Become the Emperor of Man by starting from the Qiyun entry

Chapter 764 Shen Qingyue becomes the Moon Goddess, the future national policy of the court, and Sang Hongyang's question.

The start of the grand feast caused Shen Qingyue to quickly lose her elegant and noble demeanor, as if she had melted into Chu Wujiang's arms.

Ultimate pleasure.

Shen Qingyue released all restrictions, like the moon waiting for the sun's radiance.

Without sunlight, where would the moonlight come from?
When Chu Wujiang became the Sun Saint Body, his aura was so intense that every time, Shen Qingyue was completely captivated, from her body to her soul.

Originally, neither party would harm the child during Shen Qingyue's pregnancy, which made Shen Qingyue feel somewhat unsatisfied.

Now that her child is born, she can finally let go of everything and enjoy her husband's affection.

Shen Qingyue chuckled and said:

"Husband, you can't let me down."

Chu Wujiang said irritably:
"Who's begging for mercy each time?"

"I won't let you get away with this this time."

Shen Qingyue blushed, recalling those embarrassing scenes, and whispered:
"That's because my husband is too fond of showing tenderness and pity to women."

"what……"

Even without mentioning the blood of the Human Emperor, Chu Wujiang's Sun Saint Body alone would make him the most masculine man in the world.

He is still at the Heavenly Fate Realm, and even if all his wives attacked together, they would not be able to budge him in the slightest.

Now, if he indulges himself a little, even if Shen Qingyue is a Nascent Soul expert, he will still be defeated.

Shen Qingyue's initial slight jealousy quickly vanished amidst the intense pleasure, leaving her breathless.

Chu Wujiang held his exhausted wife in his arms and examined her aura.

Name: Shen Qingyue

[Body Movement: Moonlit Spirit (Blue)]

[Wealth: Great Wealth and Prosperity (Blue)]

[Martial Luck: Swordsman (Blue)]

[Romantic Luck: Prosperous Childbearer (Purple), Virtuous Wife (Blue)]

Chu Wujiang never mistreated his wives. The fortune he gained from the rise of the demonic path, specifically the silver-level fortune, was perfectly suited to his wives' circumstances.

500 points of purple luck poured out in an instant, landing in Shen Qingyue's sea of ​​consciousness.

There was a boom.

Moon Spirit (Blue) — Taiyin Spirit (Purple)
Chu Wujiang already possessed the Taiyin Yin body; he could simply replicate it for his wife.

It was clearly bright outside, only afternoon, but Chu Wujiang used his Sun Saint Body to draw in the moonlight and shine it on Shen Qingyue.

The moonlight was so warm that it made Shen Qingyue feel cozy.

A happy smile spread across her face, and she asked instinctively:

"Husband?"

Chu Wujiang smiled faintly and said:

"My lady, be quiet. This moonlight can heal your body."

"Let's continue."

"what……"

Before Shen Qingyue could even inquire about the Taiyin body, she embarked on a new journey.

Chu Wujiang then gathered 500 points of purple luck and helped his wife advance to the level of a swordsman once again.

Swordsman (Blue) — Sword Sect (Purple).

Shen Qingyue suddenly possessed two purple fortunes, but Chu Wujiang ultimately hoped that his wives would at least have the qualities of unparalleled geniuses.

This method of advancing the primordial spirit will yield better results.

This is not about favoring one over the other; Chu Wujiang is simply helping his wives advance step by step based on their current development.

This will allow them to gradually catch up with Chu Wujiang's pace, but they won't be given too much at once; it will all be done according to their means.

The next second, Chu Wujiang cast a full 500 points of orange luck to help Shen Qingyue.

There was a boom.

The Heavenly Book presented three options as expected—

【Wang Shu's Eyes (Orange)】: 【These eyes are blessed by the Yin essence, like the eyes of the moon goddess. They can see clearly even in the darkest night, easily seeing through illusions and tricks, making them true night walkers.】

[Guanghan Immortal Body (Orange)]: [Suspected to be an immortal descended from the moon, possessing the breath of the moon, the essence of ice, and the radiance of stars, capable of freezing all things in an instant.]

【Ghost Moon Demon Body (Orange)】: 【This is the dark side of Taiyin, controlling the power of darkness and bewitching the mind. Its primordial energy transforms into Ghost Moon Demon Qi, which can erode the soul, incite inner demons, and cause opponents to sink into endless fear and illusion.】

Chu Wujiang then asked Shen Qingyue which kind of fortune she wanted.

