The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2492 Water Ban

After almost all the wealthy families realized that their core interests had been affected, they tore off all disguises.

Thousands of famous families and noble families of the entire human race and the heads of twelve aristocratic families collectively appeared at the foot of Daofeng Mountain and petitioned that Fang Yun stop all innovations before the demon world was eliminated to avoid unrest in the human race. If Fang Yun insisted on doing so, they would not mind helping Qing to purge the emperor.

Afterwards, the kings of Qing and Gu issued two imperial edicts in succession.

The first imperial edict announced that a special commercial tax of 30% would be imposed on all items from Jing, aiming to protect their own workshops and workers.

The second imperial edict issued a document to reprimand Fang Yun for causing chaos in Jing's internal affairs. If Fang Yun continued to do so, the two countries would sign a thousand-year alliance with the Jing royal family and were willing to send troops to help the Jing royal family eliminate treacherous officials.

The Jing royal family did not respond and remained silent.

But it was this silence that made the whole world see that Fang Yun and the Jing royal family were completely on opposite sides.

The royal family remained silent at this time, instead of refuting Qing and Gu, which meant that the royal family of Jing might agree to form an alliance with the two countries at any time.

The king of Wu did not forget to join in the fun, and wrote an imperial edict in his own handwriting, saying that if Qing dared to use force against Jing at this time, Wu would directly attack Qing.

However, the cabinet of Wu later stated that it would never use force against Qing when the demon world invaded, which caused the king of Wu to scold the cabinet officials but he could do nothing about it.

Because one of the families that opposed Fang Yun was in Wu.

At the same time, many officials of the fifth rank and above in Dongyunzhou, Yanzhou and the capital successively spoke out, expressing their firm support for the king of Jing. If there were treacherous officials in the court, they would fight to the end at all costs and return a bright and clear world to Jing.

Many low-ranking officials did not speak out, but began to use various means to obstruct Fang Yun's reform.

Especially in Dongyunzhou and Yanzhou, the three levels of personnel, including errand boys, clerks and officials, collectively rejected the reform, making Fang Yun's reform difficult to carry out.

The staff of the Criminal Palace had to hide. It would be very easy to severely punish officials in one or two places. When more than half of the officials in the two states opposed it, even the Criminal Palace did not dare to take action, because once those officials were arrested, it would inevitably lead to the paralysis of government offices in various places. The Li Palace and the Dongsheng Pavilion would inevitably find an excuse to force the Criminal Palace to leave Jingguo and interrupt the reform.

Soon, the three palaces and Fang Yun launched a counterattack.

The Dragon Palace of the East Sea announced that it had discovered that the demons were intercepting the intelligence of the Shengyuan Continent through waterways in Qingguo and Guguo, and a temporary water ban was launched against Qingguo and Guguo, prohibiting the human race in the two countries from engaging in all activities on the water, including fishing, fish farming, passenger transport, freight, sightseeing, etc. After three days, the ships in the two places must leave the water, otherwise the dragons will destroy them all. However, it will not affect the ships and personnel of other countries.

The Dragon Palace of the East Sea also planned that if all demon spies could not be eradicated after one month, all bridges on the waterways would be smashed. If the demons were still found after two months, a more comprehensive investigation would be started, and it would not be ruled out that anyone in Qingguo and Guguo would be prohibited from using water.

As soon as the news came out, the two countries were in an uproar.

The high commercial taxes imposed by the two countries can indeed prevent the goods of Jingguo from flowing into the two countries, but if the price is a comprehensive water ban, it is equivalent to killing one thousand enemies and losing two thousand of their own.

Before, the East Sea Dragon Palace banned the sea from Qingguo, which only included the ocean and the Yangtze River. There were no restrictions on other rivers. Now, Qingguo cannot even use bamboo rafts on a small river.

This not only involves the transportation of goods, but also involves a large number of related practitioners and various interest groups. Once they vent their anger on the royal family, the King of Qing must give an explanation.

If it is just the first step of water ban, Qingguo is a big country with a big cause and can hold on for a long time, but smashing the bridge is equivalent to cutting off the two legs of Qingguo.

Qingguo has dense waterways. If all the bridges are broken, it means that basic land transportation will also be interrupted, and the entire Qingguo will be paralyzed.

As for the ban on water intake mentioned by the dragon clan, it is impossible to implement, but it can show the determination of the dragon clan and Fang Yun.

This is a threat from the dragon clan, and even more so from Fang Yun.

On the discussion list, many people from Qing began to criticize Fang Yun.

"As expected of a virtual saint, he actually came up with such a vicious method! Qing raised commercial taxes, and your Jing country just didn't make money or made less money, but you, a virtual saint of the human race, joined forces with foreign races to open a water ban, which banned the lives of countless people in Qing! If you are dissatisfied with King Qing, please target him, don't murder the people of Qing!"

"The virtual saint of the human race colluded with the dragon clan, flirted with the ancient monster, and rashly changed the law when the monster world was attacking, causing unrest in the ten countries. I think the real Fang Xusheng is dead. I don't know what he came out of the Burial Valley. Maybe he has the soul of a monster in his body!"

"Please spare the thousands of people in Qing who make a living on water."

Scholars from various countries opposed one after another.

"Only the people of Qing are human beings, but the workers of Jing are not? Why do you say to increase taxes on the things we worked so hard to make?"

"We all sell things, and each one depends on his own ability. You can adjust the commercial tax in Qing, and we outsiders have no right to object. But since you dare to adjust the commercial tax, you can't blame others for the water ban. The two countries were originally good, but you started the trouble first, and then pretended to be innocent after the trouble? Like a womanizer."

"I also admit that the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea went too far, but we have to think about who started the provocation with despicable means? Is Jing's normal sale of things a provocation? No! However, you, Qing and Gu, suddenly raised the commercial tax and interfered in Jing's internal affairs. This is a provocation, and this is the root cause!"

There were more and more articles criticizing Fang Yun on the discussion board. Three hours after the East China Sea Dragon Palace announced the water ban, a shocking news appeared on the discussion board.

After a middle-aged fisherman in Qing State learned about the water ban, he used the last money in his family to buy some meat and arsenic. After his family of seven ate it, all of them died.

Finally, the neighbors found that the fisherman wrote ten big characters on the wall with blood before he died.

"Thank you Fang Xusheng for forcing a family of seven to death!"

The discussion board was immediately in an uproar, and scholars who criticized Fang Yun swarmed in.

"The human race is a false saint, and they take human lives lightly!"

"Everyone says Fang Yun is very intelligent, but has he ever killed all the barbarians? Today, his hands are stained with the blood of the people, and he doesn't need a sword to kill people!"

"For fame and fortune, for the sake of Jingguo's little workshop to make a little more money, Fang Yun is simply unscrupulous!"

"The dragon clan colluded with Fang Yun to kill the people of the human race. As scholars, can we only watch? We should join the team to stop Fang Yun's chaos and stand with the power of justice!"

Those who originally supported Fang Yun had to shut up.

Death is the greatest thing. At this time, even fair words will be misinterpreted and become a handle.

The top leaders of various countries watched the debate on the discussion list with cold eyes, and they all became suspicious of the death of the seven people in the family. It is very simple to induce an ordinary fisherman to die with the means of the miscellaneous family, and it will not leave any traces. Unless the semi-saint takes action personally, no one can know the real reason.

It is impossible for the semi-saint to personally go down for this matter, not to mention that no one can be 100% sure that there is something fishy about this matter.

The voices against Fang Yun on the discussion list rarely became mainstream.