Emperor Mingxi nodded, feeling that what the two said made a lot of sense. However, they couldn't relax the prevention of the snow disaster just to lure out the snake.
The construction and repair of the cement houses couldn't stop, and the Ever - normal Granaries must also be closely watched.
Although he had ordered people to make preparations as soon as he first heard about it, after hearing about it today, he realized that the affected area of the snow disaster was quite large, and their previous preparations were obviously insufficient.
As Emperor Mingxi was calculating in his mind what else needed to be improved and remedied, he heard Wu Yong say, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, we could find the local people who have been persecuted by those families to expose the crimes committed by them.
Since the Grand Tutor said that these families have amassed countless wealth and land, these things can't be clean. Part of them must have been obtained by oppressing the local people. So, a lawsuit against them will surely succeed.
The court can then show the attitude of standing up for the people, conduct a legal trial, and severely punish the criminals, which will also win the hearts of the local people for Your Majesty.
If, and I'm just saying if, Your Majesty were to implement any land policies, even if there were local landowners obstructing, with the hearts of the people on Your Majesty's side, I believe the resistance would be smaller than in other places."
What he didn't say was that once the biggest obstacles were removed, the remaining ones wouldn't be able to cause much trouble.
Wu Yong had heard very clearly that the Little Immortal Lord wanted to uproot all the aristocratic families and officials involved with these people through this incident.
Without fabricating more charges and connecting their relationship networks, how could this goal be achieved?
With this thought in mind, Wu Yong dared to present a memorial in front of all the important officials.
A flash of brilliance passed through Emperor Mingxi's eyes. He immediately thought that this young man was good, a loyal and capable official who could be greatly used!
The surrounding colleagues looked at Wu Yong in surprise, thinking, "Good boy, amazing! This plan is quite vicious but very useful!"
Incidentally, he also flattered their emperor. Judging from the emperor's hard - to - suppress smile, it was obvious that he was extremely pleased.
Wu Yuanjing looked at his gluttonous son as if he was seeing him for the first time. Goodness, his son had secretly grown up without his father's knowledge. It was really a pleasant thing!
Wu Yong's words set an example and opened a new door for everyone. They all presented memorials and offered suggestions one after another, each more "creative" than the last.
One said, "Your Majesty, we can start to investigate the industries of those families right now. The local officials should also be secretly investigated. For those families to grow and become powerful, the local officials must be corrupt."
He added in his heart that what the Grand Tutor said must be right.
Another said, "Your Majesty, their relatives and friends can't be let off either. They are also part of the interest chain of those families."
This person was just afraid that not enough people would be implicated.
Finally, Wei Ping stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I request that all the suspects be handed over to the three departments of the Supreme Court, the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice for a joint trial to avoid unjust, false, and wrong cases and to prevent the criminals who should be punished from escaping punishment due to individual reasons."
The Grand Tutor had said that the court was not clean. He didn't trust his colleagues.
What if someone took advantage of this process to avenge personal grudges or accept bribes to exonerate some people?
A joint trial by the three departments was the best way. Expose everything to the sun. He wouldn't allow any under - the - table operations.
Emperor Mingxi understood his meaning and said, "What Minister Wei said is reasonable. Your request is approved!"
If this operation ended up being a half - baked one, he estimated that Yue Fuguang would scold him in her heart again!
Yu Zhongchun also spoke up, "Your Majesty, things succeed through secrecy and fail through leakage. Should only the adults present here know about what we've discussed? Otherwise, if too many people know, I'm afraid..."
Yu Zhongchun didn't know that his suggestion was exactly the reason why Yue Fuguang had lured these people to Yu's mansion with delicious food.
There were too many people in the court, and no one knew the full extent of the penetration of those families.
So, she had gathered these people with no entanglements and then revealed this matter to them.
He Hongguang nodded in agreement and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with Minister Yu. Only we here should know the inside story. In case this matter is leaked, the scope of the investigation will be smaller!"
The others thought, "Only you are clean and have no problems. Are you implying that the rest of us might leak the secret?"
He Hongguang didn't care about the dissatisfied looks from his colleagues. Whenever he thought of what the Little Immortal Lord had said about the Great Yan Dynasty being like a sieve, he felt extremely frustrated.
Even more urgent than him was Lu Qi, the Minister of Works. The Little Immortal Lord had made it very clear why she didn't share a better iron - smelting method. It was because she was afraid that others would benefit from it.
This meant that there must be moles in his Ministry of Works. His first suspicion fell on those officials in the Ministry of Works whose thoughts he couldn't hear.
Of course, he would also examine the craftsmen one by one, especially the master craftsmen, and was determined to dig out the hidden spies in the Ministry of Works!
Wang Shouchen, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, had the same idea. His high - yielding improved seeds! They had once been so close, so close!
But he just couldn't get them even though he could taste them!
His heart was now completely broken!
Catching the traitors and spies and taking good precautions were more important than anything else!
Minister Yu had said that once the Little Immortal Lord saw the sincere hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Yan Dynasty to build the dynasty better and that they were doing things beautifully, they still had a chance to get the high - yielding improved seeds!
So, as soon as He Hongguang finished speaking, the two of them immediately stepped forward and said, "I second the motion!"
"I second the motion!"
While Emperor Mingxi and his officials were plotting to wipe out those families in one fell swoop, Yue Fuguang was also reviewing what she had said and done today with the system.
"System, did I perform naturally today? The connection of the topics was also natural, right? There shouldn't be any forced traces, and I didn't even initiate the key topics myself."
The system agreed, [Host, today the system also felt that the topic guidance was very natural. No one could tell that our purpose was those families.
If Emperor Mingxi is capable enough to solve those families at once, it can at least help us complete seven or eight side quests!
The points will exceed ten thousand! Host, we're going to make it big!]
Yue Fuguang showed a big smile, and her eight teeth sparkled in the candlelight. She said, "There's more. You forgot to count the confiscated land.
If it can be distributed to the common people for cultivation as we wish, with the support of the high - yielding improved seeds, before the great disaster in a few years, enough food can be stored to support the people for a year, and many lives can be saved."
Yue Fuguang thought for a while and said, "I thought about it later. Land reform is too difficult even with the fame of an immortal lord like me.
In ancient times when agriculture was the foundation, land was too involved. Changing the land system was like digging out the roots of those people.
Moreover, throughout history, except in modern times on Earth, which reformer had a good ending? This kind of thing is exhausting and not suitable for a lazy person like me.
Our main quest doesn't necessarily require land reform, so we can choose other ways to acquire more land, grow more food, and save more lives... By the way, does the task panel say that if we can reduce the death toll by 30%, we'll complete the task?"