Shen Qingyue chuckled and said:

"Naturally, it is the Demon Body of the Nether Moon."

Chu Wujiang asked:
"Why?"

The women's choices are so strange.

The Guanghan Immortal Body is clearly more suitable for Shen Qingyue. Chu Wujiang had also activated it once before, but he chose the Pure Yang Immortal Body. (Note: Chapter 340)
Shen Qingyue held Chu Wujiang's hands tightly and said earnestly:

"Because I wish to bewitch the king!"

An unavoidable possessiveness.

Even though Shen Qingyue knew she could never be Chu Wujiang's only one, she still had a strong possessive desire.

Chu Wujiang stroked Shen Qingyue's black hair and said softly:
"Then we should choose the Moon Goddess Body, so that we can cultivate together."

Shen Qingyue blushed and nodded vigorously:
"Then, Your Majesty, I will obey."

There was a boom.

At this moment, Shen Qingyue was breathtakingly beautiful. Under the influence of the Guanghan Immortal Body, her appearance underwent a significant change, transforming from a beauty that could topple kingdoms to one that was unparalleled.

A person's appearance can also be improved by changes in their fortune.

"My wife, let's continue."

"what……"

Under the effect of the time-delay array, Chu Wujiang had no worries about indulging in pleasure.

After he has enjoyed himself, he can then consider matters of state.

Shen Qingyue originally wanted to put up a fight and try to gain the upper hand, using her newly awakened Guanghan Immortal Body to have sex with her husband.

Unexpectedly, Chu Wujiang possessed the Sun Sacred Body, which could directly absorb the sun's immense energy, making it extremely compatible with the Guanghan Immortal Body.

As a result, the sun's power was too strong, and Shen Qingyue was as if she had entered another dimension and was completely melted.

After the pleasure subsided, Shen Qingyue, panting, said...

"My lord, please wait and spare me."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

As usual, Shen Qingyue tried to divert Chu Wujiang's attention.

Chu Wujiang did not ask for anything more. Holding Shen Qingyue, he smiled faintly and said:
"My lady, please speak frankly."

Shen Qingyue took a deep breath:

“Currently, overseas immigration programs require a large investment of funds every year. Besides fish and marine treasures, the biggest source of income is salt.”

“But now that my husband has become the emperor, this is not quite appropriate.”

The smuggled salt trade was essentially a tool used by the imperial court to collect heavy taxes, since people needed salt and had no choice but to accept the court's exploitation.

Because the imperial court's exploitation was too heavy, a pound of official salt sold for 70 to 100 coins, which created a huge profit margin.

Essentially, the main source of income for Tianyou Army, and the key support for the Longzhou immigration plan, was salt.

Now Chu Wujiang has become the emperor.

The emperor, in theory, possesses the entire world and belongs to him. So, if you develop private salt trade, wouldn't you be stealing money from the national treasury?

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"It's alright. The imperial court will allow private salt production in the future and will not levy such heavy taxes."

Shen Qingyue was taken aback and quickly said:

"My lord, the imperial court still owes us money!"

"In order to maintain the supply of the front line and to reduce the losses from the transfer of materials, Fang Xiang issued national bonds worth 10 billion taels of silver."

"The government's current revenue is far from enough to cover its expenses."

"Not to mention that after the great battle, the soldiers also need to be rewarded."

The human race launched an expedition, deploying four field armies. Such a massive military expenditure was a desperate measure.

The army set off, bringing with it countless taels of gold.

The human race lost around 50 soldiers in battle, and every soldier in the field army was at least at the Great Perfection of Body Tempering, with many at the Yuan Embryo Realm.

The cost of burning and burying a field army soldier is 500 taels of silver.

In this war between humans, the maximum compensation will be paid, assuming an average of 1000 taels of silver, which would amount to 5 million taels, not to mention the rewards based on decapitations.

With an army of over 1000 million, from field troops to auxiliary soldiers, even if the average reward was 100 taels, the expenditure would still be staggering.

The imperial court's financial theory was already bankrupt.

Chu Wujiang chuckled and said:

"it does not matter."

"All officers and soldiers are strictly instructed that all spoils of war must be turned over to the public."

"The demon alliance has countless spiritual weapons and treasures on its bodies."

