C295 The nobles are not allowed to do business (1/2)

”Just one more question.” Suddenly, Wang Xuance spoke to Xiao Wen. His eyes were filled with worry and doubt. From his psychological and microemoticon perspective, Xiao Wen could see that Wang Xuance was sincerely trying to help his teacher, the daughter of an old friend.

Thus, Xiao Wen also revealed a puzzled expression and asked, ”Is there something that I have forgotten?”

He seemed to be very helpless.

He pointed to Xiao Wen's clothes. Although he wasn't particularly extravagant, this was his first time at work, so he looked like a noble. ”I heard Wan'er say that Brother Xiao is now a good man of the Han Empire,” he said. Although there were many titles bestowed in the Han Dynasty, there were still over a hundred titles that could be awarded, even if they were dukes. It was far from the value of the Qin's title. However, among them, there were still many nobles who kept a low profile and were weak. From what I've seen of Brother Xiao's actions, I realized that even though you're a good person, if a conflict broke out, you could even beat a weaker one.

”In fact, I've already defeated a mighty man.” Xiao Wen silently said in his heart.

However, he knew that defeating Dong Zhuo was just a coincidence. If Dong Zhuo hadn't risked his life, he would have exposed a huge weakness. Moreover, behind the conflict of interests between him and Xiao Wen, there was also the shadow of a fight between nobles.

If Xiao Wen wanted to, he could use the connections of the aristocrats in the East to defend against Dong Zhuo.

In other words, if he had a conflict with an Eastern noble, it would not be so easy for Xiao Wen to solve it.

Thus, Xiao Wen did not mention anything about him and Dong Zhuo. He only continued to ask, ”I'm a decent aristocrat. But, is there a problem with that? ”

Wang Xuance helplessly said, ”Brother Xiao. The aristocracy's business is disgraceful! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Wen stretched out his hand to pat his head. But when he thought about it, he thought it might improve the hairline. He was not a programmer or doctor. Raising his hairline would not improve his skill. Therefore, he patted his thigh and said, ”So that's how it is. Thank you for the reminder, Brother Wang. I was so anxious to make money from the liquor earlier that I forgot about this. ”He truly does not know the true face of Chang An, and is only here in this city!”

”To not recognize the true face of Chang'an, is it only because of you being in this city? ”Good poem, good poem. I never thought that mister would still be a poet.” Hearing this, Wang Xuance nodded his head in praise.

Xiao Wen chuckled dryly. He had only changed the poems of the predecessors so that he didn't feel awkward forcibly quoting them. Not much of a poet...

But Wang Xuance still reminded Xiao Wen. In ancient China, the division of industry and commerce was very strict.

If a merchant had the guts to go around wearing silk clothes, even if the value of the clothes was a drop in the bucket compared to his wealth, the authorities would seize them and punish them in a way that merchants could not bear.

In addition, the direct relatives of merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations and become officials.

If a noble wanted to do business, his position would allow him to do as he pleased. Moreover, as long as he did not rebel, he would not be punished too harshly no matter what he did.

However, Xiao Wen knew that this kind of punishment wasn't something he didn't care about.

This was because this punishment came from all sides.

First, there was the impeachment from the censors.

This group of officials similar to those officials from the future generation of disciplinary committee would not deal with any government affairs or other matters. The only purpose of their existence was to supervise officials.

If any official or member of the nobility defied the moral law, the censors would impeach him.

In serious cases, the emperor would also appear to demand that the person who violated the moral law should cease his or her actions.

Under such political pressure, few can continue to do evil. After all, the emperor had already spoken, yet you still didn't stop. Are you going to defy the imperial edict?