"At that time, other than the three of us and a few ministers who did not stand up to oppose it, the other civil and military ministers strongly advised His Majesty not to levy heavy taxes on the aristocrats!”
" They listed all kinds of consequences of offending the nobles. They even alarmingly said that it would cause chaos in the world!”
"His Majesty saw the opposition of all the civil and military officials in the court, so he simply avoided this matter and returned to the harem.”
"However, His Majesty is still wise. Before he left, he handed this tricky problem to the Ninth Young Master!”
"He gave the Ninth Young Master full authority to deal with the tax reform. He even gave the Tianwen Sword and gave the Ninth Young Master the right to act first and report later!”
"The Ninth Young Master is also decisive in killing. After receiving the edict, he ordered the three of us to mobilize troops into the city and surround the residences of all the civil and military officials in the court!”
"And order them to complete the land and tax reform within two months!”
"Otherwise, the entire family will be executed!"
Zhang Han didn't respond and continued.
"You want to scare all the officials with such a method?”
"Ninth Young Master is too naive!”
Meng Tian shook her head as she listened!
Once all the officials in the court were united, even the Emperor would have to compromise. There was nothing he could do!
He couldn't just kill all the officials!
If all the civil and military officials were killed, who would do the work for His Majesty? Who would lead the troops to war?
All the officials in the court were old foxes, so they definitely understood this.
He knew that the Ninth Young Master wouldn't dare to take it seriously!
Therefore, it was unlikely that they would be scared!
This kind of bluffing method was completely useless against those old foxes.
"After the Ninth Young Master gave the order!”
"All the officials in the court didn't take it to heart. After a discussion, they decided to make things difficult for the Ninth Young Master and show him that without the support of all the officials, he, a mere prince, can't play at all!”
"Therefore, none of the ministers took the orders of the Ninth Young Master seriously!”
"Not a single person went to collect taxes from the nobles!”
"Even on that day, a few killers dressed as Confucian scholars tried to assassinate the Ninth Young Master in the Drunken Fragrance Restaurant!”
Zhang Han ignored him and continued.
"Someone actually tried to assassinate the prince?"
"Who is so bold?"
When Meng Tian heard this, she could not help but widen her eyes. Then, she looked at her younger brother, Meng Yi.
He was the internal historian, in charge of the military and political affairs of Xianyang and the surrounding forty counties.
Additionally, he was the dean of the Supreme Court who was in charge of the criminal law!
If someone committed an assassination, he would be under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court!
"His Highness the Crown Prince found out that it was Zhao Gao who sent people!”
"Thus, he ordered me to take the Tianwen sword bestowed by the emperor and kill Zhao Gao, Yan Le, and Zhao Cheng!”
Seeing his big brother's questioning gaze, Meng Yi quickly told him the real culprit.
"Zhao Gao?"
"He is His Majesty's trusted aide!”
"The Ninth Prince killed his entire family, and His Majesty wasn't angry?”
Hearing her brother's words, Meng Tian's eyes widened.
He had never thought that this Ninth Young Master would be so bold as to even dare to kill the Emperor's close ministers.
One had to know that the two brothers were also close ministers of the Emperor and had military merits!
However, none of them dared to touch Zhao Gao!
Yet, this Ninth Young Master dared to do so!
Just this courage alone made him feel inferior!
"No!"
"Not only that, but His Majesty also issued an edict to let the Ninth Young Master preside over the government on his behalf. His Majesty doesn't even attend the morning court!”
Zhang Han shook his head and laughed mockingly.
" This…How is this possible?"
Meng Tian blinked her eyes in disbelief.
In the past, when Zhao Gao committed a serious crime, his younger brother wanted to punish him, but he was saved by the Emperor.
Later, even the jade seal was kept by Zhao Gao.
From this, it could be seen that the First Emperor had long regarded him as a confidant.
His Majesty actually did not blame him for the death of his confidant. This was simply inconceivable!
"What's even more unbelievable is yet to come!”
"On the morning of the second day, the Ninth Young Master began to ask the civil and military officials about the progress of the tax collection!”
"The Ninth Young Master first called out the name of Young Master Le Qi!”
"This Young Master Yue doesn't take the Ninth Young Master seriously just because he's the Ninth Minister.”
"He said perfunctorily that he was sending people to collect taxes and that it would take some time.”
"The Ninth Young Master immediately ordered him to be killed and the entire Le Clan to be executed!”
"Next, the Ninth Young Master pointed out the names of Grand Servant Tian Yi and Zong Zheng Han Fuyuan!”
"The two of them are also among the nine ministers. One of them is in charge of the imperial horses and the allocation of warhorses, while the other is in charge of the affairs of the imperial clan.”
"They used the excuse that the collection of taxes was not under their jurisdiction to try to avoid it.”
"In the end, they were all killed by the Ninth Young Master and their entire family was executed at the same time!”
Meng Yi glanced at his big brother and continued.
"What?"
"You want to kill the two of them too?"
"The Ninth Young Master is killing the innocent. Is His Majesty not going to care?”
Beside them, Meng Tian's heart was pounding and she could not understand. The Grand Servant and Zong Zheng were in charge of the royal family's affairs. Collecting taxes was indeed not their business!
The Ninth Young Master killed people at the drop of a hat, and even brought his entire family with him. Wasn't this too cruel?
"Who said we can't kill him?"
"The Ninth Young Master has ordered that the collection of taxes is the task of the civil and military officials!”
"No matter what position you hold or what rank you are, you have the responsibility to collect taxes. If you can't complete the task on time, all the civil and military officials will be executed!”
"Therefore, be it the Grand Servant, Zong Zheng, or the internal historian, they all shoulder the heavy responsibility of collecting taxes!”
"Ninth Young Master only cares about the results, no matter what reason you have!”
"Let me put it this way. Even if you are a pig, if the Ninth Young Master wants you to climb a tree, you have to climb it, regardless of whether you have the ability to climb it or not!”
" Ninth Young Master only cares about the results!"
"After killing the three ministers, the Ninth Young Master said that if anyone was unconvinced and felt that they were wronged, they could go to the underworld to complain to the King of Hell!”
Meng Yi glanced at his pale-faced elder brother and continued.
"Then…what happened after that?"
Meng Tian felt a chill down her neck. She asked her brother in a trembling voice.
"After that, the Ninth Young Master selected Zhao Xiu, Zhang Hongwen, Shang An, and the other seven ministers!”
"None of them took the Ninth Young Master's orders seriously, so naturally, there was no progress in collecting taxes!”
"The Ninth Young Master directly ordered them to be dragged out and beheaded. At the same time, he also exterminated their entire family!”
"During the morning court session, the Ninth Young Master slaughtered the families of ten ministers!”
"A total of ten thousand people, not a single one left!”
"At that time, many of the civil and military officials were so scared that they peed their pants. The smell of urine in the imperial court…was too strong!”
"Later on, more than a hundred aristocrats in Xianyang City refused to pay taxes, and all of them were executed!”
"In one night, including the forty counties around Xianyang, two to three hundred noble families were all wiped out!”
"Uh, big brother, why are you running? I haven't finished speaking yet."
"What are you still talking about? Quickly distribute the warhorses and send out the troops tonight! We must annihilate the Xiongnu within a month!"
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