"The remains of over a million demons can be refined into elixirs, and the royal court's reserves can be used to reward soldiers without worrying about money."

It would be absurd for the human race to worry about not having enough spoils to make money after such a perfect victory.

Shen Qingyue then said seriously:

"My husband, that's just a windfall!"

"My husband has always been a big spender. This time, the soldiers will definitely be rewarded to the maximum extent. Once the maximum reward is given, there won't be much money left."

"The imperial court is now heavily indebted and unable to make ends meet."

"How can it be canceled directly?"

No matter how much money it is, it's a small amount when divided among ten million people.

Assuming the royal court's spoils of war sold for 300 billion taels of silver, spread across a ten million-strong army, that's three thousand taels per person.

Chu Wujiang obtained 20 million points of white luck this time, which is enough for 2000 people to advance to the next level of white luck.

When there are many people, various resources seem scarce.

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"What does that lady mean?"

Shen Qingyue added:

"Husband, you can liquidate the entire operation, eliminate all the other small-scale smuggled salt, and let the Chu family take over all the smuggled salt. Once it goes into the imperial treasury, you can use it however you like."

"Wouldn't that be even better!"

"The money in the national treasury is ultimately not my husband's money."

Which truly belongs to the emperor—the national treasury or the imperial funds—has been a point of contention for successive imperial families.

Even emperors make money, and they go to great lengths to do so.

For example, in the famous TV series "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", the Jiajing Emperor once cursed like this:
"My money! They take two million, I get one million, and I'm expected to thank them?"

The core issue here is not actually the problem of official corruption.

In Jiajing's view, the money in the national treasury was not his money.

Only money that went into the imperial treasury was considered the emperor's money, which is why he took one million and was very angry.

But in the eyes of Yan's faction, the emperor possessed the wealth of the entire world, so the country belonged to him, and the money in the national treasury was naturally his money.

This led to a conflict.

Whether the state belongs to the emperor is a question.

After all, officials need to be paid salaries and the army needs to be paid wages. The emperor can't just squander these funds; that would kill people.

Therefore, many emperors always tried to make money like crazy to enrich their private treasury.

For example, one explanation for Emperor Wanli's killing of Zhang Juzheng's entire family is that the two didn't actually have much hatred for each other. It's just that Emperor Wanli saw that Feng Bao was rich and thought that Mr. Zhang must also be rich, so he wanted to make a fortune from him.

Shen Qingyue wouldn't consider things from the perspective of the nation; she would only consider Chu Wujiang's perspective, thinking of using the power of the imperial court to eliminate other private salt businesses and monopolize the entire market.

Whether it's official salt or smuggled salt, the maximum value is extracted through joint efforts. This silver belongs exclusively to the imperial treasury, and Chu Wujiang can use it however he wants.

Although emperors were constantly draining the imperial treasury, which could easily lead to them enriching themselves at the expense of the people, in ancient dynasties, emperors needed private funds at their disposal to better carry out their will.

Upon hearing this, Chu Wujiang shook his head and refused:
"My lady, things are different now."

"If I were to think about making money, what kind of behavior would that be?"

"Moreover, I do not want salt to be too expensive. The prices of essential goods should be as low as possible to avoid exploiting the people."

Shen Qingyue hesitated and said:

"My lord, this is not a matter of people's livelihood."

"The newly established field army of the imperial court must be kept stable and funded. Now that the situation has been settled, if the army is disbanded, it will definitely cause many conflicts."

"Field armies cannot be easily disbanded."

Having been immersed in politics for many years, Shen Qingyue naturally possessed a broad perspective and immediately grasped the key to the end of the war.

To understand Shen Qingyue's meaning, we can look at two cases.

The first example is that the stupidest thing the US military did after the Iraq War ended was to disband the Iraqi army.

With 40 Iraqi soldiers unemployed, they joined opposition forces, ultimately drawing the US military into a deep counterinsurgency war.

The second case is that Emperor Chongzhen abolished the post stations, which prompted Li Zicheng to choose rebellion as his way out.

So what is the connection between these two cases and Shen Qingyue?

The imperial court has now formed additional field armies, which are enormous money-devouring forces, pushing the court's fragile finances to the brink of collapse.

Therefore, the imperial court had only two options.

The first option is to reduce the size of the army, which would result in a large number of combatants flowing into civilian life, and they would certainly choose to use force to earn money.

