Chapter 1073 - Killing People With Words (2/2)

Liu Li scoffed coldly but his heart was shocked.

He had mocked Zong Shou’s policies in private many times.

He said that even if Great Shang didn’t attack, Great Gan would collapse anyways.

He didn’t think that Zong Shou actually had such a solution to use taxes to subsidize the Farmers. What a unique method…

Speaking of which, this agriculture problem wouldn’t become a weakness of Gan.

Workers, agriculture, soldiers, merchants, so in his eyes, workers and agriculture is more important than soldiers and merchants?

“Third! All workers will have standard salary requirements and working limits. Since people are taxed then the taxes must be spent on the people too. The Cabinet will have a pension plan such that workers no need to worry about their future!”

Liu Li was shocked once more. What was this weird policy?

“You are just buying their hearts and emptying your own coffers!”

He saw a golden energy appear in that white pillar. It was pure and clean, looking really noble and majestic. It even made him want to willingly bow and worship him.

The Phoenix and dragon roared and chirped once again, the roar was majestic and the chirp was clear!

Saint Emperor!

Liu Li’s gaze constricted once more. Zong Shou before was only a king, a saintly King, now he could truly compare to the three ancient Saint Emperors!

However what was good about Zong Shou’s policies that caused his fate to have such a huge change?

Such that Heaven and Earth liked it so much? For this country to become so prosperous?

Zong Shou shook his head. It was too tough to let people of this generation understand consumerism.

Only if one didn’t have worries when they were young would they spend and not save, to keep their money at home for it to turn moldy.

Confucians always talked about hiding wealth among the people but what was the point of hiding wealth like this.

Rather than the wealth of Great Gan being accumulated in the treasury, why not give it to the people.

“The fourth one, all the grain and farmland is cleaned out, the officials will be in charge of grain. From now onwards there will ne no more farmland transactions. Great Gan Imperial Court will purchase and sell grain, selling it at normal price to the people!”

Not only Liu Li, even Yuntai’s body jolted.

Was this Zong Shou not afraid of angering all the nobles? Was he not afraid that they would revolt?

Not, what did he have to fear? He held three million troops and even crushed Great Shang! He was worshipped by all people and inside it his prestige was uncontested.

Such a policy benefitted everyone. Even if the aristocratic families were unhappy they won’t be able to go against it!

Moreover due to the Confucian Faction, the aristocratic family disciples taught by the saints mostly left Great Gan Imperial Court and even colluded with Great Shang in the dark.

Even if they wanted to stop it now they couldn’t. After this battle they even had to be worried that Zong Shou would take revenge on them for betraying the Ruler!

Taking back all the farmland was something Great Shang’s past Ruler said before he started war.

When he unified the land he didn’t do it.

Zong Shou’s methods were more gentle and more suitable. He might really succeed.

Liu Li’s eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. He understood that once the four decrees were sent out, all the people would support him!

What would happen to their Confucian Faction?

Although he didn’t burn books and wipe out the Confucians, but he was ten times more vicious than Qin Emperor!

Losing the hearts of the people, how could Confucian Faction remain as one of the factions?

He looked out and saw that the gold energy glow extended by a hundred feet!

“My fifth decree is to ask all the scholars to evaluate Confucianism. To evaluate their pros and cons! To judge it!”

He paused and a cruel smile appeared on his face, “Naturally they will also discuss Yinyu’s actions and these three thousand kids. You not doing anything. What would the people of the world say about that?”

Yinyu’s body trembled and he clenched his fists. This Zong Shou wanted Great Shang and him to be dissed by the entire world?

Black blood seeped down from the corner of Liu Li’s lips, he was despondent and gave out one last laugh.

“What a Saint Ruler! Each word slaying the heart, I really am the Confucian Faction sinner! I was wrong, I was really wrong…”

He actually used his own sword to slash his neck, with the flash of a sword light his head fell off among the blood light…