Chapter 192

"I announce that from today, the Great Tang will begin comprehensive reforms."

"Whether it is politics, military, agriculture, or economy, the Great Tang must change thoroughly!"

Li Er said decisively.

When he finished this sentence, the Taiji Hall exploded instantly.

"What? Comprehensive reforms? Isn't this nonsense?"

"Absurd! It's simply absurd! Our Great Tang is now the richest in the world, with all nations coming to court, how majestic! What reforms are needed?"

"Exactly! His Majesty is really something, after going to Tibet once, how did he become like a different person? Was he scared out of his wits by a mere traitor?"

"That number one traitor is truly a scourge! Even after defecting from the Great Tang, he still makes us restless."

"Exactly! Exactly!"

Everyone was shouting with red faces, all extremely excited.

Reform?

What reform?

Isn't it good to eat and drink well like now?

Isn't it fragrant?

Only a brain-dead person would go for reform!

Seeing the extremely strong opposition from the civil and military officials, Li Er frowned.

He had already prepared mentally.

No matter when, reform will definitely touch the interests of many people.

He had long anticipated the opposition of the officials.

But he didn't expect.

The reaction of these people would be so intense.

Li Er felt unprecedented pressure!

The people before him are all aristocratic nobles and imperial relatives.

Perhaps changing a trivial little thing will offend a large group of people.

What's more.

The Great Tang today has long since changed its appearance.

The benefits brought to the Great Tang by the eternal masterpiece written by Qin Mu are too huge.

Whether it is the curved plow, refined salt, or the three-piece set for war horses, they have all made the aristocratic families rich.

In just a few years.

The wealth earned by these aristocratic families is more than what they accumulated over hundreds of years in the past!

It is conceivable...

How huge the interests here are!

What does reform mean?

It means redistribution of interests.

This is fundamentally unacceptable to those aristocratic families.

It's harder than killing them!

If these people are angered, I really don't know what they will do.

Didn't Emperor Yang of Sui back then fail miserably because he touched their interests, even directly triggering the tragedy of the Sui Dynasty's demise?

Li Er felt as if he were being burned by ten thousand fires.

Sigh!

It's hard to do!

If reform is not handled well, even he, the emperor, might be overthrown!

If I had known, I wouldn't have done it.

Li Er suddenly felt some regret in his heart.

Regretting his eagerness for quick success and instant benefits, not realizing what price would be paid behind these huge benefits.

If there were no appearance of Qin Mu, if there were no appearance of Great Qin, perhaps these drawbacks of the Great Tang would only erupt after a hundred years.

But now.

Qin Mu forcibly advanced these drawbacks by a full few decades!

But that's okay.

I cannot leave all these problems to my descendants.

Li Er clenched his fists and finally made up his mind.

No matter how difficult!

This road must be walked.

"If our Great Tang does not make changes, in a few years, Qin Mu will be able to lead a million troops to the city walls! Have you all forgotten the Weishui from a few years ago?"

"Yes! Such a great shame, you all feel it doesn't matter, dynasties change, you can still sleep soundly, have wives and concubines, and children around your knees."

"But what about me?"

"Ah?"

"A hundred years later, how will history books scold me? A tyrant with hands stained with the blood of his relatives? A mediocre ruler who only knows how to sign humiliating treaties?"

"You are not afraid! But I am afraid! Since seeing Qin Mu, I have been unable to sleep or eat day and night, sitting on this dragon chair as if sitting on a mountain of knives and a sea of fire!"

"Others are riding on my neck, pointing at my nose and scolding me and the Great Tang, and you are still thinking about your own interests!"

"How many years has it been since Emperor Yang of Sui hanged himself in this Changancheng?"

"Have you all forgotten!!!"

"I swear today that within ten years, I will definitely conscript a million troops, crusade against Great Qin, and let Qin Mu and his ambition be buried forever!"

Li Er's deafening words exploded in the minds of everyone in the hall.