The second option is to further exploit the people's wealth to support the army, at least to buy time for a temporary reprieve; in other words, to make the people suffer.

Why were unified dynasties so cautious about war? Because they saw almost no benefit, but rather a lot of trouble.

Win or lose, it's troublesome. Chu Wujiang, well-versed in history, couldn't help but chuckle.

“My lady, this is a question that Sang Hongyang asked.”

Shen Qingyue couldn't help but ask in return:
"Husband, who is Sang Hongyang?"

Chu Wujiang realized he had misspoke and laughed:

“Sang Hongyang was a figure from ancient times. It was he who proposed the salt and iron monopoly to increase the court’s tax revenue.”

"At the same time, many Confucian scholars emerged who debated with Sang Hongyang, arguing that they should not compete with the people for profit and that the salt and iron monopolies should be liberalized. These people were known as 'virtuous and upright' or 'virtuous and learned'."

"As for Sang Hongyang, at the Salt and Iron Conference, he questioned the 'Virtuous and Learned Scholars' about how the border troops would be paid for if salt taxes were not levied."

"This is Sang Hongyang's question."

I've never heard of that.

Shen Qingyue looked troubled.

After all, the salt and iron monopoly had a very long history for the imperial court, dating back to ancient times, so it was normal for the relevant records to be lost.

Shen Qingyue understood this point and said:

"Does my husband agree with my opinion?"

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"No, I tend to agree with the views of virtuous and learned scholars."

Shen Qingyue asked curiously:

"Why is this, my husband?"

"The argument that one should compete with the people for profit is often the view of ordinary scholars, empty talk about benevolence and morality, or even the opinion of some hypocrites."

Chu Wujiang remembered the debate between Sang Hongyang and the virtuous and upright.

Most people, after a preliminary understanding of the debate, would feel that Sang Hongyang had more to say: the court needed to spend money, so it had to collect taxes, and the salt tax was a necessary evil.

In contrast, those Confucian scholars who wave the banner of morality and shout that it is wrong to compete with the people for profit are more like hypocrites.

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"What you say is absolutely right, my lady."

“Sang Hongyang’s question is naturally reasonable.”

"The imperial court needs expenditures and funds to support the army, so increasing the salt tax to supply the army is reasonable."

"But they avoided one crucial point: were all the government's expenditures truly used effectively?"

"If there are no problems with the imperial court's expenditures, then the salt tax can be collected without issue. The problem is, is there no way to save money?"

Shen Qingyue seemed to understand something.

Emperor Wu of Han, while expanding his territory, also indulged in extravagant spending, building dozens of palaces, expanding his harem to several thousand people, and constructing a large-scale mausoleum, among other things.

Some people might think this is small change, but it's actually a lot of money.

For example, the Ming Dynasty built nine mausoleums on Tianshou Mountain, costing approximately 4200 million taels of silver. Each time a mausoleum was built, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people had to be mobilized to search for timber and stone from all over the country.

The same was true of the Han Dynasty.

For example, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the war against the Qiang people cost 240 billion over fourteen years, averaging nearly 20 billion per year, which was obviously a huge expense.

The problem is that the annual expenses of the imperial harem during the Han Dynasty were about 5 million, which was equivalent to a quarter of the military expenditure. As for the construction of the mausoleum, it could account for one-third of the tribute, not to mention the cost of building palaces.

In this situation, Sang Hongyang's grand talk about collecting salt taxes for national defense was somewhat laughable to the virtuous and learned scholars.

However, the level of virtuous and learned literature is not high enough to reach the level of Huang Zongxi.

Otherwise, they should have questioned Sang Hongyang about whether all this money was used for the country or for the emperor's harem, mausoleum, and palaces.

Sang Hongyang couldn't answer the question, and the virtuous scholars couldn't possibly question the royal family's expenses. Everyone tacitly avoided the elephant in the room.

After realizing what was happening, Shen Qingyue quickly said:
"Does my husband intend to cut some expenses?"

"Correct!"

Chu Wujiang nodded and said:

"From today onwards, the imperial court will try its best not to levy taxes on basic necessities for the people, such as food and salt, and will cut them as much as possible."

"The expenses for the palace and the mausoleum should also be cut."

"The Chu family does not need to build tombs indiscriminately, which greatly reduces unnecessary expenses."

