He looked at the 200,000-gold-rich Second and Third Rankers.
The anger in Liu Hong's eyes lessened slightly.
Although his talent in secret arts was good.
It was not very useful to him.
Even if it was the divine soul talent Tu Xing that he obtained when he broke through to the fourth realm.
Consumes spiritual energy in one go, increases the effect of the Han Dynasty's loyal minister ability by one level.
For more than ten years, he had only used his talent twice when the Yellow Turban rebels were in chaos.
Liu Hong didn't use his mental power much because he felt uncomfortable after exhausting it.
The reward of the secret skill talent was useless to him, who had always lived in the North Palace.
Zhang Rang, who was beside him, saw through Liu Hong's thoughts and moved his feet.
He stepped forward and said,
"Your Majesty, these two are from the renowned merchant families of our Great Han.”
Liu Hong narrowed his eyes and patted the railing in front of him, signaling Zhang Rang to continue.
In order to better collect money, Zhang Rang knew the world's wealthy businessmen like the back of his hand.
" Mei Zhu is the head of the Mei Clan in Xu Prefecture. He was originally from Qu County in the East Sea and has been engaged in business for generations. There are more than ten thousand servants and hanger-ons in his family. Just the assets exposed to the public are in the hundreds of millions, which is more than many small countries. Now, it seems that their hidden wealth is quite deep, only revealing one-tenth.”
"The Zhenzhang clan is the ruler of the Zhen clan in Jizhou. The Zhen clan is one of the top aristocratic families in Jizhou and is good at business. They often sponsor the poor children of the aristocratic families and have a good reputation.”
"The Zhen Zhang family was originally the wife of the Zhen family head, Zhen Yi. Zhen Yi died early, so she managed the Zhen family as a weak woman. In recent years, she has also used some methods to maintain her position as the direct descendant, allowing the Zhen family's power to advance instead of retreating.”
"Moreover, His Majesty has also used the goods sold by the two families in the past two years.”
"Oh, what kind of tribute did they offer?" Liu Hong raised his eyebrows.”
"It's not some random stuff. His Majesty asked about it at first." Zhang Rang smiled.!”
"Could it be that San Bai?"!”
"If it's that kind of treasure, no wonder their wealth surpasses mine.”
Zhang Rang nodded." That's right. The books made of white paper and the sweet white sugar come from the Zhen Clan. The white salt that looks like snow is sold by the Mi Clan.”
Once these three items appeared on the market, they caused a huge sensation.
If it wasn't for the Zhen Clan and Mei Clan's gifts, the Ten Attendants would have long taken action to snatch the formula.
"Interestingly, Zhen Yi, the husband of Zhen Zhang, Gongsun Zan of Liaodong and Liu Bei of Jinwu were all classmates. They were all students of Minister Lu.”
Liu Hong was interested." Minister Lu has many talents under him. He has Liu Bei as a general, Gongsun in the army, and Zhen Yi in wealth.”
Zhang Rang licked his lips, his eyes filled with greed.
"This is all because of Your Majesty's benevolence. Without Your Majesty's clear governance, if the four seas were not peaceful, how could they accumulate wealth and obtain the rewards of the Heavenly Dao?”
Liu Hong and Zhang Rang were birds of a feather.
The moment he spoke, he understood what Zhang Rang meant.
Liu Hong raised his head and glanced at the names of the men on the Wealth Rankings. His eyes flickered.
"In the past, His Majesty issued a decree that all the officials of the Great Han Dynasty had to pay the corresponding amount of official money if they wanted to take up an official position.”
"If the officials of the aristocrats are already like this, how can these aristocratic merchants not express their gratitude after receiving His Majesty's kindness?”
"In the past, merchants only paid 30% of their taxes, but their wealth still exceeded Your Majesty's. This old minister thinks that it is very inappropriate.”
"Now that the border of the Great Han Dynasty is uneven, the rich still need to donate one-third of their assets to fund the border soldiers.”
"Of course, His Majesty's palace is old and needs a lot of money to repair it.”
Ta!
A minister stepped forward angrily and pointed at Zhang Rang's nose, cursing,
"Eunuch thief, the 30% business tax is a tax that has been set since the beginning of this dynasty. How dare you go against the trend and impose it on the people!”
Some ministers looked at Liu Hong, who was looking up at the sky."
"Your Majesty, the sale of official positions and titles has already angered the people and caused injustice in the four seas. If we rashly impose commercial taxes on the wealthy merchants, I'm afraid they will immediately rebel.”
Zhang Rang snorted coldly.
"They relied on our Great Han soldiers to guard the border and accumulate a lot of property. Instead of being grateful for Your Majesty's filial piety, they dared to rebel because of a small amount of money. I'm afraid they have long had disloyalty and learned from the remnants of the six countries to accumulate strength to overthrow the Qin Dynasty.”
Bang!
Someone raised the board and threw it at Zhang Rang.
"Today, the Dao Rankings have descended and we have entered a world of great competition. Instead of preserving the strength of the Great Han Dynasty, you want to force the other side.”
Only then did Liu Hong shift his gaze away from the stone tablet and swept his gaze across the wooden board on the ground.
As the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty, he was blessed with luck and benefited the eunuchs around him.
Even if the ministers had high cultivation, it would be difficult for ordinary attacks to hit Zhang Rang.
Otherwise…
Why should the nobles still seek to kill officials?
To be able to kill the Ten Attendants with force, they had already executed it countless times in the Imperial Court.
"Assistant Minister Xun has passed. The guards on the left and right will drag him away.”
Xun Yu took off the official seal from his waist and threw it on the ground. His finger swept across Zhang Rang and the others.
"The Great Han will die at the hands of you eunuchs!”
With that, he pushed aside the imperial guards and walked towards the palace gates with his head held high.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei's eyes twitched when they saw this. They gripped their swords tightly and panted heavily.
Cao Cao looked at Liu Hong, who was acting as if nothing had happened, and a sense of frustration rose in his heart.
Perhaps a few months ago, they should have joined forces with the Jizhou governor Wang Fen to kill the emperor and establish a new ruler.
It's a pity that I didn't agree when I heard that the emperor was ill and didn't have long to live.
Now, with the favor of the people, the fatuous ruler had recovered, and the release of the rankings would definitely cause many troubles again.
Cao Cao, who knew Liu Hong's selfish nature, could tell at a glance that Tian Zi had already agreed with Zhang Rang's idea.
At this moment, Liu Hong asked,"
"Who is Lu Su? Does the Great Han have a Lu family?!”
When the officials heard the voice and looked over, they all sucked in a breath of cold air when they saw the wealth of the top ranker.
It was extraordinary!
1st place: Lu Su
[Wealth: 3,000,000 Gold]
[Faction: Big Man]
[Ranking Reward: Sacramental Stone Fragment]
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