Xiao Jing was not disturbed by what just happened at all. His expression was as upright as before.

"Reporting to the Supreme Emperor, since Taizu established the Ding Dynasty, he has widely awarded meritorious officials, lightly engaged in corvee and paid little in taxes, in order to consolidate the country. Taizong and Mu Zong followed suit.

After the Supreme Emperor succeeded to the throne, he also upheld the aspirations of the Grand Ancestor, had the world in mind, treated heroes with kindness, and benefited the world. As a result, all the capable people in the world rushed to serve the court and be loyal to the Supreme Emperor. In this way, we, the Wei Dynasty, have been able to live for decades.

There is stability, there are no more wars at the border, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

However, there are some people in the court today who have forgotten the aspirations of their ancestors, belittled meritorious ministers, slandered and deceived superiors, and want to take actions to shake the foundation of the Wei Dynasty!"

Xiao Jing's voice was high, his tone was full of righteousness, and his words were shocking.

The people who could sit in the Chonghua Hall this time were basically people who were at the center of the Wei Dynasty. As soon as they heard Xiao Jing's words, they immediately realized what Xiao Jing was going to say.

After all, apart from the Emperor's birthday, the only thing the court has recently decided to do is "clearing the land" which can be regarded as a major national event, and only it is worthy of the chaos that Xiao Jing said shook the foundation of the Wei Dynasty!

Emperor Ning Kang's mood, which had just been comforted by the queen, suddenly became violent. His eyes tightened and he stared at the upright Xiao Jing.

You thief, so brave!!

"Xiao Jing, don't you dare to slander others. Who is slandering others? Who wants to cause chaos in government?!"

The Minister of Revenue stood up from his seat and glared at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing snorted coldly: "Whoever cares about Taizu's ambitions, the stability of the country and the country of the Wei Dynasty, and advocates the clearing of land and land, is the one who slanders and deceives the superiors and wants to cause chaos in the government!"

"you……"

"quiet!"

The old eunuch beside the Supreme Emperor keenly observed that the Supreme Emperor frowned and immediately shouted in a sharp voice.

Xiao Jing ignored the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and continued to kowtow to the Supreme Emperor: "Your Majesty, since the change of dynasties, the soldiers who fought against the country and the civil and military personnel who patrolled the sky are the foundation of a country's stability.

Without the bloody battles of border soldiers, the country would be under the prying eyes of foreign enemies and the country would be in danger.

If there are no civil and military officials who are loyal to their duties and patrol the four directions on behalf of the emperor, the enemy will arise from within without knowing it, and the country will surely perish.

Both of these are the foundation for the stability of the country. And the way to govern a country is to 'reward those who have merit and punish those who have made mistakes'. Today, because the court wants to increase the annual revenue of the national treasury, it has forgotten the ancestral precept of Taizu that light corvee and small taxes are

, easily deprived of the farm property awarded to meritorious ministers.

How can such hasty behavior last long? Let me ask you, if the soldiers who fought with blood cannot hold the land they exchanged for their lives, and the officials who are loyal to their duties do not have farm property to maintain the livelihood of the people, and everyone is in danger, how can the soldiers use their lives, and the officials

Why be loyal?

Therefore, I sincerely request the Supreme Emperor to issue an edict to revoke the ‘land clearing’ policy that has not yet been promulgated by the imperial court, and restore peace to the world!”

"What a wonderful world!"

When Emperor Ning Kang heard this, he almost laughed angrily.

"According to what Mr. Xiao Ge said, if I insist on carrying out the policy of clearing the land, wouldn't I be destroying the foundation of the Wei Dynasty?"

"I have no intention of doing so, and your Majesty just misunderstood the slander. As long as the policy of clearing the land is canceled in time, it will not be too late."

Emperor Ning Kang wanted to kill this man in his heart, but he had no intention of quarreling with him. He sneered and said: "Never mind that I have never had any intention of taking back the estate of the meritorious minister. Let's talk about people who have a lot of land in the world.

Are they all ministers who have made contributions to the country? You said that the soldiers who fought in bloody battles and the civil and military personnel who were loyal to duty, I admit these. Could it be that in the state capitals of the world, except for those gentry and officials who dominate one side, they have also become members of the country?

The merit is not achieved?

Or do you not know that most of the world is pocketed by these people through various visible and invisible secret means?"

After saying that, Emperor Ning Kang looked at the princes and ministers in the main hall and said seriously: "I have never thought about getting anything back from you. As Mr. Xiao Ge said, most of you are meritorious service members of the country.

As a minister, or as a meritorious official, whatever the court rewards you is what you deserve.

However, I will never tolerate those powerful and evil gentry who rely on their power to buy and sell by force, arbitrarily annexing land from all over the world, causing the people to be displaced, and damaging the foundation of the Wei Dynasty. The purpose of the imperial court's policy of clearing land is to let these people

People's true colors are revealed and there is no place to hide!

Do you think this is a policy that benefits the country and the people, or is it a disorder of government?"

Seeing that Emperor Ningkang's few words tended to convince more people, Xiao Jing hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty's words are wrong! Even the local gentry and clans that Your Majesty looks down on are an important foundation for our great Wei Dynasty.

The Wei Dynasty has been cultivating itself for hundreds of years, and its citizens number in the tens of millions. However, if we count the official records of our Wei Dynasty, regardless of whether they are outside the capital or big or small, the total number of civil and military officials is only one hundred thousand! One hundred thousand is compared to tens of millions, how can the disparity be measured within the country?

Ji? However, all the prefectures and counties in the world can still maintain stability and stability. Isn't it these local gentry and clans that the court and government rely on?

If there were not these countless local clans in the world, who strictly abide by the court's laws, government decrees, govern and restrain their respective tribesmen, how could the court govern tens of thousands of people with tens of thousands of people?

As your Majesty said, the purpose of this land clearing is to find out the powerful and evil gentry in the local area. But how can your Majesty find out from the countless clans in the world which are the powerful and evil gentry causing harm to the local area and which ones are loyal to the local people?

Someone from the imperial court?

If not, once the imperial decree is promulgated, it will at least put the clans who are truly loyal to the imperial court in danger and despair, or at worst it will cause turmoil. How will your majesty deal with it then? Therefore, I would like to ask your majesty to think twice and cancel the policy of clearing the land.

"

It has to be said that Xiao Jing's remarks made many people who thought the same as him secretly nod.

In fact, ever since the imperial court discussed the matter of clearing the land, the vast majority of people have opposed it. This is not just because it involves their own interests.

A stable country is a chain of interests from top to bottom. Every time a dynasty changes, it can basically be said that because the stability of this chain has been completely broken, it can no longer maintain the sustainable operation of the country.

Now the imperial court suddenly said that the land must be cleared, and everyone must expose the land and property they own, and then pay taxes according to national laws... Even if there are parts with unknown origins, they may be severely punished by national laws...

How can you bear this?

It is conceivable that once this policy is promulgated, even if it cannot overturn the country of Wei, it will definitely be a complete earthquake from top to bottom for the entire Wei.

The risks involved are visible to many people.

Can't Emperor Ning Kang and his supporters see it? Not necessarily. Perhaps what they value more is that after the earthquake, there were achievements of great significance for generations to come.

Emperor Ning Kang looked at Xiao Jing with a gloomy look. Xiao Jing did not look at him, but looked earnestly upward at the Supreme Emperor, whose expression did not change much from beginning to end.
Chapter completed!