“We should work on imitating the luxury taxes such as the elixir tax, wine tax, tobacco tax, and spirit rice tax.”

"Fang Xiang's reforms have begun to show results."

Shen Qingyue blurted out:
“My husband, even so, there will still be a huge gap.”

"It's impossible to make up for it in the short term, at least."

Chu Wujiang laughed:
“Simple. This time, the spoils of war will do the trick. If that doesn’t work, I will pay for them.”

Shen Qingyue couldn't help but ask:

"Will you pay, my husband?"

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"If I really want to make money, I can open up the dragon veins a bit more, allowing families to pay silver in exchange for dragon energy and secret treasures. Then I won't have to worry about not having enough money."

"As for the cultivation techniques and secret manuals, they can be sold off at will."

“The powerful and influential families who want to maintain their dominant position have to pay more money.”

Dynasties throughout history have struggled with revenue, but Chu Wujiang has not.

He has too many ways to make money; even without collecting land taxes or poll taxes, he can still raise funds for the imperial court.

If indirect taxes can be collected, then direct taxes should not be collected.

what?
Shen Qingyue said in surprise:

"My lord, why is it that when other emperors become emperors, they all plunder the entire country to support themselves?"

"As a result, her husband became emperor and instead subsidized the court."

"Being an emperor is not very enjoyable."

Shen Qingyue felt wronged for her husband. Normally, when an emperor takes over the country, the most important thing is to use the court to extract resources, ensuring that the people can survive, and squeezing as much as possible.

The average yield per mu in the Tianming Dynasty was 800 jin, yet it still forced the lower classes to the brink of starvation. One can imagine how high the level of exploitation must have been.

Dragon energy, spirit rice, and rare treasures from all over the world were used to support the entire royal family and their own base.

When it came to Chu Wujiang, he decided to do the opposite, using his abilities to subsidize the lower classes as much as possible to help them get through the transition period.

Chu Wujiang reached out and pinched Shen Qingyue's cheek, and laughed:

"I will not be the emperor, but the human emperor."

"The greatest benefit for me is to improve the living standards of all people in the world."

"When the human race prospers, its fortune will naturally flow endlessly."

Chu Wujiang himself has condensed the blood of the Human Emperor, and he is not in a hurry to go to the Outer Heaven. He will wait until he has restored the country, improved the lives of the people, and secured his position as the Human Emperor.

In this way, he can upgrade the Holy Emperor Formation to its maximum level, and then go to the Outer Heaven to directly crush his opponent.

First, get the operations right, then you can crush your competitors.

Shen Qingyue sighed:

"I understand."

“Every time my husband says this, it makes me seem like I only care about my own interests and not the big picture.”

Chu Wujiang smiled and said:

"No, I love it when my wife considers things for me like this."

"But I need to consider things from the perspective of the Emperor."

Shen Qingyue's heart suddenly raced, and her eyes sparkled as she said:
"My lord, I will strive to keep up with you."

"To assist my husband in becoming the Human Emperor!"

……

"Your humble servant is willing to assist Your Majesty in becoming the Emperor."

Bai Ye quickly bowed and said.

Chu Wujiang's words were not simply directed at Shen Qingyue.

His true form was living a carefree life in Longzhou, even using a time-delay array to engage in various joyful games with his wives. However, this does not mean that Chu Wujiang was only indulging in pleasure.

He also has clones.

The right way is for the main body to enjoy itself and the other body to do the work.

After the great battle, Chu Wujiang, in a moment of divine inspiration, sought out Bai Ye to discuss the matter of going to the capital for the imperial examination.

Once he leads his army back to Tianzhou, he will officially take over the Tianming Dynasty.

How to govern the country, what to do with powerful families, aristocratic clans, and rebels—all of this must be discussed and decided beforehand.

He planned to discuss it with Bai Ye first, then inform Di Jiahe, Fang Xiang and others, and finally take over Tianjing.

Chu Wujiang waved his hand and said:

"Bai Ye, I did not ask you to swear allegiance."

"Instead, it's about finding weaknesses and loopholes."

Bai Ye immediately said:

"Your Majesty's intentions are clear."

"But His Majesty first reduced the salt tax and liberalized the salt administration. He also promised the Lu family that he would relax some restrictions on aristocratic families and allow them to help the people. Wouldn't this lead to the aristocratic families becoming too powerful?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Wujiang asked:

"Bai Ye, what makes you say that?"

