded to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said, "Your Majesty, should I leave first?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Wei Ning with a smile on his face and said, "Go."

Looking at Wei Ning's leaving figure, Liu Huan said unconvinced: "Father! He is talking nonsense!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stopped smiling, stared at Liu Huan, and said: "Before you act or speak, think about it first."

"Book knowledge is dead, but people are alive."

"Before you slap on the policy you think of, first think about whether it will be good or bad for the people."

"If you become a vassal king in the future and govern the people like this, you will be a disaster for the people of the vassal states."

Liu Huan hurriedly said: "Yes..."

He suddenly froze.Father, what does this mean?What does it mean if I become a prince?
The corners of Liu Huan's mouth trembled slightly, and his heart tightened.

……

By the time Wei Ning arrived at Wei Qing's residence, it was almost noon.

The Wei Mansion was full of people, all looking at Wei Ning.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing came to greet him. They first took him to the middle hall of the Wei Mansion, where they knelt ceremoniously on the futon and saluted Mrs. Wei.

The words "grandma" made the old man feel heartbroken and burst into tears.

Wei Wei Ning knelt down and worshiped Wei Qing and Wei Zifu.

The moment he saw Wei Zifu's face, Wei Ning was still in a daze.

Wei Zifu also knew what Wei Ning was thinking, and said with a decent smile: "Xiao Ning, get up."

She stood up and walked aside, took a purple silk gown, and put it on carefully for Wei Ning.

"I, come by myself."

Wei Zifu patted him on the shoulder and said: "Stand still, you have grown so big, and my aunt has never even recognized him."

"From now on, it will be my Wei family, and my third sister can feel at ease. So many people will look after you and love you."

Purple was a very precious color in ancient times. Purple was not used in the national flags of all dynasties because it was too difficult to adjust the color.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the monarchs loved purple silk, but the price was too expensive, wasting people and money, and ultimately weakened the country.

The gown given to Wei Ning by Wei Zifu looks no different from ordinary clothes at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you will realize that it is precious.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire Chang'an, there is no one outside who is qualified to wear purple silk.

She put on Wei Ning's clothes, and then quietly looked at Weining's tall figure and handsome face, not feeling very sad.

"The clothes fit me perfectly."

"Thank you, Fourth Aunt."

Then Wei Qing took Wei Ning to the courtyard and knelt down in front of the altar to worship.

Female relatives are not allowed to come to this process.

After the worship, Wei Ning lit incense, and Wei Qing picked up the genealogy and formally wrote Wei Ning in.

The surrounding officials and colleagues looked at this scene with solemn expressions.

The Wei family will be even more powerful because of the arrival of Zhenbei Hou!

No one knows what kind of huge energy and influence this family can unleash in Dahan in the future.

However, some bureaucrats began to worry about Weining.

Many people here, such as Dong Zhongshu, Zhuang Qingzhai, Lu Chongguo and others, did not know the relationship between Wei Ning and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

What they worry about is Weining's future political future.

The Wei family is now a behemoth. Before, Wei Qing alone was enough to scare Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Now we have added Weining.

The deeds of the dictatorship of Empress Dowager Dou's relatives in the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are vivid in our minds.

Now that a huge family like Wei Qing has appeared, it will be a huge threat to the future inheritance of the Liu family.

It's unclear whether Wei Ning's recognition of his ancestors at this time would change Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's view of him.

Wei Ning was indeed very popular before, but what about the future?
They are actually holding a wait-and-see attitude in their hearts whether recognizing their ancestors this time will be good or bad for Weining.

Many of these old foxes thought this was a stupid move. Even if Wei Qing knew that this child was from his Wei family, he should have kept it a secret.

A commander-in-chief and a fierce general. Both of them are very important to the Han Dynasty. Will they pose a threat to the ruler in the future?

According to Wei Qing's wisdom, he shouldn't have been unable to figure this out. Why was Wei Ning asked to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan?

It’s still emotional!
(End of this chapter)