Chapter 178 The time has come for you all to cut flesh for His Majesty!
Chapter 178 Everyone, it’s time to cut your Majesty’s flesh!
A few hours later, Song Xuan opened his eyes.
In the end, he couldn't bear to use the only opportunity to fuse his skills on Tianmo Ce.
After all, the current Tianmo Policy only has six volumes and is not perfect. If it is used on an incomplete technique, I always feel that it is a big loss.
Since he did not plan to fuse, Song Xuan's thinking also changed accordingly. He was ready to understand the essence of the techniques as before with the Immortality Technique, and then try to integrate the useful methods into his own practice system.
"Huh? Why are you still here?"
Opening his eyes, he saw Zhang Yang, the official minister, standing at the door of the imperial study, tired and hungry, with a haggard look on his face. Song Xuan asked with a smile.
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Yang knelt down on the ground with a pop.
"Your Majesty has not asked me to leave. How dare I leave at will?"
"How does it feel to be hungry?"
"Painful, uncomfortable!" Zhang Yang replied honestly.
Song Xuan nodded noncommittally and said, "Now do you understand why I called you here?"
Zhang Yang nodded hurriedly and said: "I understand, Your Majesty must be because of the disaster in Hebei and other places, right?"
"It seems you are not stupid. Since you know the importance of the disaster, why did you say in the brochure that disaster relief and other matters will be postponed?"
Zhang Yang said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am not deliberately obstructing anything, but the Wu Dynasty has just been established, and the court is full of waste and needs to be revitalized. There are too many places across the country that need money.
Now that the national treasury is empty, if all the remaining money and food are used for disaster relief in Hebei, our entire court may be paralyzed due to lack of money and food!"
Song Xuan looked at him with a smile and said, "Did I ever say that I would use money from the treasury?"
"What do you mean by your majesty?" Zhang Yang's heartbeat quickened and he felt like his heart was jumping into his throat. Could it be that your majesty was going to take this opportunity to operate on the family members?
"I don't mean anything!"
Song Xuan said calmly: "There is a drought in Hebei and the people have no food. If we don't provide disaster relief, many people will definitely freeze to death and starve to death in the winter. This is something I will never allow!"
In short, Hebei's disaster relief money and food must be in place within this month, and I will not allow people to freeze to death and starve to death.
As for how to do it, that is not my concern, that is what your ministers should do! I only look at the results, not the process."
"But." Zhang Yang wanted to defend himself a few more words, but was interrupted by Song Xuan.
"No buts!"
Song Xuan looked at Zhang Yang quietly, "You are from the Zhang family, a great family that has been passed down for thousands of years. You probably don't even know how much money and food there is in your family, right?"
With a pop, Zhang Yang knelt on the ground again and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I am willing to use all the money and food in my family for disaster relief. I only ask that your Majesty spare the lives of Weichen and his family!"
Song Xuan laughed and said: "Sir Zhang, you are serious. You have not committed any crime. How can I arbitrarily confiscate your home and exterminate your clan?"
He was very serious about the word "plundering the family and exterminating the clan". He stared at Zhang Yang and said calmly: "You are a smart man. Go back and tell other people in the aristocratic families that if the disaster relief work is done well, everyone can live a stable life."
Good year.
At the end of the year, I will personally go to Hebei to inspect. If I am not satisfied, then if the people have a bad life this year, you will have to leave it alone!"
"I understand!"
Zhang Yang invited almost all the officials from the Zhang family and the aristocratic families in the south of the city.
Even people like Dugu Sheng, Yu Wenhua and other powerful people were called over by him.
Everyone gathered in the hall. After everyone had arrived, Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and sighed: "Everyone, it's time to cut the meat!"
An old man asked: "Is the man in the palace going to operate on us? Is he just asking for money, or is he asking for our lives?"
"Now we need money and food, but if we don't do it right, we will be killed next!"
Zhang Yang recounted the conversation with His Majesty the Emperor in detail: "Our Majesty is too strong. He only cares about the results. If Hebei's disaster relief work is done well, our family will be useful in His Majesty's eyes.
But if this thing goes wrong, given His Majesty’s temperament, it is estimated that more than half of the people present will not be able to see the sun in the coming year!”
There was silence in the hall for a while. After a while, a younger official asked tentatively: "With so many of our big families joining forces, His Majesty really has no scruples at all, and is he really not worried about us rebelling?"
"Haha~~"
There was a burst of laughter in the hall, and Zhang Yang was even more speechless: "Which young talent is this? He has no brains at all? Rebellion? His Majesty does not want us to rebel, and then he can confiscate his family and exterminate his family in an open and honest manner!
Do you believe that if you raise an army to rebel during the day, the heads of the whole family will be hung on the city wall that night?"
"Idiot, you really don't know anything about His Majesty's strength!"
"Invincible, do you think you are joking?!"
Yu Wenhuaji waved his hand and said: "Okay, I've laughed. Now let's discuss how much money each family will pay!
I made it clear first that my Yuwen family can pay for it, or even more, but all the money and food must be transported to Hebei for disaster relief. During this period, if any official dares to mess around, don't blame me.
The Imperial Guards are so merciless!"
"This is natural!" Zhang Yang said: "These are the hard-earned money of each of our families, how can we use it to feed the corrupt officials below.
I will personally request your Majesty to go to Hebei to take charge of disaster relief. Anyone who dares to reach out will be captured, regardless of who it is. It is related to our wealth and life, and there is no room for sloppiness in this matter!"
"And!" Yu Wenhuaji continued: "In places like Henan and Hebei, droughts occur almost every now and then. We can't just go out and cut meat every year, right? This is not a solution. We must think of a long-term plan to deal with droughts.
Solve the problem from the root!"
As soon as this statement came out, someone responded: "If you want to solve the drought problem, you must dig wells, dig rivers, and build water conservancy works. These will cost a lot of money!"
Yu Wenhuaji scolded: "You are short-sighted, spend money once and spend money every year. You still don't understand this point?"
The man didn't dare to say anything after being scolded. Facing the Yuwen Clan, most people really didn't have the confidence to confront them.
Zhang Yang said: "Master Yuwen said that we should indeed make preparations. Disaster relief can only temporarily relieve the crisis, but it is not a long-term solution. The construction of water conservancy works must start as soon as possible.
Well, Mr. Wang, you are the Minister of Industry, so it is up to you to arrange this matter. Get a charter as soon as possible and calculate how much food and labor are needed. After all, we have to cut meat, so this is not bad."
Wang Yan nodded and said: "This matter is my responsibility."
As he said that, he chuckled and said: "My lords, since we have spent all the money, why not make this job a little more beautiful. Give some more money to repair the houses of the victims in Hebei and other places and give them some points.