Bai Ye said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, when the people can no longer survive due to the poll tax levied by the court, they have two choices: one is to sell themselves, and the other is to seek refuge with powerful families and become a hidden person."

"I have investigated the common people and found that they cannot afford salt. They dig saltpeter from the corners of their outhouses to use as a substitute for salt, or they eat wood ash and other similar methods to replace salt."

"On the contrary, even the most aristocratic families, no matter how undignified they are, would not feed their servants saltpeter, wood ash, or other such things from the outhouse."

"Therefore, under the salt administration, wealthy families who hid people had to pay more money."

"Even if salt is cheaper, the poorest people may not necessarily benefit. They still can't afford it and will have to eat saltpeter."

The poorest people couldn't afford salt, so they either ate bland food, ate wood ash, or dug saltpeter in the toilet.

This was truly the first time Chu Wujiang had ever heard of such a way for ordinary people to solve the problem of excessively high salt prices.

No wonder some people believe that being able to afford salt is a sign of power and wealth.

Therefore, Sang Hongyang adopted a salt and iron monopoly model, which greatly dealt a blow to the powerful clans. After all, the powerful clans did not dare to let their servants eat saltpeter from the toilets, and the people they hid also needed to eat salt.

This way, the imperial court can avoid concealing the population and collect taxes heavily.

I guess I just haven't seen enough.

Chu Wujiang immediately denied it:

"If that's the case, then it's only right for ordinary people to seek refuge with powerful and wealthy families."

"Bai Ye, you need to adopt the perspective of the new era and stop thinking about problems with the mindset of the old era."

"I am not afraid of rebellion by powerful families and clans; they are not capable of it."

"The key is to keep people alive."

Chu Wujiang was confident and not afraid of the powerful clans causing trouble.

If I really wanted to kill, then I did.

If they want to win over the hearts and minds of the people and provide relief to the populace by cultivating public opinion, then let them do it.

Chu Wujiang will not interfere with these matters.

What Chu Wujiang truly wanted to deal with were acts of lawlessness, disorder, cruelty, and abuse of the people.

Bai Ye took a deep breath and quickly said:
"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"If Your Majesty were to loosen some of the restrictions on aristocratic families and powerful clans, allowing them to gather refugees and cultivate their influence..."

"Your humble servant does have a method that can be used to reduce the number of refugees."

After Chu Wujiang took control of the court, he still had to solve the problems of the world, such as how to weaken the power of powerful families, imperial clans, and so on, and how to appease the displaced people.

If Chu Wujiang wanted to appease the people, he would probably have to order the abolition of spirit rice, or at least temporarily ban its cultivation, in order to increase employment opportunities for farmers.

The key is to have a job.

Chu Wujiang immediately asked:
"What can be done?"

Bai Ye immediately replied:
"Participate in the work and report the work, and apply for projects universally."

Chu Wujiang couldn't help but ask:

"Let me try to explain."

Bai Ye immediately replied:

"The imperial court may order local powerful families, aristocratic clans, and even members of the imperial clan to hire a certain number of people each year to attend ceremonies or rituals, either in the capital or in the prefectures."

"This is the handover report for the participants in the service."

"In this way, powerful families, clans, sects, and royal families will have to spend more money to hire vagrants to do the work."

"The advantage of this is that powerful people have to spend a lot of resources to hire people for long-distance travel, and they have to consume resources along the way."

"As we travel, we will generate a lot of demand in various places and hire people."

"The downside is that powerful families and clans can easily train their subordinates, making them more organized and united, thus making the region more stable."

"As for the general projects, they require local powerful families to construct various projects for the imperial court to promote local development."

"This will also increase the number of powerful families hiring commoners, but it will enhance their prestige in the local area."

Bai Ye originally intended to weaken the local powerful clans and aristocratic families to a certain extent. Although these two methods could weaken the economic power of the powerful clans and aristocratic families to some extent,

But they will receive more support from the local authorities.

It would be quite ironic if the people united around the powerful and rebelled against the imperial court.

After all, a large number of common people would be employed, which was something the imperial court was wary of.

Chu Wujiang immediately said:
"This method is feasible."

"Not only should we do it, but we should also do it freely."

Chu Wujiang was able to do some of these things because he was confident enough.

(End of this chapter)