The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2488 The Dragon Clan punishes demons, Qingjun suffers disaster

"According to the decree of the Lord of the Water Palace, the Jiuhe water demon does not respect the holy decree and disturbs the water network. He should be punished!"

Then, dark clouds suddenly surged in the sky hundreds of miles around the capital, thunder rolled, and the thunder was deafening.

Before the banquet officially started, Qing Jun was furious and said angrily: "Come here, go and find out who dares to disturb my birthday!"

Suddenly, endless thunder fell from the sky, like thousands of drums roaring in unison, like hundreds of mountains collapsing, and dense thunder spread all over the Jiuhe River within the capital.

Thunder was like a waterfall, and the sky exploded.

Seeing the dazzling thunder that continued to fall, the whole city was shocked. Qing Jun was so frightened that he even took two steps back, failed to stand firm, and fell to the ground.

"Ouch..." Qingjun held his waist and cried out in pain.

The guests from all over the world laughed out loud when they saw this scene.

The imperial doctors rushed forward and helped Qingjun set his bones with medical books.

"It's not a good time for the Dragon Clan to choose, but to choose today is too much!" Qing Jun was furious.

An official whispered: "Your Majesty, the master of the Water Palace is Fang Yun."

Only then did Qing Jun remember the matter of the Water Palace. Since it was an order from the temple, he didn't pay attention to it and just asked the cabinet to come forward to negotiate.

"What? Fang Yun did this?" Qingjun became even more angry.

"Fang Xusheng is the master of the Water Palace, but he has not participated in the government affairs of the Water Palace. If the prediction is correct, the Dragon Clan did this to please Fang Xusheng." Another official said.

Qingjun became more and more angry. It was not a problem for him to be frightened, but he fell down in front of so many people, and even missed the auspicious time of his birthday, making this banquet a big joke.

"Send someone to stop those dragons immediately. We must not let them continue!"

As soon as Qingjun finished speaking, a strong wind blew from the north. Then, countless dead bodies of water monsters, fish and shrimp were blown away by the strong wind and rose high into the sky above the capital.

Under everyone's surprised gazes, stinking fish, rotten shrimps, and corpses of water monsters fell down overwhelmingly along with the smelly blood.

Crackling... crackling...

The entire palace suddenly turned into a slaughterhouse, and a strong smell wafted everywhere.

The officials didn't expect such a thing to come, and they didn't even react for a moment.

Seeing that the second batch of dead fish and shrimps were about to fly in, the officials used their official seals and activated the power of the temple to block all the filth.

The officials were about to ask Qingjun how to deal with it, when they saw Qingjun suddenly put his hand on his throat and knelt on the ground vomiting under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of people.

The monarch's dignity has been lost.

No one dared to scold Qingjun, and they didn't know why he vomited. They could only watch. Only the eunuchs and maids hurriedly slapped the monarch on the back, but the monarch pushed him away with his other hand.

After vomiting for a long time, Qingjun sat weakly on the ground and said: "Water, get me some water quickly."

Someone immediately brought water, and Qingjun began to rinse his mouth desperately.

Now everyone vaguely guessed that there was blood splashing all over the sky at that time, and some blood should have entered Qing Jun's mouth.

After gargling for a while, Qingjun suddenly turned his head to look at his vomit. Then, with everyone's disbelieving eyes on him, he reached out and dug through the vomit, not knowing what he was looking for.

After a while, Qing Jun found nothing, his face turned green, and he shouted desperately: "Emperor doctor, help me quickly, there is a monster toe that has entered my stomach... vomit..."

The nearby Qingguo officials' eyes darkened, and they thought that Qingguo's reputation was over.

Just two hundred breaths later, the story of Qingjun swallowing the fish demon's toe spread throughout the discussion list.

The discussion list became a sea of ​​joy, and scholars from all over the world ridiculed it.

"They say Qingjun is so happy with his achievements. I finally saw it today. In order to leave a name in history, he even swallowed the fish demon's toes. I admire him, I admire him!"

"I see, this is a bad omen from heaven! Lord Qing, hurry up and issue an edict of sin, but first vomit out the fish demon toes in your stomach."

"I was there as an envoy from the Kingdom of Wu. I almost went crazy laughing, and then... I was kicked out of the palace by Qingguo. Qingguo was not grand at all! Hahahaha, let me laugh for a while."

"I just got the news from the Water Palace. The elders are also confused. Fang Xusheng did not give this order at all. It is probably that the Dragon Kings of the East China Sea can't stand Qing Jun, so they used this method to disgust him. So, Qian Qian Don't offend Fang Yun, maybe someone will try to retaliate against you. "

"The King of Stinky Fish, the King of Rotten Shrimps, the Foot-eating Emperor, the Vomiting Emperor... I'm laughing so hard. The nicknames you gave are so vicious."

"Oh, I heard that the scene was very spectacular. It was comparable to the Yueyang Tower Cultural Conference back then. The sky was filled with thunder like a waterfall, and dead fish and shrimps were raining down. These bastards from the Dragon Clan were so... so heart-wrenching."

"Do you think the Dragon Clan is going too far?"

"The Dragon Clan has gone too far? If you knew the next actions of the Water Palace, you would be grateful to the Dragon Clan. Many of us Kongcheng people already know that all the Dragon Clan from all over the world have now become subordinates of our Holy Academy, helping to work as coolies to transform the rivers. Now they are just At first, many people may not know about it, but in a few days it will be known to the whole world.”

"I have to thank Fang Xusheng for this. He invited the Four Seas Dragon Clan. From then on, the human race's waterways became accessible in all directions, and it was possible to do things that saints in previous generations could not do."

"I see, then let's expose this matter about the Dragon Clan."

"Forget it, it's a trivial matter anyway."

"We were discussing the fish demon's toe in the restaurant, but a scholar at the next table muttered that the toe should be Qingjun's dinner. I spit out all the tea in my mouth, hahaha..."

"Qingjun's dinner, hahaha..."

The number of replies mocking Qing Jun kept increasing, causing many Qing people to constantly try to change the topic and defend Qing and Qing Jun.

As the topic slowly cooled down, an article titled "Talent, the new menu of a restaurant in our city!" appeared.

The article had no text except the title, and it was a painting of a restaurant drawn by a scholar who was at the second level of painting.

The most eye-catching thing was a plate of braised pig's trotters with a wooden menu next to it, and on the dish was written, Qing Jun's dinner.

Many scholars were amused again, and began to join in the fun under the article, and looked for more suitable dishes for Qing Jun's dinner, and finally stinky mandarin fish was on the list.

Fang Yun casually looked at the articles and replies on the discussion list, smiled, and then looked at a piece of paper in front of him.

On the paper were two words he had just written, Xiangxiao.

Fang Yun stared at the two words, his eyes kept changing, and his heart seemed to be in a contradiction and struggle.

After a long time, Fang Yong used a pen to erase the two words Xiangxiao, and wrote the two words Tianfu and corvée next to it, but then crossed them out.

Finally, Fang Yun decided to start the reform from the commercial tax, which is the least valued by all countries at present, and prepared to establish the General Taxation Department.

Shengyuan Continent attaches great importance to land tax and neglects commercial tax, but with the development of the times, human commerce is becoming more and more prosperous, and many countries have begun to increase commercial taxes, but many families and interest groups desperately oppose it, under the slogan of not competing with the people for profits, and in the name of hiding wealth among the people, fighting against commercial taxes, resulting in no major improvement in commercial taxes in various countries.

Attacking the patriarchal system is to seize private rights, and increasing commercial taxes is to compete for private interests.